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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-30

but very few Yankee seamen have
been seen on the cup yachts since
the Vinal Haven crew on the De
fender assisted in defeating the Val
kyrie III.
Only Swedes Employed
Captain Christensen, Resolute
brought nearly score of men from
his native town of Bergin, Norway
far up near the land of the midnight
sun, while Captain Howell, OF the
Defiance, and Captain Dennis. of the
Vanite, also recruited their crews
with Scandinavians, although all
hands give South Brooklyn as their
hailing port They are a lively set
OF tars, these yellow-haired. red
checked sons of the Norwegian
fjords, with muscles like iron and
nerves of steel, for it takes a cool
head TO occupy the masthead posi-
ton on cup defender, especially in
a smart breeze and some sea, with
club topsails adrift, and spinnaker
halyards caught in the standing rig
ging.
Bad Year in Baseball.
Organized baseball, and especially
the major leagues, will not look back
on 1914 as year of golden harvests
With midsummer rapidly approach
ing reports from all parts of the
country are to the effect that attend
ance figures are not up to the usua
standard. The reasons assigned fol-
this unusual state of gate receipts
are extremely varied The advent Of
the Federal league is not generally
given as contributing cause and i
is known that the new organization
Is not any better supported that tbs
older organizations. One authority
who, owing to his position has &C
cess to the returns, said recently:
Il attribute the falling off of at
tendance to the general dullness il
business. Baseball is like any othe
attraction that depends upon the pub
lie for support. 1t feels business de
preston and its receipts is an &C
curate barometer of financial condi
tions. was recently told during ;
trip around the circuit that one cit.
supporting a major league club hat
more than 1900 untenanted houses
due to the fact that many Of tn,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-30
THREE CUP DEFENDERS HAVE LAST
TRIAL HEATS OFF NEWPORT IN JULY

but very few Yankee seamen have
been seen on the cup yachts since
the Vinal Haven crew on the De-
fender assisted in defeating the Val
kyrie III.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-30
NOTICE OF DIVIDEND.

At a meeting Of the board of di-
rectors of The Tonopah Mining com
pany of Nevada, held this day, a
regularly quarterly dividend of TWEEN
ty-five per cent was declared. pay
able July 81, 1914, to stockholders
of record at o'clock p. M, June
3Oth. Transfer books close at 3
o'clock p. m. June Both, and open al
10 o'clock a. M. July Sth.
(Signed) c. A. HIGBEE,
Secretary.
Philadelphia, Penna., June 25. 1914
J26-6t
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-06-30
Progress Bakery

Good bread, the best bread and al
ways the best. No changes. no uncer-
taintes Every loaf light. moist and
delicious. II you want this certainty
every day. buy at Progress where
cleanliness and convenience. added to
turned out. makes IL the best and most
up-to- date bakery hereabouts. Prog.
ress Bakery goods are the richest "a
nutrlment and the most ecopQHiiical
All phone orders given promIX atten-
ton PETER FABBK Prom
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
To SAVE COTTON
GROWERS MILLIONS
THIS is OBJECT OF BILL INTRO.
DUcEp IN HOUSE BY CON.
GRESHAM LEVER.
we,isr1 Ngvlpfr-r UaI1a Nsrl 8.f7Irr-

Western Sewtptrer taisu News Service
Washlngton.-The saving Of mil.
lions OF dollars now lost annually by
cotton farmers and snail manuiacmr'
ers Is the object OF a bill which Rep
rosentatye Lever OF South Carolina,
chairman Of the house committee on
agriculture, has introduced. The
measure would appropriate $4,000 10
be used by the secretary OF agricul.
ture ~ determining relative spinning
values OF the different grades Of cot
ton as already standardized BY law
and Tor demonstrating the results Of
this work to producers and consumers
ol cotton
Tho department OF agriculture al.
ready has standardized The nine grades
Of cotton and ls concluding rs first
investigation for testing the waste
tensile strength and bleaching quail.
tios Of these grades
The house committee on agriculture
has been advised that Texas alone Is
losing $4,000. 900 because neither buy
ers nor sellers have ans appreciation
Of the value OF this years oit.olor
cotton In that state. Buyers from The
gulf ports were said 10 be going into
Tho interior and buying up low grade
cotton a. about Z cents O pound, ship
ping It 10 Galveston and then reyamp
Ing Il and selling II for Il cents a
pound
This condition Of affairs, Mr. Lover
said exists 10 an extent IN every cit
ton'produeIng state,
"Tho cotton farmer IN the sale Of
hIs cotton ls absolutely at the mercy
OF the local buyer In the matter ~
grades IN 90 cases out Of l0O," said
Mr. Lever Except Tor the dotcrmIn'
Ing factors Of dirt trash and stains
tho farmer has no way Of knowing
what grade Of cotton he iB about to
SELL and is forced 10 sell at tho grade
determined by the buyer and many
OF me buyers arc almost as lacking
In information aa the farmer himself
Some action must be taken to secure
the sale Of the soulhs cotton crop
for lts intrinsic value"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
WOULD LOAN ON FARM LAND
Government Would Aid Farmers Un.
der Bills Just Introduced,

