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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
WILLIAM HAS
. A BLISTER ON KNEE
loyal Physician Calls It an
Abrasion, Caused by Ride
in Saddle.

Potsdam, June 18.-Emperor William.
who was recently Inconvenience by an
abscess on the right wrist, Is now
troubled with an abrasion on the inside
of the right knee. 1t was produced by
horseback riding and caused his ma
jesty to abandon his purpose of wit
messing today's military maneuvers at
Doeberitz. He also has cancelled an en-
gagement for tomorrow at Hanover and
he will not witness. as he had planned.
the yacht race al Hamburg SATURDAY.
The .emperors household physician
stated today that the general condition
OF his majesty was satisfactory. The
emperor's saddle horses have been
trained TO guidance through pressure
from the riders knees. Recently his
majesty has taken long rides, and the
skin having been rubbed OFF In q spot
on the inside of the right knee. a his
ter resulted
Following the at Doeher
itz &oday the emperor received the een-
erals who participated.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
Z DEPUTY SHERIFFS.
GUARD STATE RECORDS
Oklahoma State Capital at
Oklahoma City, but Books
Remain at Guthrie.

Guthrie, Okla, Tune 16.-Twelve dep
uty sheriffs have been sworn in and
placed about the state house to guard
against the rem oval OF the state rec
ords TO Oklahoma City, where Cover
nor Haskell has established head
quarters.
Charles Daugherty, state labor COM
missioner, when leaving for Oklahoma
City today, was stopped by an officer
and the contents OF his suit case ex-
amined before he was permitted I o
proceed.
Despite these steps taken by the
faction opposed to removal, Leo Meyer.
assistant secretary Of state, announced
today that all state BOOKS and records
would be moved to Oklahoma City upon
completion Of vaults for their recep-
ton. The hearing on Governor Has
kell's demurrer TO the order of the
county district court restraining the
state officers from removing the capital
TO Oklahoma City was set for this
morning, but owing to the delay In the
arrival OF Attorney General West IL
was postponed to this afternoon.
Though the hearing was to be in
Chambers, a number OF Guthrie women
We're present this morning at the hour
set for taking up the case,
The possibility of armed resistance
TO the remoyal of the state records is
ridiculed here.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
MUNICIPAL EXPERTS
ATTEND DEDICATION
Sioux City Commissioners at
Capital. Herbert Quick
Delivers Address.

Des Moines, Ia, June ia score of
municipal experts are in Des Moines
today to attend the laying of the cor
nerstone of the new city hall. The mu-
nicipal building built under the COM
mission plan will resemble a huge bank
building and will be a strictly business
structure, to cost $500. 900. Among the
guests are Milo r. Maltbie of the New
York City public service commissions;
ex-May0r OF Nashville James nj. Head,
now OF Boston; Mayor t. C. Thomp-
son, OF Chattanooga, Tenn; Mayor j.
C. Hayes, OF Minneapolis, MINI; A. M.
Fuller, OF Meadville, Pa; J.. b. Flem-
ing, of Eau Claire. Wis; Fred L. Bur-
rell and delegation CT five from Free
mont. Neb.: Bailey B. Perry, OF Lex
ington, KY; r. s. Whitley, of Sioux
City. The laying OF the cornerstone
was preceded by a parade. j. Herbert
Quick is one of the speakers this aft
ernoon.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
SUFFRAGETS ARE SUED
BY SHIRTWAIST MAKER

New York, June 17.-Mrs. O. H. p.
Belmont, Miss Inez Millholland and
other we'll known suffrage leaders were
made defendants in a suit filed in the
United States circuit court today in be-
half of A. Sitomer, a shirtwaist manu-
facturer. ,Sitomer, claims that he was
driven out of business by the recent
strike of the shirtwaist makers and
asks $4,000 damage of the suffragists
who gave moral and financial support
to the strike.
He alleges that aiding the strikers
amounted to conspiracy in restraint of
trade under the Sherman antitrust law,
and that he Is entitled to triple dam
ages as the act prescribes. The Wom-
ans Trades Union league and the
Waistmakers' union are named as CO.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
offers TO SELL $3.50
HORSE FOR 10 CENTS
lad First Priced Animal at
81. Theater
Money.

