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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
ARE LOSING TRADE.
Short Postage Works to Disadyantas
of American Merchants.

SnOfC fOet0Ee Works to Disadvantage
of American Merchants.
WashingtoR, IN 813.--American
Fto put fun postage |on, the letters they
send to foreign traders, according to
complaints:to the department of COM
merce. From Marseilles, Commercial
Agent Thompson has written to the
department saying that the large
French importers report that about
half the American correspondence
comes with only a two cent stamp
affixed whereas the rate is five cents
for the first ounce and three cents for
each additional ounce or fraction
thereof. From Argentine, Australia
and Africa similar complaints have
been received.
The department suggests that SIM
pie device of using q special 'colored
envelope for foreign correspondence
would prevent the oversight of short
postage.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
STAFF HELD FOR
DEATH Of WIFE
WHOM He KILLED
Annie, 12-Year-old Daugh-
ter, Tells Pathetic Story
of the Affair
HUSBAND STILL
DENIES KNOWLEDGE
Remarkable Details Of Peculiar Case
Friend Who Witnessed Shot Fired
Claims He Didn't Know Mrs. stan
Was Hiding in the Barrel.

Minot. N. D.. May 13.-John Staff.
charged with shooting his wife while
she lay concealed in an unused water
parrel, was held responsible for her
oeath by the coroner's jury.
The story of Annie Staff, aged ~,
the daughter who found the body Of
her mother In the barrel. was the
most pathetic feature of the inquest.
She said her father and mother had
quarreled Sunday morning before the
shooting. and that he had threatened
to shoot her.
Several times before. the girl said,
her father had threatened her mother
with shooting.
STAFF is being held without bail. He
hearing will take place tomorrow.
Piekos Tells Of Shooting.
According to the story told by Jan
Piekos a fellow countryman, who had
accompanied Staff home from Minot
curing his rifle at the barn, returned
to the house, and went inside. In a
moment or two he was outside again
and after looking around took aim at
the barrel, at the same time crying
out to Piekos. "Now watch me shoot,
fired at the bottom of the barrel. Then
carrying his rifle with him he went to
the rear Of the barn where he is said
to have remained for ten or fifteen
minutes.
Heard No Sound.
There was no outcry from the bar
rel and Piekos, who was standing
twenty-five or thirty feet from Staff
almost in direct line with the barrel
denies that he knew the woman waa
hiding there. He states that he Went
on with some work he was doing and
thought nothing further Of the Incl.
dent until staff told him about fifteen
minutes later that he had shot his
wife. Staff's eldest son, 10 years Of
age, was shooting gophers with .22
calibre rife only q few rods away
when his father fired the fatal shot
but he, too, did not realize that hi.
mother had been killed.
I:artherfeethim(n (ndO .s
Death Was Tnstantsleous. i ". 4.
According to the physicians. wfie
performed an autopsy, Mrs Staff'x
death was instantaneous. The bullet
of .4S caiibre, Egyptian" and Of the
soft nosed or mushroom" type which
spreads as 1t strikes an object. It en-.
tered the woman's body Just below
the right shoulder and Travelled di.
agonally. through the torso, emerging
on the left side Of the back just above
the left hip AS it entered the body
1t cut through one rib, passed through
the right lung. also through the heart
the stomach, the liver, one of the kid.
neys, and several other organs in the
woman's body.
/ Little Girl Finds Body.
The woman's dead body was found
by the eldest daughter, Annie, who
having seen her mother escape from
the house, and a few minutes later
heard the shot from her fathers rife
feared something terrible had happen.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS.
Gamesters in Paris May Not Find 1t
so Easy to Gamble.


Paris. May y13.-Gambling in France
may be subjected to still more sweep
Ing restrictions than those recently
proposed by jacques Piou in the
chamber of deputies. The amendment
to the gambling bill introduced in the
chamber on Friday last will be taken
up for further consideration Wednes-
day. 1t seeks to revoke all gambling
licenses granted under tn, law Of
1907: II this amendment Is favored
by the chamber. Deputy Charles Du-
more drastic amendment, forbid ding
betting at race courses and roulette
IN private clubs. It will also provide
that the government take measures to
prevent French citizens from entering
the Monaco casinos
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
TO INVESTIGATE
Prison Conditions at Sing Sing win
he Looked Into.

