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The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

nearl, but when the war was ended
and a long time elapsed with no word
from the young soldier, she began to
fade like a flower too much in the
sun. When fever contagion was car.
ried by servant to the palisaded for
esthouse, Myla proved ready victim.
A physician was summoned from,
jamestown, and the crisis was passed
successfully, but Myla remained weak
and enervated
Il have done all in my power" the
doctor frankly informed the agonized
father, but this Is a condition that
battles my knowledge. There is a
town whom should like to bring here
ia consultation.
Master Mollins consented, but he
CHANGED to be asleep when the young
surgeon called When he awoke, he
learned that the new doctor had made
his visit and departed. He went to
the sick room. There was a look of
the old Myla in the face upon the
pillow. The nurse followed him into
the hall.
The new doctor seemed to put new
LIFE and strength into her with the
mere touch OF his hand upon her
wrist" she informed him.
The father eagerly awaited the COM
ing of Myla's savior the next morning.
He met him at the door.
YOU" he Numbered, looking into
the grave eyes Of Philip Darcy. What
intrigue is this? How dare you pre-
tend to be doctor!"
Il am DOCTOR" replied the young
man quietly Il was a surgeon In the
army. | settled here In jamestown to
be near her. | can save her life"
In silence the father led him to the
sick room Myla looked up, her eyes
full of life and joy.
Father she cried "He has saved
my life twice and she told him Of
their FIRST meeting.
Master Moliins bowed to fate.
you have won her" he acknowl.
edged with a sigh.
You have not lost your daughter
said Philip earnestly. You have,
gained a SON."
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
MAID OF THE PALISADE
BY BELLE KANARIe MANDATES.

Through the Virginian forest in the
day rode man. stern faced and gaunt
Presently he came to a clearing where
upon slope of green was set house
more pretentious than one would ex-
pect to find in so primeval a time
and place. This oasis of modernity
was encircled by palisade. AS he
drew near, the gate was unbarred by
brawny servant to whom the man
tossed the bride as he dismounted
AS he went toward this house. a
slender, girlish form With eyes of corn
flower blue and a skin of snow and
roses came out to greet him. HIS
stern features softened as he stopped
to kiss her
"Myla, my child" he murmured ten
derby as they went up the steps to-
gether.
1t was for her, his motherless daugh-
ter, his all, that he had built this pail
saded palace in the forest and had
guarded it so jealousy fire.. Gerry in
truder
A nunlike life lived the fair Myla
who was known far and wide as the
Beautiful Maid of the Palisade'
Fate stepped in the very next day
when the stern Master Mollins again
journeyed away on his red-brown
horse Myla accompanied him to tie
towering pine which marked tie
boundary Of her freedom Then with
a goodbye, she turned and retraced
her steps. A read to the right lured
her. She strayed aimlessly from her
beaten path and wandered at will.
She soon paid the price A lout of
a fellow stepped from behind tree.
And so the Maid of the Palsade is
freed at last" he cried with leer,
planting himself in her path.
Myla cried out in fright The man
stepped nearer. And then came
knight to the rescue in the person of
one Capt. Philip Darcy. who knocked
the fellow senseless. Then he turned
to Myla. and her eyes, admirng, trust
ing, met his own. They walked to-
gether through the deep woods, and
she chatted to him freely of her close
iy guarded life.
And you are content to live this
hermit life?" he asked earnestly
Il am very happy" she assured
him, land no danger has ever come
to me until today. | was well pun
ished for my disobedience in not re-
turning directly home"
Are you sorry" asked the captain
In low, vibrant tones. that you turned
from your PATH"
No" she answered sweetly and shy.
ly. Il am glad"
He walked home with her, but she
babe him leave her before they reach
ed sight of the stern warder at the
gate
Il shall come tomorrow, said the
young captain gravely, when your
father is here
Hearts moved quickly in those days
and the captain returned the next DAY
a wooer. but Master Gregory Mollins
ruthlessly repused his advances ami
babe him become never to return.
If it must be that my daughter wed
some day, when she is much older.
will never give her to a soldier" ha
declared.
Love would have laughed at pail
sades, but war claimed the young cap
tain's services and he must needs ride
away.
Faith and hope thrived in Mylas
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

was to It," :.
During this testimony the w
and his father had leaped "
feet. the former with amaienA
picted on hH face, the la'.S -.
tears starting to his eyes, WV.
prosecuting attorney sat w. ~
mouth wide open. so thoroaS.s !.
alyzed that he never protes'eS
old woman. at the end OF w.
mony, arose and stepped o0'
the witness chair. u
She never looked at the -
but walked straight TO DC,
and, hand In hand, they "a'A
the court room. N
IL will ask that the case
missed" said the prosecu'.
ney. And | will recommenu ~
OF woman's nature to every
dent"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
FOR CIRCUIT CLERK

