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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
Chicago Primaries,

Chicago Primaries.
Articles Receipts Shipments
Wheat' bu 5000. 2,450,000 1,27o,0o0
Corn, bu ........... $4,000 S61 900
Car Lot Receipts.
Chicago. July 24.-Today's car lot re-
ceipts
Wheat-77s cars with SIT Of contract
grade
Corn-71 cars, with 20 Of contract
Oats-sS cars, with IA of contract
grade.
Total receipts Of wheat at Chicago,
minneapolis and Duluth today were
1.019 cars, compared with 6s3 cars the
corresponding day year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow, Chicago
Wheat, S24; corn. 1877; oats, 15s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25
Minneapolis Closing Grain.

W1hh6aPoTIS CToSIng Cram.
Minneapolis, Mimi, July 24-C!osing
grain:
Wheat-July, ssAc; Sept, $3.50: No.
! hard. 96Mc: No. northern, 91h@
@95hc; No. 2 northern, 1914 @93hc.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 69h @7Oc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 34h@35c,
Flax-S179Mm 181h
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25

Kansas City Produce.
Kansas City, Mo-, July 24.-Butter,
eggs and poultry unchanged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25

The slump in live muttons was
checked. In the native trade packers
kept the s7.75 lid on but were forced
to shorter sorting in some instances.
and again bought fair grade down to
$3.50. Most Of the goot fat native ewes
SOLD at $4.75, rev choice tidy weights
at IS, and medium fleshed and en-
IRENE heavy sorts down to $4.25@4.60.
Stock eve buyers were active for the
breezy young ewes to which they had
access. the bulk selling at $5.25@5.50 on
& firm toned market.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-25

1t is said that cash houses have bee,
heavily short July wheat. against in
terror purchases, in the face of thei
large export sales, and they have beef
covering of late. Some have had to TAX
wheat intended for export and apply /
on sales for this month. This has tie,
them up for the time being.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-17

lars worth Of food for every
habitant IN the county. whila -
average in North Carolina j
forty-hve dollars TO the inhahita-.
SIX or the counties not exceed
twenty-five dollars. Davidson -.
fourth in the individual wealth of
counties. averaging S449.00 for .,.-.
i~nhabitant in the county. Will
of the counties do not reach 500
the individual This thrifty poll,
making the things needed To S5--t..
the table appears a profitable
That is why Davidson is not vor~,.
about hard times while other Soe+
complain.
A Solid Foundation.
1t is quite apparent that with H.,
awakening which has been coin-
Davidson has back of il q solid ~.
on which to build for the future IT,.
people are prosperous. and they dr..
setting their faces actively in tn e..
rection Of material progress. IT,.
are taking on the better metba4.
adopting the better agencies. s~et-,,-
their stakes higher. and showing y f..
termination TO work up TO a mark thar
is easily within reach. DavidSon dan
easily raise three or four million s..-
lars worth Of wheat a year. and
million dollars worth of meat ans
vast quantity of dairy products at3
fruit and vegetables, all these Thin.
IN such quantity that it will take wears
to get up to these figures and then H..
figures can be increased if the peor,.
want to. Where an acre Will uat.
over sixty bushels of wheat. or wher.
a seventy year old veteran can mal,
129 bushels Of corn On an acre. eno.1h
is shown to indicate the possibilities
Davidson has Don for a great many
more people, and those people ar.
coming when they know what awaits
them. If Iowa INC Wisconsin and
New York, and other States knew the
conditions in the territory around LeN-
lngton this county would settle rapid.
", and with substantial and excellent
farmers. The West has nothing ia
compare with this section Of the
Union. l would not be surprised 1,
the Davidson COUNTY live stock fair
stimulating farmers of the county to
increase their herds and setting an ey-
ample for other farmers elsewhere. s
as useful a fair as any Of the big ones
held at the more populCus places and
attended by more people, for the
Davidson county fair shows the folks
what is doing right here by their
n~eighbors, and what they can do
themselves. ln~dividualizing a thing t.
a mans own needs is what starts him
to doing better.
And Davidson county's natural
Of soil and climate Will re-
spond to any demands the peopls
make on them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-17
LETTER FOR THE MAN
WHO NEVER GETS ONE
French Academician Has Written
M1sslve to Be Distributed in the
Trenches.

