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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
MAHASKA COUNTY
:. FARMER ENDS LIFE

Oskaloosa, March 22.-(SpeciaD-
George E. Sarver, retired farmer,
aged so, former resident Of Lee
county, committed suicide last even
ing by drinking half a pint of carbolic
acid. He had been mentally unbal-
anced for several days through over
exertion and worry over failing health.
He leaves a widow and family of
three matured children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE-In session at 2 p. m.

at noon.
Labor committee heard advocates OF
Hughes-Borah industrial commission
bill.
Considered resolutions calling on
secretary of war for the number OF
Apache Indians held prisoners OF
war at Fort Sill, Okla.
Representative Palmer CT Pennsyl-
vania, made an unsuccessful attempt
to discharge the Indian affairs COM
mittee from further consideration
of his resolution calling for informa-
ton on the Apache Indians.
Adjourned out Of respect to the
memory Of the death of Representa-
tive Foster Of Vermont, at / o'clock
until noon Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
ALLEGED DYNAMITER
ESCAPED PRISON

Leavenworth. Kan, March 22.-Wil-
liam Smith, alias Brown, a former fed
eral prisoner who admitted that he had
placed dynamite and guns in the
United States prison here five months
ago, escaped today from the state
penitentiary at Lansing near here,
where he was serving a sentence for
burglary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
IF Nebraska InStructS For
Harmon Bryan Says He'll
Bolt the State Delegation

Lincoln Neb 22-Declaring is
tionary street William Bryan has given
attacking candidacy OF the ONO
governor Mr. Bryan taken by Senator
HIt ing aNuoDH a,plS
..eooe \8ol'o'' actVe ala OF wall
49, l"", long lot proeIes-
pinci astrun1ental surrenderhg
predatory interests II Nebraska
for Harmon Mr. Bryan viii refuse to serve as
will instead Baltimore
as an individual do what he the
a progressive democrat
= :
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
One Below at La Crosse.

La Crosse, Wis. March 22.-The
temperature today fell to one below
zero. being the lowest temperature
ever reached at this station In the last
half Of March.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-23
Fighting In Paraguay.

Buenos Ayres, Argentina, March %.
A fierce battle between the revolu-
tionaries and the government forces
in Paraguay has been going on for
some time and is still raging, accord
ing to kilograms received here from
Asuncion today.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

electricity. The cells are heavily
barred and all along in front OF
them and foot or two from them
runs a wire netting. When the con-
demned talks to friends or family.
he has his bars and this netting
between him and them. There is a
window at the far end OF the cor
ridor looking over the small exer-
else yard.
And at his right is the small door
painted green.
At each end of the Death House
is a guard. They will watch him
until THE Little Green Door" opens
for him.
When the condemned enter their
cells pipes and tobacco are fur
nished to them and a wide range
OF books for those who wish to
read. The daily spell Of exercise,
the three meals, the weekly bath
and shave and an lnfrequent visit
from lawyer or near relatlon-from
whom they remain separated by cell
door and the wire screen-are the
only material breaks in the mo-
notony Of the weeks or months OF
feeting hopes and growing despair
that stand between them and their
first and last personal experience
with THE Little Green Door,"
OF all their apprehension, their
horror and their gradually be-
numbing despair, THE Little Green
Door" Is tho focus. Though they
know that beyond the Door stands
the death-dealing electric chair.
they cannot see It. The chair is
an abstraction, THE Little Green
Door" an eyer-present reality. They
can see it with their eyes shut. 1t
is like magnet, attracting ire
slstibly the metal Of all their senses.
"On one side Is life-such as 10
is-on the other instant death.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

