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The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-01

Howard P. Ceilings, Dr. E. T. Hol. land, George Callihan, NJ A. Eisele. w. Ii. Martin, simon Cooper. Mayor Dr J. w. McClendon. John A. Riggs. Harry M. Westcott, s. E. Dillon, eev eral manager of the Public Utilities Company; John C. Higgins of the SentinelRecord C. c. Lemly Man ager Osborn of the Eastman Hotel Dave Burgauer of the Arkansas Trust Company, c. J. Homer. Joe ILonginotti R. B. Sigman and c. J.. Ledwidge.
 It was almost unanimously agreed that race meeting begun about the middle of the month of March would call attention to the resort, and would prove of great advertising ben eft between this time and the open. ing of the meeting, and that it would keep the crowd over for one month longer than it usually remains, which would be of unestimable value to the resort.
 There was the question of the price to be considered. The track own CTS had not wanted a cent in pay meie for the track, but they did want a good, bona fde guarantee that there would be no debts left unpaid by the citizens operating the track. Therefore, in raising a fund to pre- mote the meeting, this would have to be taken into consideration. There was much discussion as to whether the sum could be raised at this time, and that this and other details might be settled. a special committee was by resolution appointed by Chair man, H. A. Jones, with authority to make a report in detail on the situ- ation at another meeting, to be held at the Eastman Hotel Tuesday even.
 ing
 This special committee was com posed of Gus Strauss, Joe C0rring ton. M A. Eisele, John c. Higgins, Dr. w. O. Forbes, John A. Riggs. George R. Bedding. Mayor McClen- don and George CaIihan. This com mittee will meet Tuesday afternoon at the Business Mems League to for mulate its report, which will deter mine finally whether the race meet ing shall be undertaken at this time or not.
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"BRASS KID" CASE
 PARALLELS FLAWS
REWARDS OFFERED FOR RECAP TURF OF FUGITIVE MAY NOT
 SERVE PURPOSE.
Supposed Now That He Had Gotten Beyond the Limits of the State, Which Takes Him 10 Safety.

Now that it has been more than one week since Herbert Coons, "The Brass Kid" escaped from the insane asylum at Little Rock, and has not been captured. or anything definite heard from him. it is very reasonable to believe that he has made his way outside the borders of the state, which. according to some auth critics means that he can never be brought pack even if he is located
 The case of "The Brass Kid" is said to parallel closely that of Harry Thaw according to some attorneys gho have given the subject some at- tention Brass had been officially declared an insane person when he was taken from the convict farm at 1umndngs and incarcerated in the
 he insane asylum at Little Rock. There is no disputing that point for had he not been pronounced insanv he would not have been admitted to .he asylum. neither would he have been released from the Cummings farm
 Being officially and legally insane he could not be arrested for a con spiracy. or held in another state for conspiracy in this state, unless 1t could be shown that he was not in- sane, for an insane person is not re-
 ponsibe under the law. And since 1t was the state that declared him in- sane, it would he a reversal of that judgment on the part of the state now 10 declare that he was sane.
 There is no law, it is said to eX- tradite an insane person merely be- ,ause he is insane So if Brass is merely an insane person at large there would he no law by which he could be returned here unless first the state proved that he was sane and. therefore, responsible, and that as sane man he had escape from an insane asylum fer the incarcera ion of insane persons.
 There would have been no doubt but that had The Brass Kid" been captured within the state he could
 ave been returned to the asylum ano without delay. But if he has made his way across the state border there
 B very little Likelihood, according to attorneys, to ever get him back particularly with the precedents es | tablished hy attorneys for Harry Thaw to act as a precedent in such ] egal matters.
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INDICTMENTS THROWN ouT.k
The Eleven Charged Against Former Mayor Are Dismissed From
 Docket

Eleven indictments which had been returned about a year ago against w. w Waters, who was mayor of he city, add returned at time when other officials generally were in- licted. were yesterday dismissed from the circuit court docket on the motion of James E. Hogue, who was specially appointed prosecutor for those cases, and who drew the in- dictments.
 He made the statement to the court that all the other indictments against other officials, made from a similar situation and in a similar manner. had been disposed of, the last being when the court had thrown out the indictment against Sheriff L. R. Will Hams He stated that as special prosecutor. he thought it but justice to Mir. Waters that these indictments be dismissed at this time.
 The court ordered the indictments removed from the docket. after Pro scouting Attorney Witt had acqui- esced in the motion of Mir Hogue.
 MT. Waters was the only one of the indicted officials who never de- tended the indictments. They came lat time after his term as mayor had ended. or at least when a trial would not have affected his office. as indictment did not remove him. He never took the Indictments seri- ously, and permitted the matter to take it's natural course. which was eliminated yesterday when they were dismissed. The indictments charged nonfeasance in office, 1t being charg- ed he permitted gambling to be oper- ated with his know,adge and consent.
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CAPTAIN OF SUNKEN LINER BRINGS SUIT AGAINST LINE
 OF SURVIVING VESSEL.
.CARELESSNESS IS CHANGED
Capt Johnson Claims Officers of the Nantucket Are to Blame for the Ramming and Sinking of His Yes seI Near Norfolk.

