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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1909-02-04
The Pure Food Law and the
Pure Shoe Law

hN uAS OOu Law QllA IAAS
Pure Shoe Law
The consumer Of food is en-
titled to know that he is get
ting the article that he is buy
ing and paying for, and the
government Of the United
States has taken a great step
forward in the appointment of
a Pure Food Commission.
The shoe-buying public is al
so entitled to protection. The
shoe-buying public is also enti-
tied to protection. The best
material yet known from which
to construct shoes is leather,
and the public is entitled to
know whether or not the shoes
they buy contain any substi-
tuteS TOR leather.
The Roberts, Johnson & Rand
Shoe Company is not making a
pair of shoes in which any SUBJ
stltutes for leather are used,
and they stamp their STAR
trademark on the heel of every
shoe as a guarantee to the con-
sumner that no substitute for
leather is used. In former
years they have given several
leather substitutes a test, to
see if they were serviceable as
leather but have found nothing
as good, nor as serviceable.
Wood or steel or fiber, can be
used in the shank of a shoe be-
tween a leather outer sole and
a leather inner sole as a sup
port to the shank and not affect
the wearing qualities, for that
part Of the shoe does not come
in contact with the ground in
walking but composition coun-
tiers, and composition innersoles
and composition heels are used
by many manufacturers be-
cause they can be made to look
like leather and cost much less.
The Roberts, Johnson & Rand
Shoe Company is going to try
to get the next Legislature of
Missouri and the next National
Congress to pass a law requir-
ing every manufacturer Of
shoes to so mark their shoes
that the purchaser may know if
there are any substitutes for
leather used, and, if so, to what
extent. They say, LET THE
MANUFACTURER WHO U.S.
ES SUBSTITUTES FOR LEA
THEIR IN HIS SHOES TELL
THE PUBLIC OF THIS FACT,
and then the consumer will
know what he is buying.
With q law, or without a law
the Roberts, Johnson & Rand
Shoe Company says it will use
no substitutes for leather until
something better than leather
is discovered from which shoes
can be made. Bert Faith sells
the Star Brani shoes
Now is the time you need a
good cough syrup andsexpector-
ant. Our White Pine and Tar
is what you want. The best
for coughs and colds at Is and
: SOC. ]. D. Brown & Son 31s
, Erie.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
MRS. JANE GERHON I'LL.
the Aged C~onnedienne Has Heart Disease
ana Ia No Expected to Survive.

BALTIMORE, May l3.-Mrs. Jane Germon,
the aged coincidence, is seriously III mt the
home OF her son. DR.. Frank W. Germon in
this city. Owing to her advanced years
1t is feared that her sickness will prove
fatal. Mrs. Germon is 81 years old and is
suffering with heart disease. She has been
sick for the last month, but it was not
thought that her condition was serious
until Sunday night. The muscles of her
throat being paralyzed, she is able TO take
but little nourishment and is conscious
only at intervals.
Mrs. Qermon has a sister. Mrs. Eliza
beth Saunders OF San Francisco. who is
still older than herself, having passed
20. Trey have both done. important work
on the stage, although Mrs, Gerlnon is
chiefly known in the East.
Mrs. Germon was born in New Orleans
In iscs uc- father. William Anderson,
was a manager, and her mother was
Euphemia Jefferson Of the famous theat-
rical family OF hat name. and in this
vay Mrs. Germon was related to Joseph
Jefferson, the celebrated actor. Her
huAband was G. c. Germon. a comedian,
who died while she was quite a young
woman. She has acted with all the great
stars, and her first appearance was with
Edwin Forrest In -William ELL when
she was only Z years old. She was a mem
her OF the old Ford Stock Company and
q very popular actress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
A LITTLE GOULD DIVIDEND
Tied Up by various Accidents So That
Only Two Goulds Get the Cash.

Supreme Court Justice Gerard signed
yesterday a referees report in a parti-
tiorstit by which about 81 900 to which
the Countess de Sagau would have been
entitled is applied on a judgment for
$40, 2se obtained against her as Mime.
Gould by Eugene Fischof, an art dealer.
in 1901. Two other members of the Gould
family who are deprived Of that amount
are Howard and Frank, who are both
involved in divorce proceedings, and
accordingly could not get the consent
of their wives that their husbands re-
oeive their share.
The referee, Louis Jersawitz, directed
hat the amount TO which Howard and
Frank would be entitled be deposited
with the City Chamberlain to be invested,
and the income only paid to the two
brothers during the lifetime OF heir
wives, Edith Kingdom Gould. wife OF
George, and Sarah, wife Of Edwin, signed
consents for their husbands.
The suit WIS brought by Daniel 8.
Miller, Emily Noyes and Harriet A. Dick
inson, as beneficiaries under the will OF
Daniel S. Miller, for the sale Of h prem
ises at 10 Water street, standing in the
name Of John B. Miller. in which the
Gould estate had an interest. The prop
erty was sold for $50, 900 and one-thirtieth
zach of the net proceeds was awarded
to beneficiaries under Jay Gould's will
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
NO TRACE OF MURDERER.
All Clues In Case OF Laura Resester Lead
Ia Nothing.

