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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.

Notice of the appointment of an
Executor of the Estate of Knut X.
Neste, Deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, that the
subscriber has been duly appointed
Executor of the estate of
KNIT K. NESTE,
late of Winneshiek County, State of
Iowa, deceased, testate, and has TAX
en- upon himself that trust by giving
bonds as the law directs. All per-
sons having demands upon the es-
tate of the said deceased are requir-
ed to exhibit the same; and persons
indebted to the said estate are called
upon to make payment to
OLE p. HAMRE,
Executor.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, May 6,
1911.
N. Willett, Attorney. 1874
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Cat Nurses Rat.

Otranto has curiosity in the
shape of cat adopting a young rat
when she lost all of her family of
seven kittens but two. The rat lives
in the box with the kittens and OBJ
tains nourishment from the cat just
as the kittens do. There have been
many to see this sight,-Cor. ST.
Ansgar Enterprise.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
SuCCumbs to Injuries.

Strawberry Point, Ia, May "a
Fred Schneider died here last week
as a result of injuries sustained in
an accident which befell Mr.. Schnei-
der and H. B. Spurrier. Mr.. Schnei-
der came here to take a casket and
rough box to the home Of his sister,
Mrs. E. S. Eichler, who died at ST.
Sebald. After leaving the casket at
the home the two men started home,
and in making the turn in the yard,
which is situated on a steep hillside,
the wagon was over turned and both
were thrown to the ground. Mr..
Spurrier escaped serious injuries but
Mr.. Schneider was injured so severe
ly that death ensued.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
NEW NORMAL SCHOOL LAW.
County superintendent Mahannah of
Mason City, Announces APP
pliCations for Normals.

County superintendent Fred Ma
hannah, who was recently appointed
inspector for the normal schools
which are to be established in Iowa,
says that applications are coming in
thick and fast from every locality in
Iowa. At the present time there are
close to eighty applications and only
forty can be accommodated this
year. This will give one normal
school to about every two counties
and doubtless the educational COM
mission will arrange the schools to
accommodate the most possible. Mr..
Mahannah is now giving a great deal
of thought to his new work and eX-
poets to get into the harness for ag-
gregate work July 1st.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Van Tassel Wants Out.

The state board of parole has TAX
en- up the case of l.. r. Van Tassel,
a life convict at Fort Madison from
Chickasaw county, convicted fifteen
years ago on a charge of wife MUIR
der. Application for pardon was
denied by the board two years ago
and similar application was refer
red to the board for investigation.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Lines Extended.

Waukon, Ia, May 22.-The Up
per Iowa Power Company has COM
menced determining the right of way
for the extension of the line to Lam
sing to be erected this summer The
present line TO the iron mines will
be extended across to the County
Home and then on down the ridge
to Church and through the valley to
Lansing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
4 Modern Residence.

Sam Nereson has installed a new
hot water heating system in his resi-
dence, Peter Johnson & Son of De-
corah having completed the job last
week. Sam now has a modern resi-
dence in every respect.-Ossian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Dig ND Pot of Pennies.

Rochester, Mimi, May 22.-Work-
men engaged in excavating for an
addition to the Remsey Block un-
earthed a pot of pennies, believed to
have been stolen from a local bank
in 1866. The pennies had never
been in circulation and bore the date
1865.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Carpenter at Osseo.

Erland G. Carpenter who played
short-stop with the DEBORAH team
three years ago, has broken into the
newspaper business at Osseo, Wis,
having purchased the Recorder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Ted Green i'm Hospital.

Coach Ted Green, who has been
in charge of the base ball team, has
been compelled to relinquish the
work earlier than expected to under
go surgical treatment for necrosis of
the jawbone at an Iowa City hospi-
tai. Mr.. Green during his stay in
town has made numerous pleasant
acquaintance in a social way, as
well as filling with marked satisfac-
ton his position as coach He leaves
accompanied by the wishes of all for
an early and entire recovery from
his present health affection. Mt.
Vernon Hawkeye.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Fourth at WaucOma

1t has been decided that Waucoma
will celebrate the glorious 4th this
year, and have a jolly good time
once more. Everybody from far and
near are invited to plan accordingly.
A part of the funds necessary are
pledged with more in sight.-Senti-
mel
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Goes Back to Hastings.

