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The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
suicide At GRAVE
Mystery Widow Ends Life IN
Milford, Conn, Cemetery.
knssllns In Prayer. Woman, Said %
BE From New York, Shoots Her
self IN 6raveyard-LsaVes
Note Explaining Act.

Milford, CONT am going to join
my husband Please bury ne beside
him.
With only the peneiIled note to IN
indicate her motive, Mrs. Alice De
vine. the handsome widow Of Horace
Devine. helt beside the grave Of her
husband in the cemetery here and
killed herself. putting a bullet in her
temple Her body fell across the
grave Of the man from whom she
could no longer remain separated, and
the note was found there
None Of the employees Of the Gene
terry had seen her enter, nor had any
known that she had committed sui
eide. until her body was found. Only
the earth stains on her skirt showed
that she had been in the attitude Of
prayer
To the dramatic manner in which
Mrs. Devine took her life is added the
mystery of her identity. Although
her clothing indicates that she had
been in comfortable circumstances,
there was no iewelry. or any paper
bearing an address. The note was
addressed to an undertaken, E. L
Nettleton, who had buried her hus-
bands body.
The only information Mr.. Nettleton
and John Ives, the medical examiner,
who took charge Of her body, could
gather, was that Mr.. Devine, who
once lived in Milford, had told the
few persons in this town who knew
him. that he had married woman
residing in New York city. Her ad-
dress there he did not tell, but he
had said that she had lived at various
hotels with relatives. and had no per
manent home.
Soon after their marriage those who
knew Mr., Devine said the couple NOV
ed to Ohio, where Mr.. Devine died,
His body was brought to Milford by
the widow. So far as known there
we're no children.
Mrs. Devine, who was Of medium
height, with dark eyes and brown
hair, apparently was about thirty
eight years old.
How long the couple had lived in
Milford. whether Devine had any rel.
atives here and who are Mrs, Devine's
relatives In New York city are ques'
tions the medical examiner is trying
to solve. AS no one appears to claim
Mrs. Devine's body Mr.. Nettleton
buried her at his own expense and
granted her dying wish.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
BABY is SHOT BEFORE. BIRTH.
Born With Bullet In side, Little. FeI-
low viii LIve-Man to Be Charu-
ed With Attempted Murder.

Honolulu.-To come into the world
with a .38 caliber bullet in his side
is what baby Cavalho did, and two
hours after birth the little fellow was
successfully operated upon by sur
geons who now say that he win live.
Two days ago Mrs. Juan Cavalho,
a Porto Rican woman, had a row with
her brother-in-law and was shot IN
the abdomen. Within twenty hours
the child was born and physicians
found that the bullet had embedded
itself In the little body.
The brotherlnlaw, whose name is
Ricas, has been placed under arrest
and will face a charge Of attempted
murder. though lawyers sag this will
be changed to murder in the first de-
gree II the child should die. The doc
tors, say. however, that as the mother
is in good condition and the baby an
unusually strong one neither Of then
is in immediate danger,
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
ORIGIN OF THE CRESCENT
Was Once Emblem Of Byzantine EN-
plre and Eastern church-Now
Regarded as Mohammedan.

London.ZThough now regarded as
essentially Mohammedan, the cres-
cent was Christian in its origin. A
crescent moon was the emblem OF the
Byzantine empire and the eastern
church, and the Turks adopted 1t as a
badge of triumph after the capture Of
Constantinople in 1853.
With reference to the crescent the
story OF the origin Of the crescent
shaped Vienna roll is worth recalling
It arose in the sixteenth century when
the Turks were besieging Vienna, and
failing to carry it by assault began
to drive mines under the walls. At
that period the citys bakehouses were
in the walls under the Notifications,
and when the mines we're almost
through the sound of the work was
heard in the underground bake houses
and the alarm given. 1t was to cele-
brate this event that the bakers adopt
ed the Turkish emblem as the shape
In which the make their bread.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
BABIES 4VANIsH" in CHICAGO
whether Children Are Slain or Not
We Cannot Tell" Says In
-. vestigator.

