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The Washington times., 1910-11-18
SINS ADMITS GUILT
IN>EABEHLEhENT
CASE. ASKS PAROLE
Man Who Tried to End Life
ConfeSses Robbing In
surance Firm.
WAS TRUSTED
AS EMPLOYE
Good Reputation Held Up to Court
and May Aid In Obtaining
His Release.

Appealing to the mercy Of the court,
John G. Sims. former washington
agent for the Life Insurance Company
OF Virginia, today pleaded guif-- in
Criminal Court No 10 an indiCtruent
charging him with embezzienent.
The indictment contained ten counts,
the amounts ranging from So 10 .2,l0o
the total amount Of the embezzlemeut
being over Ss,G0a
Through W. Z. Ambrose, his attoruev.
Mr.. Sims made an appeal for a parole
under the new probation law and-it Is
understood that the life insurance
company wilI make no vigorous oppo-
sition, owing 70 extenuatiug circurn-
stances in the case For further in
vestigatiOn the prisoner vas remanded
to jaH until next week Chief Justice
Ciabaugh Will pass on the motion then.
Attempt To End Life.
The arrest OF S1m5 was made under
dramatic conditions while he lay in a
hospital suffering from the results Of
an attempt to end his life A guard
was placed over him al the hospital,
and when he had sufficiently recovered
from the effects Of his suicide attempt
he was placed in JAN The grand Jury
returned an Indictment last wsek
II was In the latter part Of September
that Sims made the attempt at self
destruction.
Company Was Suspicious.
Looking for a motive for the act
officers of the insurance company be-
came suspicious that he was short in
his accounts, and expert ACCOUNTANTS
were put to work on the books fn the
Companv'S local office. DefalCatfons
were discovered. and a warrant OBJ
tanned
Before Sims attempted suicide he
had a good reputation and this IS ex-
pected 70 aid in getting parole
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
CONSULS' REPORTS
DISCLOSE FACTS
Companies In South America Not
Entirely Owned By U. S. Capi-
talists Are Said to Be In Pact.
HoEV Chicago Packers Hold
World IN Grasp

Anticipating meat would be placed
on the free list they went into
South America and began buying
up only competition Of any
danger.
Argentina Is no'F practically dom
mated by Chicago packers.
Where unable tc buy out competi-
tors, American packers have en-
tered iEto agreements.
Reports to Department Of Commerce
and Labor show meat companies
IN Argentine make big profits.
Instead Of sending their own beef
to the United States when scare
ity in this counry sends prices
up, packers send their Argentina
product to Europe.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
LAWYERS WIFE
SEEKS A DIVORCE
Mrs Charlotte Weikert Wants Husband Arrested to Pre-
vent His Alleged Proposed Flight
From City.

Fearing that her husband. clyde 3
WeikeTt, q WsIl-knOWn young Wash
ingJOn attorney against whom she to-
day fled a suit for absolute divorce.
would leave the city before the papers
could be served, Mrs Charlotte Weikert
obtained an order from Justice Stafford,
OF the District Supreme Court. reqUiT-
ing the defendant to furnish a bond Of
Sl,o00 OF 90 to Jail.
The order was placed IN the hands
Of the marshal. who was told that the
young lawyer could be found in a GER
tain Turkish bath house A deputy
marshal was sent after Weikert-
The Weikerts were married at Allan
tic City IN September, 1909. and soon
after took up residence IN Chevy Chase.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
]. S. TAR
IS SLAIN

PARIS, Nov. 1S.-According TO a Cher
boUrg dispatch TO L'Intransigeant bloody
riots occurred there early today between
the sailors of the second division Of the
American feet and French soldiers
The body Of an American sailor was
later found floating in the inner port,
the dispatch says
All the patrols IN Cherbourg are now
carrying Guns with bayonets attached
10 prevent another attack By the
Americans, who are alleged to have been
the aggressors n today's fight.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

A Few months after the marriage. Mrs.
Weikert alleges, her husband began 90
drink 10 excess and 10 treat her in a
brutal manner.
she alleges that 0--iy a few weeks ago
IN trying 10 push her into a bath room
IN the Ontario apartment house her
husband severely crushed her left arm
Mrs. Weikert AYERS in her re4frior1
Ln3I last week she net her husba nd
ana another young woman together on
the street and that a scene resulted
Wie1 she demanded that he accompany
her home At that time she saws rer
husband admitted that he -as IN love
with the other woman ard would -
With her wherever she wan.eti him %
IN requesting that her husband oe
placed IN bond. Mrs Weikert claimed
that be had told her he was going 10
Philadelphia either today OF t3nOrroz.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
CANNON WILL STAY
IN DANVILLE AWHILE
Speaker Declines to Spend Thanks
giving on MournerS' Bench
In Washington.

