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The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
SLAIN GIRLS SnROUD
IS SUSPECTS ROBE
Woman Companion of New York
Youth Identifies Garment
Swathing Body
Autopsy Shows That Stenogra=
pher Had Been Strangled
to Death With Rope

NEW YORK, March 27.--Albert VOL
ter, the youth in the fireplace of whose
room were found yesterday parts of
the burned body of Ruth Wheeler, the
young stenographer who had been
missing since last Thursday morning,
bail today, charged with the girls mur-
der.
At the continuation of the police quiz
to which he was subjected last night,
he persisted in his denials that he had
ever seen the girl, written to her or
knew how her body came to be on the
fire escape outside his window, or why
fragments of human feet. hands and
arms were found in the ashes of his
fireplace.
Katie Miller, or Katherine Mailer
the girl with whom he lived, was ar
rested today as she approached the
house where the murder was committed
She was reading the details in a news
paper as she walked. smiling as she
read.
HOLDS TO STORY
During long cross examina ton she
held sturdily to consistent story that
| she knew nothing Of the crime until
she read of it in the newspapers.
| On Thursday night when she returned
| from work she said she noticed the
stove in front of the fireplace had
been moved, the fireboard newly paint
| ed and d colored lithograph pasted over
the hole where the stoyepipe formerly
| entered. When she asked Wolter why
| he had done this, he answered that
summer was coming and they wouldn't
need the stove.
She had not even known that Wolter
had received visitor, she says, until
| Pearl Wheeler, the dead girls elder sis
ter, had called on Friday morning to
| ask if Ruth had been there. WoIter
had denied it, but the Miller girl saws
she was uneasy after the interview. and
that she became jealous and accused
! him of harboring another woman in the
| flat. Again he denied it. Friday morn
ing she went to work again and thai
+ afternoon Wolter was arrested The
girl was committed to the house OF
detention as a material witness.
GIRL IDENTIFIES ROBE
| When she was shown the night robe
| in which part of the charred body had
been wrapped, the girl positively iden-
titled the garment as VOTERS
| That letter W." said the girl in
dicating an initial worked on the robe
| was embroidered by Albert's mother
| She also identified the gunnysack in
which the head and trunk of the victim,
had been placed as having been used
! by her and Wolter to hold kindlins
wood.
An autopsy today showed that Ruth
Wheeler had been killed in the manner
indicated by the first superficial ex-
| animation. First, she had been stran.
| gled with a rope and then the bones OF
| the arms and legs were broken to ad
nit the body more readily to the mar
row throat of the chimney Why the
cuts were made on. the body does not
appear.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
MORE THAN HALF
HAVE CONSUMPTION
Surgeon Says 90 Per Cent OF
Natives of Alaskan Islands
Are Injected

WASHINGTON. March 27.-Declaring
and st. George and st. Paul islands
are suffering from tuberculosis, Sur
geon Simpson OF the revenue cutter
Manning says the disease exists in all
forms. and that there are only a few
children who do not show some evil
dence of it, He adds. however. that
many of them improved under treat
ment during the summer of 1909.
Efforts, he says, are being made TO
instruct the natives how to prevent the
disease.
If the natives of st. Paul had an
abundance of water. which now has to
be hauled some distance in wagons.
according to Doctor Simpson. they
would keep their houses cleaner and
the danger of the spread OF Infection
would be greatly lessened-
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
LEARNED SWINDLED BY
ABSURD SUPERSTITIONS
Return of HaIley's Comet Causes
=. Panic in Russia

That superstition with regard 10
comets should still subsist in the pres
ent century among a civilized race
seems almost Incredible. Nevertheless
in many parts of Russia, and particu-
larly at Kief. the return of the HALEY
comet is causing almost a panic saws
the London Globe. In this town cir
culars have been distributed broadcast
describing the comet as sign of the
divine punishment and the forerunner
of universal war and famine, if not the
end of the world Profiting by the ig-
norance and superstition of the people,
some INSCRIPTIONS individuals have
been collecting money ostensibly to
provide for special prayers in the
churches and monasteries to preserve
Russia from destruction, and, strange
to relate, on these lists of subscriptions
are found the names of many members
of the learned professions.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
POINTED HAMMER USED
TO MEASURE HARDNESS
Invention Called ScIeroscope Is
Used to Test Metals

