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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
Remarkable Surgical Operation.

A remarkable surgical operation has
been performed by DR.. Morrison, at
Queens hospital, Birmingham, upon a
man named Charles Endall, who had
been suffering from structure of; the
gullet caused. by having taken sui
phuric acid in mistake for whisky.
The mans throat having been closed,
a new permanent mouth was opened
in his side,- through which he was fed
by means of tube. He gained weight,
and was able to leave the institution:
but gave way to:dfink, and died from
exhaustion through structure. FASTENED
by bronchitis. y
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
wireless Carries 4,4s2 Miles.

San Francisco.-It Is claimed that q
worlds record for wireless communi-
cation between ship and shore was
made when message was received at
local station from the steamer
Korea 4,492 miles away. The local
operator heard faint call from the
Korea. The message could be distin-
guished: Steamer Korea, 4.492 out;
all we'll" The operator repeated the
message and received an 20. K"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
WIRELESS WORKS UNDER SEA
French Navy Carries Out interesting
Experiments by Transmitting
Submarine Messages.

Faris.-Interesting experiments have
been carried out with submarine and
wireless telegraphy by the submarine
fiotilla at Cherbourg. BY means OF
submarine bells messages were con-
veyed quite distinctly to the battle.
ship Bouvines by four submarines,
each at a distance Of seven miles. As.
result of this experiment the min
lister of marine has given Instructions
that all submarines shall be provided.
with these bells.
The submersible Prairial was also
successful in signaling to the B0u-
vines by wireless telegraphy, all the
vessels met by her between ST.
WAIST, Cape de la Hogue and Cher
bourg, and announcing her arrival i'm
sight of the forts of Cherbourg.
French submarines will in future be
provided with wireless telegraphy APP
paratus.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
AS You Like 1t.


The aged, worn, and guileless-look
ing individual sauntered up to the
desk of the clerk in southern hotel,
and quavered, as he drew from his
wallet a yellow bill. Friend, will you
kindly give me five silver dollars in
exchange for this memento of the
good old confederate days?"
The clerk glanced quickly at the
proffered bill, smiled to himself, tossed
it into the drawer, and counted out
the five dollars. When the guileless-
looking individual had gone, the clerk
examined the bill he had just taken
in. He found that it was, or was not,
a good U. s. bill. Either way you
take it, it makes story. ItThas never
been decided which is the better way.
Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
A Lucky Miss.

The Guide-There, we've missed;
kin hear him maxim off through the
bushes
Young Hopeful-Well, 1t doesn't
matter; it was probably only the
guv'nor He was somewhere over in
that direction, wasn't he?-Harper's
Weekly.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13
France Increases Navy.

Parsley vote of 461 to rs, the
chamber of deputies has agreed ON
the construction of two battleships at
private yards. The understanding is
that later units will be built at gov
eminent arsenals.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

If kind words never die we need 81
few more of that kind just for the
sake of variety. if nothing else
Judge
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-04-13

CHARLES HLEs assistant secretary of the
~ President
resignation of Private Secretary Charles Norton Mr. Hes will be the
third
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
HARD TO SELECT CHARITIES
THAT MERIT STATE AID
BOARD OF CONTROL CoNFRoNTS
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
State Has Many obllgations-Money
Will Not Be Available
Until July I.

Topeka, Kan.-According to H. G.
Bowman, chairman Of the state board
of control, the board is up against a
serious proposition in distributing the
money appropriated by the last legis'
lature for private charities. 1t is now
making an investigation of all the pri'
vate hospitals, homes and charities
to determine which ones shall re-
ceive parts of the money. 1t has not
yet decided upon the class of institu-
tons that shall participate in the ap-
preparation, but the different classes
of institutions are making it hot for
the members in the meantime.
I'VE are up against serious prop
osition in the distribution of this
money" said Mr.. Bowman. The
state is interested in good many
forms of charitable work, and what
institutions to cut off and what to
leave on the list is hard to decide.
Now the state does not do any general
hospital work 1t has hospitals for
the insane and epileptics and schools
for feeble-minded and incorrigibles.
But there is much necessary charity
work among the poor who are injured
and other poor who are afflicted with
disease. Most general hospitals do
much charity work. There is bur
den which the state ought to help pay
for, but how much and where to draw
the line is question.
'"The state has a home for orphans,
but it's capacity is limited and children
are accepted only under certain con-
ditions. There are children's homes
that need aid. The state has an obli-
CATION there. Then there are the res
cue homes and homes for aged men
and women, in which the state should
assist if assistance is given anywhere,
How to draw the line and distribute
the money is worrying the members
Of he board a good deal"
The money will not be available I'M
til July !, and the board still has time
il. which to decide. 1t is likely that
it will decide that the money shall go
to institutions that work along lines
entirely different from that of the in
situations under the charge of the
board of control.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Accused by Girl, Cuts His Throat.