Uncle joe. Cannon viii not be in any
hurry to come back to washington and
join any old cronies on the mourners'
bench Secretary Busbey has received
telegram from the Speaker announcing
that he has a powerful lot of private
business to attend to IN DanvfIIe and
that he is going TO stay there and at
tend to it
To Speaker Cannon DanviIle looks
mighty s0od as ?. place in which to bury
election soTrows
The election of November s did not
give Uncle JOE" much to be thankful
for. but he viii eat his turkey at home
whsre he viii not have his meal spoiled
BY disgruntled Republicans.
It is not expeC ted that Speaker Cannon
VIII reach Washington for week or ten
days
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
Dramatic Incidents IN Career
of Sims

John G. Sims, Washington agent
for the life Insurance Company
Of Virginia, pleads guilty to an
indictment charging him with en-
beZzlement-
The indictment contains ten counts,
ranging from 500 to S2,Ioo, and
aggregating $500
Arrest made IN a hospital where
lay III from a sensational ATTEMPT
which he hSd made to end his
life.
Because Of hs good standing
among his employers and among
Washington business men, he my
obtain parole.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
POSTMASTERS PLAN
TO CONVENE HERE
National Association Informs
Chamber of Commerce It Will
Hold Convention Here.
National

The conventions committee OF the
Chamber Of Commerce has secured an
other convention for Washington
Granville Hunt, chairman, today re-
ceived word from the National Associa-
tion Of Second and Third Class Post
masters, that they had accepted the
Chambers invitation to come to Wash
ington for their annual meeting in Oc-
tOber, next wear.
About 800 delegates are expected.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
WEATHER REPORT.

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday;
not much change in temperature; light
70 moderate variable winds.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
SOUSA WELL AGAIN.

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. IS-John
Philip Sousa. the bandmaster and com
poser If marches, has left the New
Haven Hospital entirely cured OF ris
recent attack OF malaria.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
TEAfPERATUREs.
Sun TABLE
TIDE TABLE.

Today-High tide. S-F7 a m and s-07
D n. Low tide. 2-5S a. n and 3.02 D. N.
Tomorrow-High tide. $40 a. m and
1000 p m Low tide, s-52 a N. and 3.55
p m
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

CONDITION OF THE WATER.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, Nov. IS
Both rivers clear today.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
WOMEN UNDERPAD
SAYS A. T. STUART
Less Accomplished In Washington
Than In Other Cities, It Is
Claimed-Opinions Offered.
Results of Charge That
Teachers OOerzUork

Investigation 70 ind out whether
Washington School system reaches
the standard set In other cities
started BY Henry P Blair.
"Unless all the kckers come to me,
there is something wrong" says
Board Of Education member.
Wide controversy aroused by state
ment before Board Of Education
that teachers in Washington
schools are oveTwoTked.
Conditions here regarded as almost
ideal BY other cities, declares di-
rector Of primary instruction.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
s1zs To Baltimore and Return

Esfurdays and Sunday via Pennsylvania
Railroad Tickets good returning Until
Sunday night All regular trains excepI
fhe Congressional Limited.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18

