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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13

ing. Ny grandmother, very old Moki
squaw, showed me where it had been
hidden centuries ago by her ancestor.
a Snake Moki. It is rightfully mine,
my inheritance. Laura, your white
people would call me a half breed In
dian. My mother was a white woman.
| am the Moki medicine man you and
your brother saw at that show two
years ago. / earned money that way"
She laid her hand in his, the white
hand in the brown one. She looked
up at him as a woman looks at the
man she loves.
81 know it, dear. I have known it
all the time"
The world wonders why Mr.. and
Mrs Moran live in the southwest when
they are so we'll fitted to adorn civiliZa-
ton and civilization is so well fitted
to adorn them. There are those, too,
who wonder why they take such tender
care of an aged Moki woman with a
face like the wrinkled bark of a brown
tree She is said to be Mr.. Noran's
Did nurse. But when this aged Moki
>quaw dies there will not be left among
he living one soul who knows the
mystery Of the great lost Snake tur-
quoiSe mine.
&
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13
White man whip old king, the last o.

White man whip old king, the last Of
Teresa's long ago fathers, to make
him tell where treasure is. They whip
till king die, but he not tell. His
daughter know; old king tell her. She
tell her daughter; that daughter tell
her daughter. Snake MOki sQuawS
have secrets Snake MOki man not
know. Old kings daughter tell her
daughter when of Snake Moki family
come son who is strong and wise, not
run away before face of white man.
not let white man make drunk, cheat
him and find out where Snake treas
ure is. Then mother of Snake GIoki
wise young man tell her son. Son will
be rich and know school learning and
be powerful like white man. White
man cannot tramp on him. He will
help Mokis.
"Naonoro strong. He not drink
whisky; white man not cheat him.
Naonoro much wise. Teresa tell her
own grandson where Snake Moki
treasure is Here at this rock starts
! trail, where mark is cut in rock"
| AS if repeating an incarnation she
| chanted:
Twelve steps toward north star,
mark last step. Go back to rock.
Sixteen steps toward rising sun.
Where rising sun trail ends turn face
| toward where north star trail ends.
| Ten steps in straight line. Mark
| place. Go to end Of north star trail,
turn face to end of rising sun trail.
| tn nn6 of fcr1
steps. Drive stake down. Dig far
down to big red rock. Under red rock
big water jar full OF gold, blue stones,
red stones. many like stars in sky.
| Make NaonOrO much rich
Naonoro leaped forward.
leathery hand shot out and held
hin back.
Not SO, not in day. Come night, then
dig. Teresa come too
In the moonlight, with no sound to
break the bro0ding stiffness, the deed
was done. \ power that was strange
and new to him was in the arms of Ma
onoro. He felt it in the air, in a mil
lion little waves, when, step by step,
carefully. with eyes upon the ground,
he measured twelve steps toward the
north star. sixteen steps toward the
. rising sun. ten steps from each stop
ping point till the trails met in the
center Then light dawned in his
mind
why, of course, the hypotenuse of
a right angled triangle. The old Snake
Moki king, ny ancestor. must have IN
derstood geometry"
Treasure, treasure-burning rubies,
enough to pay a railroad debt; gor-
geous turquoises whose exquisite blue
cleaned even in the moonlight; thou
,, sands of Spanish doubIoons, their
= shine scarcely furnished in the dry air,
. though more than three centuries had
changed the face Of earth and its ma
tons; rings and necklaces of beaten
gold; bracelets that had adorned pale
brown arms, round and royal, turned
to Gust-who knows how many cen
turtles agone?
At Southington.
: Carlos Moran, immaculate, impress
> sive. royal as ever. stood beside Laura
! ! Degart at the window looking out on
u her garden where the roses doomed
You told mel might come back t
you when had made my fortune. 1t is
made Am welcome?'
II None could be more welcome" sht
/ answered gently.
q 81 love you, Laura. You know it
No man will ever love you again al
much as 1 do. | have always lovet
n you. But first I must tell you. l hav,
o my fortune. but it is none of my max
d
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13