Paul Garzee, who has been attend
ing the Lexington, Mo-, Military
Academy since last fall, came home
last week for a few days visit. He
leaves today for Hastings, Neb., to
join his club there for the base ball
season in the Nebraska State League.
Paul signed and played with Hast
ings last season.-Waucoma Senti-
al
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24
Warning to Railroad Men.

E. S. Bacon, IL Bast St., Bath,
Me-, sends out this warning to rail-
readers: "A conductor on the rail-
road, my work caused chronic in
flammation of the kidneys, and / was
miserable and all played out. A
friend advised Foley Kidney Pills
and from the day / commenced TAX
ing them, / began to regain my
strength. The Inflammation cleared
and / am far better than / have
been for twenty years. The weak
ness and dizzy spells are a thing of
the past and ] highly recommend
Foley Kidney Pills" r. A. Engbert-
son. May
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24

Too often instead of being sorry
for our misdeeds we are merely
ashamed that we have been found
out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24

Did you ever stop to wonder what
a lot of mischief you might get into
if you didn't have to work so hard
for a living?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-05-24

Russia occupies nearly one-sixth
of the globe.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

Rocky moutains, and while every eff
fort has been made to trace these
importations and inspect and disinfect
them the probability of many unre-
ported shipments or inefficient inspec-
ton is very great.
A general warning Is therefore CIV
en- to all users of such imported plant
stock, namely, to nurserymen, fruit
raisers, and purchasers of ornamen-
tails for city or part planting, to keep
all such imported stock under strict
watch to see that these pests do not
develop.
1t Is scarcely necessary to comment
on the tremendous danger which the
importations of nursery stock of the
last three seasons have brought to
this country. The enormous cost of
the gypsy moth and the brown-tail
moth in New England is now well
known. Throughout the infested dis
tricts of New England orchards have
been completely destroyed and forests
largely obliterated, and even where
woodlands and parks have been pro-
tected at an enormous expense their
beauty and value have been vastly
lessened.
Massachusetts, has spent millions of
dollars In an effort to control these
pests. and with their spread to other
states the work Of control has been
taken up in these also. The National
government has been asked to come
to the rescue, and is now appropriate
ing 100000 year In the mere at
tempt to check the distribution of
these pests along the principal high
ways. Massachusetts, and the other
infested New England states are now
spending more than a million dollars
year in control work. In spite of
these efforts and this enormous ex.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
Impossible to Mako
Woman Give Testimony.

Woman Give Testimony.
Suddenly she shrieked: mo. no; I
know nothing! I swear know moth
ing at ALL" Her lawyer jumped to
his feet and told the court that she
had confessed her part in the crime
to him and that she had agreed to
tell 1t on the witness stand. But the
Martinese woman was immovable.
She would not utter word except to
deny her knowledge of the crime.
While she was protesting her in
nocence a policeman rushed to the
prisoners pen and caught Pietro Pam
pinelli, the man on trial, by the arm.
He had seen him give her the death
sign and he so informed the court.
Subsequent attempts were made to
get the Martinese woman to confess,
but without success. Like others who
had received the sign she knew any
confession on her part would be fol-
lowed by hideous death.
OF course, there are scores Of writ
ten death signs. The skull and cross
bones has been sign of death for
centuries. The Chinese have a death
sign with which they mark the house
of man selected for slaughter, and
I suppose every race has some sort
Of written sign which is synonymous
with death and which has come down
from the earliest times. To this day
when an Italian Is murdered his rela-
tives dip their fingers in his blood
and make cross with 1t. The cross,
by the way, has been the symbol Of
death in almost every cline and age.
But the death sign we are confront
ed with today is the quick gesture
which have described. It Is peculiar
to the southern Italians and the
Sicilians. have never known 1t to
be employed by criminals Of any 9TH
er nationality. and In my career
have dealt with men of all races. 1t
is serious thwarting Of justice, but
I have no doubt that 1t really means
death for the person who disregards
1t. While italian criminals are cow
ards when 1t comes to fighting any
one not of their own race, the spirit
of the vendetta is born in them. The
fact that several witnesses who impli-
Gated their fellow countrymen In seri-
GUS crimes have been mysteriously
murdered not long afterward proves
that the death sign Is dreadful.
horrible reality.-New York Sunday
World.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