Whether the same results are being
accomplished in the course OF a FIVE
hour school day in Washington as in
ether cities, is the subject Of an ex-
tended Investigations by Henry p. Blair.
newest member Of the Board OF Edu-
cstion
Mr. Blair aroused wide comment al
the recent Board Of Education meeting
oy the statement that teachers in The
" aSnIngJOn schools were already given
more 70 DO than time 10 do Il in. and
oy taxing an incidental fling at the
business methods Of the Board Of Edu-
cation
Either catch all the kiekers, or there
Is something decidedly wrong with
some features IN teh school system % de-
clared Mr. Blair, teIay
sn net ready ~ tnIs time TO make
any cehnite state mems further than
what 1 said at the board meeting. But
Il stands 10 reason that II an investiga-
JiOn proves that We are doing less here
In the same time than Is accomplished
ming our work right or our teaching
force IS Incompetent 1t is I'D 10 Us to
ind out which,
Opinions Vary.
The amount OF work allotted TO teach
ers aroused wide discussion in school
circles today, and brought forth widely
divergent opinions from various school
executives.
Il have Just one sentence TO say on
this subject declared Superintendent
Of Schools A T Stuart Il never saw
a public school teacher who wasn't
Overworked and underpaid-T
President ". Y. Cox, Of the Board 9f
Education, intimated that the amount
Of work done by teachers wasn't un-
duly excessive
The members OF the Board Of Edu-
ARE a-a -.
said. School teaching isn't any easy
job. but 1 don't think OLlT teachers SUI
fer more than the average teacher in
other schools
Miss NJ. F. Brown, director Of prinI-
ary instruction, who comes directly in
contact with teachers IN grade schools
and who has made a close study OF
conditions IN other cities, said thai
Washington teachers were to be con-
graduated rather than Iitied-
The program given our teachers is
undoubtedly heavy. said Atiss Brown
This Is not n condition 1T Washington
alone, Il is general There IS more 20
be taught pupil now than there was
ten years ago Il has now become a
courses not what to add As in any
stage OF transition the workers natural
" have TO bear z heavier burden than
usual
Much Unassigned Time
but though We give teachers a week
u program showing how much time ap-
proximateIy should be devoted to each
study, she IS left to work ont the order
that best suits her The unassigned
tine in various grades ranges from
50 minutes to I25 minutes, and 1 admit
that Is too much
The Washington schools have be
come widely known through other
cities for the ideal relation between
parents. teachers. and pupils which
exists here It Is a. relation that close
" resembles the home, and not the
oId-Ifme school
p II Hughes said in his belief
Washington school teachers worked
hard, but were not necessarily over
worked.
The Washington times., 1910-11-18
Victim In Latest Murder
Mystery Partly Identi-
fed By Police.
AUTOPSY PROVES
DOCTORS THEORY
Traces Of Hemorrhage In One
Lung Believed to Mean
Asphyxiation

NEW YORK. Nov. 1S-The startling
discovery zas made today that the hu-
man remains found in a trunk and in
cased IL zinc, at 40 West FIfth-fourth
street, were those OF a man, who had
been thrust into tb4 trunk alive, and
who had been asphyxiated after it was
locked and Theoretically sealed with
plaster o. paris
The mystery Is one Of the most baf-
fling and gruesome that ever confront
ed the New York police.
COToners Physician 7 D 8Ieehan
and Prof John McAIIIster. performed
an autopsy upon the remains today,
wien Iey made the sensational dis
covery that the man had been placed
living into the trunk
Cause Of Death.
The left lung showed traces OF q hem
orrhage, which. the doctors declared,
had been caused by asphyxiation
a police dragnet was thrown out today
IN the attempt 10 find a cafe waiter
known as W Lewis, and thus clear up
the mystery
BY the merest chance the old trunk
which had been stored away for years
in the basement OF the apartment house
at $50 West FIfty-fourth street vyss
opened BY Philip Meagher. an occupant
Of the house, and before his startled
gaze the nude and decomposed body Of
human being was exposed
The police at first thought the remains
were those OF a woman
The trunk was lined with zinc and
this was sealed with plaster OF paris to
prevent the OdOr OF decay1ng flesh from
escaping. There were g couple OF old
newspapers bearing the dates Of April
i and 80, 1902
Trunk Seized.
Eight years ago Lewis. a waiter,
boarded IN the Meagher home At that
time they resided IN another part OF
the city Lewis left his room owing
room rent, so the Meagher family seized
his trunk and held it as surety They
did not open the trunk. thinking that
Lewis would return Cor it In the course
Of time Il was forgotten When the
family moved into Fifty-fourth street
the trunk was placed in the basement,
where it collected dust and Cobwebs
The janitor OF the house complained
Of the room which the trunk took up, so
Meagher decided to open It to see II he
could find some trace Of Lewis reIa-
tives. intending to send It to them
The name. 'W. Lewis was painted
IN white letters upon the outside of the
trunk
The police learned today. they say.
that Lewis was very friendly with girl
named WintOn, and that ne disappeared
about the same time that Lewis dropped
out OF sight
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11

Petition for cement walk on east
side of Seventh avenue between sth
and 9Th streets was read.
Moved and seconded we'k be order
ed in.
All voting aye motion carried.
An ordinance amending Section 81
of Chapter 4 OF the revised ordinances
was submitted and given its first read,
ing.
Moved and seconded walk Re order
ed in on Third street abutting lot 6,
block 6, Hill Park addition.
All voting aye on roll call motion
carried.
Committee on telephone made re-
port suggesting that the employees in
the telephone Office have a raise in
wages.
Moved and seconded commencing
August l, 1910, the following wages be
aid: Chief operator $4,000 per month,
Edith Yankee, Birdella Mcknight, Mil
dred Davis and Lulu Marvin $4,000
each; night operator s27.50 and Mrs.
Mae BOhL S22.5Q.
On roll call Bagley, Conklin, Hoov-
er, Jermstad, McElmurry, Ray aud
Sherwin voting aye motion carried,
The question OF securing a larger
supply of water vas on motion refer
red TO the committee on water, light
and heat, with instructions to ~investi-
gate and report.
On motion council adjourned.
". y. Ieighty,
Mayor.
G. II. Stoddart, Auditor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11
VALUATION OF FARM LANDS.

