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ARTICLE VI.

AklltlE VI
Notice Of all meetings of stockholders for
election of directors or for any other pur-
pose shall be given in writing by the Sec
retary Treasurer TO be deposited IN the man,
at least ten days before such meeting Is
held, and directed to each stakeholder, TO
his name and address, as the same shall
appear upon the books of the corporation,
unless said notice Is waived In writing by
all of the stockholders appearing as such
upon the books. At all such meetings, ey-
cry stakeholder, whether present in person
or by proxy, shall be entitled to one vote
for each share of stock standing in his name
on the books of the company, and a three
fOurths majority of the votes so cast shall
be sufficient to elect or decide all questions
voted upon.
ARTICLE VII
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible for the contracts or faults OF
this corporation in any further sum than
the unpaid balance due TO the corporation
on the shares of stock owned by him, nor
shall any mere infOrmality in organization
have the effect OF rendering this charter
null or of exposing a stakeholder TO any liza
bility beyond the unpaid balance due upon
his stock.
ARTICLE VIII.
No stakeholder may sell. assign or trans
fer his stock in this corporation without
giving to the company through it's Secre-
tary-Treasurer thirty days prior notice In
writing Of such intention. and the other
stockholders shall have the first privilege
OF purchasing the said stock at the book
value thereof for a period of thirty days
from said notice, after which thirty days
notice the said stock may be sold in the
open market.
ARTICLE IN.
This act Of Incorporation may be altered
amended or modified, or the corporation
dissolved by a vote OF three-fourths in
amount of the capital stock, represented al
a general meeting of the stockholders called
for that purpose, after giving notice thereof
as provided in Article VI of this act, and
In case of dissolution, at least majority
Of the entire stock must be present or rep
resented at such meeting, and the stockhold
ers at such meeting shall elect two liQui
dating commissioners who shall have entir,
charge oil such liquidation. with authority
to sell and dispose of the assets of the cor
pOration, and to fill any vacancy occurrin.
il their number. The subscribers hereto
have respectively written opposite thei
names the amount of stock in this corpor
alton subscribed by each of them, so tina
this act of Incorporation mae also serve a
the original subscription list of said cor
pOration.
Thus done and passed, in my Office, at III
City of New Orleans, on the day, in tn
month and year first hereinabove written
in the presence of Messrs. /. II. Saal an,
f. L. SZabary, competent witnesses. VIII
have hereuntO signed their names, togethe
with said appearers, and me, notary, afte
| due reading of the whole.
| Original signed)
s. ]. DRAPEKIN, 10 shares.
| G. r. HITCHINGS, share.
ERWIN f. HAMMER 10 shares.
| &c. r. SAAL,
f. L. SZABARY.
ALEXIs BRIAN Notary Public.
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/, the undersigned Recorder of Mortgages,
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ARTICLE III.

All citations and other legal processes
shall be served upon the President OF this
corporation, and in his absence or lnablllty
To act, then upon the Treasurer, at the do.
micile OF the corporation.
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CHARTER

]. THOMSON & BROS, LIMITED.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STATE
OF LOIlSIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
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ARTICLE VII.

This charter may be amended, altered, or
diminished, or this corporation dissolved by
a vote Of three fourths Of the stock issued
at a meeting called for that purpose after
thirty days consecutive notice thereof shall
have been published in one or more news
papers in the city Of New Orleans, Just prior
to said meeting, and by the mailing Of let.
tiers to each stakeholder, at his last known
address, at least forty days prior to said
meeting
At the dissolution Of this corporation
either by Limitation or otherwise, its affairs
shall be liquidated by the then board Of di.
rectors, who shall be vested with full power
TO liquidate and wind up its affairs.
No stakeholder shall ever be held liable
or responsible, for the contracts or faults
OF this corporation, nor shall any mere in.
formality In the organization hereof, have
the effect Of rendering this charter null, OF
Of exposing any stakeholder to any liability
Hereunder.
Thus done and passed, in nv once at the
City of New Orleans, on the day, month and
year herein first above written, in the pres
ence Of Pierre A. Lelong, Jr., and David B.
ii. Chaffe, competent witnesses, who here
unto sign their names with the said appear.
ers and me, Notary, after reading Of the
whole.
Original signed: Horace w. Woodruff, J.
H. Menge. Jr., B. H. Menge, Clinton Fulton,
". b. Chilean, per Clinton Fulton, J. A.
Taylor, Jno. c. Donovan PIP. B. II. Menge.
witnesses d. B. II. Chafe, p. A. Lelong,
Jr. W. MORGAN GURLEY,
Not. Pub.
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OF INTERNATIONAL SAFE AND LOCK
COMPANY.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE
OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF ORLEANS,
CITY OF NOW ORLEANS.
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Inc domicile OF this corporation shall be
In the City of New Orleans, State of Lou.
isiana, and all citations and other legal pro
cess shall be served upon the president, or
In case of his absence or inability to act,
upon the secretary treasurer.
The herald., 1911-02-16
ARTICLE III.

