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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Slow Travel.

Down in Oklahoma they have rail-
road called the Midland Valley, which
is noted for its slow trains. 1t is told
that young man of Tulsa asked the
hand of daughter from her parents
snd was refused on the ground that
the daughter was too young.
My daughter is going to Pawhuska
tomorrow for visit" said the father,
who is a travelling man, land if she
doesn't remain more than day or two
she will be old enough when she gets
back"
But she may be an old maid by
that time" protested the young man.
Kansas City Star.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY,

This IS tAs q research and experiment. Al
MANURE 50 - stSaE - ra1sCEs - the seseaEs fer
the comfort ana Happiness ot uzn- SceacS has lu-
eeed uAs giant strsIss daring tie Tass eeaEEry Ard
among the-uy no means least iuaeOrtAEt-1as-
epEeE6s N madeleine that Of Tberzptca Ebpca
hAs uEde-s1An1- been used wssh graz sa1eesS n
the Freuch Hospitals ant that IL Is Uorthy xtseu-
Ten az th0ss Wkc SE@1sr from kidney, hittier Sr
EeEvuus DISEASES, chruUtc EeAEueSsss. UheRrs sAfa
eT1Ft.0ns. pixies, Sc, think there IS uoUal In
ans"7Es; sEsSsAltsts, that THERaPloH : Eteselned
&c tSE aso obl2N Ca AL tkUsz questionable FeIe5e~
thaS Spre formerly the sole rsaa<a 81 ueSigzE s1an
IL IS Of curse Tnpss he To tell sufferers AL Shca5
like - tell them n EhtS short article. bet tuEs sac
are Interested and 800 q like 70 EuoB this
Sesssay hat has effSStst msrF-ws Es1sks AsEUSs
saN Ellrzcuoos cuEss, have cEly 80 sezi sdt-ssSsd
envelope for Fsks bsNoS 20 Er. lie Elsre Med ca.
haSeEStrk Road. Ham t-ead Lcudpa- Er-. AnI 5Cr3a
tor themselves whether TIE NeE grezsa EeElss.y
''T9EHAPlOh," Is What they require Aa4 wEjes
they E1Ay have been sasEiEg in dTTtaE lsfs q
IateaG mtssEy. sGECrsa, 1T health azd uzEApP9aesS
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Delicate Point.

They are happy Sewickley couple.
They haven't been married very long.
In fact, the honeymoon has barely
waned. An elderly friend met the
bridegroom downtown yesterday and
slapped him on the back
We'll, happy as a lark, I suppose?"
"Oh, yes"
"How's the cooking4"
Il have one trouble there. It's just
this, my wife has been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
You must be getting tired of it."
Il am. Yet feel hesitancy about
saying anything. How soon after the
honeymoon would it be proper to ask
for beefsteak and onions ?'-Pittsburg
Post.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
One Mans WAY.

rs Crimson a man who makes the
best of what befalls?'
No When things go wrong Brim-
son starts TO swearing and soon BE-
comes so interested in thinking ny
new forms of profanity that he forgets
all about his troubles"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Many little dog has to bark loudly
to keep up his courage: and We won
der if our too self-asser1ive friends
aren't sometimes doing the same
thing
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Wow, There went Smithkins in
his new six. When l knew him a few
years ago he had a junk shop"
He still has. Only he moved it to
a fashionable street, kept the same
stock, and labeled it Antiques. -
Judge
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Piecinq Out.

Writing a story?" the caller asked
the busy author.
Yes; in dialect"
Il didn't think you ever made use
Of dialect"
Il don't, as a rule. but l have to
now. Several letters are broken on
my typewriter
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Still Hopinu,

Life is a series of disappoint-
ments."
Yes. / know a man who has been
hoping nearly all his life that he would
some day come into possession of a
coin worth more than its face value"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Hundreds of people who would be
horror-stricken at the suggestion of
suicide by the rope-and-rafter method,
are daily killing their best selves with
the poison of self-pity.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Onty Thinking,

Where are you thinking of going
this summer"
I'm thinking Of England, Norway,
and Scotland, but I'll probably go to
Punk Beach"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Destined for Many Trips.

Il have written a short story" said
the amateur literary person. What
is the first step to take in selling it?"
Buy ten dollars worth of stamps"
advised the old hand at the business.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
The Condensed Product

oh, auntie. can go to the fancy
dress ball as a milkmaid?"
No, darling: you're too small
Well. then, can I go as a condensed
milkmaid?"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
A Hint.