Chicago.-More than 1000 babies
born in this city vanish every year
without single Glow to their fate,
according to some startling figures Civ.
en- out the other day by Mrs. Gertrude
Howe Britton, superintendent of the
Juvenile Protective association at
meeting of the association. Investiga,
tors for the association have been at
work for six months looking into the
methods employed in hospitals and
maternity homes.
OF 4S9 babies, the investigators
found 143 had vanished, and there was
no record to tell what had become of
them. In the slack records of the ma
ternity institutions twenty-seven ba.
bies were entered as "given out" while
nineteen were recorded as "givep
, awayis But in no case was there q
record of the persons to whom they
were given.
"Our investigators found that the
law regarding the reports to be made
by maternity homes to the health de-
partment was not carried out" said
Mrs. Joseph 7. Bowen, president Of
the association. 1--WE find that there
are from 5000 to $500 Legitimate
children or waits born in this city ev-
cry year, and large percentage of
them disappear in manner most mys-
terious. Whether they are murdered
outright or what becomes, of them we
have not yet discovered"
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20

drawn vehicles and persons on Id
sidewalks drew back as the motor
cycle whizzed past.
The engineer was becoming fright
ened. He yelled as he approached
crossings, warning persons 70 get out
Of his way. At Ninety-sevetth street
Benedict decided to jump for it, and
he raised his feet from the rests and
let go the handle bars.
The motorcycle bounded over the
sidewalk, tore down seven feet Of
brass railing around the Victoria
apartment house at the corner Of
Ninety-seventh street and dropped
down into the areaway, seven feet be-
low the sidewalk.
Benedict followed the machine In
his fall into the areaway he thrust
his arm through a basement windoW
and then dropped unconscious.
A crowd gathered and a call was
sent to j. Hood Wright hospital ioE
sn ambulance, but before 1t arrived
passing automobile took the uncon
scious engineer to the Red Cross hos
pital at 10th street and Central Parl
West. There he was turned over Il
Dr. Malcolm Munkitrick, who fount
that his skull was crushed at the bas'
and he had broken ribs and interna
injuries. Two hours after he was ad
mitted to the hospital Benedict died.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
FATu
MOTORCYCLES h
Admitted He Knew Littl. 4.
Machine, but Said He w.
"SOme MaChinist.s

New YOrk-Christopher R.
engineer of the yacht HOigrSs.
ehered on the Columbia Ysrs.
at the foot Of West Eighty-siTtb -.
acquired a new motorcycle n. y
morning. and in the afterpoo'
nouneed to his mates that he =.
ing ashore for a ride.
Going to desert the sea e.
senedfct was asked as he Hitss
new machine into a small boat
NO; but I'm going to breaE =.
records" replied the engineer
To see Benedict start OF sever,
the crew went ashore with him
admitted that he knew little abou,
Grating the machine, but added.
I'm some machinist though
Benedict mounted his wheel ,
started north. He had not go,.
block before it was running awav
was going a fifty mile pace beto,.
had made two blocks, and he a.
not slow down.
The drive was crowded. He IN,
his way past automobiles and ho
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
Man Peers Into Barrel, Loses Balance
and Rolls Down Street-NalIs
Cause Him to Howl.

Williamsburg, pam animated
barrel rolling along Kent avenue, near
South Tenth street, caused pedestrians
to pause in open-mouthed wonder.
From the headless end of the barrel
protruded pair Of legs. From the
general interior issued muffled howls
for help.
Within the barrel-but the fact did
not appear at the moment-was a good
deal of Thomas Roach, a machinist
living at No. 30 Norton street, and
some nails. The nails were extremely
irritating to Roach and disastrous to
his clothes, hence the howls.
Roach-and this also became evil
dent after the man had been removed
from the barrel and the nails from his
anatomy-got into the barrel and q
large amount Of trouble through cur
iosity. Wishing to know what was
within he peeked in. lost his balance
and fell in.
Encountering the nails Roach rolled
into the middle Of the street in vain
effort to detach himself. But the
further he rolled the more tenacious
did the nails lay hold of his clothes
and flesh and the greater was his
agony. Roach waved his legs as an
added plea for help, but none came.
Pedestrians seemed to think the
man in the barrel might be paying Q
bet and as his antics were highly
amusing they set to and helped roll
him until he had progressed a block
They were still rolling when Police
man Bender Of the Clymer street sta
: tion appeared He tried to pull the
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20

