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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

was no elasticity in his step. She
threw open the door and ran down the
graveled walk to the gate.
''John, oh, John,' she cried, finging
her arms about his neck, "you are
free! Heaven be praised for his mer-
cies. You are free"
The man pressed her to his heart, I'M
able to speak.
81 knew that they would not find
you guilty-they could not" she cried.
"My poor Grace" he murmured,
stroking her hair, "you must be brave.
/ have been found guilty. Five years
in the penitentiary."
'Then how is it that you are here?
THE judge who sentenced me has
given me a reprieve on my own recog-
nizance so that | can spend Christmas
with you and the babies. | am in hon
or bound to surrender myself to the
sheriff on the first of the year. 1t was
a technical violation of the law only.
They know l am honest, but the senti-
ment Of the public is set so strongly
against bankers that l could not get
J
not support me. 1t is an unexpected
favor that l am allowed to be with you
for a few days"
John Anstruther spoke bitterly, and
his wife listened with fearless eyes.
She controlled herself with an effort.
"John, the children!' she whispered.
They must not know. Let them have
one more happy Christmas. They have
been praying for you to come home.
Let us smile and be happy with them
for a few days. Let us forget the
dread future"
Once during the evening she spoke of
a pardon which might be asked of the
governor.
1T is vain hope, dear" her husband
s9id we will not waste ourselves on
it," And he relapsed into thoughtful
silence.
But for all the shadow that hung
over the home there was a Christmas
tree. and the Anstruther babies were
happy. Their convict father played
the role Of Santa Claus. Their mother
laughed and sang, though now and
then her voice broke and her eyes We're
wet with tears. A few neighbors call
ed full of sympathy and yet timid
about showing it. All the little town
felt that it was best to let the stricken
family enjoy their Christmas cheer
without intrusion even on the part Of
those who loved and respected them.
When the children. surfeited with
sweets and their arms still filled With
precious toys, were asleep once more
the mother was busy in her kitchen
with her preparations for the grand
| Christmas dinner of the morrOw-per-
! haps the last bountiful meal her chill
dren would have through all the dark
| years to come.
! John Anstruther went to his room to
look over his papers In the drawer
he suddenly found something that
made his heart leap
1t was d revolver He took the shin
ing, cruel thing in his hands and a
! sort of madness came over him Here
was his opportunity. Here was escape
from the stripes. the dark cell, the ig-
nominy of prison life Here was pro
vision for Grace and his babes His
! $4,000 life insurance still was in force
( and he knew we'll that it was nOnfOr-
! feitable even in case of suicide. \
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

wrong side and rode with the grace
and skill Of wooden Indians.
Let's play wild west one ten-year-
old enthusiast proposed after the
show The vote was unanimous
Wooden revolvers were fashioned
Fathers discarded hats took the place
of sombreros. Broomsticks served as
prancing bronchos.
Who'll we lynch?" one asked.
Glenn Brown was selected. His dark
hair and eyes led to his unwilling
selection by them for the role Of
villain"
They tied a clothes-line under his
arms and threw the rope over a
branch of a tree. Whooping madly, in
true moving picture wild west fash
ion, they pulled him up until his feet
we're far from the ground
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
BOYS "LYNCH" ONE
OF THEIR "BUNCH"
Wild West Motion Pictures Lead
Youngsters to Hold a Mock
LynChing Bee.

Joliet, Ill.-Moving pictures inspired
ten boys to lynch Glenn Brown,
their nine-year-old playmate, here the
other day.
1t was a wild vest picture, absurd
to the practical mind in it's unrealities,
that gave the boys their idea
They saw in the Pickering pictures
a score Of cowboys" their revolvers
strapped on the wrong side, while they
mounted their horses also from the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

The thin rope cut into his tender
flesh He struggled and implored his
comrades to let him down. His pleas
brought renewed whoops. Had not
the villain in the moving pictures
struggled and cried for mercy?
For half an hour they kept him
there. Then they cut the rope and
let his body fall to the ground. Their
childish eyes did not see that he was
unconscious. They seized the rope
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
Christmas Treasures
BY EUGENE FIELD.