Norfolk, Va. Jan 3t-Declaring the sinking of his vessel was due to the negligence and carclesduess or those in command of the steamer Nantucket, Capt. E E Johnson, who commanded the Monroe, late today filed a libel against the fcrmor yes sel. He claims a million dollars dam- ages. The liL~i was filed m the Unit ed States district court he~e and was served on ofhcials Of the Merchants and Miners Transportation Com pany at Norfolk and Baltimore.
 Capt Johnson alleges that the Mon- roe was proceeding at halt speed CT less before the accident anG said he had stopped his ship aite' hearing fog whistles.
 He says the Nantucket came upon him at such speed that a collision was unavoidable, although he had or dered his ship ahead at fu'l speed 10 avoid the on-rushing bow tf the ~- CT vessel.
 W tiNitoo OHGA eltH4 Af' A4 AitIiNAiN't1~ ~ of the Monroe tonight declared that the lone boat launched from the Mon- roe saved twenty-eight h3es at one trip and went back for a seofud load.
 He says CaTt. Johnson was in bis boat and assisted in saving the lives of eight persons.
 We picked up Mir. and Mrs Har- eington, he said, but the latter died before we reached the Nantucket. We also picked up the Lody of man which l believe 10 ne that of Lieut.. Curtis. We had two women in cur boat We tried to launch two other boats but one was swamped. We could not launch the boats on the starboard side on account of the yes gel careening in that direction. sent down a s. 0. s. call just before the ship went down. remained in the radio room until our current was cut off, then I jumped in the life boat. l followed Capt Johnson. Both of us landed in the boat and neither of us were in the water at any time.
 Capt. Johnson remained in tho lSfeboat until everybody we could find had been paced on board the Nan tueket"
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SINISTER SISTERS OF WARREN FAMILY ADD ANOTHER MS
 TERY TO FAMILY HISTORY.
POLICE CANNOT SOLVE IT
Living Sister Found Locked in Room Watching Corpse of Three Weeks Father Disappeared and Mother Died Suddenly Years Ago.

Los Angeles, Jan. 3t.-Miss Nan. ette Warren, found in her apartmen. here last night beside the body of her sister, Miss Mary Warren, who physicians said had been dead near ly three weeks, was placed in the county hospital tonight to await ex- animation by the lunacy commission.
 The mystery which surrounds the two prim little spinsters, who came here from Toledo nearly two years ago. remained unsolyed tonight. Ef. forts to induce Miss Nanette to ex- plain proved futile Nurses say she apparently does not remember the dreadful weeks she passed sitting beside her sisters body in room, every crack of which she had stuff fed with rags.
 The sisters were about 30 years old and very reserved. Ten days ago their landlady. Mrs L. l.. Woods, went to their door to deliver a tele- phone message. She saw Miss Mary lying in bed. Miss Nanette- said her sister was not well. The police say she had died days before. Mrs. Woods, with the assistance of the poiice, broke into the room last night. Police surgeons discovered that Miss Nanette had not eaten for more than a week and when she was taken to the hospital she was fed forcibly.
 Valuable heirlooms and jewelry were found in the apartment
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BEN WOOLMAN WAS
 GIVEN SENTENCE
JUDGE GOTHAM OVERRULES THE MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
 FOR CONVICTED MAN.
Appeal Will Be Taken to the Supreme Court on the Sixty Points Set Out In Motion For New Trial.