The News is authorized to announce
Cohen G. Calhoun as a candidate for
Circuit Clerk of Nevada County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
party.
The News is authorized to announce
Joe A. Bailey as candidate for Cir
cult clerk of Nevada County, subject
to the action of the Democratic pri-
mary March 25.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
CONSTABLE

The News is authorized to announce
j. Z. Horne, of Prescott as candi-
date for constable of this, Missouri
township, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The News is authorized to announce
ID. f. Cummings as candidate for
Constable of this Missouri township.
subject to the action of the Democra-
tic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
ONE CAN NEVER TELL
BY HAROLD DAY.

BE We agoin to swear away the
life of your own son-our son, Mary?"
The old mans voice quavered and
sunk into whine.
I'm goin' TO tell the TRUTH re-
piled the old woman with a weary
smile. He threw it away himself
and killed his brother-my baby.
saw him do it, and I'm goin' to tell
the truth and let him be punished"
But Toms your boy too, Mary
your Oldest" persisted the old man.
What's he ever done to show it?"
cried the woman fiercely. He struck
me-yes, struck me with his own
hand not once, but twenty times.
Aye. and he struck you too, Nat. |
seen him do it more'n once. What
comfort has he ever been to us?
What pride have we in him, what
hope for his future? No, no, Nat, we
might as we'll give up and call our
lives a failure, He's been a bad boy,
and he's bad man, and he's killed
his own brother, and | won't do any
thin to save him
but he was in ticker when he did
1t. pleaded the old man. You know
Tom was not very bad except when
he was In ticker. And he wasn't him
self when he did it. And he feels as
sorry as anybody for it now. Not
the gallows, All! Mary. not the gal
lows and he slipped from his chair
onto his knees and sobbed before her.
Where's Peter?" demanded the
woman, drawing back her skirts,
which the man attempted to cling
pathetically TO. Where's my Pete,
who never did a wrong TO anybody,
and who always was bullied and
licked by Tom? won't save him. |
tell you | won't"
The day of the trial came. and the
prosecuting attorney arose, calm and
confident, as he addressed the Jury.
Here was an easy case. and it prom.
ised to be brief He would get
quick conviction and the accompany.
ing glory and would hurry along other
cases and show a dispatch of business
which would reflect great credit upon
his office. The conviction was sure.
because the boys mother was to go
on the stand to testify against him.
1t had been a brutal murder, too
the killing of Peter Harter by his
brother Tom. AS nearly as could be
found out he had been stabbed with.
out warning simply because he expos.
tulated with his brother for brutal
language used to the old mother.
1t would be a good thing for the
community moreover, to get rid of
Tom Harter. He always had been a
bad egg and a menace to peaceable,
iaw-abiding citizens.
This case, gentlemen is fortunate
~ so plain that it will be necessary
10 detain you but few moments. In
fact, | think one witness will deter
mine the entire matter. Let Mary
Harter be sworn"
AS the woman took her seat in the
witness box an almost imperceptible
but heart-breaking moan came from
the white lips of the old man, whose
side she left II caught her ear, and
she turned her eyes upon him. AS
she looked, his drawn face and terror
stricken eyes faded from her sight in
sort OF mist through which she saw
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
FOR CORONER

The NEWS is authorized to an
nounce DR.. w. W. Rice as candidate
for Coroner of Nevada County, SUBJ
ject to the action of the Democratic
marty.
The News is authorized to announce
DR.. A. A. Reeder as candidate for
Coroner of Nevada County, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

Inc news is authorized to announce
Hon. Will S. Goodwin, of Warren,
Bradley County, as candidate for
representative from this the 7th con-
gressional district, subject to the ac-
ton of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
A SCIENTIFIC r AC I