7 COUNT my treasures DER with care
A little toy that baby knew,
\ A little sock of faded hue,
A little lock of golden hair.
Long years ago this Christmas time
My little one-my all to me-
Sat robed in white upon my knee
And heard the merry Christmas chime.
'"Tell me, my little golden head,
If Santa Claus should come tonight,
What shall he bring my baby bright,
What treasure for my boy?" l said.
And then he named the little toy
While in his round and truthful eyes
There came a look of glad surprise
That spoke his trustful, childish joy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10
For This Christmas

Ye Ole time staye that pealeth out
To Christmas jewellers all,
At tavern tap and wassail bout
And in We banquet hall
Whites We old burden rings again,
Add yet ye verse, as due.
God rest you merry, gentlemen"
And gentIewomen TOO!
james Whitcomb Riley
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-12-10

and dragged him for several minutes,
leaving him on the ground TO find his
way home alone.
Physicians who examined him de-
clared that he may be disabled per-
manently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06

Crosser Of Ohio. Judge Ben B. Lindsay
Of the Denver Juvenile Court. speaking
In Washington, urged better juvenile
laws and adequate court facilities. Tx
aminations of ten young men to make
an eligible list for selection of prtn-
cipal and two alternates for appointment
to West Point Military Academy were
announced by the Commissioners. The
Naval Battalion held q drill on the U.
s. S. Sylvia. Thirty thousand attended
the Labor day celebration at Benning.
The Pennsylvania and Baltimore and
Ohio railroads discontinued the free de-
livery Of freight in Washington. Po-
tomac Boat Club crews won the interme-
date gig race from the Vespers OF Phiia-
Middle States regatta on the Harlem
river, N, Y. Washington entries took
four firsts and five second prizes at the
Newport horse show; Mrs. Jordan OBJ
tanned a decree of divorce from Eldridge
E. Jordan, banker. William j. Fisher.
slayer of w. L. Altdorfer, claiming eelf-
defense in defending the adopted daugh-
ter against the drunken assault of Alt
dorfer, was, admitted to bail on $4,000
rotary of Miss Madeira School for Girls
was among the victims Of the wreck of
the Bar Harbor express near New Haven
Tuesday. John J. Slower. twenty-one
years of age, was drowned while In
swimming in the Potomac river. Thomas
6. Williams, ninety-One years of age.
was drowned in his bathtub. Among
Charles HI. Turner. lawyer, and former
Representative in Congress-; Rev. w. NJ.
Ferguson, former pastor of the old
Fourth Street Church: Maj Henry NJ.
Starr, civil war veteran: Capt. j. u.
Wall. veteran Of the civil war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
Real Estate Transfers.

NO. 431 G STREET NORTHWEST
George E. Fleming. trustee, to Harold
Harold E. Doyle conveys same prop
,erty to Elsie T. Boehmer; SO.
NO. 421 9TH STREET NORTHEAST
Lee Brown o TO- Harry J. Jackson. lot
PLEASANT PLAINS-Samuel Kaminsky
ct ux: to so, Ben ia R. Coles. lot SIS,
ADb Edaafs s0t 70 'i sRookLANp-Edsar
c. Gilbert ct ux. to John e. Wagner.
lot -, square ~: $40.
CHESTER-Charles NJ. Forrest ct
ux. to George, Louise Jennie and
Alice Stafford and Mary S. Morse,
lot 10. square $50: $40.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS-Frank Slye ct
ux. to Walter N. Crawford. lot Al.
block "a; $40. Walter N. Crawford
conveys COW, VS. same property to Jennie L.
CHICHESTER-Char M. Forrest ct
ux to James Devine and Florence
Devine lot 9. square $50: $40.
14th and 18th streets-Clarence r.
Norment ct ux. to John H. CLANCY.
lot l23. square 208; $40.
NO 1888 STH STREET NORTHWEST
Frank p. Reside ct ux. to Henry
s u; f; So. part original lot H. square
WHITE CROFT-Euretha M. Eisen-
hour to Dennis H and Alice D.
No sherman. lot SO. block 3: $40:
w
Milton S. Kronheim ct TX. to George
J. and Helen A. Cost. lot 81, square
1892; SO.
PLEASANT PLAINs-George F. Col
Inns. trustee. to Daniel q. Wise
man. executor, south one-half lot
K; 81.
C STREET NORTHEAST between Sth
and 6th streets-John Scrivener ct
Tx. to Samuel A. Drury and Samuel
b. Robin. lots % and %, square
S3S; $40.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
QUITS THE NEW HAVEN.
Morgan Banking Firm Sewers Con
nection With Railroad system.

