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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
JOKER is NARROWED ON ROOF
Riverhead Sees Tables Turned on Fire
Bell Ringer-Indignant at
Treatment.

Riverhead, l.. Attempting to
spring a joke on the staid residents
here by ringing the firebell and bring
ing them out of their houses in alarm,
Sandy Adams, a young politician.
found himself marooned on the roof
of the fire house and a target for the
5ibes Of the villagers for an hour and
q half.
1t has long been a practice of young
men here to ring the bells on the fire
house on the Fourth of July and send
out false alarms. The town board de-
cided to put a stop to the practice and
special officers were appointed for the
purpose. Adams climbed to the roof
of the fire house by means of a ladder
which he pulled up after him. When
the bell began ringing people rushed
to the street to find where the fire
was. Adams lowered the ladder to
the ground, but before he could de-
scend, rutland, one of the special Off
GERS, pulled it away. Adams remained
perched on the root of the building
for an hour and a half.
When he vas taken from the roof
he was highly indignant. He said he
heard the fire bell and climbed to the
roof to see who was ringing it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01

nj shows that the practice of voodoo-
ism in the country districts among the
negroes continues in its pristine sav-
Molina, the murderers of little Zoila
at CORA de Melena in 1905, were exc
cuted in the garrote has apparently
served no purpose.
From the Investigations and the
charges made by Jimenez against Ba-
70, Martinez and Armas, 1t appears
that in the present case a woman, who
Is held as the head v~oodooist," was
sick at Torriente and that under their
practices she vas to be touched with
a stone called the ''sauto,," which must
be fed" with the blood of a white
child to obtain her cure. Accordingly
Baro, Martinez and Armas started to
seek a victim, and to that end went
to the home of Jimenez at the Mara
villa farm and requested his aid.
jimenez says that he refused to join
them, returning to his house, where
he told his mother. This happened on
June 10, he saying hat on June 81, a
day after little Onelio disappeared,
he was told by Baro that his services
were no longer needed, that they al
ready had the child.
The rural guard, acting under orders
of Judge Merconchini, are making a
search about the district at places
pointed out by Jimenez In order to find
the remains of the missing boy, but up
to the present all search has proved
fruitless.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
MAN CONFESSES OLD MURDER
Frenchman Returns After Sixteen
Years to Tell of Crime Com
mitted in Paris.

Paris.-A man named Mituel Valles-
ii returned to France from Brazil
some weeks ago and surrendered to
the police, stating that he was SEN
fenced to death sixteen years ago
while a fugitive from justice for muir
dering a widow on account of jealousy.
lie added that he had been driven by
remorse to return to France to pay
his debt to society.
Vallesti's case was tried at the Ca
~reasonne Assize. He explained that
while at Rio Janeiro he met a Protest
ant clergyman, who converted him.
He added: 81 have come to expiate
my crime in order to set an example.
l want to appear before God cleansed
Of all my sins"
The jurymen were SO impressed by
the attitude of the repentant man that
they acquitted him.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
HaIeek and the Teamster.

General Halleck, like General Sher-
man, was in military as well as per-
sonal affairs a nan Of some odd ways.
When In camp he was accustomed to
put on citizens clothes and to private
ly take a look at men and things. Dur
Ing one OF these tours he helped q
teamster out of the mud, and then
gave him a severe lecture for not driv-
Ing carefully. The teamster, after
laundering through it, and, having
reached the top of the bluff, relieved
himself of volley after volley Of oaths'
upon everything in general, and upon
General Halleck in particular, for not.
having the creek bridged. The criti-
cism was just, but the general had al
ready ordered the construction Of a
bridge, and, being incognito, hugely
enjoyed the verbal c%astigation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
BLOOD FOR HEAD VO0DOOIST
F~our-Year-OId Cuban Boy Offered as
Sacrifice to Superstitious Is
and Rite.

