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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
SPLIT ON HALF MILLION.
Joseph Brecklein Dissatisfied with
What Joseph Haag Left Him.

The following from the Kansas
City Star will be of interest to
Joe's many friends here:
Application was made in the
probate court this afternoon by
Joseph Brecklein, a minor through
his father and guardian, Hugo
Brecklein, a druggist, in Kansas
City, for permission to bring suit
to break the will of the late Jo-
seph Haag, grandfather of the ap-
plicant.
Joseph lIaag, a pioneer citizen.
formerly lived at Eleventh and
Central streets, and died a few
months ago and left an estate of
half a million dollars, distributed
by will to his widow, Rosa, and
his daughter, Lena, and to the
grandson, Joseph Brecklein. The
grandson, the application alleges,
was the object of great affection
from the late testator, and in the
l%atter's lifetime had given the boy
every reason to believe he would
receive an equal share of the
estate along with the daughter,
Lena.
The application alleges that the
widow and daughter had preju-
diced the mind of Haag against
the grandson, because Hugo
Brecklein, son-in-law, was about
TO contract a second marriage.
which was strenuously opposed by
the Haags. For these reasons, con.
tinues the application, Joseph
Haag organized a company called
the Red Rose Realty company and
gave the stock to his daughter and
wife in his will, and left the
grandson, Joseph Brecklein, only
$4,000 in cash. In view of these
influences, Joseph Brecklein asks
for permission to demand equal
right with the daughter in a civil
suit.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
Highland Park Notes

wv
First weeks attendance, 149
Champions to date are:
Elmer Strong, once over the
high wire walking
John Strong. high jumping
Elmer Strong, target practice
W, l.. Bonnet, 10 times knob
gripping
Jess Ross, 3 times hand over
hand, forward IS feet, iron pipe,
Barney Hight, bowling alley
c. Beard, high kicking
Name unknown, broad run
jumping, II feet
Miss Grace Lilly, steamer
quoits
Marion Evans, coon town
shooting gallery
Jess Ross, Is foot iron pipe
climbing, l liz times
Frank Scheuermann, punching
bag
Jess Ross, IS foot iron pipe,
grip backwards, . times
Barney Hight, Ginning rod, II
times
W. l.. BonnelI, monkey rope
John Soujohn, Kansas City,
stand jump in and out circle
If you want a good healthy ex-
ercise, visit Highland Park and
beat these records. You will
forget your worries and cares
and it will drive away the blues,
A special invitation is extended
the farming community. While
in town drive over, unhitch, and
feed your team-there is plenty
of shade and water. Go inside
and see your children have a
good time with the gymnasium
and health exercises. Make
yourselves at home at the park.
Get acquainted with Highland
Park. It's here to stay.
Picnics and club parties aIe
especially invited to have their
entertainments at Highland Park
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
ROUTE NO. /.


Preaching at theAshley church
every fourth Sunday; singing ev,
cry second, fourth and fifth Sun
day evening.
Cool, rainy weather
Pansy is glad to say she had a
real good time at the show and
hopes everybody had as good a
time rs shs did
Mrs. Stella Bovzien of Spring.
field is visiting at John Frye's
Everett Spence and wife visit.
ed his father last week
Everybody is washing since
the show and since it has quit
raining
Several got wet coming home
from the show Thursday
PANSY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
ON ROUTE NO. 2
Especial Correspondence.)

The show is overall report a
nice time
Miss Esther Starne spent
Tuesday night with Miss Leota
Brentlinger
Mrs. Drue Turner and son
Rowland spent Saturday night
and Sunday with her parents, j.
D.. Rowland and wife. Drue
stayed at G. W. Brentlinger's
Saturday night and spent Sun
day at Mr.. Rowland
J. W. Brentlinger, wife and
daughter spent Sunday with
Mrs. w. +. Stone, who is real sick
Pendy Medley spent Monday
night at G. w. Brewers
Charles and Jesse Newton and
Misses Letha Shanes and Alva
Frye spent Thursday evening at
j. w. Brentlinger's.
Mrs. John Lloyd has been visi-
ting G. w. Brewers since Sun.
day. She and Mrs. Brewer spent
Tuesday with Grandma Williams
j. a. Riley and wife spent
Monday afternoon at Paul Will
liams'
Lots of people down this way
are rejoicing over the premiums
they received during the show.
Amos Roy brought 3 car of
cattle from West Plains the first
of the week
Misses LulaCarter and Blanch
Moore made an afternoon call at
Amos Roy's Sunday
Mrs. John Moore of Springfield
Is visiting friends on Route 2.
She stayed Monday and Tuesday
night at j w. Brentlinger's and
Tuesday at G.. W. Brentlinger's
and Wednesday at James Let
singers and attended the sale at
James Hoover's
SUKEY.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
ANTRIM G~LEANINGS
Especial Correspondence

