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Interior Cotton Market

Houston: Middling, Sc: receipts, 221s; shipments, 3S2s: sales, 21o2: stock, 44.ass
 Memphis: Middling, ss7c; receipts, 7e; shipments, S9s; sales. 700: stock, 71,517.
 Augusta Middling, S.63c; receipts, 56; shipments, 75; sales. 159: stock, 65 1l9
 St. Louis: Middling, S%c receipts. 1855; shipments 1S2; sales, 91 stock. 14,7S1.
 Cincinnati: Receipts 131; shipments, 1s1 :; stock. 15,154
 Little Rock; Middling, S.50c:; receipts, l; shipments 3, sales, g. stock, 1901.
 Dallas: Middling. s.60c; sales, 71s.
 Total today: Receipts, 26sS; shipments 6142 stock, 21S,S5S
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New Orleans Cotton Futures
New Orleans Cotton

New Orleans. August 13.-Spot cot ton steady, unchanged: sales on the spot. 610; to arrive. 800; good ordi- nary, 6.91c; strict good ordinary, 749c; low middling. Size; strict low mid ding, S.57c; middling. 8.94c; strict mid ding, 9.19c; good middling, 9.51c; strict good middling, 9.SSc; receipts, 237; stock, 129,S50.
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to those centers, the rates falling to low est quotations ever recorded since New Yoork began to occupy a plac eof impor- tance in the financial world.
 Demand Sterling, long the unit of all exchange. declined to 4.7oa4, break of 21h cents from the low price, of the previous day and checks on Paris were quoted at 5S9. loss of cents. Exchange on Italy and Germany also was depressed. but held relatively better than other continental rates, while Russian exchange. which few weeks ago sold at an abnormal dis count, strengthened visibly.
 nSo many conflicting elements enter into the existing exchange situation that it is difficult to advance any specific reason for the continued decline. It is clear, how ever. that American manufacturers of war supplies and sellers of foodstuffs are pressing claims for payment and that these are being met with depreciated for eign currency. It is believed that unless earnest steps are taken to remedy this condition. exchange rate will make further declines to the point where Amer ican manufacturers will demand payment in American dollars.
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covering. A prominent local refiner was an active buyer of September and seller of January and March. Switch ing operations comprised 15,000 barrels out of the days total of 2o,20O. Final prices were to 10 points net higher. Spot, 5.s0@6.00c; August. 5S0@5 soc; September, 5.7s@5.s0c; October, 5.S2@ fS5c; November, 5s1 01 5S5c; December, 5S5 @ 5S7c; January, 5.93@595c; Febru- ary, 5.9s 602c; March, 6.O8@6.10c.
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Flour and Feedstuffs
(Wholesale Quotations.)

NV Hoienoic >$eotae'ohsJ
 Self-rising flour. S640; Tennessee four $500; Michigan flour, s710; Idaho flour, $500; Indiana flour, s6.2o: hard winter wheat flour. S640; shorts. sSs; pure wheat brand. sas; C. $. meal. 7ls per cent, s2s; Cremo meal, $26; .. s. hulls. s1o ton: No. l timothy hay. s25 per ton, pea green al- fslfa: western. s22, and southern alfalfa. s19; mixed feeds. per ton. 1855; oats. per No. white, bushel, CSC; Texas oats, 6Sc: corn, per bushel. s10S; cornmeal. sl.95; per two-bushel sack; chops, H.95.
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Metal Market

New York. August 1S.--Copper unset tied; electrolytic, $17.50@1s.00. spelter firm and unchanged. Metal exchange quotes tin steady. $34250s4.75. At Lon don spot copper fS7; futures. fss 5s; electrolytic, fs1 los; spot tin, f149 los Futures. f151 15s. Antimony, f125. Iron firm and unchanged. The Metal ex- change quotes lead offered. $450. Spell ter not quoted. At London, lead, f20 15s Spelter, f63
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Liyernnnl Cntton