The purposes for which this corporation
is organized, and the nature Of the business
TO be carried on by II are hereby declared
10 be To deal in safes, locks, safety vaults,
safety locks, and any and all manner OF
locking or safety designs and appliances,
at wholesale or retail, and to manufacture
same, or any parts thereof, and TO deal IN
any merchandise akin thereto, and TO es-
tablish furnaces foundries, or any plant or
plants coincident Herewith, or pertaining
thereto and TO acquire any patent rights,
or TO work same under royalties in any
state of the United States, or in any foreign
country.
The herald., 1911-02-16

A true copy from the original act
ROBERT LEGIER.
(SealD Not. Pub
Jan IL 10 90 feb 1911
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-09-09
NORTH EAST

Work was begun on the new NJ.
L. Church last Monday.
James Alexander, of Whining
ton, is visiting his brother here.
Rev. W. \. Wise was a North
East visitor last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. b. Williams
OF Atlantic City, and Mrs. Frank
T. Williams. OF I.lkton, spent last
week with their sister, Mrs. ]. l..
Moore.
The new bell for the NJ. f.
Church arrived las. week and is a
fine one, being larger than the
one destroyed i'll the fire. 1t was
given by Mr. w. n. Best, OF New
York.
Mr.. George w. Cameron, or
merry a resident OF this town, who
was born and raised here, is one
OF TIE nominees OF the Democrats
for the State Senate in Baltimore
City.
Mrs. VIM. Mckinney died al
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her home here on Friday last, aged
80 years. She leaves husband
and ten children most OF them
small. She had been sick for a
:ong time. ille funeral took
place on Monday with interment
in the M. E. Cemetery.
MIR. P. S. Terfune and daugll-
ter, May, and Miss Clothilde Doyle
who has been spending the sum
mer at their summer residence
here returned to New York on
Tuesday.
Miss Lydia Curry, of Ceilings
wood, n. J., is visiting her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Nc
nance.
Mr.. Harry Epplesheimer is on a
visit to his sister in Canada.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Glazier, Mr..
and Mrs. John Renshaw, of Phila-
delphia, James and Ear Renshaw,
Willard Comfy, Charles Linnett,
Richard Lovecote and Miss Helen
Akern, of Wilmington, spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. John Rem
shaw and took a trip down the
bay on the launch Ethel"
The North East base ball club
will play a double header Satur-
day with Elk Mills. Vic Willis,
who saw the game at Elk Mills on
Monday, complimented the boys
on their playing, and said with inn
provement in their batting they
could trim any club in the league.
All the schoolmarms attended
the teachers institute in Elkton,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Simcoc,
Of Trenton, N. J., spent last week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Judge Simcoe.
Turn out on Saturday to the ball
game and be good sport by pay
ing your IS cents and help the boys
along.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A,
George.
Miss lilly Bristow, of Balti-
more, spent the last two weeks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-09-09
RISING SUN.

