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CHAPTER II.

Frau Schmidt sat gazing into the
flames in the CRATE and thought of
the youth of her boy Johannes. Time
and again in those days he had
brought tears to her eyes. At MaInz
Seminary his pranks had sCandaliZed
her. He had even on one occasion sat
in a bathtub stark naked playing a
guitar, while other students and the
learned teachers looked aghast
through the open door.
At Munich again, where he was sent
for further schooling, his love affairs
with women of questionable character
became a public scandal and led to
his disgrace. Nevertheless, he was
ordained and sent to officiate at st.
Elizabeth's Church. He abandoned
the altar in a solemn part of the
services at GonZenheim and ran cry
ing through the aisles and later dis
appeared from the town after an af-
fair. Then he was involved in forgery
and dismissed.
A close companion Of Johannes
Schmidt in these youthful days of
revelry and affairs with women was
a cousin, Adolph Mueller none other
than the dentist and associate of
Schmidt in New York under arrest
and booked by the police as DR. Err
nest Muret.
Mueller fed to England and
Schmidt fed to America. Constantly
they kept in touch, but secretly of
necessity.
Mueller became first Doctor Estein,
and in that guise was employed to
teach languages in the Hugo Lam
guage Institute in London. He pad
ded his accounts and was discharged,
Immediately afterwards launching out
in another and poorer quarter of the
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CHAPTER III.

In Louisville, KY. in 1909 a young
man appeared in clerical garb and
introduced himself as the Rev. Hans
Schmidt to the priests of st. Johns
Church. He was not appointed to any
place himself, but to his new friends,
the young priests, he showed what
purported to be dismissorial letters
from Munich proving him a priest
That same year the body of Alma
Kellner, years old, dismembered and
cut into % pieces, was found in an
old cellar under the school building of
st. Johns Church. About that time
Joseph Vending, a Frenchman and
the only person known to have the
keys to the building, left his home
and disappeared. He was pursued
1000 miles, brought back and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment, always
protesting his innocence.
Also at that time the Rev. Hans
Schmidt left Louisville and present
ing letters believed to be forged, in
Trenton, was received as a visiting
priest and allowed to assist at a
church.
While the Rev. Hans Schmidt was
in Louisville DR.. Arnold Held appear
ed in Chicago and registered at col
lege of mechanic therapy. He was an
especially brilliant student and talked
of having been educated at the Gym
nasium at Koenigsberg, in Germany.
So brilliant was he that in May, 1909,
he was given certificate or diploma
He lived on the North Side in a
family where there was pretty
young girl The family disappeared
and Dr. Held left Chicago about the
same time and no trace of either
could afterward be obtained.
In Germany there is a famous DR..
Held who was educated at Koenigs-
berg. He does not know of the Chi
cago DIR. Held.
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Alec Shriners to
Visit Columbus
Savannah Temple VIII Initiate Big
Class on Trip to West
Georgia.

SAVANNAH, Sept. 2O.-To initiate
large class of prospective mobiles
into the mysteries of the Shrine and
treat them to a real camels back ride
over the hot sands" the official divan
and mobiles Of Alec Temple will make
a pilgrimage to Columbus on Octo-
Der 7.
The ceremonial will be one of the
most important Of the year for Alec
Temple Special Ambassador ]. E.
Chancellor is making big preparations
for the event. A great barbecue and
numerous automobile rides Will be
some OF the entertainment features,
and the session will wind up with a
banquet at one of the hotels.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CHAPTER w.

1t was at st. Bonifaces Church,
New York, established as assistant
as assistant pastor on letters from
Trenton that Hans Schmidt first met
the young girl, Anna Aumuller, then
a maid in the church house. The
young man was so brilliant, and when
he talked of st. Elizabeth and of his
right to officiate at their own mar
riage, this in the name of the saint,
every word seemed true.
Trusting, believing, the girl soon
found herself in deep despair. She
talked TO her family and friends of
the charity Of the Rev. Schmidt and
of his gifts to the poor. She said
nothing more. But finally the day
came that the hOusekeeper suspected,
and Anna had to leave the rectory.
But at that time the Rev. Schmidt
had already gone to another church,
and at st. Joseph's, in 125th street,
preached at the services for night
workers.
Then came the strange disappear
ance of Anna Aumuller, the finding
on August 81 of the torso and limbs
in the river, the tracing of the odd
pillow slip-wonderful detective work
and finally the visit of the detec-
tives to the church house soon after
midnight last Sunday.
Father Schmidt was in bed. He was
awakened. In his black cassoCk of
confessional he strobe slowly down
the stairs-a man of middle age and
middle height, of high forehead, low
ering eyes firm jaw and weak mouth.
He saw the six strangers at the foot
of the stairs He saw Father Hunt
mann's wondering, shocked face But
he came on, slowly, steadily.
All were silent until he reached the
foot of the stairs.
Like fash, Faurot sprang for
ward. He held a picture of Anna
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Mayor Davant After
Old Tax Collections
Savannah Executive Believes City
Has Been Deprived Of Thou
sands of Dollars.