Liverpool, August 13.-Cotton. spot. easier; good mddling. 573d: middling, 5.4Sd; low middling, 4.97d; sales, 1000; Tor speculation and export, 800: re- ceipts, none futures quiet; August. 5.27d; September. 527d: Sep tember- October, 5.2.d October Novem- Der. 5.361Ad; November December, 5.42d: December-January. 5.461sd: Jan uary-February, 5.51d: February March, 5.55d; March April. 5.591hd: Apri1-May, 5.63d; May-June, 5.s6lsd. June July, 5.69kd: July-August, 6.72hd
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of confidence in ultimate values. and southern preparations to market slowly. combined with the absence of spot pres sure, have helped to cheek selling on tho better average of weather and crop news.
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1sc; graded, car
Meats
(Packers' Selling Prtcel

Hackers Selling Price) Extra Ribs-101xc. Bellies-11c. Butts-16c. Pork Loins-16l17c. Neck Bones-4c. Breakfast Bacon-1SG24c. Spare Ribs-9c. Regular Hams-165kc. Skinned Hams-16c. Pure Lard-s%c compound. TAG.
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Sugar Market

New York, August 13.-Raw sugar firm; centrifugal. 4.ss@4s5c; molases, 4.12@ 4.1Sc; refined steady. Sugar futures broke 10 to 13 points early today under active and vigorous liquidation, which uncovered stop-loss orders The closing was easy 16 to 22 points lower. Sales, s550 tons. September. 360c; December, S.34c; March, 3.05c; May 3.O7c.
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Naval Stores

Savannah, August 13.-Turpentine firm, 3Sc; sales. 369; receipts, 5S7; shipments s0O2; stock, 16.S4s Rosin firm; sales, 109o: receipts. 22e5; shipments. 1945; stock, e1 .5Os Quote: A. B, $2.S0; c, D. Sa5; g, F. ss.l0; G, s3.2Od3.25; II, s3. 2Oa3. 80; I, 8. 30; K. $S.35@3.45; M, A.10; N s4.s5; WIG. $5.55 wv, $5.70
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LOCAL QUOTATIONS
Poultry and Eggs

tCommission merchants price) Hens-12c. Fryers--1sG2oc. Broilers-lsI17c. Guineas--30c. Roosters-25c. Fresh country eggs, 1sc; graded. car ton eggs 2lc.
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The Age-Herald Motion Picture
 Campaign
The Territory of the Cam paign is Divided as
 Follows.

Follows: Into five districts, three city and two in the counties adjoining. District No. All of the city of Bir- mingham, from 22d St., East. District No. 2--All of the city of Bir- mingham, between 22d St., and Sth St.
 District No. 3LAll of the city of Bir- mingham, from 8th St., West. District No. All of the adjoining counties or parts, thereof East of the l.. X N. Railway. (Main Lne.) District No. 5-All of the adjoining counties or parts, thereof, West of the L. X N. Railway. (Main Line.) NOTE DIAGRAM BELOW "
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Fruits and Produce

IT uICS AIIU + TOUuCC
 Wholesalers Selling Price) Lemons-s2. 50GS. $50. Oranges-s4 5Oq5. Limes-75c@S1 per l0). Peaches-S1. .00d1.50. New Apples-slG1. 25 per hamper. Maiden Blush apples in barrels, A.50. Peanuts-51s@611c per lb. Home Grown Tomatoes-3O@4oc basket. Irish Potatoes-75c per bu. Virginia Potatoes-Cobblers in n-peck g.
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Sugar

Granulated sugar, ss.25 per cwt. f. O. b.. Birmingham.
 Choice Rice-s550 per cwt. Fancy Rice-$6.00 per cwt
 Extra Fancy-s6.5 50 per cwt
 Grits-$2.25 per 96-lb bag. Sugar Is being sold by Birmingham reailers at from 12 to 15 pounds for s1
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Worlds Visible Supply
Dry Goods Market

