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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
WOMAN JAILED SELF
MRS. 6RuNcE SAYS SHE LOVED
NEW YORK LAWYER.
Released Rival She Found In Secret
Room Of Husbands
Office.

Monticello, N. Y, Dec 24.-With the
release from the Sullivan county jail,
of Adelaide M. Brance, who for three
years endured voluntary Imprisonment
for the sake of being the secret COM
panion of Melvin H. Couch, the mys-
terry Of her identity may never be
solved. She told her jailer that her
only wish was to be permitted to
leave Monticello quietly to lessen the
burden of anxiety for Mrs Couch and
her daughter.
Bit by bit Sheriff Frank l.. Kline
and George L. Cook, county prosecu-
tor, have brought out the story of
Miss Brances life with Couch,
whose death was announced in a dra-
matte manner at the home of DR..
]. F. Curlette, brother-in-law of the
attorney. DR.. Curlette notified the
coroner and the sheriff and these off,
Gals joined him in an effort to keep
the facts of the lawyers double life
from becoming the gossip of the vii.
lage.
1t was because of the discovery Of
the presence Of the woman by the
widow when she was led to explore a
room in his Offices her husband had
always forbidden her to enter that
the story became known and the man.
ner of the life for three years of the
voluntary prisoner revealed.
Miss Brance told the prosecutor
that many years ago she lived at
Goshen, N. Y, but facts concerning
her early life she withheld
After much questioning she told Of
her life in the little room opening off
COUGHS Offices; of how she never
went out except at night and then
only when she was sure no one would
see her, and how she lived on pro-
visions brought to her by the lawyer
and through it all was happy because
she loved and was loved.
When confronted by the widow OF
the man with whom she had lived in
secret for so many years, Miss Brance
begged for forgiveness, crying piteous-
ly, Il loved him, loved him"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
MRS. YOUNG IS REELECTED
Former Head Of Public Schools in
Chicago Is Again Chosen
Superintendent.

- Chicago, Dec. 24.-Supporters Of
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young mustered a
majority of the board of education to
restore her as head of the public
schools at a riotous meeting of the
board. Mrs. Young was reelected SUI
perintendent of schools by vote Of
10 to 7.
A motion made by Mrs. John
MacMahon to reconsider the vote by
which John d. Shoop was elected SUI
perintendent to succeed Mrs. Young
was passed after scenes of disorder.
Trustee Eckhart asked:
will Mrs. Young accept the position
of superintendent"
Mrs. Young told me that she will
accept" said President Reinberg.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Pepper Funeral Friday,

Ottumwa, Dec. 24-The body of
the late Congressman |. S. Pepper
arrived here today from Muscatine,
accompanied by the brother, B. S.
Pepper. 1t was taken to the B. S.
Pepper home, and Friday morning
will be taken to the First Methodist
church from which the funeral will
take place in the afternoon. The
congressional party in charge of Ser
geant-at-Arms r. B. Gordon will ar
rive Friday morning. The entire
democratic state committee and SEN
ator Wade, national committeeman,
will be present.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Child at Play Killed by Kin.

North Ridge, Mimi. Dec. 24.-Play-
ing house" in a woodshed back of
her fathers home, Rose Buehler, sew
en- years old. daughter Of a farmer
near here, was killed when her three
brothers and a number of compan.
ions, returning from hunt, emptied
their shotguns at the building. The
girls body, doll clasped in the arms,
was Sound few hours later.
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Shoots Crazy Man.

Syracuse, Dec. 24.-Defending his
father and mother from the attack of
a mailman, Bert Webster, aged "a,
shot and killed Frank Kenyon, tele-
graph operator of the West Shore r.
R., at Amboy, eight miles west of
here, today. Kenyon appeared at
the Webster home last night and or
dered the farmer to burn his barn.
This was refused and Kenyon drew
two revolvers and ordered the family
into one room, where he lined them
up against the wall and kept them
prisoners all night. The son, Bert
Webster, succeeded in creeping from
the room, obtained a gun and shot
KENYON,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Mexican BURGLAR Cauqht.

Keokuk, Dec. 24.-Early this morn
ing NJ. Estrada, a Mexican, was ar
rested at the head of the basement
stairway at the ]. S. Spicer jewelry
store. The policeman saw that a
pane of glass had been broken and
investigated, finding that the man
had entered the basement and was at
the head of the stairs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
90 FISHERS ESCAPE WRECK
Scramble to Decks Of Tug Just as
Schooner Sinks With Hole
In Her Side.

