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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
RICH SOUTHERNER HELD
AS A "M00NSHlNER''
Father in law of Huyler Ac-
cused of Illicit Distilling.

Asheville, n. c., Aug. 5.-Alexander
Porter, father-in-law Of Coulter Hwy
Ter. a New York candy manufacturer
and one of North Cardinals wealthiest
men, was held for the Federal court to-
day under bond of $500 to answer the
charge of operating an illicit distillery.
Commissioner T. d. Shelton took THIS
action after Yves Patton, alleged part,
ner of Porter in the distillery, turned
states evidence. Patton declared that
he and the capitalist had entered into
an agreement to manufacture moon
shine" liquor, Patton to operate the
distillery and Porter TO dispose OF tne
finished product. Patton declared that
he turned a large quantity Of spirlts
over to Porter, who disposed OF 1t, but
failed 10 divide the proceeds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
PALS FIRST.

PALS FIRST. Romance OF Love and Com'
ralery By Francis Perry Elliott l2mo' ~. SSl.
Harper Bros
First of all, the reader must be will,
ing to admit that there is honor and
loyalty among thieves and that Is one
of the surprises of the denouement;
and. in the second place. he must &C
CO pt the existence of doubles so closely
resembling each other that they may
be mistaken for each other by even
those who know them best-and that IS
the second surprise of the ending OF
this book. Having accepted these
premises, the reader will enjoy HIM
self thoroughly in the old Southern
manor house upon which two old Iail
birds happen one night OF their
long tramp. The old negro caretahers
recognize in the younger of the two
their master. who has been travelling
abroad, and whose death by drowning
has been reported. The Judge, ms
fathers friend, welcomes him home
with but a moments hesitation. Even
the girl who was to have married the
absent one has no doubt. Only ms
heir is suspicious. and no wonder. Tor
he has the proofs of his death in his
hands. 1t is an enjoyable story most
ENJOYABLE of all in the sterling quality
of the two tramps' cOmradery.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

with its ingeniously interlaced and
confused motives of love, jealousy, in
fatuation and dark revenge; Of the
cropping after light in the labyrinth Of
life by inexperienced youth and baffied
maturity; of simpler sorrows and wor..
ries and aspirations grouped around
them. The mystery accompanying the
central one of KS abandonment of his
work is Of the operating room-a grisly
invention, it, indeed, it be not based
on grislier fact The book is intensely
readable from first page TO last; its
characters, both major and minor, are
most alphabetically drawn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

given by the hated Germans to their
wounded enemies. In one of their hos
pitfalls, she tells us, the chief bacteriol-
ogist was a woman; and she learned
that. of all the warning nations, the
Russians use the most humane rifle
ammunition. The bullet is slim-nosed
and speedy. and usually disinfects the
wound in passing through, so that gan
creme and other infections from this
source are almost unknown. There is
plenty of sensational adventure to sat.
isfy the lover of fiction; and many Of
the authors facts are worth knowing.
She herself, it should be added. has
been a nurse at the front.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
ATHAIIE.

ATHALIE BY Robert W. Chambers. Illustrations
BY Frank Craig. Emo. ID. iof. ID. Appleton
Go.
Mr.. Chambers knows his large public
his market thoroughly. He gives it
the glamour of life it Graves beauty
and innocence, romance as rosy as i
can be made, society" wealth beyond
the dreams of avarice, clubs and
cabarets, trials and tribulations, and.
IN the end, all for love and the world
well lost. 1t is a cliche with which
many are working, but none other 80
successfully as he And, withal, there
shines in these carefully and lavishly
mounted tales of his an occasional
page of the talent Of his richly prce
Using beginnings. It is so here. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
OFFERED HIS LIFE
TO PAY FOR THEFT
Embezzler Would Have Given
Company His Life Insurance
d Left wife PennileSs.

Philadelphia, Aug. 5.-The story Of
ala alleged self-confessed embezzler's
cffer to commit suicide so that the
firm he robbed might collect his life
insurance and of the company's indig-
nant refusal of the offer because OF
the mans wife and child was revealed
in Magistrate Pennock's office to-day,
when Walton Nickerson was arraigned,
accused of embezzling approximately
$4,000 worth of jewelry from the
Equitable Loan Society.
Samuel Dnbert. president of the
company, testified that Nickerson, in
making a full confession to him said
81 was up against it. | needed
money and took il so my wife could
dress like other women. Now ! am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
Vol Edmund Johnson Dead.

