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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Redwood Falls Builds Roadway.

Redwood Falls.-"Good roads day"
proved red letter day for Redwood
Falls. The contractors who have the
new concrete bridge in process of con.
struction across the gorge on Redwood
river pulled out the old bridge and
effectually shut off all persons living
west from entering the city. But the
business interests arose to the occa.
sion. Under the auspices of the Auto
mobile club nearly hundred men, in
Guiding bankers, lawyers and mer-
chants clad in oveFalls, with pick.
spade and dynamite, went to work to
construct a new road through forest
hills and granite lodges. The blast
ing of the lodges became the signal
for a crowd to rush in and clear away
the debris. At nightfall three deep
lodges had been cleared to a width
of twenty feet, and the entire road
way made passable for both teams
and automobiles.
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secret until afterward. win tell rea-

secret until afterward. VIII tell rea-
son when see you. Tom"
There came pause in the nara
tive. Miss Clement spent moment
in watching the lovelorn actions of
shop girl and a floorwalker near the
railing of the boat. She smiled in
amused appreciation at the effort of
handholding and then turned her eyes
to watch the blinking of the light
house. The story began again.
Il went to telegraph station.
My wires were not to Tom, however,
but to the Office in Chicago. And
when, few days later, l stepped from
the train at Newark, l saw near the
baggage room the familiar faces of
two central Office men, l looked In
vain for my deserter. He was not in
sight. walked into the station and
began to pace the room. Discour-
agement had flashed upon me. l had
been chances for failure l had trust.
ed the girl in her story that she was
the only one who knew that Tom had
left the fort, in fact, that she was the
only girl in the city who knew him at
all. And in my haste, l had accepted
that story without further investiga-
ton. saw now the mistake that was
possible. Had this girl played to dis
arm me by her expression of deep sor-
row? Had there been someone else
who had warned him? Had
"A sudden fear entered my heart.
There was only one chance to find out
and that was to learn the possibility
of telegram having been delivered
to him at the station. I hurried to
the bulletin board to see, If possible.
If the name of Toni knew the last
name would be changed--had been
put there that day. l crossed the
room and then stopped with shock.
Before me stood out the chalk-marked
words:
"'Agnes Sexton
II rushed to the telegraph desk and
called for the message. Then with
trembling hands l tore open the enve-
lope.
Have porter show you way to
Gramercy Park, New York. the mes
sage ran. Will be waiting for you
there at northwest corner at mid
night. Can't tell reason. Get direc-
tions explicitly
1T was signed Tom as the other
message had been. l reached for a
pencil, scrubbed nv orders on the
piece of paper, then dropped 1t at the
feet of one of the central office men
as hurried past. Then l started for
New York
"The great, mournful chimes of the
two-story clock in the Metropolitan
tower were changing twelve as / turn
ed from Broadway, down Twentieth
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Tor and Was leaning against the piano
for support. Her face was CHASTITY.
Her hands were clasped until the
blood distended the wrist veins like
blue cords. Her breath came in
gasps.
Deserted she asked vaguely, de
serted? He told me he was on fur
Tough of month. We were going to
get married, and he got the furlough
for our trip
1t will be much longer furlough
than that l answered icily. You are
good girl. Miss Sexton. | can see
that. My coming here will enable you
to cause you any more notoriety than
Is necessary. But l must insist on
your remaining under guard few days
at a hotel No one will know the
difference-providing you give me
that night letter. Otherwise, it will
be plain jail-and the papers
"A long wait and then the girl. half
staggering, came toward me a few
steps and extended yellow envelope.
l placed it in my pocketbook and
wordlessly We left the house. In all
my life l never had seen a girl SO alb
solutely crushed. There were no
tears. Her grief and surprise were
too deep for that. Only the bloodless
face, the trembling. blue lips, the eyes
which looked almost unseeingly at the
world, told Of the girls suffering. On
the way to the hotel, where a detec-
tive awaited me, learned her story
not much of one, that of a stenogra-
pher, lonely and young, who had met
a man in uniform and been fascinated.
It wasn't much to hear, but the sim
cerity of it all, the deadened way in
which 1t was told, cut into my heart.
"'And you knew nothing of him?'
I asked.
"T was lonely was her invariable,
dull answer; he told me lots of
things. / believed them
"An hour later / opened the tele-
gram, day message instead of the
night letter had determined upon
believing 1t to be. read:
Meet me Newark, N. j., June 10.
Will be married then, Keep thing
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The Invisible Clue
copyright. by W. @. Chapman)