Irresistible in It's fascination. And
to us the Death Chamber ie but
The Room With the Little Door.
Thus wrote Roland Burnham
Molineux, who lived to tell the
tale. For, though THE Little
Green Door" exercised its fascina-
tions upon him through four nerve
destroying years. it never opened
for him, and he passed out the way
he entered-into the sunlight.
Now the Door" Is fastening itself
upon the minds and hearts Of five
who cannot yet recover from their
astonishment that 1t was possible
10 bring them into It's presence.
Astonishment, and the fate OF
their appeal for little while will
rob The Little Green Door OF the
fulness Of It's terrors for these five;
but long before the matter OF the
appeal is settled the Door" will
have begun to work its spell. The
door" is no respecter of appeals.
It is the exit from the Death House
into Death. To occupy cell in the
Death House, appeal or no appeal,
is to be the ordained victim OF tho
Doors destinations. Even by now
the five seem to be hearing 1t say
to them:
"Aha, the appeal! An appeal Is
only an appeal-it can be denied.
But always l am here, ready to
open and admit you to the eternal
shadows. Watch me; when next I
open it may be for you-all in a
moment, as I. close again, to blot
you forever out of the sight Of your
fellow men,"
Curiously enough the head or
Beckers cot touches the wall on
the spot which is almost directly
opposite the point on the other side
where the waiting chair all but
rests its back against 1t, A few
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

the passage leading to the Execution
Chamber; beyond this are three
more cells-one now used as q store
room-which abut on the wall which
separates the Death House from
Principal Keeper Connaughton's
office. The Morgue lies on the other
side Of the Execution Chamber
Across the corridor OF the Death
House are two tiers, the lower of
eight cells, the upper or four.
The upper four at the en-
trance. end of the Death House are
now occupied by "Gyp the Blood"
Lefty Louie" whitley Lewis" and
"Dago Frank" counting from that
end. The upper tier cell directly
holds "Whitey Lewis" but all five
are within plain view OF each other
except when curtains are drawn
across their cell doors
No one OF the four gunmen can
approach the door Of his cell and
not see "The Little Green Door,"
whose sinister significance grows
upon him day by day. Becker, from
his cell, can see their eyes turned
upon Though he cannot sec 1t
from his cell door. He knows.
though, at what they are looking
and he himself cannot escape the
sight Of it whenever he is taken out
for his exercise hour. He feels its
presence at all times.
What is the road that leads to
the little door? After the con-
demned has entered Sing Sing he
is dressed in the plain gray costume
OF the Death House. Keepers take
him through corridors Of the prison
until a great gray door Of steel
stands before him This Is opened
and he enters. He is in a long, mar
row room lighted brilliantly with
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
Leads from Sing Sings Death House to The Chair, "
1T Is the Threshold of the Graue---None of the
Condemned Ever Forget 1T, No One Who
Passes Through It Euer Returns

men. has already learned that
there are two distinct sets OF gov.
erning regulations within the Death
House-the prison rules and the un-
written laws observed by the COM
munity Of those under sentence OF
death. The first night following
the arrival Of new member wit
nesses his initiation. This cere-
mony, which is one of the Death
House secrets, and in which each
condemned man in his cell plays
part through the medium OF speech
and song, is the newcomers ghast-
ly adieu to all that he represented
in the outer world. and seals him to
all OF the habits and observances
Of the doomed fraternity up to the
moment when "The Little Green
Door" shall close behind him for
ever.
In the case OF an appeal, which
acts automatically as stay of exc.
cution. and the appeal Is denied
there is mystery in the Death House
about the new date OF the now quite
hopeless prisoners taking off. No
verbal announcement is made to
him. but presently there are signs
which none can misunderstapd.
Ono Saturday, on stepping from
his bath, tho fortunate one" as his
comrades call him, is ordered into
a new cell It Is the cell next to
the Door" Here" as Molineux
wrote. me receives everything new;
new bedding, new clothes from head
to foot, and then his knicknacks,
pipe, tobacco, boxes. books. and the
package OF letters from home, reg
ged and blurred from reading and
rereading-after all have been care.
fully searched. But he knows that
he has received something else
his unuttered notice that one week
from the following Monday he will
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

card, and YOU so and take a shop"
Then he walked out.
The poor cigarette maker shook
his head and smiled at the strang-
ers advice and then, glancing at
his card, saw, with a shock, that
his vigitor was the Prince of Wales.
He. however, went around London,
with no money, but with the Prince
Of Wales's card as reference, and
soon he had his shop and every
thing else that he needed to set him
up.
King Edward remained one Of his
customers. He made lots of money
and sold Turkish cigarettes to all
the crowned heads OF Europe,
To-day the tobacco manufacture.
Ing firm he founded is wondering
what Is going to happen to the
Turkish tobacco supplies now that
the Turks are being swept out of
Europe,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