.,.Iheland. y. j., Aug. 5.-Colonel
S,,'nund Johnson, a former United
S Snee:s Consul, died here to-day from
LURES received while a Union SOL
~ IN the Civil War. He leaves a
e.s Tour sons and one daughter. AS
s,ei Colonel Johnson had been sta
gs ssa at Telcaguano, Chilli, and Kiel,
.many. His son, Felix Johnson,
~. a0w United States Consul at King
'Sa- Ontario
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

willing to take my medicine. | shall
90 TO Jail, if necessary, or else ! can
Commit suicide ard your firm can col
lect the insurance"
1--WE would not think of depriving
YOUR Young wife and baby of your life
insurance, even if you do kill your
self" was Mr.. Diebert's reply.
Nickerson was held in $4,000 bail
for court.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
X By Mary Roberts Rinehart With illustra-
tions. limo bp. 40. Boston: The Houshton
Mifilin Company.

This is a neighborhood story. Its
action is laid entirely in The Street Of
q small mid-Western town. OF the
rest of the place we learn nothing; we
only leave this humble thoroughfare's
length to visit the hospital, where, in
deed, the climax is reached, and once
or twice we motor out to a roadhouse.
The Street, then, is the world in little
for the characters of the story and its
readers. X. comes from afar to live
there. man of mystery, with a past
behind him of which we are only told
at first that he is a famous surgeon
who has suddenly given up a career
of international fame. The daughter
of the house in which he rooms would
,e a nurse-and now the tale is off,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
New Collection of American Humor-Rober Frost and
American Publishers-Ihe Canadian Troopers
at the Front-Some Odd Titles.

the Messrs. Holt; having seen an Eng
lish copy. they set about procuring the
American rights.
Evolution and the State.
In his Evolution and the War" (E.
P. Dutton e. Co.. DR.. Chalmers
Mitchell presents in a more or less
popular and topical form some of the
insistent problems of biology. and
shows in what way the so-called laws
of nature apply to and are illustrated
By the war. Starting with the Ger
man claim that the natural law to
which all laws of nature can be re-
duced is the law of struggle" he points
out that it is not maintained. as it is
merely an unsupported assumption to
apply to human beings what is OBJ
served in the animal world. He shows
that there is no congruity between the
facts of zoology and botany from
which the Law of Struggle for Exist
ence" was derived and the facts of
national existence to which the Ger
mans propose to apply it. The argu-
ment throughout is enlivened by a
large amount Of facts and illustrations
from history, biography. etc.
The Canadian Contingent.
A number of books dealing with the
exploits of the Canadians at the front
are in course of preparation. with the
First Canadian Contingent" profusely
illustrated, is announced by Holder &
Stoughton. 1t is the work of the Misses
Plummer and Arnold, of the Canadian
Comforts Commission. Cassell G. Co.
have just issued a popular volume,
"The Battle Glory of Canada" COM
piled by A. B. Tucker, London jour
nalist, and McClelland, Goodchild &
Stewart have in preparation "The Red
Watch" by Colonel Currie. command
ing officer of the 4Sth Highlanders of
Toronto. "The Red Watch" is the
name given to the Canadian Highland
ers at the front.
D'Annunzio.
The Belgian poets and the new Rus
sian novelists are having their day OF
III yNoN HO"' ~ -
not to be wondered at, therefore, that
a new edition of d'Annunzio's novels
has been issued in London. The Italian
may have better luck this time with
the British public and the British crit
les than he had at the time of the
first appearance of these translations
But, really, d'Annunzio is not for An
glo-Saxons, least of all in his fiction.
American Literature.
A History of American Literature
Since 1870" is announced for early pub
LEGATION by the Century Company. The
author. Fred Lewis Patel, professor OF
English at the Pennsylvania State Col.
lege. explains that he has taken the
year 1870 as his point of departure
because at was only then, with the con-
solidation of national sentiment fol-
lowing the Civil War, and with the
shifting of population throughout the
remaining unoccupied spaces Of our
territory, that a really national liter
AZURE had its beginning" The Century
Company also announces the second
edition of Eric Fisher Woods capital
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

"Note- Book Of an Attach6" and the
third edition of Herbert Adams Glib
bonss "The New Map Of Europe This
new edition is provided with an index.
and contains an additional map, show
ing the changes IN the Balkans and ad-
jacent territory since 1870.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