New York. August 13.-Cotton goods We're in slightly better demand today and yarns were steady. Wool markets were firm Taffeta silks sold more freely. Burlaps were irregular.
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Hester's Weekly Cotton Statement

close of corresponding weeks:
 In sight for week. 52000; same seven days last year, 11,0O0; same seven days year before, 50,o00; for the month, 9s,O0o; same date last year, 1000; same date year before, S1 GOO; for season s6,0O0; same date last year. 11,000; same date year be- fore, s1 900.
 date last year. 12000; same date year be- fore last. 5000. Overland to mills and Canada for season, 5000; same date last year, D0O; same date year before, 400O Southern mill takings for season, 75.OO0; same date last ye.ir. 5000; same date year before, 62.000 Interior stocks under August l. 26.000; last year, 5000; year be- fore, S,0o0. Foreign exports for week, 46,OOO; same seven days last year. 5000; for season, 65,0O0; same date last year, 5000. Northern spinners' takings and Cam ada for week. 1l.000: for season, 1000: same date last year. 5000.
 Spinners' Takings
 This week. "761 900; same seven days Ia st year. g,000; same seven days year before. 165.0O0. Total since August 1, 4a2, 900; same date last year, 135,000: same date year be- fore. 356.000.
 Worlds Visible Supply
 Total visible this week. 4264,613; last week, 4551 1880; same date last year, 3.01e.- 670. Of this the total American this week. 2,946,170: last week, 3155, ,304; last year. 1.555, $40; year before. 1,O4s.570 All other kinds this week, 1,3lS,4 AS; last week, 1,S96,- 676; last year, 1,464000; year before, 1,147.- GOO. Visible in the United States this week. l,125,000; this date last year, 337,OO0. visi- ble in other countries this week, 3,140, 600; this date last year, 2.6S3,000 sIncludes revision.
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Rice Market

New Orleans, August 13-The tone of clean rice was steady and rough rice irregular today. Receipts: Rough, 1358 sacks. Sales: Rough Honduras, S53 sacks at 2.S0@3.S0c: clean Honduras 1b47 pockets. old. at 15-16@4kc; 800 pockets, new, at s@4xc. Quotations: Rough Honduras. 2.s0@3soc; others un- changed
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Cotton Seed O;l

New York. August 13.-Cotton seed oil was higher on light crude offer- inss. the drmnsss in lard and short
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Fish

Wholesalers Selling Price) Perch-S1fc. Salt Water Trout-110L2lsc. Blue Catfish-7lkc. Red Snapper-9Q10c. Gray Snapper-hc. Mullet--5h0sc. Shrimp-l0c. Spanish Mackerel-121sQ1sc. Sheephead-S6S1kc.
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English Money

London. August Bar silver, 23d per ounce. Money 3@4 per cent. Discount rates: Short bills. 4s.d747s per cent; three months, 47s per cent
 New York. August 13.-Heavy selling of bills of exchange in London and Paris caused another break today in remittances
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Coffee Market

New York, August l3.-The market for coffee futures openei steaGy at un- changed prices to an advance of points on some scattered overnight buying or ders which were evidently attracted by yesterdays bullish reports from Brazil. but met a good deai of realizing and prices eased off several points from the best during the middle of the day. The decline was checked by private cables reporting a good dsmand and higher prices in Santos however. and buying or ders in the hands of one of the promi- nent local brokers who purchased about 25,000 bags of December. caused sight ral- lies. The close was points lower to : point net higher. Sales, 60600. August. t.30c; September, 6.55c; October, ease; November 642c; December, 45c; Jan uary, 6.5oc: February, c55c; March, 65sc; April, 6.64c; May. .sSc, June. 673c; July, 6.7Sc.
 Spot steady Rio Is, 7c; Santos As, 9ssc. Cost and freight offers were high CT for Santos with As qroted around s.75Q SS0c, while few if any offers were re- ceived for Rio.
 Official advices reported no change in milreis prices. Exports at the two ports were 60000; Jundiahy receipts, 41,000.
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Creamery Products

tWholesalels' Selling Price Creamery Butter-29hc process butter, H1ac: oleomargarine, 14@23c. Full Cream Cheese-16c: imported Swiss. Soc; Pimento. dozen, s1.s5.
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Live Stock


