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The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
MRS. YERKES' WILL FILED.
Brothers, Sisters, md Servants Di-
vide SSOO,OOO.

Brothers, Sisters, md Servants Di-
vide 100000.
New York, April 6-Mrs. Mary Adelaide
Yerkes. widow of Charles T. Yerkes, the
Chicago traction magnate, gave her es-
tate in her will to her eight brothers and
sisters. Each receives one-ninth Of the
residue after taking out a 100000 cash
bequest TO her favorite sister. Mrs. Mary
H Sims. of Brownsville. N. Y, and a few
minor bequests to others. The remainder
OF one-ninth will go to the children Of a
deceased sister.
Mrs Yerkes' estates is estimated to be
worth more than s500.0Oa She made no
charitable bequests, but left the sum OF
1900 each to seven servants and 5000 to
William Savory. friend. Katherine
Lois Narnack and Nellie Jane Smith, two
other acquaintances, are bequeathe.l s10,-
600 each
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AED CHILD,

Mrs WISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has been
used for over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS Of
MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. II
SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS,
ALLAYS all PAIN; CURES WIND COLIc, and
Rclutely harmless. Be sure and ask for mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no otheT
md. TWeuty-6ve ce1ts butxia, -.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07

To check the enormous waste of fuel
due to the usual methods Of burning coal,
an Italian scientist has advocated the
conversion of the worlds supply of coal
into electrical energy at a few central
stations, as possible under scientific su-
pervision.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
Friday Special in
Women'S Lisle Hose.

so dozen pairs Women's Plain
Black Gauze Lisle Hose, with dou-
Bile garter tops and double soles :;
sizes S to TO- An especially good
value.
Special price, 25c pair.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
Women's Skirt Dept.

10 Skirts of brown. gray, and black ceked
serges and striped wozstedS; good models; medium
sizce Reduced from 500 to 500 each
l Black Chiffon Tafeta Maternity Skirt; "A vaiS,
a length Reduced from $500 To $40
May Blue Corduroy Riding Skirt. divided style;
2 vaist- . length Reduced from S3.75 TO S.7a
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
Friday Special in
Women'S Lingerie Waists.

All more or less soiled from
handling and display, but trip to
the laundry will set them Alright.
Some made of batiste and attrac-
lively trimmed with valenciennes
and linen insertion others of voile,
richly trimmed with hand embroid-
cry and Irish crochet insertion; also
a few tailored effects of lawn and
linene.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
ninner to Neu senator.

The Democratic members Of the House
of Representatives from New York gave
a complimentary dinner last night to the
newly elected Senator from that State.
James A OGorman
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley left Wash
ington yesterday for New York and will
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07

Spruce humber is produced in every O.
madam province
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07

The Congressional Club announces
reception to Mrs. Josephine Preston Pea
body at the clubhouse this afternoon
from 4 to 6 o'clock. The wives of the
newly elected members of Congress are
cordially invited to be present
The Washington herald., 1911-04-07
Women's Suit Dept.

Third how-G St
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Women's Coat Dept.

Third fom-G ST.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-04
HOW AN INDIAN OFFICIAL
WAS OUSTED FROM SERVICE
A Remarkable Story Related in an Open Letter to
Secretary Fisher.

sequel bill which has been filed for $5OOOO
damages libel SANDER filed by Joseph Far against Indian
Commissioner Valentine stated The Washington Herald yester
day. has addressed letter Secretary Fisher of the
Interior Department. detailing circumstances under which he
removed from Office
that he answered and reued the charges made
against promised hearing which granted,
filed oounter-chages against Nh. Valentine which the
department ignored The whole story related in Mr. Fairs letter.
extremely interesting; and Mr. Farr that of the fact
that there seems department hush
matter proposes give the widest publicity and to continue
the fight vndaon which, his opinion due
letter. which promises make the important
follows:
The Washington herald., 1911-08-04
speci fications Denied.