The different methods hitherto used
for testing the hardness of metals and
minerals. such as scratching with a
diamond. fling or pressing with steel
ball, do not measure precisely the same
quality, and are therefore open to OBJ
lection, says the London Globe sim
pie instrument, the scleroscope. has re-
Gently been invented which measures
hardness by the rebound of a. hammer
with a fine pointed end, which is al
lowed to drop on the tested substance
from little height. By this device
relative degrees of hardness can be ex-
pressed exactly.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

The Unfortunate" and PASTORAL .......-.
Miss Mayne and Miss Mccoy.
Mrs. c. w. Mclaughlin will be the
chairman of the day and Mrs. Allen
Pelton hostess.
Mrs. Harold Dray Perry will enter
tain the members of the Players club
at her home in Santa Clara avenue
Tuesday afternoon, April II.
The Readers club viii meet Thurs
day afternoon. when I'm Balcony
(Browning) will be studied. "Sug-
gestion and It's Place in Art" will be
the subject for discussion.
At the annual meeting of the Piano
club. Wednesday, officers will be
elected for the coming year. The pro-
gram viii include numbers from Mo-
zart, Sehumann and Strauss.
The Hill club will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. II. Brewer in King
ston avenue tomorrow afternoon, when
q program of reading and music will
be given. Miss Mabel Thayer Gray
was the guest of honor Monday and
spoke on her travels in southern Spain.
A half hour of music was contributed
by Mrs. Willis II. Collins. contraIto:
Mrs. Arthur Moore. Mrs. James Tall
man, pianists. 'Maxiveller.r by Mrs.
D. A. Spencer. and Together and
Apart by Mrs. Ella Hughes. were
read by the authors. The round table
on current topics was conducted by
Mrs. Samuel Newsom. Mrs George
Chambers was hostess.
The national convention of librarians
in Mackinaw Island, Mich in June.
will be attended by a number of the
bay cities folk. Miss Edith Stetson
of the Oakland library will be among
the delegates. Miss Stetson will leave
for the east in April to visit Niagara
Falls, Boston and Chicago.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
LETTER REQUIRES TWO
DAYS TO Go ONE MILE
Postal Mystery Found i'm Sec
tion of Brittany

A letter posted in London in the
morning is delivered in Edinburgh the
same evening. but If we can judge from
a dispatch from Brittany, the French
postal systems, at least in that part.
does not compare favorably with our
own. says the London Globe. Saint
Malo is distant from Saint Servan ex-
actiy one kilometer. or five-eighths of
an English mile. February 30 letter
was posted at Saint Servan at $3.50 a. IN.
and it reached its destination at Saint
Malo February %. 1t appeared to have
taken its ordinary course and had not
been to Paris or anywhere else in the
IS hours of its journey. If. M. Rostand
has a snail in his great play it would
cover the distance in less time.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
RUSSIA SEEKS TO BUY
A FLEET OF AIRSHIPS
Grand Duke MichaiIovitch Has
Project i'm Hand

The Grand Duke Michailovitch Of
Russia IS expected at Berlin shortly on
a personal tour of inspection Of the
.airships now in use in Germany, says
the London Globe. The grand duke is
president of the committee which is
dealing with the subject of the crea-
ffon OF Russian airship fleet, and two
airships are 20 be purchased as soon as
possible The Parseval and Zeppelin
companies have been asked If they are
prepared to execute foreign orders
The Zeppelin company has already re-
nIied that il is not IN a position to do
SO owing to the number of German Or
ders still on hand.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
CALIFORNIA NEAREST
SPOT To HEAVEN
Delight Over Visit to State Lures
Wisconsin Senator From
Political Ambition
[Speeial Dispoteh 10 The Call

MILWAUKEE. March 27.-Despite
the hopes of the La Toilette leaders
that Senator John F'ridd would be a
candidate for the state senatorial nom
ination in Winnebago country. friends
of Fridd who have recently returned
from California and who saw Fridd at
Fullerton, where he has been visiting
his daughter for several months past.
say they are certain that Frfdd has no
intention of being in the field for the
state senate again.
This is the nearest spot in the world
to heaven" he has written home.
The decision of Senator Fridd TO re-
main in California will be a great dis
appointment to the La Toilette leaders.
who had hoped he would run for the
state senate gain.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
YOUTH CONF[SS[S
MURDfROf GROCER
Claims Shooting OF George w.
Fassell at Salt Lake Was
Accidental