~ Before Woman suffrage party headquar-
"a q East Tliry-fouuh street
~ NJ Seventeenth Assembly DisinCt-At
s..i chdirua.
~ J. n Twenty ninth Assembly Distuct--At
,,,.-..l- Avenue and Fifiy-uinih Street: a. Fifty
C,s-s- Siieei and Third Avenue. at Columbus
80 a. se1cly ninth street and Lexington Ave
!" hsh1 sixth Street and Lexington Avenue.
a., m'-klsath Assembly Distdct-Guld SUI
~ 4ue metts az lsi Eldrdsc Street for street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
WOmen's Political Union Meetings.

a. u Seventeenth Senatorial Disthct-Bfoadway
tulfp -seselfh Street
L. h.--Siy'eenth Assembly Distnct-East Ind
AZ hd E.ghty-snth street
80, y n Twentieth Senatorial Distriet-l0ith
A. Md Madison Avenue
4, ~ omei's Political Union rowing shop Win
'-'h Street and Seventh Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

y '''s.-N aEuE talks along East RiJer piers
ID .1Aia D9.t su3 Sunrrc Squad
Z H. " .. On. Nigtt of tlc marlborough COun
7 -,s tettIa'lo. Of Woman Suffrage party In
ls-,ta BiooEyf. THE Bronx queens and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06

Rudyard Kipling, who has already
published one war story Swept and
Garnished," in "The Century" last
January will contribute to the Sep
TENDER number of this magazine an
other venture into the field. Mary
Postgste."
Our Funniest Stories.
Harper & Bros. announce for early
fall publication the first books of a
new series to be called Americas Best
Funny Stories" The first volume,
"Men and Things" will be issued in a
few weeks, to be followed almost inn
mediately by a second one. Men and
Things" contains some of the best
work of Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Bill
Nye. F. Peter Dunno and about twenty
five other representative American hu-
morists.
More War Books.
The Macmillan Company announces
for this autumn an exhaustive work on
"The Military Unpreparedness of the
United States" by Frederic L. Hude-
koper and an illustrated book on the
war in Europe by Colonel Robert Nc
Cormick. "The Aerial History of the
War" by Claude GrahameWhite and
Harry Harper. is already in prepare
ton, but will not be completed Of
course, until the return of peace. when
the George H. Doran Company will
publish it.
Dorothy Canield's New Novel.
Since the publication Of her first
book, "The Squirrel Cage" Dorothy
Garfield has counted" among the
younger American novelists. The an
nouncement of a new novel from her
pen will therefore be Of interest to
large circle Of readers. "The Bent
Twig," which. like it's predecessor.
deals with American life and its prob
lens as lIty JOuIR khl,
will be issued BY Henry Holt G. Co.
early in October.
Robert Frost and Our Publishers.
In his article on Robert Frost in the
August Atlantic Monthly" Edward
Garnett says that he has found no
answer to the query why North OF
Boston" was first issued by an Eng
lish and not by an American publisher.
Reviewers generally have made much
Of the idea that an American poet
should first win recognition in Eng
land. Mr. Frost's American publishers.
the Messrs Holt. have Just received
letter from Mr. Frost with simple
explanation. He happened to be in
England when the idea came to him of
collecting his poetry manuscripts into
a volume. He did this. and with the
manuscript in his pocket went up to
London and left it with a publisher,
who promptly accepted it. North Of
Boston" was never regularly offered TO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
THE NURSES STORY.

THE NURSES STORY. In Which Reality Meets
Romancc By Adele Bleneau. illustrated by
N leone Bracker. l2mo.. %. 26O The Booo'-
Merrill Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
THE HARBOR

"A fine American novel IN The spirit %
the hour. ~. Y World
$40. THE MACMILLAN CO.. Pub. N. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
Odd Titles.

Mary Roberts Rinehart's story oddly
called az" is reviewed in another col
umn to-day. The "Of" in the title Of
Mr.. Maugham's first novel is also de-
cidedly an oddly. Dodd, Mead & Co.
announce for the end of tne month a
new story by Howard Vincent O'Brien,
the author of Anew Men for Old"
which is called Thirty; and from the
Century Company we are to have the
flexible autobiography" of an anony-
nous woman novelist, lsconically enti-
tied "Me." Such titles usually run IN
groups, for, behold, the Messrs. Putnam
have in press a volume Ct detective
stories by Anna Katharine Green, to
be called missing: Page Thirteen"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
Woman Suffrage Party.