Fine weather after 80 much
needed rain
All enjoyed tn. show at Mans.
field. They did not stop for rain
nor wait for sunshine
Wheat drilling is the order Of
the day
Miss leila Mcclellan returned
Monday from Mansfield, where
she attended the show
Mrs. Daisy Wells and Miss
Jennie Wells left Saturday, go
ing west
Miss Edna Deckard has begun
her school at Northview
TOPSY
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
Mountain Line Items
('souspuodssIIoo IsIosds)
SUKEY

Nice cool weather
Homer Tarbutton is working
at his saw mill
Mrs, James Brewer is on the
sick list
G. r. Mink and wife are the
proud parents of a big baby girl
Mrs. Will Tarbutton called on
Mrs. James Brewer Tuesday
w. S. Gaskill conducts an all
day singing Sunday at the Pool
school house
Mr.. Bottoroff, wife and two
daughters and two of their old
friends from Kansas called atW.
s. Gaskill's Tuesday
GIBBS
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02

Director Q%uisenbcrry Of the
Poultry Experiment Station re-
Gently received II cablegram from
South Africa requesting the reser-
walton of n pen for the next Ma
tional Egg Laying contest which
begins December ]. A pen il also
reserved for a pen of birds from
Cermany.--Mt. Grove Herald.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
Market Report

Eggs, 16c
Butter, Ice
Butter Fat, CSC
Old Hens, Sc
Springs, lie
Fat Turkeys, lie
Ducks, &c
Geese, 4c
Green Hides, Sc
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
WOLF CREEK.

Sunday school as usual at the old
log church every Sunday morning.
Preaching at the Freewill Bap-
fist church every third Saturday
and Sunday. Rev. Findley, pastor.
Sunday school at the Holiness
church every Sunday. james Iva,
YOU KNOW.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
MACoMB M%ENTIoNINas.
Especial Correspondence

Preaching at the Baptist church
every first Saturday at IL a. m.
and at Z p. m. and Sunday II g..
m. by Rev. g. Caldwell, pastor.
Everybody invited.
Preaching at the Macomb Meth
odist Episcopal church the second
and fourth Sundays each month.
Sunday school every Sunday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
DAWSON DoTTINGs.

Friendship Baptist church
meets the third Saturday in each
month at II a. m. and Sunday II
a. IN. and 1880 p. m. Rev. W. s.
Griffith, pastor. Sunday school
every Sunday at 1890 a. m. S.
r. Hilsabeck, superintendent.
Prayer meeting each Sunday at
1870 p. IN. :,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
Is YOUR NAME HERE
Roll of Honor.

4sOll Va 4AOIols
The following. who had not
previously paid US on subscrip.
ton, have paid during Septem.
Der:
VIM. R. Ummethun, Topeka, Ks.
H. X. Smedley, Chapel, Okla.
c. l.. Morgan.
A. J. Wilder
Mrs. NJ. F. Grissom
f. j. Knight, Buffalo.
W. H. Hart, Missoula, Montana.
S. X. See
G.. w. Brewer
Mrs. B. Murphy, Kansas City
j. C. Montgomery, Memphis
W. NJ. Hutsell
K. A. Stapp
Miss Norma Burney, Gainesville,
Texas
Henry Hunsaker
Reed Baker
c. H. Shreve
A. A. brennan, Seymour
KS. Doyden, Bryant
Cassea H. Osborn, Spokane, Wash.
Mrs. B.R Barnes
Cora Selby, Nelagoney. Okla.
VIM. Strong, Hilo
z. L. Canaday, Page, Neb.
W. F. Rupee. Hartville
E. f. Newton, Neosho
W. NJ. Caldwell, Tulsa, Okla.
Alvy Nevvels, Harragut, Tenn.
j. E. Moore, Parsons, Kans.
Mrs. B. Turner, Newburg.
X. A. Pool.
Willis r. Munger, Kansas City.
Clifford Seal.
Total renewals, 142.
Total new subscribers, 219.
Grand total, 361.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02

Miss Ann Robinett, who had been
taking Miss Gaskill's place as
teacher in the Mansfield schools,
leaves tomorrow for Walnut Ridge,
Ark, where she has been engaged
to teach.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02


Z Aviator Edward Wilson of TT.
Worth, Texas, is visiting his cousin
Ell. Knight, in this city this week.
Wilson has just returned from
Mansfield, where he had made two
sucdessful flights at the street fair
and stock show. Many Springfield
people were among the thousands
who attended the stock show,
which was "A success. Wilson will
spend a week in the Ozarks before
returning to Texas.-Springfield
Daily Republican.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-10-02
MOUNT PLEASANT.
Especial correspondence.)

