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New Ulm review., 1913-09-03
Farmers Siune by Insurance.

Some twenty-five farmers of Brown
and Redwood counties are now re-
GREETING, more or less seriously, the
credulity with which they were in
duced to invest in hail and tornado
insurance little over five years ago
and before they are through with
the court litigations which threaten
them, they will have paid quite dear
ly for the insurance. The whole af-
fair seems to be of a very compli-
Gated nature and will no doubt hold
the attention of the district courts
for some time. .a....a..-
It appears that M. M. Berlin, q.
former saloonkeeper at Springfield,
gave up his activities in the liquor
business to become an insurance
agent during the month of July,
1908, and in the latter capacity call
ed on a large number Of farmers in
Brown and Redwood counties. offer
ing them insurance AGAINST hail and
tornadoes in the Minnesota Farmers
Mutual Insurance Company of Min
neapolis. Mr.. Berlin apparently
made success of his venture for he
induced about twenty-five prominent
farmers Of the two counties to take
out policies in the company which
he represented and each of them
paid him the seemingly small initial
installment of $5, the balance to
be forthcoming at the end Of the
year, being assessed against the
policyholders pro rata as the COM
pan was a mutual concern.
Within less than one year after
the issuance of the policies the
State Insurance Department, after
thoroughly investigating the bust
ness methods and affairs of the in
surance company, rescinded the lat
ter's license but later re-instated the
company and allowed it to again do
business after the concern had COM
piled with the departments order,
In the meantime, however, some of
the farmers who had purchased poll
cies of Mr. Berlin returned them
to the home office and secured SINH
lar insurance in other companies. |
Other purchasers of the mutual poll
cies did not return them. Repeated |
attempts on the part of the Mime
apolis concern to collect the annual
assessments proved unavailing and
now legal steps have been taken to
enforce payment, if possible,
By means Of the suits commenc-
ed against the individual policyhol-
1ers in the Hennepin county district
court, the insurance company seeks
% recover the amount of the prem
ums for the past five years, which
;otal about $10O on each policy and,
lside from this sum, the policies pro-
vide that if legal steps become neces-
'ary to collect the assessments, the
will be required to pay
ii court costs. It is probable that
change of venue to Brown and
Redwood counties, respectively, will
,e secured by Attorney August G.
Erickson of Springfield, who repre-
ents twenty-five Of the policyhold-
rs interested in the suits.
New Ulm review., 1913-09-03
threshing was literally loaded with
railroad spikes.

threshing was literally loaded with
railroad spikes.
Spikes each about ten inches long
were placed two and two, head upon
head, and then tied together with
binder twine and wrapped in oats
straw in such fashion that this des-
picable work could not be easily de-
tected. Before the men noticed any
thing, about twelve bundles had pass
ed thru the machine doing the damage
aforementioned.
To prevent any further damage,
and possibly serious nishap, it was
found necessary to open each bundle
and examine it carefully before it
was fed to the machine. This meant
slow work and it was quite late be-
fore the job was finally completed.
There were no spikes or iron of any
kind in the second stack, an oats
stack, but in the third and fourth
stacks, also oats, the spikes were
found in the second and third rows
from the bottom and some iron was
found in the inner rows.
The whole thing was done in such
a way that those who were in charge
of the threshing are firmly convinced
that this contemplate work was done
by some one who is throughly conver-
SAINT with threshing and knew just
how to plant the spikes to do the most
damage by catching the threshers in
an unguarded moment. The act must
have been perpetrated between Sun
day evening and Monday morning.
The total damage done will not ex-
ceed $4,000 and all things considered
it passed off most fortunately. The
damages might easily have been
much greater and besides that, there
was the danger of having some of the
men hurt and possibly killed. Ac-.
cording to the threshers this bastard
ly trick was done by one man and
they have their suspicious which point
to q man who lives in New Ulm. No
efforts will be spared to run him
down. Considerable feeling has
been aroused on account of this act
of wantonness and already $325.00 re-
ward money for the arrest and con-
viction of the guilty party has been
subscribed by the following: Mander-
field Bros, $4,000; Louis Ochs, 500;
JOS. Tauer, $4,000 and John Schons,
$25.00.
New Ulm review., 1913-09-03
Someone Guilty Of a Mean Trick;