SAVANNAH, Sept 2O-Mayor
Richard J. Davant has taken steps to
enforce the collection of a large num-
Der Of tax executions which were Ell
Their Cancelled or not collected by the
last administration. He has In
structed the City Marshal to trace all
executions to determine just how
each was disposed Of
These executions never have been
satisfied, and the Mayor believes the
city has been deprived of thousands
OF dollars that should have been re-
ceived in the general revenues. The
Mayor now has before him a list Of
the executions which have accumu-
lated for several years
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Nelson's Greatniece
A Michigan Senior
Death of Husband Prevents Her
From Taking Title of Brit
ish Naval Hero.

BATTLE CREEK, MICH, Sept. 90.
Mrs. Katherine Nelson, of Battle
Creek. widow of John Frye Nelson.
greatnephew of Lord Admiral Mel
son, will re-enter the University of
Michigan as a member of the senior
class this month. She would have
been Lady Nelson had not her hus-
band died|fn London last winter. His
will bedueathed her a considerable
portion of his English estate. but she
decided to return to Michigan and
resume her old life where it was in
terrupted by her romance.
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Aumuller before the eyes of Schmidt.
Did you kill that girl?" snapped
the inspector.
The priest held up his hands, shift
ing his eyes from the face of the
woman he had slain
YES, YES, l KILLED HER" he
said in a choking whisper.
His arms fell. He reached them
pleadingly toward the good gray
priest, his master in the church. Fa-
Their Huntmann shrauk from the prof
fered embrace as from a thing stain
ed. With swing of his arm he swept
him aside. Schmidt staggered back.
because I loved her." he said.
as If he were finishing his first words.
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city as DIR. Ernst. teaching a tongue
in one month"
Next he became a surgeon, DR.. Mu-
ret, and was an organizer of a medi-
cal aid society that provided families
with medical attendance and medi-
cine for three pence weekly. The
Medical Defense Union caused the ar
rest of the bogus doctor, and Muret
dropped out of sight, while Scotland
Yard held warrants for white slavery
illegal operations, attacking a young
girl and fraudulently posing as ply
siCiau
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haitian. I did up each part of the body
in package small enough to carry
conveniently without attracting top
much attention. ! made sure that no
blood showed. Then ! went to the
river with each piece.
MY course was the same with each
package. / laid them on the seats
where other passengers sat on the
ferry boat when | sat down. | tossed
them into the water whenever the
first opportunity presented. 1t was
done"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CUBIST PAINTINGS AND
SEPTEMBER MORN BARRED

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-Cubist
specimens of artistic brainstorms
and September Morn" the Chabas
painting. have been barred from the
fall exhibition Of the Corcoran Art
Gallery.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
SECRETARY DANIELS AFTER
SECONDHAND BR0UGHAM

WASHINGTON. Sept 20.-Secre-
Vary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
IS advertising in a local newspaper
for "A secondhand brougham, with
dark green interior trimmings"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
BREWER ISSUES CALL
FOR EXTRA SESSION
MILLION DOLLAR LEvEE BOND IS.
SUE PROBABLY BE MADE.
Issued Proclamation to Legislature ia
Convene June 10, Immediately A.
ter Return to Jackson-Cotton
Scandal Probe Proceeds.

