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Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

The assurance of Governor Ammons
that the Fort Lewis school will not be
closed is good news. The governor
is trying hard to maintain the credit
of Colorado.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Mr.. Bryan demanded the uncopdi-
tional release of an American family
imprisoned by Mexican rebels, and
Mr.. Bryan's demand was complied
with. 1t isn't as it used to be with
Mr.. BRYAN.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

The repeal of the initiative and
referendum measure should be the
first thing done by the legislature.
The people will vote to do away with
the farce.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28
RECORD ENTRY IN REGATTA.
MARBLEHEAD, Mass, July 25.-l

record entry list in the mid summer
regatta Of the Corinthian Yacht club
Of Marblehead, was shown when the
program Of the events which begin
Aug. 1, was announced today. One
Of the largest pleasure fleets ever
seen In this harbor will assemble here
on that date and remain until the
program concludes hvs days later.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Maxine Elliott makes the announce
ment that she intends to return to
the stage. We have been so busy at
tending to matters of Importance that
we hadn't noticed that she had left it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Japan has sent professor to this
country to study the proper culture of
the cherry ty, Carrying coeis to
Newcastle was certainly nothiag to
this.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Some are probably worse than 9th
ers, but the fact remains that there
is no such thing as a satisfactory
tariff.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Ten million dollars towards main
by the national government
would be the best investment the gov
ernment could make in behalf of the
people.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Denver intends to put stop to
auto speeding by confiscating ma
chimes from thirty to ninety days.
Good. In addition, send the wreekers
to Jail
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Our secretary of the navy is dis
posed to find fault with the navy,
which may help more than when out
siders engage in that pastime.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Mexico can always be relied upon
to produce an intense situation when
ever matters quiet down elsewhere, or
even more frequently.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

David Lamar says that his character
is on trial. He is mistaken. His
character was tried two weeks ago
and found guilty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Rev. DR.. Cadman of Brooklyn has
declined call to Chicago, but not,
he assures us, because he doesn't con-
slider Chicago worth saving.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

There is no question but that Huerta
is playing into the hands of the Japa-
.nese and President Wilson is right in
not recognizing the murderer. -
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Attorney General Farrar and Den.
yer council are in mix-up over the
reduction of tramway and gas com,
pany assessments.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

More gold found in Alaska! If the
economists are right the new diggings
will only send the cost of living stiii
higher.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Having ceased to have the highest
batting average, Hon. "Ty" Cobb ap-
pears to have gone after the suspen-
sion average.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

An eastern preacher says that the
devil is under sentence of death, but
there are happenings to indicate hS
is going to die hard.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28
(continued from Page ~