PROVIDENCE, May l3.-With the di'
vorced, husband eliminated as a posi-
bility and various other clues run to
earth, the police are tonight as much In
the air as ever owe the mysterious muir
der Of Laura REGISTER.
The young woman was found strangled
to death in a lot of Reservoir avenue on
Tuesday morning. Besides the injury
to the throat, the girl. who was to have
been married next month. was badly
beaten about the face and head.
In spite Of the fact that her ,p~ocketbook
a bracelet and a m ring that she wore
gators are convinced that robbery was
only an incident OF the crime. The con-
dition of the clothing when the body was
found as well as the fact that the value
Of the missing articles is trihing all dispel
this theory.
A startling statement from John johann
Company. to the effect that he was curled
up on a wagon seat within $50 feet OF the
spot where the murder was committed
at the time hen thei Investigators agree
the crime took place was disproved to
night.
that Johanson was mixed as to his time
and that he left the vicinity twenty min
utes before Miss REGISTER alighted from
the car neal the scene Of the murder. '
Practically the whole detective force
Of the city is enga ged on the case, to-
gether with the police Of Cranston.
Clue after clue, leading to all parts OF this
State and into Connecticut, have been
run down, but have developed nothing.
Apparently no n was seen near the
place where the girl was murdered. either
at the time when she got Oh the car at
9:4i on Monday night or later.
The Tact that her pocketbook, which
contained only a small sum; her ring and
bracelet are gone seem to indicate that
some wandering yegg may be responsible
for the crime. while on the other hand
there is a theory that the assailant is some
one whom the girl knew and who for the
purpose OF misleading pursuit took the
articles.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
GLAD THEY'RE HOMGOPATHS.
Alumni OF New York College Hold That
the Torch Is With Them.

The New York Homeopathic Medical
College is to celebrate its half century
next year, and all the graduates WHO
dined at the Waldorf last night were very
proud of this fact. There were over three
hundred OF them, many Of them coming
here from other cities. ...
DR.. John Prentiss Rand of Worcester.
Mass, the retiring head Of the alumni
association. told his fellow doctors that
drugs don't occupy the high place they
did fifty years ago.
But said he. -other things have
changed too. The old stage coach is
gone, but there is still a place for the
horse. The old ministers of fifty years
ago used to have to preach three SER
mons a week, whereas now a minister
is hardly required to preach one. Is
there no call for the clergyman? With
out the shedding Of blood there was no
remission Of sins in religion or medicine
once, and George Washington suffered
martyrdom in the hands OF his physi-
clans. But drugs are still taken and
patients are still left
There was still need fon the perpetual
ton of the homeopathic method of
treatment. DR.. Rand said, and the hon.
.eopathic hospitals were still curing al
most two patients to one cured by those
OF the older school.
Are we ready TO give up our distinc-
tive name,' he asked. Yes, when
thing better has taken It's place. While
our death rate is less than that Of the
dominant school, we have still a mission
II any school is to go out Of existence let
it be those who failed to grasp the great
century. Ours should be retained, not
for the good accomplished. but because
we still represent and teach all that is
best in the science Of medicine"
DR.. Rand said that he was in favor of
adding to the college chairs OF oste-
and physical therapeutics. $50
that our students" he explained, may be
able to teach or refute these rapidly grow
ing forms Of treatment"
In order to help the homeopathic COL
leges DR.. Rand su~ ggested that the eradu-
and get them to contribute.
DR.. Walter Sands Mills. Of the class of
30 spoke OF the work done at Flower
Hospital and said that a movement was
under way to get the Flower Hospital
ambulances to bear the word 'homHo-
Other speakers were DR.. Clarence G..
Howard. Commissioner Robert. W. Heb
berd, DR.. Cyril H. Bnrdett, DR.. Royal
Copeland. the dean of the college;
the Rev. John Haynes Holmes and Mel
bert B. Cary.
Among those present were DR.. William
Tod Helmuth, Dir, E. o. Hardy. DR.. c. j..
d. Dr. 2 p; NJ T.; p Rsesr} g.. E. Z. D. J. k a; GP-
Irving Townsend. DR.. NJ. D. Young
man. DR.. F. F.. Wilcox. DR.. T. c. Virgins,
Arthur H. Wood, Health Commits
Eugene H.. Porter. DR.. Charles
and DR.. J. L. Moffatt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
PEACE MEN ARE HOPEFUL.
Sec Signs That the World 10 Turning
Against war.

