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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
His Inspiration.
"Isn't Inspiration a queer thingY'
II suppose so. What about it:.


II suppose so. What about it!'
"Why, a few weeks ago had Il red
hot squabble with my wife over q
dressmaker's bill, and when l came
down to the office I was mad enough
to chew spikes. Then sat down at
my desk and wrote little poem on
Help the Firing Brother with Single
Kindly Word" And. say, those verses,
born of bitterness and nourished by
anger, have been copied in the leading
newspapers all over the country!
How's that?"
Zine. Why don't you improve on
the idca!'
"How?"
"Why, get mad enough to beat up
Your wife, set fire to the house, shoot
a policeman-and then write an epic
that will go laundering down the
ages. Plain Dealer.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
A Touch of FamiIygLjfe.

When the country youth proposed to
the city girl he received the conven-
ttonsl assurance that she would be his
eistcr. II happened that this youth
lad sister; at lialae ana kaew exactly
hi:; privileges. So he Kissed her. At
this junchlse she availcd herself of the
f..stesly right ID call out to father that
Brother was teasing hcr. Father re-
spondcd In good. muscular earnest.
Then the new bro,her and sister lela-
tion was dissolved By mutual consent.
EAJudge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
The New York dailies are all

The New York dailies are all
II the mysteries of the traction
question, the building Of new
& eubways and the extension Of
the old ones. They are all the
! time talking about 'competitio
which these men will some
ytime come to understand is the
yeriest nonsense. Telephones
telegraphs, city water works,
1Tabwaysr surface car and eleva-
dted roads are all natural mono.
gpolies and I'D the very nature Of
4fhin9s there can be no compel.
(3tjon. i { the public is Efficient
y served by any OF them, it
must Is bys yernment regul-
Alton Or oNernmentS ownership
Is M ~ IL ~ elne has been
-ezl
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Lonu and Short,

"Nhnt's all this trouble about the
long and short haul?" demanded the
Becrctary of the woman's club.
"it's this way" explained tho treas
nrcr. Some dressmakers say Il train
ought to be six feet in length. Others
say three feet is enough" Washing.
ton Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Eight Lions.

There are eight lions known the
world over-the lion Of st. Marks in
Venice, the four lions at the base of
the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
square, the lion Of Waterloo, the lion
of Lucerne and the lion Of Chaeronea.
Ruskin In his Stones Of Venice" said
that the lion Of st. Marks was the
one lion. the fierce expression Of which
no artist had ever been able to repro
duce. This beast Of bronze has the
distinction also Of wearing pair Of
wings.-London Graphic.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
rhe Forgotten Picture.

Mr.. Hone MoncrieT recalls In "I4on-
dom curious story Of Lord Hertford.
The one l.,,,le taste he had was fer
the collection Of pictures, which he is.
said to have hung with their faces to
the wall. Te once commissioned an
agent to find him picture which, it
turned out, he had himself bought
three or four years earlier!
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Why He Left.

Longevity did you leave the place
where you formerly boarded?
Short Because the landlady had too
much curiosity.
Ldng-In what direction?
Short-Oh, she was continuously ask
Ing me when was going to pay my
board bill.-Chicago News.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

to tax the people to build them
and then turn them over to the
private ownership. with very
little regulation, and that is
what has caused the row down
there. To use a western phrase
those editors who talk about
competition" should go and
soak their heads" until they
can do some clear thinking.
Sioux City Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Locality.

"whero were you born?" asked tho
Judge of election.
"Havo I got t answer that ques-
tion" inquired tho man who wished
to vote.
"Ycs; that's tho law"
"Well, SIR / was born in TIL steer
nge, If ye've got t. know."-Chicago
Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Tho Genius.

ThA principal difference between a
GENTS and a fool Is that the genius is
able to get people to take up his ideas
md make fortunes out Of them.-Chi-
eago Record-Herald.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

The man who combats himself will
ae happier than he who contends with
others, Confucius,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Tho Next Question.

"Dora's invited to swell party"
said the mother.
sHow much will the gown cost?'
asked the father, who knew what was
COMING. Detroit Free Press.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

& The only failure man ought to fear
ls failure in cleaying to the purpose he
Iaeos, to be best.-George Eliot.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
NOTICE

Did your subsCrip-
tion to The Times
expire Jan. lst?
Better come in al
once and pay ur
before you become
in arrears.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Only rhat.