(COnt1nueQ from rage IL
Miss Marie Taylor gave a slumber
party Thursday evening. compliment
tary to Miss Bertha McGrew of I'm
perial valley, California. Early in the |
evening the young ladies attended the \
picture shows, chatting dish supper
followed. There was feast Of in
strumental music, stories and song. InI
the morning delicious breakfast was
served out at Brookside park. The|
participants were the Misses Bertha
McGrew, Marguerite jackson, Erna
Keilsnberger, Florence Bauser, NettieI
Thompson, Helen Fritz, Edna Brown
and the hostess. Miss Ruby Alexsn-
der Of Animas City was included in
the guest list but on account Of the
illness Of her mother was not present.
The Young Matrons' Sewing club
partook of the hospitality Of Mrs. d.
r. Mckinney this week. In addition
to the members the guests were the
Mesdames Harry Leonard, Skaggs and
Lott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robran of Del Norte
were the dinner guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l. J. Bradford Wednesday even-
ing. After dinner hosts and guests
motored through the Animss valley.
Mrs. J. A. Clay and Mrs. H. G. Clark
are home 'fom 9 Love they
visited Mrs. '4,..'7-1 crociser.
Miss Msuds rs.nals arrives from
Erie, - Aug. 70 spond a couple
Of montas with her sister, Mrs. Fred
Balcom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eldredge and
Mrs. George Spangler and children
spent Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-l
day Of this week at Edgemont, the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Perkins.
George Spangler arrives from Lead
vile about Aug. to spend somel
time with old friends here and make
the homeward journey with his fam
i'y.
The Misses Nettie Buchanan andl
Ruth Linebarger are the house guests
of Miss Gertrude Raymond at Pine
hrust ranch.
Miss Nettie Buchanan prssided eel
hostess at breakfast yesterday morn
ing complimentary to Miss Ruth Limo
barger Of Tiffany. Covers were laid
for the Misses Ruth Linebarger, Ger
trnde Raymond, Isabel Brewer, Eva
Griffith. Emily Geen and the hostess.
Mrs. E. E. Shaw and Mrs. H. G.
Turrell were the luncheon guests of
Mrs. C. C. Perkins Wednesday at i 80.
Mrs. F. C. Gilbert will entertain a
company of ladies Monday afternoon
complimentary to Mrs. Spsngisr.
Mrs.. Spangler and children are the
week end guests of Mrs. Milton Kauff-
man.
Mrs. r. B. Whitaker, Mrs. Milton
Whitaker and Mrs. s. 8. Sloan left
this morning on trip to Shiprock.
The Mesdames S. s. Sloan, Arthur
Ayres and C. H. Mclean were enter
tanned at bridge by Mrs. John Haggart
yesterday afternoon. At the tea which |
followed Mrs. R. E. Sloan and Miss
Nelson of Silverton were included in |
the company.
Miss Nelson Of Silverton is the
guest of Mrs. Arthur Ayres.
Mrs. s. 8. Sloan and Mrs. c. n.
Mclean were the dinner guests of
Mr.. r. C. Graden at the Strater We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. William Gibson will entertain
Il . Z o'clock dinner this evening COM
rlimentary to Mrs. Spangler. Pink
Iveet peas which are to be used In
si,s decorations will sound the keynote
u the color scheme. Covers will BE-
aid for Msssrs. and Mesdamss Kauff-
nan, Eldrsdgs. Gagg, c. c. Perkins,
drs. Epangisr. Mr.. Picksrill and the
hosts.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Durango is the pivotal point for
auto roads in the southwest.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Visiting Knights Templar should
leave five million dollars in Denver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Summers on the wane. You can
now buy an imported straw hat for 81.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

The sultan CT Turkey thinks h,
still sees chance to laugh last.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28

Next to plenty Of railroads comes
good roads, especially so in the case Of
Durango. the pivotal point for roads
leading in four directions.
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-07-28
SOCIETY

q u q n q n a a n q n n q a n n
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
ASHES COVER LARGE SECTION
Volcanoes Of the Aleutian Range Still
in Eruption.

Seattle, Wash, Oct. 1.-THE brigan-
dine Harriat e., Captain j. A. Nc.
lnnis, arrived here after a summer
spent in Bering sea, and brought the
report that volcanoes OF the Aleutian
range are in violent eruption.
Ashes from the peaks covered rig
ging and decks, carpeted the ground
Of the Alaskan peninsula and spread
a great smoky pail over the waters
nll through the summer, members OF
the crew said. Mount Kaymai also has
sent forth volcanic cinders.
During the summer we were an.
chored in Port Holden, some 200 miles
from Unimak," said Captain McInnis
''The grass on shore was covered with
ashes and the sky was always over.
cast with heavy smoke. Although
Unimak island Is usually covered with
snow we were surprised on the way
down to find the snow covered with
ashes. For forty miles down the coast
we travelled under the smoke cloud
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
POLICE BATTLE WITH
LONDON SUFFRAGISTS
Miss kenney Nearly Oisrobed
When OveTpOwered.

London, Oct. miss Annie Ken
ney, "chief of staff to Miss Emme
line Pankhurst, out OF Jail under the
"cat and mouse" act, was rearrested
on the stage of the London pavilion
as she addressed the first fall weekly
meeting of the Women's Social and
Political union.
II was the most dramatic attack the
police have made on the suffragettes
A Scotland Yard inspector and TWEEN.
ty policemen concealed in the wings
rushed on the stage after Miss Ken.
ney began speaking. Instantly the
hall was in an uproar.
Women stood on their chairs and
clamored against the government. A
hundred women on the stage attack.
ed the policemen with their fsts and
umbrellas and attempted a rescue
They were fought off and Miss Ken
ney was taken to Holloway jail in a
taxicab, a mob of infuriated suffra
gettes running through the streets
after it.
Miss Keney arrived at the jail at
tired only in her tattered under
clothing. Her outer clothing was
torn off during the struggle at the
pavilion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
after SPENDING TWO
MONTHS IN WOODS
Boston Artist Energies Glad
Only In Deer Skins.