New York, Dec. 24.-Forty fisher
men scrambled of the schooner Sen
eca in North river to the tug Daniel
Wilson Just before the schooner. with
a big gap in her side, sank in 25 feet
OF water. She had been rammed
amidships by the tug. owned by the
Pennsylvania Coal company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Boats Carry 100000; One Dies.

Washington, Dec. 24.-Approximste
ly 100000 passengers we're carried
for every life lost on steam vessels
in the United States in 1913, accord
ing to the annual report of George
Uhler, supervising inspector-general
OF the federal steamboat service.
More than 3OO,OOOOOO persons were
carried on vessels required to report,
and of this number 1876 lost their
lives
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Pre- sident Enjoys Self.

Charlotte, n. c., Dec. 24.-Presi-
dent Wilson enjoyed complete rest
today. On his way to Pass Chris
tian in his private car, he was denied
to all visitors and slept until late this
morning. He will remain at. Pass
Christian until January 3. To his
he admitted he was COM
pletcly tired out but very happy.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Governor Grants Pardon.

Des Moines, Dec. 24.-The COVER
nor today pardoned from the state
penitentiary at Fort Madison, w. L.
Alexander, sentenced to 171a years
for the murder of his brother in Des
Moines in March, 1904. The trial
showed that the brother was a drug
tiend and notorious gun man.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25

Washington Dec. 24.-Five firemen
were injured, two seriously, in fire
which caused 100000 loss early to-
day in the American and 10 Cent
Store on Seventh street, A general
fire alarm was sounded as the store
is in the central down town shopping
district but the spread of the flames
was prevented.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Shoppers See Trauedy.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Before the eyes
of hundreds of Christmas shoppers,
Frank l.. Klinek chased Attorney
Chas. Alling down a fire escape of
the Title and Trust Co. building to-
day He shot out one eye of Alling,
wounded Peter Schwabe, and then
fatally shot himself.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Looking For Enrner

Iowa Falls, Dec. 24.-Detectives
are looking for a young man who
passed two forged checks on the Peo-
pies Trust and Savings Bank last
month. The man worked for C. E.
Gardner, farmer, and when paid off
cashed a good check and two worth
less ones for thirty dollars.
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Shakespeare Honors Safe.

London, Dec. 24.-Dr. Orville Owen
of Detroit has returned to America,
having suspended his search at Chep-
stow for manuscripts which he expect.
ed to find in a vault in the bed Of
the river Wye to prove that Bacon
was the author of Shakespeare plays,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Offers Senator Lewis Place.

Washington, Dec. Ex-senator Lewis
has been asked by the President to
represent the United States at the
Safety at Sea conference in London.
Compulsory wireless installation is ex-
pected to be one of the rules laid down
by the conference.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Arkan.a. Sank b. Robbed.

Prescott, Ark, Dec. 24.-The vault
of the branch OF the Bank of Prescott
at Emmett, Ark, was blown and sew
eral thousand dollars In currency was
stolen. The explosion wrecked the
building occupied by the bank. The
yeggmen escaped on q handcar.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Exposition Commissioners in Rome.

Rome, Dec. 24.-Commissioners An
drews, Brown and Rees, who were
sent to Europe to boom the Panama
Pacific exposition in San Francisco in
1915, arrived here, having been pre-.
coded by Ira Nelson Morris of Chi
cago. Mr.. Morris task lies with the
government, while the other commits.
sioners are working to stimulate in.
terest among the people.
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sanitarium at roIedo.

Des Moines, Dec. al. w. viii
lett, of Tama county, department
commander of the G. A. r., said to-
day that the government officials are
about to open their tuberculosis sani-
tarium at Toledo. They have CON
yerted the Toledo Indian school into
a sanitarium and will care for Indians
afflicted with tuberculosis.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Do5tors Are Acquitted.

Clinton, H., Dec, 24.-Dr. H. Il.
Price and Angel Gambia, charged with
causing the death of Miss Margaret
Trainor of Ottawa by performing a
criminal operation five months ago,
were acquitted by a jury which had
been out twelve hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
MsrshslItown Banker Dead.

Marshalltown, Dec. 24--Phineas f..
Balch for years cashier of the Mar.
shalltown State Bank and known all
over the state, died to-day from
heart disease. He is we'll known in
lodge and fraternity circles.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Wireless in the Arctic.

London, Dec. 24.-The first wire
less call for help ever recorded from
the Arctic Circle came in today from
the Norwegian ship Sagnyald Jarl
which is ashore six hundred miles
north of Bergan.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Queen MlIena Seriously m.

Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 24-Queen
Milena of Montenegro, mother of
Queen Helena of Italy, is understood
to be dangerously i'll in the capital OF
the little Balkan kingdom.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Violated Food Laws.

Des Moines, Dec. "a; The state dali
ny and food department received re-
ports of the arrest and filming at
Charles City of H. H. Bergman on a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Fifty Men Thouoht Dead in Mine,

Vladivostok, Russia, Dec. 24.-Fifty
men we're trapped by an incendiary
fire in colliery near here and 1t In
believed all are dead.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-10
BITS OF NEWS FROM ALL OVER

Went in to get a drink. Came out
and found strange horse chewing up.
his perfectos 4 at a time. =
New York.-$3,o00 worth Of rugs
taken from home of Mrs. F. H. Bur-.
nett, the author, at Plandome, Long,
Island, by burglars. {
New York.--10,0oo members of
Children's and Misses Dressmakers't
union struck today. Less hours and.
more pay. >
South Bend, Ind.-PoIish peopIe[
gathered here yesterday to raise fund
to assist in a political revolution in
Poland, Europe, which they say Isl
not far distant. More than $4,000
was subscribed. II
Los AngeIes.-District Atty Fred-t
ericks hasn't decided whether to try
Clarence Darrow again.
Douglas, Ariz.--Maderista rebels,
after IL; hour fight, captured federal
garrison at Nacozari, Mexico. "
Alahabab, India.-Lieut. Clark, of.
British army and Mrs. Fulham, his
affinity, pleaded; guilty to causing
murder of Clark's wife. after they
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-10

Ayrshire, ScotIand.-Eight men
reported killed and many hurt in ex-
plosion that wrecked dynamite
works here today.
Gary, Ind.-No one hurt when 300
pounds of gunpowder at Aetna Pow
der Works near here exploded today.
Force of explosion felt for 20 miles.
Monessen, Pa.-PoIioe Lieut.. M.
Entinger went to home of Mrs. Dud-
geon to arrest Noah Hough, charged
with living on earning of his daugh-
ter Erma, Is. Shot and killed. Chas.
Hough, 10, only person who knows
who fired the shot, refuses to talk.
CIeveIand.-F. kohler, golden
rule" police chief who was suspend
ed recently for gross immortality,
went on trial today before civil ser
vice commission. Charged with Wis
iting Mrs. May Schearer's home dur
ing absence of her husband. Schear-
er will appear against him. She will
appear for him.
!. San Francisco. Ruddick, team
ster, bought $50 worth of choice eli
gars and put them in his wagon.
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He became lieutenant governor Of
Illinois even though the Chicago
papers couldn't see him and didn't
help him.
And now he's doing more for the
working girls of Chicago than amy
man ever did before. He is using
the power of his Office for the people,
and can't be bulldozed by Big Bust
ness or its newspapers.
If Barratt O'hara succeeds in
raising the wages of the working
girls Of Chicago he will be a bigger
man than old Marshall Field ever
was, and worth forty julius Rosen-
walds to humanity. .
That's the kind of man the Of
flee will hunt, and Barratt O'Hara
will have place in the hearts of the
people that will be worth more than
all of the newspaper support in town.
BY the way, there was a time
when Chicago newspapers would
have suppressed most of the testi-
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II
mony taken before the white slave
COMMITTEES. But that was before
The Day Book came to town.
The conspiracy of silence can't be-
pulled off so long as t-ere is one
newspapes>$hat isn't afraid to print
the truth. And there is one in Chip
cago.
The story goes now that rneet-s
ing was held, and 1t was solemnlyo
decided that the only thing the,
newspapers could do was to go aheado
and print the news of the O'Hara ino
vestigation. But even then They'll
toned it down. -
Anyhow It is a good thing for CHS
cage to have an adless paper in town
to set the pace for the rest of them.d
VIM. A. Cynnea's vote is growing
even in his own home A son WASP
born in the Guinea home Friday
night, the eighth child. Came tooo
late, however, for the recount in the)
7th ward. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03