A summary of land sales for a few
|of the eastern counties Of South Da
kota indicates that the average as,
sessment value placed on lands does
not come up to a large percentage OF
the selling price Of lands in the same
counties and the ratio no doubt would
hold good in practically all the coun-
ties OF the state.
The summary made by T. A. Pol.
|leys OF the Omaha road, shows that
in the thirteen counties of Codington,
CLARK. SPHINX. Brookings. Beadle,
Hughes, Minnehaha, McCook. Hanson,
Dawson, Union. Clay and Yakton, ON
q total OF 1918 transfers the average
selling price vas $3.50 per acre, and
the average assessment price in the
same counties Is 1851 per acre. The
average ratio in these counties is
1880 per cent. The lowest is in IN
Ion county, where the ratio Is but
1889 per cent. and the highest Is in
Hughes county, where the ratio Is 27.17
Per cent. The rest of the counties
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11
CATTLE SALES TO BE LARGE.

Belle Fourche-With the proposed
closing out Of the cattle holdings OF
the WV ranch north OF here, the
last OF the large cattle outfits that a
few years aso were so numerous in
this section, local railroad officials pro-
Tess to see the loss Of title for Belle
Fourche as the largest single cattle
shipping point In the world. For near
|ly q decade this town has enjoyed this
honor. Shipments will be unusually
large this year as the drought is fore.
Ing all cattle owners 10 snip out every
available head OF stock rather than
|try to set through the winter without
nay or grazing. Many Of the smaller
owners plan to 90 out Of business this
mh for the same reason, and It 10
thought that future shipments, aftsr
this year, WIN not b heavy.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11

cited show ratios ranging all the way
between the two, but Hughes is the
only county On the list which shows
a ratio of more than twenty-five per
cent of selling figures for it's assess
ment price.
These figures are based on land
sales for the first half of this year,
and range from fifty to one hundred
and seventy-fve transactions in each
of the different counties cited in the
list.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11
COST OF ~SANAToRlUMS.

In a preliminary bulletin on the cos
of maintaing a tuberculosis sanatoriun
the National Association for the Stud!
and Prevention of tuberculosis an
nounoed recently that the average cos
per patient per day in thirty semi
charitable sanatoria scattered in al
parts OF the United States is s1.669
These institutions represent an an.
nual expenditure of 81, 300, 900 and ovei
$4,000 days of treatment given each
year. This bulletin, which is part oil
an extensive study the National AS
ISOLATION is making for its bureau OF
information, points out how the coun-
try could save at least $500 900, if
the INDECENT consumptives were prop.
erly segregated.
1t was found that the food cost in
most institutions represents one-third
of the annual expenditures. The av-
erage daily food cost per patient was
.544. The expenditures for salaries
and wages represented nearly another
third, being .4S1 per day per patient
out of a total of S 1869. The fuel, oil
and light cost was 206 per capita per
diem or about one eighth of the total
cost.
The daily cost in the several insti-
.~tutions ranged all the way from .946
per patient to S2.555. In the far west
and the southwest, as in Colorado and
New Mexico and California, the cost
was higher than In the east, in New
York and New England, being $2.025
per patient as against s1.74S.
The total expenditures of the thirty
institutions were $1,363, 953.2S, while
the total receipts from all sources
We're $1,54S,525.74. More than seventy
per cent OF the receipts were receiv-
ed from public funds aud private ben
efactions, only 2S.S per cent being from
patients. Stated in another way, only
thirty-five per cent of the total ex-
p%enditures were received from pa
tents, the remainder being received
from other sources.
Computing that there are in the
United States at least 800, 900 INDECENT
c~onsumptives who should be cared for
in charitable or semi charitable san
atoria and hospitals, the National AS
~sociation estimates that the annual
cost to the country for the treatment
of these persons would be $50, 000, 900
at the rate of S1.669 per day per pa
tent. At the lowest possible estimate
the country loses $500, 0OO, 900 a year
from the incapacity of these INDECENT
victims of tuberculosis. This would
mean a net saving of $780, 00, 900 a
year to the United States IL all the
cases OF consumption who are too poor
to AFFORD proper treatment In expen-
sive sanatoria were cared for al the
expense OF the municipality, county or
state. And this annual gain does not
include the enormous saving that
would accrue from the lessened infec-
ton due to the segregation OF the
dangerous consumptives in institu-
tons.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11

