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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21

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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21
Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Probate of Will.
(Revi4ion of 1907.

(ReviSion of 1900.
Estate of Michael Pfannenstein, De-
State of Minnesota, County of Stearns,
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Michael
P~fannenstein, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the allowance and
probate of the will! of said decedent:
The petition of Joseph Pfannenstein,
being duly filed in this court, repre-
senting that Michael P~fannenstein,
then a resident of the County OF
Stearns, State of Minnesota, died on
the 4th day of December, 1916, leav-
ing a last will and testament which
is presented to this court with said
petition, and praying that said instru-
ment be allowed as the last will and
testament of said decedent, and that
letters testamentary be issued thereon
to him the said Joseph P~fannenstein.
Now 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 City of st.
Cloud, County of Stearns, State Of
Minnesota, on the
5th DAY OF JANUARY, 1917,
at 9 o'clock A NJ, why the prayer OF
said petition should not be granted.
Witness the Honorable j. B. Himsl,
Judge of said Court, and the seal Of
said Court, this 9th day, of December.
1916. j. B. HIMSL,
(Seal) Probate Judge.
14-21-28
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21
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Cons &c., 1876 go. SOPHIE Mpe.,
Chicago, 81.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21

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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21

Ser ols @erfanfer Ser bieiigen Scar
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i@oiien.
Minot. - SSocob &elmer un6
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idmloig11ng oes 8el56iebitablS berbaf-
tet mn6 6em Diitriftsgeridt iibertpie-
ien mor6en. 9te &iirg16aft mur6e
a1f $1,000 feitgeiebt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21
Citation for Hearing on Petition To-
Probate Of VIII.
(Povici0n 0f O

Estate of Dominick Hankes, De-
ceased.
state Of Minnesota, County Of stearns
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Dom
mick Hankes, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per
sons interested In the allowance ani
probate of the will of said decedent'
The petition of Mary, Hankes be
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1916-12-21

9ie M%liierten tpu1en ii@ nit ser
8eantmortung Der 6euti9en Note
nidt beeilen. Sic i6einen alio Ser
Mnitdt 5u fem, 6aB iie nod Elm paar
Sradten Brigel %bertragen f0nnen,
Deutf9lan6 miro i9uerli6 ettpaS So
gegen ein3utpen6en boben.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
PEDDLER'S PACK CARRIED
SMALL Store STOCK

Benjamin Newman resembled
walking department store when
brought into the police station yes
terday afternoon on a charge OF ped
ding without a license. He is
man of small stature and carried two
baskets almost as big as himself.
The baskets we're filled with practi-
cally all the smaller articles to be
found in a department store or a
general country store. Silver spoons.
shoe blacking. pins. needles, thimbles,
shoe strings and handkerchiefs. were
among the articles. which predomi-
mated in the baskets. Newman had
all his pockets filled with store
stock
Upon searching him Turnkey Dan
iel Aiken found five pocketbooks.
They contained small change which
totaled S4.6S. Newman cried bit
terly while being slated and said he
had a wife and six children in Phila-
dclphia.
When arraigned in City Court to-
day on a charge of peddling without
a license, he was fined So and costs.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
BARBER USED knife.
NOT RAZOR. IN This ROW

Inquiry into a lively fight which
took place in the barber shop of Will
liam H. Pinckney. colored, at Sixth
and Scott streets. was made by Judge
Churchman. in City Court today: The
participants in the fight we're Clay
borne Robinson and James Kent, both
Negroes. Witnesses said the argument
started by Kent saying he was hold
ing down a white mans job. Robin
son called him a fool and Kent re-
turned the compliment. Robinson
then said that he did not have to have
"red bills on his door" The men
then clinched but we're separated. II
was stated that later Robinson went
towards Kent with a knife in his hand
and that Kent threw bottle at him.
Robinson cut Kent in the back with
a knife. inhicting a wound an inch
in length. Kent was taken 10 the
Delaware Hospital, where the wound
was sewed up.
Robinson was arrested on charge
Of assault and battery. Judge Church
man said that Robinson had no eX-
cuse for drawing a knife on Kent,
and imposed a fine OF S25 and costs
or thirty days.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
SAYS HE Stole SlO6;
NOW HE feels SORRY
Fetterman, His Own Detec-
tive, Traps Leonard But
Money is Not Recovered
ROLL DISAPPEARED
WHILE HE SLEPT