To this letter I replied Immediately,
renewing my request for specifications,
pointing out the logical necessity Of
them In order to make any proper
answer to the charges and said:
IF the request is denied I shall -
file with you my answer to so much Of
the commissioners charges as I am able
to answer without more detailed speci-
fications and shall then request that you
set as early a day as may be, convenient
to you for the hearing, as granted by
you at our interview on the LIST instant,
and as mentioned in your subsequent
letter of the same date"
You replied under date Of May Is, re-
questing me to file such answer as
could make without the specifications
requested, assuring me that you would
later cali for them. "if. upon further
consideration at that time. It becomes
necessary for you TO have additional
specifications from the commissioner, In
order TO properly protect your inter-
ests." Upon receipt Of this letter Inn
mediately made oath TO my answers. al
ready prepared 10 the charges which
were sufhcientiy specific to admit Of
answsr, and nlsA he same with you
The Washington herald., 1911-08-04

Rendered a scotch Verdict.
And In view OF the record in this case
and OF your having 80 carefully re-
Trained from making any formal de-
cision upon the charges against me
which had been pending before you Tor
The Washington herald., 1911-08-04

Made In Good Faith.
In my letter to you OF May %, in reply
to your letter. dated May 10. I said:
"As part Of my defense II has beer
necessary for me to include certain
charges against Commissioner Valentine
I have made those charges in good faith
not only in my own defense. but also in
the public interest, with full conscious
ness Of their gravity and Of the conse-
quent fact that, they being officially OF
record. II they are shown to be true
Mr Valentine cannot consistently be re.
tanned in the position OF Commissioner
OF Indian Affairs. am also fully aware
that should I fail, upon opportunity duly
given me, to prove the charges which
I have made, II would be your duty &c
summarily dismiss me from the public
service.
Nevertheless, you took no steps to
ascertain whether those charges We're
true or false; you did not require me tc
prove them at my peril, as official pro-
priety would have required In justice to
Commissioner Valentine; you did not
even offer me the opportunity to prove
them, as common honesty would have
suggested in justice to me; nor did yoe
apparently consider 1t necessary even to
call upon Mr.. Valentine for any answer
whatever to them, and-which is a thing
inconceivable II the charges were false
he was evidently willing to allow them
20 remain in the public records without
being answered, so long as you did not
REQUIRE him to answer them and did
not take any other action upon them.
And-a thing hardly less astonishing
you were in fact proceeding to act
not upon the charges themselves, but
upon the cue contained In Mr.. Hauke's s
letter Of July g. as above quoted. and
to dismiss me from the service for max
ing them. when my attorney finally made
you realize that 1t would be necessary
for you TO give at least some considera-
tion to the charges themselves. as to
their truth or faisity and their bearing
Upon Mr.. Valentine az Commissioner of
Indian Affairs. Prior to that time you
had evidently paid absolutely no atten-
tion whatever TO them as charges against
r. q. Valentine, although you had svi-
IDENTITY considered them carefully, and q
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0TTuMWA man
:. TAKES own LIFE

According to a dispatch from ST.
Louis, Hugh Dugan, a former resident
of this city, took his own life by drink
ing carbolic acid at his home there
Sunday night The dispatch states
that he drank the deadly lotion just
before sitting down to supper and that
he joked about it with his wife until It
was too late for physicians to save his
life. 1t is said that Mr.. Dugan killed
himself because he broke the total alb
stinence pledge.
The remains will be brought here
Thursday morning for burial. Arrange
ments for the funeral have not as yet
been made. > y, - -
Mr.. Dugan left Ottumwa about
twelve years ago but is well remember
ed here The dispatch from st. Louis
follows: 49, .'.
Hugh Dugan. 5093A Wells avenue
took the total abstinence pledge q year
ago. Because he broke it last week he
took carbolic acid before he sat down
to dinner Sunday night. When his wife
smelled the acid on his breath and ac-
cused him of taking it he denied it and
joked with her until it was too late for
a physician to save his life.
When he sat down to dinner, Mrs.
.Dugan asked him if he had not taken
acid. He denied 1t and left the dinner
table a few minutes later and went to
the bathroom. Mrs. Dugan heard him
fall on the floor. She ran to the resi-
dence Of DIR. J. p. Perdue on Easton
avenue but Dugan was dying when she
returned with the physician. He was
dead at 7:45 p. m, As minutes after he
had taken the poison
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SHERIFF. BACK !.
WITH SUSPECT
w. e. KNOX BROUGHT JIM VALID.
RON HERE FROM LOCkRIDGE
1. LAST NIGHT. .-'. ,..- .a