Jackson.-Complying with his prom
ises made to the people of the Lower Mis-.
sissippi Levee District TO issue a call to
the Legislature in order to help them
out in their prccarious financial straits
by comforting power to issue million
dollars in bonds, Gov. Brewer issued
his proclamation. The document, which
convenes the legislature for the second
Tuesday in June, is as follows;
ITO the Members of the Mississippi
northumberland, in my judgment
the public interest requires that the
legislature shall be convened in extra,
ordinary session.:
"Now, therefore, l, Earl Brewer, gov.
ernor of the state of Mississippi, do
hereby issue this my proclamation to
convene the legislature of the state of
Mississippi in extraordinary session,
and designate Tuesday, the 10th day
of June, 1918, at IL o'clock am, as the
time to convene at the capitol, in the
city of Jackson, Miss.
"The subject which is presented to this
oCooiOi VI thc
for their consideration is: The proper
financing of the Mi. sissippi Levee Dis
trict, and to carry out this purpose the
consideration and passage OF such acts
as may be necessary.
SIN calling the legislature together at
this time l do 80 feeling that the ex-
tremc urgency of needed legislation 10
sufficient to justify me in doing it. 1
urge that every member be in attend
ance and that needed legislation along
the line submitted be passed as quickly
as the Importance of it will permit.
in testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the great
seal of the state of Mississippi to be
affixed at the capitol in the city Of
Jackson this, the 10th day of May, 1913.
earl BREWER,
Governor"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
Garden in Hot Weather.

When hot weather visits us the fate
of most gardens hangs in the balance.
At this time, the garden needs our
care more than at any other and we
feel less like giving 1t the necessary
care. The weather is hot and the air
is still, and hammock In a shady
nook looks better to father than any
Man With the Hoe" tableau, especial
ly after hard days work. Remember
that the kind of weather that gives
you a very tired feeling, makes the
weeds grow rank and bold and dries
the garden soil until 1t Is almost wa
terproof.
Probably you feel that you don't
need the exercise nearly as much as
you did in the spring, and probably
you are right; at the same time 1t will
do you good II you take 1t properly,
and you cannot afford to have the
garden go to pieces Just when little
work will pull 1t through in grand
shape.
Get up half an hour earlier than
usual and do your garden work then.
instead Of waiting until the tired even
tide or trying to lump 1t all into a
weeks end job. A little daily work
in the cool of the early morning will
send you to your regular bread-and-
butter job feeling many times better
than that little extra sleep would.
Gone is that brown taste-gone the
dead-alive feeling that the long sti-
fling summer night brings.
Nature is at her loveliest while the
dew is on and half the fun of garden
ing is getting close to nature. Do your
gardening before you are tired out and
enjoy it to the utmost.
We have previously told you what
to do for the weeds, which, like the
poor, are always with us. Unlike the
poor, however, they need no assist
ance, but the strongest possible re-
sistance, because they are altogether
too we'll able to fend for themselves.
Cut off their heads, cut off their
feet, burn their middles, and do 1t be-
fore they have any offspring. Then
start in and do 1t all over again, be-
cause they resurrect mighty fast II
given the slightest opportunity.
Keep the soil surface in dry, pull
verified, NEEDLESS condition. and never
let 1t harden. Pull the weeds out Of
the rows, where the hoe cannot reach
them, because they do more harm
here than between the rows.
If the garden shows lack of moist
ure, 1t must be furnished, and the best
way to do this is to irrigate at night.
This Is better than sprinkling, be-
cause the water soaks In deeper and
evaporation is much less at night than
in the daytime. A thorough soaking
once a week is plenty and the soil
should be cultivated the next morn
ing to hold the water.
This, then. is the time when soil
full of manure is appreciated. It
holds more water and does not bake.
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much care or little. II win do its very
best to bloom early and often. and Il
will succeed most remarkably well.
Did you ever know any persons who
did not like the perfume OF the Sweet
Pea? We do not, and we are sorry
for them II there be any such.
In variety of tints the most fastidi-
GUS can be suited, as there are 40 or
so different shades and mixtures to
choose from. They range from deep
pansy purple through all shades and
mixtures of blue and red. to the purest
vivid white The colors are not mere
ly surface colors. They are deep
colors that actually live.
The proper way to grow sweet peas
to their greatest perfection is to dig
a trench foot wide and foot deep.
as early as possible in the spring. FIJI
in six inches with rich, loose loan and
plant the seed three inches apart and
one-half inch deep after soaking them
In water. AS soon as the seedlings
are six inches high I'LL In with earth
around them until only two inches of
the plant shows. This treatment will
insure a more extensive root develop
ment and more resistance to drought.
Fill In from time to time until the
bottom of the trench is level with the
land. Furnish support for the vines.
either woven wire. branches. or a
fence, and they will run up several
feet.
Be sure that you pick all Of the
blossoms as soon as they are perfect
and the plants will bloom from early
summer until frost. If allowed to go
to seed the plants will promptly cease
blooming.
The Sweet Pea might we'll be our
national flower. May 1t bloom for.
ever.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
PRISON TRUSTEES
GO TO STATE FARMS
Prison Board Starts Own Investigation
at Parchman.
C. R. Boyce Is Questioned--visited Pris-
on Trustee-Does Not Deny Having
Done So, But Says He Was on Legiti-
mate Mission.

