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The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
Tramp Not Worried.

Spccisl Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris, March IL hope this is the last
sentence / shall pass upon you," said a
French magistrate to a tramp who has
appeared before him regularly for many
years.
Affecting surprise, the tramp replied:
Then you think of retiring, your wor-
ship"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
SOLDIER STAYS INFoRMER.
shoots Down Corporal who Report
cd Him for Neglect of Duty.

cd Him for Neglect of Duty.
srecial Gable to The Washington Herald
Lisbon. March IA corporal OF the
fiscal guards while on his rounds at
night found one of the soldiers asleep
inside his sentry-box. The corporal re-
ported the man. who was punished with
two days Imprisonment.
\ few nights later the same soldier was
on duty, and asked the corporal when
he passed. Are you satisfied at what
YOU did to rne?" and then shot him dead
The soldier, after clapping his hands and
dancing round the corporars body. got
three rockets out of his sentry-box and
discharged them into the air as sign
of rejoicing.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
wouId-Be Nun q Matricide.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Geneva, March IA girl named Lucie
Allaigre, aged twenty. has been sentenced
at Annecy TO twenty years penal servi-
tude for numbering her mother.
Mile. Allaigre desired to become a nun,
and because her mother objected she at
tackled her with knife. inflicting fatal
injuries.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
London, March 1.-The adventurous
wife of Claude Grahame- White, the
English aviator. who was Miss Dorothy
Taylor. of New York, is trying to in
duce him to let her accompany him on
his transatlantic hydro-aeroplane trip.
1t is said the more he protests and
points out the danger of the flight. the
more she coaNes. and those who know
her say she is very apt to win her
point.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
MANY HEAR NEW OPERA.
"Dej naire' Receives Big Ovation
at Presentation in Cairo.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
Cairo, March 1.-The Khedeval Opera
was crowded to hear Saint-Saens latest
opera. ''Dejanaire." the composer being
among the audience.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudyard Kipllng are
staying at the Semiramis Hotel.
Sir Hugo de Battle is at the Cataract
Hotel.
A ball at the Semiramis Hotel last
night attracted most OF the titled peo-
lie in Cairo as well as many of the lead
ing Americans, and the fancy dress ball
at the Savoy Hotel on the previous even.
ing was likewise crowded.
Lady Margaret Sackville has arrived at
the Mecca House, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur c. James are at Shepards.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
wherein Diner Gets Left.

Special Gable TO The Washington Herald.
Paris, March L-"Open the window,
waiter; / am roasting" said a customer
who had just dined at a restaurant. Shut
il up waiter: / am Frozen" protested a
man who had just sat down.
The waiter hesitated. The proprietor
settled the dispute at once. "Obey the
customer who has not yet dined," he
said
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
GREAT BRITAIN BOASTS
AN INFANT STRONG,MAN
Nine-months-old Son of James Whit.
taker Able to Lift Ten-pound
Weight.

Special Cable to The Washington Hr-ald
London, March Notwithstanding
boasts an infant Hercules. This Is the
nine-months-old son of James Whitaker.
the landlord of the Duke of Clarence
Inn. at Napperley, who already weighs
fifty-six pounds and can lift a ten-pound
weight.
The remarkable physical development
Of this tiny strong man. may be gath
cred from this list Of his measurements:
Chest. -..-.-.--.-..-..-.......S inches
hlsn- ...---....---..-.---....S Is inches
hNee.-... ---...-----...--....--..l5 Inches
SdiA. y lnCneS
This infant Hercules is not yet able
to walk, but when supported he can
swing five-pound weights with the ut
most ease.
At a recent local show he won the first
prize without difficulty.
1t is interesting to note while their
son bids fair TO be a giant Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitaker are both of average stature.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
Dependent; Takes Life.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Prague. March LA restaurant-keeper
at Holleschowitz, in despair at his res
taurant being put up for sale by auction.
committed suicide by inhaling gas. His
wife and five children perished with him.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
Mrs, Mason Receives,

Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Alsiers. March Mrs. Dean Mason.
wife of the American Consul General,
held a reception yesterday. which was
attended by the elite Of local society.
Among the latest arrivals is Lady Nay
1or Laylsnd.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04

a time as the father, a rancher OF
the Curley Creek country, can as
sure Judge Woods of his ability
and fitness to take care of them.
The mother was taken to the Orc
fino insane asylum last week.
Few cases of want and destitu-
ton which have come to the atten-
ton of the authorities in Bonner
county were more sad than the an
nails of the A Hart family. A
little over a year ago Simon
A'Hart went into the Curley Greek
country from Paradise valley
He and his wife and four babies
lived in a two-room log cabin
All winter, through A Hart 5 shift
lessness, they have had little to ea
and the mother mind finally gave
way under the stress of poverty
and starvation. Neighbors re
ported that the mother had becom
insane and f. B. Schlette, justic
of the peace for the precinct, be
came interested in the case.
Mr.. Schlette states that tn
A Hart home looked as if it ha
not been swept for all winter an
that there was not a vistage of foo
about the place when he wen
there last week to get the childre
and bring them to Standpoint
What was more, neighbors ha
complained to him that article
had been missing through tn
winter and that A Hart was 81
spected of pilfering what littl
food he did find for his wife an
children.
The children did not live, the
existed, " said Mr.. Schelett
IA Hart, the father, is no goo'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04

through worrying over religious
matters and the teaching of Rev.
Rider who was recently in that
community. The evangelist
preached that the end of the world
was near and this preyed upon the
mind of Ellis. He was continu-
ally worrying over the teaching of
Rider that his 1.-THE" or one tenth
of his possessions were due for the
collection and he had no way to
raise money for the church collec-
tor. -
l wish to state some facts in this
connection. have known Brother
Ellis ever since he became an Ad-
ventist about FIVE years ago. He
understood the tithing system in
vogue in this church before he be-
came a member, and paid the 1.-THE
from his net income at times to
the Boomers Ferry church to be
forwarded to the conference trea-
surer. We have a church trea-
surer but no such official as Church
Collector. " 1.-THE paying is not
obligatory as far as the church is
concerned. No church official ha:
authority to command anyone tc
pay the 1.-THE. The plain teaching
of the Bible on this subject is pre-
scented by ministers and teachers
and the matter is left to be settled
by each Individual conscience.
AS to the soon coming of Chris
and the end of the world being
cause of excitement to the unfor
tunate brother, l think this mis-
take as he was quite as familia
with this subject as with that o
tithing' and never, to my know
ledge, seemed unduly disturbed b,
it, although he has been my CUES
and we have discussed these an
kindred subjects number of times
l am informed that Brother Eli
a was once before violently insan
and / suppose the cause of the pre-
sent illness is properly ATTRIBUTABLE
to the former illness and its cause
Let us hope that the patients ma
. lady will yield readily to treatmer
= and so, a useful citizen be restore
to us and to his family.
Adelbert c. Fry
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04

Several complaints have been made
before me as justice of the peace
which / will take up as soon as |
am off the jury and return home.
One complaint is from the Laos
Bros. logging camp that A Hart
stole some stuff from there. Others
have missed articles and several
other complaints have been made
to me as justice.
A Hart begged Probate Judge
Woods for his children and said he
would employ housekeeper tc
take charge of them if they were
returned to him. Judge Wood:
told A Hart that the children
would be placed at the county
farm until the father had demon
strated his ability to take care o
them. Justice Schlette think
A Hart should not have the Gus
tody of the children at all and tina
they should be provided with
home at the. Lewiston home TO
the friendless,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04

Merrill A. Wright, owner of a
large tract of land on the Northside,
lost out in the district court last
week in a suit against the Spokane
International railway company in
which he sought for damages for a
right-of-way. The railway company
went through Wright's land OIL the
Northside without payment in 1905.
The defense urged the statute OF
limitations against Wright and
Judge Flynn directed verdict for
the defendant company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04
ELECT FOUR
new TRUSTEES
"Citizens" Ticket Given Large Majority
at Village Election Held Tuesday
One Ticket In Field
MANY SCATTERING VOTES CAST
L. R. Mccoy Receives 49 Votes lnde-
pendent of Ticket