Knicker-Did you explain baseball
to your girl?
Bocker-Yes; she said she under
stood all about diamonds.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Some PEOPLE away up in the social
scale are really too light to bring the
sca,e down.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Slightly Puzzled.

Say, pap"
What is it?''
Which union does a jack of all
trades belong tor
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Mrs. WfnsiowB Soothing Syrup for Children
teetning, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton, Ah4ys pain. cnres wind collie, 25e > bSttis-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Some people are so wrapped up in
themselves as to suggest human bafls
of twine.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

4 large percentage Of all sickness starts
with unhealthy conditions of the digestive
organs Garfield Tea will set them right
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

For years Garfield Tea has oeen on the mar
ket- This must mean q remedy worth while
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
Even the thirst for glory may have
its direful after effects.

Liver and kidney complaints win be greatly
helped by taking Garfield Tea regularly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

If every lie in the world were nailed
there wouldn't be enough nails left to
build houses with.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
REAL ESTATE HURT
Proposed Parcels Post Bill win
Injure Values.
FARMER HITS NAIL ON HEAD

Why This Infamous Bill VIII Aid Mall
Order Houses and XIII Villages OF
This country--What II Means TO
Home and Farm Owners Every
where. .....
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

The wages OF arbitration should b
paid as peace work.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

Reading maketh a full man. So does
the wine when it's red.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14

1t is possible for a man to be
straight and make both ends meet?
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
WIFE SUES HARRY POLLOK
Jack" Rose Innocently Put
Friend in Plight.

Harry Pollok. the sporting man WIZ
has been interested IN the annual SIX
dav hicvcle race. is being sued for d.
vorce His name has been mentioned I'i
connection with the arrest OF JAch
Rose for the killing OF Herman Rosen-
thai because it was in the home oI fo'-
Iok that Rose hid after the crime.
Rose believed that the woman IN Inc
snartnent who answered the telephone
calls from Becker while the gambler was
there was Mrs. Pollok, the wife oI MS
friend. Harry Pollok. And so when Rose
told about her being there he had no iuea
that he was making trouble for ms
fr,erd-at least in that detail.
PM i. mas developed that the woman III
the apar,ment at the Rivera. 18th street
and Riverside Drive, was not the Iedi
Mrs. Pollok. Harry has wife all rlsn'
enougb. and when she learned ABOUT the
other woman through the mention OF MS
name in the Rosenthal case she suddenly
became busy Yesterday Pollok was
served IN the suit.
Mrs. Mary Emily Pollok was marrleu
10 the sporting man in 1893 IN Jersey city.
Her home wag in Buffalo. They lived TO-
eether only a few months and then sep
arsred.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
GANG KNOWN TO SHAPIRO
His Auto Advertisement on
Shadow Dance" Programme.

Although William Shapiro the man VINO
drove the gray automobile on the night
that Herman Rosenthal was shot. has
said he did not know White Lewis, in
formation came yesterday to Frank Moss,
an Assistant District Attorney who is
working on the case. which showed that
they were al least in the same crowd
one Of Mr.. Moss's assistants brought in
programme Of the grand annual con-
cert and shadow dance OF the Herbert
Club. which was held on April u in a hall
in I'd street White" Lewis's name. as
we'll as those OF Big Jack Helig and
Lefty Louis" appears Oh the list Of the
floor committee The second page of the
progra mme contains an advertisement OF
Naff & Libby. owners Of 'the gray car
with the Boulevard service Shapiro is
in the employ Of Naff & Libby, and Nam
is said to be name by which he is some
times known.
Some of the other names on the pro-
gramme were "Tootsie' Hanover. Leach
Cross. Tommy Daisy Little Nate
Henry the Knock" Big Aleck' Little
Doggie." Two Dollar John, KID Rags
and Little Izzy."
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15