4 man may undeI'ah' "A
without wrong to himseIl, "A
posterity, IL he is moraip
cally sound. But the haoi'a' "a
has no right to marry ~ n
man or woman who indulses md
easional drink. II Is a
that the child conceived .. n
when either parent has been ''sr, !,
is inevitably the heir 70 -, ,,ou1(
orders which may very n
feet it's life.-Dr. Geore'
New York.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The NEWS is authorized to an
nounce Hon. r. S. Warnock, of Mag
nolia, Columbia county, as candidate
for Congress from this the 7th Con-
gressional District, subject to the &C
ton of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
For CONGRESS

The NEWS is authorized to an
nounce Samuel M. Samson, of Am
ity, Clark County, Arkansas, as a
caneidate for Congress from this, the
7th Congressional District, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
CITY MARSHAL

The News is authorized to announce
John Stubblefeld as candidate for
Marshal of the city of Prescott, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary, March 10th.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE

We are authorized to announce Geo.
r. Haynie of Prescott as candidate
for Judge of the Eight Judicial Cir
cult, subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

We are authorized to announce E.
F. Friedell of Texarkana as a candi-
date for Judge of the Eighth judicial
Circuit, subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
TAX ASSESSOR

The News is authorized to announce
Fred Wallis as a candidate for Tax
Assessor of Nevada County, subject
to the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The News is authorized to announce
Pat c. Jones as a candidate for Mar
shall of the city of Prescott, subject to
the action of the Democratic primary,
March 10th
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
REPRESENTATIVE

The News is authorized to announce
M. B. Segler of Emmett, as a candi-
date for representative of Nevada
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The NEWS is authorized to an
nounce H. D. Holloway as candidate
for Sheriff of Nevada County, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
party.
The News is authorized to announce
Ed Hood as a candidate for Sheriff and
Collector of Nevada County, subject
to the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

The News is authorized to announce
Paul j. Celia, of Miller County, as a
candidate for Prosecuting Attorney
of this the 9th district, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
STATE SENATE

The News is authorized to announce
Hon. j. O. A. Bush as a candidate for
senate from this the goth senatorial
district, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The News is authorized to announce
Ernest Stanton of Prescott, as a can
didate for representative of Nevada
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The News is authorized to announce
w. P. Murrah of Prescott, as candi-
date for representative of Nevada
County, Subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
MAYOR

The News is authorized to announce
Randolph p. Handy as candidate
for mayor of the City of Prescott,
subject to the action of the Democra-
tic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
FOR COUNTY TREASURER

FON OOUNI INEAO u EN
The News is authorized to an
nounce Dink Cox as candidate for
County Treasurer of Nevada County,
subject to the action of the Democrat
ic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14

The News is authorized to announce
w. r. Steed as candidate for rep
resentativc of Nevada County, subject
10 the action of the Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE

The News is authorized to announce
j. M. Thomas as a candidate for Coun-
ty and Probate Judge of Nevada
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-02-14
FOR SHERIFF

The NEWS is authorized to an
nounce Sam Mum as a candidate for
Sheriff of Nevada County, subject to
the action of the Democratic party.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

has the renting of the rooms, asked
Lamb to return the keys, as he had
prospective renter. On entering
the rooms about $3.50 a. m, the back
door was found open and in the
closet where the gas meter was To-
Gated, Smith was found stretched out
at full length on the floor, with his
feet at the meter and his head in
the other corner OF the closet. He
was stiff and cold when discovered,
having probably been dead all night.
The gas meter was twisted loose
from the pipes, cracked and found
lying at his feet. At his side was a
hammer and screw driver, the imple-
ments he had used.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
BL00DH0UNDS TRAIL
Ed barn BURNERS
Three Men Believed Connected With
Lodwick Fire Tracked by Dogs
to Mystic.

Ottumwa, Jan. 9.-Bloodhounds
Wednesday night tracked three men
suspected Of burning the barn Of the
Lodwick Brothers Coal company,
near Mystic in which seven head of
mules and pennies were destroyed.
The sheriff of Appanoose county ask
ed Sheriff Knox for the dogs shortly
after midnight and they were on the
scene by o'clock yesterday morn
ing. They took up the trail at the
burned stable and led the officers to
the home of the suspects in Mystic
by 6 o'clock. The men are now in
Jail.
Upon the return Of the blood
hounds from Mystic they were dis
patched to Batavia upon the call Of
Sheriff Campbell of Jefferson coun-
ty, who reported that two stores and
a blacksmith shop were broken into
Wednesday night at Batavia.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
FORM A GOOD
HABITS" CLUB
Kansas Young Women Organize
With Forty Members.