French Academician Has Written
M1ssive to BE Distributed in the
Trenches.
Paris, Nov. IA we'll known mem-
Der of the academy has written a 'let-
ter Tor the man who never gets one
to be distributed in the French
trenches. In it he says:
Apparently there are very few
our soldiers who never re-
ce1ve any letters. But if there is such
a one it is to him thai / address this
letter.
Il see you from here, my dear
young fellow; l see your d~isappoint-
ment and your sadness when the quar-
appears in sight with q
Of letters in his hand and calls
out frSt this name and that. and deals
out to eager hands envelopes which
contain the good wishes of the family
ana a mothers kisses. Everyone -
grave, and everyone listens for his
name to be called out. Nothing for
you.
You fight, however, just as well "a
your comrades. And whilst YOU only
90 as Well as they do, you really 10
something more. The other soldiers
are lighting for the homes of their
ancestors and for the defense Of their
property. You have neither home nor
ancestors nor property, and you fight
Win as much courage as those who
are getting letters by every post.
Don't be ashamed because no orc
mas written to you. Be proud. Others
nave been born in a family whose po-
sItlon is made. You will have the
satisfaction and the pride Of making
your own They have received. yol
VIII give, and your part is by far the
best.
once more, my son, courage and
good luck. And let me send YOU a
kiss, l who have no son. and YOU who'd
nave no father. "BRIFJX. /
iSigned) 'French A~cadeniriar'I
FOUND, A REAL HERO.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-11-17
BRAVE ENGLISH OFFICER
Niiied While Saving Wounded German
Soldier

London, Nov. Is, Psi a. M
Farls dispatch to the Central Newl
says:
During the recent fighting the Ger,
iiianS after a fierce charge retreate9
carrying all their wounded except nj
man A British officer went out 4
pIlne IN the wounded soldier but va
HlInsel1 wounded. He dragged N
Soioler to shelter, where later bod
were picked up by a German amid
lance.
AS a reward the British officer r.
celved the iron cross from the Ge1
man commanding officer and was sed
hack TO his own trenches. where
was recommended for the Eicto1
cross He later succumbed to his
juries."
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
DANCING INSTRUCTOR HAS
SMALLPOX: 80 VACCINATED
Patient Is Promptly Isolated in Munich
pal Hospital and Steps Taken by
Health Department to Prevent the
Spread of the Disease

r. J. Hinkson, 80 years old. 209
State street, who conducts dancing
academy at 304 North Second street,
last night was discovered to be suffer.
ing from smallpox and this morning he
was removed by the city health author
tiles to the municipal hospital, near the
Dauphin county almshouse.
Hinkson gave instructions in dancing
at his academy as late as last Thurs
day, and 80 of the more than $50 per-
sons with whom he came in contact dur
ing last week were vaccinated this
morning. City health authorities.
headed by DR.. John NJ. j. Raunick, now
are conducting a rigid investigation to
learn the names of all the persons who
came in contact with Hinkson, so that
the vaccination work may be carried
further.
The dancing master is married and
had apartments at 209 State street
Mrs. Hinkson, the four members of the
Academy orchestra, employees in restau-
rants at which Hinkson took meals and
the other occupants of the State street
apartment house were vaccinated this
morning.
The apartment house, dancing acade.
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
.147.635 PENNIES IN STOUCH
COLLECTIONS IN SIX weeks
Coppers Received if Laid Side By Side
Would Extend Mile and Three
Quarters-They Lead All Other
Coins in Numbers

There has been received at the
Slough tabernacle in collections during
the past six weeks of the campaign a
total of 147,6S5 coppers, according to
announcement made to-day by Treas
urer Heffelfnger These coins, if laid
side by side, would extend a distance
of one and three quarter miles.
Although the amount of money re-
ceived in nickels, dimes, quarters and
one and two dollar bills were each
greater THAN the value of the cents,
there were more eoppers received nu-
merically than any other coins.
The contributions of the six weeks.
according to denominations, follows:
In twenty-dollar bills, $40; ten dollar
bills, $3.50; fve-dollar bills, s475; one
and two dollar bills, $1,S21; half dol.
lars, 500; quarters, S2,044.75; dimes,
$2,54S.5O; nickels, $6,065.9O, and
cents, $1,476.35.
There was raised yesterday at the
meetings of the day, total of $6S9.1S
sufficient to meet the expenses of the
campaign for the ensuing seventh
week, which were not included in the
$4,000 budget.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
PRETTY GIRLS AS nurses
TO Sell RED CROSS Seals.
They Will Be an Attractive Feature of
Zembo Drill and Band Concert in
Chestnut Street Hall Tomorrow
Evening