from the mothers side Of the family,
Madeleine Talmage. Her great-grand-
father. Thomas Coin Talmadge. was
Mayor Of Brooklyn in 1915.
Miss Force was educated at Miss
Sponce's School and spent some time
abroad with her mother and older sis
ter. After her debut. two years ago, she
was often seen with her sister in the
Astor box at the Metropolitan. The
sisters were guests at the Astor ball
that winter
on August > OF last year her engage
ment 10 Colonel Astor was announced
The decree of divorce granted 10 Colo
mel Astor's first wife in November, 1909
forbade his remarriage in this state,
and several clergymen refused TO per
form the ceremony. Miss Force and
Colonel Astor were married at Colonel
Astor's summer villa at Newport by
the Rev. Joseph Lambert. pastor Of
Elmwood Temple congregational
Church AT Providence.
Alttl x bIiti money ilooH Oh tIlt RsAoI
Yacht. the Noma. the Astors returned
20 Newport, and shortly thereafter left
this country for winter abroad They
engaged return passage on the Titanic,
and the last the young wife saw OF her
husband was when he was CALAMITY as
sisting women into the lifeboat that
might have brought him 10 safety
John Jacob Astor was the great
grandson Of the first Of that name. and
the only son OF the late William Astor.
He was born on his fathers estate at
Fernclin. near RhinebeCk- the Hud-
son. in 1864 and was graduated from
St Paul's School. Concord. y. II. and
Harvard University. Besides being one
OF the FOREMOST financial powers I'm the
country. he was a soldier, writer, and
an inventor Of no mean merit
Colonel Astor was married 10 Miss
Ava Willing Of Philadelphia. I'm 1891,
and by her had two children. William
Vincent and Ava Alice MurieL
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
ROYAL POSTHUMOUS BIRTHS
King Alfonso the Most Recent Of lnsances-Drastc Law
Covers inheritance Of British Peerages.

20 follow his grandfather into exile 10
Holyrood the old palace Of the Scottish
kings at Edinburgh, while his elderly
kinsmau. the Duke OF Orleans took pos
session Of his throne as King Louis
Philippe In after life the Duke OF Bor-
deaux was usually known by another OF
his titles. that Of Comte de Chambord.
though until his death, at his Austrian
palace Of F'rohsdorf. I'm 1883 he was ad-
dressed and spoken OF by all the leeiti-
mists Of France as the King" lie Rob
He died without issue, and for this rea-
son, as well as by his will the present
Duke Of Orleans is now the chief OF the
French branch OF the House Of Bourbon
and the senior heir TO. the throne OF
Charles y
Young King Alfonso's greatest friend
from boyhood up is the seventeenth Duke
OF Medina-C Cell. premier. peer and gran.
dee OF Spain and direct descendant of
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. the
patrons OF Christopher Columbus. Like
King Alfonso. he was posthumously born.
having come into the world seven months
after the tragic death OF his father. who
accidentally shot himself while hunting
in his preserves at Guadarrama, falling
mortally wounded at the feet OF his bride
Strangely enough the present duke, by
reason Of his royal descent and I'm spite
OF his intimacy with the King. is sort
OF honorary pretender 10 the throne OF
Spain.
In Great Britain where at least six
hundred of the peerages carry with them
legislative prerogatiyes in the upper
chamber Of Parliament. no one inheriting
a dignity of this kind from a married
brother, an uncle or cousin Is permitted
TO take his seat In the House OF Lords
until a year and a day after the death
OF his predecessor in the title. This is
altogether regardless OF the age OF the
predecessor widow. fact which was
strikingly illustrated when the sixteenth
Earl OF Derby had to wait out the pre-
scribed period before taking his place
among the belted earls, although his
widowed sister-in-law was more than
seventy years or age and her married
life of nearly a quarter OF q century had
been childless,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
FREES HANDS OF POLICE
Judge Decides They May Seize Prop
erty Needed as Evidence

Justice Lehman refused yesterday 70
issue an injunction against the Police
Commissioner and the District Attorney 10
restrain them from selling as evidence
the property Of alleged loan sharks whose
places Of business might be raided.
The application was made by the state
Trading Corporation, whose office was
ralded as an alleged loan shark concern
The police took its books 10 be used in the
prosecution.
Justice Lehman decided that the pohce
were within their rights in seiZing what-
ever property of the defendant was need'
cd as evidence even without first getting
search warrant. which the petitioner
contended was necessary Nor Would the
court pass on the question as 70 wha'
property was necessary for evidence.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15

