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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
WANTS SECRETS SHOWN UP
Stakeholder of United States Company
Charges Directors With
Fraud.

New York, May 19.--Mrs. Faith r.
makes a business Of process serving
for Wall street law firms, was the
means of bringing Edward T. Plat
and other officers of the United States
Express company into court yester-
day. They appeared in connection
with an action brought to compel
them to reveal the secrets in connec-
ton with the company they have
ruled for almost fifty years without
holding a stockholders meeting.
The plaintiff in this particular case
is John L. Dudley of the Knicker-
the holder of 100 shares of United
States Express company stock, and
he wants to examine the books of the
concern to ascertain why the divi-
dends are not larger
He thinks, in view of the enormous
profits made by the United States Ex-
press company, it should have made
more than $4,000 on the $17,0O0,000
business that it has handled in the
last six months. According to his
calculation that is not more than one
fifth of 1 per cent.
Frauds Are Charged.
In his application for an order to
examine the books Mr.. Dudley makes
charges of fraudulent use of the funds
and property by the board of direct
ors and alleges that the concern is
on the brink of failure because of
waste and mismanagement. He also
charges that the directors have al
lowed the money, property and effects
of the company to be stolen and dis
sipated
In addition he alleges that the di-
rectorate imperiled and squandered
the assets of the company and voted
to its members large and extravagant
salaries; that the officials and direct
ors used the funds of the company
for speculative purposes, bought stock
Of other companies without the con-
sent Of the stockholders. and surren-
dered large business interests to ri
val companies.
In court counsel for the Platts and
other defendants denied in toto the
charges made against the company
and the hearing was adjourned until
Thursday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
UNITE TO PASS
INCOME TAX BILL
Democrats and Insurgent Re-
publiCans Make Pact at
Conference.
SUBSTITUTE BILL PROPOSED
New Measure Will Be Based Mainly on
Bailey Bill-WilI Raise About
S35,00O,00O.

Washington, May 19-As the result
OF a conference between Senators b.
rah of Idaho and Cummins of Iowa,
representing the Republican insur-
gents in the senate. and Senator Bal
ley, the leading Democratic advocate
of an income tax, it is probable that a
substitute bill will be introduced
which will be agreeable to both sides
and which will have the guarantee of
practically the solid Democratic sup
port, as we'll as that of the insurgent
Republicans.
The Bill.
The new measure will be mainly
based on the Bailey bill and will pro-
vide for raising about $35,000,000 an
nually from the income tax.
1t viii impose a uniform tax of
per cent in excess of $4,000 on all
incomes, whether of individuals or cor
porations. The tax from corporations
is to be collected directly, with a pro-
vision for RENTING to stockholders in
their individual capacities such share
of their income taxes as comes from
corporations that have already paid
the tax.
Hope to Pass It.
Senator Eorah believes that in it's
new shape the income tax bill will be
passed by the senate. If that promise
holds good it will require only fifteen
Republican votes to put the measure
through.
1t is declared with apparent authori-
ty that President Taft is not support
ing the idea of an income tax amend
ment to the tariff bill He prefers to
wait and see whether enough reve-
nues will be obtained from the vari-
Gus schedules of the bill and if they
do not prove to be sufficient to meet
the demand of the government he
would turn to the income tax as a rev.
enue producer in separate bill to be
introduced later.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
HEATING VALUE OF COAL.
College of Engineering Tests Soft
Goals to Get Actual Value.

College of Engineering Tests Soft
Goals to Get Actual Value.
To demonstrate that all coal should
be bought on a heating value basis, a
series of tests on various grades OF
soft coal is being made by Elmer A.
Ely of Mansion, a senior IN the me-
chanical engineering course at the
University of Wisconsin. Mr.. Ely's
work has consisted in sampling care
fully many thousand tons of coal ship
ped to the university heating plant
and to other large plants in Madison,
and testing it scientifically to find the
amount of moisture, of gas, fixed car
bon and ash which it contains. Since
the amount of moisture in coal affects
it's weight and burning qualities ma
terially, careful tests of the moisture
content of different grades of coal at
different seasons and under particular
climatic conditions have been made
to give definite basis Of calculation
for both mine operator and consumer.
AS most of the coal is washed at
the mine, the water adds to the
weight when it is shipped Thus the
consumer who buys on mine weight
has to pay for considerable water, and
in dry seasons Or warm weather,
when the water evaporates during
shipment, the tonnage is not the same
at the mine and at the point of deliv-
cry. In cold weather the water re-
mains in the coal until it is evaporat-
ed by burning, and materially lessons
the heating value of the fuel.
Two methods were used in the en-
gineering laboratories of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin to find accurately
the amount OF heat given off by coal
in burning. In one the coal, ground
very fine, waS3 put in a bomb, which
was ignited by an electri current. The
coal is completely burned by sud-
den nOiseless explosion and a delicate
thermometer measuring the hun
dredths of a degree records accurate
ly the amount of the heat developed.
In the second method big cartridge is
used instead of the bomb, and an cleo
trio spark passed through to explode
the coal, the resulting heat being
measured as in the case of the bomb.
W
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centers.

