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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
FIRE LOSSES S221 900, 900
Exceeded Only Twice and This Time
Well Distributed

New York, May 2S.-Fire losses in
the United States last year totaled
1921 100000, a sum exceeded only
twice-ip 1904 and 1906-in the his
tory of the country, according to re-
ports submitted yesterday to the Ma
tiona Board of Fire Underwriters, in
convention here. The losses, however,
were well distributed throughout the
country, the report showed, there be-
ing no single conhagration.
William NJ. Krcmer, president of the
board, presented statistics purporting
to show that the fire insurance business
in 1914 resulted in an underwriting
loss to the companies of 4.21 per cent
The total of premiums paid 191 leading
companies during the year was $3S3,-
$4,000, he said
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times in my short career, but for the
life of me cannot understand what at
traction it possesses that could induce
people to go there for luncheon and
then spend a whole afternoon lollinc
about the place. But that seems to
have been precisely what the countess
and his lordship did on the day of nv
arrival at the Homestead. The "other
chap Skelly, came riding home alone
at o'clock. She did not return until
nearly G. BY that time was in state
OF suppressed fury that almost drove
me to the railway station with single
and you might say childish object in
view.
l had a pleasant visit with Mrs.
Titus. who seemed overjoyed to see me.
In fact, 1 had luncheon with her. Mr..
Titus. 1t appeared, never ate luncheon.
He had dread of typhoid, believe,
and as he already possessed gout and
insomnia and an intermittent tendency
to pain in his abdomen and couldn't
drink anything alcoholic or eat any
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
BOY LOSES THREE FINGERS
Explosion of Dynamite Cap in School
room Mains Nine-year-old Lad

Wilkes Barre, Pa, May 2S.-Robert
Walters, aged 8 years, carried dyna-
mite cap which playmate gave him to
school and when he pricked it few
times with pin, an explosion occurred
which blew off three of his fingers and
created a panic in the schoolroom of
Miss Eleanor Brown over which the
teacher had no control. The boy is
now in a hospital and the police have
started an investigation as it has been
discovered that school children have
been stealing dynamite caps from
paving company and taking them into
the school rooms.
The Walters hoy says he did not
know what the cap was when it was
given him.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
BILLY'S BED GOES FOR So
And Paterson Tabernacle Fetches
$1,000 Under Hammer

Paterson, n. j., May 2S.-Abe CO.
hen. the city most popular auctioneer.
stood on Billy Sunday s platform yes
terday afternoon and knocked down the
''Glory Tabernacle to the highest
bidder, the Dillison Lumber Company,
of this city. Six hundred bidders and
curious folk, half of them women, were
in the front of the choir loft and
benches. The structure brought
$4,000.
The chief excitement came when the
bed on which Billy Sunday had slept
was offered. At least dozen persons
forced the price by dimes and quarters
up to SIS, which was finally paid by
G. H. MAY.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
CHURCH LAUDS WILSON WAY
State Congregational Body Approves
His Peace Policy

Ebensburg, Pa, May 2S.-The Penn
sylvania Conference of the Congrega-
tional church closed it's annual meet
ing yesterday after adopting resolutions
endorsing the peace policy of Presi-
dent Wilson and expressing sympathy
with the Women S Suffrage movement
IN the State.
The Rev. David Howells, of Kane,
was elected moderator; the Rev. C. El.
dred Shelton, of Scranton, vice mod
orator, and B. f. Jarvis, Ebensburg,
treasurer. The 1916 convention will be
held in Glen Elk, Delaware county.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
NEWSPAPERMAN TO WED
Associate Editor of Pottsville "Repub
Gcan' Announces Engagement

Pottsville, Pa, May 2S.-Joseph
Henry Zerbey, Jr., associate editor of
the Pottsville Republican, yesterday
announced his engagement to Miss Mar
tina Ridway Bannan, of Philadelphia.
The ceremony will take place at
Cloud Home, on the summit of Sharp
Mountain, Pottsville, June 8.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
Win Highest College Honors

State College, Pa, May 2S.-The
highest scholastic honors bestowed upon
seniors at State College were yesterday
awarded to Harvey T. Hill, of Sandy
Lake, Mercer county; II. S. Smith, of
Waynesburg, and George V. Luerssen,
of Reading. Hill was voted the John
w. White fellowship, carrying $4O0,
to assist paying for a years graduate
study at the institution of his selection.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
WAVES FRAUD HEARING
Wilmingtonian to Go Before Federal
Court for Trial