one years il goes. according 20 her Will
and in default Of a will. then unto her
issue. if any; and in default Of a will
or issue surviving her then 10 William
Vincent Astor.'
This newborn child may some day
WELD the great bulk OF the Astor es-
tate. however. Vincent and Muriel
Astor are the only ones who stand be
tween II and the millions that are now
IN Young Astor's hands Neither the
first nor the second Mrs. Astor would
be benefited 10y the death of either OF
these two But II both OF the children
die without issue before coming 10
their twenty-hrst year. then all OF the
Astor property. except the $4,000
or S1OOOO,Or specifically disposed OF
by Colonel Astor's will. would go TO
Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor's child
\ provision OF the instrument forbids
the residuary legatee who shall be in
possession of the Astor real estate,
which forms 10y far the largest part OF
the property. from disposing Of II in
any way until tweutv-one.
The mother ~ the child born yeSter-
day was. before her marriage. Made
lcine Talmage Force. Younger daugh-
ter OF the head Of the large shipping
concern. William II. Force & CO. She
was born in Brooklyn tWeuty-one years
ago. and traces her descent from Old
Huguenot stock Her mother was
Katherine ArvilIa Talmage Of the
Brooklyn family which traces its de-
scent direct from the Toll"maches.
on her fathers side the young widow
is connected with the Emmonds fam
lly. Of Boston. Mr. Force was son OF
Mary Emmonds Force sister OF J.
Frank Emmonds. who went TO Staten
Island. and later became president o'
the staten Island Rapid Transit Com
panN.
Descended from Brooklyn Mayor.
The second daughter gained her name
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
SCHEPPS WON'T BUDGE
TILL WHITMAN WIRES
Finally Consents to Return When Sure Of
District Attorneys Agents-Waives
Extradition Proceedings.

not wanted in Oregon on the charge OF
smuggling opium. He said that already
the man in that case had paid fine and
satisfied the government
report was current tonight that
Mr.. Rubin had succeeded in getting =
confession from Schepps. Acting Mayor
Petit denied this
There is absolutely no truth IN the
report that Schepps has confessed" he
said. He won't even make a statement
TO Rubin. Schepps told me this too. y
have something to sell Mr Whitman
wants 10 buy. He and 7 alone can make
deal When / lalk 10 Mr.. Whitman
10 one else but he and | will be in the
room. They have indicted seven. one has
confessed. another has backed w that
confession They desire a second man 10
substautiate what has been said. ! am
the one.
Several hundred curious persons crow d.
ed inside the lobby Of the Marquette and
outside the hotel tonight all anxious 70
got a glimpse Of Schepps and the New
York officials
Schcpps repeated. with some detail
what he had told Mr. Petit when he was
asked whether IL was true he had de-
Cidcd TO make a complete confession 30
Mr. Rubin. He declared there is abso-
lutely nothing to such a statement and
added.
Il have something to tell the District
Attorney. Whitman, wants 10 buy. | will
tell all 10 him I'm 81 room where there are
none but We two. He alone can make
tho Zeal
Two men have already confessed, the
one corroborating the other, but they
want a third confession-and mine IS that
ono
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
HUGHES ON THE MEND
Rapidly Gaining Since
Crisis Two Days Ago.

The condition Of Inspector Edward T.
Hughes, who has been III from pneumonia
Al mis- home at 40. 403 Cd street BGook-
lyn. since his "trip 20 the CatsKlIIs IN
search Of the murderers OF Herman ho'
~.1,bal was reported at Police Headquar
.ers Yesterday az satisfactory.
III. has made very rapid recovery since
the crisis two days ago. Depu''
Dougherty said. and from present inui-
cations IL will not be long before he Will
be up and around. ,,
It is probable" he added. that he VIII
20 away for a rest as soon as he is able
10 leave the house
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
RICH POLICEMAN SAILS.

The possessor OF a fortune left by ms
father. who die6 some time ago Patroi-
man Charles Kemmer, Of the Bedford ave-
nue. station. Williamsburg. sailed for ne
land yesterday. Commissi9ner Waldo
granted Kemmer a forty days leave Ot
absence, so that means that kemmer i'-
tends 10 remain on the police force. The
patrolman is TO visit his wife, who went
10 ireland for her health in the Spite.
The Kemmers live at No. 5ss Bainoriose
kfrset BROOKLYN,
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15