 Chicago, August 13.-Hogs: Receipts, 1s.0oo; weak Bulk, s6.55@7.25; light, $705m7SO; mixed, $6.40@770; heavy, sC.2o@7.25 rough. $6.20@6.S5 pigs, $I.00MS.00.
 Cattle: Receipts, 1000; steady. Native beef cattle, s6.10@10.2b, cows and heif- CTS $3.1O@9.10; calves. sS.00@11.75.
 Sheep: Receipts. 1000: sheep weak; lambs strong. Sheep, $5.90@6.eb lambs, s6.75 @S.95.
 Kansas City, August 13.-Hogs: Re- ceipts, $500; steady. Bulk. $7.00@ 7.4o; heovy, s6.90Q7.15; packers and butchers. s715@7.45; light. $725 e 750; pigs. $6.T5 @710.
 Cattle: Receipts. TOO; strong. Prime fed steers. $a50@995; dressed beef steers. $s.00@9.5O; southern steers. S6.00 d0S6o; cows. $4.50@7 7.5O; heifers, $6.75 @9.70; stockers, $6250S.25.
 Sheep: Receipts. 500 steady. Lambs, $S.25 @S.70; yearlings, $6.7561 1.2b :; wethers. $6.5o@7.00; ewes, $500 @6.75.
 St. Louis, August 13.-Hogs: Receipts. 3ao0; lower. Pigs and lights. S7.55 c 1855; mixed and butchers. $7.56@7.S5, good heavy. $6.soQ7.35.
 Cattle: Receipts. 5000; steady. Native beef steers, S7.50 @ 1915; yearling steers and heifers. Ss.50@s.S5; cows, $600@ 500; stockers. $e.O0@S.25; Texas and Indian steers $5.26@s.s5; cows and heifers. $4.o0@s.5o; native calves. s6.oO @11.00.
 Sheep: Receipts. 1900; steady. Lambs. sS.oo@s.s5; sheep and ewes, s5.5oG 7.25.
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-08-13
One Hundred Feet In Center OF Stone
And Steel Structure Falls On N.
p. Train Below
rom THURSDAYS Daily.