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington, y, C.-Senator Norris
has introduced bin for a bureau IN
tho Department Of Agriculture to lend
money on farm land at four per cent
for q period Of five years, 10 be repaid
at The rate Of oneflflh each year
Money would be loaned for tho pur.
chase Of land, TO pay dehts or for
farm buildings. The bureau would
get ll5 funds by Issuing three and one
half per cont United states bonds
A farm credit bin was algo intro.
dueed In the house by Representative
Ba'hriek Of Ohio. Under this meas.
uro a now bureau IN tho Treasury De.
partmont would lend 60 per cont Of
the value Of farms on mortgages at
I6ur per cent The money would be
obtained by Issuing three per cent
government bonds.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
YAMMETT KILLED
SELF IN FRISCO
PRINCIPAL m DOUBLE TRAGEDY
IDENTIFIED AS MISSING ARK
ANsAs OFFICIAL
WOMAN ALSO ENDS HER LIFE
First Trace Of Cross County Treasurer
Secured Since He Disappeared,
Leaving Shortage.

Western Newspaper Uui1u News Service.
Wynue.-That the man known as A.
b. Wood, who killed himself in the
Fillmore Hotel in San Francisco, after
a woman supposed to be his niece, had
shot herself to death, was A. II.
wood Hammett, former treasurer Of
Cross county and for many years one
OF the best known politicians Of East
ern Arkansas, seems TO have been
established by papers found on the
dead mans body A letter from Mrs.
Josephine Russell OF Cuero, Texas,
sister OF Hammett. was found In his
effects and other papers showed that
the dead man had formerly lived in
Wynne.
Some doubt was expressed as TO
the identity OF the woman who was
with Hammett, but adyices from San
Francisco are believed to indicate that
she was Mrs. Sallie Watts Schumake,
a former resident Of Wynne, who dis.
appeared from the city about the same
time that Hammett left.
Relatives OF Hammett, satisfied with
the Identification OF the man who kill.
ed himself in San Francisco, wired
instructions to have the body for
warded 10 Wynne for burial
Dispatches from San Francisco say
that Hammett killed himself because
OF recent financial losses. The woman,
Il Is said. up.braided Hammett for
threatening to commit suicide and then
grasped a revolver and ended her own
life. Hammett then took the same re.
yolyer and killed himself, II Is said,
Friends OF Hammett believe that his
mind was unbalanced. They assert
that he was prosecuted by political
enemies and that this affected his
reason
Hammett disappeared from Wynne
Just a few weeks before his term OF
office az treasurer expired, A grand
Jury investigation disclosed the fact
that he was short about $4,000 in his
accounts and an indictment charging
him with embezzlement was returned,
No trace Of Hammett had been secur.
ed from the time he disappeared until
tho news OF the suicide In San Fran
cisco was received,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
Aoror c.nyIeln Do Good VOL.

Dixon, lll,=Honor oonyIots from the
Joliet ponItent.ary, who without guards
have been making roads for nearly
five months, have broken camp and
polurnod 10 their prison cells Fifteen
Of the original thlrly'fIyo mon who
wore sent 10 Camp Hope" on their
honor not 10 escape have been pardon
"A or Baroled, Only one man broke
HE promise and he was returned to
prison Tho work accomplished ha1
been hlghly satisfactory according to
the county commissioners,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
GAS VICTIMS GET DAMAGES
Parents Of Two Children who Were
AsphyMatsd, Awarded $4,000,

