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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-17

to benefit by his death. In the last
few days of his life. when he contem-
plated reinstating his son., he was par
ticularly insistent on secrecy. The
stand?"
Kayton nodded. Did the son know
that he had been disinherited?"
Il doubt it," replied Mr.. Hurley,
"but if you allow for this apprehen-
sion of my clients he would have con
sidered that it was Il protection to him
self to have his son think that he was
disinherited. When l mentioned that
Mr.. Argyle was about. to make a new
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-17

Certainly" returlred young Argyle.
again completely the we'll bred, seaf
contained young man. 81 understand.
that, MI. Kayton."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-17

Copynght. 1912. by Journal Amencan -Exammes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-07-17
CHAPTER v.
TO Find Out the Truth.

~ AYTON broke off with a nod
as Mrs. Beauregard, the cook,
waddled into the room. She
-" ,,or AZ ,o,,l foooJ oJI o,o
The sun., 1913-10-12
Only District Of City in Which They Have Not
Been Repaced-tlave Proud Records as
Fearless Fire Fighters

cistern water Is bucketed and a line
formed to serve it.
The tenants OF the house are outdoors
and in safety when the company ar
rives, but they weep at the destruction
of their possessions. Finally the flames
are Quenched. The house is half de-
stroyed and about the same percentage
Of furniture and belongings saved. The
company returns To it's fire house. From
the time of the alarm on the steel ring
to the official statement Of fires out"
and the return to town one hour and
fifty minutes has elapsed.
Pretty good work" says Bill Volun-
teer proudly, and everybody agrees it is
SO indeed.
Of course every other topic Is side
tracked for the day. There is a great
deal Of comparative congratulation dur.
ing and after working hours. The
brewery truck driver is half day he
hind in his deliveries and as he joins
in the talk he doesn't seem to care.
The captain and lieutenant are fined
SO and 40 cents respectively when they
show up in the evening. and tits openly
declared that Bill Volunteer would be
chosen captain tomorrow If there was
an election
And indeed the company has a right
to crow. judging their fire fighting day
by another occasion when an associate
volunteer organization ran" to blaze
situated a mile and a half from volun-
teer headquarters. What with one de-
lay and another. which the members OF
the company took placidly as they
progressed. they were so long in arriv-
ing on the scene that tley found Chief
Begin there with a uniformed COM
pany and playing lively stream on
the blaze. The paid department rivals
had had to travel six miles to get to the
fire. but they were there long before the
mile and half travelling volunteers.
New York city's volunteer firemen o
course get no stated recompense for theil
services. Captains of the paid depart
ment receive $2,500. lieutenants $2,100
engineers $1,000 and firemen from 81, ,O0t
to 81 400 year. Each volunteer en-.
gine company receives $1,000 and each
hook and ladder company $1,000 fol
maintenance every year This Is usu-
ally more than sufficient, and out OF tn,
surplus some companies bestOw Ger.
tain amount on the members pro rata
Others keep the surplus in reserve ant
pay each member at the rate of 8,
cents an hour for time expended II
fighting fires
Some OF the companies have an en-
rolled membership OF 200 and over
Down In HuguenOt there Is still han,
engine In use. In case OF fire, the no
tice says. "Go to kaltenmeyer's and re
the key" so that the engine may b
got out. At other points gasolene drive
engines are used.
When the volunteer firemen Of Ney
York city gets his muscle and fire fight
The sun., 1913-10-12