from somewhere in New Mexico:
And from the looks of him he might
be Spanish, Mexican, Navajo, greaser
or anything else"
"Oh, Buddie (warmly), I'm sure Mr..
Moran is as we'll born and bred as any
man in the college,"
"No doubt. But all the same it's
not impossible he might be doing these
Moki stunts for money at the summer
resorts. If this fellow is not Moran
it's his twin brother"
"Come along, Laura; the fellows fin
ished. I'm going out right after him.
I'll call him and see if he doesn't jump.
Hello. Moran, Old chap! L say, how
are your"
Not sign Of recognition, not start
or a stare. NaOnoro gave his assistant
some directions in an Indian language
Then he opened a quantity woven
basket and offered the brother and
sister some magic medicine beans
warranted to keep Off malaria, rheu-
'matism and fevers. They bought some
and passed on.
You see you were dead wrong" said
Laura.
I'm not altogether sure Of that, sis.
but he's q good looking humbug any
way and clean and got up to kill, with
that red and blue and yellow blanket
around him, and the red paint on his
cheeks"
Carlos Moran, senior class, state uni
! h0 IL
| queer resemblance to Moki medicine
! show fakir, was the most respectable
Of students. He never cut chapel.
never missed a>1esson or coed recep-
| ton, never lodged a lecture on the
| development Of social ethics. He was
! one of the best scholars in the insti-
tuition. He was Il crack baseball play
! err and a noted long distance swimmer.
In figure he was erect and nobly form
ed; though athletic. not lean and bony,
but with rounded muscles. He had
thick, straight hair that was purple
! in it's blackness. His face never
| changed its color, pure ivory white
| hardly ever changed its expression.
Moran dressed with absolute correct
| ness. The matrOn Of the goods de-
| clared he had the best manners among
! TIE college youths. He had not only
manners, but manner, and it was SUI
| perb enough for a king or a Hindu
swami at the very least. He was gen
erous with money and seemed to have
plenty of it. Socially he was welcomed
among the best citizens families al
Southington. The Departs were his
friends, though they wondered what
his family was.
When Laura and Harold Degart lef1
the medicine man he entered the TEN
in which he lived, threw off the bright
figured blanket and sat down to write
Now NaonOro wrote:
Thoughts and purposes are always
fixed in my mind better when l write
r them down. | will find the lost treas
ure of the Mokis and win girl for my
wife That is the purpose of me, Ma
onoro, Moki medicine man. l know
. the girl is for me. / knew it when
first touched her hand three years ago
She is the lily Of the white people.
f 81 am going to write down all I know
Of the story of my life. That will
; make nay memory clearer and help t.
concentrate my thought.
''The first place L remember was al
Indian reservation school. I don
know how + got into it. They told M
my mother brought me to the agenc.
: when I was about two years old. The.
found us lying, my mother and my
L.
one morning. Mother was dead-if sh
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13
Her Usual Warning.

Mistress-When you ieays, shall
want weeks warning. Bridget
It's me habit, mum, merely to give
a blast on the auto horn.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13

New Use for Cottonwood Tree.
The cottonwood tree is rich with
gas and experiments are being con-
Quoted with the view of extracting 1t
and burning it from a holder.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-09-13
Uncle Sis Pniicsopny,

Il dunno" says the Ottawa Repub-
lie Uncle ST, but the council ought
to abolish street corners. They seem
to breed loafers."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

State department at Washing
ton was today officially notified
that w. Morgan Shuster had
gotten the hook in Persia
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

McCallan whispered-af1d be-
came a hero, for he probably
saved scores of lives.
He's just a little red-headed,
freckle-faced, blue-eyed, 10
year-old poor boy.
Christmas festivities were at
their height among the 800 pupils
in school 107. :. Willie noticed
smoke and a red glare as he
passed through a corridor. He
scooted back to his classroom.
Teacher, he whispered to
Miss Elizabeth Crisson, Il seen
a fire in room 207. Honest, it's
real fire. Better ring the alarm
quick and Ill hustle and help get
the crippled kids out
Willie was dispatched to the
principals office and in a whisper
he repeated the message. The
fire drill sounded. The pupils de-
INJURED at first because their
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

quick luncheon dish is egg tim
bales, for which small tin molds
are buttered and busted with
powdered parsley. This done, an
egg is broken into each one. The
tins are then put in shallow pan
BOY WHISPERED FIRE.
SAVING M
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

of hot water to cook in oven for
about ten minutes. To serve they
are turned out on a round plat
ter and a sauce, consisting of
thickened cream with chopped
mushrooms stirred into it.
AND BECAME A HERO,
INV lives
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-29

ne TePedltu tue message. ne
fire drill sounded. The pupils de-
INJURED at first because their
party was broken into, but they
marched out of the building in
perfect order and knew nothing
of the fire until they were in the
street.
The little hero helped the Grip
pied pupils out.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
RUSSIANS KILL 800.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN AXE MAS
SACRED IN HOMES AT
TA6Riz, PERSIA.
FEAR OUTBREAK AT TEHERAn
Parliament Buildings Are Guarded by
Soldiers After Regent Dissoives
MeJiss-shuster Is Strongly Sup
ported by Public Sentiment.