he Looked Into.
White Plains, n. Y, May 13.-An
Investigation OF prison conditions at
Sing Sing will be begun Thursday by
the Westchester county grand Jury,
It was announced today at the district
attorneys office. The May jury will
so to Ossining to take up an inquiry
as demanded by John s. Kennedy. the
prison warden. who called upon Dis
gard to the special report submitted
to Governor sulzer by John w. Blake
setting forth the conduct OF affair.
In the state penal institution,
Warden Kennedy asked that the
jury call witnesses within the prise n
and examine them with q view to
making an unbiased investigation OF
the alleGationa in the Blake rennrt. M
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
SHOT NEGRO
Man Awakened to Find Sister Beins
is "a. Choked--Is Released,

Choked-Is Released.
Galesburg. Ill. MEy. l3.-Aroused
from sleep by the screams Of his sls-
ter. Albert Duke. 627 West Second
street. grabbed his revolver and ,hur-
ried to her bed chamber this morning
She had been thrown to the floor.
Duke emptiedi the chambers Of HE
gun at the negro. one shot taking ef-
feet in his groin.
The negro who was found to be
Andrew Bruner. former hotel porter.
was taken to the city hospital.
Duke was arrested but has been re-
leased s,s
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
SENT Tn IAN

SENT TO JAIL.
New York, May 13.-Edward Hola-
han, 80 years of age, was sent to the
penitentiary today for six months for
beating his wife.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13

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q CnaE1cs =. MURPHY t1pWef rightly
aided by, ali the rest of the federal in
fiuence. It Is believed possible that a
mighty machine can. be built up that
Will make Mitchell the democratic
nominee for mayor Of New York at
ths faii elections. s9'Ss.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13

- a. M. si; maxilnunl 10:s'$gs
minimum. 2s: nortAwest wind. - Hi u
miles: barometer. 1910. ssig ss
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
Y Death Was TiistantanteoutVsI!. Z nc Z
Little Girl Finds Body.

INttIe UlrI F1uuS BO0y.
The woman's dead body was found
by the eldest daughter, Annie, VIII,
having seen her mother escape from
the house, and a few minutes late,
heard the shot from her fathers rifle
feared something terrible had happen
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13
Extra!
NORTHERN LEAGUE GAMES TODAY

INNINGS
GRAND FORKS.
At SUPERIOR.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-13

Park River: Robert Campbell, RAlbh
Thompson Cavalier: Herman lEgsfs
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
MOUNT VERNON SUNDAY
-OPENINC IS ADVOCATED
Miss Janet Richards Gives Several Rea.
sons Why Historic Spot Should
Be Available to Public.

Those who are advocating Sunday
Mount Vernon openings are encouraged
by the fact that IL has become known
that a few members Of the board OF
regents Of the Mount Vernon Ladies AS
ISOLATION, are inclined to favor this move.
No definite action has been taken. but
1t is said the subject informally has
been discussed by members OF the board
OF regents, and that some formal action
may be taken.
While there is nothing tangible on
which to base hopes of the project be-
ing carried through. the mild sentiment
in favor of It, which is said to exist
among several members OF the board of
regents, gives rise to the hope that Sun
day visitors to the Capital and persons
who are employed on week days. Will
be allowed TO visit the tomb OF George
Washington on the Sabbath.
Miss Janet Richards. the lecturer, who
was the author of the resolution ap-
proved by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution convention requesting
that Mount Vernon be opened on Sun
days. is one of the many working to at
tain this end. According to Miss Rich
ards. members of the board of regents
and attendants at Mount Vernon have
remarked that IF the gates are open
Mount Vernon.
In an interview yesterday Miss Rich
ards said the so-called rabble would not
rush in, because it could not afford the
price of admission-seventy-fl cents.
Il asked the attendants" said Miss
Richards. elf the rubble, as they re-
ferred TO the poorer people. usually
rushed over Mount Vernon and desc
Grated the home of George Washington
on the Fourth of July, Memorial Day,
and other holidays. They said they did
not If the so-called ra bible do not swarm
over the grounds on holidays, they VIII
not do so on Sundays. The reason is
that they won't pay the price. They
want to go some place where they Will
be admitted to a picnic ground fol
% cents. and where they can eat theii
meals from the baskets they carry. The
rule against eating on the grounds Of
! Mount Vernon is sufficient in itself.
think, to keep away undesirable persons
| The river resorts hold more attraction
for this class of people on Sunday.
There is no reason why Mount Vernon
should not be opened on Sunday, and
! there are many why it should. Depart
| ment clerks and others employed by the
! government cannot get there on any
| other day. while many visitors who come
| to Washington on Sunday are disap
| pointed because they cannot get inside
| the gates of Mount Vernon. Ofttime.
! these people have come a long way ant
possibly may never again visit the Capt.
! tai.
| And many of the government EN-
| ployes never get a chance to visit thu
historic place 1 have a friend who wa,
in Washington, employed by the govern
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
Holy Name Society to Meet.