When his wife and children arrn ed
Stubblefield did not recognize them
either.
Stubblefield can tell little Of his ex.
perience the last two years. He re.
members only of falling off box car
near. Texhoma, but does not know
when it was. He says that his name
is not Stubblefield, but Colorado Pete,
and is offended if called by his right
name. When he came to his mothers
home he was without shoes, hat OF
coata. He said he had lost them while
In swimming.
Stubblefeld was a member Of the
Redmen and Of the Carmen. Those
orders spent several hundred dollars
in trying to find him. Two men were
sent to. Texhoma, but found no trace
of him. Then reward was offered by
the lodges for any information lead
Ing to his discovery.
Stubblefield never had any domestic
troubles. He"had no debts to worry
him and there was not motive for
him to leave home. He was often alb
sent-minded and one cold morning
came to work without a coat or hat.
He said he had forgotten them.
Z. Mrs. Stubblefield has held down the
claim in her husbands absence and
has taken care of their four small
children.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
at Is Only That Blessed Parrot"

the parrot achieved fame. A regi,
mental band engaged by the burgo.
master to serenade the former presi.
dent started to play in front Of the
American legation. The parrot seem
ed to take this as a challenge and
Immediately entered into such noise
making competition that he got into
the newspapers.
Crown Prince Leopold read about 1t
and straightaway developed great in.
terest in the feathered diplomat.
Learning this, Minister Bryan sent the
parrot to the crown prince as a pres.
ent. For a few days it was treated
as an honored guest at the royal pal.
ace at Laeken, hanging in King AL
bert's study, but became so talkative
and SO often interrupted the royal
councils that it was consigned to
Prince Leopold's playroom. After a
time the prince tired of the pet and
then it was sent to his grandmother.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
STOMACH WAS A JUNK SHOP.
"Human Ostrich" Operated On and
Knives, Nails, Keys and Pieces
of iron Removed.

Pittsfield, Mass.-Luke Parsons, the
human ostrich" who was in training
for his annual Thanksgiving feast oil
jack knives and spikes, for which ne
has a special fondness, was operated
on at the house of Mercy hospital the
other night and 1872 nails, two keys,
six knives and a piece of iron were re-
moved from his stomach and intes
tines.
DR.. W. G. Wilder, the hospital ply
sician, assisted by DR.. l. S. F. DOdd'
performed the operation. The nalls
had punctured the abdomen and perl
tonitis resulted, which led Parsons 10
apply for admission to the hospital on
his statement that my digestion IS
out OF order"
While he was working as a carpen-
ter, ten years ago Parsons accidentally
swallowed some shingle nails. Tne
diet gave him no trouble and he TOOK
to training with nails as regular
menu, and adding jack knives anu
pieces Of tin with button hooks as q
salad and keys for dessert.
Il am feeling pretty hungry TINS
afternoon" he said one day, and TO
satisfy his hunger he swallowed a
gross of collar buttons.
Parsons told his surgeons he nau
eaten no solid" nourishment in lion
or steel since last Thanksgiving. He
is forty years old
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
RAGGED BEeGAR WAS
HER LONG LOST SON
Kansan Who Had MysteriOusly
Disappeared Came to Moth
eF's Home in DaZe.

Pratt, Kan.-Thomas Stubblefeld,
who mysteriOusly disappeared from
this city in April 1sle, has been found.
Stubblefeld was a car repairer in the
Rock Island shops here. At the time
Of his disappearance he was holding
down a claim in Oklahoma near Tex
homa. In April. 1910. he took ten
day layof and started for his claim.
He got as far as Guymon, where he
STAYED all night with his brother-in-
law. He took q freight train for Tex
homa' the next morning.
That was the last seen of him by
his family until a few days ago, when
he came to his mothers front door in
Mcdowell, No, and asked for some
thing to eat. The mother recognized
her son, but saw that be did not
know her She called Stubblefeld's
wife, who was living with a brother.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
Repeats Everything He Hears
and Always, Of Course, at
the Wrong Time.
GIFT FROM AMERICAN
Initiates the Voice Of the Countess Of
Flanders Exactly and Often Issues
Orders Which Seem to Come d.
reetly From Her.

