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The state herald., 1914-05-22

~ N THE fourth day after leav-
ing Shanghai reached San
Kan bay and passed light
W Louse on what is called the
northeast promontory. about
thirty-one miles from Wei-Hai-Wei.
the territory leased to Great Britain
by China In 1898. The hills Of this
coast look bare, but the ground is
almost all cultivated. and could
make out the shadows Of the lines Of
terracing against the tAwny color OF
the dry grass. The commissioners
launch came out to take me from the
steamer to a substantial stone jetty In
Port Edward on the mainland. This
was two miles beyond the island Of
Liu Kung which helps to shelter the
harbor from the northerly gales. and
upon which are situated the marine
barracks and the naval hospital. writes
A. II. Fisher In Illustrated London
News.
The hills slope down to the water,
and the town seems built in tiers.
with government house at the top of
one side watching over land and sea
The territory covers about two hun
dred and eighty.five square miles. and
includes 800 villages with native
population OF 10000 exclusive of
the walled Chinese city of Wei-Hai-
Wei. This latter is a strange though
picturesque anomaly. Within a gun
shot Of government house lies this
enclosed fragment OF China over which
the British have no more Jurisdiction
than fifteenthcentury London alder
men had over the sanctuary of st.
Martin s-le-Grand.
Lofty Mountain Peaks
From government house. where
smart Chinese pc.iceguard-all that
remains Of the former Chinese regi.
ment-act rs sentries, there is mag
nificent view Of sea and mountains.
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Legislator Not citizen When Elected

Denyer-John Redmond Williams.
Democratic member OF the Legislature
from Denver, who took part In the
proceedings of the regular session OF
the Nineteenth General Assembly and
participated In the deliberations of the
extra session. did not become citizen
OF the United States until jan. &c OF
this year. according to an affidavit on
file In the Federal Court.
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Governor Ammons' Reply.
Governor Ammons replied as follow

Governor Ammons replied as follows
10 the Presidents telegram:
l regret exceedingly that you have
been misinformed. The Legislature
has Just passed an act, which l have
OF one million dollars for the purpose
Of paying the Indebtedness which has
been incurred and which may be In
defending the state. As soon as these
bonds can be issued. these funds will
be available, and this state can. and
funds In immediate future. In addi-
tion to this act. the Legislature has
enacted law permitting the governor
to close saloons in time of disorder
and also a law prohibiting the carry
ing and disposition of firearms in times
of disorder. Moreover committee on
mediation of the present strike has
been provided for and appointed.
ELIAS NJ. AMMONS.
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rru.,,, ordered to Pay s,ra,,on Ia.

Denyer-Trustees OF the Winfield
Scott slrntton estate were ordered to
pay the government si,SS3 Internal
tax. which was demanded In suit In
addition 10 the amount paid when the
millionaire mining man sold his inter
est IN the lndep, ndoneo mine at Grip
pie Creek,
The state herald., 1914-05-22
Would Hold Up Pay OF Gam. Warden

Denyer-Col. James A. shinn. state
game commissioner who was ousted
by Judge Denison In the District Court,
served notice through his attorneys on
state Auditor Kenehan that he mus,
no, pay the salary OF the office OF Wal
ter y, Fraser, the governors ap-
pointee.
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l.al,Ia,ors MllI oe, siza eaeh.

Denyer,-Each member of the legis.
iature viii have sl7i coming 10 him
Dec. u. which comes In handy for
Christmas. The legislator Is paid
$1,000 salary which covers his term.
He was paid s735 In the regular ses.
sicn and sal In this special session. or
total OF ts2G for his services,
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,,srow Named on pardon Board.

nenycr.-Ilarry n, Tedrow. Boulder
lawyer. succeeds himself as a member
of the State Pnrdons Board. according
TO nm announcement from Governor
Ammons redrow'a term expired and
the executive renppoinicd him.
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EXCHANGED.
ABOUT LEGISLATURES WORK sY
WILSON AND AMMoNs..
President Regrets Special Session Ad.
journment and Warns v. s. viii
Withdraw Troops; Governor
Defends Self and Assembly.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
President Wilson's Message.
The telegram from the President to
Governor Ammons reads as follows:

Am disturbed to hear the probability
Of the adjournment of your Legisla-
ture and feel bound to remind you that
gard TO the maintenance of order In
Colorado are not to be Indefinitely con-
tinued by the inaetion of the State
Legislature. The federal forces are
there only until the State of Colorado
has time and opportunity to resume
complete sovereignty and control in
the matter. l cannot conceive that the
% state is Wiling to ioreyo her s1ver.
the Government Of the United States.
and ] am quite clear that she has no
constitutional right to do so when II is
within the power of her Legislature to
take effective action.
WOODROW WILSON
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Speaking Rbou, the next Democratic
platform. more things are accumulat
ins for N. I'VE viow with alarm" sec.
tion than for the I'VE point with
pride" column
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clyl, War Nurse Dead.