Ben Woolman, convicted of volun- tary manslaughter for the killing of Mrs Deborah Welborn in this city last February, was yesR,rday morn ing sentenced to serve that time in the state penitentiary, Judge Gotham passing on the sentence.
 Attorney A. J. Murphy represented the defendant in court on the motion for new trial, setting up the sixty reasons why the counsel believed a new trial should be given.
 Do you want to argue the motion?" asked the court,
 lnasmuch as the court has passed on all the points. do not suppose it would do any good to go over the matter again." announced MT. Mur. phy.
 Judge Gotham stated that he had not inspected the motion carefully, and after it was brought, he took up the point where an exception was saved to his having directed the sheriff to go out into the country to get one group of talesmen. The court said he had rather suggested than directed. but MT. Murphy insisted that it had been a direction, and the court said it might have been, and would be oyerruled as such.
 When it came time to pass sen. tence on Woolman. Judge Gotham said: '1 don't think l was ever call ed upon in all my career to perform a more painful duty than this. Mir Woolman. have known you long and intimately since l first came to Hot Springs. You were among the first of the citizens with whom l met and became well acquainted. For years you have been identified as among the first of the good citizens of Hot Springs, and among those who were always jealous and active in matters of law enforcement and good citizen ship. No one was more shocked or surprised than l was while holding court at Mt. Ida when heard the news of this tragedy.
 The fact that you had killed a woman under such circumstances, seemed to me at that time unbelie, able. However, a grand jury of six teen good and true citizens, most of whom were your friends, have return ed an indictment against you for murder in the first degree. Twelve good and lawful jurors have heard your case in court. You have been well represented by as able counsel as there is in the state. You have had a fair and impartial trial, and a verdict of voluntary manslaughter has been returned. with punishment of two years in the state peuitenti- ary"
 When Woolman was asked the usu- al question as to whether or not he had a statement to make as to why sentence should not be passed he did not make any statement.
 Then the court went over the pun ishment, describing how sentence re moved citizenship, and the right te participate generally in citizenship, continuing by setting before MT, Woolman the time off the sentence that could be secured by keeping the rules of the state prison, and how in the end citizenship could be re- stored
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AMERICANS ARRESTED.

San Diego, Cal, Jan. Robert w. Harwood, an Oakland, Cal, news paper man, and Mortimer Miller, his companion, reported by Mexican all thorities to have started under guard for Ensenada Wednesday, had not arrived there tonight. Claude Guy ant, United States consul at Esne nada, telegraphed this information here today The men were arrested on suspicion of heading a gang of prospective freebooters. Their friends fear they have been shot.
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ARMY OFFICER DEAD.

Washington. Jan 3t-Brig Gen. Alfred C. Girard, retired, formerly of the army medical corps, died at his home here tonight. after an operation for appendicitis. Gen, Girard served eight years With the forces cperat- ing against the Indians in frontier days and was chief surgeon Of the second army corps during the Span ish-Amercan war
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heir to approximately s5Oo,OoO.

heir to approximately S500.00O.
 Samuel Warren was one of the nio- neer business men and manufactlr CTS in Toledo. An orphan at IS. without a relative, he came to To ledo and began working in a livery stable. Later he was prominent over northern Ohio as d breeder of fine horses. The disappearance Of the Aather it is said, affected the mind of the younger child. Mary.
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EFFECTED RADluM CURE.

Baltimore. Jan. 31, Miss Margaret Quayle, daughter of Bishop Wm. A Quayle of St. Paul, Minn., who re. ceiyed radium treatment for cancer, left here tonight for Chicago.
 Miss Quayle received three treat ments of radium. This was deemed sufficient to effect a cure if that were possible She will enter Chicag1 hospital to regain her strength.
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RArTLEshlP ASHORE.

Stockholm, Jan. S1.-The swedish battleship Tapperhetin, which ran ashore January 2S at Sandheim, it IS hoped, can be refloated. Guns and ammunition have been removed from the battleship and the weather is ia yorable,
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piecs WILL SURRENDER.

San Francisco, Jan. S1-Maufy l. Diggs, former state architect wanted by the authorities on charges of a statutory offense against l7-year-old Ida Fearing. will surrender himself Monday. according to his father Frank F. Diggs. er Berkeley
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MEET THE HIGH
 COST OF LIVING

One way to meet the high cost of living is to spend more time studying The advertisements in your morning newspaper. In that way you will learn where to spend your money and get the best possible va1ue.
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w EAT H E R
 20 R E ( A s r

Washington, Jan. 91.-Forecast for Arkansas. Fair Sunday and Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
Crown.