Brussels.-Among the pets of King
Albert's mother, the countess of
Flanders, is a parrot, which is the ter
ror Of the household. It is a male
Polly" a remarkable talker with an
extensive vocabulary, a great memory
and unusual powers of mimicry. He
repeats everything he hears, always,
Of course. at the wrong moment.
Sometimes he is banished from the
countess apartments. Then those
who are near him talk in whispers OF
on their fingers ian art the parrot has
not yet acquired; otherwise when he
went back to his place near the coun-
tess he would reel off every word he
had heard in the exact tone of the
speaker, with dire results, as has oft
en- happened.
He initiates the voice of the coun-
tess of Flanders exactly and often is
sues orders which seem to come from
her, throwing everything into confu-
sion.
The other day, when new foreign
minister called for his first visit and
was being conducted into the salon, he
heard what seemed to be most uncom-
plimentary things said in the coun-
tess voice about himself and his
country. He started back in indigns-
tion.
Take no notice." remarked the of.
fetal who was escorting him. 1T is
only that, blessed parrot"
In explanation of the chatter that
startled an envoy 1t may be noted
that this bird has had a diplomatic
career. Charles Page Evans got it in
Rio Janeiro. 10 years ago, when
! American minister to Brazil, kept it
in the legation at Berne when he was
transferred to Switzerland, carried it
to Portugal and brought it here two
years ago when he was promoted to
this post.
When Colonel Roosevelt came here
in 1910 on his way home from Africs
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
PIRATES" ARE TAKEN

But their elation had overstepped
caution and they had sent postal
cards to friends in Long Island City
telling Of the scheme and that they
intended to load the vessel with all
the booty stored in the cave. These
postal cards fell into the hands of the
police.
All four prisoners were charged
with burglary, but Cuzio and Romano
were discharged for lack of evidence
Timberlain and Donati we're held for
the action of the grand jury.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
RaIIroad eana Is acuesIesa.v =

Palmer, Mass.-Massachusetts can
boast of "cussless" railroad gang
1t is the construction camp ruled over
by Gustav Landberg. Swedish by birth,
but Chicagoan by residence. Land
berg is member of the International
Bible Students Association and runs
his camp according to the golden rule.
He has posted these three rules and
enforces their observance: mo swear
ing, no fighting and no intoxicating
liquors allowed III this campp
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
CATCH 21,75o FISH IN A DAY
Six Japanese Make Fine YeIIowtaV
Haul on Hook and Line at
Santa Monica, Cal.

Santa Monica, Cal.--All records for
the number Of fish caught one day at
this beach were broken when 21,750
yellowtail were caught at the long
wharf by six Japanese fishermen with
ordinary hook and line tackle.
Three schools Of yellowtail swan to
the wharf early and remained all day.
The Japanese fishermen, who made
the catch from boats, were exhausted
from landing the fish when evening
came, and their arms were numb.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
GOLD DROVE HER TO DEATH
Buried Treasure, Undiscovered, 10
Cause Of Woman's Suicide at
Council Grove, Kan.

Council Grove, Kan.-Worry over
her inability to find $4,000 in gold
which she knew to be buried In an
iron pot on her farm is believed to
have caused a fit Of dependency
which led to the suicide here Of Mrs.
Joseph Rutledge. who shot herself
through the head.
The woman's husband had concealed
his savings in his own way, promis.
ing to reveal the cache to his wife be.
fore he died. His death came sudden.
ly last February, before he could re-
veal the hiding place.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
Youths Come to Grief When
They Board Yacht.
Arrests Follow the Lootlng Of Many
Vessels at Anchor OF Nyaek, N.
Y-Leader Told Of Huge For
tunes That Awaited Them.

New York,-Like a black visaged
tale of the days when Captain Kidd
swept the sea, was the yarn unfolded
In court in Nyack when four youths
with the lure of the southern deep,
strong In them, were arraigned on a
charge of burglary following an at
tempt to steal the $4,000 yacht of
James B. Hammond
Two months ago the gasoline yacht
Of H. R. Humphreys, a member of
the Albany Yacht club, disappeared
from her moorings off Tarrytown.
Fine cruising and inland yachts were
stripped of their binnacles, glasses,
charts, canvas and various other
equipment.
Chief Of Police Curran, of Nyack, had
had detectives working along the riv-
or shore for weeks, and a fortnight
ago discovered veritable pirates
cove back Of the old Flatrock Com
pany property at Mack. In machine
shop and a rocky recess were
stored various appliances and ap-
purtenances from steamboats,, yachts
and sailing vessels amounting in value
to several thousand dollars.
The arrest of Doc Lehman follow
cd October 23, and three weeks lat
or Joseph Romano, of No. 1873 Wash
ington avenue, and Edward Timber
lain, of Long Island City were made
prisoners on a charge of robbery, it
being believed they could tell much
about the pirate raids along the Hud-
son. Dadinic Cuzio, of No. 101 Wash
ington avenue, and Robert Donati, of
Sherman street and Washington ave
,'nue, Long Island City, were arrested,
also, charged with robbery.
~ Ypoc'' Lehman, according to the
,sstorhss, was the brainU of the crew.
He mad appeared on the shores Of
Long Island some weeks ago in a
fine poSef feyacht He told rosy sto-
riees Of cruise to the southern seas,
where he expected to find millions of
dollars worth Of pearls. He confded
the theft Of the yacht, and that he had
renamed her the Serpent Angelo
Caffone and Joseph Caffone, Dominick
Cuzio, Joseph Romano, Edward Tim.
berlain and Robert Donati all fell
into the lure Of the sea and started
up the Hudson with Lehman. The
Caffone boys rebelled and were put
ashore. At Troy Cuzio and Romano
left.
But the pirates, embolden by past
successes, now tried the brilliant feat
that led to their downfall. The
Lounger II. was anchored of the Ham
mond estate at Nyack and was fully
equipped for deep sea voyage, witt
gasoline and provisions aboard, She
had been left unguarded for moment
in the night when, it is charged, Doc
Lehman and his trusty followers wen
aboard her. Lehman was past mas
ter at gasoline engines and soon thu
motor was purring at lively rate ant
the Lounger was slowly nosing out in
to the Hudson.
Suddenly there was q rude shaking
and the vessel stopped, with her en-
-gines pumping ahead. She had caugh
on a great cable stretched across th'
y little harbor to prevent just such al
emergency and there she stuck. Un
able to move her forward or back, tn,
pirates took 70 the small boats an'
escaped
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
Rat Trap Catches Gator.