The Citizens ticket, composed
of DR.. +. +. Fry, A. c. Moore, ].
w. Reid. L. N. Brown and R.
braves, was elected to two years
term as board of village trustees
Tuesday by large majorities. Of
the POS registered for the village
election 113 votes were cast and of
this number one vote was spoiled
and one was rejected. +. Z. Fry
received 1902, A. c. Moore received
81 votes, J. w. Reid received 81
votes, L. N. Brown received rs
votes and r. braves received &c
votes. Among those voted for OH
the regular ticket l.. r. Mccoy re
ceived 40 votes. Joseph Banning
M. P. DeWolf, Frank Berger, and
H. A. Gale received seven vote:
, each. Fred Gleed received Il
votes, H. o. Jackson received two
= votes and William Richardson
: Roy Vosmick, F. A. Shultis, H
: L. Medbury, Harry Kinnear, o
IF. Howe, Frank Moore, Johi
e Moore, and Ernest Moore eacl
1 received one vote.
4 DIR. E. +. Fry is the only one o
4 the village board of trustees cleo
t who is serving on the presen
n board. The new board takes ofic
!. May /.
d Two tickets were filed with tn
s village clerk for the election Q
e Tuesday. The second ticket file
i was called the Peoples" ticke
e but the village attorney held tina
d the filing of this ticket was illegs
and that the clerk had II
" right to submit it to the voters.
:. The Idaho statutes governin
|. village elections require that tn
= business of the people whose name
are on a petition for a ticket, bot
nominees and petitioners. shall |
written on the said petition an
that the registrar of the electio
shall file with the village clerk
certificate showing that 10 of IL
names of petitioners have bee
registered for that particular ele'
ton. 1t was on the ground thi
the above provisions had not bee
complied with that the village a
torney held that it was not Il
legal duty Of the clerk to print Il
\ names submitted on the People 5
4 ticket on the official ballot.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04
NOT INSANE OVER RELIGION
A. c. Fry Deniss That Ellis Lost
Mind Because Of Church Teachings

Paradise Valley March 22nd 1913
Editor of the Herald.
My attention has been called 10
your account of the insanity of
George Ellis and especially to the
statement it contains, Many peo-
pie of Copeland seem to think
Ellis insanity was brought on
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04
CARE FOR A'HART CHILDREN
NAV Be Sent Later to Lewiston. Idaho,
Children's Home

The four A Hart children, the
youngest boy of one year of age
and the oldest a girl of six, are
being taken care of at the county
poor farm at Standpoint until such
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-04-04
Seeds at Simond S.

Carrots, parsnips, turnips and
cabbage at Bush S.
Remember Browns Department
Store is carrying all varieties of
field, garden and grass seeds.
Special prices made on sack lots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
UTE INIIANS
ARMED WITH GUNS
Hurled Defiance at the Sheriff and
His Posse and Hold the
Fort

4 United Press Leased Wire Service
CORTEZ, Colo, jan 20.-Armed
with rifles, the Ute Indian warriors
today hurled defiance at Sheriff Todd
of Montezuma county and his posse
and continue to hold their fortified
position IN the mountains on the Ute
reservation. So belligerent was the
attitude of the redskins that all eff
forts to gain c,ccess, to. their strong
hold or even to hold conference was
abandoned. as,
The Indians are headed by their
chief. Mariana, who is known widely
as bad man" They refuse to sur
render to the sheriff, Big Rabbit, an
Indian charged with the shooting OF
ia Mexican herder The situation is ex-
ceedingly critical
Sheriff Todd appealed to the IN
dian agent, John Spear, rather than
carry out the original threat to force
Big Rabbits surrender by arms, If
necessary. Spear views the situation
with alarm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
SECOND TRIAL OF
CLARENCE BARROW
Was Acquitted of Charge Of BrIbing
Juror First Time and Comes
Up Again.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
Los ANGELES, Calf. Jan. 20.-For
the second time in few months, At
torney Clarence S. Darrow, of Chica-
go, today went on trial on charge Of
jury bribing, before the superior
court of Los Angeles county. Having
been acquitted of charge of bribing
George N. lockwood. prospective
Juror in the Mcnamara murder trial,
the famous labor attorney now faces
another indictment charging the brib-
cry of Robert F. Balm, the first juror
accepted in the Mcnamara case.
The state alleges that the pleas Of
guilty entered by John and James Nc
Namara were brought about by Oar
row in order to prevent disclosure OF
his alleged briberies. There have
been many delays in the second
trial and for long time it was be-
Ilieved by many that the present in
dictment would never be pressed. 1t
is not denied by the state that most
of it's evidence in this case was pre-
scented during the first barrow trial,
which resulted in the lawyers acquit-
tai, August II last.
Before court opened today both
sides declared their readiness to pro-
coed with the trial. Judge Conley, Of
! MADEIRA, is presiding, none of the Los
Angeles county superior judges hay
ing been willing to undertake the
l-5rn-b rrl,a prf,c acu+inn will 5ho cou.
Quoted by District Attorney Freder-
icks and his chief assistant, Ford.
Earl Rogers will he chief counsel, as
sisted by Judge o. w. Powers, and HI.
Ia. Giesler, of Los Angeles, although
Darrow himself will take a more &C
tive part than he did in the first
trial It is reported that the ex-
penses of the first trial almost pauper-
| ICED barrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
PUBLIC HEARING.

