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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
Fugitive Richmond Man Is Be-
ing Widely Sought Now by
Pinkerton Detectives on a
Serious Charge.
is OBTAINING MONEY
PASSING BAD CHECKS
Second National Bank Within
The Past Few Days Has Re-
fused Checks Which, All
Told TotaIed $1,000.

With the Pinkerton detectives on
his trail, with telegraph wires all over
the country hot with messages to be
on the lookout for him, George NJ.
Piper, of this city, formerly employ
ed as travelling salesman for the F.
& n Lawn Mower works, has sue
cessfully evaded detection for several
months, after perpetrating the most
daring series of wholesale swindling
schemes which has ever come to the
attention of the police, even in the
larger cities. Within the past few
days the Second National bank of this
city has received four bad checks
from various parts of the country, by
which Pipher has cleared just $1,000.
A few days ago a check made out on
a Second National bank draft, for
$500, was received here from Port
land, Oregon. Piper had evidently rep
resented that he had money in the 10
cal bank and his check was promptly
cashed by the Portland Hotel of Port
land.
Works in Portland, Ore.
At the same time this check was
received another was forwarded from
Portland for the sum of 5000. which
was cashed by hardware firm in
that city. Both checks were cashed
on February i. Several days later
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
"Remember the Maine"
Just Twelve Years Ago Today That BahIeship Was
Destroyed in Havana Harbor and War Resulted


a
told him The Maine
she OF
February
in
who
etegaity.'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
1t Is Reported New Manager
Will Use Trust Company's
Room and the Writing Room
for Fine Cafe.
POOL AND BILLIARD
ROOMS IN BASEMENT
And Present Pool Room to Be
Used for a Writing Room
New Things and Furnish
ings Assured.

1t is rumOred that extensive and el-
aborate improvements are to be made
on the Westcott hotel by A. ii. Brown
of French Lick, who recently purchas-
ed the hostelry, at the expiration of
the lease of the present manager.
George Gay, in February, 1911. 1t is
said that the partition between the
writing room and the Union Loan
and Trust cOmpany's office will be
removed and the space thus afforded
will be made into one of the finest
cafes in the state. The writing room
will be transferred to what is now
the pool and billiard room, it is said.
while large pool and billiard parlor
will be fitted uD in the basement.
New tiling will be placed on the
floor of the lobby and in all the bath
rooms. Entire new furnishings will
be purchased throughout. The mural
decorations will be changed in prac-
. .ically every room in the hotel. At
tention will be given to the plumbing
Immediately when Mr.. Brown takes
possession.
After Gays Interest?
1t is understood that Mr. Brown is
making an effort to purchase Mr..
Gays interest in the hotel before the
| expiration Of the latters lease, in
order that he may commence the
improvements this summer In event
satisfactory agreement can be reach.
ed between the two, and the possibil.
ity is favorable in this regard. it is
said, Mr.. Gay will vacate before his
lease expires and the changes will be
effected as soon as possible. Mr. Gay
has stated that he is perfectly willing
to sell his interests in the hotel. Al
present Mr.. Brown is in Florida and
will not return for several weeks.
Practically all of the improvements
! will be confined to the interior of the
hotel. it is said, the exterior being in
good condition and not in much need
of repair.
| 1t is believed that the changes
which have been suggested in respec,
to the location of the writing room
pool and billiard parlors and the in
stallatiOn of the cafe downstairs. will
be more satisfactory arrangement
all around. Richmond has long need
ed a first class cafe, the present one
not being entirely adequate, it is said
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
HUNT A MURDERER
OF YOUNG WOMAN
Police at Atlantic City Are To-
day Making Search in
the Woods.
MYSTERY AN OBSCURE ONE
PIECE By PIECE THE AUTHORl-
TIES ARE PUTTING TOGETHER
STORY OF THE CRIME AS BASIS
TO WORK ON.
(American News Service)