View York, June 1S.-A perfectly
pnd horse here was offered for sale
10 cents yesterday at the Rookie
pr Institute for Medical Research.
ne animal vas worth $3.50.
But anti vivisectionists need not ex-
claim in horror. The horse was not Of
fered for purposes of medical research.
1T was not carved up-in fact, it was
mot bought. The young man who would
ave parted with ii for two nicke was
y 8 a old, and he was willing to
1t go at a sacrifice to satisfy his ap-
tie for moving pictures. Ten cents
Yould have paid his way into a nickel
Neon twice, and for that pleasure he
Would have parted with an entire herd
pf horses.
The boy was Arthur Lawton, of 1411
avenue A. Peewee Schubert, who is
younger, Just went along" All the
dickering was done by Arthur.
' John Wrobell, a truckman of 1919
Eond avenue, had given Arthur 5
pts to lead a horse from Curran's
Bile on Seventy fifth street, near
Venue A. Arthur started southwark,
but on the way decided to sell the
horse. He led the steed to the side Of
= building, where he met a doorkeeper.
Il Arthur first offered to part with his
charge for $l.5O. The doorkeeper looK-
Nd amazed, the horse insulted. Then
kept scaling the price down I'M
It'll he reached a dime. 1t isn't every
Nay that horses worth $3.50 are placed
Nm the market for 10 cents, and the
doorkeeper te%lephoned to police head
.5raEters. Soon Master Lawton found
him self in the East Si~xty-seventh
Epolice station. Wrobell laughed and
1refusxd to make a complaint. Arthur
WAS taken home. He may not be able
to ride a horse for several days.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
MUST TAKE MAIL JOB
OR GO TO JAIL YEAR

Alton, Ill, June 1S.-Charles w.
Freeman is in a tight place as a result
of having applied for a mail route in
the Yellowstone park.
While out west a year ago Freeman
made application to the postal depart
ment for the position. Since that time
he has taken a travelling position,
which is more lucrative. Now word
has come to him to begin work July l
On the mail route.
Freeman wired he could not accept
and was told he would have to or for
felt a bond Of $4,000 and spend IL
1norths in Jail. He has appealed to
#Eongressman w. A. Rodenberg to try
ITO get relier for him.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC:
HUNDREDS ARE DYING

e. Paso, Texas, June fG.-An cpl
demic of smallpox has been raging In
the district of Ozumba, north Chihua-
hua, Mexico, for several months past
and the people have been dying by
hundreds. This has been known for
some time, but the real extent Of the
epidemic was unknown until today,
when the people made an appeal to
the federal government at Mexico City
for medical officers and soldiers to en-
force quarantine laws.
1t is stated in the appeal that the
official register OF Ozumba shows 600
deaths from the disease in six months.
The Mormon colonies are located in
this region, but not a single Mormon
has died, showing the results of proper
treatment and sanitation, for many
Mormons have had the disease during
the epidemic.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
EVELYN THAW TELLS
OF POVERTY ON STAND
Swears She Simply Has Three
Room Flat and $40 a
Week.

New York, June 17.-When ii comes
O being poor, a church mouse has moth
Ing on Mrs. Evelyn Thaw. She said so
herself after being examined in sup
Elementary proceedings yesterday.
All she has in the world, she said, is
the furniture of her three-room fiat at
No. 81 West Thirty-third St. some clay
with which she make models, and a
wardrobe.
Even the diamond engagement ring
Harry Thaw gave her is in pawn for
$500, and she doesn't know where the
ticket is.
A dress was responsible for her lat
est declaration of financial embarrass-
ment. 1t was a blue tailor-made walk
ing suit which h purchased two years
ago from Kehoe, Of No. 523 Fifth ave.
But she didn't pay the bill, 800. Kehoe
sued and obtained a judgment by de-
fault.
Maid Has Pawn Ticket.
One of the subsequent examinations
in supplementary proceedings was held
in the office of Lawyer Norman G..
Hewitt, of No. 220 Broadway.
Mrs. Thaw said her colored maid had
pawned the engagement ring. The maid
afterWard married q Pullman porter
and carried the pawn ticket off on her
honeymoon.
In the meantime, she said, she has
been getting $40 a week to live on, n
the rent Of her fiat, which is sos a
month, has been paid. The checks, she
declared, have been signed by various
lawyers, many of them by Charles
MorsChauser.
Mr.. Hewitt her asked her about the
shaving set. the discovery of a bill for
which halted the bankruptcy proceed
ings against Thaw in Pittsburg. Mrs.
Thaw promptly explained that she pur-
chased it as a Christmas present for
Harry during his second trial.
He was sure of being acquitted and
told me he wanted a shaving set" she
said.
Happy After Ordeal.
The examination lasted several hours
and Mrs. Thaw came away beaming.
It's all wound up at last" she de-
cleared. Mr.. Hewitt is going to apply
to the court for an execution on Harry's
mother to collect 10 per cent of the
$40 l get, or 81 a week. 1 haven't any
lawyer now because 1 can't afford one,
but I'm told my 20 is safe"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
$40 A WEEK IS ONLY
PIN MONEY FOR Wife
She Wanted Wine and $500
Shoes, So Harvey Fox Is
Single Now.