John Cox is repairing his house.
Clark Mckee Eas his new barn
almost finished.
VIM. Stiles and family visited last
Sunday at James Konklin's.
P. c. Morgan disposed OF car
load of coal last week.
VIM. Bright has been baling hay
near Crown the past week.
We we're very sorry to hear that
Charles Morgan was again sick. He
is at the Leon hospital, and his con-
dition has improved some and we
sincerely hope that he may soon en-
tirely recover. He belongs to the
booster class of the Crown Sunday
School,
Several from Crown attended the
Corn Picnic. They had good weather
and large crowd, but very little en-
tertainment. q
Rev. Ronk will preach at Crown
next Sunday at II o'clock.
Garfield Bunch will farm G. A..
Longs place next year.
The Christian Endeavor meeting
Sunday evening was well attended,
and an interesting time was enjoyed
by all present. Ralph Pearson was
leader. Myra CARRIER will lead next
Sunday evening.
Frank Watson has new carriage.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
White Oak.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller went
Monday for few days visit at the
Charles Brant home, Mrs. Brant be-
ing quite i'll.
Harold Warrington visited Mon
day night with his cousin, Carrie
Rosengrant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Scott of Leon,
came Sunday for few days visit
at the Sam Scott home
Ronald, the 10 year old son of
Clarence Bartlett, who lives south of
the Grove, fell from trapese Sun
day and broke one of his arms twice
and the other one once.
Mr.. and Mrs Shira, steward of the
poor farm attended the Corn Picnic
and visited over night at the James
Gill home.
Miss Anna Duffield has been visit
ing friends in Osceola, and attending
the United Brethren meeting which
is being held there the past week.
Misses Grace and Marie Campbell
and Mr.. Horney of Eden Center,
came Saturday and attended the corn
picnic and visited over night at the
F. NJ Rosengrant home.
Mr.. Orley Gassett of Villisca,
came Tuesday and visited until
Thursday at the w. S. Rosengrant
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Rosengrant
and daughter, Carrie, also Misses
Grace and Marie Campbell and Mr..
Horney were Sunday guests at the
F. E. Warrington home near High
Point
Mrs. Mella McClelland who has
been at the Will Scott and Lyss Muck
homes the past week returned Tues
! day to her home in Des Moines.
Mrs. Pearl Scott of Harlem, Mon
tana, came few days ago and is
visiting at the Baker home near
Leroy and at the Sam Scott home
here. 4.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
Burr Oak Ridge.

Beautiful fall weather.
Charley Johnson continues quite
poorly having a siege OF typhoid
fever
Mrs. C. e. Chastain and children
spent Sunday at John McCalla's.
Mrs. Mary Hazlet and Mrs. Sarah
Chastain started one day last week
for a visit with relatives in Kan
SaS.
Homer Townsley and wife took
dinner at E. J. Horney's Sunday.
Sunday was Mrs. Ellen Stanford's
birthday. anniversary and num-
| Der of her relatives and friend gath
cred in and had surprise on her;
| most enjoyable time was had.
Miss Anna Cannon departed Fri
day for an extended visit with rela-
tives in Kansas and may go on to
Oklahoma to visit relatives before
returning home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G. Meek, J. w.
| Walton and family spent Sunday at
Mary Walton's
September 23, was the 18th birth
day anniversary OF Lorne Richard.
His parents planned surprise on
! him and invited about 25 OF his
young friends. Refreshments were
served and the evening was spent
with music and games. Lorne was
the recipient of some presents, among
them being beautiful gold watch
and fob from his parents. At late
hour the young people departed for
their various homes, wishing Lorne
many happy returns of the day
Mr.. Turpen of Davis City, has been
doing the plastering for c. E. Chas-
tain's new house.
Several from around here attended
the corn picnic Saturday.
Mrs. Asa Bethards, Mrs. Percy
and Mrs. Ira Bethards were callers
at Chas. Chastain's one afternoon
last week.
Charley Honn and family of Ak
ron, Mo-, were over Sunday visitors
at Gill Vanderpool's
Frank Graham's have moved from
James Hazlet's to Sam Gassett's
having hired to Mr.. Gassett for the
remainder of the year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
II. Robert Fowler. Okarche, Okla

MI. Robert Fowler. Okarche, Okla
homa. writes:
ITO any sufferer Of catarrh Of the
stomach. ] am glad to tell my friends
or sufferers Of catarrh that seventeen
years ago was past work Of any
kind. due to stomach troubles. tried
almost every known remedy without
any results
"F1nally I tried Peruna, and am
happy to say was benefited by the
first bottle. and after using q full
treatment was entirely cured.
II am now seventy years old, ana
am In good health, due to always
having Peruna at my command. I
would not think Of going away rom
home for any lengthsof time without
taking bottle Of Peruna along Tor
emergency. Q
I ..You are at liberty 70 use my pic
turss6qd teatimony & yo0 think = W1n
hAlp ans 60 ,sho 49, 80 1e = = -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
Sunny Side.