Ms. Jennie Gillespie and niece,
Mrs. Men Kirk spent Monday
and Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. l.. Roger Kirk left town for
Baltimore last tuesday morning,
where he will accept a position.
Messrs. Edward Effing, OF West
iGro,.e, and Bernard Effing, OF
Swarthmore, spent a few days the
past week with Mr.. H. Linn Wor-
Ellington.
The Ladies Aid and Foreign
Missionary Societies met with
Mrs. Samuel p. Ryan on Thurs
day afternoon at O'Clock.
Miss Laura X. Worrall, o: Ken
nett Square, spent Sunday and
Monday at the Acme pf Mrs.
Mary w. Cherry.
Mrs. Wesley Logan and daugh-
ter, Miss Sue, Mrs. Raymond Ire
land. OF Charlestown, spent Mon
day with Mrs. H. L. Worthington
and sister, Miss Hannah M. Kirk.
Mrs. Irene Turner, of Youngs-
town. Ohio, has been visiting Mrs.
w. b. Cooney.
Mrs. Lillian Robertson very
pleasantly entertained the Social
Sewing Circle at Hunters Dam
last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mrs. Harry
Thurlow, Miss Mary Echel, Of
Philadelphia, have recently been
visiting MIR. William F. Gillespie
and family.
Mrs. Mary w. Cherry is visiting
MIR. Robert Cherry and family in
Germantown.
Mr.. Warren Taylor has been
visiting relatives in Philadelphia,
recently. He left town this week
to attend the Western Maryland
College in Westminster.
Havre de Grace and Rising Sun
base ball teams played here last
Saturday, resulting in score being
tied after playing nine innings and
a half.
Miss Helen Webster returned
to high school in Wilmington last
Monday, after having a pleasant
vacation at her home here.
Miss Annie Wilson, of Wash
ington, spent "Wednesday with Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Cameron.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. H. Barnes, of
SlatinSton, have returned home
from pleasant visit at the
BARNES House"
The 18TH annual convention OF
Cecil county W. c. T. L. was held
in Calvert NJ. Z. Church last
Thursday. Several from town at
tended.
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Mr.. and Mrs. George Rale, Of
Rising Sun, spent Monday with
Mrs. Sophia Dickey.
MIR. and Mrs. Walt,r Buck spent
Sunday with Mrs. Annie Jenkins
in Rising Sun.
Miss Madeline Grant is visiting
relatives in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Tome gave
dinner Sunday to their daugh-
ter, Virginia, the occasion being
her twenty-frst birthday. Among
the invited guests were Miss Nj.
Helen Armstrong, OF Baltimore,
Mr.. James A. Kelley, of Coates
vile, and Mr.. E. H. Badders, Of
town.
Miss MargafSt Kerwin spent
several days this week with Mrs.
William Johnston, in Wilmington.
Miss Estella Wilson, of Pllila-
delphia, is the guest of Miss Fan
ME Wilson.
Mr.. Ross Cameron spent sew
eral days last week with Mr.. Ar
thur Cameron at Lincoln Uni
versity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Vannort
and children are guests of friends
in York, Pa.
Mrs. Lizzie Keen, of Oxford,
and Mrs. klump, of Lancaster, are
guests of Mrs. John Atkinson.
Mr.. John Paxton and daughter
Miss Dorothy, of Philadelphia,
were guests o; Mrs. Laura Paxton
this week.
Mr.. Clarence Hurlock and fam
lily, of Baltimore, spent Saturday
evening with Mrs. John Holm en-
route to Ocean Grove. N. J. and
Bridgeport, Conn.,, in their AUTO
mobile. Mrs. John Holm went as
far as Ocean Grove with them.
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Mrs, Emma Volkllardt and
daughter, Mildred, Of Chester,
spent several days this week with
Mr.. Rumsey Snithson.
Mrs. w. f. Kidd and Miss
Marguerite Kidd are spending
some time in New York.
Mss Mary Mohrlein has re-
turned to the West Chester State
Normal School, West Chester, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Harris, OF
Wilmington, spent Sunday with
Rev. and Mrs. F. F. Carpenter.
Mr.. Philip Grantlin spent sew
eral days this week at his home in
Baltimore.
Miss Mamie Campbell spent
Sunday with friends at the Har-
ford House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Shanks
spent few days this week at Del
aware City.
Miss Mabel Vosberry, OF Hav-
re de Grace, was Mrs. H. A. Mes
bits guest over Sunday.
Misses Matte Richardson and
Edith Peoples. of Philadelphia,
are guests OF Mrs. Margaret Jack
son.
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PORT DEPOSIT