For Bridal Carriages Phone Downey'a
Stables 1920 l. st. Reasonable rates.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12

ment for nine years. and not once did
she get a chance to visit the home OF
On Sunday, the only day
OF tho week when she was free from
work. the place was chosed."
Miss Richards said she hoped that the
board OF regents will shortly take some
action In the matter and will decide to
throw open the gates on Sunday.
There In really no reason why 1t
should not" she said. FOR / am sure
visitors to the grounds on Sunday would
be dignified ones, and 1 am sure only
desirable people would care to go ovel
to Mount Vernon.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
LOCAL MENTION.
EXCURSIONS TODAY.

Zoolorical Park, Chevy Chase the Country
Clubs and Kensngtou. Cars from Fifteenth and
New York Avenue every quarter hour
Steamer Charles Macalester leaves from foot Of
Seventh Street Southwest for Mount Vernon, home
and tomb Of Washington. daily. except Sunday. at
10 a. m and la5 p m.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company's
Comfort and Norfolk daily At SIS p. m.
Cans from Fifteenth Street and New York Avenue
every quarter hour for main entrance Zoo Park and
Chevy Chase.
To Great Falls Washington and Old Dominion
Railroad evey few minutes from Thirty-sixtA
and NJ StreetA
To Mount vernon-washington Utilities Company
cars every hour the hour from 10 q. m. to D. m.
last car Station, Twelfth Street and Pennsylvania
Avenue.
The Bread that Made Holmes Bakery.
This bakery conceived the idea of max
ing bread with Milk instead OF water
and It has ever since produced the finest.
most delectable bread to be had, &c loaf
or q tickets for 8: Delivered anywhere,
1857.
ssThe Goo Of vengeance.o
Great Sensation Today. Virginia.
G. A. ROBINSON, BARBER,
Expert Haircutting, Csc. Moved to 1879
F Street Northwest. Ten expert bar
bers. No waiting. Manicurihg and
chiropodist. Phone Main 5s3S.
Chicago expects to be headquarters for
. millinery trust soon to be formed.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12

Chicago expects to be headquarters for
, millinery trust soon to be formed.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
VIRGIN1AN IS MISSING.
J. r. Nicholson, of Falls Church, Is
Being Sought by Police.

Missing from his home. in Falls
Church, Va, since Friday, James B.
Nicholson is being sought in Washing
ton by the police.
Mrs Nicholson, alarmed at her nus
bands continued absence from home,
called upon the police here to look Tor
him.
Nicholson is the foreman of the
workmen of the Falls Church Tele-
phone Company's lines, and formerly
was in the employ of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company, of
this city. He had more than $50 with
him when he disappeared.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
Man Wounded by Negro.

John Sullivan, forty-five years old.
3a9 l. Street Northeast. was stabbed
in the left breast with a pocketknife
bv John Henry, colored. during an al
tercation yesterday morning in the
rear of 329 Missouri Avenue North
west. The wounded man was sent to
Casualty Hospital in an ambulance.
Henry was arrested and locked up at
the Sixth precinct station.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12

The Holy Name Society will meet at
ST. Dominic's School at o'clock to-
night. Addresses will be delivered by
representative Goulden of New York
and Representative McGillicuddy of
Maine.
The Washington herald., 1913-05-12
TRIM COMPANY II TEAM.
Walter Reed Hospital Nine Wins
Fast Game, D to q.

The Walter Reed General Hospital
team defeated Company NJ, ID. c. n. c..
IN a fast game. to s. The hospital
boys put up a fast article OF ball. and
were a much better team all around
than the District team. The features Of
the game were the pitching of Hickman
and the batting OF Kerans. Lieut.. john
son, of the Guard team. did the best for
his aggregation.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
UMMONS.