Smith Center, Kan.-Marion Heath,
a we'll known young man of this city,
committed suicide by cutting his
throat with a razor. The act follow
ed his arrest upon a charge of assault,
the complainant being 18-year-old Mrs.
Lon Hollcroft, whose marriage &C.
Cured the middle of last week. After
listening to the reading of the war
rant for his arrest, Heath asked the
constable to accompany him to his
home, where awaited his wife and two
young children. one of them being
only a month old. After leaving the
house to returned to town, Heath
asked leave of the officer to go into
closet for moment, and it was
while there that he committed the
deed of self-destruction. He was
about thirty years of age and had a
large CIRCLE of friends in this city.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
GETTING READY FOR WAR.
Kansas officer Brings Back Reports
of Marked Activity.

Topeka, Kan. That the war de.
partment has ordered advertising for
bids for equipment for a million sol
diers, and that officers of Fort Sam
Houston refer to that place as a re.
cruiting station" is the word brought
back by Captain Fred l.. Lennon, OF
the Hutchinson company of the Kan
sas National Guard, who has just re-
turned from there, after brief term
of instruction
"The army of the United States Is
ready to invade Mexico on minutes
notice" he says in a written state
ment made to C. l. Martin, adjutant
general for Kansas. "The barracks
for the troops are being filled with
bacon and bareback, wartime rations
while the soldiers who should be occu-
plying these quarters are being moved
into tents.
The regular army companies are
being raised from their ordinary
strength of 60 men to wartime strength
of 108.
"The first of the week the war de-
partment ordered the advertisement
for bids for the equipment of 1,OOO,.
coo men. The bids are for prices on
uniforms, shirts, underwear, shoes and
arms"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05

! must show that your alleged confes
sion is untrue; that it was dragged
from you Involuntary. We must find
that mysterious woman who came to
Underwoods rooms while you lay on
the couch asleep. Do you know what
my theory is, Howard?''
WHAT" demanded her husband.
Il believe you were hypnotized into
making that confession. I've read OF
such things before You know the
boys in college often hypnotized you.
You told me they made you do all
kinds of things against your will,
That big brute, Capt Clinton, simply
forced his will on yours"
"By Jove-I never thought of that!
he exclaimed. 81 know my head
ached terribly after he got through all
that questioning. When he made me
look at that pistol l couldn't resist
any more. But how are we going to
break through the net which the po-
lice have thrown around me-"
by getting the best lawyer we can
procure. | shall insist on Judge Brew
ster taking the case. He declines, but
| shall go to his office again this after
noon. He must"
Howard shook his head.
You'll not be able to get Brewster.
He would never dare offend my father
by taking up my case without his per-
mission. He won't even see you"
Wen see," she said quietly He'll
all day for weeks. | have decided to
have Judge Brewster defend you be
cause | believe it would mean &C.
quittal. He will build up a defense
that will defeat all the lies that the
police have concocted. The police have
a strong case because of your alleged
confession. 1t will take a strong law
yer to fight them" Earnestly she
added: Howard, if your life is to be
saved we must get Judge Brewster"
"All right, DEAR" he replied. Il
can only leave it in your hands.
know that whatever you do will be for
the best. I'll try to be as patient as
can. My only comfort is thinking
of you, dear"
A heavy step resounded in the corri-
dor. The keeper came up.
Times up, m'm," he said civilly.
Annie thrust her hand through the
bars; Howard carried it reverently to
his lips.
"Good-by, DEAR" she said. Keep
up your courage. You'll know that l
am working for your release every
moment. l won't leave a stone I'M
turned"
"Good-by, darling" he murmured.
He looked at her longingly and
there were tears in her eyes as she
turned away.
III be back very soon," she said.
A few minutes later they were in
the elevator and she passed through
the big steel gate once more into the
sunlight street
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
MiIIers Expect $4,000 eusheI Crop.

Abilene, Kan.-E. V. Hoffman, OF
the Hoffman Milling company, of En-
terprise, has just returned from
meeting of millers at Wichita. He
says that there was a general report
on the wheat outlook. "The best guess
on the coming wheat crop of Kansas
is 75,000,000 bushels. While the west
ern counties are showing poor out
look, central Kansas will have a big
crop, according to present conditions.
The best estimates of the millers was
that the yield would be 100000
bushels Oklahoma promises about
100000 bushels and Nebraska about
20,000,000. Oklahoma is in poor con-
dition, the government report on April
1 giving it a percentage of So, willis
Kansas was put at 70. In view of the
general wheat crop outlook of the
world, there is little encouragement
for high prices. Most of the millers
think the price at harvest ime will
run somewhere between IS and "a
cents"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
HANGS Self With Wire.

