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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
MICHIGAN JUDGE
FREES AUERBACH
Man Once Convicted of Fisher
Murder Given Liberty at
Jersey.

Hersey, Mich, Sept. 11.--Aftcr be-
ing tried twice for the mdrdcr OF
Harry Fisher of Chicago near Bald
win, the first time being convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment at Jack
son. Oscar NJ. Auerbach, also of Chi
cago, yesterday was aCoU.ttYd Of the
charge.
Judge Joseph Barton of Mecosta
county, who presided for Judge C.
A. Whitley of the Osceola circuit
court, took the case from the jury
and ordered a verdict of not guilty
entered.
AS the Judge went over the ground
of the testimony and pronounced the
words that freed Auerbach the audi
ence rose and gave hearty applause.
! The prosecution rested Yesterday al
ternoon. Counsel Murfin for the de-
Tense then rose and asked that all
testimony said to have been given in
the first trial be stricken out and fol-
lowed this with request thai Judge
Barton direct a verdict of not guilty
on the following grounds:
First-No evidence in the case of
any corpus deficit.
Second-No evidence in this record
to warrant even a guess at the crime
of murder.
Harry w Fisher was killed on his
fruit farm near Baldwin last Septem-
Der. Auerbach had been taken to the
farm and installed as manager by
r Fisher. One morning the mon started
out on hunting trip. They took with
them a 80 calibre rife and four cart
ridges. A short time later Auerbach
went to the home of a farmer living
nearby and told him that Fisher had
been killed when his gun accidentally
exploded by falling from a stump.
The body was taken to the Fisher
home, where it is said the widow re-
fused to look at it. An undertaken
, in Baldwin was called and asked to
: prepare the body for immediate ship
! ment and was asked to say nothing
of the occurrence.
This he refused to do, however, and
he notified the sheriff, and an inyesti
:, CATION followed. 1t was found that
> Fisher had been shot in the back
the bullet entering at right angles from
the line of the back, and it was claimed
it would have been impossible fo1
such a wound to have been made by
a gun discharged in the manner Auer
- bach said it wa discharged.
:. Auerbach was not taken into Gus
tody until after Mrs. Fisher had lief
i Baldwin with the body, taking it ives
: for burial.
At the first trial witnesses told o
, swimming and berrying picking eX
! petitions taken by Mrs. Fisher ant
: Auerbach, sometimes accompanied b.
the two little Fisher children. Othe
= witnesses told of the couple spending
- rainy afternoons in the haymow a
= the Fisher home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
LEGAL
Administrator Notice.

Estate of Elizabeth Ferkel, deceased.
The undersigned having been ap-
pointed administrator with the will an
neXed of the estate of Elizabeth Ferkel,
late of the county of Rock Island, state
of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives no.
tice that he will appear before the Hon.
Benjamin Bell, judge of the probate
court of Rock Island county, at the pro-
bate court room, in the city of Rock
Island, at the November term, on the
first Monday in November next, at
which time all persons having claims
against sal destate are notified and re-
queSted to attend for the purpose of
having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested
to make Immediate payment to the un-
dersigned.
Dated third day of September A. d
1913. FRANK FERKEL4,
Administra tor with the will annexed.
Clarence ]. Schroeder. attOrneN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Morning Grain Letter.

Chicago, Sept, 11.-Wheat cables a
disappointment. Weather map shows
g I'd rains in southwest, where badly
needed for farm work. Heavy rain
in ST. Paul, otherwise both American
and Canadian northwest clear. Posi-
hiii1se5 e Canada wheat being ad-
mitted "dUty free removed as Can
ada VIII not remove its duty on our
wheat.
Primary receipts on this years big
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

crop are running behind last years
small crop. Reports of extensive feed
ing operations in wheat in the south
west continue. Newton, nas., reports
wheat selling there at so cents and
corn at Soc. Belief is gaining among
leading houses that we are getting to-
wards domestic basis or that the
amount of carry over will be small,
even allowing for decided falling off
in exports. Southwest Iowa has been
favored with good rains.
Corn-The government report fig
ures this years hog crop same as
last This was given a bullish con.
struction. Cash handlers predicting
that old corn movement has reached
its heighth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Chicago Cash Grain.

