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The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Child ADMITS She
ROBBED SHOPPERS
Wit Enables Her to Elude Four
Detectives for Months
Before Capture
Richly GOwned Mother ATT
tempts Suicide When She
Is Taken to City Prison

Little Ruth Schroeder. ~ years OIL,
a confessed pickpOcket. whose remark
able exploits in crime and finesSe
stamp her a peer among thieves. after
eludinS four detectives for two months.
was arrested yesterday afternoon fol-
lowing a chase in Market street from
the entrance of Sprecksls' market.
The mother of Ruth. Mrs. Lillian
Schroeder, who says she is a widow,
living at $50 Folsom street. hand
sOmely gowned and her fingers adorned
by hundreds of dollars worth of Jewels
was summoned to police headquarters
and. after being ordered into detinue.
attempted to strangle herself She
was hurried to the central emergency
hospital, where she was put in
straight jacket.
The child was subjected to a rigid
cross examination. but this only served
TO display a remarkable power of dis
stimulation and of clever acting. Ruth
admitted that she practiced stealing
from purses regularly every Saturday
but would not implicate her mother
and naively said that she stole to buy
toys and threw the surplus money
away so mama would not know"
When she was searched S21 was
found carefully tucked away about her
person, in her shoes and in her waist
She admitted getting as much as $3.50
department stores and markets. Her
attire was neat and her brown hair
and candid childish eyes would never
have been suspected of a rOgue's cum
ming.
Detectives James McGOwan. Frank
Esola. Morris Behan and William Nc
Hugh have been trailing thesgirl for
two months. Complaints against a
little girl answering Ruth's descrip
of fah
been received by the polio in large
numbers.
Two weeks ago MCGOWAN found the
girl in the Emporium. Almost imme-
diateIy she discovered she was fol-
lowed and. turning on the officer in
crowded section, accused him in loud
voice of insulting her. The spectators
became indignant and Detective Nc
Gowan had to fee the scene.
Yesterday when she saw Detective
MCGOWAN she started to run. having
just committed a theft. When over
taken the girl fell prone and feigned
hysteria. Once again her wit won the
crowd and the detective was forced TO
display his star and exert his authority.
Sobbing and crying that she must
return home with purchases she was
inconsolable until told her mother was
coming. When Detective MCGOWAN de-
tailed several instances Of thievery in
which she had succeeded in eluding
him and also her more recent theft in
Spreckels market. she confessed her
crimes.
Mrs. Schroeder is the mother of three
children. OF whom Ruth is the oldest.
She is known 20 the police and two
weeks ago when held for drunkenness
she tried 70 commit suicide. She de-
MED any knowledge OF the girls prac-
tices and declared that she was hard
working woman who supported her
family.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
SON CLASSED AS
KAISER'S SUBJECT
Mrs. Pfingst Surprised to Dis
cover She Has a German
in Her Family
Youth, After Vacation Abroad,
Forced to Pay to Get
Back Home

Mrs. Florence Porter Pfngst re-
the Japanese liner Tenyo Maru. She
was accompanied by her son, Edward.
and had to pay 81 alien tax on the boy
before she was allowed to take him
ashore. Mrs. Pfngst, as a native
daughter and sister of the lieutenant
has never had any idea that she was
other than an American and Pfngst
junior so regarded himself until the
immigration officials proved him wrong
and charged him 81 for the demonstra-
ton.
When the immigration inspectors
came to the name Pfingst and called
it out, Edward answered, and in re-
sponse to a query as to his birthplace
replied
Germany"
Then why" queried the inspector,
"are YOU down here as an American?"
Because" replied the boy, Il thought
l was one"
1t was demonstrated to the boys
satisfaction that in the eyes of Uncle
Sam he was a subject of the kaiser
and that it would cost him 81 to land
in the United States. He paid the
money.
When his mother heard about it she
was indignant.
He has lived in California since he
was 2 years Old" She said, and we
have just been away on a little vaca-
ton trip. 1t is true that he was born
in Germany, but that was because l
happened to be staying there at the
time. His father was an American
citizen, and when he was born Edward
was registered as an American.
have had two of the xbest lawyers in
California pass on the question and
they both agree that the boy is just
as much an American as if he had been
born in Watsonville. 1t would be a
Joke if one did not have sentiment
about being classed as an alien In ones
own country.
Lieutenant Governor Warren Porter.
who was at the pier to meet his sister,
is going to get that 81 back. Edward
wants him to let it go The Lieutenant
governor Says that Pfngst senior was
born in Kentucky.
In the meantime Uncle Sam has the
Stand Edward Pfingst has receipt to
prove that he is a German.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
PARCEL POST PACKAGES
TO HUNGARY RESTRICTED
Size and Value of Same Are
Agreed Upon