SALT LAKE CITY, March 27-Harry
Thorn today confessed to the murder
of George w. Fassell. an east side gro
Ger, during a holdup last night.
Thorn, who is from Baltimore. and
said he was only Is years of age, named
John Hays and man called Curly
as his associates in the robbery. Hays
also admitted his completely.
II thought he was getting ready to
do something said Thorn, and told
him to hold his hands higher. | stuck
my gun intoGhis side to scare him and
it went off. did not mean to shoot"
Thorn and Hays were arrested within
an hour after the robbery. Curly"
is at large.
AZ the age of 20 wears a man has
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

A young oak grows feet in three
years. In the same time an elm grows
feet 3 inches and willow 8 feet
inches.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

Several new Roman Catholic sees
will be erected in the Philippine islands
as soon as their respective boundaries
can be defined.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

The candidates who will be voted
on at the annual election Tuesday,
April ;. for the board of directors and
membership committee, have been an
nounced as follows:
President Mrs Charles J. Woodbury.; vice
presidents Mrs. J. ". McClymonds and Mrs
Leonard smith: financial secretary. Mrs Ed
ward Booth; treasurer, Mrs Louis Ghirardelh;
corresponding secretary. MIS- p; owen;
ley: general curator. Mrs. Clement Harvey NIL
Ter; membership committee-Mrs Thomas Pheby,
Mrs. Dana Harmon. Mrs g. A. Willard, Mrs
Merritt Day and Mrs. r. H. Auerbach.
The installation luncheon in honor
of the newly elected officers will be
given Tuesday April 19. Mrs. Z. c.
Won Helms will preside as hostess.
Tuesday, April &c. Alfred Fl. Brown of
Boston will interpret the Ibsen play,
The Master Builder" Mrs. f. c. Nor
rison will we hostess of the day.
Mrs c. c. Borton will offer musi-
and guests of the Oakland club
Wednesday.
The debating committee, of which
Mrs. C. r. Breck is chairman. has ar
ranged the Monday program for the
be Living Book Cases
"A Dress Rehearsal" a musical
sketch, will be presented Tuesday
evening by the dramatic and music
section Of the Alta Mira club at the
Masonic temple. San Leandro. The cast
includes:
Miss Adele Mayne Miss Ruette Lynch
Miss Katherine Mccoy Miss Edith Jones
Miss Rubena Jess Miss Erma Rfdeout
Miss Alice Locke Miss Dorothy Force
Miss Ethel Graf Miss Gertrude Stewart
Miss Bessie Best Miss Mildred Halves
Miss Harriet Hawes Miss Cecilia Burroughs
Mrs. W. II. Howell
The program for the Monday meeting
of the Alta Mira club follows:
Address on "civiI Service Reform
Mrs s. C. Borland
Passage Birds FAREWELL and 'sThe Spar
rows ...-.-.--....--. Eugene Hildach
Miss Mayne and Miss Mccoy.
Boys Clubs. talk by Mrs. X. II. Angelo
Try a special 4Oc luncheon at. the
Odeon Cafe, Market and Eddy streets.
-.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

There are now 5.400 merabers of the
London stock exchange.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28
PONTIFF WILL SIT FOR
PICTURE ONCE A YEAR
photographers Reception to Be
Held i'm Nav

The pope from time to time is great
~ worried by requests from photogra-
piers to be honored with sitting. His
holiness has now arranged that he will
De photographed once, and once only,
every year. on which occasion he viii
receive all the photographers whose de-
mands have been acceded to in the
audience chamber of the Vatican. The
first of these receptions will take place
during May.--London Globe.
The II principal crops of the United
States alone show value of over
s5.0o0.0 100000 at last reports.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

There are about 10000 oil producing
wells in the United States. representing
directly and Indirectly an outlay of
about s7oo.0Oo,0O0
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

Try a special 40c luncheon at the
Odeon Cafe, Market and Eddy streets.
You'll come again.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

How TO Mix a Good One" Booklet
free-:ells all about mixing drinks.
sent on request postal will do. a.
= 9otaIing e. Co. proprietors of Old
Kirk whisky. 429-37 Jackson St, S. F-'
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

At the age of 20 years a man has
consumed 95 tons of food.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

Children Of the public schools in the
province of Ontario are to have much
- 1eaper. school books to be supplied by
lie provisional government under a
I've year contract, from August 1, 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

Mrs C. c. Borton will offer a musi-
Gale for the diversion of the members
and guests of the Oakland club
wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

The debating committee, of which
Mrs. c. r. Breck is chairman. has ar
ranged the Monday program for the
Town and Gown club. The subject will
be Living Book Cases"
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

"A Dress Rehearsal "A musical
sketch, will be presented Tuesday
evening by the dramatic and music
section of the Alta Mira club at the
Masonic temple. San Leandro. The cast
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
NOT a NEW ISSUE.