Wheat-No. ., r, 1894; No. 3, r,
91% G93; No. 4, T, S9d91; No. ., h,
89A @S9a4; No. 3, h, ssh dS91a; No.
4, h, S56SS; No. 2, rs, 91@92; No.
3, ms, S9d9O; No. 4, ms. S5GSS; No.
2, s, 91@92; No. 3, s, ssh 69O; No.
4, s, Sass; No. l, VIC, 9O12 G91h; No.
., VIC, SS1&G91; No. 3, VIC, SSd SO; No.
!, dur, 9OG91; No. ., dur, 89G90;
No. 3, dur, S7QS9; No. l, ms, 9112 q
931k.
Corn-No. ?, 77G7S; No. 2, W, 7724
DISK; No. ?, y 77d7S; No. 8, ia
TN; No. 5, W, 77iim78; No. 8, y,
77977A; No. 4, 7G12 @77l4; No. 4, W,
77d77s4; No. 1, y. 7G12 q 7714; sym
and sgy, 74m76.
Oats-No. ., 43la; No. ., w, 44t4 a
441h; No. 8, W, 1904; No. 4, W,
42R@4314; standard, 4444f1I; sgw
40q421a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Drift of the Weather.

Illinois-Showers and cooler to-
night or Friday.
Iowa-Generally fair tonight and
Friday, preceded by unsettled in the
east Friday; cooler Friday.
Observation-Disclosures, showers this
afternoon and in east and south; much
cooler tonight and Friday; much cool,
er in the southeast tonight; cooler to-
night.
Minnesota-Fair tonight and Fri
day; cooler tonight in south.
North and South Dakotas-Fair to
night and Friday.
Enthusiastically fair tonight
and Friday; cooler east, warmer il
west.
Enthusiastically fair tonight ant
Friday; cooler tonight.
Montana-Fair tonight and Friday
Probably frost tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Executors Notice,

Estate OF Joseph H. Chandler de-
ceased
The undersigned having oeen ap-
pointed executor n1 the last will and
testament of Joseph H. Chandler late
of the county OF Rock Island state of
Illinois deceased hereby gives notice
Benjamin F. Bell. judge of the probate
court Of Rock Island county. at the
probate court room. in the city of Rock
Island. at the July term, on the first
Monday in July next. at which time ali
persons having claims against said es-
tate are notified and requested to at
tend for the purpose OF having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted 10
said estate are requested TO make i'm
mediate S2S@S.: - :+s undersigned
Dated sth Gay OF Mag. a. D. is1E
FREDERICK APPELQUIST
James ". Aaucker. attorney
Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Call Bids on Track Chicago.

Corn-lO days track, No. 3, m, 1872 +;
No. 3. W. 7G1a; No. 3, Y, &c. septem,
Der track, No. 3, n, 70; No. 3, W,
761a; No. 3. y, 76. October track, No.
3, IN, 70; No. 3, W, "A; No. 3, y, "A.
Year track No. 3, m, 6S1a; No 3, W,
6S1a; No. 3, y, 6S2.
Oats-1O days track, No. 9, W, 4224 ;
standard, 43i4; No. ?, W, 431a. Septem
Der track, No. 3. W, 4224; standard
431s; No. ., W, 43s!. October track
No. 3, W. 431s; standard, 43l4; No
2, ", 43%4.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
AGWER'S REVIEW
Morning Grain Letter.

Chicago, Sept. 11.-Oats: Excellent
cash demand. Bull leaders show no
disposition to take profits. Yester-
days cash sale were $4,000. Farm
ers continue to be slow sellers. Trad
ers inclined to take bearish views of
the crop report. This should be dis
regarded. Oats are too much discount
ed as compared with other foodstuffs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

Chicago and New York markets fur
nished by E. w. Wagner & Co., mem
bers Chicago Board OF Trade; grain,
provisions, stocks and cotton; private
wires to all financial centers. Core
spondents on the New York Stock and
Cotton Exchanges. Tri-city Office IN
Rock Island hotel Phono Rock Is
land 800.
P. ]. MCCORMICK, Manager. .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

Lima-Prcsident Biliinghurst sent to
Peru's congress a special message in
which he explained the country's eco
nomic conditions and emphasized the
necessity for negotiating a loan OF
$50, 100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