Two spans of the Third street
bridge at ST. Paul fell about $50 this
morning. crashing down upon a
Northern Pacific freight train and
probably fatally injuring the engineer.
MiCheal s. RitChie The accident was
caused by the derailment of the en-
CINE. which ran into a pier of the
bridge, knocking that out of place.
and letting the two spans down. The
engine was demolished, and the en-
gineer was buried beneath the wreck
The engine lever ran through his left
lrm. holding him helpless prisoner,
and he was frigEt.ully scalded by the
escaping steam After the debris had
been cleared OF the engine, II was
necessary to saw or the lever In or
der to get him out of the wrecked
"ab, and he was taken TO local hos
D!tal. with a portion of the lever still
sticking through his arm. II is be-
lieved that the man will die. Richie
is thirty-three years old. He lives
at 344 East Cook street. st. Paul and
has wife and four months old baby.
Happily no one was on either OF
the two wrecked SPINS at the time OF
the accident. Engineer Richie was
the only victim Of the catastrophe,
no one else being hurt.
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there for several years. This man
owns what might be called a pretty
good farm I'm that state. The Ger
man said that whenever ne managed
1 TO get back the money he had invest
ed I'm Oklahoma, he would move win
his family back to Ohio. His father
and mother live in that state ana
have expressed a desire TO come TO
Oklahoma to visit him. but he al
ways puts them off, for he does not
wish them to see the conditions OF
living for farmers in Oklahoma.
Mr.. Hanson has been gone about
five weeks. He made his trip south
from Mankato by way of Omaha.
Kansas City and wichita to northern
Oklahoma. On coming back he went
| a little farther west
He says that a week ago I'm north =
ern Oklahoma he saw the most tor
rental downpour Of rain that his
eyes ever beheld with just one ex-
ception and that was a rain in the
West India islands. But this rain of
a week ago was absolutely binding.
He was out I'm IL. He says there
was n downpour for two and a half
hours. This, together with some rain
that fell during the following night,
was claimed TO amount to a precipi-
tation OF four to five inches for the
twenty-four hours.
Where he visited in Oklahoma. he
said, the people did not dare to drink
the water from the streams and
/ springs of the earth. II was very
unwholesome and would make a
stranger sick. The people for the
most part drank cistern water. He
remarked that many of the Oklaho-
ma farmers who had expected big
crops this year got only four to five
bushels OF wheat to the acre, though
ii was true that in some favored To-
cations the wheat went as high as
twenty-five bushels to the acre.
On coming back from Oklahoma
he declared that II took him two and
n half days to travel as far as Lincoln
Neb. so many were the washouts
along the railroad He says that IN
Kansas and Nebraska and also In
1 parts OF Missouri the farmers had
been most unfortunately drowned
out. From the car windows he could
see many farm houses standing q
little higher than the rest of the
farms, which were largely under
water. He could sec fields where
shocks of grain stuck up about hal
way out of ponds OF water. Thus Il
was on hundreds and hundreds Of
farms. About the worst OF all was
southern Kansas, where he saw
thousands OF acres of ruined wheat.
| In Iowa he found conditions In
general about as good as in Min.
ncsOta. He thought after his south
ern trip. that Minnesota was {
pretty good state. But one thing b,
is sure OF. and that is that he vii
not locate in Oklahoma. lie says Il,
must see the west. before he decide
where to make his rural home
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Found Several States Through Which
Ne Passed Were Flooded; Minnesota
l.. Looks Good TO Him

Oklahoma has no charms for Hans
A. Hanson. nephew of Hans Lund OF
North Mankato. The young man has
just returned from q trip to the south
I'm quest OF location for a farm
home for himself. He came to this
country from his native land, Den
mark, nearly year ago, and during
that time has made his home at the
dwelling OF Mr.. Lund.
Mr.. Hanson declares that there Is
nothing certain about the crops In
Oklahoma. Last year there was a
good harvest, but during the four dry
years before that very little was
raised. according to the information
he received on his visit. This year
IL was expected that there would be
the biggest yield In the history OF
that state, but this year the crop is
beaten down and drowned out.
Mr.. Hanson says while in Okla
homa he met German who had been
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That Cause Heavens to vibrate, and
The Rain TO Descend, Causing
Loss of Life.
srom Thursoas's Daily.