Teheran, Persia.-The cabinet has
notified St Petersburg that W Nor.
gan Shuster. the American treasurer
general has been dismissed and signi-
fed its acceptance OF all the Russian
demands This followed the unlocked
for dissolution OF the Mejliss by the
regents flrman.
Members Of the dissolved Mejliss
are indignant at the action OF the re
gent and the cabinet and excitement
runs high throughout the city. Fear
ing an outbreak soldiers have been
posted around the parliament build.
ings. guarding all approaches
Mr.. Shuster has not yet been official.
ly notified of the adverse action of the
The member Of the Mejliss are plan
ming to send deputation to beg that
Shuster retain his office in defiance OF
the cabinet Popular feeling is strong
in support OF Mr. Shuster
Telegraph communication with Tab
riz is still interrupted. but late infor-
nation from there indicated that the
lighting continued systematically. The
Russian reinforcements have not yet
arrived and the Russians at Tabriz
are hard pressed. Many are dead
The Russians. according to the renorts
received here. are guilty of atrocities
unparalleled in recent years. This
news has aroused the population Of
Teheran to a frenzy OF rage and ex-
element.
The Russians have killed more than
500 women and children alone. Houses
in Tabriz We're entered indiscriminate-
ly and women attacked before the eyes
OF other members of the family. while
children were not spared The Rus
sian artillery moved down every nv
ing thing In the streets, once the bar
ricades. thrown up by the Persians,
had been destroyed
The city of Resht is reported quiet
The Russian consul has been declared
governor there, indicating Russia's in
tention to take possession forthwith
OF Persian territory.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
STORAGE MEN PLAN "KILLING
Three Hundred Million Dozen Of Eggs
Are Held In New York for
Higher Prices.

New York.-The extreme high price
OF eggs--a figure beyond anything
ever known In New York at this sea
son of the year-was partly explained
by the statement that there are $780,
100000 dozen eggs in cold storage
here upon which the owners hope to
make killing" 1t is believed the
cold storage trust will still further ad.
vance the price Of eggs in The next
two months, as the SPECTATORS are
hurrying to make their pile" before
April Is, when the Bremen cold stor.
age bill requires that all foodstuffs
that have been in storage ten months
shall be condemned
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
RUSSIA HITS BACK
DUMA TO PUT PRoHlsiTIvE TAR
lFF ON PRODUCTS OF U. S,
Action Is Regarded as Retaliation for
the Recent Abroeation Of the
Treaty Of 1892.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-The duma
has now before it legislative pro-
posal TO provide for tariff war
schedules applicable to the United
States at the close or the Russo
American treaty OF commerce and
navigation of 1882. The measure was
introduced by ex-President Guchkofr
and other signers representing the
Octoberists and NationaIists, parties
which control the majority OF the
duma The bill proposes to raise ex-
listing Russian duties by 100 per cent
ard to impose a duty of 100 per cent.
on articles admitted free under the
present Russian tariff.
Besides these impositions the bill
proposes to levy double the gross
weight of tax established by the law OF
June 81. 1901, on merchandise arriv-
Ing by sea and to levy double ton
tage tax
It is said that the schedules are to
be applicable to all countries which
do not grant to Russia the most ia
vored nation treatment In commerce
and navigation. The proposal will be
submitted to a financial commission
Washington.-The final act in the
abrogation OF the Russian treaty or
navigation and commerce. the so-
called passport treaty. was performed
when President Taft signed the Lodge
resolution.
The treaty will continue in effect
automatically until January l. 1913.
Meanwhile efforts will be made to me-
gotiate new treaty eliminating the
cause of friction which led to the ter.
mination OF the old one.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
GRAND JURY FOR La CROSSE
Judge Higbee Orders Further II.
vestigation Made of Police De.
nartment Graft Charges.

La Crosse. Following the deei-
sion Of the fire and police commits
sion which exonerated Detective To-
seph McGrath of graft and let De-
tective Frank Yolton off with a
thirty-day suspension, Judge E. c.
Higbee has ordered the calling of a
grand jury to probe the graft charges
made against members of the La
Crosse police force. The jury will
meet Jan. s, 1912.
The petition for a grand Jury.
signed by Lieut-Gov. Morris and 9th
ers, cited conditions in the police de-
partment as a cause. The court in
his order declares that the fire and
police commission made thorough
investigation and that grand jury
could not do better. There have.
however, been many rumors regard
ing the participation of city and
county officers in public contracts, in
the sale of supplies to the public,
etc, and he therefore deemed it i'm
portant to have the facts looked into
by a grand jury
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
THRONE IS DOO.ED
LEoATE SAYS ONLY REPUBLIC
WILL SATISFY PEOPLE
consuls Of Six Foreign Powers pre-.
sent Note to Peace Conference
at Shanghai.