Denver Colo, Jun IL
~Seven-dollar shoes.
Six-dollar corsetS.
Two-dollar stockings.
Midnight wine suppers.
Taxicabs.
And a lot more things than these that
his wife bought for herself, all the
time, out of his $40 a week salary, were
in the list that Harvey A. Fox related
to Judge Glass in the county court,
where he procured a divorce from Lo-
rena Fox.
"She said she didn't care for a
home,'' said Fox, "and told me that
while she was young she intended 10
have a good time, and see the world
go round. When she'd come in after
midnight and I'd ask her where she'd
been, she'd tell me 1t was none of my
d business"
The couple were married In October,
1907.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
BIG FIGHT WILL Be
STOPPED BY GOVERNOR
Attorney General Webb De-
clares He Will Take Action
at Once.

San Francisco. June 17.-Attorney-
General M. S. Webb stated today that
he had received Instructions from Gov
ernor Gillett to take action TO prevent
the Johnson-Jeffries fight on July 4. He
step at once.
Governor Gillette. in a long distance
telephone conversation with the Asso-
ciated Press at / o'clock, said: II have
instructed Attorney General Webb to
stop the Jeffries-Johnson fight, and I
shall expect him to do so."
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
MURDER SUSPECT is
PUT ON THE GRILL

Leavenworth, Kan, Tune 16.-Dean
Erhart, who was arrested at Easton
near here last night In connection with
the murder of Mrs. Katherine Schultz.
the wealthy widow whose body was
found in her home here last week, was
taken before the county attorney here
today and subjected to an examin-
alton.
The officers refuse to divulge the In
formation that caused them to arrest
Erhart. 1t Is known that Erhart was
here the night Mrs. Schultz was killed
n hat he had at one time made an
unsuccessful attempt to borrow money
from her.
Erhart is a farmer 40 years old and
the husband of a niece of Mrs. Schultz.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
SCHOONER SINKS IN
GALE five SURVIVE
Strikes on Coast During Thick
Weather-Captain Goes
Down With Ship.

Willestad, Curaco. June 1.-THE
government schooner van Hardt has
been wrecked on the northeast coast
Of Curaco. The captain, crew and pass
engers with the exception of four sail
ors and n passenger were drowned.
The lost includes the governor OF Buen
Ayre. The Van Hardt was bound for
this port from Buen Ayre, a Dutch
West Indian island on the Venezuelan
coast 80 miles east of the island of
Curacao. She struck during the thick
weather OF Sunday night. News OF the
disaster was brought here by the five
survivors.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
121,749 ARE PAUPERS
IN LONDON, ENGLAND

London, June i6.-Distressing official
statistics show that at the end of April
out Of a population Of 35. $50, 900 in En-
gland and Wales there were $4,000
paupers. namely persons receiving pub
lie assistance.
This figure, over p per thousand, Is
enc OF the highest en- record. London .
paups5s fetal I21.7i9. a ratio OF about
% per thousand
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
PROMINENT DOCTOR
Is FATALLY WOUNDED

st. Louis. June 16.-John NJ. Grant,
one OF the best known physicians Of
fatally wounded by Aloyius w. Rayne,
a driver for a department store, today.
The physician was alighting from his
automobile In front OF his office when
he was attacked. Rayne was arrested.
A st~enographer at DR.. Grants office
said the shooting followed DIR. Grants
orders TO the driver TO move his wagoo
from the curb.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
STRIKERS IN A RIOT
BEAT UP TWO OFFICERS

Rochester, N. Y, June 16.-Several
hundred laborers, members of the local
laborers' union who are on strike for an
increase in wages, began a rio today
in from Of the Lyceum theater. Police
man Otto and Bachell attempted to dis
perse the men, when they were set upon
and severely beaten. Felled by a brick,
Otto was being beaten into uncor-
seriousness when he drew his revolver
and began firing. One bullet struck
Angelo Mallo. a striker, in the leg, and
he was taken to a hospital.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
ALIENS LAW PARTNER
FILES FOR THE SENATE