May see the pictures and any
letters that have been intercepted?
"Of course" explained Miss Glenn
ent, my credentials had been shown.
The object of my visit was, of course,
as yet secret, with the exception of
the fact that was looking for GRIM
inal. The letters were shown me. l
hurried away, and by the next day l
was in Oklahoma City. A sample case
OF books was under my arm. l found
the house l desired. and knocked at
the door,
is Miss Sexton in? I inquired Of
the girl at the door.
81 am Miss Sexton came the an
swer
Your name was given me as being
interested in books said as edged
past her and into the hall l did not
stop talking then. but manufactured
the name of publisher, scheme of
selling and everything else connected
with book agency. My aim was to get
the girl In room and alone. l sue
ceeded in my purpose. Then l locked
the door and whirled
81 want that night letter. l de-
handed
THE girl blanched.
Night letter. she stammered.
From Tom Barton, l snapped
back. l had played 'hunch and
saw that l had hit the mark. The
woman half rose.
L don't know whom you are talk
ing about she answered.
"'You don't?' l questioned. back.
You know very well who am talking
about l answered. You know that
he has deserted the United States
army, that he now is a fugitive from
justice, and that he has wired you to
join him. Don't scream or try to get
out of this ROOM I warned her,
4 have a revolver, and l will shoot
Until l see otherwise. you are under
arrest showed my badge. Now
give me that night letter.
"The girl, she was hardly more than
that, reeled half way across the par
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Taft TO Be At University

Minneapolis. Professor William
Howard Taft of Yale university will
conduct lecture course in the law
school of the University of Mime
sofa next June. The invitation to the
former president of the United States
TO come to Minnesota and give
course of lectures was extended some
time ago by Dean William R. Vance,
who before ne came to Minnesota was
a member of the Yale law school fac
ulty. The details have not been ar
ranged, but it is probably that they
will take at least one week.
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MINNESOTA LABOR MEN ELECT
Officers Chosen and Duluth Selected
as City for the Next
Convention.

st. Cloud, Minn.-E. G. Hall of Min.
neapolis was reelected president OF
the Minnesota Federation of Labor at
the annual convention here. Other of
ficers were elected as follows:
Vice presidents-First District, III,
w. Libby, Winona; third district,
Louis Hollemberger, Red Wing; fourth
district, w. c. Belaire and John Klaus,
St. Paul; fifth district, N. c. O'Connor
and ]. c. Mulholland, Minneapolis;
sixth district, P. T. Brown, Brainerd;
seventh district, Paul Scherer, St
Cloud; eighth district, S. S. Mcdonald
Duluth; ninth district, Albert Hurst
East Grand Forks. w. E. McEwan of
Duluth was reelected secretary-treas
urer
Duluth was awarded the convention
in 1914. The Minnesota Union Advo-
cate published in st. Paul, was desig.
mated as the official paper of the fed.
Grafton.
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biting. kicking man sought to evads
the handouts and then Tom Barton
was started to the station.
But Tom Barton was different
type Of person from his fancee. He
disregarded every question. He re-
fused, even under threats, to answer
anything that was asked of him.
cat last, however, he looked up and
with a sheer admitted what we had
been questioning him to obtain-the
fact that he was a deserter from the
United States army. Then the real
work began.
"Where did you get that bruise on
your head?' one Of the detectives
asked
Where do you suppose?' came the
insolent query in response. I got it
working, of course.
'Where?
None of your business!
Don't answer me that way!' The
detective leaned forward.
"T'll answer you any way l please.
came the sneering response Why
can't you let fellow be? You've got
your fifty dollars reward for getting
next to a slipaway, now let me alone.
want to go to sleep
"'We want you for something more
than deserving I said we want you
for cracking a safe In Chicago, and
whether you confess it or not, we've
got the goods on YOU
'The prisoner sneered again.
"All right he said. Prove it. I
amt been near Chicago
81 smiled happily.
Haven't your l asked. Very well,
we'll show that you have. OLeary,
scratch his wrist there and take q
sample of his blood
"The man looked up.
What are you going to do with
that?' he asked.
Prove our case against you,' was
my answer, and he stared at me.
What have you got up your
sleeve?' he questioned queerly.
None of your business. Hold out
your wrist. Captain, will you send q
man to the Bertillon room for glass
microscope slide? want to put q
drop of this mans blood on it,
Barton seemed to squirm in his
chair. My mysterious actions were af-
fecting him queerly. For a moment
he remained silent, watching the oper-
alton of placing small drop of blood
on the microscope slide. He seemed
worried. He knew We had some sort
of information regarding which he
knew nothing. He began to ask Ques-
tions. His caution seemed to leave
him. One little admission came un-
guarded from his lips Another was
added to it. We began to twist his &C
count of his actions And in an hour
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MINNESOTA STATE NEW
TELLS OF suRGERYs ABUSE
NEEDLESS AND MISERABLY Exc
CUTED OPERATIONS SCORED.
Physician Pleads for Higher Training
as Requisite for Work OF
Profession.