Dodge City, Kan, Jan. ga
Good Habits club. composed of
young women who have taken vow
to decline the attentions of young
men who swear, smoke, drink intoxi-
eating liquors or gamble, was organ
lied formally here with forty men,
bers. A clause of the VOW taken by
the young women binds them not to
attend any party or social gathering
to which any young man not con-
forming to the clubs requirements
has been invited.
Plans for forming the club have
been under way since the New Year.
An inkling of its purpose reached
the ears of the young men. These
already have held one secret meet
ing, at which, it was said, the ques-
tion of yielding to the demands of
the girls was discussed.
Last night the boys issued coun
ter ultimatum stating that girls
who wear rats, drug store complex
ions, slit or hobble skirts, will not
be considered acceptable company"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
SHIPS CUTTER
Carrying IS
men CAPSRED
Four Perish When Boat Founders
in Hampton Roads
Yesterday.
ELEVEN MEN ARE RESCUED.
Unconscious Sailors Saved From
Heavy Seas By
Tug.
ELEVEN MEN ARE RESCUED.

On board U. S. S. s. Wyoming, via
Old Point Comfort, Va, Jan. TO-
Capt. James Glennan. commander Of
the battleship Wyoming, gave to the
Associated Press an official state
! ment as to the laundering of the
| Wyoming's cutter in Hampton
Roads, with a list of casualties, as
follows:
The drowned:
Olaf K. Olsen, boatswain of the
first class, 537 jefferson street,
Portsmouth, Va.
George Hugo, ordinary seaman,
23 Thames street, Newport, r. I.
Ernest A. Roth, 702 Cherry street,
Seattle. Wash.
Theodore Baulduf, ordinary sea-
man, 263 St. Nicholas avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Old Point Comfort, Va, Jan. 10
Four sailors of the crew of the flag
ship Wyoming of the Atlantic fleet
al 2 lSPOA SCu W hoNC pCCA "ACu
yesterday when a big freight sailing
cutter of the flagship was swamped
with sixteen sailors aboard. Eleven
men were picked up by tug, which
went to their rescue.
Unofficial reports from the Wyom-
ing give the number lost as five men,
with efforts being made to revive
others who were taken from the
water unconscious. Olaf X. Olsen of
Portsmouth, one of those taken out
alive, died from exposure.
T. H. Quinn, another sailor, car
ried away by the strong tide, was
taken from a buoy six miles out in
lower Chesapeake bay. Quinn was
clinging to the buoy all but exhaust
ed when picked up and brought into
Hampton Roads.
When the craft got two miles off
Old Point and a half mile from the
Wyoming, it struck unusually heavy
seas and began to take in water. It
was carrying heavy load, includ-
ing steel wheelbarrows, and soon
foundered after getting into a
trough of the sea and becoming I'M
manageable.
OF the sixteen men who were
thrown into the water, only eleven
are reported to have been saved by
the rescuing tug. The bodies OF three
are said to have been recovered by
boats from the Wyoming.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
WEALTHY MAN
HELD ON White
SLAVE CHARGE
New Jersey Poultry Farmer Took
His Young Stenographer to
Alabama.
HE DESERTED HIS FAMILY
Employs Counsel to Fight Way
Out of Mann Acts
Meshes.

Mobile, Ala, Jan. 10.-The pre-
liminary hearing of Joel NJ. Foster,
the wealthy poultry farmer of
Browns Mills, n. j., who was ar
rested here Wednesday, charged
with violation of the Mann white
slave law, has been set for Jan. IA
Foster has employed two prominent
lawyers of that city to defend him,
and it is understood they will invoke
in his case the recent decision of a
federal judge in Texas, who held
that the intent of the Mann act was
merely to prevent concentrated
vice.
Foster yesterday remained in his
room at fashionable hotel and re-
fused to see interviewers. His for
mer stenographer, Miss Delilah
Bradley, whom he is charged with
having brought here from New Jer-
sey in violation of the Mann white
slave act, yesterday left the hotel,
where the two were arrested, and
sought seclusion in a private board
ing house.
During their stay at the hotel the
couple were known as Mr.. and Mrs.
Foster and obtained admission into
society circles of this city.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
CHICKENS ARE FAT
TENED With sand
Government to Start War on Un-
scrupulous Dealers.