In the Justices Court of Holtville
Township, County of Imperial, state of
California. Geo. w. Haviland, Justice.
c. H. Rosenbaum, plaintiff. VS.. Geo.
w. Forester, defendant.
The People of the State Of California
send greeting to Geo. w. Forester, de-
fendant
You are hereby directed to appear in
an action brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the Justices
Court of Holtville township, Imperial
county, state of California, and to an
swer before :hc justice at his office in
said town ship, the complaint filed
therein, within five days exclusive of
on you of this summons, if served
within the township in which the action
is brought: or. if served out of said
township but within said county, with
in ten days; or within twenty days If
served elsewhere. And you are here
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
CITY AND VALLEY.

Theatre Tulane-Entire change OF
program tonight.
Make Final Proof-William L
Brite and James c. Thompson made
proof yesterday before County Clerk
Major Cook.
Struck by Car.-Ray Edgar is heia
up for few days in San Diego owing
to his auto being struck by street
car, being considerably damaged.
x X X
Mrs. Beal Ill.-Supervisor Beal was
granted sixty day leave of absence
yesterday by the board of supervis.
ors on account Of the illness of his
wife at Seattle.
Imperial Gets New Corral.-Mater.
ial is on the ground for an addition
containing eight pens to the Southern
Pacific's stock corrals at that point
A new siding 1000 feet in length in
also being constructed.
X X X
Wertz-Sibold Hearing. - Victor
Wertz and ]. r. Sibold are today hav-
ing their preliminary hearing before
Justice Philo Jones for the murder of
J. w. West, who was mysteriously
drowned few days since in the Ala
mo wasteway near Alamorio in their
company.
Majestic Players Tonight.-At the
L. & S. theatre tonight will appear
the Majestic Players in "Isben's
Ghosts" which feature comes well
recommended. "The Tiger Lily" q
photo drama, with vital and thrilling
incidents in human lives, will also be
given its first appearance in Ell Cen.
tro.
At Hotel Oregon.-Alta D. Stone
w. E. Sephart, J. M. Strickler, A. NJ
Wiodmen, D. H. Dunn, ]. E. Gray, }
A. Walton, A. NJ. Hamburger, L. NJ
Cleveland, Yolande C. Post, D. II
Drew, w. M. Carter, L. E. Harding
F. D. Finch, Frank L. Shaw, Los An
geles; A. ]. Stephens, st. Louis; Johr
Shea, Salt Lake; Mrs. NJ. L. Bailey, C
S. Rogers, Tom E. Richardson, Sa:
Diego; H. Lurie, New York; Mr.. ant
Mrs. H. J. V. Blake, Holtville.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
MAINLY PERSONAL.

Mrs. Bishop is home from her
summer vacation.
Miss Marguerite Cleveland leaves
today for Los Angeles where she in
tends to spend the coming school
year.
( ID X. Goode and family are home
from the coast.
Herbert Everett left yesterday for
visit at Austin, Texas.
Mrs. C. H. Hersee is home from her
vacation in Los Angeles.
Mrs. w. L. Calderwood left last
evening for Los Angeles.
Miss Mabel Hedrick returned last
evening from Los Angeles.
Among the homecomers are Mr.. and
Mrs. C. E. Sprouse and daughter.
Miss Alva Patterson of Imperial
has accepted a position in Tax Col
lector Reid's office.
Bradford Hemeon welcomed his
mother yesterday, who has come from
the east for visit.
True Vencill and family have re-
turned home to Ell Centre from a sum-
mer vacation at Los Angeles.
A. H. Redkopf brought his family in
i by automobile yesterday from their
summer vacation on the coast.
Mrs. Dan V. holland and children
returned last evening from her vaca-
tion at Riverside and points on the
coast.
F. B. Fuller, president of the El
Centre National Bank, has returned
by automobile from a vacation on the
coast.
County Clerk Cook is again at work
: after short trip to San Diego, where
Mrs. Cook is spending the summer
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Herbert of Guth-
rie, Oklahoma, are visiting their rela-
tives, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Seeds, at
Ell Centre.
Glenn Malloy who has been ill in I
hospital at San Diego, has SO far re
covered as to be able to return home
to Ell Centre.
| Miss Kate Russell, who has beer
stenographer for Edgar Brothers
Realty Company, has returned to he,
home in Riverside to accept position
there.
Mrs. Elliott Beamer and daughter
have arrived from Dan Diego, the.
having remained there when Mr.
Beamer came home to sing in the
Tulane theatre.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16