Preaching at the Mt. Pleasant
church every second Saturday at
IL a. IN. and 8 p. N. and Sunday
at II a. IN.
VIOLET.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16

willing to return for he did not fear
an investigation. He said he was
under indictment for the murder of
Sullivan, but declares he is not guilty
and SAYS at the proper time he will
be able to prove his innocence.
Although in one of his first tele-
grams the sheriff of Elko says that
Roberts had told him the whole thing,
Sheriff Alger says that when ques-
toned by him the Sheriff said that
Roberts simply confessed to his iden-
tity and admitted that he was wanted
on charge of murder.
1t will be remembered that Rose
was convicted of the murder of Sulli-
van and was sent to the pen for life,
but the decision was reversed by the
supreme court and Rose was turned
loose. Roberts disappeared and was
never seen again by any one who
knew him until his return few days
ago.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16

In his letter, Cobb states that if
any or all of the charges made by
Senator Wood are proven at an in
yestigation which he requests, he will
resign the office of state engineer.
On the other hand he asks Mr.. Wood
to resign from the senate if the
charges he has made are not proven.
Cobb's letter in full follows:
ITO the Honorable President and
Members of the First State Senate of
the State of Arizona: Gentlemen:
There appeared in the Arizona Ca
zette of April goth, an article purport-
ing to be an interview with Senator
C. B. Wood, rejecting upon the con-
duct of the state engineers office and
the board of supervisors of Maricopa
county, a copy of which is hereto at
tached
Having received confirmation to
the office which 1 hold at the hands of
your honorable body and having under
my direction the keeping of all state
road accounts (including Maricopa
county's portion of the state road
fund.-. l believe it my duty to the
senate, to the Maricopa board of SUI
pervisors anu to myself to ask that
an investigation be made to establish
the truth, relative to these charges.
IF these charges are true / should
which I now occupy, or any other po-
sition under the administration, and
if they are not true, in my humble
opinion, the senator who made them
should not continue to hold the Of
fee which he now fills or any other
office under the administration, there
fore 1 would respectfully request the
senate to appoint committee to in
vestigate said charges. Upon your
taking such action, 1 will place my
resignation as state engineer with a
announcement of all claims for posi-
ton under his administration in the
hands of the president of the senate
to take effect Immediately, if all of
any of the charges made or implied in
said article, against myself or the
board of supervisors, relative to any
funds or any matter over which or
they have the slightest control, are
borne out by the facts, or further, If
you find any Irregularities whatsoever
in my administration of this office.
81 assume that Senator G. B. Wood
will do no less. Respectfully.
t LAMAR COBB,
state Engigneer.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16
JAPANESE IS GIVEN
LIFE SENTENCE
Verdict Returned Late At Night Al
ter Evidence Had Been Under
Consideration for Hours
Crime Brutal.

GLOBE.-Henry Ninoeki, slayer Of
aged Mrs. Virginia MesAfee,rt, was
found guilty of one of the most brutal
crimes ever committed in.ethe ,s0nth-
west and allowed to escape with a
sentence of life imprisopmsn by, a
jury in the superior court last night:
The verdict was returned lat IT'S
for several hours. Persons on the
street and in the court room When
the verdict was returned: were free
in their expressions Of. disappr0va1
over the escape of.the slayer fromNfhe
gallowS. =.
Members of the jury minated that
the life sentence was, a compromise
verdict based on the evidence, incfud-
ing the Jap's own story. that the
know what he was doing when he
slashed Mrs. McAfee'S head. nearly OFF
her body because she. had refused to
rent him a room. :
It was shown in the trial Yesterday
that Ninoseki after being ~ elected
from the lodgings, where Mrs: Nc
Afee was housekeeper, returned to
his room and scured, his knife, ;;SVi-
IDENTIFY intent upon doing. damage Ito
some person., presumably Christensen,
the man who threw him out. In
stead, IL appears, ne eitSOunIeLSr MI %
McAfee and took her life. His only
defense. when called to the stand yes
terday was 81 don't remember:'
Attorney Jacobs said. -last nightthat
no appeal from the ;jurys verdict
would be taken NinoseH Will prob
ably be taken to the state ,ptisohs'at
Florence today. ..~ - -
Some persons who Commented on
the verdict last night. 11Shled: Cover
nor Hunts policy of saying prisoners
from the gallows by means of his
power to pardon and. rePrieye con-
demned men for the. escape of the
Japanese. HE wouldn't have been
hanged anyway wassthe. opinion ex-
pressed, land what was the use Of SEN
fencing him to death.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16
STATE NEWS
ONE LIFE LOST AND
ANOTHER IN
PERIL
Doctors Say Warm Weather Will
Check Spread of the Disease