BOSTON. May ls.-Aocprding 10 the be-
lief Of the American Peace Society OK
pressed at its eighty-hrst annual meeting
to-day there is a steadily growing OPP
position among the American people to
further increase in armaments.
The annual report OF Secretary True
blood said that the society expresses it's
satisfaction in surveying the signal adj
vance Of the cause Of international Justice
and organization during the decade.
The advance has been far greater and
more rapid than the most daring and
prophetic minds could have ventured
to predict.
sThe most commanding duty Of the
hour he says, lis the limitation Ind
gradual reduction Of the monstrous and
menacing ornaments OF the nations.
Concerted action to this end ia the clear
obligation Of all governments party to
the Hague conventions
1t was reported that the school super
~intendents in fifteen States have declared
in favor Of making May Is a national
peace day and announcement was made
that the eighteenth International Peace
Congress would be held at Stockholm
from August 81 to September s. The
membership Of the society vas placed
at nearly 5000, having nearly doubled
during the last year.
These Off ers we're elected: President,
Robert Treat Paine, Boston; treasurer,
Thomas H.. Russell. Boston; secretary,
Benjamin E. Trueblood, Boston; audi
tor, William p. Jarvis. WaltAarn. E.
Brown. national commissioner Of educa-
ton. was added to the list Of vice-presi-
dents.
The annual banquet Of the society was
held this evening. The Rev, Charles f.
Beals Of Boston. Bishop Hamilton OF Bos-
ton, Hans Won Ksltenbom Of Cambridge
and Edwin d. Mead of Boston were the
speakers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
MYSTERY IN HOME MURDER.
Head Crushed In House With
Wife and Five DAUGHTERS.

ST. PAUL. May 1S.-Louis Arbogast. a
butcher. VISA murdered at 4:25 O'Clock
this morning at his home. 2se West Seventh
street.
The weapon used was a four pound
axe which was found in the cellar. Arbo-
CASTS head was mashed as he lay in bed.
Kerosene was poured on the bedding and
a fire started. Screams from the house
brought firemen. who e%xtinguished the
fire before it had spread beyond the bed.
The crime Is a mystery both as to motive
and murderer. The axe was in the cellar
last night. 1t was taken upstairs and
after the bed had been fired it was
and some old clothes were thrown on it
to hide it. When found by detectives II
WIS covered with blood.
Arbogast's failure to appear at his
store this morning puzzled Charles
Klabunde,, his manager. who went to the
house to investigate. Louise Arbogast,
the eldest OF six daughters, answered his
call. Klabunde says she was hysterical
and cried Papa is dead and there is
something wrong with the gas
a case of suicide by gas. When he learned
the truth he was surprised that Louise
had said nothing about violence. In
were the victim, his wife and daughters
Louise. Emma, Ida. Minnie and Babe.
Last night when Arbogast returned
from mis- store be told members OF the
family that he had decided to take a
trip to the Klondike with William Man
teuffel. a manufacturer. He had planned
the trip for some time and there had been
night that he had setythe date Of his de-
parture for June 1 there was a family
quarrel. He insisted that he would 70
ia spite of the family's wishes. and it is
said that the discussion continued until
late, when all retired.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
GREETED AT GARY,
Says Prospects Are Growing Brighter
After q Year OF Depression.

GARY. Ind. May iS.-Chairman e. H.
Gary of the United States Steel Corpora
ton, for whom this new city was named,
met the citizens OF Gary for the first time
to-day at a luncheon rendered in his honor
by the Gary Commercial Club. n hun
dred and fifty OF the leading business
men of the city assembled at the Gary
Hotel. where they discussed Inc progress
Of the city and the welfare OF it's people.
The purpose of Judge Gary's visit was
to become per- on lily acquainted with
those who are building and promoting
what is some times termed the eighth
wonder Of the world His reception was
most cordial, and during his speech to
the club he was repeatedly and enthu-
siastically cheered.
In his speech Judge Gary referred to
the disposition Of legislators to vote
against the interests of a community
and to the prejudice Of the great financial
interest that may be attempting to de-
velop a locality. with the inevitable result
that the large corporation or large Pc
cuniary interest gradually and slowly
drifts away from such a State or people
and comes TO such a place as Gary. where
the people work for the best interests Of
all. He said the last year had been one
OF depression but that the clouds are
lifting and that he believed the people
are entering upon a prosperous yea
and that the Gary steel plant 10 destined
to be the greatest in this or any other
country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
RAN AWAY TO NEW YORK.
Ralph GerbrOwn. Jr.. Sir, and He'd
Sleep In n Vacant Lot.