Live stock CenterS.
st. Paul, May 49, = Wheat - No. 1
hard, $3.50 1-401.3O ga; No. 1 North
ern, $1.29 1-4@129 ga; No. 2 North
ern, $127 1-4@1273-4 Corn = No.
yellow, IS 3-4@74 Lac. Oats - No.
white, SIS 1906 7-8c.
Minneapolis, May 10. - Wheat -
No. hard, $130 1-4@1 80 "a No. 1
Northern, $1.29 1-4@L29 81 No.
Northern, $127 1-4@1.27 ga. Corn -
No. yellow, 73 3-4074 1-4c Oats
No. white, SIS 1906 7-Sc.
Duluth, May 10. - Wheat - No. 1
hard, $1.3O; No. 1 Northern, $1,2S 70;
No. Northern, $1.26 IL. Flax -
$173. Oats-No 2 white, SIC.
Chicago, May 10. - Wheat-No. 2
red, $1.47@1.5O; No. hard, $1,000
1877. Oats-NO. white, SOC. Corn
No. 2 yellow, IS 3-4@76c.
Milwaukee, May 10. - Wheat-No
1 Northern, $1.33 IL; No. Northern,
$1.311- Barley-Standard, II 1-2c.
Chicago, May 10. - Cattle-Beeves,
$5.10@725; stockers and feeders,
$3.6006.15; COWS and heifers, $500
$40 Hogs-Bulk, $7.25@745. Sheep
Natives, $4@64C; lambs, $6@8.50.
Sioux City, Iowa, May 10. - Cattle
-Beeves, $5.6O@665; stockers and
feeders, $425@4.80; calves and year.
lings, $3.5O@3.75. Hogs-Range, $500
@7.25.
South st. Paul, May 10. = Cattle
Granted steers, S5@6; COWS and
heifers, 1904; veal calves, $3.50
$50: good to choice stock steers,
s4.5O0475 Hogs - Bulk, $70705.
Sheep = Yearlings, $6.25@7; spring
lambs, $7.50@8.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
eABcoCK PERFECTs MILK TEST.
Devises New Method of Reading Per-
centage Of Cream.

Devises New Method of Reading Per-
centage of Cream.
A new method of reading more read
iIy and more accurately the results in
making his world-famous test has
been devised by DR.. Stephen Moulton
Babcock of the college of agriculture
of the University of Wisconsin. By
the simple device of adding a small
quantity of alcohol saturated with
fat as soon as the test of the milk is
completed, it is possible to determine
readily with the greatest degree OF
accuracy the exact length of the col
umn of fat in the neck of the testing
bottle.
Since the Babcock test has been
generally adopted throughout the
world, some discussion has arisen as
to whether the amount of fat should
be determined by reading the meas
urement at the top, the bottom or
some other point on the concave sur
face which often occupies space OF
nearly 1 per cent on the graduated
scale on the neck Of the bottle.
To overcome the uncertainty, DR..
Bahcock showed that the concave sur
face could be leveled by making use
of the solvent action of alcohol on
fat; that is, by adding some fat-satu-
rated alcohol on top of the fat column
In the test bottle. The top of the bot
tom of the fat column, by this meth
cd, appear as nearly straight lines,
giving two exact points between
which the fat can be measured.
This method of reading the fat in
cream testing has been tested in the
University of Wisconsin dairy school
and the results as announced this
week have been entirely satisfactory
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
CAPT. HAMS GETS
Term IN PRISON
Indeterminate Sentence of From
Eight to Sixteen Years Inn
posed by Judge.
GOES TO SING sing AT Once
Appeal on General Record of Case Will
Be Taken-Judge Scouts Gun
written Law"