II don't know whether 1 ought IL
recognize him here in the city or not
Our acquaintance at the seashore was
very slight"
"You promised to marry, him. didn't
you?"
"Yes, but that was all" Louisyill, !,
Courier Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05
Doesn't Require Mau;c.

Closefist-I saw n magician last night
who made ten dollar bills disappear as
though they had lsyer existed.
.spendit Huh. Lean do that.-Phila
dclphia Record.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

Much 70 the disgust of the
coal dea ers, the weather has
moderated considerably.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

Watch our want ad depart
ment. A lady recovered her
Docket book today after seeing
it advertised in The Times.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

Did you see Mayor Amen's
notice to clean your sidewalks?
Better do it now because it
costs considerable 10 have the
city do it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

sl'airy tales are made out Of the
drea ms Of tho noor.-IoWell.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-01-05

c. R Neitzsch is able to be al
mis- place of business again.
Miss Louise Carlisle returned
rom Denver this morning
where she has been visiting
friends for the past two weeks
H. H. Dickman transacted
business in O nana today.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
HER PREDICTION CAME TRUE
Helen Boyle ForetoId of Downfall of
Detective Who Has Just Been
Sentenced to Penitentary.

Pittsburg, Pa.-"The old man (Gil-
bert Perkins) is human vulture
feeding on carcarasses of frail human
ity-digging into the weaknesses of
men and women-preying upon them.
The time will come, however, when he
will stand before judge to give an
account of his misdeeds and then he
will ask for the mercy he has re-
fused to extend to others" Helen
Boyle wrote the foregoing prediction
in her diary more than two years ago,
soon after Gilbert Perkins, the detec-
tive, had brought her to conviction for
kidnapping Billy Whitla. On July 29
at Erie, Pa, Perkins stood in court
and cried: Have mercy, judge, I'm
old" after he had been convicted of
conspiracy in a plot to extort money
from Charles H. Strong. He was SEN
fenced to serve three years in Leaven-
worth prison.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
RETURNS FEE FOR PRAYER
Methodist Minister Sends Back Check
Sent Him by Wisconsin Senate
for Asking "Favor of Lord"

Madison, Wis.-Rev. A. l.. Tull,
retired Methodist minister, has
lost faith in the Wisconsin legislature
and has returned the check for SO
which he was paid for delivering a
prayer in the senate, with a letter
to State Treasurer Dahl, reading as
follows: 81 received your check for
SO for delivering prayer in the SEN
ate. / thank you and the senate for
the courtesy, but return it. 1t would
be purely commercialism to accept SO
from the senate for asking the favor
of the Lord. Really, it seems as il
the $672 paid for prayer during this
session was lost money. AS the legis-
lature did such rotten business on
all temperance measures, it indicates
that not single prayer reached the
Lord for the promotion of temperance,
but that He favored the brewers and
saloon keepers. How could prayer for
money fail? have been sunk in debt
for 16 weeks, and needed money worse
than any of them, but not such
money"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
BELLBOY HELD AS MURDERER
Discharged EmpIoye of New York
Hotel Tells Story of Staying
of Wealthy Broker.

New York City.-Four persons were
taken into custody by the police
in connection with the murder of Will
liam Henry Jackson at the Hotel Iro-
quois. Paul Geidel, II, employed as a
bell boy at the Hotel Iroquois up till
last Friday, when he was discharged,
made detailed statement, which, the
police say, is confession. He will
be charged with the murder of Mr..
Jackson. A hairdresser named Kane,
his wife and man who is said to be
an associate of Geidel, are held as ma
terial witnesses. William Henry Jack
son, 73, a veteran of the Seventh regi-
ment and member of the New York
Yacht club, was murdered in his apart
ment in the. Iroquois hotel
The murderer left behind a coarse
handkerchief, stained with blood. Sew
eral we'll defined imprints of fingers
were found upon it and in the bath
room. The bed upon which the broker
fought for his life was marked with
the crimson prints of his slayer's
hands and these, too, were caught by
the camera to strengthen the net
which the police say they are casting
about the murderer. Although Mr..
Jackson was beaten with blackjack
after he had been choked, death was
directly due to the coarse towel
stuffed in his mouth which caused
strangulation as revealed by the au-
topsy. Geidel in his statement admits
his guilt, but says he did not intend
to kill Jackson and that his sole OBJ
ject was robbery. The only booty he
obtained was s6.75 in money and a
silver watch
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
GOES TO CHAIR GLADLY
FARMER WHO SLEW DAUGHTER
is ELEcTRocuTED.
Pays Penalty of Crime, Although Wife
Confessed Her Unfaithfulness
Had Led to Shooting.

