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The Washington times., 1910-09-29
POLICE FIND POINTS
TO MURDER THEORY
Authorities Seek Robert
Ware. Said to Be
Missing.

Buried under pile OF stones one-haIf
mile south Of RossIyn. Va, a suit case
was found this morning which may be
evidence Of a suicide Or q murder.
Although the grip is supposed to be-
long 10 Robert Ware, OF "a G street
northwest, this city, the local authori-
ties do not know whether Ware. who is
an employe OF the District government.
is missing
The find was made in the general
neighborbOOd of the death spot where
the body OF young William Through
was discovered about three weeks ago.
with shoestrings knOtted about his neck.
dead from strangUlatiOu-
Seeks Aid.
Commonwealth Attorney CrsndaII
Mackey. at 1-30 O'Clock this afternoon.
asked the local police to ascertain
whether Robert Ware IS missing. Few
details are given OF the finding Of the
suit case and whether II was stumbled
across by accident or whether its dis
ccvery was the result Of a search Is NOT
known here
The bag and its contents are now
IN the possession OF the Common
wealth attorney for AieNaudrfa
county who is investigating rhe MAJ
ter.
The belief that the bag may contain
evidence or foul play Is argued bv the
authOrities 70 rest upon the fact that
most OF the articles so carefully Sc
cIeted beneath the pile Of stones
nlEht easily have Identified the
owner
Clothes In Satchel-
In the suitcase were some clothing.
a coat IN the pocket Of which were
some empty District government pav
envelopes, a derby hat, and fishing
reel
Ct-tl a OInce Detective Frank
Bower has been detailed 10 investigare
The Washington end Of the case. In
curry at the District building this after
noon deevlOped that his superiors be
-ieEe Ware Is at work TO-DAY The rec
ords, however, do not show his attend
anCe- they say, after the 18th of the
month.
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
RAID CURB BROKERS
FOR MAIL VIOLATION
Postal Authorities Arrest
Promoter and Employees.
New York Mining Stock

NEW YORK, sept. -s.-The brokeraze
firm of b H SchefteIs & Co, one Of
the biggest curb houses in the country,
was Tsided by the police this afternoon
Scheftels and half a dozen Of his
clerks were placed under arrest and TAX
en- away in patron wagons.
It was stated that the arrests were
made At the instance Of the POstohIce
authorities
The Information in the cast was OBJ
tanned by the Bureau Of Investigation
Of the Department. of Justice, az Wash
iHgton.
The charge is violation OF the national
anti-bUcket shop law
The firm has branches operating IN
Chicago. Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit.
Milwaukee and Providence
George Graham Rice. a former con-
vict. the leading spirit IN the SchefteTs
dETn, was also placed under. arrest
The rad was spectacular. The c-4rb
market, evidently with a tip Of what
was 10 happen, was in the throes Of
excitement
Rawhide mining stock. in S<sicb the
Scheftels firm was interested. was be
ing offered at cents Jumbo Extension
fell 10 . cents, and Ely Central. an
other Scheftels stock, was going al p
cents The drops were Unprecedented
and the curb was wild with the fever
Of speculation.
y big patrol wagon dashed through
the packed street and halted in the
midst Of the scrambIng brokers in
'front.' OF the SCheftels firms Offices
Books Are Seized.
A squad OF policemen. led BY post
office inspectors, dashed into the Offices,
made the arrests, and seized every book
and paper in the place before the Office
safe could be closed.
The arrest was followed by wild trad
ing on the curb all the interest cen
tering on the mining stocks handled
by the Scheftels firm, and boosted in
every section Of the country .bv means
Of q daily market letter
The Scheftels issues were Offered
freely, without any kind OF st1uuCrt
Jumbo Extension sold down to 35- F,Iv
Central down TO 3, and Rawhide CoaIi-
ton down TO cents Other cub mining
stocks were down far below the normal
and the curb market was the scene OF
feyeriSh selling
Bareh eaded brokers' with clothes dis
heV6led and hats gone. fought ike mad
around the rOped-in confines Of the c-srb
market and conservative brokers from
the stock Exchange. who are used 90
some furries themselves, looked on in
amaZement-
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
FAILS TO SAVE LIFE

NEW YORK. sept 29.-Lieut Ed
ward g. s Parker, l. : y. Of the
battIeshiD Connecticut in an endeavor
20 save the life Of "a drowning seaman.
T. l. Collins. dIVed overheard from his
ship, but was unable TO locate the man.
The body of the man has been found
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
Raid In Boston

BOSTON, Sept 2S.-Half a dozen
United States deputy marshals raided
the SchefteIs offices here TODAY.
George W HOIbrOOk who was in
charEe. IS arrested The Federal au-
thOritieS remained in possession.
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
Chicago Manager Held

CHICAGO Sept. 2s.-The Chicaco
Offices If B H Schefteis & Co bro
kers- were raided by Federal authori-
ties at noon today. Only the local
manager was arrested.
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
MEMBERS CHARGE
HE SPOTTED" THEM
In Defense He Claims His Views
Not Accepted By
Board.
Both Sides of Horstnanu1
Controversy
CHARCEs PREFERREn.