Rev. and Mrs. +. +. Carpenter
and son Irving, visited friends in
Wilmington this week.
Messrs. Frank Cole, d. II. Tay-
lor and Edward Miller were guests
Sunday o: Mr.. ]. B. Abrahams.
Miss Margaret H. Mckain, of
Philadelphia, spent several days
last week with the Misses But
chenhart.
Miss Maize Osmond, of Havre
de Grace, was Miss Bessie lay
lor's guest last Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Harlan and
daughter, OF Wilmington, spent
last week with Mrs. Edward Barr.
Mrs. Ward Brown, Misses Helen
and Clara Brown are with rela-
tives in Baltimore this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Stebbing
are spending this week at Atlantic
City.
Messrs. James Touchstone and
George Holm, Misses Lucy and
Florence Jones spent Sunday with
Mrs. Harry McMullen in Will
mington.
Mr.. Frank Clapp spent Sunday
with MIR. Gaskill in Washington,
ID. c.
Messrs. Ward Abrahams, Hugh
Falls, Roland Atkinson, Paul
Cummings were Baltimore visi-
tors Monday.
Mrs. George Atkinson and Miss
Virginia Atkinson were Baltimore
visitors last Monday.
Mrs. Salie prim, OF Baltimore,
is the guest Of Mrs. Cyrenus Cres-
well.
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PORT OF NEW DIRK
ARRIVED.

California .Sla9ov
NoChamheau Havrt
/ Duc, d'Ao-ts .Naple
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! didn't have very good luck, but that
I would have better luck II l took his
advice.
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|ALM|STS GUILTY
| OF SW|NDL|NG IN
5-M|NUTE VERDICT
Ellis Brothers, Who Sold Min
ing Stocks to Clients, Face
Five Year Terms.
WOMEN THEIR VICTIMS.
One on Stand To-Day Said
/. They Told Her About
|. a Hoodoo.
WOMEN THEIR VICTIMS,

Only hve minutes were necessary for
~ Jury to reach a verdict OF guilty this
afternoon In the trial OF Edmund r.
Cook. alias DR.. Edmund Ellis. and
Charles r. Balwany. alias Samri Ellis.
patm!sts n clairvoyants. charged with
b winding clients by inducing them to
Invest In bogus mining property. The
paamists were convicted of grand larceny
Pm the second degree. Only one ballot
ives taken.
Justice Marcus. sitting In the Criminal
Branch of the Supreme Court, remanded
the pAfmists to the Tombs. They will
be brought before him Friday for SEN
|tuhce. The extreme penalty is five
years Imprisonment.
The first trial OF the s~oothsayers,
which took place last June. was a pro-
tracted affair and resulted In a dis
When the trial vas assumed to-day
Eharles III. Pope. the New Jersey
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ACQUITTED AFTER HUBBY'S
RAID, WIFE TO GO TO RENO.
Discharging Couple, Judge Holds
Mrs. Caouette's Neighbor Need
Not BE "Aflinity."

Just because a woman who Is sep
arated from her husband happens to
live in the same fiat with a man.. de-
,~ectives and an irate husband have no
right to presume they are sustaining
any improper relations. said Magistrate
Freschi to-day. In effect. when no de-
clded that a neighb1r did rot have.
necessarily. to be an affinity.
The ruling came In the Latter OF
Mrs. Marie Caouette forty years old.
who was a~rraigned in Harlem Court
after her husband. DR.. Joseph l.. Caou-
cite. had conducted "a rail- last night
on a fiat at No. Ill Manhattan street.
in which the husband and several de-
tectives found Mrs. C-.ouette and Roland
Il. Wilson. twenty-nlne years old. The
Magistrate dismissed the charge against
the couple.
Mrs. Caouette lived with her husband
at Trenton. n. j.. up to a few wocks
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butcher who sold his shop and in
vested his money in the Ellis brothers
mining property upon their advice. was
recalled to the stand for cross examin-
alton. but the ounse for the defense
could not shake his story.
Mrs. Mary Gilcher of Jersey City was
the second witness produced by the
prosecution. She, like Pope, had seen
the palmists' advertisement In the news
papers and called upon them at their
handsome rooms on Forty-ffth street.
Il saw Mr.. Samrl Ellis" said Mrs.
Gilcher. and told him l had started
to invest my money In n house and
wanted to know II 1t was a good invest
ment. He told me not to pay anything
out until he had thought It over for a
few DAYS.
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JAMESTOWN WINNERS.