Tomorrow night is to be the "'big
night in the 1914 Red Cross Christ
mas Seal Campaign.
Hembo band and patrol, of the Mystic
Shrine, and about two dozen attractive
young women, capped and gowned as
Red Cross nurses, will be the features
of the 'Zembo" program in Chestnut
street auditorium to be presented for
the benefit of the Christmas seal sale to
assist in the fight against tuberculosis.
The band, under direction of Corne-
lius B. Shope, will submit a program
that will make band-music loving Har-
risburg sit up and take notice. Captain
Frank H. Hoy, Jr., commander, and the
forty-six members of His patrol, will
demonstrate how well that famous
prize winning body can drill. The pretty
Red Cross nurses will sell the seals in
the audience.
Tomorrow the merchants Day"
activities begin when 'Haberdashers
and Clothiers Day. will be observed.
Among the merchants who have agreed
to paste the seals on every package
That goes out of their places of business
are: Haberdashers, Shearer & Son, j.
N. Kiunard; clothiers, Doutrieh & Co.,
the. Hub, the Globe, Sides & Sides; hat
ters, @. w. Poulton; special, Harrisburg
Bag and Box Factory.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
COLD WAVE SCHEDULED
TO Come here TONIGHT
Mercury Will Dip to Ten Above Zero
Before Midnight, Say Weather Ex-
perts-Yesterday Snowfall Was
Unusually Heavy for December

A cold wave from the middle Ca
madam provinces is scheduled to arrive
in Harrisburg tonight and the mer-
curry will drop to the lowest point of
the present season. Weather Forecasters
predict temperature Of 10 degrees
above zero before midnight.
The storm of yesterday gave Har-
risburg five inches of snow. This came
within two inches of breaking the rec
ord for the depth of a December snow
fall here. In the twenty-six years
since the local office of the Weather
Bureau was established there have
been but three heavier December snow
falls here than that of yesterday
The storm was unexpected. 1t was
not until late Saturday night that
cognizance was taken of the rapidly
approaching storm. Snow warnings
were issued to the various offices of the
Weather Bureau and by noon Yesterday
the warning had been sent throughout
Central Pennsylvania by the local of
fee.
Snow began falling in this city
shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. 1t turned to rain at Z clock in
the evening. Five inches had fallen
and the rain turned it into slush which
made walking very bad. The tempera-
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
late WAR news summary

Vigorous thrusts at the German line
in France were made again yesterday
by allies but reports of successes in
to-day's official statement from Paris
are not borne out by the Berlin COM
munication. The French war office states
that German positions along the Aisne
were demolished that in the Wovre dis
trict line of trenches 500 yards long
were captured and that further progress
was made in the Argonne and in AL
SAGE. The German announcement says
that nothing of Importance has oc-
CURED in the west, with the exception
of few French attacks along the
Meuse and in the vosges, which were
repulsed easily.
There have been no important
changes in the east, according to the
German statement. Dispatches from
Petrograd, however, assert that the
Russians have thrown back the Ger
man column which was attempting to
strike at Warsaw from the north and
that as result the position of the
Russians all along their front has been
improved.
The French War Office announces
that in Servia further successes have
been won against the Austrians, and
that in the Montenegro campaign,
which has been almost lost sight of re-
Gently, the Austrians have suffered re.
verse.
The German cruiser Dresden, sole
survivor of the fight in the South At
lantic on December in which four Ger
man vessels were sunk, is reported to
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
17O, 900 JEWS FROM GALICIA
FLEE FOR REFUGE TO VIENNA

New York, Dec. 14.-One hundred
and seventy thousand Jews have fed
for refuge from Galicia to Vienna. ac.
cording to letter received here TODAY
from the Austrian Israelite Alliance in
Vienna by the American Jewish Relief
Committee.
"Galicia as the field of military OPP
eration' has been cleared of almost the
entire civil population" reads the let.
ter. cat the present time there are
10000 Jewish fugitives from Galicia
here, of whom 10000 are absolutely
penniless. Furthermore, $4,000 desti.
tute Jewish fugitives have been placed
in barracks in Moravia and 10000 in
Bohemia, where barracks are also being
built. These 10000 poor Jews are in
pressing need.'
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
license TRANSFER DENIED
Court Declines to Give Patrick ]. Sui
livan Permission to Move His
Liquor Business Uptown