80 because OF this 1t becomes
living being in the minds OF the
condemned. 1t has personality.
1t is not therefore "a door," or IAN
entrance" It is "The Little Green
Door," No one knows who christ
ened it that first-but no one ever
thinks Of calling it anything else.
1t dominates tho Death House,
sThe Little Green Door. Those
few who have escaped 1t ten OF the
horrible fascination it Yields. Un-
til recently the occupant OF every
cell in the Death House had an un.
interrupted view of it, but the build
ing of a necessary annex added
several cells on the side next to the
Execution Chamber, from within
which the door Of the final exit is
not visible. In one Of these-the
one opposite the death chair It.
self, standing close to the wall
on the other side-Becker is placed.
There is one cell between his and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
What the War Means to Cigarette "Fiends"

facturer Of Turkish cigarettes in
London-whose ancestor founded
the business under most romantic
circumstances.
Fifty-four years ago a man who
made Turkish cigarettes in a little
garret in Air street, Piccadilly, re-
ceived a. visit from stranger who
had heard of his cigarettes from q
club friend,
They had a chat, anc the
stranger, as be was about to leave,
said. Very good cigarettes, but
why don't you take a shopf Take
a shop! Take a shop!"
u have no money to take a
shop" said the man, who was
only making small living at his
trade. which was new to London.
"Oh. that doesn't matter. said
the stranger, cheerfully. here's my
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

X EARLY all OF tho best Turk
nj ish tobacco Is grown on soil
\ from which the Bulgarians,
seryians and Greeks have driven
their enemies Of the Ottoman EN-
pire. It is certain that for at least
three years the amount of tobacco
grown in European Turkey will be
small. Two-thirds OF the popula-
ton Of the villages have gone, and
it will be a long time before enough
men are tempted back TO grow the
tobacco
An inevitable result will be that
laborers' wages will leap up, as the
tobacco growers will offer anything
for their services, and it Is equally
certain that the price Of Turkish
tobacco will rise-no one can tell
how high
This is the prediction OF manu-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

xeT HE Little Green Door" is
the door between the
Death House at Sing Sing
Prison and the Execution Chamber,
The Death House is where con-
demned murderers wait for the sum-
mons that will take them through
Tho Little Green Door" When
they pass its threshold, they as
eend "The Chair," from which their
souls are hurtled out of their bodies
on 10000 volts of electricity.
The Little Green Door" never
opens except for this very definite
summons. On one side Of it is life
on the other, death! That is all
there is to it
But the door Is not simply a thing
Of steel plates, bolts and bars to
the occupants Of the Death House.
It is the entrance to the grave, the
little acolyte to Death, who keeps
watch over the condemned. And
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22
,r c"The Chair" D--Guards Duty Nigh. and Day. E-The

Whenever we look out of our cages
VIC see It; we close our eyes-we
still see It. When exercising in
the corridor one passes and re-
passes IT.; though we walk away, we
know We are going towards 1t.
Thinking by day and dreaming by
night. 1t Is always with us, and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

moments after "The Little Green
Door" next opens. Becker-if he
places his ear against the wall
VIII hear the creaking Of the chairs
straps as the mysterious current
ends life in the straining body Of
his recent comrade.
Becker, and even the four gun
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-22

Pictorial Diagram of the Death 1ouss
at Sing Sing. A-The Little Green
Door" B-The Little Yellow Door
That Faces the Execution Chan.
Prison Morguc. F. Store Room.
be moved again. No questions are
ever asked; he has seen it all be.
lore, But should he ask, the only
reply would be Il don't know"
Now. the unwritten etiquette of
the community Is most punctilious.
ly observed. The comrade for
whom The Little Green Door" win
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29