W. a n.-liee.ag o Empire state Campaig
-niiiee ~ tu3 Tul Avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-06
Early Fall Announcements.


Among the books in preparation fot
fall publication by the Yale University
Press are "A Census OF Shakespeare
Folios," prepared by Henrietta Bartlett
and Alfred Pollard. of the British Mu-
scum; THE Covent Garden Journal"
by Henry Fielding" edited by Gerard
f. Jensen, Ph. D.; The New Infinite
and the Old Theology" by Professor
Cassius J. Kayser, of Columbia Uni
versity; THE Life and Times Of Ten
nyson," by the late Thomas R. Louns-
bury; Municipal Citizenship" by
George McAneny (the Dodge Lectures);
Leonardo da Vinci." by Professor 0s.
valid Siren, of the University of Stock
holm; and ex-President Tafts Page
lectures, Ethics in Service"
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21
LOCAL BOARD TO
BE ASKED TO AID

The committee appointed to repre-
sent the Valley Chamber of Com
merce at a recent meeting attended
by representative from many of the
valley towns, will probably appear be-
fore the county supervisors today,
when they will make a request for
aid in the construction Of the Cameron
road leading to the Laguna reserve.
Ray Edgar, likewise representing the
Valley Chamber of Commerce, will
confer with the San Diego board of
supervisors tonight and the outcome
Of both meetings will be important
factors in deciding how soon the Cam
eron road can be placed in a condition
which will permit easy travel to the
proposed summer site in the Laguna
reserve.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21
MONEY ON SCHOOL
BONDS is HERE

The $63,150 cash realization of the
recent bonds voted for the Ell Centre
school district arrived Saturday and
was placed with the county treasurer.
The bonds were bought by a New York
bond buying firm which offered bo-
nus of $3.50.
The contract for the school to E
erected on West Main street has not
yet been awarded. Technicalities
which confront the school board will
be threshed out Wednesday, when
District Attorney Nichols and attor
neys representing a bidder for the
contract determine the legality of the
bids.
1t is claimed that one of the bids
contains restrictions for which the
school board did not call.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21

Atlanta, June 21.-The police have
been warned to look out for big
party reported to be en- route to as
sault Governor Slater for committing
Franks sentence.
Atlanta, Ga, June 2l.-Leo Franks
sentence has been commuted and he
has been sent to Milledgeville state
farm, heavily guarded. He started
serving a life sentence this morning.
Mobs marched through the streets Of
Atlanta, demanding vengeance. They
wanted Frank hanged. Five noun
taineers from the home of Mary Pha-
gan were arrested at the city hall and
postoffice and the police reserves are
ready for eventualties. The crowds
muttered against Governor Slaton.
The governor remained at his country
home and avoided the city. A mob
of 300 has surrounded the capitol
The sheriff, in escorting Frank to
Milledgeville said the sentence had
been commuted "for the time being"
Frank is confident time will establish
his innocence. Frank had been SEN
fenced to hang Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21
MANY TREK TO COOL
SPOTS OVER SUNDAY

The recent warm spell drove many
Imperial Valley residents to the noun
tains over Sunday and Campo proved
to be the Mecca for which many of
them were bound. Reports from many
who spent Sunday there state that the
weather in the mountains is unusually
cool and invigorating.
Among those who spent yesterday
in the mountains were: Mr.. and Mrs.
C. L. Carr, Arthur Shepard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. O.
G. Horne, Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Simon,
Paul Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Sha-
fer, Mr.. and Mrs. F. f. Place, J. V.
Wachtel, Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Da-
Wis, Deputy Sheriff Jack Graham and
II. B. Plummer.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21