Terre ilauic. iind.-Mrn. Leonora
Wright. 81 years old. who served rs
nurse during the Civil War. died at her
home here,
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Mr,. nraatotd op,ra,,a upon.

ncnycr,-An operation for append
eitia was performed on Mrs, Mary c,
c. Bradford, state superintendent OF
public instruction nt Mercy hospital
She h reported 10 be recovering rap,
Idly.
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Minority SENATOR to Wilson.

After adjournment of the Legisla-
ture, the minority senators sent the
following telegram to the President:
The undersigned members of the
Senate of tho Nineteenth General As
sembly in special session convened by
the governor of this state. respectfully
represent: That the special objects
ernor to be legislated upon by the spe-
cial session did not appear to us to be
sufficient to cover the exigencies of the
occasion wherein we were called to.
endeavored to Indicate such insufh-
cheney; that we have strenuously
urged and voted to widen the scope OF
the objects that might be considered
to cover the entir. situation. We be-
lieved and believe that the measures
passed by the Legislature at this res-
sion sion ARE bis 20 mees me s;aa
cere desire to alleviate the conditions
In this state. We deplore the neces-
sity of your telegram to Governor Am
mons and the condition that makes
necessary n reminder to the governor
OF Colorado by the chief executive of
the nation that the state is derelict
in its duty In the premises,
shington.-President Wilson ex.
pressed satisfaction with the situation
after he had received Governor Am.
mons reply. II was said by officials
in close touch with the President that
Wilson was greatly pleased with what
had been done after he had been In.
formed by Governor Ammons of the
work OF the Colorado Legislature. and
that he hoped the state would assume
control OF the situation In the near fu.
ture SO the federal troops might be
withdrawn.
Washington.-Pres Wilson Sat
urday made II clear that Colorado
must quickly solve its own difficulties
growing out OF the strike situation. and
that the federal troops now on duty
there would be withdrawn as soon ms
possible.
lie telegraphed Governor Ammons
telling him the state Legislature
should not adjourn without taking
steps to control the situation. and re.
ceived reply from the governor say.
ing everything possible was being
done
A, the White House Il was stated by
officials close TO the President, that he
does not plan TO withdraw the federal
troops II anarchy Is to break out again
but he feels there ls no excuse for the
Legislature adJourning and leaving
the problem TO the federal govern.
ment
Members OF tho Colorado delegation
In Congress were alarmed by the
Presidents telegram to Governor Am.
mons. and said anarchy would reign
again II the troops were taken away
before the strike was settled. They MS.
serted that although orders for the
disarming OF the contending factions
had been issued. only small proper.
ton OF the arms have been turned In.
and that practically nm armed truce ex.
lists at present.
The President viii be reasonable
about the question. Il was said at the
White House. hut believes that under
the constitution he has no right TO
use the federal troops In Colorado
when the Legislature has n chance TO
net. II was recalled that when he
son, tho troops TO Colorado he made II
eiear tho net was only temporary
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COmmemOratiOn-
Past and Present
D.