In the matter of the trusteeship o.
the estate of Hamilton Hail. a missins
person.
Notice is hereby given that Friday.
the 26th day of September, A. d. 1913
court room of said Superior Court. at
Ell Centro, in the County of Imperial
State of California, has been appointed
as the time and place for the hearing
of the petition of Elizabeth Hall for
the appointment of herself as the
trustee of the estate of Hamilton Hail.
a missing person, and for the issuance
to her of such letters of trusteeship
thereon. when and where any person
interested may appear and offer evi-
dence in support or in opposition to the
same.
Dated this 29th day Of August. A.
d. 1913. NJ. ) COOK
Clerk of Said Court
BY " y. THOMPSON, Deputy Clerk
Sept IL
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
VALLEY Lumber Co.
Building Material
EL CENTRIC CALExICO

by notified that unless you so appear
and answer said complaint, as above
required, said plaintiff will cause
your default to be entered and take
judgment for any money or damages
demanded in the complaint as arising
upon contract, or will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, together with the costs OF
suit.
Given under my hand this 2sth day
of July, 1918.
GEO. w. HAVILAND,
Justice of the Peace, Holtville Town
ship, County of Imperial, State of
California. Mon Oct S
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
In Training

What makes you stand on one foot
and move your shoulders in that
way?" asked the snipe.
"Well," replied the crane, there
is no chance of my learning to sing,
so I'm practicing to see if l can't be
come a classic dancer" Washington
Star.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
Colorado River Flow

Mean daily gage heights and dis
charges of the Colorado river at Yuma,
Arizona, for the week ending, Sep
tember l3. 1913.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16

NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE AP-
POINTED FOR HEARING PETI-
TION FOR APPOINTMENT "a
Tx USTEE.
California, in and for the County Of
Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16
WhoWrote The Shakespeare Plays?

Of
thus This likeness the
e payy
well to plant with Monitor Double Disc Drill? Just
TO drill
nom o at
will a $4,000 the
With Monitor
the seed that quantity less But with Broadcast
70
of
careful established the
uniform
the de all seeds at the all
il fronto disc
to Of
Of
to the surface to be blown picked up by the birds
by
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-16

FRANCIS L. SELLEW,
Project Engineer.
Yuma, AriZ., Sept. 13, 1913.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-03
CONSIDER PLANS
FOR DISSOLUTION
Chairman of Union Pacific in
Conference With Attorney
General.
DECISION is NOT REACHED
Something Definite Expected to
Be Determined Upon
by May TO-
DECISION is NOT REACHED
Especial to The rimes-Dispatch.l

lSpeclal TO The Times Dispatch
New York. April Fudge r. S.
Lovett. chairman OF the Union Pacific
Railroad Company. upon returning
from a conference with Attorney Gen
era! McReyHoIds, declared to-day that
although no definite plan has yet been
formulated concerning the dissolution
OF the Union Pacihc-southern Pacific
merger. he believes one will be ready
for presentation to tho court before
May 10 next
Judge Lovett, in discussing his con-
ference with the Attorney General
said:
II saw the Attorney General. and
went over with him In detail the
aspects of the present situation. set
before him the facts as I understand
them. Also various plans that have
been considered. the many difficulties
thpt we have found In tho way of the
different plans. the various possibiI-
tiles OF dealing with tho present sit
nation and the practical effect OF the
different courses that might BIO taken
up so as to let him SEQ how these plans
might bear up with the view or policies
that tho government might have as to
the practical results
Il also attempted to forecast as far
IS could the practical results Of the
different suggestions. ] did not place
before him any definite plan ( pre-
rented a great many possibilities OF the
situation and wanted his views on
them
When asked il plan would be
formed SO rs TO eliminate the Califor-
MIA Railroad Commission, Judge Loyett
smiliDgly replied:
we would not undertake TO eiirni-
Paw, 'hf, .1'2'sp&s'Fl .|'',SxSy,,.pvsgiw'' re'n,
Judge lovett stated that there were
good many more questions jnvoIvcd
man the disposition of the sl26e5O. QUO
southern Pacific stock held by the
Union Pacific
When asked II he considered the DOS.
sibility OF a receiversnrp for Tho I-,i,,,,
Pacific to be remote should no Man
pe formulated In the time allotted bv
'ao court, Judge Lovett replied:
nave no views on the possibility
OF receivership. I do not care rnucb
about IT,"