forth from her sequestered haunts at
the Forks on the Red. The big
brother. the bear hunter Of the south.
and the mail deliverer of Fargo, will
arrive on time. by dog train. along
the state wilt they come, accompanied
by their devils. pi and hell-boxes as
sacrafices to the Black God,
verify l say unto you; thou shalt
not go as the quarry slave at night
scourged to his dungeon. but with an
unfaltering step wadest thou into the
thickest of the fray bearing the spear
of truth and sobriety Into the camp
or the Wahpetonians which hath been
pltched on the raging Red opposite
that Of the f%ire-waters of the Minne-
sOtans.
|. Where but a few moons ago The
h~oneysuckle n woodbine climbed
over. the piazzas and roses bloomed
In the garden wilt thou find true
brotherly love: and when thy last hour
shall come and thou wilt lie down f.,
the final sleep. the remembrance Of
occasion will pierce the gloom Of
thy silent tomb and ease the
n which thou shalt repose.
Watch the advent Of the press -,np
In the land of the Dakotas
In the land Of milk and honey.
Sec them bring their wives and
daughters
To the eamp.Gres Of their neighbors.
Finds it's source in this fair valley.
You'll he welcome brothers. vve,.
come
To this great biennial love feast
Held in Richland c~ouaty's center
In our dear old North Dakota.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
John Wants The Bunch at
Press Association Meet

John VanArnam. editor and pub.
Usher Of the Kindred Tribune, has
some interesting things to say of the
coming meeting of the North Dakota
fress association ut Wahpeton. SAYS
he: ~
Verify Thou Shalt Go.
70 him. who in the journalistic
iield. wieldeth a goose-quill, there
cometh the call Of the wild. When
January 10th shall have arrived and
caused thee to ransack thy trousers in
search of the spondulix wherewith Ia
"a thy freight to Wahpeton. the
thou shalt grid thy loins with the
armor OF unadulterated gall and HE
merrily away to where the sparkling
waters of the Otter Tail comingle wit:
those of the stagnant Bots de Sioux
at whose confluence the great city OF
the white man has been builded and
Where the chiefs. Hughes inc Cam
eron, will have prepared the roast dog
for the gathered clans and the war
dance will merrily proceed.
So conduct thyself that the delin.
quent subscriber and belated adver.
tiser shall cough up the requisite
shckels for thy transportation. Nor
shalt thou go alone but with thy wife
or thy neighbours wife or thy daugh-
ter or the other fellows daughter at
tend this great pow-wow where the
purest Of artesian water shall cause
thee n thine to feel that the foun,
of youth hath been discovered.
Gems of poetry and song shall be
waited across the broad plains. from
the far-of jewellers in the Minot and
Bismarck camps. Bonnie Annie
Laurie decketh herself; even now. ia
her paints and feathers md cometh
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
Gall Stones Removed
Without An Operation

After suffering for one year with
gall stones, l was told by a friend to
try Swanp-Root. l began with the
fifty cent size and after using four
bottles found that I was much better.
Then began using the larger size bot
ties and after taking three bottles !
was cured. That has been even
years ago this summer and / have
new been sick since that time from
this disease.
1 can %cheerfully recommend Or.
Kilmer's swamp-Root to any one for
kidney and bladder troubles hoping
it may do as much good for many
people as it did for me.
Yours truly.
MISS EMMA HOLDEFER,
20 North Thorpe St. Kansas City. Kan.
State of Missouri. County of Jackson
SIS.
On the 18th day Of August, 1909.
personally appeared before me. a
Notary Public in and for said County
and State. Miss Emma Holdefer. who
subscribed the within statement and
mad oath that the same is true in
substance and in fact.
Henry G. Emery,
NotaryS Public.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
REP. WEDEMEYER
ENDS HIS LIFE
Jumped Overheard from Ship
on Which He Was Taken
to Colon.


Washington, Jan. S.--Rcpresenta-
tive William Wcdemeyer of Ann Ar
Dor. Mich. who suddenly went insane
at Colon. Panama. at the time of
President Taf,'s recent visit to the
isthmus. jumped overheard last night
from the ship on which lie had been
taken to Colon. His body had not
been recovered last night.
Representative Wcdcmcyer went tn
the isthmus With Il congressional par
tN at the same time the president Wis
tied there. On the voyage from New
York he collapsed and was taken first
to a sanitarium in Panama and later
put In confinement in Il hospital.
where he became violent and ravcd
about his defeat last election. Friends
say a few days before leaving for the
isthmus. Wedemeyer fell. striking his
lead on the icy sidewalk.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
Was WARM
Mean Temperature Was Highest in %
Years With But Two Exceptions
NO Storms During Month.