Dannemora, N. Y. - Charles L.
Green, an Albany county farmer,
was electrocuted at Clinton prison for
the murder of his daughter, girl of
Ia, on farm near New Scotland, a
year ago. The electrocution had been
twice stayed by Governor Dix against
the wishes of the condemed man, who
told his counsel that he wanted to
die. A confession by Green's wife
that her unfaithfulness had led to the
shooting failed to save him. Green
went to his death calmly, almost glad
ly, after expressing satisfaction with
the verdict Of the jury which convicted
him.
The crime for which Green was put
to death was committed on July 81,
1910, on the farm Of William Vadney,
an uncle of Mrs. Green, where she had
fed with her little boy Chester and
daughter Eva. Green followed them
and asked his wife to return home.
When she refused he went for shot
gun and, returning, shot his daughter,
killing her instantly. Then he fired at
his wife, who, although desperately
wounded. recovered.
Thinking he had killed them both,
Green fled and later shot himself. He
was found in lonely house by the
sheriff and posse where he had
scrawled "Goodby" on an empty cart
ridge box. His wound was not seri-
Gus and his conviction followed. After
Mrs. Green's recovery she made an af-
fidavit that she had ben unfaithful to
her husband and that this had caused
the shooting. Mrs. Green stated that
1t was not until few days before
the murder that her infidelity became
known to her husband. In opposing
the application, the district attorney
declared that those facts had been
known by both sides during the trial,
although it was not brought out. 1t
developed that Green had told his wife
that under no circumstances should
she give this information on the wit
ness stand, saying he would rather go
to the electric chair than to have it
known. He never admitted that she
told the truth about her misdeeds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
TRAIN HITS AUTO, TWO DIE
Machine Scooped UP by Pilot of En-
gine and Distributed PiecemeaI
Along the Track.

Cleveland, O.-With the pilot or
an Erie engine for a pyre, and
with flames from her gasoline drench-
ed clothes and the wreckage of an
auto sweeping up over the headlight
and smokestack, Miss Louise Snow
rode dying half mile along the Erie
tracks at Randall, after her cousin,
Miss Margaret Tuller, had been cast
dead into a ditch, and their escort,
Donald French, had fallen uncon-
scious beside the track, where he had
jumped to save his life. Throwing
on the power to beat limited pas
senger train to the crossing, Miss
Snow rode with her companions d.
rectly in front of the train.
Before the eyes of the witnesses the
machine. with two of its occupants,
was scooped up by the pilot of the
engine, to be distributed piecemeal
for half mile along the tracks.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
Report Shows Veterans Happy.

Washington, d. C.-Branding as
false in every particular the charges
that $4,000 disabled volunteer soldiers
of the Civil and Spanish wars in the
national soldiers homes in various
parts of the country receive neglect
full and inhuman treatment, President
Taft made public a lengthy report
from j. w. Wadsworth, president of
the board of managers of the national
homes. General Wadsworth says the
old soldiers in general are ,contented
and enjoy such degree of happiness as
is permitted by their disabilities aad
unavoidable separation from relatives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
DISTRESS FLASH
BUSHES RELIEF
rs. o. S." BRINGS TIMELY ASSIST.
ANCE TO DISABLED CANA
DIAN CRUISER.
WARsHIp AND CREW ARE RESCUED
Boat Goes on Ledses, Tearing Gaping
Hole in Her Hull, but Is Finally
Floated When Appeal
Brings Aid.