Shanghai II arr convinced
that the abdication of the emperor
and the establishment of a republic
Is the only thing that will satisfy the
people OF China and prevent further
wholesale shedding OF blood This
statement was made by Tank Shao- III.
representative of Yuan Shi Kai. the
premier. after the session OF the peace
conference.
Peking Is not aware Of the depth
or extent OF popular feeling In the
south" said he Even l.. although
somewhat prepared. am sstonished 70
Ind such change from an attitude OF
patient forbearance TO dogged patrs
otsc determination. Il now appears
certainly too late to save the dynasty
The note from the foreign powers
comprising the United States. Grea;
Britain. Japan. Germany. France and
Russia. was presented to the repre-
sentatives of the Imperial Chinese
government and the reyolutionists BY
the consular corps The consnls drove
first in an imposing carriage to the
house OF Tang Shao VI and then to
the residence OF WI Ting Fang The
scene was very impressive as the note
was read separately to the two lead
Ing figures In the negotiations and the
reply of each. indicating that peace
was uppermost. was heard.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
ATWOOD MAKES NEW RECORD
Aviator Exceeds by Fifteen Miles
Longest Previous Flight Made
In iydroaeroplane.

Providence. r. HAIRY N Atwood.
the Boston aviator. established a new
aerial record when he few 13o miles
from Point OF Pines. Mass. to the wa
tiers of Nara gansett bay in a hydro
aeroplane. He few over Boston har-
Dor and Bingham to the Massachu-
sets south shore and skirting along
the side of Cape Cod bay. passed over
the new Cape Cod canal and crossed
Bnzzard's bay into Rhode Island,
Atwood says his flight exceeds by
is miles the longest previous hydro
aercplane trip.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
DECREE FOR NINE. LANGEvlN
Wife Of French Professor Granted Di.
vorce Because Husband Was
Guilty of "Grave injuries"

Paris. Mime. Langevin was granted
q separation from her husband. NJ
Paul Langevin. whose name was as
ISOLATED with that of Nine Curie in
series of recently published love let
ters. The text Of the judges de
cision does not mention the name OF
Mms, Curie. but states that the petit
ton of Nine Langevin for separa-
ton is granted because Professor
Langevin had abandoned the conjugal
dcmicile under conditions injurious
for his wife" and also because 1t APP
peared from the documents submitted
to the court that Professor Langevin
had been guilty of grave injuries"
toward his wife.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
WIRE RATE WAR STARTS IN
Western Union Aholishes Excess
Charges and Postal Cuts Charges
to Germany.

New York.-The Western Union
company announced the adjustment
OF all excess charges on the delivery
of messages in every city in the Unit
ed States. This step alone, it was adj
mitted. means large net reduction in
income for the company. The Com
mercial Gable and Postal companies
met this with the announcement OF q
80 per cent. reduction in deferred
press and plain English cablegrams
between all points in Germany and
New York
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
NEW PLEA DENIED
PACKERS DEFENSE is OUTLINED
WHEN COURT ovERRuLEs Oh.
JEcTloNs TO INDICTMENTS.
NO UNDUE INJURY TO PUBLIC
Attorney for Defendant Tells Jury
They viii Prove That There Has
Been No Violation Of Sherman
Antitrust Law.

Chicago. -Overruied by Judge Car
penter on every objection they mad
raised. counsel for the packers In the
gopernment's prosecution were forced
to proceed with their defense without
further delay. Replying to the govern
ments arraignment, George r. Buck
ingham. in an address to the Jury, dis
closed. for the first time. the full out
line of the defense.
Specific denial of every material al
legation of the government. together
with a promise that most OF the state
ments OF fact in the packers ind1ct-
ments will be disproved, were made
by Mr. Buckingham lie indicated
that the statute of limitations would
be invoked to counteract much Iof the
governments direS evidence He ex-
pressed the belief that the govern
ment was relying to greater degree
than was warranted in a criminal case
upon circumstantial evidence for proof
OF violations of the Sherman law In
the last three years.
It was also indicated that full ad-
vantage would be taken of the recent
supreme court ruling that only unrea-
sonable restraint of trade shall be
considered violation OF the Sherman
law The Jurors will be asked by the
defense TO find that the procedure OF
the packers has not resulted in an IN.
due injury to the public
The main fire of the packers attor-
neys. however. according to their sy
nopsis, is to be directed to proof that
whatever appearance of price agree
ments or combination there may have
been 70 undue amount OF profit has
accrued to them.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
WOMEN MEET SUDDEN DEATH
Martha Baker, Painter, Dies Under
knifc--overdose of Mo, phIne Kills
Margaret Potter, Authoress.