Pittsburgh, May 2S.-Thomas S.
Downey, who was brought here from
Wilmington, Del, in connection with
alleged frauds practiced by the United
States Steel Railway Tie Company, of
which he was vice president, waived a
hearing before the United States Com
missioner here yesterday and was held
for Court in $4,000 bail.
1t is alleged that Downey, R. L. l..
MaXey and Dorothy NJ. Cherrington or
ganized loan company and defrauded
customers through the mails.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
NOT TOO DEAD TO RETURN
Man Reported to Have Frozen Two
Years Ago Turns Up

Stroudsburg, Pa, May 2S.-John
Baton, former resident, who left
Stroudsburg about two years ago for
parts unknown, returned yesterday to
astonish his friends, who have been
mourning him as dead.
Last winter man identified as Bat
ton was found dead on a snow bank
at Shamokin. The means of dentifi-
cation was pocketbook bearing his
name which he now remembers having
lost some time ago.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
FALL OF ROCK KILLS MINER
Victor Zoln, Married Last Saturday,
Loses Life in Accident

Wilkes Barre, Pa, May 2S.-Victor
Ioln was instantly killed by fall of
rock in the No. 6 tunnel of the Sus-
quehanna Coal Company at Glen Lyon
yesterday.
Zoln and Miss Lottie Zabow were
married last Saturday. and soon after
their wedding departed on short
honeymoon. They returned Wednesday,
and Zoln reported for work as miner
yesterday. He had been in his cham
Der only few minutes when tons of
coal and rock broke loose from the
roof
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
Auto Skids, Four Injured

Mahanoy City, Pa, May 2S.-Skid-
ding into an abutment of the Reading
Railway here Wednesday night, an au-
tomobile containing John Haffner p.
j. German, John Downey and Thomas
Gill, all of Shenandoah, was wrecked
and all the occupants hurt. Two were
taken to a hospital.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
TAFT AT ALTOONA
Guest of Bar Association at Banquet
After His Lecture

Altoona, Pa, May 2S.-Ex-P President
Taft approved the fight of the railroads
to repeal the full crew laws in his lee
ture on Signs of the Times here last
night. Safety of train operation, he
thought, could be left in the hands of
the public service commissions.
After the lecture he was the guest of
honor at banquet of the Blair County
Bar Association.
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To Be Continued
"SoN BILL" PATHETIC SUICIDE
Leaves Note for Mother and Takes
Dose of Strychnine

Reading, Pa, May 2S.-Leaving a
pathetic note for his mother, Mrs. D.
f. Homan, William Homan, "a, was
found dying of strychnine poison along
a railroad bridge over the Schuylkill
river, north of this city. Death fol-
lowed his removal to a hospital.
The note, signed "Son Bill, - told Of
heart pains" too severe for life to be
worth living. He had been ill for some
time.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
Shortest Will Recorded

Stroudsburg, Pa, May 2S.-The
will ever recorded in this coun-
ty was probated yesterday, and reads
as follows: 81, Amos S. johnson, leave
everything that | own at the time of my
death to my wife, Elizabeth Johnson"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
Woman, Aged 90. Lost on Mountain

Shamokin, Pa, May 2S.-While Au-
gust Yanshefka was driving his wife
and his mother from Augustavile to
church here yesterday, the latter dis
appeared on top of mountain after
they stopped for the horses to rest.
Nothing was seen of her since. She is
80 years old. 1t is feared she per
ished.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-05-28
Slack Trade Closes Mines a Week

Tamaqua, Pa, May 2S.-The Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company an
nounced yesterday that all its Panther
Creek Valley collieries will suspend Sat
urday, May 20, until June Z, on ac-
count of slack conditions of the coal
trade.
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The Rev. Henry L. Weiss Dies

Quakertown, Pa, May 2S-The
Rey. Henry l.. Weiss, missionary in
Chile for eighteen years, on furlough,
visiting relatives here, died suddenly
at Nyack, n. Y, where he was attend
ing the Christian Alliance conference.
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Cumberland Valley Railroad
In Effect May "a. 1914