Every once in while some questlol
comes up for agitation that seems 70
bear the stamp OF newness, but when
We go into it deeper we find that TOT
mer generations wrestled with tne
same problem. The question OF high
prices for foodstuffs furnishes an IL
lustration. The same inquiry that mas
been made by our legislature IN tne
last year was made as early as 1856
when Daniel Webster was making a
fight against the high cost of living
One comparison of prices between
then and now is interesting, as 1t IL
Illustrates the soundness of the claim
that the law of supply and demand OBJ
tains on the average during all time.
In 1886 -four per barrel ranged IN
price from Sc to So, and the total pop
ulation Of the United States was
around 17,0OO,0O0 with total produc'
ton of wheat of about 100000 bush
els. In 1909 the United States pro-
duced 737, 1884, 900 bushels of wheat and
the price of -four this year is from 81
to Sc barrel, SO the price of flour has
not advanced any on the average, oW-
ing to the fact that our production
has kept pace with our increasing pop
ulation.
It is pointed out by competent OBJ
servers that this question of high
prices will agitate the public mind
during all future times If the popula-
ton Of the world continues to increase
more rapidly than the supply of food
products. AS in the case Of -four, how
ever, an analysis of supply and de-
mand will show that in many respects
there is less to complain of in this
regard today than In former years
when the luxuries Of today were un-
known
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
WEST POINT.

Mrs. Anna Roaker Of Fort Madison
recently visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey Goeble, Sr.
Mrs Earl Rodman left today for
Oklahoma City to make that city their
future home. Mr.. Rodman expects to
put his patent telephone system
throughout that state.
Mrs. Martha Williamson spent Fri
day and Saturday with friends in FIT.
Madison.
John and Dan King of Bonaparte
have bought the brick residence
owned by T. J. Lampe. They and their
mother expect to occupy it some time
this fall
l. N. Shook of Pleasant Ridge is at
tending the supervisors convention at
Cedar Rapids.
GeorgeyK. Nanny near Sawyer will
soon install a home electric lighting
plant to light his house and barns.
Mrs. F. F. Melcher and daughter,
Ruth, returned to their home In Bur-
lington Monday after pleasant visit
at the Klopfenstein home.
Mrs. Frank Griffith and baby of FIT.
Madison are visiting at the J. w. Crit
fifth home south Of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Heberer visited
with Mrs. Heberers sister in Hamil-
ton, Ill.,, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs John PeitZ, who has been SER
iously i'll at the home of her parents
near Fort Madison, Is somewhat bet
ter
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RUSSELL

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Wv. Baker who has been at Excel
sior Springs, Mo-, returned home Fri
day evening.
Mrs. Carrie Pool of Chicago who
has been visiting her aunt Mrs Martha
Clinton returned home Saturday even
ing.
Helen Van Arsdale Of Charlton spent
the latter part Of the week visiting
with her sister Mrs. P. A. Hockey.
David Nicholson of South Dakota,
who has been visiting his half brother
Tilman Lawrence returned home Sun
day morning.
Rev. S. A. Soxe and family returned
home Wednesday morning from Van
dalia, Mo-, where they had been visit
ing.
Clarence Slater returned home Sat
urday evening from Sparta, Wis.
where he went with the state militia.
r. A. Plotts purchased the meat
market he formerly owned, Jacob
Robertson retiring from the business.
N. Wexford Of Charlton spent Fri
day in Russell attending the chautau-
qua.
VIM. Baker spent Saturday in Chari-
ton.
Walter Rowley son of a former prin-
cipal Of the schools here came in Fri
dav for visit with friends.
The K o. X. A. and @. A. clubs of
the Christian church were camping on
the Charlton river this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
THEExpoRTER PAYS THE TARIFF

It isn't every day, says a London
correspondent, in an article relating
to the tariff in an eastern paper, that
we are able to quote free trade pa
per as authority for facts that tell
strongly in favor Of protective tariff,
but English protectionists are just now
having that delightful experience and
are making the most of it. Some time
ago q London paper known as the
Free-Trade Engineer set out to prove
the old free trade fallacy that the con-
sumner pays the tax in the case of a
protective tariff. OF course every
protectionist knows that the foreign
exporter pays the tax, or doesn't sell
his goods, but apparently the Free
Trade Engineer didn't know it until it
received the Information from nearly
all the big engineering and machinery
firms to whom 1t addressed its list OF
questions. The engineering trade, as
the machinery trade is called In Eng
land, is the one trade which is always
held up by the free traders as the
shining example Of prosperity under
free trade. OF course the fact is that
the English machinery trade was built
up before America and Germany came
into the international market, and it
has managed by the skill OF it's work
men and its perfected organization to
retain fair share of that market in
the face of the keenest competition.
The Free-Trade Engineer sent out
to some scores of machinery firms a
list of questions which it fondly hoped
would prove its case. Only one or
Two gave the answers desired, and all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
coNsUMPT1oN's TOLL.

