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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-02-05
this week with friends at the
Heath home.

Walter Schlotfeldt and family Wis.
tied Sunday at the Andy Baylor
home.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
VALUATIONS
ARE DECREASED
BOARD OF REVIEW ACTS ON
NUMBER OF PETITIONS FOR
REDUCTIONS.
Schmulbaeh and Uneeda Brewing Co.
Properties Decreased - Wilson
Property Increased On Request.

The board Of review and equaliza.
tion spent a busy day yesterday. con.
sidering applications OF various prop
erty holders for reductions in the
valuation Of their property. A reduc
ton OF 40 per cent was granted in
the valuation OF the improvements
OF the Schmulbach Brewing Company
and the Uneeda Brewing Companv
but the valuation OF the ground was
left unchanged.
The brewing companies contended
that their buildings. being peculiarly
constructed for brewery places only
are now practically worthless except
as only building material. The SchmuI
bach plant valuation was lowered
from SZthOOO TO $4,000 while the
Uneeda plant was reduced from SI46.
600 10 S91 900.
The application for a reduction on
the Schmulbach building was refused
The petition for reduction was filed
by Attorney John =. Arbenz A re-.
duction OF $4,000 was made in the
valuation OF the ice plant OF Louis
Nelbergall OF the Eighth Ward m,
valuation being changed from $40 OGo
10 S2O.OnO. Two pieces Of property
belonging 10 C. e. Smith. in Madison
district. were reduced $500 each
Vt his own request the property
OF w 4. Wilson was increased 500
600. The storage building. which ig
one or the handsomest In the State.
is located on Main street and no val.
uation had been placed on 10 bv tho
assessor. as 10 was but recently com.
pleted. A reduction Of s. 500 was
made in the valuation Of property
owned by Mr. Wilson in Warwood
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29

shown TO us, and by their employees
and. further
RESOLVED That we express oul
strongest feelings and belief OF the
safety Of our loans that we have made
to 5. II. Bracey on his preferred stock
which has been underwritten or guar
anteed by the s. r. Bracey Company
TO be redeemed at the end of the ons
year at one-ten. 7co. or II cents or
the dollar. and. further
RESOLVED. That We most sincere
ly believe that the common stock that
he has given to us as a bonus, the
same costing US nothing. will become
In time very valuable. running from
1870 to 1000 above par value: and
further
RESOLVED. That we highly recon
mend our friends and others to make
similar loans. and. further
RESOLVED. That we tender ouI
thanks 10 the manager, Mr.. G. r wv
att. for his service in helping to make
our trip and visit a most pleasant one
RESOLVED. That we adopt the
above resolutions by a rising vote. and
attach our names to the same.
HERMAN BtERKORTTE.
+. r. STAMFORD.
4. &. SHEETS.
WIN. HILTON.
J. H. MOORE.
REV. W. h. COVERT
DOC. A. TYLER.
w. r. DORSEY.
THOMAS GABRIEL
ADV.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
CAMPAIGN IS ON
republican Senatorial Committee 20
DISCUSS Plans Soon-Democrat
Nominate August 8.

Attorney Henry A. Nolte. chairman
o. the FIRST Senatorial District Repub-
Ilcan committee. yesterday announced
;hat a meeting OF the committee will
ikely be held within the next few
Gays, to discuss plans for the coming
campaign. Mr.. Nolte H. enthusiastic
regarding the outlook. and feels con.
Ident that Col Bon l. Rosenbloom. the
htpubhcan candidate. will win easily
loi state Senator over any candidate
the Democrats care 10 nominate.
Though Col. Rosenbloom has been
over the First district few times in
lie interests of his candidacy for the
nomination, ne has increased his ac.
INVITES since the ratification of his
nomination az last Saturdays conven.
ton. He Is planning another tour of
Hancock and Brooke counties within
the next few days. in order 10
strengthen his political fences in the
northern part of the District.
The Democratic candidate will be
named at convention to be held al
the new Windsor Hotel. Saturday az
ternOOn. August \
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
RELIABLE
LOCAL MEN
WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT
BRACEY'S MINE AFTER IN
VESTIGATION AND IN
SPECTION.
THE HOWE MINING COMPANY
WaXhaw. y. c. July 81. 1914.
RESOLUTIONS AND RECOMMEN
DATIONS OF MR.. AND MRS.
S. u. BRACEY Ell Al.