NEW YORK, September 81. p Nor
gan & Co. have served notice upon the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad Company of their intention to
end their connection as fiscal agents of
the road. This notice has been made pub
lie by the New Ravens executive COM
mittee. The committee authorized the
president to install. without stint, safety
appliances and signals to Insure the
safety Of passengers.
AT his country home last night J. P.
Morgan said that the action Of his bank
Ing firm in severing financial relations
with the New Haven railroad could in
no sense be termed a hostile move toward
president Elliott or the railroad. He
said:
The action was taken wholly in order
to leave the new administration of the
railroad free handed to make its own
finance arrangements. 1t In no sense i'm
plies hostility or ill-feeling toward the
railroad. We are in thorough accord
with the new administration. The action
was taken simply in order to leave it UNI
hampered.
1T Is now up to the New Haven as to
Its future banking arrangements. 1t has
a free hand to do what it sees best
MI Morgan added that should the New
Raven wish to secure the services of the
morgan hrm, or to make new contract.
the bankers would consider it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
TENDENCY TO OPTIMISM.
Business Irregular, But Likely to
Broaden.

NEW YORK. September 6-Brad-
streets says: Business. though irregular,
tends to broaden. but there is a degree
OF conservatism. more in evidence in the
drought-afi1icted parts of the southwest
than elsewhere. That restrictive influ-
ences intermingle with favorable fac
tors cannot be denied. but in a general
sense affairs are more optimistic than
otherwise.
1.-THE weeks developments have been
quickened by fall festivals, by the ending
Of the vacation. season. by improved
sales of commercial paper and by the
actual necessity of covering require
mentS.
In the west trade is. normal. or bet
ter and demand, though displaying con-
servatism, is predicated on the knowl-
edge that supplies are light, and in con-
sequence the turnover has enlarged
Southern advices suggest that uplift
Is on, reports are more sanguine and buy
ing has improved, though, of course,
there are few laggards.
Business failures. for the week were
10. which compares with 131 in 1912
Wheat. including flour. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week aggregate 500, $50 bushels, against
4,4S1 ,O0I last year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
REPAIRS TO RIVER CRAFT.
Schooner ]. A. Holland to Be Rebuilt
at Local Shipyard.

e. Madison Hall, owner Of the river
schooner ]. A. Holland, has determined
to have the vesseQ rebuilt, and 1t is un-
derstood she will be taken to a local
shipyard within the next day or two,
and the work will be started. About three
weeks ago the vessel was brought to
this city from a down-river point and
berthed at the 10th street wharf pend
ing decision as to what to do with her.
1t is understood that the hull of the
vessel will receive new planking and
timbers where needed, will be fitted with
new masts and will have other work
done to put her in good order for
freighting work on the river.
The three-masted schooner May and
1-nnie Beswick, Capt. Meekins, one of
the Wimsatt fleet of this city, is on her
way to Norfolk to haul out on a marine
railway to have hull caulked and painted
in preparation for winter work. After
the vessel has been put in good condition
she will load lumber for this city, and
later will take q cargo from Norfolk to
New York, coastwise.
The masts have been set up in the
schooner Bertha May and she is at Ben
nett's railway to have them secured In
position, rigging set up and other work
done necessary before she can go into
service,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
ICE SHIPPED FROM CAPITAL.
Washington Able to Aid Philadel'
phia From Reserve Stock.

Washington is so amply supplied with
ice from the output of the big ice-making
plants of the city that she not only does
not have to have ice brought here to sup
ply local demand. but has enough sur
plus to be able to aid other cities that are
not so fortunately situated. Recently
Philadelphia managers of the American
Ice Company called upon the local man.
ayers of the company here to aid them in
meeting a shortage in the refrigerating
material at that point, and ice is now
being shipped north.
Thursday three cars loaded with ice
were sent from this city to Philadelphia,
and yesterday five more cars followed.
Other cars ice laden will be sent next
week, and 1t Is said that 1t is probable
that q small barge will be loaded at the
9th street wharf and sent to Philadel-
phia by the inland waterways The op-
pressive weather Of the past week has
made heavy demand for ice, but it is
said that the output of the ice-making
plants takes care of the local demand in
the hottest weather. and the supply being
sent north is from the reserve store,
which amounts to many thousand tons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
AUCTION SALE OF CHURCHES.
Property of Millionaires Also to Be
Sold for Taxes.