Halifax, N. S.-After FIVE tense
hours on the lodges, ten miles
at sea off Cape Sable, on the west
coast of Nova Scotia, with a gaping
hole in her hull and holding four
feet of water, the Canadian cruiser
Niobe floated off with the assistance
of tugs and is anchored in Shag Har
Dor. That the warship and her crew
of several hundred men were finally
rescued is due to her wireless opera
tor, who stuck to his post throughout
and flashed IS. o. S." necessarily
while the crews manning the pumps
in what almost proved to be vain
attempt to check the thrush of water.
The Niobe crashed on the ledges
in a thick fog and heavy sea. All
the men were in their hammocks at
the time and most of them were
thrown to the deck by the impact.
There was confusion, but only for
moment. Blasts from the trumpet
brought every man to deck with the
excetion of the engineers and firemen.
The lashings of the life boats were
quickly cut away and the boats were
made ready for launching. Signals
from the engine room told of the in
rush of water below and Commander
Macdonald turned to the hole in the
hull. There was no time to place
but the water tight compartments
were quickly closed. Engineers sig
nailed that they were working in
water up to their waists and were
told to leave their posts. All this time
the rs. o. S." was being flashed from
the wireless room and the small can
non on the main deck was being fired
as signal to any ships coming to
the assistance of the Niobe, notifying
them of her position. The Cape Sable
station was the first to pick up the
wireless call and it sent 1t on to Cape
Race, from where the distress signal
was sent broadcast. 1t reached the
American coast, being picked up first
at Wellf1eet, Mass, and later at New
York In less than two hours, half
a dozen steamers were racing to the
assistance of the stranded cruiser.
Two of the Niobe's boats, each
manned by eight men, were launched
for the purpose of ascertaining her
exact position and surroundings. AT
ter circling the vessel the small craft
became lost to sight in the darkness
and it was feared that they had been
capsized by the high wind and heavy
sea. The 16 men had long been given
up for lost when, eight hours after
they put off, they were brought back
to the cruiser by tug which had
found them almost ready to surrender
in thrilling battle for life. One of
their boats was so badly battered that
it had to be abandoned. The port
engine was started for the final effort
to leave the precarious position and
shortly after 6 o'clock, though handi-
capped by falling tide, the big ship
tore herself off the pinnacle of rock.
Mighty cheers went up from the jack
tars as the cruiser headed to sea and
dropped anchor clear of the lodges.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
SUBSTITUTE WOOL
MEASURE PASSES
BILL GOES THROUGH SENATE
WHEN DEMOCRATS AND IN
SURGENTS UNITE.
GOES TO THE HOUSE FOR CONFERENCE
Compromise Act, Offered by La Fol-
lettte, Reduces Existing Duties on
Wool and Manufacturers of
Wool About SO Per cent.

Washington, d. C.-By uniting with
the insurgents the senate Demo
Gratis forced through the senate COM
promise wool bill, offered by Senator
La Toilette, reducing existing duties
on wool and manufactures of wool
about 33 per cent. This bill will be
sent to the house for conference.
There will have to be further re-
duction in duties before the house
will accept the bill. Senator La Fol-
lette said he expected further reduc-
tion before an agreement could be
reached.
The compromise wool bill passed
the senate by vote of 4S to 80.
Every Democrat voted for 1t and these
Republicans: Bourne, Bristow,
Brown, Clapp, Crawford, Cummins,
Gronna, Kenyon, La Toilette, McCum-
ber, Nelson, Poindexter and Works.
Senators Borah and Dixon, who have
been working with the progressives,
opposed the bill, but their detection
was made up by Senators Nelson and
McCumber, regulars, who Joined with
the Democrats in passing the bill.
The bill changes the system of as
sessing duties from specific to ad-
valorem. 1t provides for 35 per
cent. duty on raw wool, So per cent on
clothes and 35 per cent. on carpets.
The present duty on raw wool is about
AZ per cent. The house bill cut the
duty on raw wool to 20 per cent.
Chairman Underwood of the ways
and means committee and Democratic
house leader said: "The house will
not accept the wool revision bill as 1t
has passed the senate. Personally
believe the duties carried in it exces-
sively high. We will send it to con-
ference after the cotton revision bill
passes the house. What can be done
in conference, of course, l cannot
say, but the house conferees will hold
out for reduction in the duties.
want to see bill passed reducing the
wool duties and want to see such a
bill sent to the president would
prefer that the house bill be sent,
but if this is not possible, then any
bill making material reductions in
duties should be passed"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
STANDARD TO OBEY DECISION
Secretary of Oil Company, in Formal
Statement, Announces Plan of
Dissolution.