Pedro ~Betancourt, Cuba-That little
f~our-year-old Onelio Garcia, who on
June 20 disappeared while on his way
home at the farm Sardinas, wac MUIR
dered by negro voodooists to obtain
his blood for witchery PRACTICES the
same that happened with little Zoila at
Guira de Melena and with little Luisa
at Alacranes, there is little doubt. The
rural guard have arrested the men and
women who are held responsible for
the savage practice.
The arrested persons in the case up
to the present time are Severe jim
enez, Faustino Baro, Benito Armas
and Ramon Martinez. the three last
mentioned being accused by Jimenez,
whose statement to Judge Merconchi.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
} sensation of being swept to

The sensation of being swept to the
brink of the precipice would then be
experienced. Faster and faster would
the current bear the tiny craft down
ward until it poised directly over the
laundering chasm. At that instant the
arm of the derrick would draw it from
the water and lower it through the
mist into the waters at the base OF
the falls. 1t would hen be guided
to shore.
Monterey estimated that thousands
of people would be willing to pay well
for the privilege of saving they had
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
: the tremendous water

fall.
Monterey's plan was to construct a
mammoth swinging derrick, the arm
of which was to be more than one
hundred feet long, on Goat island.
The tackles from the pulleys would be
made fast to a covered boat. The
passengers, only about ten Or fifteen
at a time, were to board the craft a
short distance UP the stream, from
whence it would be n~avigated to the
center of the river and its power shut
off.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Too Ear Away.

Berger, you were ten minutes late
again last night. Where were your"
"I-I-was with my sweetheart and
she lives SO far away-that-''
How many times must you fellows
be told that discipline does not bother
with love affairs? If you must fall in
love, do it near camp"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
PLANNED AMAZING JOY RIDE
~Frenchman's Scheme Was Too Daring
for Even Up-to-Date American
Amusement Caterers.

Shooting Niagara as an amusement
was the scheme which James Mon
terey of Tours, France, tried to start
just before the Pan-American exposi-
ton, the New York Mail states. The
entertainment was to be called the
ride to DEATH" and people we're to be
treated to the sensation of actually
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01

been swept over Niagara. But the
scheme, though realizing to what ex-
tremes people will go for a sensation,
seemed to think this a trife too blood
curdling and the project was aban-
doned.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Street LIahtlna Tests.

Extensive street lighting tests in
Philadelphia have led to the adoption
Of 1000 candlepower arc lamps with
translucent globes, suspended in pairs
eighteen feet above the sidewalks
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Floor scrubbIno Machine.

An electric floor serubbing machine
In which a cylindrical brush rotates
vertically instead of horizontally, thus
helping to pick up the water that has
been used, is the invention Of a New
York hospital attendant.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Baby prowns in MIX Can.

Fon du Lac, Wis.-Norman Schu-
macher, aged four, fell into a milk
Can, containing only four inches of
water, and was drowned, at his home
In Calumeville, near here.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Obvious WAY.

How do these Wall Street specula-
tors and their families manage to get
into the SWIM"
They plunge"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Pronhet and Puss-

Mohammed cut off the sleeve in or.
der not to disturb the sleeping cat.
Il want to go away for the summer
and leave it behind" he explained
humanely.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-08-01
Looks Like II.

y suppose that runaway prisoner
was an athlete"
What makes you think that?'
Just his jumping his bail"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
Raptime in Paris
Paris Correspondent London New

Paris Correspondent London News.
There is no escape from ragtime. IT
took the Atlantic at a bound, and Las
found no difficulty in making the short
stride over the English channel. 1t is
heard everywhere now in Paris. At all
the favorite tea rendezvous-the Elysee
palace, the Carlton, at the Pavilion Bleu
at st. Cloud, at all the cafes where there
is a band, in the last revue at the
Olympia music hall, wherever one goes,
in fact, there are sure TO be found the
strains of this maltreated music.
1t is quite sight to see the flddlers
frowning in the attempt to master the
weird and subtle syncopations. Ragtime
Is different thing in the hands of cafe
orchestra from what 1t is In London; but
it is still ragtiIne. There is no difficulty
in recognizing "Everybody's Doing IT,
"Oh, You Beautiful DOLL "Ragging the
Baby to Sleep" and all the rest There's
Girl in Havannah' is another great
fayorite,, but they all "go down very
we'll; they all induce the same tapping of
feet and wagging of heads that they pro-
duced in London and in the country of
their BIRTH
1t is difficult to say exactly how rag
time got here. There are so many Eng
lish turns" on the music halls that it
seems likely that the infection was
brought over by one of them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
F|ANCEE SHOT down
BY YCRAzEDLOVER
Failure to Effect Rec0ncilia-
ton Drives Georgian to
Murder