jackson, Miss, May 19.-Trustees
Montgomery and Smith of the State PEN
itentiary Board, left this afternoon for
a trip to Belmont and Parchman, where
they are going to conduct an investiga-
ton of their own.
So far as shown on the surface, the
investigation which was conducted at
the State Capitol by Governor Brewer, in
order to get information first hand from
G. R. Boyce, cotton buyer of Memphis,
whose firm appears to have bought the
bulk of the State cotton for the past few
years has produced only negative re-
suits. For about four hours the chief
executive sat in the role of interrogation,
with two witnesses testifyirg, Mr..
Boyce and his confidential clerk and rep
resentative at Clarksdale, c. Z. Gauter.
Governor Brewer heard a great deal of
testimony pertaining to purchases,
weights, grades, prices and drafts paid
in exchange for the cotton bought, much
of which he had already in his hands.
This much the Governor gave Mr.
Boyce to understand, but he developed
nothing tangible about Short weights"
During the investigation the following
passage occurred:
Mr.. Boyce-I would like to know who
made the charges that you say were
made to you, that the cotton was I'M
der weighedf
Governor Brewer-It has been heard
from various buyers that you have
bought the cotton at such prices that
unless something was wrong on the
grades, weights or staple you could not
have made the profits credited to you.
At this point Mr.. Boyce explained in
detail the methods which he had en-
ployed in handling the states cotton,
stating that he was a pioneer in the
business of shipping direct from buyer
to English spinners, which had enabled
him to underbid on this cotton.
Subsequently Mr.. Boyce stated his
willingness to furnish lading weights
from the master porters, and was will
ing to give Governor Brewer letters to
all the carriers requesting the data
which he wanted. He declined, however,
to go into such minute details and incur
the expense and trouble simply to
prove to you that we have been hon
est"
Probably the most interestir of
testimony developed during thu riry
was just before its conclusion. That
juncture Governor Brewer put Stion
which was, in substance:
'Mr Boyce, can you tell me any
thing about visit which you made to
Insmore during the latter part of 1907"
Insmore is the home of Trustee c. G.
Smith, now president of the board.
Replying, Mr.. Boyce stated that he
had gone to Insmore and that he went
to see Mr.. Smith. He had seen in the
press reports from Jackson that sale
of 1000 bales of cotton, involving about
$4,000, had been made at that time to
his firm, which he knew nothing about.
He decided to stop off at Insmore to see
Mr.. Smith and ascertain eff any crook.
ed work was going on"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
Curtis Case Again Set.

Jackson-W. H. Curtis, the slayer of
j. H. Helton, was arraigned for the sec
ond time in the Madison county circuit
court at Canton this morning, motion
granted for special venire and the
trial set for Wednesday, May 2s. Cur
It's shot and killed Helton in the Mes
sina building in this city one Sunday
afternoon last August. The tragedy
was the second encounter between the
two men, and the elimination of bad
blood that had existed for several
months, due to insulting remarks al.
legged to have been made by Helton con-
corning the wife Of Curtis.
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Sweet Peas.