CHARGES PREFERRED.
Devoted energies to fnvestIEatfnE
action OF members of the board
instead Of conduct of saloons.
Submitted results of Investigations
directly TO COMMISSIONER instead
Of 90 the Excise Board
HORSTWANN'S DEFENSE.
Refused TO carry cut suggestions
Of the Excise Board he deemed
Improper
Insisting that certain things he
done which did not meet With
boards approval
Only fault WIS in too diIiEcnt
performance Of his duty, a. he
saw 81.
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
SYSTEM
May Be ABANDONED
! his Year TO Decide Fate of
School Plan lnaugurated
In 1907

The hair yearly plan Of promotion in
the D1strirJ public schools, perhaps The
most radical Innovation introduced IN
der the brief administ ration Of William
r. chancellor. may be abandoned
The system introduced IN Ts8T. eject
"a an almost complete reorganfza ton OF
the methods Of assigning teachers and
or promotions Protests against the svs-
tenn have been made by q number Of
teachers and the school authorities.
who say the system is stuI REGARDED
as an experiment. declare the present
year VIII probably decide its contiru-
ance OF aba. ton.
The question iS expected 90 come be-
fore the Beard Of Education az an es-lv
meeting, and as il relates 10 the bfrb
school promotions. may come un at the
session Of 5he school governing body
this afternoon
Situation Complicated.
Attention is now being directed to the
system because the school year or 1910
ID VIII mark the first term in which any
considerable number OF midyear pupils
VIII graduate from the high schools.
TIE question or whether the rnidvear
pupils viii be given their diplomas with
out ceremony or whether they viii mar
ticipate iu the regular public graduation
exercises next June has not been de-
cided-
The fact that a number of cadets are
eligible for appointment as officers in
the regiment to quit school iu Feb-rz~v
Is another point that comDIicates The
situation.
The cpupauieS whose officers are Tins
raHsHHH ~ |HH." 90. Nv
the year EiI. be under a great bz1.f-
drill field next spring.
Tt IS also desired to settle the ques-
Ion peipFe R nloEeaT class IS organized
about 81 the system iS continued
System Justified"
There is no doubt but that the
plan demands q larger teach
ing force end presents for solution a
large number OF Problems said A T.
Stuart, perintendent of schools to-
day. 1T is more trouble But whether
this trouble is not justihabIe for the
welfare of the pupil is another dJIes-
ton.
The system works primarily for the
Of the pupil who falls little
behind I'm his studies. That puDil. IN
year, while under the semester plan
he VIII only have TO stay back six
months.
This does not mean that we are ar
ranging a promotion plan 10 satisfy the
demands of the dull pupil There ars
occasional instances Of pupils who wish
10 go ahead Of their classes, through
outside study. and the new plan makes
II possible for them 10 90 so with great
ct ease
Aids Instruction.
The grade system makes it necessary
to classify children by an arbitrary
system Probably no two pupils in any
ore Cr-de are advanced TO the same
degree cut we must consider them so
for purposes Of organization You can
readily understand that the serni-y carly
promotion plan. whatever It's d. fectS.
Orks nearer TO the Individual ir4struc-
fiou of the children
p n. Hughes. assistanJ Superinf end
7Dt OF schools, is understood TO be an
or the new system
o. u have told Mr. Stuart what think
0f lhe scheme he said -byt dcr-t
feel at liberty 10 discuss il with news
PAPER men while il Is stif IN operation - (
Southern Railway Schedule Change
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
WEATHER REPORT.