Pittsburg, Kan.-William Snow, a
pioneer business man of Arcadia, To-
Gated eight miles north of here, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself to
a staple in the ceiling of his room
with a strand of telephone wire. When
found the wire was looped around his
neck and a chair that was lying on
its back near by told how the self
destruction was done. His wife died
a few years ago and since then he
had been making his home at the
home OF his daughter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Here's a Real Family.

Hutchinson, Kan.-When the Ruth
family, who live in little settlement
of their own between Burton and
Halstead, hold their annual family re-
unions, it is necessary to get con-
vention hall or big auditorium to get
them all in one room. For there are
eight brothers and sisters, who have
among them 50 children, 60 of them
grown to maturity, and they in turn
have 60 children among them, making
of these three generations of the fam
lily 1853, besides the husbands and
wives of the aunts and uncles,
nephews and nieces, over 100 more,
making about 300 in all.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Puts Wheat Average at 5,3ao,ooo.

Topeka, Kan.-Kansas wheat is bet
ter by two and one-half per cent than
1t was at this time year ago, accord
ing to a report just issued by Secre-
tary of Agriculture Coburn. Twenty
three per cent has or will be plowed
up. The total acreage that will be
allowed to stand is 100000. The
present condition is 1854 per cent.
The report is based on conditions
April 81. Barton county has the
largest acreage, 266,7O6 of any single
county and of this Sc per cent is re-
ported a failure and the condition of
the remainder is only AZ per cent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Deaf Mutes to Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kan.-The Kansas
Association for the Deaf will hold its
annual convention in Leavenworth,
August 24-26, according to a telegram
received from H. G. Sickel Mr.. Sickel
attended the committee meeting at
Mcpherson, Kan, from this city and
urged the acceptance of the invita-
ton from the AID club, asking tina.
the convention be held here this year.
Nearly 200 delegates are expected to
attend the convention this year as
that is about the average attendance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jefries, bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood
fellow-student at Yale, leads a life of dis
sipation, marries the daughter of a gam
bier who died in prison. and IS disowned
by his father. He is out of work and in
desperate straits. Underwood, who had
once been engaged to Towards step
mother, Alicia, is apparently in prosper
Gus circumstances. Taking advantage of
sort of social highwayman Discovering
his true character, Alicia denies him the
house He sends her note threatening
suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted
as commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard calls at
his apartments in an intoxicated condi-
ton TO request a loan of $1,000 to enable
him to take up a business proposition.
Underwood tells him he is in debt up to
his eyes. Howard drinks himself into a
maudlin condition, and goes to sleep on a
wood draws a screen around the drunken
sleeper Alicia enters. She demands
promise from Underwood that he will not
take his life. He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage. This she refuses,
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
hiNself. The report of the pistol ava
kens Howard He finds Underwood dead.
Realizing his predicament he attempts, to
flee and is met by Underwood's valet.
Howard is turned over to the police;
Capt Clinton, notorious for his brutal
treatment of prisoners, puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an alleged confession from the harassed
man. Annie, Howard's wife, declares her
belief in her husbands innocence, and
says she will clear him She calls on
Jeffries, Sr. He refuses to help unless
she will consent to a divorce. To save
Howard she consents, but when she nnds
that the elder Jeffries does not intend to
stand by his son, except financially, she
scorns his help. Annie appeals to Judge
Brewster, attorney for Jeffries, ST., to
take Towards case. He declines.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
EIks' Convention and Aviation Meet

Wichita, Kan.-More than 5000 Elks
are expected to attend the state con-
vention or that order here May 4,
and 6. In addition to representatives
from the thirty Kansas lodges there
are expected to be many Oklahoma
Elks present, as invitations were ex-
tended to the twenty-three lodges in
that state. Special trains will be run
from northern Oklahoma and from
several points in Kansas. The avia-
ton meet will occur here on the same
days as the Elks' convention and May
) has been set apart as Elks' day at
the aviation grounds.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Bank ROBBERS Convicted.

wichita. Kan.-Ed Harold, Thos.
Redmond, Thos. Madden and Fred
Boyd were found guilty by jury in
the district court here on a charge
of robbing the State Bank of Viola,
Kan. March 4 This is the first prose
cution under the stringent law passed
by the last legislature allowing a max
imum sentence of thirty years in the
penitentiary for bank robbery IN
which explosives are used. The jury
was out about five hours. Their sen.
tanoA will be pronounced later.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Farmer Drinks Acid.

Eureka, Kan.-Claud l.. Kellar, a
young farmer living near Eureka, COM
mitted suicide by drinking three
ounces of carbolic acid. The body was
found later by James Kellar. The
youths were cousins and were farm
ing together. Under the dead mans
pillow was found the picture of a girl
and some letters, written by Miss Fern
Stevenson of Olpe A note was found
also which read: phone Fern at
once"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Could Do Better.