moved and seconded report OF COM
mittee be adopted, bills allowed and
warrants drawn for m
On roll call Bagley, Conklin, Hoov-
er, Jermstad, McElmurry. Ray and
Sherwin voting aye motion carried.
Moved and seconded warrant be
drawn in favor of city treasurer in
the sum OF $99.s4 to balance freight,
express and gasoline accounts.
On roll call Bagley, Conklin, Hoov-
er, Jermstad, McElmurry, Ray and
Sherwin voting aye motion .arried.
Bond and oath of A. w. Morton as
superintendent was read,
Moved and seconded bond and oath
be approved and placed on file.
On roll call Bagley, Conklin, Hooy.
er. JeTmstad, McElmurry, Ray and
sherwin voting aye motion carried.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11

Receipt 6ooks-Bound with stub
Brookings date line. Books Of %, so
and 100 receipts. Call at Register
Office.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-08-11

Sectional Maps Brookings county.
'7xsM. ct the Register once.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-28
Ada County REGISTRARS.

Following is list of registrars and
places of registration in Ada county for
the primary and general election:
Precinct No. l. Pauline Short, 1905
State Street. 5.
Precinct No. 2. Mary Hartley, 322
Precinct No. 3. Ella Danskin, 317 E.
| Bannock.
Precinct No. 4. Fannie Stoltz, AIS W.
Jefferson.
Precinct No. s. Aileen Bruce, Eilers
Piano House.
Precinct No. 6. Mrs. H. Milleman,
1914 Front.
Precinct No, 7. Eliza J. Haley, 1oo1
State.
Precinct No. 8. Margaret Finnegan,
52l N. 9th.
Precinct.No. 9. Maude Neiley, I'll N
5th.
Precinct No. 10, Mrs. M. L. Twogood,
liz N 10th,
Precinct No. II. Nannsta Conklin,
1914 State.
Precinct No. 70. Mrs. N. c. Mason,
2004 N 10th.
Precinct No. 10. Mildred H. Adams,
10 and Sherman SITS.
Precinct No. IA. Mary E. cole, 1910
Brumback.
Precinct No. is. Anna N. Moody, 1914
Idaho.
Precinct No. 10. Mrs. B. t. Livingston.
South Boise, Anna e. caldwell.
Meridian precinct, Rose E. Pettet.
Maple Grove, Mrs. A. Lunstrom.
Residence u Mile North Maple Grove
School House, Friday at Maple Grove
School to p. n.y.
Ten Mile, W. H. Kitching.
White cross, Eva Butler.
Kuna, E. Linda Fiss,
Orchard, w. S. Laird.
Whitney, carrie j. clark, (Residence |
blocks e of 9th st Hill, Friday, atWhit-
ney School l to Up. m.)
Hair Grounds, j. G. Hoefs, Residence
= mile s. e. Fair Grounds, Friday, at |
Fair Grounds, to p. MI
Ustick, Lena Spangenberg.
Union, Eliza Wehr.
Green Meadow, Mrs. A. D. Robb.
Dry creek, clara See.
Soldiers Home, Frank E. Howard.
Inter-Mountain, Hattie Stafford.
Barber, Henry Mack.
Highland, Mrs. VIM Bedal.
W. L. CupDY.
Auditor,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-10-28

OF the Third judicial District of the
State'of Idaho, in and for the County
of Ada
Elsie May Peck, Plaintiff,
William Earl Peck, Defendant,
Alias Summons.
The State of Idaho sends greeting to
the above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in an action brought against you by
the above named plaintiff in the Dis
trlet Court of the Third Judicial Dis
trict, State of Idaho, in and for the
County of Ada, and to answer the
complaint filed therein "a copy of
which is hereto attached) within
twenty days Exclusive of the day of
service) after the service OH you of this
summons, if served within this district;
or il, served out of this district, within
forty days. The said action is brought
to recover decree of divorce disso1-
wing the bonds of matrimony existing
between the plaintiff and defendant,
on the grounds of defendants cruelty,
habitual intemperance and failure to
provide plaintiff with the common
necessaries of life for more than one
year last past, all of which more fully
appears in plaintiffs complaint, a
copy of which is served herewith,
hereby referred to and made a part
hereof.
Aud you are hereby notified, That if
you fail TO appear and answer the said
complaint, as above required, the said
plaintiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the District Court of the Third
Judicial District Of the State of Idaho,
in and for the county of Ada, this Sd
day of October, in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
ten.
(Sean w. L. CUDDY,
Clerk.
BY Otto F, Peterson,
w. H. TyRR. Deputy Clerk. |
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Residing at Boise, Idaho. 2l-St |