:" ice. Of ~. 4. heros. in the
late Civil war. and the
rapidly-decreasing Grand Army Of
the Republic applauds. as 1t stands
gathered about its scattered dead.
Meanwhile those qualified to know
tell how the day has changed to q
general picnic day and how the ranks
Of the soldiers are dwindling. In
single large American city the past
year there were over 80 deaths In the
Loyal Legion, an officers organizA-
ton. Multiply this by the number Of
American cities and you get an idea of
the havoc death has wrought. As
rule, the offlcers have been those able
to accord themselves the best care.
II, then, the mortality be 30 great
9Aong these. what shall be said Of
the men?
Those who. ever since the war, have
been accustomed to going to the fam
lily burial ground on Memorial day.
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this between similar bits OF glass.
They then returned to the house.
and DR.. Zollner took from his yalise
TWO small walls haR filed with a
LIQUID. Placing the Walls on the
table before him. he opened the
squares OF glass and dropped a BIT
OF the dry blood into one. Into the
other he dropped the rust speck.
The two liquids became cloudy, and
the contents of the Walls seemed 10
rise slightly.
DR.. Zollner gave Sigh OF salts
faction.
Count" he said. "Your daughter
has not been kidnapped. She has
eloped with a man Of whom she
seems uncommoniy fond. He ls six
feet tall. was formerly an officer In
the German army, and has Just 70.
turned from America"
The Count became greatly ex,
cited.
Il will not believe IT." ne ex.
claimed. THAT negro stole her
away"
There was no negro" DR.. Zon.
ner replied. ut is true that the
footprints OF the BLACK you saw on
the beach and the footprints along
the path In the woods beside those
or your daughter are the same.
They tell mo. though, very differ
ent story than that you suspect An
occupations modify the walk OF
those practising them.
These footprints show unmistak.
ably, by the length Of the stride and
their angle. that they were made by
some one who had served as a.
officer In the German army. We
know 40 negro can 80 serve.
And. again, know he was a
white man. because applied the
Uhlenhuth blood test, which enables
US to tell whether the blood under
examination Is whites, negro's. a
yellow, brown or red mans. The
cloudiness showed me white II
was"
But the blood-the blood may
have been my daughters. and NOT
the mans" objected the Count,
weakly.
"Impossible!" said Dr. zollner.
You told me your daughter was
anaemic, ! have not all my instru.
ments for testing blood with me.
Dut my cursory examination of the
blood with microscope told me
that was surcharged with haemo-
globin. which. you will recall, Is the
red coloring matter OF the blood.
The footprints were made by Amer
lean shoes. And so know that the
German officer has recently re-
turned from America. Very re-
Gently, as the haemoglobin tells, he.
cause the unusual proportion or red
corpuscles shows he has Just heen
at sea,
Now let me tell you what else
the footprints tell me. After the
young man cut himself on the
barhed wire fence, he went back
and sat down on q stone. Your
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ad been wen worth while; some
lad oeen remarkable. Suddenly
briGst.
Hod think "a circus. rider is the
. answer.
through the village church yard
It caught his eye.
Ftian: ut Is tho grave OF the
% we buried yesterday. A young
beautiful. she leaves a desolate
all children"
e doctor. that your gravediggers
way. Look at this mound. It ia
INSTEAD OF being low and fiat, like
Father Sebastian. that grave has
am going to open It and exhume
eanwhile. produce the baron. I
9 three men, accompanied by two
he baronesB's grave.
as lifted out of the outer box Dr.
blood marks on dts surface. He
self. and the baron. at his elbow.
and rage. The body had been
not been removed.
hand upon the nobleman's arm.
he said. "the chain OF evidence
u describe the man who has per-
nd who. l need not tell either OF
erer OF those two children, the
ner. 1t remains for you two, who
Q village, to locate him and tell
TT fellow. at least six feet tall. is
In a smoke-house. and has sliced
finger OF his left hand. He la
ming. and at present he Is suffer.
ng OF a peculiarly virulent type.
1g himself when mutilating this
ace had gone ashen white.
n" he cried. my housekeeper's
IT, Yet II Is true he Is q butcher.
suffering from blood poisoning.
nevertheless" said DR.. Masaryk.
to be pitied almost as much as
actually insane. he has fallen
stition. He visited the circus at
eats turned his head He burned
IN fcats that would outdistance
inverted automobile riders"
led upon" said the doctor. had
ch side which added about three
& a presentablc hurdle for a high
ads first ambition Then. in an
upon an old .Hexenbook'-a .
know what that particular book.
tiny scrap. contained, but I do
>erstttion teaches that the man
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able to fly like bird ~ " 20
.HIannis believed this foul and u,chaa ,h,na ~
murdered TOUR people, prepared the heart by roasting It
between fiat stones sunk in the EARTH and last night
he came out here to steal the of the dead
But In doing so he cut himself and the wound was
death decomposition creates peculiar and deadlv
poison which we call 'cadavarn.' The blood poisoning
OF Hannls, we will find, has been caused by this"
> Ihey went to the house OF the priests housekeeper
Hannis they found delrious and almost dead Testa
showed that DR.. Masaryk was right and that cadav.
arn" had indeed caused the infection
The next day the boy died but In lucid moment
before this he confessed that he had the four
LOT the exact reason the crirninologst had named
How DR.. Masaryk." inquired tho priest that night,
.midy did you know that he was butcher that he
worked much in the smokehouse. was fair, and had
piece cut out OF his fnger?"
His finger n prints were the casket" said Dr.
missing because the capillary lines the middle An
ger OF the left hand were knew was butcher
by the way he had killed his victims That peculiar
slash into the throat is known as the "HammeIstIch"-
the mutton stroke It passes above the lerynx into the
able dexterity and experience to perform Il In snch a
way that the butchered anma-it Is not intended for
human beings. OF course-bleeds 20 death AImoa, All
the blood drained the body in this way yery
easily. We have collected and classified I NAV .ay
every type of knife-wound. known.
Il knew he worked in a smokeh house because the
hair found yonder, where had tossed his can and
, winch also TOLD me he was fair showed peculiar
oose unhealthy inflated structure which caused only
by an undue of grease In the owners surround
inss The roots OF the hair however showed
amount OF sebum. the oil which feeds the hair Know.
Ing that he was butcher easy to see where ne
mad collected this unusual amount Of grease which ia
breaking and running his fne fair hair think have
answered all your questions, father"
II should like to ask you few. said the baron
why did he off the feet?"
Undoubtedly" replied the criminologist because
being highly supersous boy, he believed also that
the ghost OF the dead could appear to any
one or wander away from its grave II any OF Its bones
were missing. This is a very ancient superstit1on
LOOT is very necessary member OF locomoton So ne
removed one from each OF his victoms"
So ended one OF the weirdest and mos, SHOCKING
ever brought before the attention OF the scen
tfc detectives - 80 9Neu
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BQfIing
The Caraway Cake Elopement
How DR. zoner, of Berlin Revealed Interesting Romance
High Society by FOOTPRINT Made by American and So