A small boy with a big suitcase in each
hand turned into a vacant lot at Broadway
and 14Sth street at 1880 o'clock last night
and deposited his grips on the ground.
Then he rolled up his coat, laid II across
one of the bags and lay down with the
evident intention of going to sleep.
Passersby who had stopped to watch
the performance walked on after venting
grunts Of establishment, but Policeman
Ahrens, who thought that it was within
his duty to see that boys didn't sleep in
vacant lots wen over to the place where
the little chap was stretched out and asked
why he didn't go home.
Its too far to go tonight the boy
answered. If you will &c away Ill be
all right
But the policeman marched the stranger
of to the West 15sd street station, carry
ing the suitcases and keeping an eye
cooked to zee that the boy didn't give
him the slip. On the way the young man
explained who he was and how he came
to be there.
He said he was Ralph Gerbrown, Jr.,
Is years old. and had u away from his
home in C~heltenlam, Pa, on the 9Th Of
this month. His father, Ralph Gerbrown,
was a coal merchant there and there were
thirty horses in his fathers stable. On
the day before he ran away he had had
trouble in school. The teacher had said
a lot of things which no boy with any
spirit could stand. That night he had gone
home, packed in the two suitceses all
the clothes he could find and scraped
together a few dollars.
Early the mex morning he had struck
out before the family was awake and had
come to New York. Part Of the time he
had paid his fare. The rest Of the journey
was made on freight trains. That was all
there was to it. He was getting along all
right. except that his money was all gone.
Capt. Kreusoher liked the boys looks
and he seemed to be telling the truth.
The father in Chelthenham was tele-
graphed to and the boy went to the Chill
ociet for the night.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
BY HIS AUTO NUMBER.
Man Whose III HIT Poiiceman's Son Is
John M. Hecker-Arrested.

The New Jersey number which several
persons saw on the automobile that ran
down Harry Heidenreich Of 23I2 Webster
avenue on Wednesday afternoon at Ford
ham road and Webster yer enabled
the police to trace the driver Of the car.
Last night John NJ. Hecker, who said he
was a clerk, was arrested at his home,
14O West Sixty-ninth street, by Patrolman
Brady.
Hecker admitted that he had knocked
the boy down. but he denied that he had
tried to get away. He carried the boy
into Jones's drug store at the corner, he
said. and the man there failedTo find any-
thing the matter with Heidepreich. 30
Hecker went away. No n asked him
for his number, he said.
DR.. Rostenberg of 1872 Washington
avenue, who was called in when the boy
appeared to be in atcritical condition on
Wednesday evening, said last night that
the would not die. although there were
internal injuries besides a sprained ankle
and bruises. The boys father is Godfrey
Heidenreioh. n policeman attached to the
Bronx Park station. where Hecker was
locked UP.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
Fat MAN BLOCKED FIRE EMIT.
With Him DislOdged seven Fremen We're
Knocked Out by Gas.

A little fire made a lot Of smoke last
night in the six story tenement at Il Car
mine sire ct. which houses twenty-five
families OF Italians. PatrolmAn Kane
reused John Di Palma, who lives on the
first floor. Then he ran to a fire alarm
box.
When he came back the smoke was a
good deal thicker. but nobody was coming
out of the door. Kane went inside and
found at the top of the first fight Of stairs
a very fat Italian wedged in between a
huge trunk and the wall. The man
couldn't move one way or the other and
the hundred or 30 persons behind him
couldn't get over the barrier. They were
on the verge of a fine panic.
Kane reached for the fat man, yanked
him free and sent the trunk humping
down the stairs. The Italians tumbled
after it into the open air.
Kane went on through the building
and found n woman standing at the door
of a room on the second floor making ges-
lures from which Kane gathered that
there was something to do inside.
He found a paralytic unconscious from
fright and smoke lying on a bed. The
policeman slung him over his shoulder
and ferried him to the sidewalk. The
man was taken to st. Vinoent's Hospital
Seven fremen had some trouble with
escaping gas and had to be carried out,
DR.. Walsh OF st. vincent's set them right.
The fire did little damage.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
6O-62 West 23d Street
SILVER sALEsxAN A THIEF.