Trains Leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and MartinsburK. -
sos, 800 a. m. '3.4O p. N.
For Hagerstown. Chambersburg and
iniermeuIate stations. at 1903. Use
.l.a3 u. a.. '5.4V. 5.3:. 'i.to. ll.o6
D. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle ana
Mechanicsburg at 9.4s - NJ. 21s. s.sLs
$50, $40 D. m.
For Dlisburg ut sos. .7.5o and 'll.sa
d. m., 2.1S. s3.40. Bag. $40 D. m
sDaily. ALI other trains daily exceps
Sunday. J H. TON0E.
II. A. RIDDLE. @. +. Il supL
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CHAPTER XVII.
Lhe Proposes.

A S a rule, the poorer the player
A the louder his execrations Jas.
A VA per Titus was one of the worst
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. April l.
Citation for Hearing on Final Account
and for Distribution.

Estate of Oliver W. Jones other
wise known as DR.. O. W. Jones.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate court.
In the matter of the estate of
Oliver W. Jones. otherwise known as
DR.. o. W. Jones, decedent:
The State of Minnesota, to the
next of kin and all persons inter-
ested in the final account and distri-
button OF the estate of said decedent
The representative of the above
named decedent, having fled in this
court his final account of the ad-
ministration Of the estate of said de-
cedent, together with his petition
praying for the adjustment and al
lowance of said final account and for
distribution Of the residue of said
estate to the persons thereunto en-
titled:
Therefore, you, and each of you.
are hereby cited and required to
show cause if any you have, before
this court at the probate court rooms
in the court house, in the village of
Princeton in the county of Mile
Laos, state of Minnesota, on the 26th
day of April, 1915, at 10 o'clock a.
ID. why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, the Judge of said court,
and the seal of asid court, this 29th
day of March. 1915.
VIM. V. Sanford,
Court SeaD Probate Judge.
E. L. Mcmillan, ESQ.,,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. April 1-3t
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
Within Three nonths, and for
Hearing Thereon.

Etate of Sidney Jesmer.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of
Sidney Jesmer, decedent.
Letters testamentary this day hav-
ing been granted to Lisle Jesmer,
and it appearing by the affidavit of
said representative that there are no
debts Of said decedent;
1t is ordered, that the time within
which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court, be,
and the same hereby is limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof: and that Monday, the 28th
day Of June, 1915, at 10 o'clock a.
NJ, in the probate court rooms at
the court house at Princeton in said
county, be, and the same hereby is,
fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the ex-
animation, adjustment and allow
ance of such claims as shall be pre-
sented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the
Princeton Union as provided by law.
Dated March 25th, 1915.
VIM. V. Sanford,
Court SeaD Judge of Probate.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. April 1--3t
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Probate of Will.

Estate of Philip Kolegraf. Decedent.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
IN the matter of the etsate of
Philip Kolegraff, decedent.
The State of Minnesota, to George
p: Kolegraff, Edward K. Kolegraff,
William Kolegraff, Mary Summers,
Lucy GrUnWald, and all persons in
terested in the allowance and pro-
baGe OF the will of said decedent:
The petition of George E. Kole-
graf being duly filed in this court,
representing that Philip Kolegraf,
then resident of the county of Mile
Laos, state Of Minnesota. died on
the TIN day of January, 1915, leaving
last will and tesa tment which is pre-
sented to this court with said petit
tlon, and praying that said instru-
ment be allowed as the last will and
testament Of said decedent, and that
letters teStamentry be issued thereon
to George E. Kolegraff;
NOW therefore. you, and each of
you, are hereby cited and required
to show cause, if any you have, be-
fore this court, at the Probate Court
rooms IN the court house, in the
vA1oSo VI Il1uCeGO11, county OF M1lle
Laos, State of Minnesota, on the
10th day of May, 1915, at 10 o'clock
a: NJ, Why the prayer of said petit
tion should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable, VIM. V.
Sanford, judge of said court, and the
seal of SAID court, this 26th day of
March, 1915.
VIM. '. Sanford,
Court SeaD Judge.
W. n. Davidson,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Luverne, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
FREER.