The Dauphin county court, in an
opinion given by Judge McCarrell this
afternoon, refused to grant the appi-
cation of Patrick j. Sullivan to trans
fer his liquor license from his hotel at
727 State street, to 1919 North Third
street.
Sullivan 5 hotel as now located is
within the Capitol Park Extensiop.
zone, is owned by Mrs. Anna Doehne,
so Sullivan, at the hearing on the APP
plieation, told the court, and soon will
be taken over by the State and rlzed.
Objection to the transfer of the liquor
license to the Eleventh ward property
was voiced by about LOO people,
more than 900 of whom were women.
A year ago the court refused Sulli-
van s application to open a hostelry
ON South Cameron street.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
SERVIANS Capture over
1000 AUSTRIANS. IS GUNS

London, Dec. IA, 4.56 A. M.-Ac-
cording to a Nish, Servia, dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company, an Of
fetal communication issued there Sun
day claims that attempts by the Aus
trians to halt their retreat have failed
and that the Servians are continuing
to sweep the country clear of the de-
feated Austrians.
"The Servians are advancing sue.
cessfully in the direction of Milano
vatz and Belgrade" the communica.
tion continues. "The enemy is retiring
southeast of Obrenovatz.
"In the course of the day the Ser
vians captured seven officers and q.
1SS men, two flags, 16 mountain guns,
other guns, munitions and supplies"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
Mrs. Throne. Shot 3
Times by Husband,
Is in An Alarming
Condition
QUARREL ABOUT
A LITTLE DOG
Man Sent Three Bullets Into His Wife,
Another Into Woman Boarding
House Keeper and Fired the Last
One Into His Own Heart

Mrs. Beulah Throne, who was shot
three times yesterday afternoon by her
husband, who afterward killed himself,
in boarding house at 106 Linden
street. is in critical condition in the
Harrisburg Hospital to-day. One of
the bullets pierced her right lung and
that wound bled during the night. She
is very weak and physicians have little
hope of her recovery.
Throne shot four times at his wife,
one bullet entering her right breast and
passing through her body; one lodging
in her left shoulder and the third in
ficting a flesh wound in the left side.
She turned and half fell behind Mrs
Fortney, the boarding house keeper. In
his eagerness to shoot his wife again
Throne shot Mrs. Fortney in the right
arm.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Edward Throne
until month ago Lived in the house
with MIR. and Mrs. Robert Fortney, 106
Linden street. Then Mrs. Throne left
that house, going to 1921 Market
street to live. She went to the Fortney
home yesterday afternoon to see Mrs
Fortney when quarrel started between
Mr.. and Mrs. Throne over the possession
of little white dog.
According to the story told by Mrs.
Fortney, Mrs. Throne ent to the front
door accompanied by her husband where
she said she was "leaving for good. 4"
Throne then struck his wife in the
face with his fist and grappled with
her. She ran to the kitchen. There Mrs.
Fortney began washing the blood from
Mrs. Thrones face. Throne returned
Continued on Ninth Page.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
10000 Christians NOW
threatened IN ARMENIA

London, Dec. Il, 4.45 A.. MA
Petrogad dispatch to the "Times :"
says:
"Advices from the front at Erzer.
um, Turkish Armenia, describe the
position of 10000 Christians there as
Precarious because of their Russian
sympathies. Three hundred thousand
Turkish troops are modified at Err
serum.
Hundreds of Armenians have been
imprisoned and many hanged in the
streets without trial as examples.
Nevertheless remarkable anti.war dem.
onstrations have been held in Erzerum.
on one occasion the rioting lasting sew
eral hours.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
Instrument Giving the
Bulk of $4,000 ES-
tate to Alleged Clair
voyant Is Probated
LIVELY COURT
FIGHT RECALLED
Witnesses Testified That Harrison Sci.
ferd, So-called Spiritualist, Claimed
Strange Powers for Odd Devices He
Sold to the Late Mrs Adams