WHEREAS. s. II. Bracey has kind
ly and most generously given us. the
undersigned. most delightful and
free excursion. and has most royalty
entertained us. and.
WHEREAS. We have had full and
free access TO the mining property
tunnels. shafts. all machinery build
ings, laboratory. supply house q al.
used by said company. and have had
free assays made from ore that Ger
tain ones OF US have taken from the
mine themselves: and
WHEREAS. We have found every
thing much better than we had antici
better than represented by s. n. Bra
Cey. and
WHEREAS. Mrs Bracey has sc
kindly and delightfully."- treated us and
given us royal reception and enter
tainment in her own home; and.
WHEREAS. We have had all the
courtesy and Information that could
De shown or given 10 US by the mana
ger, foreman and other employees. en-
bracinE Messrs. q. VI. FairChild Gen
eral Manager. W. r. blackburn. Vice
President. G. Blackburn. Secretary
q. Leonard. Master Mechanic: X. IS
IysinEer. Mine superintendent. and
Miss Sallie Thomas. stenORrapher. et
al. therefore.
RESOLVED. That we tender Oui
highest respect and regards 20 Mr.
and Mrs. Braccy for their Eenerou,
and unsunted hospitality and kindnes.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
NEW HOTEL "oREETER"

a. e. Young. the accommodating
ligrk al the Mcclure hotel. is again
behind the desk. greeting patrons OF
that popular hostelry. after a weeks
vacation spent al COV1gton. Ky. His
VIE has been spending the past sew.
etal weeks in that place as the guest
OF her sister.
A few days ago n son was born 10
Mr.. and Mrs Young, and the proud
father Us telling his many local friends
that the new "Erceter" resembles him
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
TWENTY PEA CENT. DIVIDEND

At recent meeting OF the directors
OF the Home Fire Insurance company
II was decided to close the transfer
books OF the company on Saturday.
August ]. for twenty per cent. cash
dividend 10 be payed 20 the stockhold-
ers on August 3. No doubt this report
will be very gratifying 10 the stock.
holders Of the company The stock
OF the company Is selling In the local
stock markets AZ II per share.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-07-29
PREPARE ron EETERTA1EMEHr

Yesterday morning special meeting
of the entertainment r1rTr1ifflr ~ nc
board ~ trade was held In tho head
guartUrE Or tho board Boz the Market
Auditorium. for tho purpose az taking
ur plans Tor The emf. rtaInmcnt of dole
gates tn the convention OF water work
mon CO. b. held Iu this city from August
10 ~ About 200 delegates from
NJ 90. virginia. ohio and Teuu4yls auia
ore expected Co attend tho con,erfi1n
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

motto and the negro Joe Robertson were working
hand in hand. So certain was he in fact that he
was loath to divide the honors of capture so,
in setting out, set out alone. There are very few
honors that will bear DIVISION you know.
Robertson quickly located, dead-drunk, in
a saloon two blocks from the scene of the murder,
and was hauled off to jail and there lodged despite
his mauding protestations of innocence, until the
time for his execution. For that all there
to it in the mind of Doug lass. And the days
passed, the little town fell back into its normal
ways and the murderer of Florence Drummer
forgotten.
Forgotten, that is, by all save her twin sister
Laura.
That Laura Drummer should still find herself
thinking of the slayer of her sister when even her
father had already suffered the passing days to
bridge the awful canyon of his rended thoughts,
was due to two reasons. And the reasons were a
woman's reasons, which circumstance, of course,
would Immediately have set them down as foolish
reasons in the minds of such astute logicians as
Douglass and the local gendarmere. But Laura
who with Douglass and the rest of the community
had until believed implicitly in the guilt of the
man Gagged in the prison, began remembering things
Not that she had ever forgotten them but calamity
makes of the mind Woodland thoughts, driven
temporarily from their harbor in the storm OF sorrow
are sometimes slow of returning.
She began remembering-o maybe 1t would be
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