The lecture was on the economics
of nature and showed that her great
destructive POWERS were used only
to transform the elements into other
channels.
ITO illustrate" said the professor,
there is in one of the Pacific islands
a volcano which has for 16 years been
pouring molten lava into the ocean
over a precipice 400 feet high and
eleven miles long. Eggs are boiled in
the open sea 22 miles away"
My goodness" cried a feminine
voice in the audience, what big pan
and what a waste Of fire and water
and fuss over little plain cooking!"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05

ME. You know | am as innocent of
that murder as you are"
Thank God, thank Cod" exclaimed
Annie. Il see it all now"
Her tears were dried Her brain was
beginning to work rapidly. She al
ready saw possible line of defense
81 don't know how it all happened,
went on Howard 81 don't know any
more about it than you do. left you
to go to Underwood's apartment. On
the way l foolishly took drink. When
| got there | took more whisky. Be-
fore | knew it was drunk. While
talking l fell asleep. Suddenly heard
woman'S voice"
"Ah!" interrupted Annie. You, too,
heard a woman's voice. Capt Clinton
said there was woman in it"
Thoughtfully, as if to herself she
added: I'VE must find that woman"
when | woke up" continued How
ard, 1T was dark. Cropping around
for the electric light, l stumbled over
something 1t was Underwood's dead
body How he came by his death
have not the slightest idea. / at once
realized the dangerous position | was
in and / tried to leave the apartment
unobserved Just as / was going,
Underwood's man servant arrived and
he handed me over to the police.
That's the whole story. I've been
here since yesterday and I'll be devil
ish glad to get out"
You will get out" she cried. I'm
doing everything possible to get you
free. I've been trying to get the best
lawyer in the country-Richard Brew
ster"
Richard Brewster" exclaimed How
ard He's my fathers lawyer"
81 saw your father yesterday after
noon" she said quietly.
You did" he exclaimed, surprised.
WAS he willing to receive you?"
'He had to-" she replied. Il gave
him a place of my mind"
Howard looked at her in mingled
amazement and admiration. That she
should have dared to confront man
as proud and obstinate as his father
astounded him.
What did he say?" he asked Gag
erly.
81 asked him to come publicly to
your support and to give you legal
assistance. He refused, saying he
could not be placed in position of
condoning such a crime and that your
behavior and your marriage had made
him wash his hands of you forever"
Tears filled Towards eyes and his
mouth quivered.
"Then my father believes me guilty
of this horrible crime?" he exclaimed.
He insisted that you must be guilty
as you had confessed. He offered,
though, to give you legal assistance,
but only on one condition"
What was that condition." he de-
manded
THAT 1 consent to a divorce" re-
piled Annie quietly.
What did you say?"
Il said I'd consent to anything if it
would help you, but when he told me
that even then he would not come per
sonally to your support / told him we
would worry along without his as
sistance. On that l left him"
You're a brave little woman!"
cried Howard. Noticing her pale, anx-
ious face, he said:
You, too, must have suffered"
"Oh, never mind me" she rejoined
quickly. What we must do now is to
get you out Of this horrid place and
clear your name before the world. We !
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
CHAPTER XIV.

Outwardly, at least, Judge Brew
ster's Offices at SO Broadway in no
way differed from the offices of ten
thousand other lawyers who strive to
exc out a difficult living in the most
overcrowded of all the professions.
They consisted of a modest suite of
rooms on the sixth floor There was a
small outer Office with a railed-off
Enclosure, behind which sat a half
dozen stenographers busy copying
legal documents: as many men clerks
were writing at desks. and the walls
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
w. Il. caffeY Released.

Pittsburg, Kan.-W Hampton CAT
fey, drug clerk, who was held for
trial in the Crawford county district
court for the murder of his wife, fol,
lowing a preliminary hearing, has
been released on a bond of $4,000.
One explanation of the killing has
been that it was the result of a jeal-
Gus quarrel.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
Goa, Found in Western Kansas.

Atchison, Kan.-Coal has been found
in Graham county, two miles west OF
Hill City. Oscar Knouf was digging a
we'll and at a depth of 225 feet two
foot vein was struck, and thirty feet
farther down a second vein almost
four feet in thickness. The two veins
ar separated by shale and white rock.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-05-05
10000 Fish Placed in Kansas Streams.

Pratt, Kan-The Kansas fish car,
the Angler" has been sent back to
the state fish hatchery after having
distributed 10000 fish in the streams
and ponds of Kansas. There are still
fish for distribution at the hatchery,
but they will be sent out in cans to
individuals who agree to place them
where they will do the most good.