Temperatures continue low in the
Eastern States Light frosts occurred
"Wednesday night IN northeastern Penn
.Eanla and extreme northern New
York
me feEfr11Td lf-re viii continue w0der-
afeiy iovv ih~a=@hout the Eastern States
tonight ana Friday and there is a DroOa-
0-cW England
The winds along the Atlantic coast,
AShJ n9FtHelly- becoming variable.
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
Aids Instruction.
Southern Railway Schedule Change

Effective sunday. oct 2d. present
Bluemont Branch SchcduleS win b. dis
continued and winter sertt ice irau.-u-
rated same as last season.-Adyt
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
C0NDTTION OF WATER

HARFFRS FERRY W va. sept .
Potomac lear ard Shena ndoah slight
" cloudy this morning
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
TENIPERATI-RE
Sun TABLE


Today-Ei-a tide s--a a. m and 30
81 m. Lo-v tide II p a m. and u,s5 ..
TD-
Tomorrov-HiEh toe 5-4S a. m. aud
c-iz o. NJ Low tide 12-25 r. m
The Washington times., 1910-09-29

FORECAST FOR THE DISTRICT.
Fair tonight and FRIDAY r7o{e-.7t.
tc-nuelature- Light aortherTy winds, be
llminE WIZ bic
The Washington times., 1910-09-29
THEORY
BEING SHATTERED
IN HARRIS CASE.
Witnesses Called Before the Coroner At Todays Ses-
sion Positive Body Not At Place Where Found AT
the Hours Alleged By the Police
PRIVATE ROBERTS TESTIMONY UNSHAKEN
BY ACCOUNTS OF TODAY'S WITNESSES

Relatives and Friends of Dead Man Declare Tbev Know
of No Reason Why He Should Have Ended His Life
Several Clashes Between Counsel
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
DIR. KELLOGG MAKES STATEMENT

DR.. J. II. Kellogg, of Battle Creek,
in an address at Boston, June End, de-
clared that in 265 years this world
will be one vast insane asylum. Ply
sical degeneracy and chronic diseases
are increasing, said Kellogg. Insan-
ity has increased 100 per cent in so
years. This is due to degeneracy ORR
ginating from our manner of living.
Only three women of four nurse their
infants, owing to physical degen-
eracy which makes it impossible, and
IS per cent of bottle-fed babies die
before they are year old, he assert
ed. increasing use OF tea, coffee,
tobacco and alcohol spells the end of
the same human race declared the
famous doctor
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16

Benediction. ........ Rev. w. a. Miller
Mr.. Kelley's address dwelt par
ticularly upon education and its value
to the nation and the successful far
mer of today. He emphasized the
value of money spent in education as
an investment He spoke of the in
vestment both from the side of the
individual who spends his time and
money for an education and from the
side of the nation. A remarkable il
lustration of the increased expendi-
lures made for education was shown
by the fact that fifty years ago one
half million of dollars were spent by
the government for education Last
year fifteen to thirty times that
much was spent besides two million
dollars user in private schools.
Mr.. Kelley also complimented the
farmer as just now coming into his
own. He brought forth the view now
taken by progressive farmers that
their work is a business and must be
conducted with business-like methods.
Mr.. Kelley tabooed politics alto
gether in his address as was OF course
to be expected.
Owing to the absence of O. II.
Birdsall, the diplomas were presented
by Principal ] r. Clark followed by
few well-chosen remarks. f. Clair
Reid, president of the class, expressed
the thanks of the class Of 1910.
Following this the eighth grade
were awarded diplomas. The music
Of the evening was furnished by
Fishers orchestra. and too much can
not be said in their commentator.
Friday, the class day exercises were
given in the church.
Sunday the baccalaureate sermon
was delivered in the Methodist church
by Rev c. A. Whaley On both this
and the occasion of the class exer-
cises the church was we'll filled. The
year has been very successful one
for the Elm Hall schools, and the
pleasing exercises of the week
brought it to fitting close.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
DIRECTORS and OFFICERS ELECTED

The stockholders OF the Pompei
bank met at Pompeii, Friday, and
completed their organization by elect
ing their directors and officers.
The directors elected are as fol-
lows: John c. Hicks, F. II. Horr
Addison Fraker, B. c. Hall and Alva
Bonesteel. John c. Hicks, of St
Johns, was elected as president; DR..
{. b. Hall, OF Pompeii, vice-president,
and Alva Bonesteel, OF Breckenridge,
as cashier. The latter has been for
some time the efficient assistant
cashier OF the State Savings bank OF
Breckenridge, and thoroughly under
stands the banking business The
building for the new bank is being
pushed rapidly to completion and it is
expected now that the institution will
be doing business about the first Of
July next.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
TELEPHONE co. IMPROVEMENTS