~ r. WADTHER zOLLNER, one OF the
B famous German scientific detectives
jumped alertly from the automobile In
which he had rushed from Dantzig to Zoppot,
whence no had been summoned by Count Won
Dordelzorn. He found both the Count and
Countess pacing the veranda OF their beauti.
ful country home. which overlooks the beach
Our only daughter, Wiheimina," said the
Count. disappeared last night AT tour In
the afternoon she went for walk along the
peach. 1t is not unusual for U.S. during
mild Winter, to spend a few days each month
here at the beach. In our Summer home, for
nom my wife and daughter passonately love
the sea air. And as Wfhelmina is anaemic
q lew days here do her world OF good
"A negro was lurking about the
beach In the morning. and I cautioned my
daughter against walking out alone She
promised to keep near the house That was
at four o'clock In the afternoon. Since then
no one has seen her. There is a small wood
st the extreme southern end OF my estate,
Just where my ground adjoins the public
road, II Is separated from the public thor.
oughdare by barbed wire fence Near this
fence small pool OF blood was founds
inc pool oil blood In the tiny wood tho
criminologist seemed to find perplexine-
Oo"n on HIS knees he went. at least six feet
distracted father pointed, and. wh,nnine
microscope from his pocket closely scr11ti.
nlzeo every inch OF the ground within n
pool 40 NnS.
AZ least dozen people have uramped over
tns mt OF ground" he said. I can make
nothing OF 1t. Let me see what the footpath
y sen approaching the pool of blood, win
t Ten me- He subjected the path indicated
70 the same minute examination which be
nao bestowed upon the other ground. Sud
denly he rose to his feet.
see what have found" he cried, almost
sayly. Gan you Identify ft?'
IS piece of embroidery from my
daughters petticoat," the Countess gasped.
To the CONSERVATION OF The Count Or.
Iollner laughed. and. again getting down on
mis- knees. examined the narrow footpath be-
tween fence and pool. Then he examined the
oanoeo wire renee and with his penknffe
ecraped UP what seemed like bit of rust
he put this bit OF rust upon square inch or
glass, and then. having carefully cleaned his
Knife. ne took up little Of the dry blood
where IL had dripped into nonl He nlanad
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Yoq VIII see at glance" she said. that
the Baron's writing was entirely different
Lrom the writing on the cake"
Dr. Zollner did not answer. He was busy
uon ruler and circle. with which he began
rapidly making all sorts OF measurements on
the words ito" and my" on the cake. Then
ASKING the Countess to find him one or both
OF those two words In the letters, he began
making measurements on them
ana what have we here?" he cried. pull
ing out piece OF cardboard. upon which the
letters were strapped with rubber band.
at was nothing but specimen card OF col.
oren embroidery silks. but DR.. ZoIner be.
came very much engrossed in It, Placing the
caro- beside the cake. he filed In sheet after
s , with disjointed letters. Suddenly he
The case Is now clear" he said. AT that
last interview the Fraulein promised ~
marry the Baron II he would give her an
eI,nes u, OF his intention to reform Mean.
Ihis color card OF silks was a sign apread
upon 'oy them The shades Of greenS6ve
you VIII observe-represent the novels
mere ne, the yellows are the slbIlants, the reds
CAKE. In cipher. read: Meet me tomorrow
afternoon at four o'clock. Am suecessS,,
merchant now. Do not fail me. Expect Won 70
marry me off-hand'" -
a. Ga seems to me this is far-fetched," said
the Count. "The writing Is not the Baron,a
raruon me, 1t ls. This little instrument,
Vas ", designed by Dr.. w. Langenbruch. OF Rer.
I'M I'm. TOT the detection Of forgeries in writing
Iiyen any one word. the distances between
CERTAIN GER, points OF the initial and final letter
WIN Always he the same, whether the wrstine
natural or planned to deceive. The
measurements correspond in the writing of
the letters and OF the cake" -
yust then footman entered with a nots
addressed to the Count. 1t read: 'o'
s,,a Dear rather and Mother-Do please for.
give me Ior clipping with Eric Won Urx. He +,
over new leaf. We had bad accidentIat
least he did-and were forced To remain
r nsa. m the village at the Inn OF the Three
u mUaeh a aIois; Hearing of your anxiety just
give me and come to your daughter.
"WlLHDLMINA Won URX."
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gain i'm Pictures of Horror