Macon. Ca, March l6.-After vainly en-
deavoring to effect reconciliation with
his fiancee. w. p. Mize of Sylvester, Ca,
today shot and killed Miss Clinnie Hall
Of Gordon, Ga, and then committed sui
eide. The tragedy took place in a local
boarding house. and was witnessed by
several persons living in the house.
Mize. a travelling salesman, is said 20
have become angered at Miss Hall last
Thursday, at which time he snatched his
engagement ring from her finger ard
threw it into the street.
Today Mize called the young woman
from the dining room and attempted to eff.
feet a reconciliation. As the girl turned
to leave him. Mize drew revolver and
shot her four times. As witnesses #
the shooting fed for safety, Mize reload
ed the pistol and sent two bullets through
his body, and one into his shoulder He
fell across the PROSTATE body of the vounp
woman.
Mize came TO Georgia two years apo
from Springfield, L. I.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
MISS YOAKUM WILL
MARRY T. R. LARk|N
Daughter of Railroad Finan-
cier to Become Bride of
New York Man

New York. March 16.-Mr. and Mrs
Benjamin r. YoalSum of this city and
San Antonio, Tex, announced today the
engagement of their younger daughter,
Miss Bessie f. Yoaku1n, to Francis r.
LarlSin, a son of Mr.. and Mrs John Lar
kin of New York. Mr.. Larkin was grad
uated from Princeton In the honor class
in 1911. He is now in business in this
city. Miss Yoakum, who made her debut
in New York about three years ago, is
fond of outdoor sports. rides great deal
and is an excellent shot. Miss Yoaknm's
father is one of the best known railway
men in the United States He is now
Chairman of the directors of the ST. Louis
and San Francisco Railroad company and
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rail-
road.
The Yoalums came from Texas about
six weeks ago and are returning there
Tuesday No date has been mentioned
for the wedding. but It is believed that
1t VIII not be long delayed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
INCREASE SHOWN
IN PARCEL POST
Business in February Al
most 40 Per Cent Greater
Than in January

Washington. March 16.-Parcel post
business last month was almost ~ pei
cent greater than in January, as WI
by reports to Postmaster General buriesoi
made public today. In February oo'vVV'o'o
parcel post packages were hanoieu' aii
increase of 100000 over the previous
month; but as February contained three
days less than January, the real gam IN
the business was almost 80 per cent
AS in January the three cities DONG ,ile
largest marcel most business in February
were Chicago, New York and Boston III
the order named. Chicago sent ana re-
ceived 5,1e7,e0o packages; New YORK. -
102 600, and Boston, 1,326,0O0, most OF tnenl
in each case being of the sent class
The reports to the Postmaster General
indicate that the mails are moving Win
their usual dispatch, that the business III
farm products is growing and that mer
chants seem to be preparing to. extend
their business into new fields.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
Hartman ESTATE
WORTH 50 MILLION
Inventory Furnished Comp
trOller by Widow of Rail-
road Financier

New York, March 17.-An inventory of
the estate of the late e. H. Hartman
furnished the state comptroller by Mrs.
Hartman and published here today,
shows that when he died in 1909 it was
valued in the aggregate at s700O0,00o. The
chief holdings of the financier were rail-
read, steamship and industrial securities
and real estate.
Mr.. Hartman held no bonds or the
Union Pacific or Southern Pacific rail-
roads. but of the former he had 1880
shares of stock of preferred. appraised at
IS, 81 $50, and $1,000 of the common. vail
ued at $10.5o0,00O OF Southern Pacific
stock the financier held only 1000 shares
of the common. This, at the time of his
death. was appraised at $1240O0. His Erie
holdings were $SS49,000. The estate at
present is valued at about SS0,000.000 The
reports that Mr.. Hartman prior to his
death distributed $50000,000 of railroad
stocks TO members of his family are
shown by the appraisal to be untrue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17

has been violated. The inquiry nation
wide in scope, is declared to present many
difficulties requiring much time to solve.
If it is found that there is an absence
of competition through community of
interest 1t would be futile, 1t is pointed
out, to prosecution of only corporations
because corporations cannot be impris-
oned. The government under such cir
cumstances, it is added, must find the
individual responsible for any possible
misdeeds of corporations.
Other important trust" Investigations
which are being continued include those
of the American Can company, the Amer
lean Smelling and Refining company and
the United Fruit company. The new adj
ministratien also faces the question
whether to dismiss or continue the So
called coffee trust case devolving about
the BRAZILIAN valorization plans. In the
diplomatic relations for the settlement of
the case Brazil has promised detailed in
formation about the sale of the $4,000 bags
of coffee stored in New York under the
plan. Secretary of State Bryan and At
torney General McReynolds have not yet
taken up the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
MISS ANNA WILSON
DIES ON OCEAN Liner
Southampton Police Fail to
Find Any Evidences of
Foul Play Thus Far