We are having some of the grand
est autumn weather at present, nope
it will continue for several weeks.
Mrs. Emma Baker spent Monday
night with Mrs. Ed Rumley.
Another heavy rain visited these
parts Monday evening. 1t was &C
companied by pretty strong wind.
Tuesday morning the river was again
out of it's banks.
Mr.. Joe Hamilton has four carpen-
tiers working on his new barn. He
hopes to have it ready for use by the
last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Woodmansee,
Mr.. John S. Gardner and Mrs. Bessie
Little attended the funeral of George
Gardeners daughter, of Humeston,
Tuesday.
s Mrs. Bertha Strange was Leon
caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Rumley and John
S. Gardner were Leon callers Tues
day.
Mrs. Anna Caldwell of Leon Wis
tied from Wednesday until Friday
with relatives and friends in these
parts
Mrs. Emma Baker was Leon Wis
itor Thursday.
Mrs. Ella Hamilton spent Satur-
day night with her friend, Mrs. Belle
Stockton.
Mrs. Ed Rumley and son Warren
and Miss Frances Strange spent Sun
day at the Glen Rumley home.
Mr.. John S. Gardner purchased
Guy Martins new buggy last week.
Eddie Mckay of Leon, spent Sat
urday night with Jack Strange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Gardner and
Scott Gardner of Leon, were Sunday
visitors at the Lee Little home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Gardner
spent Sunday afternoon at the Wood
mansee home.
The Misses Anna Bunch and Jen-
ME Ross are attending school in
Leon.
Mrs. Emma Bakers brother and
wife from Garden Grove spent Satur-
day night at her place and were also
Leon visitors.
the surprise birthday dinner at the
home of her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Pinkney Stanford it being her
aunt's birthday.
Warren Rumley and Frederick
Parrish were Garden Grove visitors
Saturday.
Mr.. A. E. Woodmansee and family
accompanied by Mrs. Will Gardner
of Leon, attended the Corn Picnic
near Garden Grove Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
Garden Grove.

Mrs. Louis Reick of GAINESVILLE was
here visiting friends last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Boore of Cory
don, were guests at the Ed Smith
home Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Elsie Itchy is home from Des
Moines visiting her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs Smith Warren and
family were recent guests at the
Carey Deisher home.
The Corn Picnic on Saturday at
the Davis Park was great success.
1t is estimated that there were
1000 people in attendance.
Miss Mildred Stroll of Moravia,
was here visiting over Sunday.
Clyde and Faye Still of Villisca, at
tended the Corn Picnic.
Miss Kate Dilsaver, of Des Moines,
is here visiting here parents.
Mrs, Martha Gates left Thursday
for Los Angeles, to visit Silas Gates
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Young and
Mr.. and Mrs. Houck were recent Os-
ceola visitors.
Mrs Hattie Davis, Of Osceola, and
daughter, Miss Mary, were here Sat
urday to attend the corn picnic.
Gus Spellerberg returned last week
from Murray.
George Bartlett, Lutte Scott and A.
w. Stearns were Leon visitors Mon
day.
Willis Aten was here the past week
visiting relatives.
Loren Feight' went to Milo Mon
day.
A very pleasant social affair was
the Masonic banquet Thursday eV-
ening in honor Of George and Walter
Miller, who leave soon for their home
in Florida They will be much miss
ed in the order here.
Ronald Bartlett had the misfortune
to fall from trolley wire Sunday
and break both arms above the
wrists.
Miss Marion Jennings, of Keller
ton, spent Sunday at home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-10-01
Fairview.

Miss Vida Spencer went to Clio
Thursday of last week to visit her
sister, Mrs. Harry Merrick, and other
relatives.
Miss Agatha Adair assisted Mrs.
Pete Vaughn with her house work
last week.
Albert Willis had business at Line
vile Thursday of last week.
Eddie Bright and wife spent Sun
day at Oliver Bright's.
Mrs. Oscar Vaughn and Miss Jettie
Vaughn were Leon callers Saturday.
Don Moore and wife and Mrs.
Blanche Dobson spent Sunday with
their brother, Maurice Bright.
Sylvia and Irene Bright spent
Sunday with Minnie and Doll Bright.
Hal Ellis and family spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with his broth
er, Burt Ellis, and family.
Miss Merle Grimes assisted Mrs.
Eddie Bright with her house work
last week. 81