ers and money lenders to withhold
the financial support to which the
valley is accustomed. The attorney
for the irrigation district has long
, been attorney for the Southern Pa
cific Company, and his advice COIN
cides entirely with the Southern Pa.
cific Company's advice. The legal
guidance of the district is therefore
not independent of the interests of the
Southern Pacific.
Taking conditions as they exist, with
the whole trend of affairs toward de-
lay and litigation, and with no end in
sight for obstructive tactics, the Press
has taken the ground that the essen
tial thing to do is to begin negotia-
tions on a business basis to bring
about the best settlement possible.
starting on the accepted ground that
the Southern Pacific, Salt Works, Dun
can and irrigation district have COM
mon interest in an adjustment thai
will satisfy all parties.
This is opposed to the proposed
long legal fight that might save the
people a half million dollars after suf-
fering water shortage and general
chaos that would bring millions in
damages.
The position of the Press on this
question has been endorsed by res
olution passed by the Imr Valley
Bankers Association, and is supported
by the great body of citizens.
Finally, the plan of the Press is
simple in the extreme:
First-Secure a legal adviser whose
connections will not interfere with en-
tire independence of action in behalf
of the district, and
Second-Get away from the entan-
clements of litigation and take the
shortcut business path to the end
sought-the acquisition of the system,
which is no longer simply desired, but
which has now become imperative.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21
Body Of Slain Man
Found by Train Crew

An unidentified Mexican, who is
believed to be Abundio Jiminez, was
stabbed to death Saturday and his
body deposited in a depression beside
the Southern Pacific tracks, where it
was discovered Sunday morning by a
passing train crew. The CaleXico city
marshal was notified and in turn no
titled the sheriff's office. Deputy
Sheriffs Kemp and Cummings inves
tigated the crime and discovered the
point where the body of the slain
Mexican had been bundled from the
buggy and dragged by 2 men into the
ditch.
Officers were unable to determine
whether the crime had been commit
ted in MeXicali or CaleXico. Besides
a handkerchief, which was found in
the clothes of the murdered man, a
letter bearing the address "Abundio
Jiminez" was found. The letter was
written at Houston, Tex, and bore the
date line of April II.
Only one knife wound had been in
flicted and probably caused death in
stantly. The wound was apparently
effected while the dead Mexican faced
his assailant, the knife penetrating the
right breast in the vicinity of the
heart.
After the crime was committed the
body of the slain man was bundled in
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21
MAN HURT SATURDAY
STILL IN HOSPITAL

Frank Cunningham, Heber ranch
er, who was thrown, with his family,
from a buggy in runaway Saturday,
is reported as improved, although the
extent of his injury has not yet been
determined. The 6-year-old son, John,
who sustained painful scalp wound,
is reported to be slightly improved.
1t was announced this morning at
st. Thomas hospital that F. Fox, shot
some weeks ago while he was arrest
ing am apricot thief, would recover.
Slight complications have arisen, but
it is stated these would not prevent
his recovery.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21

William Sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific, and party, visited
the valley last week and were escort
ed around by w. F. Holt, and on
their return Mr.. Sproule talked with
an Examiner reporter, who wrote:
Imperial Valley should be, and un-
doubtedly will be, one of the principal
points of visit for the many tour
lists who come to California" said Will
liam Sproule, president of the South
ern Pacific Railroad, yesterday, while
in Los Angeles, having just returned
from a trip through the valley.
"There are few visitors to Southern
California" said he, "but who have
heard the story of the wonderful de-
velopment of the Imperial Valley and
of its big crops. Heretofore there has
been a certain drawback on account
of hotel accommodations.
"While in Ell Centre | stopped at
the new 'pre-cooled' hostelry of the
Imperial Valley. / was indeed agree
ably surprised to find a modern ho-
tel that would be a credit to any city
in the land. This hotel is pleasant
on the hottest day and it might be
well for some of the people who want
to find a nice cool spot during the
summer to go to the Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-06-21

Douglas, June 21.-Yaqui Indians
have defeated heavy detachments of
Maytorena troops in a pitched battle
at Jori and Potam, South Guaymas.
The Mexicans We're surrounded, but
fought their way out. They fled to
Nnpalme, carrying 7 wounded and 8
dead, and left behind 33, including
every officer, who are missing. and
1t is feared may be captured and mas
sacred by the Indians. The raiding
redskins attacked the towns and
burned 2 stores and a warehouse.
May Not Land.
San Diego, June 21.-It is reported
here Admiral Howard probably will
not land marines at Guaymas. The
Colorado arrived Sunday and reported
that Maytorena troops had battled In
dians at some distance north of the
American settlement. There have
been no reports of recent attacks ON
foreigners and there will be no land
ing except in case Of extreme emer-
gency. The steamer Glacier. carrying
automobiles and trench tools, is eX.
peeted to sail southwark today.