Los Angeles. w. Byrnes was held
for a preliminary examination Sept
1G on a charge of defrauding G. P
Friesz, an Illinois farmer, out of So
600 through a fake horse race.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

robbery was only one of a series in
which an estimated total of about !
100000 in jewels and valuables had |
been stolen from wealthy homes III
north shore colonies this last summer.
An organized gang, including several
women, are believed responsible for
the depredations.
The maid was caught shortly after
| 8 O'Clock at 4730 South State street.
| Her arrest was the elimination of a
| two weeks search. The detectives
were handicapped at first by not know
! ing the exact date of the robbery. The
! Spiegels did not discover the jewels
had been stolen until about twenty
days ago, when Mrs. Spiegel looked for
a valuable lace waist. 1t was not to
be found Search revealed the alb
sence of other valuables. including
iewelry, old linens and laces. 1t was
estimated the loss was not less than
$4,000, although this figure may be
far tao low in view of the fact that
the extent of the robbery is as yet
undiscovered.
Mr.. Spiegel admitted the substan-
tory of the stolen articles.
, One pearl necklace, SO pearls. $4,000
: One platinum set pearl ring. SO. 700
Lingerie, imported lace, etc.. coo
: Spanish shawl ............... loo
: Smaller articles of jewelry. ..... $500
e Total. Sl0,ooI
e at is the most mysterious case,
said Mr. Spiegel when a reporter call
t ed at his residence. II haven't the
+ least idea how it was done. 1t came
o to light when my wife tried to fine
a waist. She telephoned me at once
that was about three weeks ago-anC
| had the boys engage the Burns de
tective agency.
Some of the thingS-those we valu
h the most-had, perhaps the least valu
4 to the thieves. Some of the smalle
y jewelry had belonged to my wife;
mother. 1t had been in the famil,
forty or fifty years.
FL 81 haven't INDUCED in any theories o
my own. Not thing was disturbe
in my wife's rooms. We might no
have known of the loss yet if sh
hadn't happened to look for tina
r waist"
IL The Yates woman had been a mai
Of in the Spiegel household for five year;
n Neither the detectives nor her en-
Is ployers believe the woman planne
s. the robbery herself. They believe he
of the tool of a gang which las operate
e. on the north shore during the summe
The Burns agency worked with a
ut solute secrecy. None of the local a
es thorities in any of the villages alon
&C. the north shore knew of the robber
of Not even the Chicago police had bee
as notified to be on the lookout for I'll
tie stolen gems. The Burns people b
IN lieved the robbery had been perp
trated by thieves too clever to a
eel tempt to dispose of the valuables 5
close to the place from which the
- we're stolen.
Investigation first was starte
- through the telephone exchange /
"a Winnetka. There a number of my
n FERROUS telephone calls from the Spi
n gel home to outside points were four
e., and travelled down. 1t was ten da!
To- before the detectives were able to co
IT., ,t meet up the delayed departure of Il
% maid with the robbery. 1t was N
be until last night that they were ab
at to locate the woman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
RIVER FORECAST

Only slight changes in the Missis
sippi viii occur from below Dubuque
10 Muscatine-
]. NJ. SHERIER. Local For coaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

er is indicated for this vicinity, with
showers this afternoon, followed by
unsettled tonight and by generally fair
/ Friday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11

CAdvertisements.)
Buy home Of Reidy BroS.
For express, call William Tref2.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Independent Express Co. West 9S1,
Six per cent farm mortgages. Litten
G. Roberts, Peoples Nationa. bank
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
CITY CHAT
COMING EVENTS.

TONIGHT.
Old fashioned barbecue at Prospect
Park, Moline, under auspicesIof Way
man A. M. {. church.
Returns from specia! bend election.
TOMORROW.
German Newspaper Mems conVen.
ton opens.
Board of supervisors in session.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Gutter. Eaas and Cheese.

Eggs. rfesh, dozen ..........23 c
Butter, dairy, pound .25c
Butter, creamery, pound ........31c
Butter, pacA iug stock, pound. 49,. .1Sc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Close Of Market.

Hogs weak at early prices; 15c to
25c lower than yesterdays average.
Mixed, 7.6009.25; good, S.O50S.SO;
rough, 7.4O@S.OO; light, S.35q9.25.
Cattle, steady.
ClneD Ctpadv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Liverpool Cables.

Wheat opened unchanged to Is high
er; closed u to IS lower.
Corn opened a lower; closed Is TO
q lower.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

sale ouoJsliGls on the local market
today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Western Hog Market.
Estimates TomorroV
NEW YORK STOCKS.

New York, Sept. 11.-Following are
the quotations on me New York s,ocE
market Today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
FRIDAY
advertisements

German Newspaper Mems conven-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Nine O'Clock Market.