No matter where they are they can't
get away from 1t, because they can't
get away from themselves. They
have heard of fellow-countrymen who
disregarded the death sign and met
terrible fates. So when the death
sign is given to them 1t Is little won
der that they turn white with fear
and refuse to testify.
More Impressive
Than Spoken Words.
The reason sign Is employed
rather than a spoken word or token
Is due to the fact that Italians and
Sicilians of the more ignorant class
carry on a large part of their inter
course by means of gestures. A shrug
of the shoulders, the raising Of the
eyebrows, gesture Of the arms may
mean more to them than whole SEN
fences. Then. too. sign Is more
impressive than a spoken or writ
ten word And of course 1t can be
made more quickly and is far less
likely to be detected.
The origin of the death sign is OBJ
scure. I doubt II any of the men who
mated. 1t is very evident that the
placing Of the finger to the lips means
silence-as a sign of silence 1t Is
as old as the hills. Probably the
pressure of the teeth on the finger
Is significant of the fate that will
follow II the Injunction covered In
the sign Is disobeyed. The sign has
been employed in southern Italy al
most as long as tribunals have ex-
listed, and 1t has doubtless been used
many times here In America since
we began to receive so many Italians
that a distinct criminal class arose
among them. Trials of Italians for
such crimes as counterfeiting, Black
Hand and kidnapping cases In recent
years have brought 1t to the attention
Of the public. When witnesses in
these cases suddenly refused to tes-
tify In open court the judges, the
prosecutors and the police knew the
death sign had been given, but 1t had
been done so quickly and mysterious
ly that few knew how 1t was accom-
plished.
While was in the secret service
I had to deal with many Italian and
Sicilian counterfeiters. and In several
Of the cases my witnesses whom
felt certain would come through
this is police parlance for telling the
true story on the witness stand
stopped short in the middle of their
testimony. and nothing could induce
them to utter another word. So in
subsequent cases I watched the peo-
pie in the court room very closely
and I was rewarded by seeing the
death sign made clearly and dis
tinctly. II was made Just as /
described TIA quick motion to the
teeth with the forehnger of the right
hand.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

(By C. L. MARLATT. Entomologist. Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture)
Winter nests Of the brown-tail moth,
each filled with hundreds OF young
larvae, and occasional egg masses OF
the gypsy moth have been brought in
to the United States. the former In
enormous numbers. during 1909-1910
on imported nursery stock. and the i'm
portations for the season 1911 are
again bringing In these brown-tail
moth nests. This infested stock, COM
ing largely from nurseries in northern
France, has been scattered widely
over the United States east of the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

hairs which cover the caterpillars Of
this moth are strongly netting, and
not only are they so from accidental
contact with the caterpillar which may
fall on clothes, face, neck, or hands
from an infested tree, but also from
che myraids Of hairs which are shed
by these caterpillars when they trans
form to the chrysalis state. The lat.
ter fall and find lodgment on cloth
ing, or collect on the face, neck, or
hands, and frequently cause very dis
agreeable and extensive netting, the
effects of which may last for months.
Breathed into the lungs they may
cause Inflammation and become pro-
ductive of tuberculosis. The brown
tail rash is well known throughout
the regions infested In New England
and thousands have suffered from It.
All of the assistants who have been
connected with the government work
with these pests in the New England
states have been seriously poisoned.
Two Of them have had to give up their
work and go to the southwest to at
tempt to recover from pulmonary trou-
bles superinduced by the irritating
hairs of the brown-tail moth. and the
death Of one man employed on the
work was due to severe internal poi
soning contracted In field work
against larvae. This inject is,
therefore, most undesirable neigh
Dor, even If 1t were not responsible
for great injury to orchards and orna-
mental trees.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
IMPORTED NURSERY STOCK
CARRY DESTRUCTIVE PESTS
Moth Brought to This Country
From France-GeneraI Warning Given to Keep All
Plants Under Strict Watch-Insect Exercises
% DeIeterious Effect Health n