Miss Bertha Hursl arrived Friday
evening for a short visit with her
uncle, Mr.. Skaaland, returning to
Minneapolis Monday.
Mesdames Olson, jacobson and O..
q. johnson surprised Mrs. Ludwig
johnson Saturday afternoon by walk
ing in unannounced and wishing her
a happy birthday.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. O.. Olson and Carl
and Minnie Teutz spent Saturday
evening at the Erstad home.
Ben Skaaland is visiting his
brother at Hills.
John Thompson was busy hauling
wood from Rienords the early part
of the week.
Mrs. Erstad returned home Thurs
day evening after few days stay in
the city. She was accompanied. by
her daughter, Hildegarde, who came
up to spend her Easter vacation.
Miss Florence Stark departed for
Minneapolis on Monday, having spent
the past week at her home.
Miss Karen Uglem is home from
Green lake to spend her Easter holi-
days.
Both Agnes and Edward Anderson
are i'll with bad form of diphtheria.
Agnes is practically out of danger at
the present writing, but her broth
er's condition is still quite serious.
Mrs. +. B. Jones, who has been
very i'll for the last three weeks, is
slowly recovering.
Miss Mabel Jacobson spent the
week end with her parents.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. April 8-3t
Order for Hearing on Petition to Con.
vey Lands on Contract

State of Minnesota, County Of Mile
Lacs.-ss. In Probate Court. Spe-
cial Term, April 3, 1915.
In the matter of the estate of
Louis Hoppe, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition
of Florentina Nagel claiming to be
entitled to a conveyance of certain
real estate from the administrator
of said estate, setting forth that
Louis Hoppe, deceased, was bound
by contract in writing to convey
said real estate to the said Floren-
tina Nagel upon the terms and con-
ditions therein stated, with a de-
scription of the land to be conveyed,
and the facts upon which such claim
to conveyance is predicated, and
praying that the probate court
make a decree authorizing and
directing the said administrator to
convey said real estate to said petit
tiOner as the person entitled thereto.
It is therefore ordered, that all
persons interested in said estate mag
appear before this court, at a special
term thereof to be held on Monday,
the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1915, at
10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at the
probate office in the court house in
the village .of Princeton in said
county, and oppose said petition.
And it is further ordered, that this
order shall be published once in each
week for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing in the
Princeton Union, a weekly news
paper printed and published at
Princeton in said county.
Dated at Princeton the 3rd day of
April, A. D. 1915.
By the Court,
VIM. Y. Sanford.
Court SeaD Judge of Probate.
E. L. Mcmillan, ESQ.,,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, Mimi.
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First Pub. April SIT
Notice of Tax Judgment Sale.

Pursuant to real estate tax judy
ment of the district court, in the
county of Mile Laos, state of Mime
sofa: entered the 18th day of March.
1915, in proceedings for enforcing
payment of taxes and penalties upon
real estate in the county of Mile
Laos remaining delinquent on the
first Monday in January, 1915, and
of the statutes in such cases made
and provided shall on the 10th day
of May, (being the second Monday
A. y. 1915, at ten O'Clock in the
forenoon at my Office in the court
house in the village of Princeton and
county of Mile Laos, sell the lands
which are charged with taxes, penal
ties and costs in said Judgment and
on which taxes shall not have been
previously paid.
Dated at Princeton, Minnesota,
this lst day of April, A. D. 1915.
W. G.. DOANE.
Auditor; Mile Laos County, Min
nesota.
(Oficial SeaD
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. Apr. 8-3t
Citation for Hearing of Petition for
Probate of Will
Estate Of Mark A. Newman,

Estate Of Mark A. Newman.
State of Minnesota, County of
Mile Laos. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of
Mark A. Newman, decedent.
The State of Minnesota to the next
OF kin and all persons interested in
the allowance and probate of the will
of said decedent:
The petition of Ida A. Newman be-
ing duly filed in this court, represent
ing that Mark A. Newman, then a
resident of the county of Mile Laos,
state of Minnesota, died on the 9th
day of March, 1915, leaving last will
and testament which is presented to
this court with said petition. and
praying that said instrument be al
lowed as the last will and testament
of said decedent, and that letters
testamentary be issued thereon to
Ida A. Newman.
Now, therefore. you, and each of
you, are hereby cited and required
to show cause. if any you have, be-
fore this court, at the probate court
rooms in the court house, in the vii
lage Of Princeton, county of Mile
Laos and state Of Minnesota, on the
3rd day of May, 1915, at 10 O'Clock
a: M, why the prayer of said petit
tion should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable VIM. Y.
Sanford, Judge of said court, and
the seal of said court. this lst day
of April, 1915.
VIM. Y. Sanford,
Court Seal Judge.
E. L. Mcmillan.
A ttorney for Petitioner,
Princeton, Mimi.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
Care Of the Ear,