Hogs, Toe 70 Z0c lower. Mixed,
Z65G9.25; good, S.O5Q $50; rough,
74OM 500; light, S.3509.25; pigs, 5.25
q $50; bulk, S.S0@S.50.
Cattle market steady. Beeves, 7.35
69.25; COWS, 3.259S3O; stockers, SIS
@7S5; Texans, 6.5OQ 500; westerns,
$3.50 $40; calves, 9.75q11.50.
Sheep, 10c higher. Sheep, $3.50
40; lambs. 5.15n775.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-11
Local and Foreign
Primary Movement.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Opening Market
Hogs, $4,000; 15c to zoe lower.
Mixed, 7.6Od9.25; good, S.05@S $50;
rough, 74O@S0O; light, S.35@9 $50.
Cattle, $500; steady to 1Oc lower
Sheep, $4,000; &c to 15c higher.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-09-18
FINE COPPER SHOWING
N REMOTE DISTRICT
sEipENFELD PROPERTY. At THE
HEAD OF NORTH FORK
OF CLEARWATER.

George Campbell returned a few
days ago from the Clearwater Copper
company's mine at the headwaters Of
the North Fork Of the Clearwater riv-
er. He had spent the summer there
working for the company. This Is the
property Of which Sam Seidenfeld, an
extensive property owner Of Wallace,
is the principal owner John Wourms
Of this city is also an owner.
AS to the showing of ore, the high
grade of 1t and the amount exposed,
he but voices the expression Of many
others who have seen 1t. 1t Is re-
markable showing, already well de-
veloped, with every natural advantage,
and lacking nothing but transporta-
ton or even reasonable nearness to It,.
The only way to reach 1t is most of
the distance by trail from Iron Noun
tain or some point on the Northern
Pacific in Montana. The Bitter Root
divide must be crossed. in coming back
into Idaho
Denny Reardon of Mullan, Is in
charge Of the work and has been for
a long time past. There are five men
employed Practically all the work
has been on ore. There Is an abund-
ance of water power and this has been
used so far as necessary. The equip
ment answers every present purpose,
What is practically one ore shoot has
been followed in the lower level a dis
lance of 1900 or 14OO feet. In an up
per tunnel this has been opened for
500 feet. The ore body is large, in
some places as wide as 80 feet. Some
of the ore is very high grade copper
and the average is said to be double
that which Is proftably mined every
day in the year in the Occur
dAlenes.
Mr.. Campbell brought over with him
several beautiful nuggets of placer
gold mined in that vicinity They came
from the workings of Tom Lapp, one
Of the Lapp family who lived on Nine
Mile in the late sos. Lapp has been
placer mining there many years, and
while the ground is not extremely rich,
he has taken out considerable gold in
the aggregate. There is other placer
mining on small scale in the vicinity.
The Moose creek placers, owned by
the Independence company composed
almost wholly of Wallace people, are
about 20 miles south of the Clearwater
Copper on another tributary of an
other tributary of the North Fork.
This is the ground upon which two
Occur d'Alene miners recently took a
lease and are now working.
North six or seven miles and over
low divide, is the placer ground If
Peter Sherlock. George and Frank
Heller and other Wallace parties,
These are on the headwaters Of the
ST. Joe river
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-09-18
SALTESE MINING NOTES.
Hemlock Observation-Disclosures Pa
cific After Tonnage.


Correspondence Mullan Progress)
S. Wolf shipped a carload OF ore
from the Gold Mountain mine last
week
Charles Heidenreich left for Spo-
kane, where he expects to close deal
on the Richmond with the CRANKY
smelter.
Charles Burns, one Of the owners Of
the Bryan mine, was up for few days
and reports that they are nearing the
ore shoot.
Northern Pacific traffic agent was
up Silver creek looking up the pro-
posed route for tramway which the
company will put in II sufficient ton
mage is assured from the mines that
are now working.
The Hemlock mine is now down so
feet and the indications look as though
they may strike the ledge at any shot,
1t Is the companys intention to sink
at least $50 feet and crosscut to tn
ledge. The ledge is dipping towards
the shaft, and If this should do so,
there will be very little stock on the
market at the price it is selling at, at
present.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-09-18
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE UPON
PETITION PRAYING FOR Az.
THORlTY TO ENTER INTO CON.
TRACTS FOR THE LEASE AND
SALE OF MINING INTERESTS.