Little Rock.-Judgment for $4,000
vas awarded p NJ Coppedge and his
wife. Mrs Anna Coppe1ge IN Circuit
Court. when the Jury which heard
the trial OF their action for damages
against The Pulaski Gas Light Com.
pany. returned a verdict for the plain.
Tins for $500 In each suit
Mrs CoDDeigc sued for 900 dam,
ages for personal Injuries sustained
IN an accident At the Coppodge home
IN December, 1912, when her Two IT.
tie daughters lost their lives. The
three had gone TO sleep with the gas
flame In an open radiator supplied
with natural gas burning low When
found one OF the children had died,
the other died almost Immediately.
and Mrs. copBadga had sustained in
lur.cB which rendered her seriously
M for several months, and Bacog5I
tatod Inc ampuiatIon Of her right les
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
KILLED HIS SUFFERING WIFE
Man Admits He Yielded 10 Woman's
Pltadngs 10 End Her Pain,


Western Newspaper rnIon Ncva Service
Philadelphia, TottorIng under The
weight Of hls so years, william Ebof,
vein stood In criminal court here and
told Of how his wife, 10 years younger.
had pleaded with him 10 KIN her. ami
how he committed the decd Then
Judge waiting Of Erie. Pa lomporarI'
ly preaIdIng fixed the crime at mur
der In the second degloe and imposed
the minimum penalty, which, IN this
case, was practically a He sentence,
II was solitary confinement In the
ponlloullory for not lrBa than aoyon
years nor more than A,
Eborwein said he killed his vito
by hitting her on tho head with a
board, when ahe urged him to do H.
llla wife WIS an invalid and suffered
intense pain
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
CONVICTS MUTINY,
SEVEN MEN KILLED
THREE ARMED PRISONERS MAKE
BREAK FOB LIBERTY FROM
OKLAHOMA PRISON..
STAY ALL WHO OPPOSE THEM
Protect Themselves by Placing Girl
5Cfcrs Tnen--Are Finally sho:
70 Death.


Western Newspaper ClI0n News Service.
McA.es.er, Okla-Seven men were
shot 10 death and three persons were
wounded when three conyicts attempt
ed to escape from the state peniten.
tiary and were slain by guards One
OF the men murdered by the conyicts
in their mad dash for liberty was John
R. Thomas of Muskogee, formerly
United States district judge and once
Congressman from Illinois.
Despite the commotion caused by
the three men in trying 10 shoot down
every one who came In their way, no
general attempt was made by other
conv.cts 10 Join in the delivery.
The three mutineers we're encourag.
ed by their less desperate fellows, who
cheered the onslaught Of the armed
prisoners. So rapidly did the three
conyicts shoot down those in their
path that they reached the prison gate
before the guards could return their
fire.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
Found Guilty Of Murder,

Fort Smith,, =, Richards was con
ylcted Of second degree murder by a
jury In the Circuit Court at Green
wood lie was sentenced 10 serve 10
years IN the pcnltcnuary Richards
was indicted on charge OF first do,
gree murder he Ia alleged TO have
killed Archie MeAllles, employed az a
driver by a coal mine company al Hart
ford, last November MoAllIeF' body
was found concealed under lele
ghone pole that was lying in a street
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
pIaRRea "a Kll Nathan.

dalesbufg iil.=Robert Higgins kill
cd his wife at New Henderson, ILL.,,
January so he would be free to mar.
ry hl8 s'opdaughlor. julia Flake, 10
yeara old, He was arrested after tho
girl told states Attorney John NJ,
Wilson Of Mercer county OF her infatu.
alton for Higgins, and that she impor.
tuned him 10 dispose Of her mother,
who, she rald, was the only obstacle
between her and happiness, Higgins
broke down after no was told OF the
girls confession,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
Governor pardors Woman.

Little Boek=GooyrH5r George W
Hays granted q pardon 10 Alma VIII
con- % yoarg OF age, convicted r.
Gently 10 tho r0po county circuit
court on a felony charge, DHd 1eRtenc,
I'd 10 nine months imprisonment In
the peniieHtiary The pardon was
granted upon tho request Of tho court
officials of pone county the Ponlten.
iiary Board and others
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
AffIsan alrIks Mar End.

fabetowh-The railroad sNike that
al one time threatened The biggest Ia.
Dor uphenyal that ever has shaken
South Africa virtually ended with a
decision by The operating force to re-,
turn 10 work The miners strike also
Ia about az an end Il II estimated
that tho mobilization Of the Bufghem
will cost The government more Than
tl.gt00oo A proclamation was issued
domohllglnR some Of the commands,
but 10000 men stIll VIII be retained
In the field,
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
ASKS FOR 100000 DAMAGES
Union Organizer Alleges Coal opera,
tors Hired Men 10 Assault Him,