Hereafter parcel post packages may
be sent to Hungary. but they must not
exceed $50 in value be more than feet
inches in length nor more than feet
in length and width combined nor
weigh more than II pounds. This Is
the result of the agreement made be-
tween the United States and Hungary
July /.
New postoffices, were opened last
week at Mount Dome, Siskiyou county.
and Cutler. Tulare county.
The postoffice authorities are having
their share of election troubles Per-
sons receiving misaddressed envelopes
and circulars not sent through the mail
drop them into the mail boxes. This
is a cause of serious annoyance to the
postoffice.
The mail carriers complain that resi-
dence mail receiving boxes are so
stuffed with election circulars that
there is no room for letters.
On telegraphic advices from the post
master general. Postmaster Arthur G..
Fisk has ordered that DIR. S. S. Hall
be permitted to receive mail and money
orders in the usual manner.
Doctor Hall became involved with the
postal authorities last February over
supposedly improper use of the mails,
but after an investigation the fraud
order issued against him has been re-
voked.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

waters and a Seattle firm will under
take to raise the steamship.
Twenty nine sacks of mail were TAX
en- out of the wreck unwet and sent
south on the steamship Jefferson. There
was a big shipment of mineral ore in
the hold, and during the salvage oper-
ations this will be dumped overheard.
The Princess May struck the reef
lightly and skidded and then struck
heavily and stopped. The Sentinel ISL
and light had been visible for half an
hour before the quartermaster saw the
peril a moment too late. He tried TO
shift the course of the vessel, but was
unable to do so.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
Passengers Cared For

SEATTLE, Aug. "a cable dispatch
from Juneau says that the passengers
of the wrecked Car adian Pacific steam
ship Princess May are in juneau, well
cared for in hotels at the expense of
the steamship company They will be
conveyed to Victoria by the steamer
Princess Beatrice. which will arrive at
Juneau tomorrow and al Victoria next
Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
WRECKED SHIPS
PASSENGERS SAFE
Attempt VIII Be Made to Float
the Princess May From
the Reef

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 6.-The
steamer Georgia today brought the pas
sengers and some members of the crew
of the wrecked steamship Princess May
to Juneau. Captain Mcleod and num-
Der of the officers and crew are on
Sentinel island waiting until the SAL
wage operations begin.
The wreck took place in American
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07

NEW PoSTMASTERS-Washin Aug. g.
Pacific coast postmasters have been appointed
as follows: Cool. FL Dorado county-WilIis
Routt vice y. a. Terry, resigned; Mariposa,
Mariposa county-Miram l. Paine, vice NJ. l..
Rowland, married: Pokagams, Klamath county,
oregon-Edward c. Way, vice W. A. Brown
resigned
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
POLICE FIND WOMAN'S
MUTILATED REMAINS

NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-The police re-
port that the mutilated body OF
woman was found this afternoon in an
apartment in east One hundred and
nineteenth street.
The San Francisco call., 1910-08-07
VOTE FOR
Hon. PHILIP A.STANTON

HON. PHILIP A. STANTON, former Speaker of As
semby of the leading candidates for the republican
nomination governor If nominated he will be elected
He should be nominated
He is the candidate of Businessmen. We need busi-
nessike administration He is the choice of Southern
California That of the is in all fairness
entitled this time He in direct line
of promotion to Office would be mistake to
look the fact that he is statesman particularly well
qualified for this high position He has been successful
In he has brought the affairs of state the
qualities of character the faculties OF mind
abilities of administration which he displayed
conduct private affairs and he has made clean
public deserving of Still higher respon
sbties He has been singled by Theodore Roosevelt
appreciation because his broad mindedness dealing
with public problems.
The of California today needs public servants such
as HON PHILIP A STANTON has demonstrated him
self to be- The public welfare demands that good
shall be honored and faithful officials promoted order
that all public service be encouraged to put
forth their best efforts for the, general good
HON. PHILIP A. STANTON deserves your support.
Give him your the primaries Tuesday August 10
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22
Want New Road.