The Marshalltown mes-Republi-
can sounds the following note of warn
ing against the carelessness with
which people expose themselves and
others to tuberculosis:
Where live wire kills one man, tu-
berculosis kills it's tens of thousands,
but few rush carelessly up to seize a
wire and none string charged and
non insulated wires across the streets.
And yet tuberculosis turks with dead
ly intent and purpose UNDECIDED, an
ever present and deadly danger.
When the scarlet fever card goes up
too, the mothers Of the neighborhood
gather their focks in fear, but the fig
ures of the Iowa health department
show that where 81 died of scarlet
fever In the first six months of 1910,
724 fell to the consumption scourge.
tuberculosis took six where typhoid
took one, ten where appendicitis
killed one, nearly eight against one to
die of diphtheria. Why, in the six
months of the first half of the present
year, not one person died of smallpox
In Iowa, while tuberculosis claimed
724, 6SS Of whom died Of tuberculosis
Of the lungs.
imprison the careless splitter, make the
tuberculosis COW into fertilizer and
burn the tuberculosis meat. Keep from
kissing if you can. But readthe figures
Of the death rate. Read them over.
Smallpox, none; scarlet fever, 81;
measles, A.; whooping cough. 56; diph-
iberia, 81; typhoid, 1928; appendicitis,
70; total. 447. tuberculosis, 724
The figures presented by the Times
Republican give food for reflection.
tuberculosis exacts death toll in
Iowa that could be greatly reduced if
proper precautions were used. If the
people would show the same alarm
over the ever present danger from this
infectious disease that is shown in To-
calities where infantile paralysis cpl
denies have appeared, there would be
an appreciate decrease in the death
rate from tuberculosis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
Te.tina state Fair FOOD.

Des Moines, Aug. 25.-The state
pure food department has made ar
rangements to set up laboratory on
the state fair grounds and to engage
in food testing for the eneft of the
fair visitors next week. The sausages
and cheese offered to the public will
be made the subject of investigation
and especial vigilance will be main
tanned in regard to ice cream without
cream and cones with saccharin in
stead of sugar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

Some Of the Illinois Legislators vote
for bills, but others would just as soon
have silver, gold or even checks-apy-
thing just so it's money. The Illinois
statutes ought to be good, for it ap-
pears that many Of them have been
backed up and financed by very re-
sponsible people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

The pure fooders ought to invest,-
gate that Wisconsin buttermilk case.
It's pretty how-de-do when such a
tame beverage as can OF buttermliK
runs amuck, explodes and lands a
thirsty man in the hospital.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27
(To be Continued.)

From Sickness to Excellent Health"
So says Mrs. Chas. Lyon. Peoria, Ill:
II found In your Foley Kidney Pills a
prompt and speedy cure for backAche
and kidney trouble which bothered me-
fer many months. am now enjoying
excellent health which I owe to Foley
Kidney Pills" -Clark's Drug Stores
,Swepson's Drug Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

Get ready to join the ranks Of inter.
urban boosters at the coming mass
meeting. Ottumwa has the opportunity
now it has been seeking, and this is
the kind of opportunity that will knock
6peeI ga .eouo ana loop s.eMmnllO lu
when the date of the meeting is set,
not only to attend. but to subscribe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

Congressman Sibley must be an ex-
travagant person. He filed an expense
account showing that he spent s42,500
to get renominated for congress ard
here he is withdrawing from the race
before getting any run for his money
at all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

Estrada, the new president of Mic.
aragua, who was the leader Of the in
surgents hadn't got settled in the ex-
ecutive seat until he started tinkering
with the tariff. Estrada must have
been following the political situation
up here
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-08-27

In the Nebraska statewide primary
race for the nomination for governor
Dahlman won, by 225 votes over Shall
lenberger. That's close enough to mako
even the cowboy nervous.