Western Newspaper rHIaH News Service
Fort Smith Alleging that tho Penn.
aylvaHla Coal Company hired lg mon
TO assault him, Frank jarnigah, an
organizer for the United Mine Work
orp Of America, tilcd cult against that
concern for 100000 In the United
Safes Court
The alleged assault occurred last
AuFu he eompahy's plant IN John
son county tefhigan was beaten while
trying 10 organize tho eompany'e work
men.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
M,ai.rn Anair,lln,n wsAllh

Western Australia produces moro
gold than any American state, sends
more pearls 70 Europe than any other
country except ceylon, and In said
20 have the richest belt Of hardwood
timber In the world.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
Use Girl as Shield.

The desperadoes had taken the keys
from the turnkey, John Martin, whom
they had wounded and had sheltered
themselves through the prison yard by
holding Mary Foster a telephone oper.
ator, in front OF them until the only
shot fired by guards in the yard hit
the girl In the leg. Outside the gate
the men seized the horse and buggy
Of Warden Dick and dashed away,
only TO be shot 10 death by pursuing
guards. One OF the conyIcts fought 10
the last, their stolen horse lashed 10
gallop by the other two. They fired
their last cartridge at the oncomIng
guards, who poured IN a deadly fire
from horseback
How the men obtained the weapons
and planned the escape has not been
discovered, but a rigid inquiry viii be
begun soon.
The dead.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
The Dead and Wounded.

John r, Thomas. Muskogee, former.
ly United states district Judge.
II. II. Droyer, superintendent Ber'
tlllIon Department.
Patrick Oates, assistant deputy war.
den
F. c. Godfrey, guard,
China Reed, under sentence FOR two
years for larceny
Tom Lane, Pauls Valley under five
year sentence for forgery,
Charles Koontz Comanche county,
serving 40,year sentence for man.
slaughter,
The wounded.
John Martin, turnkey, shot through
neck
G, L. Wood, guard, shot through arm,
Mary Foster, telephone operator,
shot through leg
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
hlrawhtfrn Prom GhIln.

A great many people are under the
impression that the strawberry Ia NJ
European origin. AB "A matter Of fact,
4 Ia derived from the Chilean berry,
which Ia native 10 the Pacific coast
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14

'oh, papa" said the little boy, ma
he looked up AT the new moon, God
has been pairing bis finger MALTA"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-02-14
Daily Thouaht

Truth II aa Impossible 10 be sollod
by any outward touch 40 the sunbeam,
Milton.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-18

He meets Artist Sed-HjlN. AN cd friend.
who is suspected OF killing her and plans
to help him.
SedgwiCk tells Of meeting a beautiful
young woman. name unknown. with whom
he has fallen in love
Kent and Sedgwick go to the inquest
upon the woman's body and engage Adam
Balm as Sedgwick's lawyer.
Sheriff Schlager and Coroner Breed sud
denly withdraw the body from public
view. Gansett Jim. an Indian, accuses
Sedgwick OF murder.
Kent secures an embroidered silver star
found on top Of the cliff above Lonesome
Cove the night the woman died.
Kent believes the woman was hand
cuffed to a man who wore the star. He
meets Alexander Blair. who acts in a sus-
piciOus manner.
Gansett jim. thinking Sedgwick murder
ed the woman, tries to Kill him. Kent
hears of Wilfrid Blair, A~lexander's Scape-
grace son.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-18