New Orleans.-The rat catchers.
who still continue the fight begun
months ago when the bubonic plague
broke out In Havana, to rid the river
front of rats, made an unexpected
catch. In one of the spring traps they
found four-foot alligator. 1t is sup
posed to have come from the shallow
water under the wharves.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
CURIOSITY BRINGS ODD RIDE

prisoner out, but desisted when Roach
shrieked with pain.
Peering into the barrel Bender saw
the nails and got a saw and an axe.
BY liberal use of both he finally ex-
tricated pretty much all of Roach and
some Of his clothes. Then he sent to
the Eastern District hospital for an
ambulance. The surgeon took Roach
into the ambulance and applied plaster
until he looked more or less like ia
patchwork quilt. Then Roach went
home.
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
"cot the Goods"

Chicago.-In order to detect"
hand book detective Buckingham hid
in a garbage can in the rear OF
cigar store. He got the goods" hui
spoiled his clothes
The Southern herald., 1912-12-20
Nab Bill nRaiser."

Hammond, Ind.-Ega MaIatin, ar.
rested by Feueral authorities, Is ac,
cused of raising $40 to 500 bills
ard passing them on several big banks
In the middle west
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10
KIDNEY DISEASES INCREASE 1877
PER GENT IN THE CITY OF OH.
.cAuo IN ONE GENERATION.

IN. Of the NEST appalling facts
brought to light by the Statistics Of tho
DATED States Census Bureau Ia the In
,.fease " Kidney and Bladder Diseases.
~ less than enc generation these dread
nui ailments have increased 1877 per
.,rnt in the city Of Chicago and In mach
che same ratio in other parts Of the
~ nited States.
JLsse diseases arise almost wholly
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machine They may Ia due /. over
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.. " under work. 10 fact, to any Of thoss
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Every three minutes tho entire blood
supply pAsses through the Kidneys,
which act as very ans alters, separating
the waste from the pure blood aud elm
mating It through tho bladder.
Daring the years Of hard work thu
Kidneys break down. causing Bladder
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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10
NOTICE.

A meeting Of tht summit Creamery Com
psny. q, hereby called TO meet at the once
OF said company. In Uoytsville. summit
."cunty. Utah, on the ard day NJ June. 1919
a. ~ o'clock ., IN The purpose Of said
meeting l. to submit to the stock holder, VI
said uempany the question ~ amending the
Artietcs Of incorporation of said company.
by Increasing the capital stock Of said com.
pany from Ave thousand dollar. to eight
thousand dollars, and adding tn the pursuit
ana epiiness of said company q general
laundry business. ], ". LEE
Secretary Of summit Creamery Compa.y
2. II. Medley, Attorney,
CnAlyilie. Utah.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-10

There was born on Tuesday MORN
Ing 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Bosco Luvty, .
fine daughter, mother and child
doing nicely. This Is tho first arrival
for rho young parents, who ARE Aa
proud Of their new charge ~ may
be. Mrs. Cells Lusty. In tell
ing IN Of the interesting event, could
not avoid letting. US know that this
is her Arst grAnd-child. Evan ston
Press.