ing blood up down on Staten Island he
will compare very favorably with his
paid brother Of the district. The most
risky thing volunteer fireman Of New
York has to do cannot Of course be
compared with the most risky thing a
paid fireman has to do in the Borough
Of Manhattan. There isn't single
skyscraper and there is hardly a dwell
ing from the top story Of which the
occupants cannot he rescued by ladder
with little difficulty. The danger Of a
fall from a great height being elimi-
mated, the saving Of life at Staten Island
fires is not much more, according to
the uniformed men. than leading folks
down stairs by way Of ladder"
The area in which New York's vol.
untecr fireman is active measures fifty.
five square miles. The extreme length
Of the island from 81. George on the
north to Tottenville on the south is fif-
teen miles. The extreme width is q
fraction over six miles. Under Chief
Begin there are 10 uniformed depart
ment men. These with the 5O7 vol"~-
teers form the total fire protc lion Of
| the borough
There is a chain Of hills extending
| north and south through Staten Island
ranging in elevation from 175 to 400
feet. They make fire fighting there
far from the systematic battle pos
sible in other boroughs. These hills,
commencing at St. George, are Fort
Hill. Wards Hill. Grymes Hill Dom
gan Hills. Todt Hill and Brighton
Heights. Todt Hill is the high
est point along the Atlantic coast
from Maine to Florida. Roads cross
thrplIph hatu hot
| hills at an elevation OF from 100 to 200
feet and over these the fire apparatus
must be hurried. Many of the islands
finest residences are along these grades.
At a recent fire on Emerson Hill It
was necessary to pump the water to an
elevation OF 1870 feet. One engine was
stationed at hydrant at the base OF tho
hill and another half way up the side.
There is no fire fighting apparatus Of
the city's between Dongan Hills and
Tottenville, distance OF ten miles.
Sometimes the auto chemical engine
has to make the run to save life or
property, Other runs Of two and three
miles are common. "Over the hills to
the Are," Is a grim joke among the Are
men, both paid and volunteers,
The record posted In the headquarters
OF the uniformed department on the
island shows that the run from st.
George to Tottenville on a fire call was
made by the auto fire engine in thirty
minutes for the fifteen miles. The rec
ord Of the volunteers Is thirty-two min
utes for response to gong call rush
10 the Are house, seizure OF team OF
horses and run to a fire a mile distant.
And this you will remember. Is all
within the metropolis OF the west, the
The sun., 1913-10-12

Bill gets there come the members.
From all walks Of life they hurry-doc.
tors. lawyers, clerks. BARRIERS. mechanics
and farmers. They drop everything
they're at. That also is the law-both
written and unwrtten. In the act Of
raising a choice tidbit from your plate
to your mouth. If you hear the steel
ring or the whistle or the gong or the
bell. place the mouthful on your plate
again and hurry to the fire house. You
may be taking a bath, you may be in
your first sleep. you may be having a
tooth pulled. 1t makes no difference;
you must rush to the fire house. In
the last case you and the dentist will
make the rush together.
There's fine II you are In town when
a fire breaks out and do not run to it..
But OF course this fine is a picayune in
centive. It's the pride of the volunteer
fire fighting prOwess that counts--as
Bill Volunteer will tell you.
The sun., 1913-10-12

Clang. Clang. Toot! toot. Ding
dong! A blaze has started a mile out
OF New Dorp. Bill Volunteer, a car
penter working on the roof Of a DWELL
ing, saw 1t first. Down the ladder he
hurries and up the street to the large
open steel ring suspended in Its big
framework near the town centre. Blow
after blow ne strikes the ring. There
go the whistles and the bells. taking
up the alarm. Then Bill Volunteer
rushes into the engine house.
Bill has been a member OF the volun-
teer department one short week. but as
he's the first man to get to the ap-
paratus he is commander. That's the
unwritten law-the first man on the
job directs affairs until an officer ar
rives. and II an officer does not ar
rive in the run to the fire or when the
fire Is reached. the first man continues
in control Of the fire fight.
Pell nell into the fire house after
The sun., 1913-10-12

Get a team Of horses for this ap-
paratus" yells Bill as the members all
report and hustle around getting ready
after their time honored style.
There is a dash across the street to
where brewery wagon is hitched The
horses are embarrassed in a jiffy. de-
spite the protest OF the driver. They
are bit too fat for fire horses. but
they are pressed into service. Pay will
be made for the time they are in use {;
that's the law. II they hadn't been
grabbed the distant livery stable would
have been assailed. or some other stable.
Clangetty-clang. Bill Volunteer starts
them. He has the trumpet. There's a
captain and a lieutenant in each COM
pany. but neither has shown up ON
they go. The brewery horses do the
mile in creditable time. The apparatus
draws nigh to the burning dwelling with
businesslike rattle. There Is no water
main handy. so out Of the convenien nj
The sun., 1913-10-12
In Richmond Borough Five Hundred of Them
Are on the Job in Rivalry of Citys Paid
Fire Force
Fire Force