Boston, Oct 7.--Joseph Knowles,
the Boston artist, entered the woods
naked and with no food of any kind
near the King e. Bartlett camp on
Eangely lakes Aug. A. Two months
later he has emerged on the shores oi
Lake Megantic, clad entirely in deer
skins. The point where he left the
wilderness is almost 100 miles In O
straight line from the point he disap
Feared.
Because he feared the displeasure OF
game wardens for killing deer In the
woods out of season Knowles dared
not leave the woods In Maine, but
crossed the Canadian line.
In the whole sixty days Knowles did
not see human being, despite the
fact that during the last week hun.
dreds of sporting men from New York
and New England were in the woods
waiting for the deer season to open.
BY his feat Knowles proved his
claim that the man of today is just
as able to exist as our primitive an
cestors were without modern civiliza-
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
TO END UNPLEASANT NOISES
Marvellous Invention Promised by
Hiram p. Maxim.

Boston, Oct. Tn less than one
year Hiram Percy Maxim. inventor oi
the Maxim gun silencer, is going to
hush every unpleasant noise in Bos
ton, New York, Chicago or any other
place.
The cars and trains will go on
laundering, the wheels will rattle
whistles will shrek, but one, sitting
at home, In his Office, in a railway
train, will hear none of this.
BY the pressure of an electric but
ton any single room or section of a
room can be made absolutely PROOF
against noise. In less than ten
months from now the inventor will
demonstrate the device publicly by
first installing 1t In the ward of a
New York hospital. In connection
with the silencer Mr.. Maxim has per-
fected another marvellous device
which he refers to as a "byproduct"
of the silencer, whereby a deaf per-
son will no longer suffer the slightest
inconvenience from his ailment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
PART or WARRoAD BURNS
Trappsr Loses Life In Fire That De.
stroys Business Section.

stroys Business Section.
Warroad, Mimi, Oct. Fire start
Ing In the kitchen OF boarding
house destroyed the entire business
section of Main street -
Good work by the fire department
saved the Lakewood hotel and kept
the fire from spreading to other
parts Of the city.
Harry Gibson, trapper. who was
sleeping in the boarding house where
the nre started. was burned to death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
SLAYER MAY BE BIGAMIST
Police Find First Husband OF Woman
Held for Killing Spouse.

Chicago, Oct. 7.--Police Captain
Baer returned from trip through
Kansas and Missouri, where he went
in search OF light on the life of Mrs
Alice Sing, the white woman held to
the grand jury in connection with the
murder Of her Chinese husband, Char.
ley Sing, several weeks ago.
In Richmond, Mo-, he found a farm
hand named Lester II. Derry, who
readily identified picture of Mrs.
Sing as that of his former wife. He
asserted he left her three years ago
because of her temper and her habit
of chasing him with knife. He ney'
er obtained divorce from her and
never received notice of such proceed
ings on her part, he said.
IF the murder case fails I'll charge
Mrs. Sing with bigamy," Captain BaeI
said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
REOPEN SUBSTITUTION CASE
Charge of Shifting Babies to Secure
$5o,0o0 income to Be Probed.

San Francisco. Cal, Oct. 1.-THE
so called "Slingsby baby case in
yolying $50,000 year income from a
Yorkshire (Eng) estate, and charge
of baby substitution by Lieutenant
and Mrs. Charles Ramona Slingsby
in order to get this income, is to be
reopened.
The Slingsbys live in Vancouver, B.
c., and are British subjects.
More than year ago the case at
tanned prominence when the Slings-
bys, claiming the estate, were op
posed by Lieutenant Slingsby's broth
er, who said their alleged heir was
the child of California school girl
This would invalidate Slingsby's
claim, under the will.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
Poison Found in Stomach
Of lockwood Child.
UNCLE DRIVEN TO SUICIDE
Relative Of Minneapolis Woman Who
Confessed to Staying Child Ends
His Life by Drinking Carboiic Acid
Because Of Worry over Tragedy.