more accurate to say that she began knowing again
that Florence had been much admired, much
courted, and that two particular figures salient
in this admiration and courtship; Arthur Hauser and
Herman Rettlund, young boys of the German ee-
ment of the town. of which element the Brunners,
being also Germans part. Remembering
this, Laura also began observing that while Hauser
seemed to be still grief-strcken the death of
Florence, Rettund, who had pretended deep
affection for the dead girl, already assduous in
courtship of one of the daughters of the we'll
todo house of Ludwans the only girls in the German
circle of the town whose financial aura was as
brilliant as that of the Brunners. Laura also began
remembering that Florence had broken calling
engagement with Rettlund on the night of the muir
der in order that she might go to a moving picture
theater with Hauser; began remembering that
Hauser, whom Florence had gone out to meet, had
said that Florence had never reached their planned
place of meeting; began remembering that Rett-
lund (who, she was now certain, had merely been
after her sisters money! had since the murder made
not single comment upon it, indeed, had not even
called at their home through all the tragic hours of
grief
Gradually, Laura became imbued with the idea
that another person than the black prisoner was
guilty of her twins murder. 1t seemed to her as
if that keen senstiveness that had ever existed
between them in life was still operating from the
dead to the living and that her sister was thus
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01

they were cutting through a vacant lot that the
young mans proposal of marriage was choked
back into his throat at the sudden sight of something
that lay before their feet. The something's dress
was blue, and the something hair, usually golden,
was now strange with crimson. scream from the
young mans companion, scream that made the
stars in heaven run cold. For the something that
was lying there at the girls feet was her own twin
sister murdered.
Who had murdered Florence Drummer? simple
question, to Douglass, head of the local police. For
had not half dozen different persons dozen,
mind you-recalled that they had noticed Joe
Robertson, negro well and equally unfavorably
known to the community, hanging about the lot
during the earlier part of the evening? And 50
Douglass, ever proud as peafowl and now particu-
lary SO at the prospect of still further elevation
in the mind of the community because of what
seemed to him to be his own superior 'powers of
deduction" set out forthwith to find the guilty
Robertson. "When in doubt" ran Douglass
motto, blame niger"
Absolutely certain this Douglass, embryonic
master-mind of the art of criminology, that his
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-01
illustrated BY G.. Patrick

NE exquisite night in Spring some
five years ago, such night as has in
Tannhauser been written into
terms of music, off in a small town
of central Pennsylvania a lass and
her sweetheart were laughing their
way homeward. And it was while
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
TARIFF REDUCES
PRICE OF BUTTER
Foreign Product Brings Decline
of Ten Cents in Whole
sale Price.

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-An influx OF
foreign butter from all parts of the
world, due to the reduction of the
tariff from 5 to 21a cents a paund, has
caused a decline in the New York
wholesale price of ten cents pound
since the first of tn year. Butter has
been coming to this city from as far
off as Australia, by way of San Fran
cisco. Three hundred thousand
pounds from that country has been
laid down here within the last two or
three weeks. Butter has also been
shipped from the Argentine, Den
mark and Siberia.
These shipments, butter dealers adj
mitted today, have created marked
uneasiness in the wholesale market,
with the result that there has been
an unloading of surplus stocks To-
day the best grade butter was sell
ing at 2s1a to 27c a pound wholesale.
The American demand for foreign
butter has caused rise Of two to
three cents a pound in some OF the
foreign markets.
It is generally admitted here that
the price of butter in this country
will be kept in the future at a lower
average level than before
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
FIND PRISONER A NUISANCE
AND NOT FIT TO HAVE IN JAIL
Old Freebooter Records Give Many Humorous and Curious Re-
ports-Moses Roffs Tavern Was PopuLp Place for An
nual Meetings.

penses consisted of does not show in
the old minute books.
AS told above. the membership in
1918 consisted of twenty-four men,
two each from the following town
ships: Springfield, Newark, Acquack-
anonk, Elizabeth, Caldwell, Orange,
Westfield, Railway, Bloomfield, Union,
Livingston and New Providence. Es-
sex county then consisted Of all what
is now Essex, Passaic and Union
counties. as well as a part Of Som
erset and Morris counties. Union
county was set aside as a separate
county in 1857, but when the other d.
visions were made, bringing the
county down to the size 1t is today, is
not mentioned in the old books as far
as cursory examination shows.
The county jail seems to have been
causing a lot of trouble back In the
early part of the nineteenth century,
as there are frequent complaints from
the sheriffs about the conditions at
Ihe Jail. In 1918 Sheriff Nathan Squire
wrote: Il, Nathan Squire, sheriff of
Essex county, hereby enter this my
protest against the jail of the county
for want of better locks, bars, spikes.
timber, iron, stone. etc, to be applied
in different ways and situations for
the strength Of the same"
Outside of wanting about all the
material that goes to make up good
Jail. the county bastile in 1878 seems
to have been in pretty good condition.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
SAYS SWEENEY IS
NOT AN INVALID
Witness Testifies Retired Jer-
sey City Fire Captain Can
Perform His Duties.
Especial to the Newark sur