be tempted to extend a hand and say:
"Shake!"
But for all that the antiquated sys-
tenn has it's comic side. That is in
evitable because Of the diverse condi-
tions and occupations Of the members
and the local rules by which they gov
ern their movements. For all that they
refuse to be patronized by the uni
formed system and jealously guard their
rights as free born volunteer firemen
Of the city Of New York. notable
fact connected with their stand Is that
once a fire has started within their
limits and they have responded with
their apparatus. there is no uniformed
department power on earth that can
take the right to fight that fire away
from them nor drive them into fighting
it except in the way they deem most
efficaciOus.
Deputy Department Chief William
T. Beggin, who commands the Eighth
division Of the city's uniformed force
stationed on Staten Island. has found
this out. He automobiles to every fire
on the island Does he sail into Great
Kills or Huguenot. or any other place
where the volunteers hold forth. with a
great clatter and rush Of authority? ?
Not so that you could notice 1t. He
is too much Of q diplomat He knows
his fire grammar. He knows that when
he arrives on the scene he will salute
the volunteer fire chief with stiff for
mality.
The volunteer fire chief will return
the salute with great dignity. Then
up will speak Chief Begin:
III you care. sir. III take hold at this
corner with part Of your men,"
"Very WELL sir" bows the volunteer
chief, but letting 1t he seen by his
manner that he does SO out OF mere
courtesy. and not because Chief Beg.
gin has any rights at all.
After moment or two. when Beg
gin has got into swift action. he IL
liable to turn to the volunteer chief
again, saying:
pretty fast. II you say. I'll take charge
Of the whole thing. ! want to go up to
that window myself"
"Perhaps 1t might be better so." an
swers the volunteer chief. but he con
cedes the privilege as a distinct per-
mission on his part and does not admit
that Begin has q right to one inch
OF privilege because Of his uniformed
Job.
II may he inferred from this, and
the inference will be correct. that there
IL no official head Of the volunteer sys'
tenn OF Richmond borough. Each OF the
eleven companies In a separate and dis
tinct body and there Is no central or
ganization. Within the limits OF thu
town or village where II belongs eacf
engine and hose company III q little frt
department Of itself for the protection
Of property.
The sun., 1913-10-12
T EW YORK CITY'S volunteer
fireman, after nearly. three
centuries of valia MT fla me bat.

fireman, after nearly. three
centuries Of valiant flame bat
tie, is making his last stand
down n Staten Island. From one bor-
ough after another he has been driven
~ his uniformed rival First 1t was
from Manhattan proper. over half GEN.
tury ago Then he was replaced In the
BronN, then in Kings. And only the
other day, while fire chiefs from all over
the ,orId were in convention in this
c.ty hity officers and 1.s47 men Of the
volunteer system in Queens were wiped
out Of official existence.
H.chmond borough Is the only district
Of New York where the uniformed fire.
man has not fun sway. Down that way
the vo.unteer Is very much In the spot
hight; his double breasted. long tailed,
hl" white or brown coat still hanging
III 'amphor ready for parades or COM
p'''te drills. His hand Is still on the
hos" nozzle and his willing legs and
ready arms still respond when there Is
a ta'. To run and to rescue.
l. nay seem surprising that In the
metropolis Of the Western World there
are stll enrolled half a thousand non
uniformed volunteer firemen. The exact
numhor is eleven officers and 496 men
divided into eleven companies. They are
Stationed at Great Kills. Huguenot.
Pleasant Plains. Linoleumville. Krei-
schervlle, Castle Corners, New Dorp
Res'le and Richmond. There are
-FOUR engne and seven hook and ladder
nj q n
I'a'ne have a company Of each.
Wen the fire chiefs from every
whcr" were discussing the very latest
h.n- N fire hghting methods at their
|ra"' Central Palace gathering. rough
an r'ady volunteer OF the Great Kills
c"m"Gv. who had wandered Up to New
i'fH - take a plying look at the as
SON 1t', gave vent to his opinion thus.
HImph. They've got a lot Of medals
a'f ''H'hers and gab But We do more
nara ..c fighting when We get a-going
down n Staten Island than the whole
,a' a.r put together. Tell 'em that
lo' n.' II YOU want to. ] can prove 1t. =
rrrtty broad statement. Investi'
p"''"n shows, however, that the work
"' " ..chmond borough volunteer fre-
in'N at times hard. even though II
'"'.".t scem as picturesquely thrilling
's 'u1' performed by his uniformed
m"'a'r up in the other four borOughs
N''a 'hc area OF the district IL con-
+'''i'I and the topography Of the coun'
NY "ni the equipment OF the eleven
"."a'cs, it must be conceded that the
S'";'n Island smoke eater 10 not by any
means red shirted comic opera artist
f"IOw some Of the runs they have
made and even q uniformed rival woult
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
POLICE AND FIREMEN
ASK FOR MORE PAY
Further Delay In Action by City coun.
Gil When Matter is Brought
Up To-Day.

