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The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
BLCARIAN WOULD
OPEN OLD MINES
FOmei University Student, Now
n Amy, Will Help to De-
elOp His Country

F1ghtingin .he Bulgar lines before
Sonstantinple, Boris j. Patchejieff,
graduateof the University Of Kan
sss In the cass Of 1910, awaits eager
~ the comig of peace in order that
m can applyh.s university-won know.
lelge In the awakening OF Bulgaria
Patchejieff specialized In chemistry
AID mining engineering at Kansas
DIVERSITY, aid IN a letter to Profess
&c ERASMUS Haworth OF the geologi-
q department he declared that i'm.
mdiately at the conclusion of the
VT he will iirect his attention to
ming interests.
Mining, although II has been done
irBulgaria In ancient times by the
Rnans. has teen entirely neglected
al forbidden by the Turks durins
thr rule owe, Bulgaria for nearly
&c years.
A large number of old mines have
ben found. all rich In copper. lead,
WI some silver, zinc, coal, etc. Gold
isvashed In snail quantities In the
mntain rivers, but no one has taken
b trouble to lScate It's source.
lse many times seen pieces washed
u ~ big a. wheat grains"
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
YUKON HORSES HAVE
MANY GOOD POINTS

DAWSON CITY.--Horses are raised
successfully tar up In the Yukon ter
ritory. where abundance of fine lands
is available for pasturing. Late In
the fall OF 1911 a number Of Oregon
horses used the previous summer by
the international boundary survey
crops were taken to the head OF the
White river. near the international
boundary line. and turned out for win
ter. The mares and all the colts
lived and are doing we'll. making more
hardy animals than their predecessors.
Several instances are known In which
colts foaled In the far north have
grown into the hardest OF horses. hav-
Ing become fully Injured to the severity
Of the winters. When horses have
lived for some length Of time in this
regicn they become naturally protect
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
Many Rulas at Eton.

In no other community are SO many
sumptuary laws stringently enforced
as among the boys OF Elton college.
England. As q rule they wear Elton
jackets or tailcoats. the latter being
allowed only on boys who have at
tanned the hight of Ave feet Ave
inches. Then the trousers must al
ways be turned up and the bottom
button of the waistcoat undone.
Should an Etonian carry an umbrella
he must never venture to roll IL up.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
opcoosphaks RadIatus.

ogcocephalys Radiatus II the name
q ash that has j,st been put on ex.
hilton In New York. known az 1.-THE
eerest hsh In the world" This fish,
iich IL also famili&ly known as the
t ash, IL q native OF the Florida
- region. He IL provided with a
t Of attachments which he can use
her a. nns to swim with, legs to
uk with. or wings ia fly with. He
almost equally at home In the
ter. on land or I'm the air. But he
- In northern water unless IL is
q up to 30 degrees.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
Sunday Steamboat Excursion
To TOLEDO May \

On the Steamer Frank e. Kirby.
FLYER OF the Lakes. Fare 40 cents
round trip. Only 200 tickets will be
sold 4 hours in Toledo. l20-mile
river and lax eride. Leaves First-st,
Wharf at a. m; Home at ? p. m.
ASHLEY q DUSTIN STEAMER
LINE.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09

AS coverings for the human foot
shoes have been worn from the ear
lest times The shoes OF the Jews
we're made Of wood, rush. linen. or
leather. The Romans were the first
to set the example OF costly shoes, and
various decorative adorn-
ments OF ivory and precious stones.
In the middle ages fashion played
some fantastic tricks with shoes, ana
in England. about the middle OF the
fifteenth century, shoes with such long
points were worn that they had to be
tied to the knees for convenience OF
walking, the handles using silver
chains for the purpose. It was about
1888 when shoes OF the present form
we're introduced, and In 1868 the buck
lie came into use as an ornament.
Job PP1ntinG Done Right. Times
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
Fortune for Farm Hand.