JERSEY CITY, Jan 31.-Tesfi
mony as to the physical ability or
John Sweeney. 2 retired fire captain
to discharge the duties required of an
officer Of the fire departm ent was
given before Supreme Court Exam
hneI George Warden yesterday in
eertiorari proceedings brought by for
mer City Clerk John Morris against
the Board OF City Commissioners,
which body had ordered Sweeney re-
turned to active duty.
Corporation Counsel John Milton.
representing the city, and ex-Corpor-
alton Attorney James u tifJfiy t-,Itifl-
sci for Morris. will argue on the dues-
ton as 10 whether the Reinstatement
Of Sweeney shall be set aside before
Supreme Court Justice Swavze ffezI
Saturday morning
Mr.. Morris testified simply that he
IS property owner and taxpayer and
thus capable Of instituting such pro
eeedings. He produced Charles Ester
brook, clerk of the fire department
as his witness. The latter produced
the resolution retiring Sweeney.
DR.. Joseph II. Rector testified that
he had put Sweeney through the
most vigorous sort Of a physical test
and declared he was well satisfied
that the ex-captain is capable Of per-
forming the duty Of fireman. He told
Of having Sweeney run 40 yards
doing the running. high and broad
jumps, as well as other athletic feats
When Sweeney retired it was
claimed that owing to an accident he
suffered in 1909 he was permanently
diabled because Of the falling Of the
arches of his feet. DR.. Rector said
the man has almost perfect arches.
DR.. Leo Crowley substantiated DR..
Rector's testimony to a large extent.
He said he had examined Sweeney
/ and had found him fully capable OF
doing active duty
Sweeney also testified. He told OF
the accident which kept him confined
to his bed for eight days. He said
the accident had never given him
any trouble. nor had he heard of 4
until shortly after he returned to
| duty He was retired two years later.
The fire captain was never sick a
day in his life. according to his own
story; had never had any trouble
with his feet. and added that, OF
course. If he was ordered back 70
duty he would natural yobey COM
mands.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Deaf and Dumb Man
Aids P0st0ffice Robbers

HAZLETON, Pa. Jan. 31.--In the
double role of deaf and dumb mendi-
cant and lookout for a gang OF
postotfice robbers, Michael Scanlon
stationed himself in front of the post
Office at Conyngham, near here. yes
terday, and sold shoelaces and
matches, while his companions blew
open the safe and made their escape
with several hundred dollars OF gov
eminent funds.
Scanlon, who later was arrested
when he lost his way coming from
Conyngham to this city, confessed his
part in the robbery and implicated
two other men, known as ''Philadel-
phia Slim and philadelphia Whitley. >
Both the latter are wanted in other
parts of the country for similar Of
lenses, according to the local authori-
ties.
Scanlon, who said his home is in
Shenandoah. Pa, declared that he had
received none of the stolen money.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
MAJORITY AGAINST
Immigration BILL
Despite Attitude of Jerseymen
Measure Is Expected
to Pass.
From a star oorresponden,.I

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-The ap-
parent lineup of the New Jersey
congressional delegation on the immi-
grafton bill shows that the majority
of the representative from this State
will be recorded against it when the
final vote is taken, as it is expected,
this afternoon.
The attitude of the New Jersey
representatives was brought out by
the ayes and nays on the substitute
motion yesterday. This vote indicated
the following representatives of this
State against the literacy test: Nc
Coy, Townsend, Hamill, Scully,
Walsh and Kinkead.
Those who are expected to vote for
the literaey test are Congressman
William J.. Browning, of the First dis
trict, and Archibald Hart, of the
Sixth district Representatives Tut
tie and Baker refused to record their
vote on the test question.
The outlook is that the immigration
bill will go through, The test vote
showed 224 for it, los against and IS
not voting.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
COnscience=Stricken Camden
Man Freed of Forgery Charge

ST LOUIS. Mo, Jan 31-Elwood G.
Williams, former councilman of Cam
den, n. J., who surrendered TO the
local police a few days ago and said
he was wanted in his home city for
passing three forged checks. win de-
part for his home tomorrow free
man.
For almost three years williams
traTnped from city to city conscience-
stricken and longing for a glimpse OF
the faces of his wife and child, but he
dared not return to Camden. Thurs
day he walked into police headquart-
ers here and told the chief of detec-
tives he could stand the mental tor~
ture no longer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Plainfield Delegation Has
Washington Trip for Naughi
IFrom a stan correspondentl