Minneapolis. = Famous surgeons
from every part of the United States,
crowding the university chapel, were
told that ''ill-advised, miserably exc
cuted and unnecessary operations"
were "the crying shame" of present
day surgery.
The speaker declared it a question
with the avaricious practitioner of the
commercial value of the patient, not
the patients welfare, and said the
time had come when stringent re
strictions should be placed on the
class to be permitted to do surgery,
with a systematic education and long
training under competent directors.
DR.. William D. Haggard of Nash.
vile, Tenn, was the speaker. He adj
dressed the section on surgery of the
American Medical association on "The
Requirements of the Surgeon"
DR.. Haggard deplored the fact that
pilot of a lumber scow must first
serve as an apprentice while appren:
ticeship was not compulsory in the
case of surgeon. The great middle
class is the chief sufferer from the
'furore to do surgery" and the ordi-
nary practitioner is the principal of:
fender, according to DR.. Haggard, who
deprecated the commercial spirit that
has raised its hydra-head in all its
monstrousness among u.s."
The speaker outlined a movement
the ultimate purpose of which may
be the drastic restriction of surgery
to those who, measured by the high
est standards, are qualified not only
by education and experience, but NOR
ally to perform the work of surgery.
A national organization of surgery,
representing and covering the entire
continent, devoted to the betterment
of the profession, was outlined.
Before being licensed, DR.. Haggard
would require surgeon ID spend
four years in a medical school, one
or two years as hospital inferno, post,
graduate work in surgical colleges,
given number of years in general med.
ical practice, apprenticeship under a
skilled surgeon and, finally, examina,
ton and licensure under legal require
ments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
RAILROADS AGREE TO TERMS
Long War is Ended and 2-Cent Fare
Will Come Soon.

st. Paul-At a meeting with the
State Railroad and Warehouse COM
mission railroad presidents and attor-
neys agreed to establish, as soon as
possible, the state rates held valid by
the Supreme Court of the United
States, thus ending all talk of further
litigation on the part of the roads.
The rates include the two-cent pas
senger fare law and the commodity
and freight schedules. President Carl
R. Gray of the Great Northern assures
the state officials there will be no
further delay.
Railroads agree to pay refunds due
shippers for overcharges during the
long period in which the state rates
were enjoined. This will amount to
approximately 100000.
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MINNESOTA ROADS AcCEDE
RAIL HEADS DECIDE TO ABIDE BY
DECISION.
Refund of Excess Charges is Promised
Without Litigation Where Re-
ceipts Are Shown.