Norfolk. Neb.. June 17-Wilhs E. Reed.
a former law partner of ex-United States
Senator William v. Allen. went to Lincoln
today to file his candidacy before the
democratic primaries for the United States
senatorial nomination. He will make the
race in opposition TO Mr.. Bryan's county
option issue. Reed lives In Madison.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
BlEACHED FLOUR CASE
WILL END VERY SOON

Kansas City, June 17.-Indications
point TO an early end to the blesched
flour case being tried here in the United
States court. With the conclusion to-
day of the governments side Of the
case and the defense proposing to place
on the stand but a few witnesses, the
theory OF an early conclusion is sup
ported.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24

Como, Italy. June IA part of a
mans coat, declared by some of his
fishermen neighbors to have belonged
to Porter Charlton, was found today in
Lake Como. from the waters of which
the body of his murdered bride. Mary
Scott Castle Charlton, was recovered
last Friday.
The torn garment was fished up from
the bottom of the lake near the spot
where the runk containing the boz 4 Of
the oma vas found.
Today's discovery strengthened the
theory of many that a double m rder
was committed. This is the vivw Of
Charles NJ. Caughy, the American col
sui al Milan, VINO believes Charlton met
the same fate as did his wife. Earlier
evidence that both of the Americans
were killed, presumably for their valua-
bles, was found in the blood spattered
bed at the villa which they occupied. 1t
Is declared that the seven wounds found
on the woman's head did not release
any such quantity of blood as left its
stains in their lake shore home.
Protests Innocence.
Constantine Ispolatoff, the chance
acquaintance of the Charltons, from
whom they leased the villa, remains in
custody and is frequently questioned as
developments furnish the detectives
with new grounds for inquiry.
4 IS IluSSlcll IildltlldlIlS Ills Sell DOS-
session and insists that he knows moth
ing as to how or by whom the crime
was committed.
On the superstition that Lake Como
contains the body of Charlton, a thor
ough search Of its bottom and shores
was begun today. The work was start
ed in the vicinity of the spot from
which the fishermen had drawn the
trunk with it's grewsome contents to
the surface. 1t was not long before the
s~earchers were rewarded by the finding
OF the portion of a mans coat. This
was xhibite among the fisher folk,
and others in the vicinity who had seen
the Charltons, and some of these de-
clared at nee that it was part of a suit
which the young American had worn.
Further support Of the double murder
theory developed as the day progressed.
1t had been known that the police were
in possession Of several clews, leading.
1t would appear, to the conclusion that
had been murdered. They
have, however, beer decidedly reticent
regarding their discoveries.
This afternoon 1t was learned that the
Investigators had determined that the
with which the trunk was weight
ed had been taken from the wall of
the aqueduct on the shore OF the lake.
The stone a been removed from a
spot in the wall opposite the point at
which the trunk was submerged.
Following up this clew the police dis
covered that another stone exactly
similar In size had been recently dug
out of the wall. This is held TO be sig
nificant.
The second stone has not been To-
Gated and the police will not be sur
prised If they should find 1t was used
to drag below the surface of the lake
another trunk or box containing the
body of Porter Charlton.
IsopiatofT was further interrogated
this afternoon. The detectives who
questioned him claim that he has re-
peatedly told conflicting stories.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
WHIP THE DRUNKARDS;
DO NOT FINE THEM

Tulsa, Okla, June 17.-Plain DRINKS
viii receive lashings instead Of fines
IL Municipal Judge c. A. Houston has
his way here. Yesterday he asked the
city COMMISSIONS TO supply him with
a post n a whip in order that the
court might mete out punishment to
the Intoxicated offenders. The average
num' er of arrests on q charge OF
drunkenness made here is six a day.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
CHARLTON KILLED
WITH HIS BRIDE is
new COMO THEORY
Thorough Search of Lake Como
Being Maidstone Which
Weighted Down Trunk Was
Taken From Aqueduct.
MISSING HUSBAND ONCE
WAS RESIDENT OF OMAHA