Never be alarmed if Il living insect
enters the ears. Pouring warm water
into the canal will drown it, when il
will generally come to the surface and
can easily be removed by the fingers
A few puffs Of tobacco smoke blown
into the ear will stupefy the insect
Never NEEDLE with the ear if a foreign
body, such as a bead, button or seed
enters it. Leave it absolutely alone.
but have physician attend to it..
More damage has been done by injudi
clous attempts at the extraction of &
foreign body than could ever come
from its presence in the ear.-Health.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
EXPLOSIVE PLOT ALLEGED
New York Chemist Charged With
Having Shipped Guncotton.

Chicago, April IA charge Of con-
spiracy to ship explosives in violation
of the interstate commerce laws was
made against DR.. Herman Bodenheim,
New York chemist, against whom
charges of actually transporting ex-
plosives unlawfully already rest. DR..
Bodenheim gave bonds on the new
charge and also for his appearance
for trial in New York.
The chemist was charged with hav-
ing shipped guncotton by passenger
trains to various points. By shipping
it in a dry state by express instead of
in solution he was declared to have
been able to undersell his competi-
tors
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-04-08
First Pub. Mar. ll-6t
Sheriff'S Sale Under Execution.

Under and by virtue of an execu-
tion issued out Of and under the seal
OF the district court of the state of
Minnesota, in and for the Seventh
judicial district in the county of
Mile Laos, on the 5th day of March,
1915, upon a judgment rendered in
a Justice court of the aforesaid
county and state, on the 28th day of
November, 1905, in an action wherein
the First National Bank of Prince
ton, Mimi, is plaintiff and William
Hatcher is defendant, in favor of
said plaintiff and against said de-
PENDANT for the sum of TWENTY-FIVE
and 85-l0O dollars. which said iudg-
ment was transcribed to the dis
trict court of Mile Laos county,
Minnesota and duly docketed in said
court on the 18th day of December,
l9O5, and which execution has to me,
as sheriff OF Mile Laos county, been
directed and delivered, I have levied
upon and will sell, at public auction,
to the highest bidder for cash, at
the front door of the court house in
the village of Princeton, in Mile
Laos county, Minnesota: on the
thirtieth day of April, 1915, at ten
thirty O'Clock in the forenoon of
that day all the right title and in
terest of the defendant in and to
the tract Of land lying and being in
the county Of Mile Laos and state of
Minnesota described as follows to-
wit: All the south half of the
southeast quarter (s11 of seL) of
section twenty COY township thirty
six (36) range twentY-six (26) lying
west of the Saint Paul, MINNEAPOLIS
and Manitoba Railway to satisfy said
Judgment and cost.
Dated March 5th, 1915.
Harry Shockley
Sheriff Of Mile Laos County, Min
nesota.
Charles Keith,
Attorney for Judgment Creditor.
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First Pub. A pril ST.
Order Limiting Time to File Claims
and for Hearing Thereon.


Estate of Ole Olson Groven, also
known as Ole Oleson Groven
State of Minnesota. County of
Mile Laos In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Ole
Olson Grover, also known as Ole
Oleson Grover. decedent
Letters of administration this day
having been granted to Edna L.
West of Brainerd, Minnesota,
1t is ordered, that the time.,within
which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited to
six months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 18th
day of October, 1915, at 10 O'Clock a.
M, in the probate court rooms at
the court house at Princeton in said
county, be and the same hereby is,
fixed and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon and the ex-
animation, adjustment and allow
ance of such claims as shall be pre-
sented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the
Princeton Union as provided by law.
Dated April 9Th, 1915.
VIM. Y. Sanford.
court SeaD Judge of Probate.
T. G. Blewitt,
Attorney for Petitioner,
Suite 2J7-2l8 Iron Exchange Bldg.
Brainerd, MINI.