No flower Is more generally beloved
than the old fashioned Sweet Pea. It
was dear to the hearts Of our great
grandmothers and their great-grand-
mothers as we'll, and for no telling
how many generations back Of that.
1t belongs to a large family whose
scientific name Is taken from the pc
tculiar butter1y-like form Of the bios
SONS. The garden varieties Of green
peas, string. wax. navy, pole and lima
beans and the ornamental beans, are
Ats first cousins. Some of our most
valuable field crops, notably alfalfa,
red, crimson, alsike and white clover,
are first cousins once removed. and
every wild flower that has the butter
ny blossom Is more or less distantly
related.
Really, we have immense cause to
BE thankful for many members Of the
leguminous plants. AS field crops
they form the finest kind of hay and
pasturage, and they are the only cul-
tivated plants that possess the power
of transferring nitrogen from the air
10 the soil without them 1t would be
practically impossible to keep our soil
productive.
In the floril field, this family is not
10 numerously prominent as some
other groups, but the Sweet Pea
makes up for any shortages in num-
hers by its rare merit.
No flower will grow better under as
many varying conditions as this one.
Light soil or heavy, fertilizer or nc
GsrtIliser, deep trench or shallow,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
BREAKING OUT WOULD
ITCH AND BURN

Bolton, Ga.-"Some time ago my
feet and ears were frost bitten, which
troubled me very much every winter.
MY ears would turn red and swell.
with terrible itching and my heel
would crack. had q severe scalp
trouble and also breaking out on my
wrists and hands which would itch
and burn until I could not sleep Of
nights. There was an eruption on
my scalp with dandruff. / had to keep
my hair clipped close to keep down
the irritation and itching. tried sew
eral remedies and cream and two
treatments of - remedies which did
me no good. Then I used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment and am now
cured OF all my troubles" (Signed)
J. 8. Echols. Mar. 70, 1919.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with sap. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L. Boston"
Adv.
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Adrianople has so often been sub
ject to battle, murder and sudden
death that its latest capture by the
Balkan allies viii seem but one more
familiar chapter In its annals. Eight
cen hundred years ago It was taken
by Emperor Hadrian from the Resi-
tribe. In 1913 1t was the scene of a
battle between Constantine and Ii
cinius, and here Emperor Valeus made
his great stand against the Goths. In
1905. Baldwin. emperor of CONSTANT
nople, was defeated. made prisoner,
and killed by the Bulgarian Gar Kalo-
yam. and finally the city was taken by
Murad l., and became the Turkish
capital and continued so until the fall
of Constantinopleiin 1853.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
Delta Prospects Good.

Greenville.-Good general rains have
fallen in this section of the Delta, do
ing great good to the crops. Some of
the late planted cotton had not come
up, while the corn badly needed moist
ure and the rains have brought up the
cotton and caused all vegetation to take
on a new and rapid growth. Planting
is completed in the overfowed section of
southern Washington and in Issaquena
and sharkey counties and prospects are
good for splendid crop on the lands
overaowed. &1H4
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
Negro Banker Sentenced.

Yazoo City.-Rev. II. H. King, the
negro banker, who was convicted of
having received deposits when he knew
the Peoples Penny Savings Bank to be
insolvent, was given a sentence of 1s
months in the state penitentiary. Be-
cause of the fact that King was 6N
years old, and because they regarded
him as being only technically guilty,
the jury recommended King to this
mercy of the court. An appeal will b,
taken to the supreme court. The trial
of Albert Banks, cashier of the Peoples
bank, was continued until the October
term of court.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
THE MISSISSIPPI CONFERENCE.
Bishops Gambler and Atkins Will Pre-
side Over the Gatherings.

misunderstanding to the plan for
Episcopal visitation prepared by the col
lege of bishops of the Southern Method
ist Church, Bishop Warren A. Gambler,
of Georgia, will preside over the Mis-
sissippi conference at Natchez on De-
cember 8, and Bishop Atkins will pre-
side over the North Mississippi con.
ference at Tupelo on November 20. Both
Of these divines are well known among
the Methodists in this State.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
Location Of Garden Of Eden.

Many Biblical scholars place the
Garden of Eden between the Euphrates
and the Tigris. This is now to be re-
claimed and once again made fertile.
English engineers have already in
vaded the region, and are building a
great dam across the Euphrates, not
far from Bagdad, by which water will
be carried over the land as is done in
Egypt and India. That the soil Is ex-
ceedingly rich there is no denying.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-30
To Organize New Bank.

Meridian.-A meeting Of the stocIs
holders of the United States Bank, tho
new financial institution for this city,
will be held some time next week to
perfect plans for opening the bank,
which it 10 understood will occur ON
June 1, or near that date. Stock is be-
ing subscribed literally.