: The q
!, e. S.
i. Now
Indian|
ords of
nan of
ion, th|
4 of TIL
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29
ELECTION NOTICE

in its stead, but not more than three
in all shall be Issued to any one voter.
Five minutes time is allowed in booth
to mark ballot. Unofficial ballots or
memorandum to assist the voter in
marking his ballot can be taken into
the booth, and may be used to copy
from. The ballot must not be shown
so that any person can see how it has
been marked by the voter.
(f) After it is marked it should be
folded SO that the inside cannot be
seen, but so that the printed indOrse-
ments and signatures of the ballot
clerks on the outside may be- seen.
Then the voter should pass out of
the booth or compartment, give his
name to the inspector in charge OF
the ballot box, hand him his ballot
to be placed in the box and pass
out Of the voting place.
-(g) A voter, who declares to the.
presiding officer that he is unable to
read, or that by reason Of physical
disability he is unable to mark his
ballot, can have assistance of one or
two election officers in marking same,
to be chosen by the voter; and If he
declares that he is totally blind, he
may be assisted by any person chosen
by him from among the legal voters
of the county. The presiding officer
may administer an oath in his dis
erection as to such persons disability.
(h) The following is a facsimile OF
the official ballot:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29

hi If a voter wishes to vote for all
the candidates nominated by any par
ty he shall make cross or other mark
under the party designation printed
at the top of the ballot in the circle
made for that purpose. A ballot so
marked and having no other mark will
be counted for all the candidates Of
that party in the column underneath,
unless the names Of some OF the can
didates of the party have been erased
or name shall be written in or cross
mark be placed in the square at the
right of the name or names OF cand1-
dates i'm another column Ii the voter
does not wish to vote for all the can
didates nominated by one party, he
shall mark his ballot by making
cross or mark in the square at the
right of the name of the candidate for
whom he intends to vote or by insert
ing or writing in the name OF the
candidate.
fc) A voter may vote for an entire
group of candidates for presidential
electors by making cross (X) or
mark in the square at the right OF the
names of candidates for president and
yice-preSident whose names appear IN
the column above the names OF the
candidates for presidential electors, or
he NAV vote for the candidates for
presidential electors by making q
cross Ky or mark in the square az the
right Of the name of each candidate
for electOr for whom he wishes 70
vote. If q voter does not wish TO vote
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29
Office of.the County Clerk,
March 18th, 1912.

To THE ELECTORS OF Villas COUNTY.
Notice is hereby given that a judice
ial election is to be held in the several
towns, wards, villages and election
PRECINCTS in the county Of villas on the
second day Of April, 1912, at which the
officers named below are to be chosen.
The names of the candidates for each
office 10 be voted for, whose nomIna-
lions have been certified to or filed IN
this Office, are given under the title Of
the Office and under the appropriate
5 artV or other designation, each Units
proper column, together with the ques
lion submitted to vote, in the SAM
Die ballot below
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29
INFORMATION TO VOTERS.

The following Instructions are given
for t,he information and guidance OF
voters: fa}A voter upon entering the
rolling place and giving his name ana
residence, will receive ballot from
the ballot clerk which must have en-
dorsed thereon the names or initials
If both ballot clerks, and no other pal
lot can be used Upon receiving MS
ballot. the voter must retire alone q
q booth or compartment and prepare
the same for voting. A ballot clerk
NAV uoa inform the voter as to the proper
manner of marking a ballot, DuU ne
mnsb not advise or indicate In any
manner whom to vote Tor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29
VA BRADFoRD, couny cert, for Villas couny, Wisconsin