FIRST RACE-Purse $3.50; two-year-
Odds; Ave furlongs.-Coming Coon. 10
tByrne), 3 to I. 0 to 5 and 1 to 2. first;
Christmas Daisy. @ tSchuttinger). 10 10
/. I to I and . to 1, second: Cloak. 30
U~'orsythe). 8 TO l.. . to I and even. third.
Time. 1.0i IS. Working Lad, Electric,
Pecasta. Chuck Hunt. Arany. wildwood
and Henotic also ran.
SECOND RACE--Purse $500: steeple-
chase: three-year-olds and up; two miles.
-Enniskillcn. 1853 CNoe). q to I. 2 to 1 ana
even. first; Junction. ibs CTuckey), 4 to
1, 8 to 5 and 3 to 8. second: sam Ball,
iH lynch. 4 TO I. I to 5 and . TO 6,
third. Time. 40. Lizzie Fla add Herds
man also ran. Duffield lost rider; Path
finder fell.
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JAMESTOWN ENTRIES.
Especial 10 IN. Evening wodd.j

NORFOLK. Va. Nov. 2i.-The entries
for the jamestown races tomorrow are
az follows:
FIRST RACE-Pure; tvo-yearoidsi five and
n e.half furlongs.-Drhre Court, ITO; Hampstead.
100. sunci,, no. isidora. III. Dorothy 7. i0i
flAmnfa, ii2.
SECOND R~ACE-IscinnsJ two. war ODDS: five
furlonss. II M~lcc. 100; 'Quecn Rec, iCi
'Mssenur~. i0i kit!ep, ~. %','olien C.lr,r.
ia '~ii.notic, i0i; RENE Marvot, 100, sLrky
Wish. I0i sadie shapio. i01.
THIRD R~ACE-sciiins; three ycsr.cids and NJ.
five and one. half ~furlupgs, -Llcilr Il, loo; Lady
Irma. 100. King AyondLs, il3; .sensca II. LOT.
'Blunlora. tOS; Rose Queen. fuo. DonAu. los
Love Watches, lis.
FOURTH RACE-lrdewatct purse; al ages
one mile, -Homecrrst. ITO. Hoffman, los. Martin
W. Littleton, los; Chester Kum, liz! SuIrr.
.,ltion, los; Aspirin. ii2i sunlikc, 81; Jacauiiina,
100.
FIFTH RAcE,s% Selling; three year old. and up
Ansyn. lo5. 'Ion,y. Fox, los; Edith q, log
'Chiitcn Queen. 100. Double Five, LOO; 9oli Cap.
100; 'Cartin. 100, Bshy. Wolf. los. tsbcIis
Agnes, 100. 'Grenida. i0%.
SIXTH RACE-Nansemond Handicap; three
yesr-oids and upi one mil e.-OAhhurst iM
Roundet, 80; Hcrhert Turner, % Judge Monch
o.; Biachoth. io5. Rasmsn. 1913: suffragist. los
idlcweiss, "a.
Apprentice allowance Of five POUNDS TraeI
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and held In $3.50 bail. Bcrkenfeld was
a furrier at No. 265 Green street up to
a short time & when he was thrown
into bankruptcy by his creditors who
charge that his liabilities are $4,000 and
he has no visible assets. Elihu Root Jr.
was named receiver and the warrant
was sworn out by Archibald Palmer.
attorney for the receiver.
In the complaint II is charged that
Berkenfeld within ten days removed
all OF his stock to another store CON
Quoted by a ~relative OF his wife and
this was lone to defraud his creditors.
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WANTED s7s, CHE SAYS, ro'PRAY
FOR GOOD LUCK.