PROSSER, Wash.-Dick Smith, a
South African Boer, who has been
working at farm labor around Prosser
for several years. has received word
that his brother In Australia died
leaving him a fortune OF $4,000.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09
WANTED
TELEPHONE
OPERA TORS

The work is interesting and operators
are well paid. Easy to learn-no expert
ence necessary. A salary paid while
learning. Congenial associates. Sur
roundings during work hours are pleas
ant Rest, recreation and lunch rooms,
and branch of the public library pro-
vide suitable relaxation.
The MICHIGAN STATE TELE-
PHONE COMPANY, because of its
rapidly growing business in Detroit, will
employ and advance to higher positions
intelligent girls over IS years of age.
School graduates are urged to investi-
gate.
Apply to Mrs. Smith, fourth floor Tel
ephone Building, Clifford and Washing
ton Streets.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-09

ed from the extreme cold by the
growth OF longer coat OF hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
His Telltale Tracks
Led to the Railroad.

Hicks found rusty nail in the courtyard and man
aged to sugge it in by putting it into his shoe the
under side of his foot That night he cautiously pushed
his bed out about foot from the WALL then, lying
his side, and without leaving the bed, he carefully
forced out the slate and began scratching softly at the
mortar between the bricks keeping part of the blanket
wrapped about his hands and pressed against the wall
to deaden the sound and spreading the Of the
sheets the floor beneath the hole that there could
be no sound from dropping bits of mortar. All night
long he scratched out and collected bits of mortar but
when dawn began to break he carefully replaced the
slate gathered up the little pile of mortar and slept
til rising time The tiny load of mortar about much
as would coat a twenty cent piece easily
slipped down the drain pipe in the Mushroom next
morning Every night following he continued his work;
but it four months before he had oosened the inner
layers, and another month before he had reached the
last of brick When this occurred he waited
for favorable night in which there pounding
rainstorm that would make continuous the
skylights
The night came at last with wind and downpour of
RAIN and it well on toward midnight
Hicks removed the bricks softly by one and gradu
ally worked loose and removed the last layer Then he
took off his shirt and began to worm his way through
the hole, head first keeping held down close to
his side and the other straight out above his head 1t
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something else. Do you know him. He has shifting
eyes; he concerted that nobody tolerate him.
He jealous of Mordecai, and not for the world
would he give way to him, he said.
ran to that moon-faced Groin, whose imbecile
look have always detested He would not resign in
Mordecas favor because he had just married and did
So he said
When saw Mordecai who is the best actor of the
three he said he did not believe in having dramatsts
interfere with the casting of their plays. That was his
excuse.
In despair went to the union and laid my case be-
fore them in open meeting. All of them knew and
sympathized with me; but in this matter they acted
union principles 1t the artists prerogatve not
to play anything he did not to play. They would
not let Belvon cast the part
Then | organized meeting to protest against the
union; but when went to hire the hall could not get
one could get any speakers to condemn the union
There wasn't newspaper to print line about the
affair
saw it fighting against Fate; SO con-
cuded to Bevon and get my money back. said to
him:
"You are not going to produce my play, can see
that. But my money-my three hundred dollars?"
He put his hands in his pockets, looked at me, and
laughed out loud. @Your three hundred dollars" he
said "What have l to do with it? Take back your
play and the rubbish bought for scenery and costumes
and do what you please with it. You've got
to ask for money! l have invested in your play
three times three hundred dollars and if you an
honest man, SO help me God, you would pay what
Continued page IS
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morning. posters the windows announcing that
the play Luebellas theater to be domestic
drama by kroik!
| rushed to Belvons office like mad, and went
in to see him without waiting to be invited. He
there with that timd little Krolik. Filled with NORTH
cation and anger, | shouted:
"What does this mean? What has become of the
Sins of the Mothers? How is this? You announce a
new play by Krolk This is outrageous! This is terri
b1e Explain, explain, expain!"
Belvon bit fustered by my sudden appearance,
and Krolk true to his character skunk out of the office
At first Bevon tried to calm me, to pacify l am
terrible when am angry. Finally after became COM
posed, Belvon said:
@Don't put the blame me. l not to blame.
Blame those rotten actors and their union.
"What do you meano" | shouted.
"There three men fighting for part, and not
will give way Rosensten and Groin and Mordecai
that the leading part belongs to each Of them
Rosensten will not play, Groin will not play, Mordecai
will not play, unless it be the leading part So what
shall doo"
"Whos the boss?" l asked Indignantly
"The boss is the union, said Belvon. According to
the rules actor cannot be forced to play part not
his line his class The part you have there for the
husband is the only part the three leading have
play. If they refuse to play any other part can't
play your drama, excellent as it is"
l was overwhelmed In vain fourshed my con-
tract in his face Belvon shrugged his shoulders and
shouted back at me:
"See the union"
Like mailman went to see Rosenstein i'm
plored him to give the part to Mordeca and to play
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I o