Atlantic City, Feb. 15.-While de-
scriptions of VIM. Seyler, the accused
man in the million dollar pier mys-
terry, were being sent broadcast
throughout the country today the
search for him centered in the dismal
camps of the pine woods within ten
miles of this city.
Chief of Detectives Whalen today
led the strong force of police detailed
to the search of the woods and camps
and every section of the forest was
gone over in the hunt for the man ac-
cused of numbering 1S-year-old Janet
Adams, whose body, clad in a ball
room gown, was washed ashore, froz-
en- and with a wound in her fore
head.
Hunt Younger Brother.
Although the search is directed in
the main against William Seyler, the
authorities are exerting every effort
" 1Iuu Ills Souh6CA oLoIAcI, >,
who disappeared about the same
time, just after the murdered girl
dropped from sight and was supposed
to have eloped.
Piece by piece the authorities are
putting together the circumstantial
story Of the girls murder. They have
found how she went to the end of the
pier and how she was left alone with
William Seyler when his brother and
her 16-yearold sister Alice returned
to land. From the autopsy perform.
ed by County Physician Lewis Sou.
der. whose results were announced
today, and the circumstances sur
rounding the discovery of the slain
girls body, they have found the de.
tails of the pitiful story of her strug
gle and believe she was murdered
with sharp instrument while the
waves drowned her cries, and heI
body was cast in1a the seAS~-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
TWO PROBATE ITEMS

Samantha Thompson. guardian OF
Lawrence c., the minor heir Of the
late George w. Thompson. filed par
tial report on the probate court to-
day. showing that she was still charg-
cable with $6iS.54.
Judge Fox has approved of the peti.
ton of Benjamin F. Hatfield. admin
istrator of the estate of William Nc
Mahon to be allowed to pay from the
amount on hand. $2,439.10, to the
county treasurer for back and delin.
Quent taxes. The taxes were on Sc
1uestered property discovered BY
Washington +. Love. tax ferret
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
IS SOLD

At the sale of Wayne county prop
critics on which the tax was delin-
quent, by County Treasurer Albert AL
bertson. yesterday morning in the. cor
rldor OF the court house. fifty-one
pieces of property were sold. The sale
was considered a very good one. Sew
eral bargains were offered. The own
ers who allowed the tax to become de-
linquent can redeem the property by
paying the taxes aud other costs with
in tho next two wears -~------ =
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
WANTS To DIE BAD

Paris. Feb. abdul HAmid. de-
posed sultan of Turkey 10 starving
himself to death in his palace prison
at Salonica according to sdvices re-
ceived hero today. He 10 In agooy
and his death today was declared TO
be . matter OF 4 very short time.
Since he vas taken from the throne
ne has been subject to fits Of madness
eliminating IN his attempt at suafd0
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
The Man Who Made the Bribery Charge

Hiram G. Moe, former Sunday
school superintendent OF Groton, N.
Y, who is causing sensation in the
senate of the New York legislature
by declaring he gave Senator Aids,
now on trial, a one-thousand dollar
bill as bribe to retard certain legis-
lation Objectionable to his employer,
Senator Conger. also a member of the
present body. The bribery charged
took place eight years ago and is be-
yond the limitation of criminal prose
cution, but the sensation the charge
is causing is as great as though the
offense was committed yesterday.
Aids is republican leader in the SEN
ate and the outcome looks dark for
him.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
DESERTS OFFSPRING.

Feeling none OF the responsibilities
Of mother. little George and Dow
Ashcraft, of Cambridge City. were de-
serted by their parent and today peti-
ton was filed in the Juvenile court
for their transfer to Whites Institute.
The father of the children is dead.
Since their desertion by their mother.
the children have been in the care of
Trustee Mason of jackson township.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
THE WEATHER.

iNDiANA-Rsin. changing to snow to-
night; much colder; Wednesday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15
VISIT OLD FRIENDS

Mr.. and Mrs. Matson OF San Jose.
Cal. formerly OF this city spent a few
hours here yesterday visiting old
friends Mr.. Matson had been in New
York City where he was purchasing
supplies for his large store. Consid
cradle of his time in this city was
spent with City Clerk Baltz Bescher.
with whom he chummed when a boy
in this city.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-15