st. Paul, June 23.-Unless the unex-
pected happens the two-cent passen-
ger fare and the commodity and mer-
chandise freight rates protested by
the Great Northern and other roads
and which resulted in a sweeping vic
tory for the state, will be in effect
within the next 20 days. Practically
all the roads operating in the state
have agreed to accept the findings of
the United States supreme court.
Following a conference participat-
ed in by Carl R. Gray, president of
the Great Northern; j. N. Hanaford,
of the Northern Pacific and attorneys
representing the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific, Omaha and North
western, the state railroad and ware
house commission and Attorney Gen
eral Smith were assured that there
would be no further litigation.
This means that as soon as the
opinion of the United States supreme
court is filed with the clerk of the
circuit court of appeals in st. Paul
that the new rates will go into eff
feet. This will probably be about
July 9.
At the same time, Mr.. Smith will
appear before the federal court and
ask that the six other injunctions OBJ
tanned by those roads which did not
participate in the test case be vacat.
ed. Mr.. Smith has been given to
understand that his motion will not
be opposed. He is now preparing his
appeal to the federal court. The six
roads are the Northwestern, Milwau-
kee, Great Western, Rock Island,
Minnesota & International and the
Omaha.
What the railroad commission and
than anything else was the return to
shippers of the millions of dollars in
the shape of excess charges. This
excess also takes in the passenger
rates. The commission was assured
by the railroad officials that wherever
receipts could be shown that any ex-
cess would be paid back without liti-
cation or trouble.
Since 1911 the railroads have been
filing monthly with the commission re-
ports of all freight receipts, together
with the name of the shipper, the con-
signee, the amount paid and the
amount of the excess. This totals
probably 100000, but it is only a
part of the excess that has been paid
by shippers and the travelling public
since the rate litigation started
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street and into Gramercy Square. The
streets were deserted, except for a
figure huddled against the iron graf
ing of the eighty-year-old park. The
song Of time. played in its weird. long
sounding tones. rang out over the
sleepy old park with it's doleful mes
sage of
Days and years
Come and go,
Passing on,
Passing on.
From tenement-lined Third avenue
and its opening canyons of slum
streets came the drowsy murmur of
late night. An l. train clattered along,
its wheels singing and beating. 1
looked far down the street, under the
street light and perceived the waiting
figures of my detectives 1t lessened
the humping of my heart to know
they were ready. l approached the
figure by the grating.
lis this Gramercy Park? | asked,
and with quick glance saw that, ac-
cording to orders, my men were be-
ginning to move forward. The man
had started forward a bit at the right
of me, then had returned to his posi-
ton by the fence. l could not see his
face-the important thing Work was
still before me. l repeated my ques-
ton.
''1 Is this Gramercy Park?
Yes came tina curt answer at
last
How do the numbers rum
Around the block The man
kept his face turned from me. 1
laughed rather queerly at his answer.
I don't quite understand I said.
I'm stranger here in New York.
don't know anything about the city.
Couldn't you tell me which way the
numbers run here? Do they run from
east to west or from north to south?'
1T was then that the man turned
from the fence and with an angry
swing of his arm, made circle of the
park.
They run that way he answered
testify. He looked at me. l saw his
face. I raised an arm. There was a
rush. short struggle as the cursing.
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he had confessed everything and was
willing to go back to Chicago without
requisition papers"
Miss Clement turned and looked
ahead to where a yellowish glare diff
fused the sky.
We're getting near Coney, aren't
we?" she asked
Yes" l answered. "but that doesn't
interest me at all right now. What I
want to know is how on earth you
found out that the robber of the ssfe
was deserter from the army"
Miss Clement smiled
Il told you of .Plasmodium Falcipar-
UNI. didn't II"
Eyes. but what in the name of Sam
Hill is-well. whatever you said"
Again laugh.
I'll have to explain it, guess" the
pretty little detective said. when
that spot of blood found in the store
was placed under microscope II
showed plasmodium falciparum, OF, in
other words, the indications of trop-
ical malarial fever. common to the
Philippines. Then, it was two to
one bet that the person was a soldier
who recently had returned to the coun.
try. looked up the matter and found
that the last regiment to come from
the Philippines was stationed at Fort
Leavenworth. / figured he would be
a deserter, in need of money After
l read the letters that had been inter
cepted, / was more of this opinios
than ever, for saw he had been ir
tending to get married. You see, BIS
plan was to desert, get bunch q
money, then leave the country. Br1
1t didn't work out"
The lights of Coney f1ared brighter
than ever. Miss Clement turned to
again watch the tender-hearted shop
girl and the lovelorn noorwalker.
Silly things, aren't they?" she
asked.
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Foot Catches; Is Killed.