Flushing, N. Y, May 10. - Unless
some unlocked for legal obstacle is
interposed, Capt. Peter G. Hams, Jr.,
u. S. A., who was convicted of man
slaughter in the first degree for kill
ing William E. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club last August, will be taken
to Sing Sing today and at once will
begin serving the sentence imposed
yesterday by Justice Garretson in
the supreme court. The sentence is
indeterminate, under which the mini
mum period of imprisonment will be
eight years and the maximum sixteen
years. His time in prison must be
spent at hard labor.
Agree to Immediate Transfer.
Counsel for Hams late yesterday
practically agreed to their clients i'm
mediate transfer to Sing Sing, when
they announced after a consultation
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Our Own Ministries,

"Mistah Walkah, kin yo' tell me
de diff'unce tween a countahfeit bill
an a deceased sexton?"
mo, George; that's hard one.
What is the difference between a
counterfeit bill and a deceased sex
toni"
de one am close resemblance an
de uddah am a dead ringer"
Ladies and gentlemen, the renown.
ed tenor, Sig. Kanchoo Killim, will
now sing the popular ballad, Lift
Your Head from My Shoulder, OAR
ling; This Is Borrowed Coat
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
As Revised.

Tarpeia, covetous of the gold brace
lets worn by the Sabine soldiers, had
told them she would open the gates
of the citadel to them if they would
give her what they wore upon their
left arms.
"Sure!" joyously answered the SOL
diers. "All rights reserved"
1t was not until they had rewarded
her treachery by overwhelming her
with their shields, which they also
wore upon their left arms, that she
tumbled.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
BOY ATTACKED BY EAGLE.

Word from Bridge Creek, few
miles south of Eau Claire, says that
Harold. the eight-year-Old son of Otto
Ness. was savagely attacked while
walking through grove by an eagle,
which bounced down upon him and
fastened it's talons on his back. With
out hesitation the boy grabbed the big
bird by the neck and succeeded in
holding it until the bird was dead.
Outside of a few scratches the boy
was uninjured. The eagle measured
FIVE feet from tip to tip of the wings.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
GO BUMP FOR MILLION
Variation in Failure of Tracy G. Co. G
New York and CHICAGO.

Variation in Failure of Tracy G. Co. of
New York and Chicago.
New York, May 19-In the appoint
ment yesterday of a receiver for Ira
cy e Co., members of the New York
stock exchange and the Chicago board
of trade, Wall street had a million
dollar failure, with an interesting va
ration from the usual Taxicabs, not
stock manipulation Or market condi-
tons, are said to be indirectly respon-
sible for the firms troubles. While
no announcement as to the exact
cause Of the failure has been made, E..
A. Benedict, receiver, said last night
backing local taxicab concern figur-
ed in the outside ventures.
Liabilities 100000.
The firm has no stock exchange OBJ
legations. The total liabilities are
estimated at $1O00,00O; the assets at
half that amount. Both these sums
are Appropriated
The firm of Tracy & Co., was organ
IZ6u Ill IJU0. IL COuSlSlS OIL William
w. Tracy, r. D. Covington and Fred
erick w. Parker. Mr. Parker was the
board member. Tracy and Covington
were in conference with the receiver
in the afternoon, but they declined to
make any statement.
Among stock exchange houses with
Chicago connections, the embarrass-
ment Of the firm caused little sur
prise.
Due to Legislation.
The situation is regarded by friends
of Mr. Tracy as a result, at least in
part, of proposed taxicab legislation
pending before the local board of al
dermen. When a hearing was held
with regard to proposed legislation
some weeks ago, an attorney for taxi
cab interests announced to the COM
mitteemen of the board that any re-
duction in the rate of fare might
mean bankruptcy for some persons
interested. But the proposed bill was
reported, though further considera-
ton was postponed.
AS no official notice was received,
the firm was not suspended from the
stock exchange yesterday afternoon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
ketchel TOYS With Mccain.

Pittsburg. Pa, May 19.-Six times
last night Hugh Mccain was down for
a count of nine seconds in his six
round bout with Stanley Ketchel,
champion middleweight of the world.
Five times in the sixth round he was
saved from a knockout by a second.
Twice he was knocked through the
ropes, once clear across the press Ia
BILE, into the seats of spectators.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Domestic Economy.