i In the Probate Court of Shoshone
! County State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate of David
| Avery, deceased.
| Upon reading and filing the petition
of Carrie l.. Tarr, executrix of the last
will and testament and of the estate
of David Avery, deceased, praying that
said executrix be authorized by an or
der Of this court to enter into con-
! tract or agreement with Sydney l..
Shonts, H. M. Childs, Oscar Nordquist
and ]. j. Love. giving the said persons
lease and an option or agreement,
providing for the purchase of all the
right, title and interest of the estate
of David Avery, deceased, In and to
those certain lode mining claims, stu
ated, lying and being in Summit Min
ing District. Shoshone County, Idaho.
known as and called Henrietta,
"Irma" jumbo, Ray Fraction.
Combination, Center, Grand Cen
ter Duncan, and Connection, and
also the Bear" and Simmons" placer
mining claims in said mining district,
County and State, upon the terms and
conditions named in said petition.
1t is therefore ordered by this court
that all persons interested In the es-
tate of said deceased, David Avery, be
ana appear before this court at the
Probate Court room In the County
Courthouse at the City of Wallace,
County Of Shoshone, State of Idaho,
on the 3rd day Of October, A. D. 1919.
lat 10 o'clock In the forenoon OF said
day, then and there to show cause why
an order should not be issued and
granted herein to the said executrix
authorizing her to enter into a con-
tract with the said Sydney l.. Shonts
H. M Childs, Oscar Nordquist and j.
j. Love, leasing the said interest of
the said David Avery, deceased, and
Of his estate in and to the above de-
scribed mining claims and agreeing
with the said persons for the sale OF
said property in accordance with the
terms set forth in said petition and
the form of contract annexed there
to and made part hereof.
And 1t is further ordered, that q
copy Of this order be published in the
Wallace Miner, weekly newspa per
published at Wallace, Shoshone Couu-
W Idaho, for period of at least three
CD successive weeks prior to said ard
day Of October, A. D. 1913.
Dated September II. 1913.
LAWRENCE II. WORSTEL14,
sept 1861. Probate Judge.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-09-18
BIG ZINC RESULTS At
BUTTE 8 SUPERIOR
ZINC SAVING RAISED FROM ee
PER CENT IN JANUARY
TO 81 PER CENT.

Much Is being done successfully in
the matter Of zinc separation and re-
covcry in the Occur d'Alenes, but 1t Is
world wide problem that is gradual
ly being solved wherever there is ex-
tensive mining. British Columbia,
Australia and various other foreign
countries are making marked progress
in 1t. Probably at Butte there is as
much experimenting and successful
work as in any other camp. The
Miner of that city recently printed the
following results from operations Of
the Butte g. Superior during the first
eight months Of 1918:
In the month of August Butte &
Superior produced 11.167.0O0 pounds
of zinc in concentrates. 1t is to be re-
membered in this connection that in
the smelter treatment Of these concen-
trates only IS per cent of the zinc is
ecovered. The above output figures
are measure of the mill operations.
I'm August the company made its
best sustained mill recovery to date,
the average being 9o.9 per cent. The
concentrates ran 1919 per cent zinc.
Big Increases in Saving.
I'VE trace the progress of the pro-
perty from production standpoint
since January Tin pounds Of zinc
!
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-09-18
MUCH DEVELOPMENT IN WARDNER.KELLOGG
SECTl0N..M00M CREEK, BIG CREEK, PINE CREEK
REoPeNNc ANTHONY UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS
MOST FAvoRAsLe-cLosE SECTIONS GIVE Ev.
ACTIVITY.


The Anthony mine on Pine creek
has been taken over under long term
lease by A. J. Brainard and associates
and work started there this week to
open up the property for early ship
ments. company known as the
Bralnard Leasing Company will have
control Of the work. Mr.. Brainard be-
ing personally in charge Of operations.
This property was worked number Of
years ago and regular shipments made
under adverse conditions and an UNI
stable market, but at that yielded its
owners a good return. The recent de-
mand for antimony has moved the
price of the metal to its highest mark
in 10 years and has made a demand
for the product Of American mines,
Cookson's prices now holding firm at
$40 per hundred pounds, Among
the government experts and mining
engineers the vein of antimony as ex-
posed In this property Is rated as the
cleanest body of anthony ore in the
United States In extent the proven
ore body runs for 800 feet in length
and averages from to feet in width
The new operations are expected to
expose larger ore reserve, from which
1t Is planned to inaugurate shipments
this winter. The mine Is located bnt
short distance from the railroad,
with good wagon road connections
making transportation an easy matter.