DcSausc VI worry ONer tTd9cuy.
Minneapolis, Oct. 7.--Arsenic has
been found in the stomach OF Viola
lockwood, the nine-year-old Minneapo.
lis girl murdered by her mother, ac.
cording to the confession of Mrs. Ida
lockwood. simultaneously with this
announcement from the University OF
Minnesota came the Identification of
dead man found in q North Mime.
apolis field as John Michaud uncle of
Mrs. lockwood, who, of all her rela-
tives, was closest to the woman. He
had committed suicide by drinking
carbolic acid.
First degree murder was at once
charged against Mrs. lockwood by
the police after the report from the
university showing strong traces OF
the poison In the dead girls viscera.
Mrs. lockwood was arraigned on a
murder charge as soon as the COM
plant was finished in the county at
torneys office. She was unable to go
into the courtroom unassisted and was
half carried by the police matron on
one side and Richard Lambrecht on
the other.
When the court clerk started read.
ing the charge she shook violently and
moaned. When the specific date of
her act was reached she collapsed and
was carried from the room by court
officers.
Michael Brady has been retained by
her family as her attorney. He asked
that she be given a preliminary exam
ination later.
The police are inclined to believe
that the suicide of Michaud Is the di-
rect outgrowth of the crime charged
to Mrs. lockwood, but in nowise con-
nected with 1T. Ever since the noto-
riety OF his nieces arrest Michaud
has brooded.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
MISSIONARIES NOT HARMED
Message From Scene Says Members
of Party Are Safe.

Peking, Oct. IA message dated
Oct. was received at Siangyangfu
In the province OF Hupeh, from Rev
Christian Stokstad and Rev. Mr.
Johnson, the two American mission
aries trying TO negotiate with the
Chinese bandits for the release of the
American and Norwegian missiona
ries held in captivity by the bandits
at Tsaoyang.
1t says that three white women
and two children are at the bandits
headquarters and have not been
harmed, while the men are believed
to be living.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
BARNES COMES BACK IN KIND
Hot Retort to Roosevelt's "Habitual
Liar" Message.

New York, Oct. with Colonel
Roosevelt about 300 miles at sea,
William Barnes came out with not
retort to the "habitual liar" message
which Roosevelt fired from the gang
plank.
Barnes said that Roosevelt relied
upon the ignorance and careless
thinking of the public in order to
get away with incorrect and falla.
cious statements" and added that the
colonel was himself largely RESPONSE
Bile for bringing about these careless
habits of thought.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
EIaht injured In Wreck.

Madison, Wis, Oct. Eight were
Injured, one perhaps fatally, when a
switch engine collided with the Prai-
rie du Chien-Madison passenger train
near Camp Randall. George ]. Tor
mey. engineer OF Madison, It IL bs.
uevsd viii die.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
POLICE PROBING
GRUESOME TALE
Chicago Man Confesses to
Sixteen Murders.
WOMAN HISLATEST VICTIM

Mildred Rexroat, Dancing instructor,
the Prisoner Recites Extraordinary
Story of Crime.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE police have
begun their gruesome investigation of
the almost unparalleled confession OF
Henry Spencer that he is the murder
er OF sixteen persons. Spencer said
his crime profits amounted to $4,000
in the last year.
Possessing evidence to support his
admission that he killed Mrs. Mildred
Allison Rexroat, the dancing instruc-
tor, on Sept. 25, the authorities are
convinced that they will in short
time confirm Spencer's guilt of many,
if not all, the crimes of his fiendish
career.
En- route to the detective bureau
Spencer admitted to Chief of Detec-
tives John j. Halpin that You've got
the goods on me. | know I'll swing
for this"
Then began his extraordinary re-
cital of the murders he has committed,
the list of victims growing longer as
the questioning continued on through
the night. BY morning Spencer had
asserted that he had sent the follow.
Ing to their graves and told repeated
~ the manner of their going;
One of two farmers shot near Zion
City, ILL.,, in the spring of 1903. Peter
Niedermeier, one of the car barn
bandits who afterwards was hanged,
killed the other, he said. Obtained
$3.50.
Policemen Timothy Devine and
Charles Pennell, shot in August, 1902.
when they surprised Spencer and q
man named Murphy breaking into a
house. Murphy now dead.
Fannie Thompson, body found Jan.
|, 1908, gagged and bound in bed In
a Michigan avenue rooming house.
Robbed of diamonds worth $1,000.
Former Wives Also Victims.
Former wife at Belle Isle, Mich.
Beaten to death and body burned !;
name forgotten.
Former wife near Fort Montgom-
cry, N. Y. Beaten to death in woods.
Robbed of $500 and diamonds worth
$500. Former maid to Helen Gould.
Aged man in Washington park last
spring. Shot and body thrown in la
COON. Got $500 in cash.
Two girls at Paw Paw lake, In
Michigan, In May or June. Beaten
and bodies thrown in water.
Girl at Delavan, Wis, in June. Kill
ed with hammer and body thrown in
lake.
Woman in house near county hos
pital. Used hammer, and burned
clothes. Got $40 and rings.
Woman in house at Fulton and
Halsted streets, about eight months
ago. Used hammer and burned cloth.
ing. Robbed house.
Saloonkeeper on Van Buren, street,
near Aberdeen. Shot man and wound
ed wife while robbing saloon.
Man shot and killed in alley under
South Side elevated about year ago.
Mrs. Mildred Allison Rexroat, shot
near Wayne Sept. 25, and body placed
on railroad tracks.
Ida Oliver, killed with hammer, Nov.
3, 1912. Body thrown into drainage
canal and recovered May 29.
The man who claims this almost
unbelievable record Is Chicago prod
uct. He doesn't know his real name,
end the first he remembers he was In
the Home for the Friendless, located
within a block OF the scene of his
arrest He has spent half of his thir.
ty-two years in the state penitentiary
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
SURGEONS KNIFE MAKES
NEW NOSE.