Henry Myers Robbed the whiting Com.
pSAy-Caught by Marked Bills.
Henry Myers. . salesman for the
Whiting Manufacturing Company, ell.
versmiths at Broadway and Nineteenth
street, was looked up last night charged
with having stolen money and s~ilverware
from tho store. He said that he il a 500
Of the late Gen. Myers, U. 8. A.
The amount Of silver recovered il
worth $176. The Whiting company says
that it does not know whether Myers
took o or not.
Myers Ia q designer by trade, but since
March 20 he has been q salesman. Al
most from the time that Myers went
into the employ Of the firm, 80 the police
say, the Whiting company has been
missing silverware. The firm began to
watch him because he was in the habit
talks with friends.
Yesterday 1t was decided to fix up a
trap for him. While Frederick E. Lin.
demann, an employee of the firm, kept
watch, a woman purchased silver from
Myers and paid for it with marked bills.
She paid IS for q silver cigarette case
and ~ for a crucifx. Lindemann says
IS and put the three 81 bills in his Docket.
A few minutes before closing time
Myers was called aside He had the
marked 81 bills and some silver valued
at f1a. Lindemann took Myers to the
West Twentieth street police station.
There Myers said he lived at 50 West
Thirty.sixth street. at which address
the police would find more silver. Linde.
mann and Detective O'Connetl went
to his room and recovered forty-eight
p~ieoes-about enough TO ill a small cigar
box. The Whiting people say that there
are still SOM articles missing.
Myers. who Is OF good appearance,
seemed overcome at the police station.
replied that he couldn't understand It
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-14
CHINATOWN HAS 4 SpOOK'
HALF 4 LADY CELEBRATES
MOCK DUCKS RETURN.

Aspiration In q Peii Street window RE-
ceivcd by PROSTATE Chinese rs .
Sure Portent OF sumpee DO Puily
kIick in the Tong Fighting Line.
A party OF Chinese shutting through
Pell street at 8 o'clock last night sud-
denly stopped short to gaze upat a window
Of the OOH occupied by a girl known to
Chinatown as just The Blonde. Other
Chinese and lobbygows stopped. Pres
emily Pell street was blocked with a
wondering. ohattering, frightened crowd.
Up in the window. swaying weirdly from
side to side and casting a phosphorescent
light into the dark depths Of the chamber
behind-so they say-were the head and
bust Of a white girl. Only the head and
bust and arms. mind you. Her gar-
ments were white. In her left hand
Otto Harris, a Chinatown guide, behold
ing the Chinese prostrating themselves
in the presence Of something invisible
to him, scurried to Enright, detective Of
police, and told him about it. Then
guide and detective trained their own eyes
on the window and saw what they saw.
which was nothing. They tore up the
stairs and to the room OF the Blonde.
Empty. They lighted the gas and searched
in every corner, but found no girl nor
fraction thereof. Returning to Pell street
they Joined the Chinese. who evidently
were amazed to see the men reappear
alive.
Enright searched the crowd for a Chinese
who could speak English. Finding one,
he demanded ar explanation OF the kow-
Lee Teng. a merchant. begged
the detective to desist fro m such a ques-
ton and said further, you no see9 You
see?"
No. the detective didn't see. He wanted
to know.
.sumpee Do, somepee do. opee up
Mock Duck e1um cShin'tow''" Iuoidly
explained Lee Teng. The detective gath
cred that Mock Duck, the reformed ter
rorist, had returned to Chinatown from
Denver yesterday and moved into a
room adjoining that in which the appa-
rition had performed. Mock Duck, it
seemed, was not welcome.
Then Billy Stanley, manager. OF the
Chinese theatre, was persuaded to go
among the crowd and see what the trouble
was. He came back convinced that there
was indeed sumpee do and that the Chi
neee were scared blind.
Later the Blonde appeared and con-
tributed an item TO the effect that she
had just received a letter from her mother
in San Francisco, who had died a month
ago-a letter which had been written
three weeks after her mothers death.
With that Detective Enright ran straight
to his captain, Mike Calvin OF tbe Eliza
beth street station, and reported all he'd
seen and heard.
Probably somebody feolin' the Chinks
with a movin' picture machine across
the street. said Calvin. But his men
could find no material basis for that