Here comes militant sunrase1.e >.
-. ~ tbrow down the gage of battle!
s'o .sAn thon lowest me, lead me to buzz saw.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29

read and
70 Of a CO
aded to
ess whic
avery VIII
ing the 4
himself
nuent I'd
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-03-29

ing him an illiter|
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10

The a500 tenants of the Duke of Grafton on his Huston estate. near Thetford. have received notice from his grace's agent that after March 31 next each tenant will be required to pay the amount of the poor rates payable in respect of his or her cottage Hith- erto the duke has paid the rates. The following reason has been given for the change:
 It is felt that the time has arrived when the tenants. who are entitled to vote in the election of their represen- tatives on the county and district coun- cils respectively. and who, consequent ly, to a large .extent, have the power themselves of controlling the amount of the rates. should themselves pay the rates, and thus be brought into closer touch with financial matters relating to their parish and county, which. course was strongly advocated in the report of the royal commission on the poor laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10

was told that the Magic City is about the best alfalfa market for this sec tion, though it is predicted that Mo-
 bile will become an excellent market for this section when the Alabama
 Tennessee and Northern and Tombigl bee Valley railroads begin to run
 through trains from here to the sea
 port.
 The Prairie Belt crosses the Mis-
 sissippi line about six miles from Geiger and number of farmers from
 the adjoining state have been over to the fair, driving well kept horses and mules to neat vehicles. Everybody | seems to have money down in this section ai1d they are building fine schools and churches, which is as cer-
 tain a sign of prosperity in com munity as is a well fed and contented clergy. I met circuit rider in Sum- ter county making his rounds in his own automobile
 The Methodist church that is being built in the town of Geiger is one of
 the most handsome and commodious riaces of worship in this part of the state. It will be completed in about a month and the people of this growing town are justly proud of it, whether they are members of that denomina-
 ton or not. That is one thing that im- presses the visitor here; the spirit of l town pride and community interest
 that pervades the place. An election is
 being held today to decide if the town
 ef Geiger shall be incorporated under
 the municipal code of Alabama and ] there is not doubt in the world that
 the decision will be in favor of in- 1 corporation and that the place will
 soon be chartered The citizens seem
 unanimous on the subject and if thero
 Is "knocker" in the village he does his knocking in dismal solitude. 1 In one other respect Geiger is unique. While other communities have been talking about consolidating their rural schools and furnishing transportation for the pupils to and from their homes. Geiger has gone ahead and has done | it. The schoof~bus makes a trip every school morning and evening and covers an area of six miles, making one good, big school do the work formerly dons by several small, i'll equipped schools. l A number of new houses are being built in Geiger, some of them being the property of the Pinson-G Geiger Land corporation, but J. H. Pinson said to- day that they are not being built fast enough to supply the demand and that he could fill a dozen cottages if he had them with persons desirious of moving to this place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-10

Geiger, November 9.-(Special.)- Fine stock has followed the introduc- tion of alfalfa into the territory around Geiger and prosperity has come with the happy combination. There wore nearly as many automobiles as mulo wagons at the Getger fair this week and the alfalfa fed horses, cattle, hogs and poultry made the most interesting feature of the Interstate Fair associa- tion's first exhibition.
 Fancy colts by standard bred sires, perfect beauties, that had scarcely made the acquaintance of corn or other grain in ethe course of their one to three years of existence, were shown as A demonstration of what alfalfa win do for the horse family and sew eral of the finest mule colts that have seen in the south were exhibited to the same purpose.
 Those pigs are grazers," said w L. Williamson, pointing to a pen full of Duroc Jersey shoats. '"The smaller ones are three months old and they weigh SG pounds each on an average. The larger ones are nine months old and they average 225 pounds. They hard ly know what corn is, having been fat tened entirely on alfalfa"
 Mir Williamson lives near Geiger and has something more than 100 acres in alfalfa and is increasing the area each year He has more than 100 Minorca chickens tht are fed almost entirely on alfalfa, but his pride exhibit was q number of graded Polled Angus beef cattle, the get of his thoroughbred bull, though their maternal ancestry could be traced one or two genera tions back to the common native cat tie. They have all Of the marks of aristocrats and 1t would take an ex- pert to tell that they had arisen through paternal influences from the common herd. The five months old calves he showed here averaged 415 in weight and the nine months old