put the bills in his safe, gave me receipt and told me
to again in week.
| came again in week. Bevon But
he greeted cordially He said that he not going
announce my play until he how the new holiday
piece took. He that it would be withdrawn
after the holidays but he could afford to confess
that it failure until sometime later He told me
to call again in ten days.
called again in ten days As he had predicted, the
holiday piece drawing poorly. A new play would
have to be rehearsed saw that, and Belvon
that saw that So he said to me, "Your play will be
announced at the end of the week"
SURE enough, my play announced. He had
- given it a name; but that didn't bother me.
My name there its author. The next day the
East Side in uproar. Everyone who came
into Zeitlens wanted to know the plot. | walked the
like hero My wife stopped galvanting about,
and actually spoke respectfully to me. Patrons of
Zeitlen's curious to know a waiter who could
write dramas. feeling hopeful for the future of
the Yiddsh drama, you may be
dreamed how my play to be staged, and imag-
ined the jokes Badchen would nterpolae in the play,
and what fine words Feingold would give to the hero,
and how Madame Luebella would, the saying goes,
chew the ground when she played the heroine heard
the applause of the gallery gods my friends An article
written about in the newspapers. Hows this,
a dramatist-waiter? Something under the sun!
Finally Zetlen gave orders not to speak to the
toners about my play: he didn't like it. So there
/ was for time like volcano strangng before
eruption, it You understand
What my amazement week later, Monday
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He certainly showed many symptoms OF insanity, such
mumblng to himself, refusing to eat most of the
time and dozen other things that strongly char
acterstc of certain mental alterations After month
of this sort of thing he placed in cell where he
could be observed secretly night and day. But he
shamnng he was never caught mapping or off his
guard and at the end of another month transferred
the Walled City. As he still under suspicion, he
placed in what is known isolation ward"
building having all the characteristics of the keep
donon of medieval castle 1t in the form of
tower perhaps fifty feet square and forty feet high and
there no windows except huge skylight at the
top. The only opening in the structure heavily
arched doorway guarded by two doublelocked doors.
The interior light and airy; but, the walls
thick and the skyght forty feet from the floor it
seemed hopeless place from which attempt escape
In this isolation ward there than
dozen citizens but these always the most danger
Special guards watched this ward by day
and special night Waterman at night.
When Hicks reached this place of confinement he set
to work and by being obedient and always willing to
assist in the work about the ward which with all keep
IS considered commendable trait he got into
the good graces of his guardians. Within three months
he had made record for scrubbng sweeping, and keep
ing things clean generally, and given the entire
charge of caring for his and several Others
One morning he discovered that one of the states in
the Dashboard back of the bed loose The slate
about fourteen inches long and eight inches high and
loose that by little turning and forcing it could be
pulled out exposing the brick wall back of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04
Drawings by E. Hopper

in the East few years
ago received man named Jim Hicks, who
is known to the police of most cities by
a dozen other aliases. He was only thirty
years old; but most of those years had
been spent in lodging officers and doing
time" He had many of the qualities that
make the criminal of fiction interesting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

had money good fighter and possessed strong
of humor but all these excellent qualities did not pre-
the Judge from sentencing him to fifteen years i'm
prsonment for second story work
For the first few months in prison Hicks did nothing
out Of the ordinary Then he gradually became insane
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-04

Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane New York
took him full hour to struggle out bricks and
gougng his flesh he went; but he squeezed through
at last and fell in heap in the mud four feet below.
Then he discovered that he had laid his shirt just out of
reach but he succeeded in catching hold of of
the blanket and pulled it out He tied this about him
securely, and, running across the court to corner
where iron spout down to the ground, went up
it hand hand, and climbed the to the
roof He found rainpipe on the opposite side, and
swung the caves, grpped the pipe with his feet.
slid rapidly to the ground, and into hollow, where
he was hidden from the building.
There he made his blanket into kind of toga, to
protect him until he could reach the ghborng village;
where by plying his trade little he could
secure more comfortable and less conspicuous
wearing apparel from some of the houses Before
morning he had succeeded, and by the following
evening was safely in New York
The fact that he had escaped was not discovered
until several hours after he had gone, the watch
mans suspicious being first aroused by hearing
the rain scattering through the hole in the brick
wall. Even then he could scarcely believe that
Hicks had escaped, the hole so small. If
other evidence had been wanting, however, thee
were Hicks telltale tracks across the yard and
through the fields to the railroad tracks. But they
could be traced farther than this general search
instigated. with very little hope of success and
the police of New York notified.
When criminal from any large city escapes from
prison and makes his way back his old haunts, he is
almost of speedy recapture. Here they to be
later by officers and taken into custody
But Hicks was no ordinary convict. He returned to
the city, to be sure but he did not seek out his old
ciates visit his familiar haunts Instead he went into
neghborhood where he had lived before. Here
he rented small house opposite police sta
ton, where he could be by the officers at almost
any time by raising their eyes to his window There
certain guarantee of safety he figured, in being
close to the officers that they would look
him. His bodness extended to doing little jobs
about the station house from time to time and he came
to be well acquainted with many of the officers.
He had been out several months and had come to
look upon his continued liberty assured, although he
had not allowed himself to become careless, when one
streetcar in one of the respectable neghborhoods when
tapped him the shoulder. He looked
around into the faces of two officers from the City who
had stumbled upon him accidentally
He asked permission to speak with his captorS in
private and three cornered conference took place at
the next street. He begged for his liberty, since he
could fight for it. swearing to the officers that he
was then living an honest life, and promising to
tnue doing So He pictured the horrors of what
turn to captivity meant to him. and used SO many good
arguments that he winning his But in
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OF Csc ne uIU UIIt OF IIIt CItVtItSI
pieces of protracted feigning on record.
Indeed, to the very last, when he
finally left the Walled City with a
Governors pardon in his pocket, the
medical experts were about equally
divided as to whether he had ever
been insane at all, or whether he was
not insane still, but cleverly covering
up his decisions.
In any event, he had the prison Of
ficials suspecting him of insanity with
in a wear after going to the prison.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22

81 acres of land, same being lot No. Is,
a part of subdivision b.
8. An undivided 13 interest in and to
4G2 and 10 acres of land, same being
lot No. -, a part of Subdivision b.
9. An undivided L. interest in and to
1910 acres of land, more or less. same be-
ing lot No. 81. a part of Subdivision G.
10. An undivided 1-3 interest in and to
1924 and 80 100 acres of land, same be-
ing lot No. 81. a part of Subdivision ID.
IL. An undivided 1-3 interest in and to
715 and 40 acres of land. sam being
lot No. 40, a part of subdivision f.
II. An undivided 13 interest in and to
2S12 and 2S-100 acres of land, same be-
ing lot No. 45, a part of Subdivision F.
IL. An undivided 13 interest in and to
4404 and 6-10 acres Of land, same being
lot No. 40, a part of subdivision q.
All of the above lots and subdivisions
being particularly described by field
notes in the Judgment hereinabOve re-
ferrcd to-. and by plats duly recorded in
connection with said judgment and APP
pcaring of record in the Deed Records of
Cameron County, Texas in Book III of
said deed records, on pages 81 to 100 Of
said records. to which reference is here
by made for a mere particular descrp-
ton of said land.
And on the fifth day of August AID,
1913. being the first Tuesday of said
month. between the hours of 10 o'clock
a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m. on the said day
at the Court House door i'm said county,
| will offer for sale and sell at public
auction, for cash all of the right, title
and interest of the said John II. Brooks
in and to said property.
Dated at Brownsville, Texas, this 18th
day of July, AID, 1913.
c. T. RYAN,
Sheriff of Cameron County, Texas.
July SIS 1928.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE.
July 22-29.