In speaking of the improvements
being made by the Union Telephone
Co. at Mt Pleasant, the Times said:
Manager Patee, OF the Union Tele-
phone Company, tells us his people
have determined upon the expendi-
ture Of fully $4,000 in perfecting and
extending and improving their prop
erty in Mt. Pleasant The company,
he says, purposes to make their equip
ment in Mt Pleasant second 10 none
on their whole system. Their busi-
ness in Mt. Pleasant now is larger
than any place between Owosso and
Cadillac They will run 10000 feet of
new cable in the city. Part of this
will be for the purpose of accommo-
dating new business and part of it will
go 10 replace the overhead wires.
Nearly all the overhead wires in the
city will be replaced by cables.
Wherever possible their poles will be
moved from the streets into the alleys.
All poles on Normal avenue will be
taken out. also those on West Broad
way, and some in other places. The
for the work is arriving, and
work on the big improvements will
be commenced not later than July l."
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16

turn the faucets. Some irrigate as
much as 16O acres with one well.
We are all we'll satisfied with our
new home but hope to be better situ-
ated as far as room is concerned
when we get our new house built on
the ranch. We are at present tucked
up in little fve-room house in town,
the only house we could get when we
arrived here and not in a very desir-
able place. The climate is fine; rather
warm in the middle of the day, but
cool mornings and evenings. One
has to sleep under quilts and wear
a coat in the morning. The greatest
drawback to this country is the dust
and we are getting away with that to
a certain extent by oiling the roads.
The water in this valley is pure and
nice but not cold, rather too warm
for nice drinking water.
Our latch string hangs out to all
Michigan people, and especially Alma
friends. If anyone is coming this
way tell them to look us up and we
will do the best we can for them.
The Alma Record is welcome Wis
itor once a week at our home and
keeps us posted. Would be pleased
to hear from you at any time. re-
main as ever,
Your friend,
O. f. CROUCH.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16

With the appointment of Arthur
Amsden TO serve as Inspector OF
weights and measures this city has
taken one of the greatest steps in her
history in the protection of the peo-
pie The inspector of weights and
measures is a modern addition 10 the
list OF city officers, brought into ex-
stence by the trend of modern COM
merce and the birth of the package
goods which are sold TO contain GER
tain stated amounts.
1t is the duty of the Inspector to
make his rounds through the city
and TO weigh all goods oD the shelf
of a merchant, the appearance Of
which in any indicates that they are
under weight. He is also authorized
to look out for scales which have
been tampered with and which weigh
over.
Figures compiled by the national
bureau at Washington have shown
that the people of the United States
have, within the last year, lost $780,
100000 by false weighing, most OF this
coming from package goods which
are sold in pound cartons.
In purchasing butter, pickles, GER
tain kinds OF meat, lard and a hun
dred other different varieties of arti-
cles requiring a board plate the pub
lie is always paying for the board
plate at the articles price. With
butter at thirty-hve cents pound
the purchaser is paying thirty-five
cents a pound for the plate in which
it is wrapped
In purchasing carton goods the
buyer often times only gets fourteen
or fifteen ounces where he pays for
a pound, and the merchants them
selves often use scales which have
had the weighing apparatus stuffed
with lead or tinfoil. 1t is the duty OF
the inspector to detect all these
frauds and he has the authority to
confscate the weights and goods
which are below weight He is in all
respects a special officer.
The punishment for false weighing
is a heavy one and it means a serious
loss of business to the merchant who
is found guilty.
There may be no local merchants
who are endeavoring to cheat their
customers, but the protection will
guarantee that fact.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
Pine RIVER CANTON

Pine River Canton, which is COM
posed OF Odd Fellows from Alma and
St. Louis carried off first place and
$125 in prizes by their splendid drill
work at the state convention at Lud-
ington, Tuesday. They received the
high grade OF 90 for their work in
Class b, being the highest grade
given, Detroit and Flint being tied for
first in Class A with a grade of 95.
The friends of the winning canton
gave a banquet TO the members at
Alma last night l. d. Knash, A. R.
Miller and VIM. Thownsend are the
St. Louis members.-St. Louis Inde-
pendent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
COUNTY TREASURER

To the republican electors of Gratiot
county
/ take this means of announcing to
the people that / am csndidat for
treasurer of Gratiot county. shall
appreciate any support / may receive
and promise if nominated and elected to
proform the duties of this Office in a
satisfactory manner.
Respectfully yours,
1918 A. p. Lane.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16