NEW YORK, September 6.-The city
has begun an auction sale Of the property
Of New York millionaires. churches. clubs
and corporations upon which taxes are In
arrears. Six million dollars in such liens
represents the aggregate. The owners
may redeem the property within three
years by paying certain penalties.
Among the property to be sold is real
estate belonging to the Duchess de Tai
leyrand, formerly Anna Gould: Hetty
Green. big Tim Sullivan. Howard
Gould, H. G. Phipps, Victor Herbert
An effort will also be made to collect
tax Of IS cents levied in 1850 against
the predecessors to the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company. Since 1850 in
terest has increased the amount from "a
cents to $500. Several churches which
failed to apply to the sinking fund com
mission for cancellation papers are also
scheduled to TALL under the hammer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
HARB0R FILLING WITH CRAFT.
Favorable Winds Aid in Bringing
Sailing Vessels Into Port.

Southerly winds yesterday brought into
port the advance guard of large fleet
Of small craft that have been loading
at river points for two weeks past, and
which have been detained down river by
squalls and contrary winds. Nine ves-
sells were in the fleet arriving and dock
ing at local wharves yesterday, and of
this number two brought lumber, three
watermelons and the others cord wood
and railroad ties.
Early in the coming week the dealers
here expect to see the docks full of
river craft discharging cargoes. and the
river front about the lumber. wood and
tie handling wharves will present an ami
mated appearance. Masters of vessels
arriving yesterday state that while the
storm of Wednesday night was of con-
siderable severity along the lower river
they had heard of no disasters TO river
craft, though several of those arriving
Yesterday had loaded at points below
Colonial Beach, where the storm was
most felt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Funeral Rites for Miss Ella
Wootton Held at Epis-
copaI Church.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ROCKVILLE. Md. September 6. 1918.
The funeral OF Miss Ella Wootton. who
died early Thursday morning In a hospital
In Leesburg, Va. took place at II O'Clock
Rthis morning from Christ Episcopal
Church here. the rector. Rev. Thomas A.
Haughton-Burke. conducting the services
Burial was In Rockville Union cemetery.
Miss Wootton was for the greater part
OF her life a resident OF this county. She
was a sister of the late DR.. Edward
wootton OF Poolesvile and the late Henry
Wootton Of Howard county.
Richard II. Lansdale and Miss Olivia
c. Lindsay, both of Olney district. this
county, were married "Wednesday after
noon in st. Johns Episcopal Church. Oh
ney. by the rector Rev. DR.. Marsden. in
the presence of a large gathering. I'M
mediately afterward they departed for
| their honeymoonarip.
Residence Is Burned.
The residence of Joseph NJ Burdette,
near Browningsville, this county. was de-
| stroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon and
nearly all Of the furniture also was lost
The total loss is placed at about $1,000
The insurance was $l,700. The fire Is
supposed to have been caaused by a spark
| from a chimney.
A license to marry has been issued
here to Kenneth Camp. aged twenty-one
| and Miss Henrietta s. Campbell, aged
| twenty, both of Washington.
The supervisors OF elections have ap
pointed Eugene III. McLachlen demo
cratic clerk of election for the second
precinct of Bethesda district in place Of
w. Lyles Offutt, declined.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
DENIED ACCESS TO NAVY
Son of Millionaire, Under
Charges, Rejected by Re-
cruiting Officer.