How utterly depraved and devoid of
common decency some human beings
are became known late Monday af-
ternoon while Manderfeld Bros, were
threshing for John Schons on his
farm in the outskirts of New Ulm
near the City Cemetery. The crew
started threshing rye about four
o'clock in the afternoon but soon real
lied that something was wrong. An
investigation showed - that about
thirty-two teeth of the cylinder of the
separator had been knocked out. Up
on further investigation it developed
that the stack of rye they were
New Ulm review., 1913-09-03
Is it or Is it not the Car in
Which Conrad Alex Rode
Gaily Away?
Those Who Know Are Not
Telling. Peculiar
Condolences.

One of the latest professional men K
turn automobilist is Attorney Jos.sA
Eckstein. Under the excellent tutor
ship of Roy L. Berg he learned to rur
the machine at one sitting, and fol
the past several days has been seer
chug.chugging up and down oul
streets. Tuesday morning he gol
stalled on First South near Broadway
for fully half IN hour. He vows nov
that he wouldn't accept any machine
ss gift II be had to run it himself Oil
the time. s s., .s
The car Mr.. Eckstein was driving.ii
. Brush and looks % tho it had seer
considerable hard service. Itreached
town, If current rumors are to be be.
lieved, In moro or less mysteriou,
manner. It 10 said that . Law exper,
and an auto expert both from New
Ulm discovered this machine some U
or y miles out in the country from I
village not more than 60 miles from
here. Upon being shown the credsn.
tisls carried by the experts, the party
who had possession Of the Brush
in question cheerfully gave it up and
1t was t0wed here the same day. s
New Ulm has barbored only one
well.known Brush" in its days and
that belonged to Conrad Alex who left
SO suddenly and unceremoniously
about two months ago. Those who
knew the Alex car, imagined that they
recognized an old, friend when it made
ito appearance on the streets last Sat-
urdays They looked it over, read the
number 1l317, and we're ready to swear
that it was Conrad's "Brush" that he
used to have when be was In the EN-.
ploy of Uncle Sam as rural mail car.
rier. The present owner claims this
is ell mistake; that he bought it from
some one who does not answer to the
name Of Conrad Alex; that the car
never belonged to the erstwhile mail
carrier and there you are. Like the
army mule, however, the car bears q
private mark of Identification. The
man who owned it before it was sold
to Alex says that on the back of the
seat is q private "brand' where the
wood is scorched. The mysterious
car bears mark of the sort described
by him-and there you are again.
The former owner also reports that
be at one time had photo taken OF
The car on which the number II, ,3l7
appears very distinctly, which, OF
course, would be peculiar co.inci-
dence.
New Ulm review., 1913-09-03

Two representatives OF the Mime
sofa Westherproof and Glazing Com
psny, who have been busy calking
the windows Of the various public
school buildings here, have completed
this work and are now working on the
G.. B. Weiser and Emil G. Hage
homes. The same firm also had the
contract for calking the windows Of
the new Loretto hospital, which was
completed some time ago.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
COMPANY
 GROWING ANXIOUS

Now what do you think-Wells Far go Express company has started a news bureau" with Thomas Elliott as chief. Headquarters of this de partment are located in the San Fran cisco. It's purpose is purely and sim ply to graft free advertising space from the newspapers with a hope of turning public opinion in favor of the express company and away from the parcels post.
 The eXpres company is evidently growing anxious on account of the fmmen4e popularity of the parcels post system established by the gov ernment No longer does the big cor poration regard the United States as it's own private property but is evi- dently coming to the conclusion that the time has arrived to cultivate it's business by giving some sort of req sonable consideration of the demands of the public
 The first sheet of news" sent out by the new service would amount to two columns of praise for the won derful service afforded the people. It is laudable, but it comes a little to late. The express company has had it's opportunity for twenty years to do these things and now that the eforts are being made after the gov elnment has started the real thing the company has little reason to eX- pect a national reaction in it's favor - Fl Centro Progress.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