Among the remarkable
The Maelsto THE Pit Angel the
Odd" all OF which on his 80 = ~
The illustration Of The Raven" many because that
the most familiar OF Poe
Perched, and sat- and nothing "
ere are some strangely fantastic touches the
Take thy bek from my
be taken to illustrate lnes: " - - ~A NA''
And soul from floating floor
r An interesting example Of signo Mrn drawing
The fantastic
ne snip destruction IS in his most
drawing OF the
motion OF the water files
beow Is Sgnor Martins Curious Idea and the
Fehouum the Left His INSTALLATION
of the Familiar Poem, Raven
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w SCIEla 7 IFIcDETEcTIvEs

oas american detective wrote during the
~ iahlg conservative aetna,
IN real lite in detective methods Of Professor Pes
OF ausanne Professor Cross Germany and others
work of Sherlock Holiness > any " VIC "'as'nary
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between the caraWay seeds (ZHZzM
that marked the valen- ~
tine greeting. The same man
who made the footprints made
this on the cake he announced
s Daughter had no kerchief large enough to
bind up the wounds, SO she retreated behind
me dig tree and tore her petticoat into
strips Witness the bit Of embroidery. She
made tourniquet and broke innumerable
stop the flow of blood from the artery. Fin.
ally she used his fountain pen. How do
know! because saw the twigs, and mixed
win the blood were ink spots. Finally,
tney motored away But his arm must have
been In bad condition, and unless he had a
chauffeur with him they could not have gone
man is?" e
"Yes," said the Count. looking verv INTO.
cradle. 1--WE have. Both my wife and mysejf
thought that Wilhelmina had Completely
broken with young man Of whom we dis
approved thoroughly. Although OF the best
Ji ioou ana neir TO big fortune when his uncle
oles. Won urx Is spendthrlft, gambler. a
ne'er-do-well. l know that my daughter and
ne have not correspondent. j thought she had
forgotten him. He went to America, Il is
them" en
And now he has returned. And In Soma
way communicated with her. Let me see. to-
day Is February Is. Your daughter dtsap
peared on the 18th. The 14th was st. Valen.
tines Day. Countess, would like to see the
valentines which Comtesse Wilhelmina re
ceyed."
Said the Countess. 'Wilhelmina received
no valentine except cake"
"A cake!" exclaimed DR.. Zollner .r a.
NIT was not prepared for that. Do not cell
me that the cake has been eaten."
the cake Is in WNhelmina's ROOM aha
sa1d u Will send for It."
i would prefer going to her room" sa,d
Dr. Zollner. Wasn't 1t unusual to tate a
cake to her bedroom?"
She seemed to think some Joke was
baked into It and wanted to examine It with
her hatpin." VIII
But the cake showed no signs Of be,np
pierced by hatpin. 1t was a layer cake
with white icing, on which was aettered in
caraway seeds as many hued as the rain.
DOW: To my Valentine"
i would like to see specimen OF Baron
Won UrIs writing possible" said DR.. Zoli.
ner. Noi'
The Countess drew a small package ~
letters out Of her daughters writing.desk