-rom Thursoas's Daily.
An Eagle Lake correspondent would
shut out sound waves from the seat
Of war. He says:
Your correspondent notices the ar
ticle in The Free Press of the End
inst. relative to the werld war being
the cause OF so much rain fall i'm this
country of ours, and IL this profes-
sional man of science Is correct why
don't President Wilson enter his pro-
test against the European nations for
allowing their sound waves to come
to our shores, causing the very heav-
ems to vibrate. and breaking up our
beautiful elements, thus causing the
rains to descend, and the thunder to
roll, the lightning to flash. and the
rivers to overflow their banks and
floods to descend and wash
away our towns and cities. with
the great loss of life; and make our
fields so soft that some cannot enter
the fields OF ripening grain now crink
ling down by being overripe, so we
cannot cut the fields of grain with
modern improved machinery. but have
to resort TO the old fashioned way
that our fathers did, namely, the
sickle and armstrong cradle. II this Is
to continue much longer and the presi-
dent cannot stop the sound waves By
diplomatic correspondence, then let
the people OF the United States petit
tion-<by their votes. and secure the
biggest cannon in the world, which is
lying In the middle of the Danville
hnnla N N IF Cnfannn THE
cannon has been heard for his much
speaking all around the world. and Is
to be located in the capitol building
for the next two years. only drop
this as suggestion"
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operation and maintenance features.
/ have an office and two clerks, and
a working force of from forty to $50
men. About twenty five of these are
on a monthly salary of from $50 to
Sl25. Laborers $2.25 per day and
foremen 50 so to 81. so. receive
$4,000 per year and expenses. am
furnished with an automobile, as do
from $4,000 to 10000 miles OF travel
during the year. also a driving team
as there are times when a machine
cannot be used.
Forrest. the oldest boy, has a sim
liar position to mine on the same prof.
ect and receives a salary of $3.50
per year. Clare, the second oldest. is
in the railway mail service at SAL
airy of $3.50.
They are both married. We have
six children, two born here. Four
boys and two girls. Forrest took a
university course and is an engineer,
which is OF great value TO him in IIs
work
Good steady young men who prove
themselves efficient have a very good
chance to advance i'm this line OF
work. II is very strenuous and has
some disagreeable features the same
! as in any public work.
had my first vacation a year age
taking a trip to the coast which en-
joyed very much. II is very difficult
for me to get away as there is al
ways a great deal to do throughout
the year.
Jack Walker and his family. also
Mrs. Small have just gone to CalifOr-
mia; they will stay year likely.
| go to Boise often and see ]. A
Ewing who is in the grocery bust
ness. He likes it here very well; h,
has some property interests at Port
I land.
have done very we'll since comm,
here, have n well improved $50 acr,
farm. stocked with horses and COWS
This | rent. ! also have other inter
ests.
II you or any of the Eagle Lake peo
pie come this way we would be pleased
to have you stop and will show SOM
of ldaho's resources and what the ap
plicatiOn OF water does for the west
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Two unidentified men thought by
the police to be the authors of Black
Hand letters received By Mrs. Flor
ence Gates Judd made another at
tempt Tuesday night to communicate
with her. the Minneapolis police an
nounced yesterday.
At $3.50 D. m. a man presented
himself at the home of o. +. Maggie
a banker, 1921 West Franklin ave-
nue.. ard demanded to see Mrs. Judd
When told she did not live there the
man tried TO force his way into the
place. After a short struggle with
the would-be intruder. Miss Frances
Kemper. maid succeeded in shutting
the door in his face.
Before attempting to force an en-
trance the man handed the maid a
card which read: will you please
give us an interview regarding more
CT the matter"
Mr.. Maggie was not at home. but
his wife notified the police at the
Fifth precinct station. who responded
and searched the premises. As they
were walking through some shrub
berry in the rear of the house two
men jumped from behind small
bush and fed. Shots fired over THEN
heads by the police failed TO hal
, them.
The police are at a loss to know
why the men should have selected
this house i'm search for Mrs. Judd
A Black Hand letter demanding tina
$4,000 be left at "a Spruce place wal
! received by Mrs. Judd more than ;
week ago. While detectives watched
in ambush the money was deposited
as directed. but no one appeared
Another letter demanding $1,000 wal
sent to 7. b. Walker Friday. TIL,
money was to be left. according Il
the demand. at 90 Groveland terrace
The man appeared at the rear doo
OF the Maggie house Tuesday night
81 want to see Mrs. Judd" he de
clared as the maid answered his sum
mons.
The man was OF medium height ant
well dressed. according to Mis-
Kemper She said she believes h
wore a false beard.
Although the police are inclined {,
treat the Black Hand letters as tn
work Of a crank. thorough investi
cation will be made in an effort 4
catch the man or men who have beei
sending them.