A delegation from the Fourth district
appeared before the County Commission
ers last week asking that mile end a
half of permanent road be built in the
district. starting at Fair Hill aud running
east toward the Delaware line.
The report of George R. Ash. Gusts c.
Price and George E. L. Hess, Examiners
appointed to determine whether the pub
lie convenience requires that road be
opened from Chesapeake City to the
Welsh Point road, a distance of about a
mile and half, recommended opening
road from the western end of Cecil
street, in Chesapeake City, northerly
across the lands of Mrs. R. A. Harriott
to fence, thence along said fence and
an open lane in westerly direction to
point near Long Creek, thence south
westerly to convenient point for cross
ing said creek. to the lands of George N.
Bennett, thence across said lands border
ing on the land recently purchased by
the Deibert Barge Company to the private
lane of the said George N. Bennett.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

IA Baltimors city there will Be fight
in both the Third and Fourth districts.
The organization will support Congress.
man Kronmiller in the Third and City
Councilman Addison E. Mullikin in the
Fourth. The Young Mems Republican
Club, representing the anti-organization
forces, will support Mr.. Charles ]. F.
Steiner in the Third district and Mr.. Al.
fred ]. Schulz in the Fourth.
In the Sixth district Congressman
George A. Pearre will probably he OPP
posed by several candidates. Mr.. Gist
Blair, of Montgomery county. is making
an aggressive fight for the nomination, as
is Mr.. B. H. Warner, Jr.. Of the same
county. Mr.. Alexander R. Hagner, of
Frederick county, is also making strong
fight. Republicans of the district say
there is considerable opposition TO Col.
Pearre in the district and it is believed
that within the next few days confer
ence of the anti Pearre people will be
held with the hope of lining up this vote
solidly behind one candidate against the
Colonel in the primaries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

At the solicitation of the Cecil Farm
ers' Club, it has been decided to give the
split log road drag thorough trial in
this section in order to determine its
worth IN practical road mending. This
is the outcome of conference between
county road officials and number of our
representative citizens, arranged by the
Farmers' Club committee, the section
agreed upon to be dragged extending
from Battle Swamp to Calvert, the work
TO be done when conditions are proper
for use Of the device.
During the conference demonstration
was given with drag, on road near
town that had received no previous
shaping up, and the object lesson was a
revelation to most of those who witnessed
II The Improvement wrought in few
minutes by the simple device, in the way
Of filing deep ruts and smoothing up the
road, impressed everyone with the possi-
bilities of the drag as 1abor-saver, and
showed how much could be accomplished
with but little outlay of time and at
trihing cost. And this has been the ex-
perience wherever the drag has been
persistently used.
The trial on the section of road selected
will be watched with interest, as it is be-
lieved by the general use of the drag
throughout the county, long stride
would be made toward solving the stu.
pendous and ever vexing problem of the
proper up-keep of our dirt roads with the
limited funds available for the purpose.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22
Napoleon's Grit

was of the unconquerable, never
say.die kind, the kind that you
need most when you have bad
cold, cough or lung disease. Sup
pose troches, cough syrups, cod
liver oil or doctors have all failed
don't lose heart or hope. Take DIR.
Kings New Discovery. Satisfac-
tion is guaranteed when used for
any throat or lung trouble. 1t has
saved thousands of hopeless suffer.
ers. 1t masters stubborn colds,
obstinate coughs, hemorrhages, Ia
grippe, Group, asthma, hay fever
and hopping cough and is the, most
safe and certain remedy for all
bronchial affections. soc. $1.OO.
Trial bottle free at Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22
The Stomach Cannot Rest.

1t is mistake to suppose the stomach
can rest and thus recuperate and by this
means dyspepsia is cured. The digestive
process begins in the mouth and does not
end until the food has reached the in
testines. The salivary glands in the
mouth, the stomach. lower stomach, liver,
spleen, etc, take part in the digestive
process. This process is going on con-
tinously. Think of resting the heart or
the lungs for few minutes, or any other
organ. Pepsin pancreatin, etc. do not
rest the stomach, they digest the residue
of food weak digestive system cannot
digest and thus relieve the body of irri-
tating acids or gas. Rydale's Stomach
Tablets contain just enough Pepsin, and
Pancreatin to do this. They also con.
tain many vegetable tonics and stimnlants
for the digestive tract. Rydale's Stomach
Tablets cure dyspepsia the only way it
can he cured. Ask us about them. Eli
II. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

The Wing experienced great difficulty
in getting out last weeks issue on &C.
count of failure in the supply of gas to
operate its typesetting machine. After it
was found the inexhaustible supply of
natural gao which flows from the well in
the editorial sanctum could not be used
for that or any other useful purpose. the
Wings magnanimous town contempt
raries lent their assistance and the paper
was gotten out on time, with mighty
blast or "roast," as it termed it-against
the Elkton gas company for its inefi-
cheney in running out of the much need
ed product
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22
Postal Savings Banks.