They had automobiled in twenty-five
miles to see Mr.. Highfyer's pet ocu-
list, and on the return trip three
tires, one after anothre, had blown
up. Whereupon Mrs. Highfyer re-
marked plaintively and with intense
conviction: "My dear Alfred, it would
have been so much cheaper to have
kept you at home and bought you a
glass eye!"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
UNEARTH FIFTY SKELETONS.
New York State Orchard Workmen
Find Mysterious Cemetery.

Buffalo, n. Y, May ~. = Men at
work in an orchard in Orangeport,
Niagara county, yesterday uncovered
the skeletons of about fifty human be-
ings. DR.. G. F. Johnson, who was call
ed and thereafter directed the work
until darkness put a stop to opera
tons, said of the find:
$50 far as we could see the bodies
were piled without regard to order.
The skulls that | have examined are
prognathous; that is, they have low
foreheads and heavy jaws and seem
not to have belonged to a white man.
On the other hand, although | am not
an anthropogist or an ethnologist, and
have only the neighborhood lore in
Indian history, | have never heard or
read of an Indian burying ground
where there was such lack of system
ard ceremonial
The excavation will be continued.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
He Was Born Too Soon.

A middle-aged gentleman was ask
ed the other day he liked the liver
wing of a chicken.
II hardly know" he said. 81 have
so seldom eaten them. When | was
a boy they fell to my fathers share,
and now that I am a father my chill
dren eat them"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
CAPT. HAMS NOW CONVICT 592s3.
Father Overcome as He Leaves His
Son in Prison.

Father Overcome as He Leaves His
Son in Prison.
Ossining, N. Y, May 19.-"Convict
59293."
For eight years that will be the des-
ienaticn of Capt. Peter c. Hams, U.
S. A, unless in the meanwhile he is
pardoned by the governor or is grant
ed a new trial by the court of ap-
peals.
He passed through the gates of the
old state prison here yesterday, was
shaved and supplied with convict's
uniform.
After the ordeal his father, the
white-haired veteran, dropped into a
chair, his face ashen and his limbs
trembling. For long time he was
left alone, and then when he had COM
posed himself he arose and with face
set hard left the prison.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Killed nv Liuhtninu,

Oklahoma City, Okla, May 10. -
Northern Texas and Southern Okla
homa we're swept by q severe wind
and rain storm yesterday that did
much damage to crops and houses.
Octavius Dodge of Bonham was killed
by lightning Near Van Alystyine,
Tex. a church and school house
were partially wrecked.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
SLASHES THROAT WITH KNIFE.
Fear of Ill Health Causes Suicide of
South Dakota Farmer.

Trip, S. D., May 19.-Martin Her
man, aged eighty-three, pioneer resi-
dent of the region northeast of Trip,
in a fit of temporary insanity, commit
ted suicide by cutting his throat with
a breadknife. He had been sufferer
from asthma and this and the fear
that he would never recover caused
his mind to become unsettled He is
survived by five sons and four daugh-
tiers.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
TAFT GOES SOUTH.
Will Attend Celebrations at Peters

Will Attend Celebrations at Peters
burg and Charlotte.
Washington, May 10. = President
Taft last night started on his first trip
into the South since his Inauguration.
Today he will attend the unwilling at
Fort Malone, near Petersburg, of a
monument erected to the memory of
Pennsylvania soldiers and later he
will be given luncheon and reception
by the city of Petersburg.
Tonight the presidential party will
continue on to Charlotte, N. c., where
they will attend the Mecklinburg Gel
ebratiOn on Thursday.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Bandits Rob Exuress Car,

Augusta. Ca May 1.-two robbers
boarded a Southern passenger train at
Warrenville, S. c., ten miles east of
here, last night, got the drop on Ex-
press Messenger Thomas L. Hutton,
knocked him unconscious and ransack-
ed the car. Records showed that the
robbers secured about 5000.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
RUSSIAN OFFICERS FREED.
injury to Health Causes Release of
StoesseI and Nebogatoff

st. Petersburg, May 19.-Lieut Gen.
Anatole NJ. Stoessel and Rear Admit
raj Nebogatoff have been released from
confinement in the fortress Of st. Pc
ter and st. Paul by order of Emperor
Nicholas The health of both men
has been gravely affected by their
confinement.
Gen. Stoessel was found guilty by
court-martia1 of surrendering tie for
tress of Port Arthur to the Japanese
and was serving a sentence of ten
years. Nebogatoff was sentenced for
the same length of time for surrender
ing to the enemy at the battle of the
San of Japan.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
EXPLOSION Fatal to Two.