ness OF these pests to orchards and
forests, their establishment In any
suburban residential district means an
enormous depreciation In property val
ues, as is now illustrated about tho
city of Boston. and very notably less
ems the attractiveness OF coast or
mountain summer resorts. The north
shore towns of Massachusetts, and low
er Maine resorts have already .elt this
influence, and for such regionj as the
Catskills or Adirondacks the estab-
lishment Of these pests would be most
disastrous, inasmuch as control over
such extended forested mountains 10
practically impossible.
When It Is realized that .hese two
pests have bees widely distributed, on
imported nursery stock, In % states
during the years of 1909 and 1910, and
are now coming in on imported stock
from France and Belgium, the danger
to the whole country is fully apparent,
and this danger applies to every or
chard and to every owner OF private
grounds and also to our entire forest
domain. The tax from these pests,
should they gain foothold throughout
the country. as measured by, the ex-
listing cost in New England, is almost
beyond estimate.
In addition to the great monetary
loss, the brown-tail moth exercises
very deleterious effect on health. The
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
ARROWS THAT CARRY FLAME
Method Of Starting Fires In Which
Miscreant Can Escape Without
Detection.

Arrows bearing box Of matches
and an ignited cloth, and which are
shot from rice fields and dark alleys.
are now known to be the means by
which the firebugs responsible for sew
eral CONGREGATIONS during the last
week have accomplished their aims.
A strange feature of the present cpl
demic of incendiarism in Manila has
been the utter inability of anyone to
catch the firebugs In the act of firing
houses. and although the police and
private citizens have been on the look
out for these vandals only one charge
Of arson has been fled so far.
The police had theory the work
was done with arrows and that their
theory was correct was proved by the
discovery yesterday afternoon of an
arrow which had been shot at 241
Gale Singalong. The arrow was about
81 inches long and about one cent?
-meter In diameter.
To It was tied full box of matches
wrapped with a piece of canvas which
had been saturated with petroleum.
The arrow was designed 80 that being
fixed In the bow, or when ready to be
thrown. the canvas was ignited and
the arrow hurled at the house intend
ed for destruction. BY the time It
reached its destination the cloth would
be burned sufficiently to ignite tho
matches and an explosion would oc-
cur. setting fire to the surrounding
nipa or bamboo. Standing on at q
convenient distance in a paddy field
or dark street the miscreant would
be able to ignite and fire his arrow
and then escape without detection
Manila Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
BY WILLIAM J. FLYNN
(Head Of the Bureau Of Detectives,

new YORK City.)
~ HE death sign, used exclusively
among southern Italians and
Sicilians, Is made by placing
the forefinger of the right hand be-
tween the teeth. The instant the
sign is seen by the one for whom 1t
Is intended the finger is withdrawn.
The entire movement rarely takes
more than two or three seconds.
Often It Is made In a single second,
and for that reason It escapes the
notice of even the sharpest observers.
When this sign Is made by leader or
representative of gang Of bad men
II never fails to strike terror into the
hearts Of witnesses, no matter how
bold or courageous they may be. I
have seen witnesses who had pre-
viously declared their willingness to
testify and who were assured Of pro-
lection suddenly turn white as sheet
and refuse to utter another word
against the prisoner who was on trial.
The death sign had been given to
them in open court, and they knew
they would be killed II they said an
other word. And It Is undoubtedly
true that their lives would be for
feited II they disobeyed the sign. Not
IN open court, Of course. for the men,
bers of those gangs are arrant cow
ards, but sooner or later some Of
their number would murder their VIC
tim.
rh~ .,~~Sr.sxoa .o,,xhoru Ttaylooo
and sicilians with whom the police
have to deal are more superstitious
than any other race Of people living
in New York. Sign omens have q
peculiar significance for them. The
death sign 10 . tradition with them.
They have heard about 1t before they
could even talk. They are brought
up to dread II. Just a. they are
brought up to dread the Black Hand.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
The Brown-TaII Moth.