The republican administration has kept
its pledge and es established postal savings
bank. The bill is faulty in some respects
and certain provisions are fraught with
danger, but It could, hardly be expected
that the party now in power would frame
q bill entirely Tor the. benefit of the
masses. Whenever it attempts a reform
it is apt to mix in so much that is for the
benefit of the fnauciers as to reduce
very much the value of the reform. But
the postal savings bank is established,
and the principle embodied in it is an inn
portant one. The republican party con-
fesses that after sixty years of power only
broken at rare intervals it has given us a
system of banks that are insecure. The
only excuse for postal savings bank is
the need of security. The national banks
are not secure enough, and the republican
party saw no way of making them snf.
fciently secure, so it did the next best
thing, it embarked the government upon
the banking business. The democratic
party asked for the guaranty of deposits
FIRST and for the postal savings bank as
an alternative in case the guaranty bank
could not be secured. The bankers OPP
posed both plans but were not able to
overcome the tremendous sentiment in
favor of greater security. The banks
ought to learn something from the es,ab-
lishment of the postal savings bank.
They ought to know by this time that as
the postal savings bank came into exist
ence because Of the unwillingness of the
banks to protect their depositors. so it
will continue 10 grow unless the banks
adopt some method Of securing the de-
position against possible loss. The
Commoner.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

And now the popular little ice cream
cone will have to run the gauntlet of the
Pure Food and Drug law.
With the view of ascertaining whether
or not the State Pure Food and Drug Law
was being observed in this State the sec.
rotary of the State Board of Health. DR.,
Marshell L. Price, has procured several
ofthe cones which are being sold by ice.
cream merchants for the purpose of an.
alysis.
This action has been prompted by the
activity Of the Federal Government in the
condemnation and seizure of large guam.
tity Of these cones under the Federal
Pure Food and Drug law. II is alleged
that they contain large quantity o.
boric acid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22
.lterarx Nohosts.n

According to writer in La Revue
Of Paris, the rank and file Of novelists
in France draw on an average 500 for
each book. and many Of them are
thankful to get half that amount On
the other hand. those at the top of the
tree earn. large incomes. and some Of
them undertake more commissions
than they can fulfill. Recourse is
then had to literary GHOSTS" Of whom
there are plenty in Paris. willing to
furnish passable imitation Of any
writer's work. Popular novelists do
not always take the trouble to read
the books published under their
names. Some years ago ghost
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

with grievance against his employer
interpolated in the book ordered from
him two chapters Of mime. Bovary."
altering nothing but the names Of the
characters. The woman who signed
the book in order to clear herself from
the charge Of plagiarism had to con-
fess thar abe had farmeA IT out
Got u, Mixed.
An amusing bIunder was made 10
the case OF a judicial declaration that
certain resident magistrates could no
more state case than they could
write Greek ode"
This was made to read that the mag
istrates 'could no more state a case
than thay could ride a Greek GOAT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-07-22

A parcels post convention has been
concluded between the United States and
Hungary. Parcels must not exceed $50
in value, II pounds in weight, 3 feet s
iuches in length. and six feet in length
and girth combined. Postage is to be
prepaid at the rate of II cents pound,
and delivery charge not exceeding IS
hrllers may be collected of the addresses
in Hungary.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1910-12-01
70 THE PUBLIC.

Thv weekly ISSUE Of the''FREIE
PREssE RJER Texas has po-
sitively the largest circulation
of all German papers published
in the State OF Texas. 1t Is
mailei 70 450 post-ofices, and
has an extended circulation Ia
Mexico IN the Indian Territory,
and in Oklahoma.
1t clrculates from Galveston
TO Denison. from Marshall to 81
Paso and of course mainly IN
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts OF the
state. as also in Mexico.
Two tlaveilng men and our
vecy active local agents are con
tinuously adding new sub
scribers to the lists.
In consideration of these facts
he 'FREIE PREssE FUER Texas
claims to be the lest adver-
Using medium In the State OF
Texas. when 1t is the object to
reach the German reading pc
pulatlons
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Miss FIieda %EngsIhaIdt,
go3fcIger bon Mrs. gbas. Deniia.
LADIES Hala DRESSER

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z. L. MANAGER.
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BonimlnpUe.

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t1glid in feiner l1euen Office IN
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adtnns.

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