Winona, Mimi, June 21.-Charles
Perkins, GO years old, was killed, and
four co-laborers on handcar leaped
to safety from bridge below Trem-
pealeau village while on their way to
work, when Burlington southbound
passenger train, travelling at a high
speed, bore them down from behind.
The men were bridge carpenters.
Perkins was slightly deaf and when
the train rounded curve several rods
behind them one of the men shouted
and the TOUR leaped. A second later
Perkins jumped, but his foot caught.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Clue to ST. Paul Murder.

st. Paul-Discovery by the police
of bundle of blood-stained handker-
chiefs and towels and pail of water
mixed with blood are the most prom
.s;2g clues developed in the investiga-
tor of the murder of Mrs. Joseph
Gya:mati, 1900 Harrington avenue.
The cloths were found under a pile
of clothing in basket, and the police
believe they were hidden there by the
slayer after the crime had been COM
mitted. The water looked as if it
had bech used to wash away blood
stains
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Lake City Wife peserter.

blacksmith, was arrested Wednesday
evening, charged with wife desertion.
The charges were preferred by r. E.
Nelson, sheriff of Webster City, Ia.
Andrews is being held by the Wa
basha authorities pending the secur-
ing of extradition papers from Cover
nor Eberhart. He is said to have
wife and child at Webster City.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Weed Poison Fatal to Stock

Hutchinson.-The county fair asso-
citation used a weed-killing mixture
on the race track, and as a result,
will probably have to settle for five
valuable cows which were pastured
on the grounds, as they died soon af-
ter the poison was sprinkled on the
weeds
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Life Term For Boy Murderer.

Rochester. = Life Imprisonment in
the st. Cloud reformatory was the
sentence imposed by Judge Snow
upon Henry Schmidt, Is years old,
found guilty of murder in the second
degree for shooting and killing his
aunt. A motion for q new trial on the
ground that the evidence did not sus-
tain the verdict was denied.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
LakefieId Has BUILDING Boom.

Lakefield.-Lakefield is having a
building boom this year. Over $75, 900
for new business blocks is being ex-
pended, which makes the main streets
look like new village. In the resi-
dence section many new dwellings and
improvements are also being made.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27

Faribault. - fhe large sorghum
plant at the Minnesota school for the
feeble minded was destroyed by fire.
This was one of the largest mills in
southern Minnesota. The cause OF
the fire is supposed to have been
spontaneous combustion.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
1.eoo Acres Sold at Rrain.rd

Brainerd.-The land sale at Brain
erd, conducted by Theodore Nelson
of the state auditors Office, was very
successful. Some 1000 acres brought
from S. to SIC an acre. There we're
purchasers from other cities.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Church Cornerstone Laid.

Paynesville.-The German Evan.
gelical camp meeting opened last
week under the leadership of Rev. A.
H. Utzinger, presiding elder. Sunday
the cornerstone of the new church
was laid.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
perham papers consoIidated.

Fergus Falls.-H. d. Smalley, who
conducts the Perham Enterprise, has
bought the Perham Bulletin and con-
solidated the two papers. L. E. Davi-
son, who was editor of the Bulletin,
died recently.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Revival Begins at Luverne.

Luverne.-Misses Evelyn A. Camp
and Sarah Shufelt of Minneapolis, re-
cent graduates of the state uniyer-
sity, have begun a series of revival
meetings of the Baptist church in this
city. Miss Camp 10 the speaker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Lean Out of Window ia Fatal.

Minneapolis, Jure 23-Mrs. John
Knrtz of Hutchinson, who jumped
from window in her room in Eitel
hospital died few hours later.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-06-27
Farrsr found Dead in a Field.

Clemenga.-Fritz Plotz, well-to-do
farmer living three miles southeast
of here. was found dead in his wheat
field with his shotgun beside him, and
one barrel discharged. The charge
of shot entered the abdomen.
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Perfect Jewel.

Mistress-You have excellent let
tiers of recommendation.
New Cook-Yis mum. Not fut
will OF shtep out av an body's house
until Oh git wan.-Puck.