Charles Fetterman, Of Worcester,
Mass. who boards at No. $50 Madison
street. and is employed at Carney Point,
placed SlO6 under his pillow in his bed
room on the first floor of the house at
ll.30 o'clock on the night of February
o. and then dropped of 10 sleep. When
no awoke at 10 o'clock the next morn
ing the money was gone, as well as
Joseph Leonard, who roomed with him.
Fetterman saw nothing of Leonard
until he met him in Pennsgove. lie
accused Leonard of the theft and Leon
ard said: 81 took the money, but / feel
sorry" The money was not recovered
Leonard accompanied Fetterman 10
this city and was turned over to Dctec'
tive King by Fetterman and charge OF
larceny preferred against him.
When the case was called in City
Court today Fetterman said he had
intended to take TO Worcester S76 of
the S1O6 and to leave the remaining
$50 with a friend. Because Of the
larceny OF the money he postponed
his trip home.
Leonard told Detective King that
after taking the monty from under
the pillow he rushed from the house
and got on a Darby trolley car and
got of at Chester. where he took a
train for New York. He remained in
New York for two days and then pro.
ceeded to Detroit, where he remained
for ten days. and then went to Hope
we'll. where he remained two weeks
and then went to Carney Point.
Leonard was held in $500 bail FOL
the Court of General Sessions. He wal
represented by j. Frank Ball.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
S53.3S5 IN The
POLICE PENSION FUND

Members OF the police department
are enjoying the thrills of an cleo
ton of their own this afternoon. The
occasion is the annual election Of five
trustees OF the police pension fund,
whose terms expire today.
The trustees who retire will meet
this afternoon at 5 o'clock, when
Francis e. Green. treasurer, will sub
NIT his report, which shows 53,395.97
in hand. The report follows: In
vestments, $4,000; receipts. S5Ol5.22;
disbursements. S361s.25; cash in hand,
S1395.97; total, S53,395.97. The re-
tiring trustees are: Police Captain
Daniel NJ. Kelleher. Sergeant Francis
e. Green, Sergeant George w. Lyons,
Patrolman Jacob Payne and George
Gnling. Il was said today that none
of the retiring members had ex-
pressed a desire to be reelected.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04

AS PIRATE IF HE
ISFOUNDNORNAL
District Attorney Curley An
nounceS Government Has
Ordered Prosecution
new YORK ALIENISTS
STUDY The PRISONER

Clarence Reginald Hodson, who as
Ernest Schiller. buccaneer and free
booter, took charge of the English
steamship Matoppo last Wednesday
while off Sandy Hook, will be brought
to this city and tried in the United
States District Court on a charge
of piracy, If he is declared sane by
physicians at Bellevue Hospital, New
York.
This announcement was made by
the Department OF Justice last night
in a telegram to United States Dis
trict Attorney Charles +. Curley. On
receipt Of this message District At
tOrney Curley and United States
Marshal Fairy held a conference in
the Federal Building until carly this
morning.
1t was reported today that Mar
shal Fairy had gone to Lewes. Del.
TO have Captain Bergerner and the
crew Of the steamship MatoppO re-
main in this country, instead of pro-
ceeding to Russia with the ship's
cargo of barbed wire Efforts to
confirm this rumor failed today. al
though Marshal Fairy was not at
his Office in the Federal Building this
morning.
District Attorney Curley today said
that Schiller would be charged with
piracy on the high seas and he would
be tried in this city. Orders for the
issuance of a warrant in the case, he
said. had been received from Washing
ton.
The delaying Of the steamship
which for days roamed the Atlantic
Ocean In command Of Schiller, while
the officers and crew were terror
stricken. has been taken up by the
State Department and the department
is communicating with the English
Government on the question.
The Matoppo is lying off JeweE
awaiting the outcome Of the case.
In the meantime Schiller. who wa
dismissed of any charge by the fed
eral authorities of New York. who
ruled that no crime had been com
mitted in that jurisdiction by Schil-
Ter. is a patient at the Bellevue Hos
pital. New York City. He was taken
there yesterday under orders OF Dis
trict Attorney Swami, who is observ-
ing Schiller.
According to officials here the gov
ernment may have a hard time prov
ing that Schiller was armed while
aboard the English vessel, as the
brace Of revolvers alleged to have
been carried by him we're thrown
overheard by him when the coast
Continued on Page ~
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
BURRIS Defense
HITS confession
Objects to Statements Made
by Defendant Before
Attorney General
STATE SHOWS BIG
LUMBER CONTRACTS