Linton, Ind, May 19.-Guy Elliston,
sixteen years old. was killed, and his
father, Daniel EIliston, was seriously
burned in a powder explosion at the
Little Giant mine, near here, yester-
day. Frank Guiester, a miner, was
perhaps fatally wounded. Sparks
from Guiester's torch exploded key
of nOWder
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Two Burned Alive in Mine.

Negaunee, Mich, May 10. - Victor
Morse and Edgar Ylensen, two Fin
nish miners, were buried alive in the
Mary Charlotte mine yesterday. A
large force of miners tunneled for the
men all day. They were finally found,
but both had died before the rescuers
reached them.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Guilty of Mine Frauds.

Kansas City, Mo-, May ia jury
in the federal court yesterday found
e. S. Horn, Frank H. Horn John E..
Horn, Raymond P. May and F. H,
Snider guilty of using the mails to
defraud in promoting the Central Min
ing and Development company of the
1.-TWO Queens" group of gold mines in
Arizona.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Coioone Cathedral in Bad Shape.

Cologne, May 1.-THE architect Of
the Cologne cathedral has informed
the authorities that the condition of
the building is unsatisfactory in many
respects, although there is no immedi-
ate danger. The necessary repairs
will cost many millions and take
years to carry out.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Shoots TWO Fatally: Kills Self.

Shelburne, Ind, May 49, - Frank
Doggemant, French miner, yester-
day shot his wife, wounding her per-
haps fatally, killed his brother-in-law
and committed suicide. The woman,
it is said, had refused to live with
DOgeemant
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Commuters jump for Their Lives.

New York, May 1.-two hundred
commuters on board a train on the
Long Island railroad jumped from car
windows late yesterday afternoon to
escape from a blaze which was start
ed simultaneously in all the coaches
by a short circuiting of the third rail.
None was hurt. Four coaches were
DESTROYED.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
HAILSTONES KILL SEVEN.

Stones SO Big That They Crash
Through the Light Roofs.
Uvalde, Tex May 19.-Seven Next
cans in a tent several miles south Of
here were killed by a terrific hail
storm.
The storm, which swept a large part
of Southern Texas, was of unusual
fury.
The hailstones were the largest
ever seen here. They cut canvas
tents like knives and even went
through light roofs.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
STATE BANKS SHOW GAIN.
Commissioner Bergh's Report Is En-
couraginq.

couraging.
According to the report issued by
State Banking Commissioner M. G.
Bergh the state and mutual savings
banks of Wisconsin are doing -four
ishing business.
The statement is based on reports
made by the banks at the close OF
business On April %,
The total resources and liabilities
of the banks on that date were $131,
9Z9.021.2O, as against $129,S42,781.6f
on. Feb. 5, the date of the last proceed
ing report. The increase of $2,O87,
239.54 was due principally to growth
in deposits.
The number of banks increased dur
ing the period in question from 45t
TO 45S. State and mutual savings
banks do about one-half of the bank
ing business of Wisconsin.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Arrested for Shopiiftjnu.

Chicago, May 19.-Mrs. Josephine
Ash and her daughter Minnie, eighteen
years old, who came here from Grand
Rapids, Mich, five weeks ago, were
arrested yesterday for shoplifting
They confessed that they had stolen
800 worth of merchandise.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
Kills Wife While She Sleeps.

Atlanta, Ca, May 19.-Mrs. George
Burge was murdered early yesterday
while she slept and her husband is
under arrest, charged with the killing.
It is said that after killing the wom-
an he kissed her thirteen months old
baby before running from the room.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-05-20
KILLED BY HOLDUP MAN.
Minneapolis Fireman Shot Attempting
to Stop Fleeing THUG.

Minneapolis Fireman Shot Attempting
to Stop Fleeing Thug.
Minneapolis, May 19.-While trying
to intercept a holdup man who was
making a desperate effort to escape
from pursuing detectives, John Nc
Namara, lieutenant of Truck No. 2,
Engine Company No. 1, was shot and
fatally injured last night. He died an
hour later at the city hospital.
The man who did the shooting was
captured after a chase which led
through streets and alleys, and he is
now locked up at the central police
station. He gave the name of Frank
Pole.