Perhaps the most celebrated OF post
humous children in history and legend Is
King Arthur Of Britain. who was born
Of his mother Ygerne after the death OF
his father King Uther. a. the Castle OF
Tintagn in Cornwall Many signs and
portcnts accompanied his birth as that
Of the champion OF his race. Some even
said that he was not his fathers son,
but a changeling supplied by the en-
chanter Merlin. who.
After teupest. when the Ions wave broke
Adov.r IN. Numbering shores Of Bude and Bos.
He found a naked child upon the SANDS
OF dark Tintagil by the COrhIsh sea
And that was Arthur
To pass on. however. 10 modern mon
arch. the present sovereign OF spain Al
fonso Mi. has been a King from the
very hour Of his birth which occurred JUST
six months after the death OF his father,
Alfonso MI. During the interval the
throne was occupied by the elder OF the
prospective little Kings two sisters. the
late Maria de las Mercedes. VINO was bu'
six years old at the time. Up 10 the DAY
of her death in 1904. she was the young
est OF the dethroned queens or Europe.
The birth os the baby King had been ca
gerly anticipated by all Spain. for 1t was
feared that under q queen there would
inevitably be a revival of all those In
ternal dscords and Carlist plots that had
been the blight OF Spain for nearly three
generations.
Another posthumous Kins. also OF the
historic house Of Bourbon, was the son OF
the late Duo de Berri. who was murdered
At the Paris opera February l3 1890.
Eight months after the dukes assassina-
tion his widow. daughter Of FRANCOIS !,
King of the Two Siciies, gave birth 10
a son. who received the name OF Henri,
ard the title OF Due de Bordeaux from
his granduncle. King Louis ANlll Of
France
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
TOTAL OF $65,345
DEPOSITS BY BECKER
Continued from first page.

will implicate the four police inspectors
ger Mr.. whitman intimated yesterday
that that was bound 10 be slow work
He has no intention OF allowing that
inquiry TO take precedence over the
murder end, because he feels strongly
that the manner of Rosenthars murder
was nothing less than brazen chal-
lenge from the police ring TO warn 9TH
ers not to give information against the
system" to the District Attorney
Along the line OF the graft inquiry
Mr.. Whitman said last night that it
was probably inevitable that exagger-
ated and distorted stories would become
public in various ways, stories such as
would link up the names or identities
Of prominent business men whose ac-
tivities necessarily brought them in
contact with men in big gambling and
police circles. but that he felt that the
publication OF such data as accurate
bank records OF astounding deposits by
moderate sslaried police officials would
point out the real trail of graft more
quickly than anything else could.
Explained, Says Lawyer.
John F. Mcintyre, Becker's chief
counsel, who returned yesterday after
three days absence from the city, hal
long conference with his client In the
Tombs and subsequently called on Mr.
Whitman. When asked what Becker
had TO say about his various bank ac-
counts which the District Attorney hal
traced :, far, Mr.. Mcintyre declared
that Becker had explained them to him
satisfactorily. The lawyer denied, how
ever, that Becker had any such
amounts deposited in banks as has
been ment' med.
I'm a general way / went over the
statements printed to-day about his
banking transactions" said Mr.. McIn-
tyre. "In every instance he gave me
satisfactory explanation. When all
these reports are sifted they will be
found TO have very little foundation. IL
is ridiculous TO suppose thad Becker
had any such amount of money on de-
posit as has been reported"
Becker's lawyer said he had made no
attempt yet TO ascertain from the
banks concerned whether there was
foundation for the statements printed.
Even II they were true, what does
IT matter" said Mr. Mcintyre. 'r
have been retained to defend Becker on
a charge of murder. and no other. I
fail 10 see that these bank accounts
are in any way material in this con-
nection'
The lawyer said he was hard at work
on the preparation Of his clients case
and that he confidently expected to ac-
quit Becker Of the charge against him
He said there was no truth in the re-
ports that Becker might decide TO tell
| the District Attorney what he knew
about the Rosenthal case in an effort to
obtain leniency.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
AMERICANS HURT IN PANAMA
Four Ship, Officers Said to Have Been
Attacked by Police Chief.

Washington. Aug. 14-Four American
officers of ship Of the Pacific Mail
Company now in the harbor OF Panama
are reported TO have been assaulted and
severely beaten by the local chief Of po-
lice.
Representations have been made TO the .
State Department and an inquiry has
been started.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
Boy Kina for Forty-eisht Hours.

In 1880. when the boy was barely ten
wears of age, his grandfather King
Charles X, faced by the July revolution.
abdicated in his favor. and the lad was
proclaimed King as Henry V OF France"
His reign. however. lasted not more than
forty-eight hours, when he was compelled
New-York tribune., 1912-08-15
Provisions OF Astor Will.

The provision Of the Astor will under
which the child will claim the inheri-
tsnce sets aside $3.OOO.OOO for each
child who shall survive the .testator." "
other than his son. William Vincent AS
tor. and his daughter. Ava Alice Muriel
Astor.
In the event Of the child's death be-
fore II attains majority the same pro-
visions hold under the will as are ap-
piled to the inheritance of Muriel Astor.
As summarized by Lewis Cass Ledyard.
who drew up the instrument. these
provisions are as follows:
I'm case Of her deathsunder twenty