Mayor Elder and Commissioners
Gray were responsible this mornins
for further delay In action on the pc
tition Of the local police and firemen,
asking for an increase In pay.
A representative of The Gate City
walked into the city hall and found
the mayor and the two councilmen in
the mayors office, looking over the
notices in the Injunction suit filed
this morning.
The reporter stated the object OF
his visit, asking what action If any
had been taken regarding the petit
lions and the matter was brought UP
in that way. Commissioner Hickey
declared himself at once, stating that
he was heartily in favor of granting
the request of the men. At this,
Mayor Elder broke in, asking the com
missioner why he did not wait until
time when there were no news
paper men in the room Mr.. Hickey
replied by stating that he was not
playing to the newspapers or the gal
lery
Mr.. Gray, who was thought to be
in the petition heart and soul, then
declared that he thought the men
should have an increase, but that the
fiat request of ten dollars per month
for the policemen was more than
they should have. He did not fix an
amount for them, though 1t Is be.
lieved that Commissioner Gray is for
an increase, but just how much is
not known.
Mayor Elder did not express him
self in the matter but allowed the
whole thing to drop there.
1t has been stated several times
since the petitions we're filed that
some action would be taken on April
list, and the police and fire depart
ments believe that the commissioners
were merely playing an April FOOLS
I Joke upon them The policemen's pc
tition was presented to the council
several months ago and the flremen
presented theirs about the first OF
March.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
Royal Cloak Co.
42O Main
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State of Iowa, Lee county-ss.
In the District Court of said county,
at Keokuk.
Byron Sapp, plaintiff, versus Mary
Sapp, Original Notice.
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that petit
ton is now on file in the clerks Office
Of the District Court aforesaid at
Keokuk in behalf of the above named
plaintiff, against you and asking de-
cree Of divorce against you on sta
tutory grounds, and for the custody OF
FIVE minor children. For particulars
see petition.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the next regular May term of said
court, to be begun and holden at Keo-
kuk on the fifth day of May, A. ID,
1918, default will be entered against
you and judgment rendered thereon
as prayed for in said petition.
HUGHES & McCOID,
Attorneys for Plaintiff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
strIkina Silk Workers.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PETERSON, N. j., April 3.-More
than twenty thousand striking silk
workers poured out of this city today
to 60 to Haledon, the little socialist
suburb where they hold open air
meetings unmolested by the police.
Todays mass meeting was called for
the purpose Of testing the sincerity OF
offers of assistance made by local Of.
ficials of the American Federation OF
Labor to the /. w. W., leaders in
charge of the silk strike.
William D. Haywood the labor lead
er, waiting in Jail for hearing Sat
urday on the writ of habeas corpus
through which he expects to be
cleared of the charge of unlawful
assembly" on which he was arrested
Sunday, issued the following today:
DO not worry about those OF us
who are in prison. We are well pro
vided for. Think rather of the thous
ands on the picket line every morn
ing. You know these wage slaves are
seldom more than three weeks ahead
OF starvation. Think then of the hun
gry?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03

of the progressives must be made as
a separate and distinct national party,
He seems to have no patience with
-progressives who desire to con
tinue to carry water on two shoulders.
If Mr.. Roosevelt's wishes shall be
carried out and progressives will be
nominated for congress next year in
all districts where the invitations
were declined.
OF the forty-four invitations sent
out, it is claimed by Representative
Hinebaugh of Illinois, who signed the
caucus call, that eighteen have &C
cepted and in the sixty-third congress
will follow the leadership of Repre-
sentative Victor Murdoch of Kansas
personal representative of Theodore
Roosevelt. It is promised by Mr.
Hinebaugh that a message from Mr.
Roosevelt will be read at the caucus
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
Ru,I Moose News.

SPRINGFIELD, H.. April S.-The
right of the progressives to be con-
sidered the minority party on the
strength of the vote polled at the No
yember election is to be tested In the
supreme court William H. Pundt OF
Danyille today entered motion for
permission to file a petition for man
damus compelling County Judge Law
renee t. Allen of yermillion county to
remove one Of the republican mem
,hers from the election commission OF
the city and name a progressive In his
stead.
The petition is based on the cleo.
ton commissions action, which pro-
yides that the two principal parties
shall be represented in the makeup
of the commission The question at
issue is whether the presidential OF
gubernatorial vote shall be taken as
basis.
n the court should decide favor
ably on the petition, the election ma
chinery in Springfield, Chicago and 6
number of other larger cities of thu
state would be materially changed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
The Warsaw Gate Civ
Warsaw, Ill, April 8, 1913.