. Washington, Oct. 7.-Her
. nose lost as the result of an
. accident, Miss Nellie Radi-
. gan of St. Elma, Va, is In
. local hospital growing a new
!. one, but at the sacrifice of
; third finger OF her left hand,
; and surgeons believe that one
; of the most difficult operations
. ever performed here will be
!. entirely successful.
Miss Radigan's finger was
. split and the flesh sewed into
: place over the nasal passages,
: the finger bone forming the
. bridge OF the nose.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07

Racine, Wis, Oct. Henry Berch-
meyer was killed and five COM
psnions injured when the steering
gear of their automobile broke and
was ditched near hare.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-07
Auto Crash Is Fatal.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

Of Nionville the 18th Regiment, when
asked to nominate those of its members
whom il considered worthy of receiving
the Iron Cross, selected, not the colonel
but the lieutenant colonel. major
Junior captain, a sergeant and three
young privates.
The first Iron Cross accorded in the war
of 1870 was awarded TO the non-commis-
stoned officer Hausknecht for having
while in command of an infantry patrol
of eight men, captured the first gun in
the war at the battle of Weissenburg. a
few weeks later, at Sedan. Hausknecht
received his promotion TO the First Class
of the order for saving the life of the
captain of his company at the peril Of his
own. Al the outset of the same war.
Corporal Metzler. of the Fifth Prussian
Dragons, won the Iron Cross by boldly
riding into the village of Bebelsheim.
then occupied by French infantry, Selling
a sentry by the collar and dashing Off
with him at full gallop under the nre
of the mans comrades, escaping unhurt
and bringing safely into camp the first
prisoner of the war.
As an additional incentive Frederick
William Ill ordained that in every regi-
mental chapel or church and in every
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

parish church over which he had juris-
diction. two large memorial tablets should
Ice placed the one inscribed with the
names Of all thoSc belonging to the rcgi-
mont or parish who had fallen on the
field Of battle. but who would have re-
ccivcd the Iron Cross had they survived.
and on the other the names of those OF
the regiment or parish who had lived to
receive the Iron Cross. This decree was
issued anew by Emperor William In 1870.
on the occasion of his revival OF the or,
der, which 10y strange coincidence took
place on the siXtieth anniversary OF the
death of his mother. Queen Luise.
In addition to the First and 10 the Sec
ond Class, there We're granted in the War
OF Liberation, a hundred years ago, and
again IN the war OF 1870 very small
number OF so-called grand crosses. the
insignia OF which. twice the size OF the
ordinary cross was worn at the throat.
suspended to black and white ribbon
around the neck. instead Of on the breast.
This Grand Cross was only granted to
generals i'm command Of armies who had
won brilliant victories in tho face OF over
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
MARCH 10 THE IRON
CROSS CENTENNIAL

therefore always been classed among the
Prussian orders but King Frederick Will
lam III in the decree of March 10, 1873,
constituting the order expressly stipulat-
cd that il was created to reward not
merely his own Prussian subjects, but
Germans OF every other independent state
who distinguished themselves in the struS-
gle for the liberation of Germany frop
the French. IT was bestowed upon SAX
ons and Mecklenbureers. Wurtembergers,
Bavarians and Hanoverians quite as free
l. as upon Prussians. In 1870. when
William Of Prussia revived the Iron Cross
at the outset of the war with France, he.
following the example of his father. again
emphasized the fact that the order was
not restricted TO his lieges, but was for
all Germans who distinguished themselves
in the campaign,
To-day, among the surviving Knights
OF the order. there are almost as many
non Prussians as Prussians, although
Prussia is far and away the most pop