Sheriff WE. Knox returned last
night from Lockridge with Jim Valid
ron, the man arrested as suspect IN
the .hold-up cases of last winter. Inc
man, was taken by the sheriff about
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon IN the
woods near Lockridge where he mas
been working as "a wood chopper Tor
some weeks past. He made no resls'
lance when taken and does not seem to
worry a great deal as to his prospects
for clearing himself Of the predicament
in which he finds himself. Jim (Dlck)
Bogard who was held up in the Santen
saloon and at the point of gun forced
to crawl into the ice box where ne
joined the barkeeper,' Fred Nelson,
was visitor at the Jail this morning
and is satisfied that Waldron is the
man who held hem. up. When asked
if he had seen Bogard before Waldron
is said to have mentioned that ne
thought he had. Officer Charles Saud.
ers called at the jail but he could not
identify Waldron nor could Waldron
place the officer Nels Nelson who was
held up in a spectacular fashion in a
south side feed barn, and whom Wald'
ron is suspected of holding up, is ex'
pected to call at the Jail to see the
suspect with view to identifying him,
Fred Nelson the bartender who was
held up with Brogard, is out of town.
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JAMES R. SCULLYs
Dies SUDDENLY
STRICKEN AS HE WAS LEAVING
HIS WORK At PACKING HOUSE
DIED FOUR HOURS LATER ~

Apoplexy, which seized upon him as
he was going down the stairs from his
department at the packing house last
night caused the death of James K.
Scully, The deceased had been a resi-
dent of this city for many years past
He was 50 years old. The stroke being
but light at first it was thought that
his sickness was caused by slight in
iuries received in falling on the steps,
but becoming rapidly worse, he, was
removed to the home of his daughter,
Mrs l.. NJ Ehrman, 314 North Moore
street, in carriage. AL IO O'CLOCK
death claimed him.
Attending physicians state that they
are unable to decide whether or not
the fall caused the apoplexy or
whether the stroke caused his falling.
Coroner A. w .Slaught was called to
investigate the case, but since apo
plexy was discovered as the cause OF
death, an inquest will not be held.
Coroner Slaught stated today that IN
all probability apoplexy resulted in his
falling.
Mr.. Scully' had resided in this city
for many years and was widely known
in South Ottumwa His wife preceded
him in death in December eight years
ago, Three daughters and two sons
survive him: Mrs. Blanche E. Dimmitt,
Mrs. Ehrmann, of Ottumwa, and Miss
Minnie V. Scully of Kankakee, ILL.,.
Arthur NJ. and Guy H. of this city. He
also leaves two brothers and one Sis
ter.
The funeral services will be held to,
morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the
desidence of the daughter, conducted
by Rev. w. D. Spiker, pastor of the
Plymouth Congregational church. In
terment will be made in Zion GENE
terry. ,- ~, -.
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M'cUE- CRESSWELL ~
- MORNING WEDDING

A very pretty wedding was solemn
lied this morning, when Miss Bertha
McCue was married to Robert }.
Cresswell at the home OF her mother,
Mrs. Nj. D. McCue, 314 West Sixth
street.
-. Rev. T. w. Jeffrey performed the
ceremony at 1890. Only the imme-
date family witnessed the pretty nup-
tials. The rooms .were beautifully
decorated with American Beauty
roses and white chrysanthemums. -
The brides dress was fashioned OF
white silk crepe de chene. and her
going away suit was of seal brown
velvet.
Mrs. Cresswell for the past eight
years has been employed in the office
of the Ottumwa Telephone and Elec-
trio Co., as stenographer and assistant
bookkeeper, and has been under the
supervision of four different man
ayers.
Mr.. Creswell occupies the position
Of bookkeeper with the l.. T. Crisman
CO. - >'',~
Mr. and Mrs. Cresswell left on the
Rock Island at 1880 for short visit
with relatives and friends in keota
and Burlington. They will be a. home
to their friends after December 80 at
314 West Sixth street. W. p. ;
Mrs H. S. Henshaw of Mt. Pleasant.
a sister of the bride, was an out of
town guest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-21
MEN AND RELIGION
FORWARD MOVEMENT