Omaha, June 16.-Porter
Charlton, the missing husband
of the victim of the Lake Como
tragedy, was a former resident
of this city. His father, Paul
Charlton, was a member of a
prominent law firm here, leav-
ing here in 1905 for Washington,
where he succeeded Charles G.
Masoon as law officer of the
Bureau of lnsular Affairs. Por-
ter was then IS years old.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
VILLAGES DEVASTATED
BY VAGRANT WATERS

rains throughout Belgium have been fol-
lowed in the lower lying districts by
flood conditions creating heavy losses.
Bridges have been carried away and
stock drowned.
The village of Moos has been de-
vastated by the vagrant waters.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES
ARE LOST IN FLOODS

Belgrade, Servia, June17.-Floods fol-
lowing torrential ain have caused
havoc in the valley of the Moravia
river. T~hirty-five lives have been lost.
The towns of Chupria, Jagordina and
SvilainatZ lave been inundated. Water
to a depth OF from seven to 10 feet has
filed the streets. Many houses, nder-
mined, have collapsed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
AUTOMOBILE DRIVE
ACCOMPANY TOURISTS

Nashville, Tenn. June 16.-At S
O'Clock this morning the Giidden tour
lists left Nashville, escorted by ware
of 800 cars, In a parade to the city,
limits. The parade vas headed by a.
large number of decorated cars. Not,
"a car Is out of the race.
THE noon stop will be at Columbia.
IN, Ais miles from here and the,
L stop at Sheffield, Ala, 1877 rallies
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
FOUNDATIONS CAUSE
UNKNOWN DEATH LOSS

Berne, Switzerland, June 17.-Inunda-
'tions in the eastern and central dis
tricts of Switzerland, have caused inn
mense damage. A landslide at AltorfI
buried a factory building, killing a;
woman and 10 children, employed.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
COUPLE WERE MARRIED IN
WILMINGTON LAST MARCH

Wilmington. Del. June la.-Mrs.
Mary Scott Castle Charlton, whose body
was found In a trunk In a lake In Italy,
was married In Wilmington on March
IL. this rear. to Porter Charlton, the
marriage ceremony being performed as
Old Swedes church by the vicar. Rev.
Albert A. Clay.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
SIOUX CITY MAN WEEDS
MT OF YANkTnN

Elk Point, 5. D., June l6.-Herman
N. Schwartz, of Sioux City. and Mrs.
Addie Warren, of Yankton. S. D.. were
married at the court house in this city
Sunday, Ira l.. Nicholas, justice OF the
peace, officiating.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-06-24
ITALIAN POLICE CHARGE
TWO MEN WITH MURDER

Como. Italy, June 16.-The police are
bending all their efforts to solve the
mysterious murder of an American
woman believed to be Mrs. Porter
Charlton, of New York, formerly Mary
Crittenden Scott, OF San Francisco,
whose body vas found in a trunk at
the bottom of Lake Como yesterday.
Detectives believe hat Mrs. Charlton
met her death at the hands of two men.
Porter Charlton, the young husband,
who was on a wedding trip with his
bride, has not been located. Constan-
tine IspoIatotr, a Russian, who has
been seen frequently with the couple,
is in custody. The man whom the po-
lice are particularly anxious to get hold
Of is in Switzerland, where he fled i'm
mediately after the murder. There Is
no authoritative statement as to who he
Is.
Killed by Suffocation.
The post norton examination of the
body was made today. This revealed
that the woman died from su~ffocation.
1t was found there were seven wounds
on the head, sufficient to render her I'M
conscious, but they were not regarded
as of a nature to cause death. The
victim APPARENTLY expired some time
after she had been placed In the trunk.
The wrapping had been done with a
strip of cloth ard the body was crowded
into the trunk along with some letters
and personal effects. 1t was these lat
ter articles which led TO Identification.
Aside from the wounds disclosed at the
post mortem, the body showed certain
abnormal conditions On which the doc-
tors reserved expression OF an opinion.
The police are working hard to re-
construct the mysterious circumstances
Of the crime. Their Investigations show
that the trunk and its contents were
found TO be too heavy to be carried to
the lake by n person, and that the
Individual who first attempted this task
called to his assistance an accomplice.
The steps of both men We're heard
hen they left h villa carrying q
heavy weight.
Ispolatoff. the Russian, who figures
In the affair, was arrested-especially
because, the day before the murder, he
Is said to have made inquiries Of fish
ermen concerning the depth of the lake
at the spot where the trunk was found.
The unusual mystery corrected with
the affair-the disappearance OF the
husband and h circumstances OF bru-
tally developed by the post norton, all
combine TO give the case absorbing in
terest.