Continued on Page Seven.)
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08
Textbooks with a Country Flavor

We heard a very gifted Vermonter
speak recently along the line of agricul-
tural education in our common rural
schools. Among other good things he
recommended was that the school books
used in these schools should be revised
thoroughly and entirely. He says that
they are to-day written from crowded
city blocks, and the examples and
thoughts all smatter of crowded city
streets. He would have it all changed
and have il give a rural flavor, and the
examples used should all be from the
farm or the home, the garden or the
household, so that the youths who get
their first and strongest impressions in
the school room would be impressed
with the reality and permaneucy OF
rural life. AS it is now the result is
Just the reverse, as there is nothing OF
rural flavor In any school book used in
our rural schools. he wouldn't have
the children talk about banks and bank
ing, rates of exchange, insurance, bills
of lading and drafts, but would have
them given examples of bushels and bar
rels of farm produce, measuring farms,
wood lots, surveying wood and lumber
and stone, and the like. We did not
think so much about it at the time, but
the more We have pondered over 1t the
greater it's Importance has impressed us
aud we are thoroughly convinced thai
the Vermont gentleman is right, that
the school books used in our rural
schools, each and every one OF them in
the lower grades at least, should be re-
written from a rural standpoint and for
once the city put into the background
Turf, Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08

mediately became lost in one OF those
fierce struggles Of politics not less bit
ter because concealed. Heinzman was
already on the ground. Newmark had
the shadow Of right on his side, for he
applied for the charter on the basis OF
the river improvements already put In
by his firm. Heinzman wanted the
improvements already existing con-
demned and sold as public utility to
the highest bidder. He offered further
guarantees as to future improvements.
In addition were other and more po-
tent arguments proffered behind closed
doors. Many cases resolved themselves
into a bald question Of cash. Others
demanded diplomacy. Jobs, fat con-
tracts, business favors, influence, were
all flung out freely, bribes as absolute
as though stamped with the dollar
mark. Newspapers all over the state
were pressed into service. Among
these delicate and complicated cross
currents Newmark moved silent, cold
secret. He seemed TO understand them.
to play with them. to manipulate them
as elements Of the game.
The Aght endured through most OF
the first half Of the session. AT the
last, However, the bill passed the board
The company had it's charter.
Its cost us plenty, anyway" orde
said when the charter bill became
law. ''The Propositions got load
on it. 1t will take us a long time to
get out Of debt. The river driving
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08
Keep the Moths Down.

The promise of the coming of an army
Of parasitical enemies to prey on the
gypsy moth while limiting at relief at
some future day cannot, for one moment,
Justify any letting go of active opera
tions for the suppression and destruction
of these pests. Research by scouting
parties uncovers new territory and once
let these pests get into the thickly wood
ed sections of the state and no power
can stay their progress. As it required
wears for the moth to get acclimated and
ready for business SO too will it take
wears for the parasites to get ready for
their work of destruc ion. The danger
is-that the penny wise pound foolish
policy may creep in and the public look
10 these natural destroyers to do the
impossible. 1t is not question OF cost
bnt of preservation. There can be no
letting 20 by the state. More money
must be provided or our great forests
will 90. The workers must be kept In
the field and their numbers should De
increased. The only thing to do Is e.
stand by and insist upon the state pro
vidine the funds necessary and then the
wise expenditure of the same. This
psst must be controlled.-Maine Farmer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08
The Work of the Maine Orange.