U. S. Engineering Office, Upper
Mississippi River Improvement, Rock
Island, I'll. Jan. IS.
A meeting will be held at the U. S.
Engineer office, Rock Island, III. at 10
O'Clock a. m. Monday, January 81,
1913, to consider proposed railway
bridges across the Mississippi river.
First. On the big dam at Keokuk.
Second An ordinary swing or bas-
cule draw bridge, to be located at
some point between Taber's saw mill
at Keokuk and the mouth of the Des
Moines river.
Bills for authorizing these bridges
are now pending in congress, and the
attendance and opinions of navigators
and of those interested in navigation
are earnestly desired.
At the meeting will be taken up in.
cidentally the advisability of per
hitting the bridge companies &C, NJ
& st. P. Ry. Coz to shorten their
sheer booms or guide fences at the
N La Crosse, McGregor and Sabula
bridges.
C. KELLER,
Major, Corps of Engrs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
MOST NUTRITIOUS FOOD
SOLD IN KEOKuK

49,, - some keokuk women it will be
AsMs that Minnesota Macaroni, be.
, tues being SO delicious, is also four
lines as nutritious as beefsteak and
* TIRES as nutritious as potatoes
~ -ninhesota' Mgcaroni contains
az, az proseids than n.ost foods and is
4 s ., mere strength giving. and
,,,,s ases Inc body great ijower OF en-
stomach. : 'ss'is ''i1
: i is served often IN place Of
, neat the whole family will he ,n,,c,,
healthier. And, besides. it will red,ca
AZ AZ cost Of liring, as "Minnero.1,,s
s sssafoni costs 10y about one cent d
MY 'fy the handy aMinneaotav Cut
, siaeafoai, which is cut into uniform
n pssses1-it cooks more evenly and u
salcker to prepare. ADV. Is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
STONE 8 WEBSTER
emf LOYEES DROWN
Reports Say That TWO Men Were
Lost in tho River but Company
Officials Say That Only
One Is Drowned.
THE RIVER IS DRAGGED
Men Working on Transmission Line
Are Drowned While Crossing
the River on the Ice
Friday.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. Authorization
yesterday was received by Coroner
Roy Bedding at st. Charles, Mo-, OF
the drowning of Mike Slovak, a con-
struction hand, and an unidentified
man, while nine men employed by
the Stone & Webster Construction
Company were drawing a flatboat
loaded with commissaries across the
Mississippi river on the ice, twelve
miles north of ST Charles.
The men are employed in the con-
struction of line of power wires to
carry electricity from the big power
plant at Keokuk, Ia, to st. Louis.
They live at what is known as Camp
No. s, in st. Charles county.
Charles Mitchell, timekeeper for
the construction company, yesterday
s ated only one man had been drown.
ed, but persons in the vicinity say
two men were lost when the party
broke through the ice. The river is
being dragged for the body of Slovak,
One Summone Rescue Aid.
The accident happened Friday
morning. when Charles Mitchell and
eight Cher men were drawing a flat
boat containing provisions for anoth-
er camp across the ice at War Eagle
Landing. When the ice began to
give way Mitchell ran back to the
Missouri shore and called to Joseph
Rotgeb, a Waterman, 20 get rope.
With this Mitchell and Rotgeb sue
ceeded in safely landing all the six
that had fallen into the water, except
Slovak and the unidentified man.
1t is said Slovak has wife and
three children living in Germany
His fellow-workmen say he had $500
in his clothing when he was drowned
Mike Karamaco, one of the men res
cued, is in a serious condition from
pneumonia, resulting from his icy
bath in the Mississippi.
This is said to be the fourth known
tragedy in the camp in the last six
months, one man having been drown
ed in August, another having been
killed by lightning month later and
a third man having fallen from a
telegraph pole in December.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20

consider 1t harder than road work.
The chance to be regular in getting
up and going to bed and eating Off
sets the gruelling grind of learning
lines, rehearsing and playing.
But the stock iobber is different
from the stock actress. We iobbers
are but temporary. We hope to get
back into the Broadway show or some
good road company. The reason
prefer to be iobber to a regular
stock actress is because stock event
ually takes out of you all your aesthe-
tic relish fer work. You begin to
see art wholly as means by which
you earn your living How could It
be otherwise? Art languishes under
routine. you know. have known a
few wcmen to keep alive fidelity 10
their artistic ideals through two or
three year siege of it. but only
few. Personally, l could never do
that. l stockton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
What Gilman Proposes.