IL OF SALE.
The State of Texas
County of Cameron
Whereas, by virtue of authority vested
in me, as Trustee, named and appointed
on a certain deed of trust, recorded in
Volume II. pages 375 to ISL, records of
real estate mortgages of Cameron
County, Texas, executed and delivered
to me on the Goth day of January, AID,
1912, by San Benito Sugar Manufacture
ing Co.. by 5. A. Robertson, vice-presi-
dent. for better securing the payment of
one promissOry note, for the sum of $1,000
bearing same date, payable to the order
of August Ehrhardt, and due February
|, 1913. executed by the San BenitO Sug-
ar Manufacturing Company, bearing s
per cent. per annum interest from date
until maturity, and also providing if not
paid at maturity and placed in the hands
of an attorney for collection, for 10 per
cent additional OH principal and interest
as attorneys fees, and secured by a lien
upon the following real estate situated
in Cameron County, Texas, viz: 64.SI
acres of land. a part of Conception de
Carricitos grant, surveyed and subdi-
vided for San BenitO Land and Water
Company and others, and being a part
of blocks la and 153. shown on said
company's maps, particularly described
as beginning at the corner common to
blocks III, 115, 116, and III, thence s..
80 dogs. Is min. W. 524.7 feet with Line
IT.. thence n So dogs. IL min. W. 222.5
feet; thence $. 50 dogs. % min. W. 224.1
feet; thence S. "a dogs. AZ min. W. GIG. 7
feet; thence II. 80 dogs. IL min. W. at
zoos. Z feet to a point OH line u; thence
n. % dogs. IL min. W. 1868 feet; thence
% dogs. 81 min. G. at 306. 9 feet, Il point
on line U; thence n. 73 dogs. 81 min.
G. 123.S feet; thence n. 60 dogs and ?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22

min. e. 593.S feet; thence N. As dogs. "A
min. e. $3.50 feet; thence n. % dogs.
5 min. e. 139. 8 feet to a point on line g.;
thence $. 50 dogs. II min. e. 211S.7 feet
with line 6 to the place Of beginning, sub
ject to the terms, conditions, reservation
and exceptions set out and contained in
Il deed by the San BenitO. Land and Wat
er Company to Wilhelmina j. Rothen-
berger. dated October IL, 1908, recorded
Vol. Suppl. &C" at pages 125-132.
And whereas, the said August Ehr-
hardt is the holder and owner of said
note, and there is now due AND unpaid
on the same a balance on the principal of
$4,000. together with s per rent. per an
nun interest from February l, 1913, and
said note has been placed in the hands
of an attorney for collection. and the 10
per cent. attorneys fee, contracted for,
and the maker thereof has defaulted in
the payment of said note. and the same is
past due and unpaid, principal. interest
and attorneys fees, as provided therein
now ~aggregating to $4576.O0: and where
as, l have been requested by the SAID
August Ehrhardt to enforce said trust, |
will offer for sales between the legal
hours thereof, to wit: between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock p. m., at
public auction. to the highest bidder, on
the first Tuesday in August, AID, 1913,
the same being the 9Th day Of said month,
at the court house door, in the city Of
Brownsville, in Cameron County. Texas.
the property h%ereinbefore described, with
all the rights. members and appurten-
ances thereto in anywise belonging.
Witness nv hand this the 14th day of
July, AID, 1919.
j. M. MOTHERSHEAD,
Trustee.
July 15-2229 Aug s..
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ART TREASURE FOUND


TNTtCTHT 70 IHt HtTUFH.T
MelbornG July pa painting which
is believed to be a Rubens worth at
least $1OO.000 has been purchased AT
an auction for 36 cents. A Brunswick
West Australia) auctioneer bought it
at this price and sold it a few weeks
later to DR.. Charles Summers Of Perth
West Australia) for $3.50. The doctor
is convinced that it is. a genuine Rub
ems. He left today for England with his
London Royal Academy and other G
pertS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22

FOR RENT-COol furnished room at
1904 Washington st. p. ct If.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22

FOR RENT-One nicely furnished
front room. Apply IA Washington st.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-07-22

FOR RENT.-Furnished rooms. 90S
Levee st.
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FOR RENT.-Large cool rooms for
light housekeeping; screened; bath;
electric lights and phone. Phone 442.
6-27-tf.
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TOXIC, at present occupied by Armour &
Co. Apply p. O. Box AZ. Cliff.
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room,
close in; all cOnveniences to perman-
emf gentleman. Prone 203. If.