New York City.-H. C. Folger, Sec
retary of the Standard Oil Co., has
just announced in formal statement
to stockholders, the plan of distribu-
ton of the stock of the subsidiary COM
panies to comply with the rule of
reason" laid down to the trust by the
supreme court of the United States.
The stock of the subsidiary compa-
MES will be distributed pro rata among
the stockholders of record with the
parent corporation on September /,
1911. The company expects to have
the stock ready for distribution by
December l. The plan of reorganiza-
ton, as announced, is simple and con-
templates the restoration of the orig
inal company of which the giant COM
bine is composed. The supreme court
of the United States adjudged the
Standard Oil combine in restraint of
trade and violator of the Sherman
antitrust in decision handed down
on May 16 last. The corporation was
ordered to dissolve and was given six
months to conform to the courts de-
cree. Since that time there has been
much speculation concerning the
method the corporation would take
to comply with the judicial mandate.
The outstanding stock of the Standard
Oil Co. is said to be in the hands of
5000 stockholders. Many of them
have small lots of from one share to
100 shares. These small share hold
ers will receive fractional shares of
each of the subsidiary companies.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
EIGHT DIE WHEN TRAINS CRASH
Scores Injured as Excursion Special
Dashes into Regular at Small
Maine Town.

Bangor, Me.-Eight persons are re-
ported killed in a headon collision at
Grindstone between crowded excur-
sion train on the Bangor & Aroostook
road and the midnight train from Van
Buren, to Bangor. Between 80 and 40
people are known to have been hurt.
F. w. Garcelon of Bangor, engineer
Of the excursion train, was instantly
killed. Engineer Will Orr, of the
other train, was badly injured. DR..
Hugh Pixies of Presque Isle, mem
ber of band that accompanied the
excursionists, was among the killed
and j. r. Ellington, mail clerk on
No. 511, was badly hurt. Both fire.
men are missing. Among those re-
ported killed are: Frank Feeley, son
of bank cashier of Presque Isle;
Harry Clark of Presque Isle, and Clark
Roomer of Washburn.
AS soon as Engineer Orr saw that
the collision was inevitable he threw
on the emergency brakes and this
lessened the shock. Train No. 511
was made up of an engine and six
cars, an express and mail and smoker,
two passengers and a Pullman. The
express and mail cars which were at
the front of the train were the worst
damaged The collision took place
just outside the Grindstone station,
seven miles north of Millinocket. The
two trains met head-on as a result of
confusion of orders.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-08-04
NOTED ATTORNEY DIES
EDWARD M. SHEPARD WELL
KNOWN IN EMPIRE STATE.
Independent Democratic Leader, Au-
thor and Prosecutor Of Men Inn
plicated in Ballot Frauds.

Lake George, N. Y.-Edward M.
Shepard, noted attorney and inde-
pendent Democratic leader, died here
after an illness of several weeks.
Edward M. Shepard was born in the
old City of New York July %, 1850,
the son of Lorenzo b. Shepard, lead
er of the bar in those days and at
one time United States district attor-
ney. When his father died, six years
later, the boy became the ward of
Abram S. Hewett. When he became
old enough he attended Oberlin col
lege for year and then entered the
college of the City of New York, from
which he graduated in 1869, becoming
a clerk in the law office of John E..
Parsons where he began to study the
law.
In 1875 he was admitted to the bar
and practiced for some years alone,
finally becoming a member of the law
firm of Parsons, Shepard & Ogden,
which continued until 1890. AS a spe-
cial deputy attorney general Mr.. Shep-
ard sent John Y. McKane and 20 of
his followers to Jail for ballot frauds.
He also served on the Rapid Transit
commission and as member of the
commission appointed to fix the value
of the plant of the Long Island Water
Supply Co. Mr.. Shepard was also an
author, had written a life of Martin
VanBuren. He was director of the
college of the City of New York and
a member of many clubs of the city.