GLOBE.-Miss Hazel Belcher, a
popular young Globe girl, died yester-
day from spinal meningitis when she
suffered relapse at a time when it
was believed that she was at the
point of recovery. Al Stamm, an
other victim of the disease, was re-
ported to be in a serious condition.
A third case, that of Mrs. John
Thomas, is said to be critical.
In spite of the serious condition of
the two patients and the death of the
third the local doctors believe that
the worst of the disease is over for
the year 1t was said by local doc
tors yesterday that spinal meningitis
is strictly cold weather disease and
that the few chilly days recently un-
doubtedly revived the epidemic which
was believed to be stamped out By
the use of serum and other preventa-
tives the doctors hope to have the
disease we'll under control before cold
weather sets in next fall
The funeral of Miss Belcher will be
held from Jones undertaking parlors
this afternoon at o'clock and is to
be private. Rev. John M. Barnhart,
pastor of the M. E. church, is to con-
duct services at the grave.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16
ARIZONA APPLICANT
FOR PORTO :. RICO [:
,6R::: Ill:
UOO - -
Norman L. Ornre4s.: Former Rough.
Rider Wants ~Te.Be Treasurer.


WASHINGTON.. May ,11:@Norm an
l.. Orme, former rough rider, wants
to be treasurer of. Porto Rico He:
has the Endorsement. of Senators Mar
Gus A. Smith and. Henry F.: Ashurst
of Arizona, the state of his residence
Orme is now a. collector in the Gus
toms service of Porto, Rico. The
present territorial treasIrer has serv-
ed one year of a -four:term term, and
it is unlikely that there will be va
cancy in the office until his commission
expires
Orme has the distinction of having
been the orderly to the present chief
of staff of the army, then Col. Leonard
Wood of the rough riders, during the
Santiago campaign He also lays
| claim to fame for having survived the
deadly purpose of a bullet that on the
battlefield of Las Guasimas pierced
his frame, making six exterior wounds
two in his forearm, two in his torso
and scraped the cover off his heart
in passing through him.
| Orme was thought to be a "goner,
and the surgeons did not even ar
range to remove his body from the
field to the hospital, concluding that
he had. not a chance, and was MT
! subject for the armyS undertakerS
! But the captain of Orme'S comapny,
| himself wounded, thought differently
about it, and would not allow himself
to be taken care Of until he had as
surance that the = stricken private
would be carried with him to the hos
pital. In .the, hospital scant atten,
ton was given to the man supposed
to be marked for sure death. His
pain was relieved, but the surgeons
found plenty of business attending to
patients not so terribly wounded.
For ten days he was allowed to
drift to death in his: own way: But
he did not drift as fast as was ex-
pected,, and began to show signs OF
mending, ali by himself, and a return
ing vitality. The surgeons took him
in hand: and he is: now we'll and
strong and candidate. for territorial
treasurer. ~
Senator Smith some time ago saw
the secretary OF war and Brigadier
General Frank Mcintyre, chief OF the
insular- bureau, to give his lndorse
ment of Orme's candidacy. Senator
Ashurst went through the same pro
cedure yesterday.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16
ROBERTS IS IN JAIL
Man Indicted For Brutal Murder u
Now in Jail At SolomonvilIe.