Southampton, March 16-The police OF
Southampton say that so far as their in
vestigation goes up to the present there
are no signs of foul play in connection
with the death of Miss Anna Wilson of
New York, on board the White Star
steamer Oceanic. at sea. The cause OF
death has not yet been ascertained.
The Oceanic arrived here yesterday, but
the police had already received a wire
less while the steamer was on the way
from Cherbourg that woman had been
found dead. When the vessel arrived the
police took charge of the body, as the
were bound by law to hold an inquest.
This inquiry begins tomorrow at noon.
New York, March 1s-The real name of
Miss Anna wilson, who died on the
steamer Oceanic, was Frances Schmitz,
II was learned at the home of her father.
Henry N. Schmitz an insurance broker
here, tonight. She was known on the
stage, where she was a dancer of prom
inence. as Frances Leslie. 1t was ex-
planned that she sailed under the name
of Anna Wilson because she took at the
last moment the place of an American
stage girl of that name, who had engaged
passage on the Oceanic Mr.. Schmitz
said tonight that he had telegraphed to
Secretary of State Bryan asking him to
intercede with the British authorities to
prevent the body from being embalmed
until after thorough autopsy and chemical
analysis. Mr.. Schmitz was notified by
the steamship of his daughters death,
he said with the word that the body
would be embalmed and sent back to this
country. From another source a mes
sage came stating the belief that the
cause of her death was epilepsy. With
the knowledge that his daughter was in
perfect health when she sailed Mr.
Schmitz cabled the American consul at
Southampton, demanding a full investi-
cation before the body was prepared for
shipment, and later appealed to Secre-
tary Bryan. He declared he was going
to ask for all the publicity possible on
the circumstances of her death.
II know of no one on earth who would
harm her. nor any reason why anyone
should" Mr.. Schmitz veclared, "but
don't intend to let this matter drop until
it has been sifted to the bottom
Several other members of the company
with which Miss Leslie was to appear in
London were fellow passengers of hers
on the Oceanic. Miss Bessie Clifford, Miss
Mazda Lane. Arthur DEACON and Eddie
Miller were among them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
REDF|ELD SPEAKS
IN MONTCLA|R, N. ].
Tariff On Its Human Side" !"
Topic of the Secretary's
Address

Montelair. ~ J., March 16-william
c. Redfield. the new Secretary of Com
merce in. President Wilson's cabinet.
delivered an address here today on
the Tariff on Its Human Side" as
part of local church course on prob
lens of the day. Mr.. Redfield said in
part:
Relieving as l do in real, though
moderate and balanced. reduction of
the tariff, 1 believe in it chiefly be-
cause il means the birth of new
moral and mental life to our indus
tries. The tariff has tended to de-
stroy our belief in our own powers,
to diminish our industrial self-respect.
So look, when the necessary read
justments are over. for the blood OF
a new life to be poured into the veins
of American industry. / look for the
recognition by the master of the true
values in the men, for a larger faith
in our own brains, for an increase of
our courage. for an abolition of much
that divides and for the coming of
much that shall unite.
1--WE must learn to appreciate that
the man in the shop is the most val
liable thing in it: that in order to
make productive the conditions which
make for his best conservation must
be produced and maintained. 1t will be
no harm to the nation If abnormal
profits are cut down. Public opinion
will not tolerate maintaining them at
the cost of those who toll.
THE class lof those who claim
profits guaranteed by law, separating
them from others by this principle,
may, indeed must, disappear"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17