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 1O.-Con-
WINGED that the public has been in
nocently purchasing great quantities
of chicken "fattened" with rock and
sand in food mixtures by unscrupu-
lous shippers, the department of ag-
riculture ordered an investigation
yesterday into this phase of the poul-
try business. The people of New
York City alone, the department es-
Inmates, buy every week from $780,
600 to 100000 pounds of rock and
sand substances, paying the prevail
ing poultry market prices.
Officials of the department deter
mined upon the Investigation as the
result of complaints made yesterday
by the New York Live Poultry Deal
ers' Protective association, members
of which brought barrel of chickens
of the sand fed variety as an eX-
hibit. Some of the chickens crops
were pulled out to the size of the
average orange, and weighed a half
pound each, though not more than
three ounces could be charged to
the natural weight of the crop.
1t is the belief Of the department
that the practice exists among the
principal markets of the country.
sExn~lAa> ~ AHA nu(Rsnn
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
CASTRO Will RESIST
REBELS TO THE END

| would have to greatly increase the
rebel force to repeat the six days
battle of last week, when the rebels
reached within 400 yards of the
Ojinaga trenches without being able
to take them.
Looking from his adobe headquar-
tiers on the high mesa of Ojinaga to-
ward the smoke curling from the dis
tant rebel camps, perhaps twenty
miles away, Gen. Francisco Castro,
commander of the federal regular
army, said he was confident his
army would never be beaten by Viii
la. General Castro said he was well
aware that the conflict impending at
this little Mexican village, opposite
Preside, Tex, was of momentous
Importance to the Huerta regime.
It would settle, he said, a ques-
ton whether the Mexico City gov
eminent was to maintain its author
ity in the north or whether the
"Iaw1ess rabb1e which goes by the
name of constitutionalists is to have
full sway"
The federal commander, with
suggestive tear lurking in his eyes,
added that his soldiers had endured
had gone without food for
days, ragged and footsore; they had
over the waterless desert as
a token of their loyalty, and he did
not believe they would run at the
sound of battle.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
MOTHER AND
SON LOSE THEIR
LIVES IN FIRE
Five Injured When Charlton Woman
Pours Kerosene Into
Stove.
THE THIRD CHILD MAY DIE
Sister-in.Law and Baby Seriously
Burned-Home is
Destroyed.
HE THIRD CHILD MAY DIE

Charlton, Ia, Jan. 10.-Mrs. Fred
Wolf and her 2 year old son died
here last evening as the result of
burns received yesterday afternoon
when Mrs. Wolf tried to start a fire
with kerosene. Her daughter, 4
years old, is in a critical condition
and physicians are doubtful of her
recovery. A sister-in-law, Mrs. Ed
Wolf, and her baby were also SER
iously burned but they will recover.
The fire completely destroyed the
house.
Mrs. Fred Wolf was attempting to
start a fire by pouring q quantity of
oil from a well filled five gallon can,
when the can exploded, scattering
oil over her and the five other occu-
pants of the room. Mrs. VOLTS first
act was to smother the flames in the
clothing of her baby, who is less
than a year old, before trying to ex-
tinguish her own burning dress.
The flames gained Roadway so
rapidly that she and her two oldest
children were rendered unconscious
before they could leave the house.
Her sister-in-law, however, succeed
ed in making her way from the
burning building with her baby and
extinguishing the fire on their cloth
ing.
John Burgett, a neighbor, seeing
the flames, arrived in time to carry
the other baby, who was severely
burned, and the three unconscious
forms out Of the house through a
window of the flaming home. They
were given medical attention at
once, but Mrs. Fred Wolf and the
boy were so severely burned that
they died shortly after o'clock.
Her little girl is in serious con-
dition. Mrs. Ed Wolf was badly
burned about the arms and face and
her child was slightly injured, but
there is no doubt of their recovery.
Both Wolf families lived in the
same house. They came to Charlton
a short time ago from Bussey. The
men are coal miners.