TUCSON, Aug. 27.-Stephen Aguir. re, formerly of Tucson arrived Sunday by way of San Francisco from Dur anko, where his store was footed when that city fell. He is on his way to Fl Paso, where his son, B s. Aguirre preceded him recently.
 While here Aguirre met several of his old friends, including Judge Will liam F. Cooper. It has been three years since he was in the city.
 There were 150 Americans in Du- rango when Aguirre left, women ane children, as well as men. Some of them are physically unable to cross the mountains by the narrow trails. Sentiment among the lower classes is anti-American. One man suggested that in case of intervention, the Americans be locked up in the peni- tentiary and be put to death when the first soldier crossed the line.
 Durango fell on June IS. Aquirre stayed a month longer. There were 400 Americans there at the time.
 After taking what they wanted at my store, the constitutionalists in vited the towns people in,'' said Aguir- re. 'T asked the guard if he couldn't
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
FRANCE ON TIE
 MEXICAN QUESTION

PARIS, Aug. 27.-The French for eign office today cabled instructions to the French minister in Mexico City to support the policy of the Unit ed States towards Mexico by making friendly representations to the Pro- visional President Huerta.
 The French government declared it. self convinced by advices from Wash ington of the sincerity of the United States in the pacific intentions to- ward Mexico and the Mexican people.
 It is stated that the French ministry will not raise the slightest difficulty in the way of the reception of Fran cisco de la Barra who was recently appointed Mexican minister to France and who arrived in Paris Saturday.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
FORMER AR|zONAN |S ACCUSED
 IF \ SHOOTING IN DURANGO

drive them out He said lie could for $10.
 He kept his word, but they came back again. Some one shot into the crowd from an upper window. 1 was accused. One rebel declared that was not the man, as he had been with me all the morning, so I escaped.
 q cane out in the second party. There were 16 of us including two MeXicans, whom we employed as front and rear scouts. We were held up once by guerillas and five of ou pack animals taken. We got two tc replace them at a ranch farther along.
 Caesar Torres, the district judge came out with US.
 "Lariault, an Englishman, was beaten by some constitutionalist sol diers, whom he had previously beaten when they were in his employ. The captain protested but could not pre- vent three of the men from taking Lariault away. They stripped him and shot at him, but inflicted only minor wounds. He ran, jumped into an arroyo and escaped while they were quarreling over his clothes"
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
LOCKED IN CELL, JESSE BOYCE
 HEARS PLAN ID GUT HEART OUT

PHOENIX, Aug. 27.-For two hours last Saturday afternoon Jesse l. boyce Wa sconfined in a cell at the
 -.,e asJ lum for JEe iLsaue R4tn q ..-adnian, who was cainliy discussing the uses to which he intended to pu, m S-inch carving knife.
 One of the plans of the lunatic was to cut Boyce's heart to small shreds and then use the shreds to knit q rair of socks. Today there are several extra white hairs on Jesse's dome
 It wouldn't have happened if Boyce hadn't been so anxious to play crazy He thought it would be a good joke on Dr. Stephens, the superintendent if he should pretend to be out of his mind. By the time he got out of the cell he had lost most of what mind he had.
 Boyce went out to the asylum with Corporation Commissioner A. w. Cole and Constable Jim Murphy On the way it was suggested that Boyce should play crazy. He fell right Tn with the plan.
 Upon arriving at the asylum Cole got Dr. Stephens off to one side and told him that Jesse was going to do Dr. Stephens had a short conversation with one of his patients, an old man who is as sane as any one except on one or two subjects, and gave him some orders. Then he went into his office to meet Boyce.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

within his rights when he approved that contract He holds that the exclusive power given the P. G. & F. company in section Il of the contract; was in part payment for the water rights as claimed by the concern.
 Two national statutes are quoted to show that the secretary of the interior did have that power and the attorney general proceeds:
 It appears that he thought it es- sential to the proper development of
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