lure, COUU1oOL0U ASUt WlIo u 0mlIe
''Well. our nights work Is done" Lift.
lug the lantern. be held It In the face
Of the half breed. Jim"
Huh"
when you really want to know who
made those footprints come and tell
me who the body in Annalakn burying
ground is. A trade for a trade. You
understand"
The eyes stared. immOvable. The
chin did not CULVER. Reaching for the
lantern. Gansett lin. now nine Of In.
dian to one of negro. turned away from
them to the pathway. NO." be said
stoIidly.
disappeared in the forest Sedgwick
spoke. We'll. do you consider that
we've made a friend?"
No" answered Chester Kent. but
we've done what's as good. We've
quashed al enmity."
Answers to the kilograms Chester
Kent had dispatched arrived In the
form Of night letters. bringing infor-
nation regarding the Blairs Of Hedge
row house. not sufficient infOrma-
ton to satisfy the seeker. however.
Therefore. having digested their con,
tents at breakfast. the scientist cast
about him to supply the deficiency.
The feet of hope led him to the shop
OF Elder Ira bennett.
Besides being an able plumber and
tinker. Elder bennett performed. by
vocation. the pleasurable duties Of IN
printed journalism-that is to say. he
was the semiOfficial town gossip
There was Joy in the pIumber-tinker's
heart over the visit. Unhappily it ap.
peared that Kent vas there strictly on
business. He did not wish to talk OF
the mystery of Lonesome Cove. He
wished his acetylene lamp 6xed-at
once. if Elder bennett pleased.
Glum was the face of the elder as
he examined the lamp. which needed
very little attention. 1t lightened
when his visitor observed:
1--we been thinking a little of get.
ting an electric car to run about here
in. There was a neat little one in
town yesterday"
"Old Blair's." replied bennett. IL
seer you in it. Know Mr.. Blair long?'
He offered me a lift into town very
kindly. He was a stranger to me"
said Kent truthfully and with intent
to deceive. who did you say he WASP"
Gosh sakes! Don't you know who
Aleck Blair ISL"
blair? Blair?' said Kent innocent
ly. lis he the author of Blair's
Studies Of NeuropteraeY"
Elder bennett snorted. He's a mil,
%lionaire. that's what he is. Amt you
read about him in the fabric trust in
vestigations:"
"Oh. that Blair. Yes. I believe |
have"
Kent yawned. 1t was a we'll con
ceived bit of strategy and met with
deserved success.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-18

VIE elder traced the history OF
the Blairs in and out Of con-
centric circles of sandal
financial. political. social and
mostly untrue. Those in which the
greatest portion OF truth inhered dealt
with the escapades Of Wilfrid Blair.
the only son and heir Of the household.
who had burned up all the paternal
money be could lay hands on. writing
his name in red fire across the night
life of London. Paris and New York.
firing of this. he had come home and
married a girl of nineteen. beautiful
and innocent. whose parents. the elder
piOusly opined, had sold her to the
devil per MIR. Blair. agent. The girl.
whose maiden name was Marjorie Dor
rance-Kent's fingers went to his ear
at this-had left Blair after a year of
marriage. though there was 10 legal
process. and he had returned to his
haunts Of the gutter until retributiOn
overlook him in the form Of tubercu-
Iosis. His father had brought him to
their place on Sundayman's creek. and
there he was kept in semi-seclusion.
visited from time to time by his young
wife. who helped to care for him.
That's the story they tell" CON-
mented the elder. but some folks has
got suspicious. My own suspicious is
that the young Teller hasn't got no
consumption that you have. al
though he's got a mar nurse. | think
old Blair has got him here to keep him
out Of the papers"
Publicity is not to Mr.. Blair's taste.
them"
II don't believe the old man would
hardly stop short of murder to keep
his name out of print. He's kind O.
lOOny on the subject. Sailor Milt
Smith is the Teller that can tell you
about the family and the place. Here
he corne up the street"
He thrust his head out of the door
and called. Sailor Smith. sturdy and
white. entered and greeted Kent cour
te0nsly.
Mr.. bennett was saying" remark
ed Kent. that yon know something Of
the history of Hedgprow house. as l
believe they call it
''rhey cal! it," repeated the old sailor.
"Whn calls it: If YOU mean the Blair
place. that's Hoy='S haven. that is:
imu can't wipe out that name while
there's u man living rs knew the place
: IL worst cd Captain Hogg built
Fl! ",.: tNti in il and died in it. The
Gr>i. Is fr!in' bacon uut of old Hogg
1n!t. for the t!,lngS he done in that
nOI>r.'
How lon. since did he die?"
"Hh. twenty year back
And the house was sold sOOn after?'
"St"od vacant for ten years. Then
this Teller Blair bought it. don't
know him. but he bought a weevily
biscuit there. \ bad house.. it is-rot-
ten bad"
Whats wrong with it,"
MEMS bones in the brick and won
ems blood in the mortar"
Was the old boy y cannibal:' asked
Kent. amused by the sea veterans
her0isS.
Just as had slave trader.
~ s ,E - - -. - E43EHH
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-18
CHAPTER xi.
Hedqerow House.

ME elder traced the history of
the Blairs i'm and out Of con-
centric circles of sandal
Gn.l noli4iool rooiol and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-18
BROWN UNIVERSITY.

Brown University. at Providence, r. /