Mr.. joy did not care to discuss the
statement made by John H. Cole that
the railroads fixed the tolls over the
Keokuk and Hamilton bridge, as we'll
as other bridges along the river, but
corrchorated the press dispatches that
the chairman, Adamson, said it would
be referred to the attorney general
"Our contention was said Mr.. JOY,
that If we went ahead with our de-
velopment here the present bridge
coald not handle the business alone :
Theodore Gilman. of New York,
Observation-Disclosures of the Keokuk and
Hamilton bridge suggested that the
present bridge might be reconstruct
ed: the bridge company might recon
str,ct the bridge. "Our answer to
that" said Mr.. joy, was that the dam
was here to be used with permission"
Referring to the bill introduced by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
The Downtrodden Farmer.

An Ottawa man heard that a farm-
er wanted to sell motor car. He
sympathlzed with the poor farmer
and his family because they were
forced to part with the machine for
financial reasons. he believed, and
went out to the farm to buy it. The
farmer was not at home. but his daugh-
ter was there. Il came ont to buy
your car, he said Which oae?"
asked the girl.-Kansas City Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
Selfish Phi,csonhy.

"You can be a great hero" said the
campaign adviser, by standing aside
and letting someone else have the Of
flee you wanted" Yes" replied the
energetic candidate But the other
fellow will get all the medals and ap-
plause. What's the use Of being an
anonymous hero?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
K C Buckwheat Cakes

Sit together, three times, the -four, sugar,
sat and baking powder; stir the water in ali
at once and bake on hot, well oiled grid
die. Buckwheat -four calls for generous
measure Of baking powder. Part milk may
be used to mix the cakes but water gives
quite as good results.
A delicious ''spread'' for griddle cakes is
made by Dreaming together about twice as
much honey (either comb or strained) as
butter. Work it up with fork to about
the consistency Of hard sauce.
Readers Of this paper may obtain seThc
Cooks Book containing this and SO other
delicious recipes free by sending the colorcd
certificate packed in every 2s-cent can Of
* c Baking Powder to the Jaques Mfg. CO..
chicago. Scndfor ssThe Cooks Bock's today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
Senator Thomas.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 Charles
Y. Thomas, former governor of Col
orado, today took the oath as senator
succeeding the late Charles p. Hughes
Jr. Senator Guggenheim escorted
Thomas to the desk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
poration: w. B. seeley OF Mt. Pleas.

poration: w. b. Seeley of Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, shall be president; j. B.
Well OF Keokuk, Iowa, shall be first
vice-president;; A. Weber OF Keokuk,
Iowa, shall be second yice.president;
and q. A. French of Kepkuk, Iowa,
shall be cashier.
The highest amount OF indebtedness
to which the corporation may at any
time subject itself, except for depos-
its, shall not exceed Its capital stock
The private property Of the stock
holders shall be exempt from corpor-
ate liability, excep. to the extent and
in the manner provided by the con-
stitution and laws of the state OF
Iowa
Dated January 20, 1913.
w. B, SEELEY,
] B. WE'LL,
GEO. S. TUCKER.
JACOB SCHOUTEN,
JOHN LEISY,
ALOIS WEBER,
JOHN w. RovANE,
r. F. RENAUD,
B. r. KETCHAM,
PAUL T. PECHSTEIN,
e. Il. COOMBS,
ALFRED ]. BAXTER,
T.. A. FRENCH,
JOHN TUMELTY,
j. r. WEDEL,
IS Incorporators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
Supreme Court Adjourned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2o.--Thc SUI.
preme court of the United States adj
journed today without deciding any
OF the important cases now pending.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20

.Train 47s-Leaves keogus. TAO an
*Train 741--Lcayes keokuk. $3.50 pm
*Train 472-Arriyes Keokuk 1885 pm
Train 47o-Arrives keolsuk. I:o5 m
sDaily except Sunday.
xLocal Freight Trains.
x"Train SCARVES KeokulS. $50 pm
xsTrain S5-Leave Keokuk ZOO am
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-20
nemands Of nutx

To do our duty in life it must ever
be done with the aid OF all that is
highest in our soul, highest in tho
truth that is ours -Maeterlinck.