With the exception Of the years
1884 and 1907 the mean temperature
for the December Just passed has been
tire highest in twenty-five years. I,
was 16.5 degrees above zero. The
other two DEFENDERS referred to av-
ieraged respectively 900 and 1872.
The temperature of the warmest
'day-December a-was 4S, excelled
only by December %. 1893, which
was ~. December %. 1901. which
was 4s and the record December day
the Goth OF the month in 1900
which was IS.
The low mark was is degrees below
zero, a December minimum which the
thermometer has never failed to
reach except in 1890. In 1895 it was
IA below. The colde.. December day
on record was the 18th in 1901. when
the mercury vent down to 33 below.
No storms Of any account have
marked the last month Of the year.
The snowfall was only AS inches and
the wind vas generally moderate. al
though the highest continued wind
record for the year was recorded on
the night Of December z. This was
Sc miles an hour.
The detailed report Of Prof. Howard
E. Simpson OF the university follows:
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
JUDGE C. F, TEMPLET0N
DIED IN ST. PAUL HOS.
P|TAL THIS MORNING
CONTINUED from Page ~

October. 1883. when he resigned to
|accept the judgeship of the old Eighth
Judicial district on appointment by
President Grover Cleveland. He was
reelected to the district judgeship in
1889 and again in 1893. continuing on
1.-THE bench until 1897. January l.
AIRY l. 1897. he resumed his practice
lin this city. being associated with At
|torney Scott Rex in the firm of Tenn
|pleton 4 Rex.
Burke Appointed Him.
September /. 1903. after continuing
for six years, Judge Templeton prac-
ticed law here until 1907. when he
was appointed 10 the district bench
by Governor Burke. succeeding Judge
Fisk. who resigned to accept an APP
ipointnent to the state supreme court
AT the recent general election the de-
ceased was reelected district Judge by
la large majority.
Leaves Wife and Four Children.
Judge Templcton was married in
Vermont in 1881. to Miss Edna c..
Carleton. In addition to the wife,
-four children. three girls and one boy.
are left to mourn his loss. They are
Misses Bertha C. Templeton. Maud R.
ITempleton, Frances H. Temple,on and
Ruth c. Templeton. Miss Maud Tenn
pleton is at present teaching in the
that city. The other members of the
family are at home. Francis Temple
ton Is a Junior in the college of arts
lat the university.
Judge Templeton was a Knight
lTemplar in the Masonic lodge and was
affiliated throughout his career with
the democratic party in politics.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
East Side News
WILL DEBATE ON JANUARY i
Ada Wins Right to Choose Sides and
Takes Negatiye-Locals to
Name Place.

January II has been definitely fixed
as the date for the East Grand
Forks-Ada high school debate. The
date was agreed on last evening by the
superintendents of both schools. Ada
will support the affirmative. while the
locals will argue for the negative. The
question for debate is: Resolved
that the government should own and
operate all railroads doing an inter-
state business"
Both teams wanted the negative
side of the question. and it was finally
submitted to Prof. Selvig of the
Crookston school of agricultural. A
coin was tossed. and Ada won the
choice of sides. This gives East
Grand Forks the right to name where
the debate shall be held. This will
be decided later.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
S0L0NS ARRIVE
At BISMARCK
Possible Legislation During
Session is Being Dis.
cussed.
Times special servicc)

~ 9pS$AAA
Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 3.-Trains to-
day brought in members of the Thir-
leenth legislative assembly and mos
of the candidates for speaker of the
house. The hotels are filling up and
d consultation is being held. regard
ing the possible legislation during the
session. Every candidate for speaker,
and there are nine, are expressing
confidence in their WI candidacy. 1t
is expected that the matter will be
settled in the caucu to be held Mon
day evening. But few members OF
the senate have arrived as yet.
officials at the capitol. who will end
their term Tuesday, have made all
arrangements for moving out and the
new ones will move in the same day,
Governor Burke is busy writing his
farewell message. which will be de-
livered to the legislature on Wednes-
day. Governor Hanna's message will
possibly be delivered the same day.
The speakership fight at present
seems to be between Ployhar OF
Barnes. Frame of Walsh, Thompson
of Minot and Streeter Of Emmons
but there are many members yet to
arrive and be heard from.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-03
Recital Was Appreciated.

Those who persevered in spite OF
the Indictment weather and were pres
ent Monday night al the lecture-re-
cital given by prof. Louis Z. Rowland
Of Wesley conservatory at Grand
Forks. assisted by Miss LaBelle Nah.
on Of this city. We're surely amply
repaid for their effort and enjoyed a
truly instructive as we'll as a delights
full evening. Prof. Rowland, although
an expert in his profession. has the
happy faculty Of reducing a magni-
f1cent theme to such low terms that
he brings it within the grasp Of the
uninitiated without stripping the
theme of its dignity. Every one pres
ent could hut feel that he had a broad
er idea OF music, as to its purpose
and method. and surely a knowledge
of Mcdowell. the greatest American
composer. which will ever lend an adj
ded interest and charm to his com-
positions.-cavalier County Republic
can.