The Forward Movement has three
teams of religious experts going over
! the country and holding eight day
campaigns in large number Of the
chief cities of the country. Each team
is composed of about one dozen experts
in different lines Of religious work.
This week one of the teams is working
in " sCharlestown, West Virginia.
Charlestown turned out more men at
the initial services In proportion to the
population than any other city that
team of experts had visited, but the
team also learned that in proportion 10
population Charleston had a greater
than any other city the team had APP
peared in. There was something to feel
proud of and something to deplore.
In fact, after announcing that, the
attendance of the men of Charleston
at the meetings at the beginning of the
week was greater than in any city yet
visited, Doctor Lansing, who had bee1l
taken over the Stun district of Charles
ton, hit their local pride severe jolt
when he briefly described the filth and
degradation that exists in the novels
and shacks in that quarter, some of
which, he said, were worse than the
pigsty on his fathers farm. And when
he said that the slum area in Charles
ton was larger in proportion to popu"
ed he capped the climax, which was
rounded out when he appealed. that 40
matter what the cause it should be cut
out.
1t was perhaps the first time in tie
history of Charleston that SO many
men of all faiths and varying religious
beliefs have sat down at the same
same spirit and have felt so strongly
the invisible bond of good fellowship
that binds them on together as broth
Bible Study. .~..,
w. c.. Pearce handled the, subject of
bible study, defining the bible as the
magma charta of all our liberties. TIE
bible school, he said was the center OF
religious education just as the common
schools were of secular education.
There were $4,000 adult members OIL
bible classes in Toledo in parade in
which every man carried a bible in his
hand.
The bible class was not the reservoir
of knowledge but the dynamic force.
He declared that he could put every
shop and factory in Charleston out oil
business if the men We're fed as poorly
bodily as they are fed spiritually.
What can come to nation where men
are so mad after the dollar that they
have not time to spend with their fam
lilies in religious matters?" was the
question he submitted to his auditors.
Evangelism. 20,
d.. C. r. Drum spoke on evangelism. He
said he had asked the judge to give
him an immediate answer on why
crime was on the increase in this coun-
try. The judge answered: Crime is on
the increase because men have lost
their consciousness of Cod" The young
man thinks only of success. of the al
mighty dollar. The great fundamental
need is that men should worship God
and serve him. He told the story of a
man who had gone to church regularly
for twenty years and during that time
had performed all the perfunctory
church duties and had thought that ne
had been serving God. When picked
out for personal service, he at first re-
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scented the call, but finally yielded, ana
how. in fourteen months after, he haa
brought PIT men to Christ. Wh1cfl
would YOU rather. have. that twenty
wears or that fourteen months! ,-sN""
&a Community Extension.
David A. Latshaw said there was
orea+ crowd of Gods lonesome men
who could not be brought to attend the
churches. The church must go out 10
these men Just as Christ went out 70
them under the open sky. we must 40
it. he declared, if we are to get these
men These men are not heartless; they
are 'iis hearted. red FLOODED men. We
should 60 to the last inch for these
men: they are we'll worth 1t. The mir
acles of yesterday-of the olden times
are not going to convince these men.
n we are to prove to them that re-
ligion is the best thing for them we
must prove it by showing them that 1t
will solve their problem. ...,.
Boys Work.
The member of the team as expert
on boys work is j. A. Whitmore who
was recently state secretary Tor Iowa
for boys work in the Y. M. c. A. He is
now on the national committee. Mr..
Whitmore declared that our whole
economical system was undergoing d
great strain. If we can solve the prob
lem of the city we can solve the prob
lem of our economical system. To
solve this problem. =, we must begin
with the child. There are two great
nassions in the life of the real boy.
Every boy has within him, longing
for great ideas. He wants adventure.
He wants to have dreams. By our, re-
pressive measures we have killed in
the boy a passion of ideals, dreams and
imagination. Next, there is the passion
Of a boy for doing something. man
might be a Christian and keep still.
but boy cannot. You cannot separate
a boy from his life and spirit and body
He developed along all these lines at
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? 0 TIER COT
The BUCK Ac ;|
SHOT At DEER JUST A FEW FEET
AWAY AND MlSSED-PLUGGED
HIM THE SECOND TIME. .