Further evidence that the authorities do
not intend that the United States Navy
shall be made Botany Bay for un-
desirable citizens is shown by the action
Of Lieut. w. H. Lassing. in charge OF
the naval recruiting station at Cincinnati.
in rejecting the application for enlistment
of William Felss. son of a millionaire
-four manufacturer. who had been ar
rested at the instance of his father on
the charge of stealing a six-thousand-
dollar touring car.
In reporting his action to the Navy De-
partment. Lieut.. LaSsing said that Felss,
when arraigned in the Cincinnati munich
pal court. was given his choice by Judge
Prick Of enlisting in the navy or going to
the workhouse for a long term. The
young man chose the navy and his father
and a court officer appeared at Lieut..
Lassing's office to take preliminary steps
toward Felss' enlistment
Expresses Indignation.
Lieut.. Lassing did not hesitate to ex-
press his Indignation over the suggestion
that the navy could be made the dumping
ground for undesirables He told his
callers that only Sound men OF good
character and habits" would be received.
There are more than 1900 Of such men
from Cincinnati and this vicinity now in
the navy" he said. 'and there is no way
of maintaining the high standard Of these
men except through, the recruiting Office.
have not the leas; intention of lowering
the standard Of these men to crafty the
whims either of a wealthy father or a
municipal judge
Shortly after this incident. Lieut.. Las
sing received the departments telegram
requesting that Felss be not allowed to
enlist. Secretary Daniels Is very much
pleased over the stand which Lieut.. Las
sing took.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
BARS KNEE BREECHES.
Bavarian Archbishop Excludes Per
sons Wearing Them From Churches.
spondence of Ihe Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN, August 81, 1918.
The archbishop OF Munich has pro-
hibited the entrance into Bavarian
churches of any religious procession
whose members wear knee breaches.
Bavarian peasants often organize pro-
cessions and march about In their old
national costumes, which include knee
hreeches.
The archbishops interdict characterizes
knee breeches as improper and the
people wearing them as morally UNI
worthy"
Great indigna ton has been caused In
Bavaria by their prohibition. but the feel
Ing throughout the rest Of Germany is
one amusement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
MANIA FOR WOMANS HAIR.
Paris Police Find Engineer Had
Seventy Plaits.
,rrespondence of The Star

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS. August % 1913.
In the apartments Of young engineer
named Erembourne the police found q
sack containing seventy plaits or wom-
ems hair Of various colors and q shaving
brush made from some of the hair.
after two girls, whom he had accused OF
theft, in turn accused him of having nrst
hypnotized them and then cut OF their
hair.
Erembourne finally admitted Studying
bvnnotism with a view Of employing II
as an aid to his hobby of hair collecting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
Roosevelt's South American Trip.

NEW YORK, September Cool. Roose-
welt has announced brief synopsis of his
coming trip to South America. The col
onel said he would leave October 4 on
the steamship Van Dyke and go direct
to Rio Janeiro. From there he will go to
Sac Paulo, Buenos Aires, Cordova,
Bahia Blanca, Valparaiso and back to
Santiago. He expects also to make a
tour through the Amazonian forest, &C
companied by two naturalists. This part
of the journey will be under the direction
of the American Museum of Natural
History.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
Mrs. Carter Held for Grand jury.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. September 6-Mrs
Margaret A. Carter of Elyria, accused Of
sending a threatening letter demanding
$1,000 to Miss Lillian Huntington, an
Elyria society girl, waived examination
yesterday afternoon. Size was bound over
to the federal grand jury and taken back
to Jail. When Mrs. Carter was brought
into coure from the Jail she collapsed and
was unconscious several minutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
SUPER IS RESOURCEFUL.
SELLS Autograph to Letter Notifying
Him of Fine.
oreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, August .. 1913.
A super at the Coincide Franchise,
who walks on among the crowd in clas-
sic tragedies, recently failed to appear
at a performance OF '.Phedre." and was
Informed next day by q letter signed by
M. Jules Claretie, the manager of the
famous theater, that he had been fined
20 cents.
The resourceful super" went to an
autograph collector and sold the man.
ayers letter for IS cents thus making q
profit on the transaction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-06
Brewer Lemp Pays $500, 900 Alimony

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, September "a re-
ceipt has been filed in the circuit court
here acknowledging the payment by
william J. Lemp. a brewer. of 100000
alimony to Mrs. Lillian Handlan Lemp.
Mrs. Lemp brought suit for divorce Ave
years ago. and In the lower court was
awarded alimony of $4,000 a year. She
appealed to the supreme court: which
ordered the payment Of 100000 ali
mOny in gross