SAFFORD.-Dave Roberts, who was
indicted together with Rose, for the
murder of Con Sullivan about four
years ago is now in Jail at Solomon
vile and will be tried at the next
term Of court, having been brought
back from Elko, Nevada, last Friday
by Sheriff Alger.
In a statement made to Guardian
representative, Roberts said he did not
tell the Sheriff that he murdered
Sullivan, but he did tell him that he
was wanted here for murder and was
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16

The four Winner sisters landed in
Jerome "a few days ago and told a
pitiful story of their lives. They
stated that they needed the money to
get back to Idaho where they desired
to grow up with the country. The
Jeromeites fell for the little game
with much ease. but the little maids
failed to come through with the maya
zine, which they secured the money
for subscriptions on, although they
spent the dollars with much pleasure
They were arrested in San Bernardino
for securing money under false pre-
tnseS.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16

PHOENIX. May 9.-Fearing posi-
BILE detention by the officers, caused
by the objections on the part of the
parents, James Barber, ager 10, and
Dora Miller, aged 16, eloped to Flor
ence, in novel style, using a motorcy-
Gle as the means of conveyance. They
were married the same afternoon by
Judge O'Connor of the superior court
of Pinal county, who adjourned his
regular session to perform the cere-
mony.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16

B. w. Getsinger of Willow Greek.
while in Prescott a few days ago,
stated that the move to introduce the
first nursery in the northern part OF
the state had been accomplished, Ia
900 one-year-old trees having been
planted last week. The nursery is
situated on a patented ranch of 16"
acres.
The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1913-05-16
WOOD DECLARES
$4,000 IS DUE
MAR|COPA
State Accounting On Tempe Bridge
Bad According To Senator Wood;
Wants Bridge Completed!

PHOENIX, Ariz., May "A bill re-
pealing the act passed at the last ses-
sion to provide for the immediate
completion OF the Tempe bridge was
introduced in the senate Monday by
c. B. Wood of Maricopa county.
Senator Wood has drawn his bill
after an investigation of the business
relations between Maricopa county
and the office of the state engineer.
He declares that he has found the ac-
counts in a sadly muddled state. No
less than $4,000 that should have
been credited to the county has been
credited to the state road fund. OF
the money that has been paid the en-
gineers' office for the maintenance
of the convicts who are building the
bridge, 1000 should be paid back
to the county.
Costs SLOT Day To Maintain Convicts.
1t costs S1.01 a day to maintain q
convict at the bridge, and 1885
cents day within the walls of the
penitentiary The agreement be-
tween the county and state was that
the county should pay the difference,
1912 cents a day.
Since the convicts were put to
work the county has been paying $i.01
day. This was part of the bar
gain, but the county was to receive
ference is something over $21 900.
But only $4,000 has been paid back
and it has not been credited to the
county 1t has been paid by the
prison into the state road fund.
Senator Wood states that he re-
ceived several conflicting reports from
the office Of the engineer, which re-
suited in his making an investigation.
His investigation convinced him that
Maricopa county was out SCI 900 and
that there never was any necessity
for the bill he introduced last session.
That bill was passed because the rep
resentation was made that work
would have to stop Immediately if it
were not adopted.
Relative to an article published re-
Gently in the Phoenix Gazette and
purporting to be an interview with
Senator c. B. Wood, somewhat SIM
Iilar to the article in the Phoenix
Democrat under Woods signature,
charging Irregularities in the manage
ment of the office of state engineer in
reference to the bridge being built at
Tempe, State Engineer Cobb today
submitted the following letter to the
senate, which, to use common ex-
preston, is CALI of the strongest
kind of the statements made by Sena-
! tor Wood.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-08-22
bOus and Girls to be Given
Free Ride.

Every boy and girl in Cambridge
attending the afternoon perform nee
of the Young Buffalo Wild v t,
Vernon C. Seaver's Hippodrome
Col. Cummins Far East, which
put on two performances here ON
Wednesday afternoon and evening,
Sept. 8, has been invited to free
ride on a genuine Indian or COW
pony, by Vernon c. Seaver, Jr.,
the eleven-year-old son of the
general manager of the combined
shows. a
Vernon is the youngest cowboy
in. the world. He is a fine rider
and a splendid marksman. He is
also proficient in that most diff
cult of arts, roping. That all the
boys and girls of this vicinity. who
have never enjoyed ride on the
plains, may experience that pleas
ure, Vernon has arranged to have
all the grown-up cowboys with the
shows enter the arena an hour
before the afternoon performance
and chaperon- them on a trip over
the dad lands 1t will be ex-
citing sport for the kids" for
the hated redskin may be lurking
behind any boulder III the big
arena However, the presence of
the dependable cowboys will be
assurance to parents that their
children will be returned to them
safely.