The will of Mrs. Martha Adams, late
of Harrisburg, which Mrs. Adams sis
ters are contesting on the contention
that the deceased was unduly Influenced
when she made bequest giving the
bulk of her $4,000 estate to Harrison
Seiferd, of South Cameron street, an
alleged clairvoyant and spiritualist, to-
day was admitted to probate under a
decision filed by Roy c. Danner, Reg
lister of Wills.
This decision came after a hearing
which lasted more than a week and at
which testimony was offered in an eff
fort to prove that Seiferd, the alleged
spiritualist, induced Mrs. Adams to give
him the greater part of her estate.
Many of the witnesses said Seiferd rep
resented himself as possessing super
natural powers. He sold "force bags -
they said, by which he represented the
purchasers could accomplish many won
derful things.
The "force bags several of which
were put in evidence, the witnesses fur
ther said, were represented as having
healing properties, could prevent storms,
preserve properties. build up mer-
tudHG ; DuSlHeSS anu even cOulu sway
courts in their decisions. One of these
''force bags had been worked - on
Judge Kunkel, witness said, but the
Judges decision was just the reverse
of what was sought by the one possess
ing the bag.
Found No Undue influence
The Register holds that no evidence
was produced before him supporting the
claim that Mrs. Adams was undulv in
6uenced at the time she made the will,
and the costs of the contest, the Reg
lister directs, shall be paid by Mrs.
Susannah Alright. a sister of Mrs.
Adams and a beneficiary under the will,
who started the proceedings.
Mrs. Albright is to receive $500 of
the Adams estate, the will provides. 1t
is said that she personally will not bear
the brunt of the costs since other bene-
ficiaries under the will joined her in
bringing the action in her name.
James G. Hatz, counsel for Mrs AL
bright, at noon to-day said an appeal
will be taken from the decision of tho
Register and the whole matter will be
County Orphans Court The appeal will
pt cdrrled W Iut oupTeue NOurt, II nee
essary, Mr.. HAITI said.
The Register is of the opinion tnat
the will in question as presented to
him for probate, was the will of the
late Martha Adams; that it was framed
by Mrs. Adams and comedies with her
plans of disposing of the Adams es-
tate.
Since the will has been probated, the
executor, Charles Myers, of York coun-
ty, a nephew by marriage Of Mrs.
Adams. will take charge of the estate
and proceed to settle the estate. Law
yers saythis work would require year s
time.
However, it is conceded that since
an appeal is taken from the decision Of
the Register, the estate may not be
closed for three or four years. The APP
peal, when taken, will act as a stay to
action by the executor. The hearing be-
fore the Register was conducted by Mr..
Danner under the supervision of his
legal adviser, Benjamin f. Mead.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
Wins ON The 156TH BALLOT
Boyer Reelected President of the
School Board When Bretz
Changes Vote

Harry A Boyer was reelected presi.
dent of the Harrisburg School Board
at an adjourned session Saturday night.
1t required 1856 ballots before the elec-
tion, the deadlock having existed since
last Monday. when rs ballots were ta-
ken. Seventy-seven more ballots were
cast Saturday night showing the same
general result On the seventy eighth
Director Harry NJ. Bretz, who had sup
ported the Rev. DIR. William N. Yates
throughout the baLoting, shifted his
vote to Mr.. Boyer, resulting in the lat
ter's election.
Bretz was then elected vice presi-
dent of the Board over his Democratic
colleague, George A. Werner. On Mr..
Werner's motion to make the election
unanimous Directors Houtz and Yates
voted "no.'
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
Continued on Ninth Page.
THIEF ABANDONS STOLEN HAMS
Drops Loot and Runs When Policeman
McCann Gets Curious

Policeman James McCann early Sun
day morning saw figure at Walnut
and Short streets bending over trying
to put something under his coat and
sneaked up to the figure, who recog-
nized the well-known outlines of the
policeman and dashed out Walnut street
and through Capitol Park The police
man emptied his gun at the fleeing fig
ure but it had no effect.
Returning to the place the police
man found twelve hams that had been
taken through a smashed window pane
in the store of Myer Gross, on that
corner. The hams were returned to Mr..
Gross but the thief is still at large.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
WALL STREET CLOSING
By Associated Press.

New York, Dee. 14.-The first full
day of open trading in stocks was
marked by substantial general advances
in the initial hour. The late advance
followed the announcement that from
tomorrow all shares are to be read.
mitted to the list
The closing was strong. There were
some recessions III special stocks sub.
jected to selling pressure, but elsewhere
further improvement was noted. Anal.
gamated increased it's gain to 5H
points.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-14
WEEKS WASH CATCHES FIRE
Engines Called Out After Clothing Is
Hung Too Near Furnace

Wash day was the cause of a fire at
8 O'Clock this afternoon at the home
of j. NJ. Shook, 1190 Christian
street. Clothing had been hung ON the
line in the cellar too near to the fur
mace and caught fire. The blaze spread
to several of the jGsts in the flooring,
but was extimguished before doing any
great amount of damage.
The fire companies of the district
responded to an alarm sent in from
Mulberry and Crescent streets.