II asked what I should do, and he
said that for SIS he would change my
luck. He said he was a high priest of
the Yogi, whatever that IL, and that he
would pray for me and get me good
luck that way. i told him I could do
my own praying. and then he asked
me II I wanted to invest In a fine min
ing property. He called his brother
in and betwe en- them they convinced
me that It was q great opportunity.
Il came back next day with So for
100 shares. They a v me a certificate
oh. II was fine. all green and yellow.
just like real money. They then con-
WINGED me that I ought to buy more
stock. They said I would be riding
around in 'autymobiles' and wearing
diamonds.
$50 back l came with a %brand-new
SEQ bill. out Of which I was to Sive
them SO for stock so as to make my
whole Investment an even 500. But
Prof. Ellis said What a pity 'twould be
to break that 500 bill.' and that | be-
ter let 1t all go for stock. Before !
could object he had put the bill In his
p~ocketbook and I was holding sl2j
worth of certificates"
After introducing a few police and
expert witnesses both sides rested.
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SAYS HE TOLD HER THERE WAS
A HooDoo ON THE HOUSE.

when I came pack several days later
he told me he and his Brother had
looked into the matter through a clair
voyant scance and had found the house
/ wanted to buy was hoodooed. lie
said 1t had an awful hoodoo and advised
me by all means not 10 invest my
money In II.
He said a hoodoo was a thing that
sat arouni the house and put bad luck
on everything II touched. He told me
india was full OF hoodoos and that
there was no way to drive one out Of
a house when 1t got in.
"He then advised me to invest my
money In the Blue Ridge mine. He
showed me maps and reports and I was
| convinced 1t was a good Investment. |
took him 500 first and later invested $500
more and he gave me stock certificates.
Mrs. Gilcher had invested her money
after consulting John Gilcher. her hus-
band. Gilcher was put on the stand
to tell what he knew of the trans
action. Gilcher said he had doubts as
to the value of the mine. and was
never won over by the palmists to "A
firm belief In the investmen Mt. He
| made no objection. however, when his
| wife decided TO put her money into 1t.
Katherine Keegan. who also saw the
advertisements of the Ellis brothers
I and went to see them. was tho next
witness.
Il had my hand read said Miss
Keegan. and then this gentleman
pointing at Samrl Ellis). told me
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SAYS FAILURE WAS FRAUD.
Berkenfeld Arrested as He Was
About to Sail for Austria.

Marshal Hcnkel to-day arrested Akron
Berkenfeld at No. 80 West One Hun
dred and Twelfth street on a warrant
charging that he was about to leave
for Austria and thereby defraud his
creditors. He was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Alexander
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lie Is an optician. While he was
away on business she sold her furni-
ture. drew 1850 of fver own one from
a hank and came to New York. The
husband followed. with the charge that
Wilson was his wife's afinity.
After the Ma gistrate dismissed the
charge the woman said she was going
to Rono M get ono VI those divorce
DEGREES for which the Nevada town II
so justly celebrated.
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A.-.,. r,v. Times the Liahminc.

An involuntary petition In bankruptcy
was filed to-day in the United States
District Court abalnst the brokerage
Arm of Van Schaick Il Co. of No. I
wall street. who some time ago made n
general assignment. The claims of the
p%etitioning creditors aggregate S0.6i6.0 OF
and the assets are said TO he worth
co., 100.
The Owosso times., 1911-12-22

SANTA DowINo BEFORE THE QUEEN.
Santa Claus. With a bound old Santa
was on cloud, bowling low before the
queen and kissing her hand.
Then he gathered a dozen or more
fairies in his arm and hugged them
as great bear would hug its cubs.
He laughed SO loudly and so merrily
that the icebergs began to melt.
"Now," he cried joyously, "show me
what you have made for my hosts
of earth children. You know this time
Of year brings me millions Of letters.
and / must hurry to my postoffice and
run through my mail"
After looking at the Christmas toys
Santa Claus said he was more than
pleased. Then, giving his order for
10000 bags full Of the beautiful things.
he told the queen that he must 60.
But before CO." he said, II must
beg you to be prompt in filing my or
der. There can be no delay on Christ
mas, you know. my dear queen. That
would mean to break the heart of some
Of my little ones, and that would new
er, never do. So farewell till earth's
sundown on Christmas eve. I'll be
here myself to get my toys"
After kissing again the queens hand