In looking over the Journal of pro-
ceediugs of the Maine State Grange, just
am struck with the amount
and variety of work done at the last
session and the many subjects connected
with rural life that were discussed and
handled. My personal i'm
pressions of the people present and of
the social position they took in Names
second largest city, leads me to the be-
lief that they represent in large measure
the thinking, working people of the
state, and that if personal appearance
and dress are evidences of intelligence
they give the lie to the idea,, sometimes
expressed in high circles, that farmers
are objects of commiseration, living IN
darkness and in ignorance of their own
great opportunities and privileges. In
nv Judgment, if some of those who
would reach down from their lofty, self
created pedestals TO help the farmers up
should meet them upon a common level
they would be surprised to lind that
the uplifting" would have to be done
by the other party.
There were from twelve to fifteen hun
dred persons present at the earlier ses-
sions, with five hundred and eighty-three
voting members on the first ballot by
which the master was reelected, receiv-
ing all but forty-one of the votes cast.
The master touched upon many vital
matters in his annual address, including
such topics as agricultural thought, tax
alton, education, direct primaries, fake
Investigations by COM
conservation and home max
ing. The report of the committee on
education, written by a district school
was broad and compre-
hensive. The advantages of nature
studies were emphasized and the i'm
portance of developing rural schools
along this line was fully set forth. The
report of the committee on dairy in-
terests touched the most vital points OF
Maine dairying and called for active
efforts for revision of the new tariff on
cream. The report of the committee on
agriculture called attention to the needs
of action at once along specific lines,
and a change in the methods OF holding
farmers institutes to put them more IN
touch with the people. In general, the
work of the session appeared to show
conclusively a desire 10 work for the
elevation of the man aud the woman,
and thereby the elevation of the occupa-
ton of farming, the courage to take de,
cided stands on all questions considered
and an un nalterable purpose to oppose all
shams and the schemes OF conscience
less impostors. Walker Mckeen In
Tribune Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08


Orde's blackboard drew into camp he
sent Bourke away to repair damages
while he called the cookee to help un-
pack several heavy boxes Of hardware.
They proved to contain about thirty
small hatchets. well sharpened and
each with leather guard. When the
rear crew had come in that night Orde
distributed the hatchets.
Boys" said he, while you're on
the work want you all to keep
watch out for these H logs, and
whenever you strike one want you
to hlaze 1t plainly so there won't be
any mistake about It."
What for?" asked Saginaw man.
A riverman nudged him.
".Iust do what you're told to on this
river and you'll see fun sure"
Three days later the rear crew ran
into the head Of the pond above Reeds
dam. To every ones surprise, Orde
called a halt on the work and announc-
ed holiday.
Now. holidays are unknown on drive.
Barely is time allowed for eating and
sleeping. Nevertheless all that day
the men lay about in complete idle
ness. The pond filled with logs. From
above the current. aided by a fair
wind. was driving down still other
logs-the forerunners of the little drive
astern. At sight Of these some OF the
men grumbled. Were losin' what we
made" said they. I'VE left them logs
and sorted 'em out once already"
Orde sent couple Of axmen to blaze
the newcomers. A little before sun
down he ordered the sluice gates OF
the dam opened.
might work." said the men to one
another.
Sure enough, after supper orde sud
denly appeared among them.
"Get organized. boys" said ne orisk.
". We've got to get this pond all
| sluiced before morning."
The men took their places.
"Sluice through everything but the
H logs" Orde commanded. WorR
them OF to the left and leave them.
The sluicing, under the impetus OF q
big crew, went rapidly. There's near
million an hour going through there
speculated Orde, watching the burden
ed waters Of the chute. And In this
work the men distinguished easily the
new white blaze marks on Heinzman'f
logs, 20 they were able to shunt then
one side into the smoother water, al
Orde had commanded.
| Az the last log shot through Ordt
cried. TEAR out the booms"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08