Boyce was introduced as Mr. J. E. Brown" Dr. Stephens invited him to have a chair. Jesse thanked him, pick ed up the chair and began to walk about aimlessly, trying to stuff it into his pockets. The doctor did not seem at all surprised.
 Then they took a walk through the violent ward. Jesse was invited in to the cell occupied by the old man with whom Stephens had conferred. Boyce seemed to become crazier ev- cry minute and the doctor could not be blamed for locking the door as soon as he stepped into the cell.
 Startled. Jesse looked around. About that time the old man said:
 ''Mr Brown, 1 have here carving knife eight inches long. Do you know what'm going to do with it? No? We'll, I'm going to cut your heart into little shreds and feed them to those snow birds out there"
 Stephen, Murphy and Cole waited to hear no more. They walked on and had dinner. Two hours later they returned and released Jesse, who was all present, but badly scared.
 As all this happened at the state asylum for the insane, the state off cials are naturally much interested. The only state official who refuses to discuss the affair is one Jesse l.. Boyce, secretary of the tax con-
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
REDLiNDS AUTO MAN
 WORKS WHILE VISITING

Herman Furst, who runs a garage business in Redlands, Cal, and who has been visiting his brother, John, here, was called upon yesterday to repair an auto which had broken down several miles out in the desert. It proved to be a 1913 Cadillac owned and driven by MT Peterson of Los Angeles The car was repaired and brought to Yuma and is now on it's way to Phoenix.
 MT. Furst will leave for Redlands tonight.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
TRIES ID FIX FLAMING
 WIRE |S ELECTROCUTED

MESA, Aug. 27.-While trying to disconnect a burning telephone wire from the wall of the pump house on the Mcqueen ranch south of this city at ' o'clock Saturday morning Harry Airline, an emplOye of the United States reclamation service was made the connector for the high power curernt and immediately cleo trocuted.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
BIG ROUHDHOUeE IS
 UNDER CONSTRUCTION

WINSLOW, Aug. 27.-Work on the new $3OO,OOO Santa Fe round house, being built by c. A. Fellows Co.,, which was stored under the sup ervision of General Foreman w. H. Seeley, now erecting a fine, large hospital for the Santa Fe at Belen will be completed within the next six weeks.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS CONTRACT |S LEGAL
 SECRETARY IF INTERIOR HAD RIGHT TO AGREE

PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 27.-That the contract made by the reclamation ser vive with the Pacific Gas and Electric company, giving that corporation the exclusive right to retail electric power in Phoenix, is legal and must stand, is the opinion of Atotrney General Me Reynolds.
 General McReynOlds holds that the secretary of the interior was acting
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
YOUTHFUL YUMA|TE
 FINES FOR HIS HOME

Major H. H. Donkersley received a letter last Sunday from his eleven year-Old son, Harry, now with his mother in Beaumont. Harry writes that he does not like Beaumont at all and of a recent short visit to San Bernardno says it is worse. He closes by saying:
 Now, papa, please write to mama to come. Affectionately, HARRY.
 "P. S.-PIease write quickly"
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
BEAVER AND KANE ID
 CONTEST FOR HONORS

The big event in the Yuma sport world this week will be the grand box ing contest between Fighting Beaver of Yuma and Walter Kane of Chicago on Saturday night at the Teller the atre
 The preliminaries will start at 9:3C and the main event at 10 o'clock sharp.
 As these men are very evenly matched a good fight is looked for.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

the Salt River project that the water rights claimed by the Pacific Gas & Electric company should pass into the ownership and control of the govern ment, for the ultimate benefit of the water users. Acting under section 2 of the reclamation act, he might have purchased the rights for a cash con- sideration, if the company had been willing to sell for a price which he deemed commensurate with the valuC of the rights to the project"
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
TROOPS ID BE SENT
 ID SCENE OF FIGHT

WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.- Troops will be dispatched to protect Sharp's Landing, at the intake of the Imperial valley irrigation project from the Colorado river whenever the state department asks the war department to do so. Secretary Bryan is now considering the matter.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
NEEDLES FERRIES RUN
 ONLY IN H|CH WATER
The Tucson Citizen says:

The Tucson Citizen says:
 E.. B. Ottestad, Alfredo DurazO and party had no trouble in the Mammonth Wash. They came through it in 42 minutes, including the time required to deflate the tires.
 Ottestad says that an erroneous impression has gone abroad that it is possible to cross the Colorado riv- CT at Needles. The ferries operate only during high water, he says.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
5O.OOO PEOPLE COMING
 ID CALF. LAND SHOW

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.--Ac- cording to the statistics of tlc various railroads having terminals in Ca;ifCr- n:a more than 5O,0O0 r1nncseekcr5 will be brought into the state by excursion during the month of October and the 'at,er "a O. September.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
.BIG MINE SUIT WILL
 BE FIRST ON DOCKET

GLOBE, Ariz., Aug. 27.-The fall work of the Superior court opens Monday with the suit of the Inspira- ton Company vs The Miami Cop per company for a right of way through the Keystone property.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

All the newest magazines on dis play at Shorey's.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Supervisor Ike Proebstel, of We'll ton, is in town today.
 Mrs. E. B. Ketcherside. returned last evening from Banning where she had been visiting her daughter.
 J. A. Molina left Sunday night for San Diego where he has accepted t position as bookkeeper in a large mer- establishment.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

It is rumOred that Bernard Levy, newspaper correspondent, was cap turned yesterday by a band of insur-
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

Lawrence Williams Tuesday brought 21 young hogs from his ranch near Somerton and sold them to the Yuma Meat Market They averaged 125 pounds and the price received was eight cents per pound on the foot.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

George Michelsen, vice president of the Yuma National Bank, will leave this evening for visit of two weeks with his family at Los Angeles.
Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1913-08-28

Al Purtell of the sheriff's office will leave tonight on No. for Los An geles. From there he will go to his old home at Lima, Ohio, where he has not visited in years.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-07-08
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
FRACTIONAL DECLINES.
Persistent HeaViness in Stocks
 Throushout the Session.

New York. July News in which
 Wall street was especially interested today was nearly all of a bearish turn and as there was no outside demand to sustain the market, quotations were lowered generally. Resumption of ! trading after the triple holiday brought no awakening of interest and although the days developments might have had little inf1unence on a broad and active market they formed an avail able basis for operations of the pro- fessional element whose activities &C., counted for the great part of such business as was done. Much atten- tion to the closing of a Pittsburgh bank and the receivership of a related concern. It was later generally un- cerstood that the causes which led up 10 the suspension of the bank were purely local and that no unfavorable differences could be drawn regarding the banking position in general. In fact the manner in which banks : have built up their reserves in view of the difficulties of the present situ- ation, was shown in the reports just made to the comptroller in response to his call
 Resumption of gold exports, with the engagement of s3,0oo,o00 for Paris, was surprise. as 1t had not been generally expected that further ship , ments would be made for the present
 N points te a further strain or at least to an indefinite continuance of the present conditions in the foreign money markets. In. this connection the bears found another argument in
 the poor showing made by the New York banks in last weeks statement, issued during the stock market heli-
 day, large contraction in cash holdings had been expected, however, ! on account of the heavy July pay ments, and it is probable that as soon as the funds tied up iR this way flow | back to their usual channels the con dition shown this week will be recti- fled.
 The gold engagement and the com piexieH of the bank statement were reflected in the frmer teRe of the time money market. Call funds al
 so rose above the recent level to- ward the close.
 The heaViRess of stocks persisted throughout the session. Declines were mostly fractional, but a number of representative stocks lost a point or more. Heaxiness of Great North ern Ore and Westinghouse was at tributed to selling in connection with the Pittsburgh bank troubles Bonds were under slight pressure. Total sales, par value. $f.54s,9g9 United States bonds were unchanged en call