R. o. Marsh returned recently from
a business trip to Washington and
New York, and denies most emphat-
ically that President Wilson has ap-
pointed him to develop the indus
trial tract between here and Hamil-
ton, but, nevertheless, he Is going to
do 1t all the same.
Louis A. Lamet was elected mayor,
Paul Kraushaar, city clerk; Frank
Roth, treasurer; and j. Norton Ben
nett, city marshal, at the election
Tuesday. Nearly 500 votes we're poll
ed, the full voting strength. The
votes will be convassed tonight and
the majorities be given on both city
and township tickets.
Program for Lutheran mems meet
ing. No. XVII, April 2, 1918:
Song-Male chorus.
Distrfbution-Th. Koehler
The Monroe Doctrine (theory and
practice1-R. o. Marsh.
Schlangen & Tigerkampf - Hy
Peters.
Song Male chorus.
Ten minute recess.
IL.
Music, piano duet-Prof. Erdmann
Arnold Spite.
"Collection"-Th. Koehler.
Span of the Years-A. J. Frank.
Columbus-Hy. Peters.
Business.
N. B.-The next meeting will b.
held on Tuesday evening, May 5, at
o'clock. All are cordially invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
PFANsCHMIDT's
PROSPECTS DARK
Continued from pase H.

chair She was carried out by at
tendants and soon revived. She has
been probably the most intense listen
err at the trial, which, in case Ray is
guilty, was brought about by his love
fer her.
Reeder continued, saying that hs
had warned Ray that the tracks
found in the yard following the fir
ing of the house, were very similar to
the ones made by his buggy.
Ray is charged with having murder
ed his parents and the other two
with hand axe and with having
burned the home two days afterwards
to hide his crime. The fathers es-
tate was valued at $4,000 and the
state claims that since Ray needed
money to marry Miss Reeder it was
sufficient motive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-03
CITY NEWS.

David Il. Grler, OIL tne oeapoaiu
Air Line; Thos. G. Lutz, of the N. o..
& St. L. railroad; are traffic men IN
the city today and A. l.. Philips,
agent Empire Line and j. A. Bucknell.
of the Grand Trunk railroad, were
here yesterday.
Notices have been received here
OF embargoes placed on perishable
produce by certain southeastern roads
because of flood conditions at Cairo.
H., and along the Ohio in Kentucky.
There will be initiation and In
stallation of officers at the Elks reg
ular meeting this evening. The cere-
monies will be followed by a social
session to which all members are ms
lv!ted.
The Upper Room Mission, open
every evening at 1880, at q North
Fifth street, Paul said: Il believe
Cod Doubt is of the devil. Doubt
| kept the Israelites out of Canaan.
ut is better to shout than to doubt.
Int is better to rise than to fall. 1t is
better to let the glory out than TO
have no glory at ALL Doubt par
alyzes. defeats and destroys people
today. Have Faith in Cod F A.
McGaw.
Masonic: Special meeting of Har-
din Lodge No. 30. A. r. & A. NJ, Fri
day evening, April 4. It 7:S0 o'clock.
Work on third degree. Visiting
brethren fraternally invited to attend.
BY order of the w. M. G. G. Meister'
secretary ADV.
Anna Williams, recent arrival
in Rag Alley, was given thirty days
in the city jail this morning on
charge of disturbing the peace. Judge
Mcnamara told her that il she pre-
ferred, she could have the privilege
of leaving the city, and she was
shipped this Afternoon.
f. C. Overton has filed petition
in equity in the district court against
w ]. Steckel in which he seeks TO
recover stock given as security for
s17,275 note given to Steckei. he
wishes an accounting and asks to be
permitted to redeem the collateral.
The Gate City office will receive
subscriptions for the flood sufferers
A number of other business houses
have also been designated as places
where contributions can be left.
Call on Frank Clemenson for
hauling and moving. Phone 263-red.-
1 Adv.
-omcer Harry Moore this after
! noon arrested Myrtle Finley and her
! husband and Mexican at 72T1s Main
1 street on charge Of disturbing the
peace. After investigation. Chief
/ Kenney allowed Finley to go on the
condition that he make arrangements
to take his wife out of town within
the next two days. She will be held
at the station until he is ready to go