penditure the gypsy moth and the
brown-tail moth are steadily spreading
In New England and great damage
is experienced form them yearly. Elk
termination is entirely out of the .ques
ton, and all these expenditures must
go on indefinitely at a probably in
creasing rate, unless some natural
check by means of parasites can be
brought about
In addition to the great destructive
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03
Natures Provision.

Moles and the mole cricket have
the same problem to negotiate in cut
ting caves in the ground. 20 here an
insect and an animal both have the
same shaped forelegs and shovel-liks
hands and clawA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

TN open court, where Justice sits
silk gowned. the very embodiment
of law and order. and In the GER
tain atmosphere of an authority
against which no man may raise a
hand; here, in this very city of New
York, witnesses under oath to speak
the truth only, have halted with un-
spoken word on lip and become as
mutes at the sight of the sign Of
death.
The sign Of death? A fiction? No.
A meaningless motion made to dis
concert the overtimid? Again no.
A death sigma reality? AS GER
tain as there are courts of law; a sign
behind which turks the murderous
blade in the hand Of killer Of men;
. sign Of as malign significance as
that of the skull and crossbones on
the black flag at the peak Of the
pirate ship of old.
This sign was made In New York,
IN Justice Faucets court, and wit
ness quailed and became speechless.
It was made again In Justice O'Sul-
livan's court, and witness covered
and shook like one with the palsy.
What Is this sign of death? Will
liam F.. Flynn, head of the detective
bureau, second deputy commissioner
Of the police department, for years
a secret service man, shrewd, re-
sourceful, successful, knows 1t well.
He has seen 1t. They put one sign
of death on the body Of victim-a
sign Of death accomplished, for to
kill for vengeance without 1t would
not strike terror. The sign about
which Chief Flynn tells is the other
the warning
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

saw the death sign given to her, but
the fact that she stopped In the mid
die of her testimony and turned
deathly white II conclusive evidence
that It was given to her.
II her testimony had not been
halted by the death sign we should
have been able to round up every
member Of that gang Of kidnapers.
She knew them and was ready to tell
all; but when the death sign was
given to her she knew II she divulged
a single name her life would not be
safe, even in jail. So 1t will be seen
that the death sign is often serious
hindrance to our work.
In another kidnapping case the
death sign was plainly seen. Rosina
Martinese, q woman held for COM
plicity In the case of Pietro Pampi-
nelli, had agreed to tell the truth
about the affair on the condition that
the charge against her be withdrawn.
Her lawyer and the assistant district
attorney had agreed to this. and she
took the stand to confess her part in
the crime. Even Judge O'Sullivan
asked her II she was ready to confess
and she answered In the Affirmative.
But q moment later her face turned
white and her black eyes grew fixed
and staring. as though something had
suddenly frightened her into dumb
ness. She clutched at her throat and
placed her hand before her face as
though to shut out the hideous
vision.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-06-03

Maria Kappa, who with Stanislaus
Pattenza was on trial last December
for kidnapping Giuseppe Longo and
Michaele Rizzo. was given the death
sign In open court She would have
told her whole story but for that rea-
son. A member of the gang Of Black
Handlers who were associated with
her gave her the sign and she posi-.
lively refused to talk further Moth
ing would move her. She knew II
she made any disclosures she would
be killed. Justice Lewis Fawcett, who
tried the case. admitted It No one