Chicago. Martha Baker. declared
by Soreila. the famous Spanish artist
10 ne the 81 eatesI miniature painter Of
modern times, died here at Hahne-
mann hospital 81 peritonitis superin-
duced by an operation for append
citis.
Scarcely was the news of her death
known when the newspapers an
nounced the sudden death at the Chi
eago Beach hotel OF Margaret Horton
Potter. the brilliant and gifted novel
list, recently divorced from John Don
aid Black
Thought at first to have been vic
tim of heart trouble. an inquest devel-
oped the fact that Mrs, Potter died
from morphine poisoning.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
NEGRO IS HACKED TO DEATH
Maryland Mob Lynches King Davis.
Who Killed White Man--Body
Badly INITIATED

Baltimore. Milking Davis. a ne.
gro. who shot and killed Frederick
Schwab. a white man, at Fairfield
Md. was lynched at Brooklyn. Mo
The negroes body was literally hacked
to pieces by the mob, who used
hatchets at their work.
Nothing was known of the iynching
by the authorities OF Brooklyn until
the chief of police was notified by a
newspaper carrier of what had hap
pened The mutiliated body of the ne
gro was found In the rear of the town
jail
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
LIFE SENTENCE TO ITALIANS
Motion for New Trial Denied Men
Found Guilty of Sla ling Sheriff
Radcliffe of Villas County.

Wausau. The jury in the cases of
Antonio Imperio and Phillip Rob
erti, charged with the murder Of
Sheriff Radcliffe near Rhinelander,
returned a verdict of guilty after
four hours elaboration. The men
shot Sheriff Radcliffe, who was to ar
rest them on charges of white slave
practices. After denying motion for
new trial, the court sentenced both
men to state prison for life.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
CITIZENS AROUSED
BY AFFINITY PAIR
'"e a1I o. Iowa County Would
Arrest Notorious EIouers
TAR PARTY TALK IS HEARD
coming Of Architect Wright Of O..
sa'k' H. and Mrs. Cheney tax *
Bungalow Near Dodgey,lIa cs 10
indignation Among Neighbors uses

Dodgeville. Plans for
the new $4,000 bungaIou- l''u Of
side; now occupied by FL, al Hill
Wright, Oak Park, Ill, arcbiteot lloyd
Mamah Borthwick, divorced v.is' qua
Edwin II. Cheney of Oak par,. 'e of
are being considered by w p VINO
gatly, sheriff of Iowa oo,,r4 en-
which the bungalow is situate e., IN
II Fengally was at Dodgeyilla w, ~,
said that he believed ba ba5 ana
power 20 raid the home that W., lne
and the former Mrs. Cheney on w. -en'
occupyqing after their sacon5 NJ"
ment, and that he will moi bas,tpt
10 act as soon as he is corri ,'1'e
beyond a doubt that he is witb;n ~,
law and receives formal con,,Ia, .ue
from residents OF Hillside who ne .
talking Of Indignation meetings -" ~
devise ways and means for drir;n ~
the twain from that section of W.
consin. - " IS
TWO years ago Wright and Mn.
Cheney deserted their faniIioa
Oak Park and went to Europe wbora
tney travelled together as man ana
vile. The case caused widespread
notoriety, which quieted down vbeH
wright returned to his wife and chill
dren and was forgiven. Now tho
coming of the pair to this section ~
wisconsin has so outraged residents
that some talk is heard OF far
party. officers are prepared to pre,
vent any lawlessness, however
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-12-29
TAFT MAY BE PEAcEMAKeR
Takes Request That He intervene to
Stop Turko-italian War Under
Amusement.

New President Taft. at the
suggestion of DR.. Lyman Abbott and
DR.. Mary Eddy. an American woman
who has spent many years in Turkey,
took under Amusement the rendering
of the good Offices of the United
States as mediator in the Turko-Ital-
ian war. Under The Hague agreement
any nation may tender its services as
mediator to settle an international
dispute.