The experiment stations have given a
good deal of attention to feeds and feed
values. The bulletins contain tables oi
the various feedstuffs in ordinary use
with their proportions Of protein, carbo-
hydrates, etc., and explain how the
different feeds may be 80 balanced as to
give what is KIN wn as the balanced ra-
tion; that is, q ration containing the
food elements in such proportion as to
give the best results for given end. A
ration for milk being somewhat different
from one for fat and a ration for egg
production varying in it's constituent
from one designed for fattening chickens
Now while these tables are valuable and
should be familiar to the man who il
tends to fatten chickens or keep hens
laying, or milk COWS, or keep his work
horses in the best condition at the least
cost, yet they must be supplemented at
every point in the operation by what We
ordinarily term common sense.
In the first place, it should be under
stood that it is not what Is eaten so
much a. what is digested and assimi-
lated that counts. IL is also found In
practice that a feed ration that gives
good results with one cow or with one
flock of chickens, needs to be materially
changed in order to get the best results
from another individual or flock. 1t is
also true that many food products are
much more valuable than any analysis
of their constituents shows. For in
stance, chemists admit that the sugar
beet is a much more valuable food for
dairy cows than any analysis of its con-
stituents indicates; the beet has an effect
upon the digestive tract in assisting to
assimilate the other foods in the ration
that can not be explained by chemical
analysis. Likewise, while at prevailing
prices oil meal is cheaper food than bran,
as measured by their protein content,
which is the standard for figuring feed
values, every practical dairyman knows
that there is favorable condition stimu,
lated in the cows digestive tract by the
use of bran which is not secured in the
same degree by oil meal.
1t follows from the above that the
poultryman, like breeders of other kinds
of stock, must mix his rations with OBJ
servation and common sense. Raw po-
tatoes do not figure high in the list OF
foods by chemical analysis, but the
chicken man will find it a valuable green
food for winter use, better, in the writ
er's Judgment, than cabbage. He will
find that the proper use of the ordinary
farm grains and vegetables will furnish
him with about all he needs in the way
of good, wholesome rations, giving 100
per cent value when mixed with obser-
vation and good judgment. Good man.
agement is simply the intelligent ap-
plication of known facts. A man may
have money to buy good stock and the
best of food, but unless he feeds good
food in the best way he may fail in the
poultry business. In caring for poultry
skill and common sense count for more
than capital. Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-03-08

ing the logs myself. Why shout pay
you for doing what hat alretty paid
to haf doneT'
Orde chuckled.
"Heinzman," said he, I'VE aren't
forced to bother with your logs, and
you're lucky to get out so easy. II l
turn your whole drive into the river
you'll lose more than half Of 1t out
right, and it'll cost you heap to
salvage the rest. And, what's more,
I'll turn 'em In before you can get
hold Of a pile driver. I'll sort night
and day." he bluffed, land by tomor.
row morning you won't have stick
Of timber above my booms." He
laughed again. You want to get
down to business almighty sudden"
When finally Heinzman had driven
sadly away and the whole drive, H
logs included, was pouring into the
main boom Orde stretched his arms
over his head In luxury OF satisfac-
ton.
just dDOul oCtliCc Sh.be ~ohA
paign," he said to Newmark.
"Oh. no, 1t doesn't" replied the lat
ter decidedly.
why" asked Orde, surprised. "You
don't imagine he'll do anything more"
mo, but WILL" said Newmark.
Early In the fall the baby was born.
1t proved to be boy. Orde, nervous
as q cat after the ordeal Of doing
nothing, tiptoed into the darkened
room. He found his wife weak and
pale, her dark hair framing her face.
a new look Of rapt inner contempla-
ton rendering even more mysterious
her always fathomless eyes. She held
her lips to him. He kissed them.
Grandma Orde brought the new
conner in for Orde's inspection. He
looked gravely down on the puckered,
discolored bit Of humanity with a
faint uneasiness.
"Is-do you think-that is'- he
hesitated. Does the doctor say he's
going to be all right"
"All right! cried Grandma Orde in
dignantly. "Pd like to know If he isn't
all right now! What In the world do
you expect of a newborn baby?"
But Carroll was laughing softly to
herself on the bed She held out her
arms for the baby and cuddled 1t close
to her breast.
Hes a little darling" she crooned,
"and he's going to grow up big and
strong, just like his daddy" She put
her cheek against the sleeping babes
and looked up sidewise at the two
standing above her. But know how
you feel" she said to her husband.
when they first showed him to me ]
thought he looked like a peanut n
thousand years old"