WASHINGTON, Jan. S1.--A delega-
ton from Plainfield. headed by Frank
Linke and w. T.w Gallup, arrived
here today to see Senator MARITIME
about the postmastership OF their
home town. The friends of Mr.. Gal
lup had some arguments to present
on why he should be named postrnas
ter of Plainfield.
Senator MARITIME, however, had just
left to attend a trade board dinner
tonight in Summit, N. ]. The visitors
tried to land their argumnets on Con-
gresham Tuttle, but as the Plain
field postoffice has been left entirely
to Senator MARITIME there was nothing
to do but use their return railroad
tickets
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Pastor Says Funeral Rites
After Taking Poison Draughl

RED BANK, Jan. S1.-Mistaking
chloride for water, Rev. P. Monroe
Van SAINT, pastor of the First Metho-
dist Church, yesterday drank some of
the poison.
The chloride was in a glass and
used as a disinfectant in the room
where Mrs. Van SAINTS father is criti-
cally i'll.
DR.. Young, who was called gave
antidotes and the minister recovered
and later officiated at a church
funeral
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Another Serious Charge
Lodged Against Diggs

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. s1.-A war
rant charging an offense against a
young girl was issued here last
night against Maurv |. Oiggs. former
State architect, whose recent trial and
conviction here under the Mann act
caused nation wide comment because
of its political complications.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fearing, a doctors
wife, swore to the complaint, alleging
an offense against her daughter, Ida
Fearing, seventeen years old. New
Years Eve is the time named and
warrants also were sworn to against
John Gillian and John Doe Fisher, in
connection with the same affair
Fisher is said to an alias. Diggs's
case, under the Mann act, is now on
appeal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Marks, Truant Officer,
Gets Divorce from Wife

Harry Marks, a truant officer in
the employ of the Board of Educa-
ton, has received from Chancellor
Walker a final decree of divorce from
his wife, Annie jacobson Marks. The
decree was granted on the ground of
desertion.
The Markses were married here in
1904, and, according to the testimony,
Mrs. Marks left her husband in 1904.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Oldest Woman in Middlesex
Is Dead at the Age of l02

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. S1.-Mrs
Prineilla Ayres Inslee, widow of John
B. Inslee, the oldest woman in Mid
dlesex, who celebrated her 1920 birth
day anniversary recently, died yes
terday at her home, 305 George street.
Mrs. Inslee was born near Wood
bridge and had lived here for more
than seventy-five years. Her hus-
band died twenty-five years ago.
Mrs. Inslee Joined the First Baptist
Church in 1887. Ope son, Ayres D.
Inslee, survives her.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Meteor ExpIodes Dynamite

ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, Jan. 3D.
The conclusion caused when a huge
meteor fell to earth in the Sandia
Mountains, twenty-five miles east of
Albuquerque. exploded a magazine
containing dynamite at La Luz mine,
according to the story told by Donald
Brown. mine foreman, and two .Mexi-
can miners who arrived here last
night. They declared the explosion
completely wrecked the mine pulio-
ings.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
Weak Ice Costs Three Lives

Treacherous ice cost three lives N
various parts of Rhode Island yes
tercay. The victims were Reuben Q.
Jillson, aged fifty years, who went
through the ice into Stump hill reser-
voir in the town of Lincoln, and two
boys, Oliver Adams, who was
drowned in Gorton's pond. Apponaue,
and David Center Cartwright.
drowned in South Watuppa pond.
Tiyerton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-31
NEWARK SOCIETY DANCES
AT THE ASSEMBLY BALL
Many Dinner Parties Held Before Brilliant Event at the
Washington-Week-End Guests Are Entertained.

L. Dennis, Harry Dodd, John Emery,
Stewart Emery Harold Finney, Try
ing Griffin, Samuel Halsey, J. Lewis
Hay, jr., Messrs. Hedges, Kingsland
Hayes, S. H. Dorr, Frank Keen, Rob-
ert j. O'Gorman, r. Wayne Parker,
Dr. William o. G. Quinby, Leland H.
Ross, Roland Ross. William Chauncy
Ripley. Kenneth Wallace, J. Fred
Wherry, A. P. Whitehead, Gayle l..
Young, Stewart Young, Roger Young,
w. Gregory Demarest and Chauncy
Cole.