Jacksonville, Fla. March l6.--A reso-
luton which declares that the employ
ment of child labor has brought re-
proach upon American industry, wnile
only a small percentage OF factories
recruit their working forces from lu-
venile toilers, was enthusiastlcaiiy
adopted here this afternoon at mass
meeting held under the auspices Oh
the National Child Labor conference,
in session here The resolution urgent
ly requests the National manufacturers
association to aid in the aboiitloh Oh
child labor and asks the co-operatioh
of every American social service ana
welfare work organization.
The resolution states that the Ma
tionaI child Labor committee deplores
the fact that thousands of American
children, many yet unborn, VIII never
secure the protection of child lapor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
s'Trust" Investigation Be-
gun by Taft to Be Con-
tinued by McReynOlds
NEW INQUIRIES ARE
EXPECTED SHORTLY
Attorney General Determined to As
certain Whether Decree of DissO-
luton Has Been Violated-Cof-
fee Trust Also Considered

Washington, March 16.-"Trust" inves-
LEGATIONS begun during The Taft admins
tration are being continued with unaoated
energy by Attorney General McReynolds.
New inquiries are expected as soon as
the forces of the department of Justice
can reach them.
BY direction of the Attorney General e
Standard Oil inquiry will be pressed to
conclusion as rapidly as possible to ce-
termine whether the decree of dissolution
has been violated Grand juries probably
will be called upon in some instances %
develop the real situation. In sections or
the country where special agents OF the
department of justice are unable to as
certain the facts, grand juries, it is un-
derstood, will be summoned to probe to
the bottom.
1t has not yet been decided whether pro-
ceedings will take the nature of indict-
ments or petition of contempt of court
If it is finally concluded that the decree
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
CHARLES ". MORSE
BACK FROM EUROPE
Announces Intention to Re-
enter Business, But Is
Otherwise Reticent

New York, March 16.-Charles w.
Morse, the former banker, accompanied
by Mrs. Morse, reached here today from
Europe where he has been travelling since
last November. Physicians Rave told
him he may live for years with proper
care, Mr.. Morse said. ~
But j must watch myself constantly
and be careful of my diet" he added.
Mr. Morse said he intended to enter
business again, but he was silent as to
the line he pIrposed taking up. He would
not discuss report that coastwise
steamship lines would again engage his
attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
ABOLITION OF CHILD LABOR
IS URGED BY CONFERENCE

laws unless there is greater awak-
ening of interest throughout the ma
ton in the cause of child labor re-
FORM
Frederick II. Hudson of the Florida
state senate, representing Gov. Park
M Trammell, presided at the meeting
today. DIR. A. j. McKelway of Wash
ington. ID. c., southern secretary of
the National Child Labor committee;
Jerome Jones, editor of the Journal of
Labor, Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Florence Kei-
ly, secretary of the National Consumers
league of New York, and owen r.
Lovejoy secretary of the National
Child Labor committee, were speakers
at the meeting.
Scores of delegates to the confer
ence here and local enthusiasts in the
abolition of child labor. thronged the
board of trade auditorium at an early
hour in the afternoon and remained
through a programme lasting several
hours.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
Freak of Lightning

FTOm T1t-BTl5. :
Lightning plays some peculiar tricks at
times, but we have never heard anything
to come up to the following. which the
melbourne Age properly labels "Ex-
traordinary Incident
"A young man, while riding through
the timber country at Willung during a
recent storm, had a remarkable escape
from death In peculiar circumstances. A
large tree directly in front of him was
struck by lightning and split in halves.
The horse he was riding. becoming terri
fled, started to plunge, and jumped
through the gap between the halves of
the tree At that moment the halves
came together with snap like a rabbit
trap, and crushed off a length of the
horses tail, which can still be seen pro-
truding from the tree. The young man
received severe shaking, but otherwise
came through the ordeal safely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-17
The Earth's Low Places

From the London Chronicle.
1t has been left to the United States
biologists to localize for us the most
depressed and depressing places on the
earth. Every continent dips somewhere
beneath the level of the sea- In the
states, itself the lowest depth is the aptly
named Death Valley of California. abo,,t
800 feet below sea level The Old World.
however, strikes lower depth-12O0 feet
in the region of the Dead sea. We now
learn that the: flooding of th-s Sahara. n
dream of sanguine engineers. npossi-
Bile, for the general height is al VI sea
level. Europe holds her head hig.1 ex.
cept on the Caspian shores, where She
tlroops ss feet. Australia one is glad q
hear, keeps her chin well above water.