...............M Miss Pearl Turner
"Wanted-No More Comets. .....
.................M Miss Cora Hearn
Learners Miss Maude Hurford
"Leaners and Lifters" s".............
................M Miss Hattie Crumb
"A Plea for the Kicker" ...........
...............M Miss Carrie Shaw
"Mehr LIGHT" Miss Inez Monroe
"The Sunny South" "...............
...........M Miss Alberta Dunham
Our Class. Miss Gertrude Dodge
The class adopted "Autre Vie for
a class name and selected the phrase
Non nobis solum" as a motto. The
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President ,........M Miss Inez Monroe
Vice President Miss Eta Stuckey
Treasurer Miss Fern Rule
Just as the sun was setting in the
west the twenty-five young ladies
started for their homes and all de-
clared that they had spent happy
three hours.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
THE PESNFEROUS Fly
The Civic League Of Alma Furnishes
the Following Item
PROTECT HOME WITH SCREENS
One Of the Worst Disease Breeders Is the
Noisy Mosquito

Flushing New York, in the en-
deavor to improve its conditions and
make itself more attractively habit
able, has had the mosquito TO combat
with. In getting rid of this danger
Gus pest we have found the simplest
way was to avoid allowing small ac-
cumulations of stagnant water to
stand in yards or waste places of the
town. 1t is astonishing to note how
extensive and prolific are the breed
ing-places of mosquitoes even in
thickly settled cities like our own.
Without systematic search for them |
have found pools and buckets Of wa
ter, each of which probably gave off
100 mosquitoes per day. 1t is easy to.
see that such spaces could give off s.
600 mosquitoes in summer. If there
are 200 such breeding places, which is
not large estimate, we have 1,000,-
600 mosquitoes accounted for at once.
1t was estimated one year that a
gentleman living in a town near
Flushing contributed over 10000 00c'
mosquitoes during the season through,
the rain barrels and tubs which were
kept upon his premises. Cisterns and.
cesspools are frequent causes of mos
quito difficulty. 1t is not impracti-
cable to keep a few fish in cisterns,
and rain barrels. Gold FISH and silver
fish are recommended for this pur-
pose. They will destroy mosquito
germs For the correction OF cess
pool breeding places few ounces of.
any floating oil, like kerosene or
crude oil, should be passed into the.
drain once week
When the breeding-places OF mos
quitoes are thus attended TO, in the.
thickly settled parts of the town, or
while this work is we'll under way, the
campaign should be extended Pud-
dies and low places in vacant lots
which hold permanent accumulations
of dead water should be treated;
where practicable, they ought to be
filled with earth, sand or other sani-
tary material. Occasionally it may be
feasible to drain away the water with
out causing further offense. and when
this latter can be done, it is the
proper remedy.
Oitentimes there will be need Of an
immediate remedy, even though this
be but temporary. Here oil is in
dcated. as physician would say Oil
is an excellent temporary remedy; it
costs little, and the effects are inn
mediate For oiling pools of water,
what is known as fuel oil is recon-
mended, although many other oils
are good. When the oil is applied,
it forms film over the surface of
the water, and the wrigglers of
mosquito larvae, which come to the
air to breathe, are suffocated.
The oil should be applied as often
as necessary to keep thin film on
the water. In some cases it will be
necessary to apply it every two weeks,
or oftener. Oil can easily be sprink-
led upon the water by means of a
watering-can, or a cup or bottle may
be used to scatter it in the case of
small pools
The Flushing department of health
distributes, free of charge, oil and a
knapsack apparatus for the application
of oil to small water surfaces The
allowance of oil generally required is.
about one gallon per 1000 square feet
of water surface, or a little more than
half barrel to the acre.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16

Among the candidates for attorney
general in the Republican party, The
earliest announcement came from Will
liam M. Smith of st. Johns, who has
been prominent in state politics for
a number of years. He was a presi-
Dental elector in 1904 and is a mem
Der of the Republican state central
committee from the Eighth congress
sional district.
AS one Of the younger men of the
party he stands for progressive
energy in the handling of public ques-
tions His position was well stated
when, as chairman or the Republican
convention, he spoke in favor of the
cleaning out in the party or predicted
a loss Of power.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.
Former Alma Citizen Weigh Master
at MeDOnlmee
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF|REcORD
The Position Is One That Protects: Buyer and
Seller from Short Weight

Our citizens will be interested in
the following item taken from the
Menominee Herald-Leader of Memo
minee. Mr. Amsden was former
employee of this office when Post
master c. +. Brown was managing
the same, and is we'll remembered by
our citizens generally. The article
referred to says:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-06-16
CLASS PICNIC.

Last Thursday afternoon class No.
16 OF the NJ. Z. Sunday school held
the last business meeting of the
year in the city park Each MEM
Der OF the class brought well-hlled
basket and soon all were busily en-
gagged in sampling the many good