John Potter is now. a real genuine
hunter of hig game, deer especially, for
the reason that he has passed through
that terrible affliction Of buck ague.
which comes to all nimrods at one
time during their career as a; deer
hunter. He now has no fear of a steady
hand when drawing a bead on an IN
suspecting piece Of venison in the
heart of the wild woods. 1t all happen
ed this way. .S'i 60. -, Er&~>f ..g
,s Mr.. Potter and Steve Anderson went
to get deer the latter had purchased
from the Packwood deer farm near
Foster Iowa. The time was last Sun
day. Mr.. Potter was chosen the ex-
secutioner. The deer was singled out,
paid for and receipted and then the
fun began. Messrs. Potter and Ander-
In a big forty acre wooded
patch. Potter was lying in a ditch and
Mr.. Deer was .'shooed" around his way
within a very few feet Of. him and stood
broadside. Mr.. Potter raised his trusty
rifle to. his shoulder and took aim.
Then the unexpected happened. He
was suddenly seized with that malady
called buck ague. which every hunter
must have before he passes the stage
Of nimrodism. His hands trembled
violently and he could not keep the
deer, standing motionless just a few
feet away. at the end of his rifle. He
fired. The deer looked around in his d.
rection and then beat it for cover.
Then the terrible ague left him and
once more he fired at the speeding VEN
ison. This last shot hit the mark and
down came the deer. venison and ALL
Thus ended the deer hunt.
The animal is now being viewed by
the many admiring friends of the two
hunters and visitors hear the wonder
full tale Of the great hunt as told by
MIR. Potter at the Anderson Market on
Court street. .-...gss ,..ssl ,......z Ia g..
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Lake, colored, until recently of Kan.
sas. Mo-. to Desk Sergeant George
PIERCE at the police station. =
Lake made an eloquent plea to Ser
geant PIERCE that he be confined in
the city Jail for the remainder of the
winter. Patrolman Lavery called a
kangaroo" court on short notice and
Lake was sentenced to clay OUT nine
ty days on charge Of having cold
feet. The colored man received the
sentence in a most gracious manner
and thanked the "mistah jedge" for a
supposed winters lodging Lake will
be told to look for work. -.
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THE MILTON GARRETT
FUNERAL WEDNESDAY

Des Moines, Dec. 19.-The funeral
of Milton H. Garrett, chief clerk in
the local office of the United States
pension bureau, who died yesterday,
will be held tomorrow.
Mr.. Garrett, who was SO years old,
had held the position of chief clerk
for sixteen years and was prominent
in lodge circles. w..
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REMAINS TO Be
BROUGHT HERE

+ Relatives of Peter Goulden. the Burl-
ington engineer who dropped dead In
his cab yesterday at Tracey and before
his sad plight was noticed permitted
the engine to run into a waiting pas
senger train have received word from
Des Moines where the body was taken
that. the remains will ~ be brought to
Ottumwa tomorrow on Burlington No.
lis at 11:15 a. m. The remains; will be
taken to the home OF Mr.. @Goulden's
brother-in-law Thomas Mungoven, 425
West Second street. The funeral will be
held Thursday ats a. m. from the Sa-
cred Heart church. Interment in CAL
vary. cemetery. =. - 1857 ~ E%.>y
|. The engine on which the dead engin-
eer rode was brought to Ottumwas yes
terday and presents battered appear
ance as it stands in one Of the stalls at
the local Burlington round house. The
best information obtainable is to the
effect that Mr. Goulden~ was taken i'll
at Knoxville but recovered shortly aft
erward and conversed at times with
Fireman E. Epperson between Knox
vile and Tracey 1t was noticed that
the whistling post past which the train
sped past entering Tracey: was pd1sre-
garded by the engineer and the train
was bearing down upon the town when
the fireman and brakeman both darted
for the engineers, side Of the cab to see
the cause of the failure. The brakeman
reached the dead engineer first and in
time to shut off the steam before the
collision. The appearance of the engine
which has the pilot torn away, apart
of the smoke box broken off, the stack
and head light missing, and sundry
other marks of the collision. denotes
that the power was shut off or the eff
fects would probably be much worse.
Engineer Fred Bridenstine and Fire
man o. d. Martin have been assigned
to the run for the present. Engine 1858
was sent to replace the 1911 which
suffered too great damage to do further
work without repairs.
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the same time. A great many mothers
fail in their duties to the boy. They
think more about card parties, theaters
and society than they do of the boy.
What boys and girls need is not re-
preston, but action and direction, and
development on the line which
their thoughts run in. The con-
viction was announced that the boy
was more important than the carpet on
the floor and the plaster on the Il wall.
The church must have place for boys.
God Pity us men when we look
around in the Sunday school and see
women teaching groups Of big boyss
Although women are good teachers,
what boys need is not so much teaeh-
ing as leadership Z
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Smiles When He Breaks Leg"
Des Moines, Dec. led Hawk to-
day smiled over a broken leg he sus-
tanned yesterday when he became en-
tangled in a switch at railroad
crossing The leg was wooden.