The second day OF the trial OF
Samuel l.. Burris, member Of the
Levy Court, who is charged with
awarding contracts for work costing
in excess OF $500 on Washington
street bridge without inviting bids
as required by law, began in Cen
eral Sessions Court this morning.
There were only four adult specta-
tors in the court room when the trial
was resumed.
When court adjourned yesterday
afternoon c. Candy Hopkins. clerk Of
the Levy Court, was comparing the
list OF supplies and the bills for same
for the bridge. Upon being recalled
this morning Mr. Hopkins testified
that he had examined the records Of
the Levy Court and found that the
amount paid by the court to the
Christiana Lumber Company for
lumber used on Washington street
bridge was S37S.76.
Mr.. Hopkins told Mr.. Reinhardt
that the typewriter list Of expendi-
lures for Washington street bridge
had not been shown to Burris. The
original memorandum was shown TO
Burris, however.
Mr.. Reinhardt objected TO further
testimony on this point as the
memorandum Is not In evidence and
shows red ink marks made by a pen.
The objection was overruled.
Mr.. Hopkins was then shown bills
OF Edward Hart for lumber. They
compared with tho item on the list.
Witness said Burris had said these
bills were for lumber furnished for
the floor OF Washington street bridge.
He identified the initials on the bills
as those made by Burris. The names
Burris and Gooding also on the bills
were made by witness and the ini-
tials G. w. G. we're not made by
Burris. The Wilmington and Phila-
delphia Traction Company paid one
fourth the bills or S1.6O303.
Floyd Chambers was recalled an'
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Evening journal., 1916-04-04
london HEARS dutch
HAVE CLOSED Frontier
berlin DENIES STORY

By The United Press.
LONDON. April "A Paris wire.
less message today said IL had beer
learned from Zurich that Holland had
closed the German frontier and was
massing troops on the German bor-
der. The report has not been con-
hrmed from any other source.
A Berlin dispatch said the Dutch
government has refused to comply
with a request that she close her
frontier TO Germany. Military meas
ures have been taken by Holland as a
warning that she will resist any at
tempt TO force her to aid in the plan
to "starve out Germany" There Is
no longer any doubt. the Berlin re-
port said. that the Dutch activities
were inspired by developments OF the
Allied conference at Paris.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
DELAY IN FUNERAL
TRANSFORMER. Lyons
Bishop Monaghan Arrived
Home Today and Will
Complete Arrange
mentS at Once
WORDS OF CONDOLENCE
FROM ALL SECTIONS

Because Of the absence Of the Rt.
Rev. John ]. Monaghan, bishop Of
the Catholic diocese OF Wilmington
from the city, there has necessarily
been a delay in making the arrange
ments for the funeral of Monsignor
John A. Lyons, vicar-general Of the
diocese, who died early yesterday
morning at the parochial residence
adjoining St. Peters Cathedral, Sixth
and West streets. The services, no
doubt, will be held at st. Peters
Cathedral. of which parish the de-
ceased prelate had been pastor for
30 years. but no definite plans as to
the day and order Of the ceremonies
had been made up until early this
afternoon.
Bishop Monaghan arrived in Will
mington early this afternoon from
South Carolina. where he was visiting
his old home when the news reached
him yesterday of MonsignOr Lyons
death. Bishop Monaghan left Will
mington early last week, and at that
time Father Lyons, although not in
his usual good health, was not
thought to be in a serious condition
and. in fact. il was not until Sunday
| that his condition became alarming.
The funeral arrangements will be
made by Bishop Monaghan. with the
assistance OF the priests attached TO
the Cathedral. this afternoon, and an
nounced as soon as they are COM
pleted.
At the Cathedral residence this
morning It was stated that many let
/ ters and kilograms of coincidence ha5
been received from different sections
OF the country. Many acts of respec
and reverence have already beer
I paid the deceased by the Catholics il
general OF Wilmington. who realiz'
that in the death OF Father Lyon
they have lost a great friend.
Monsignor Lyons sister, who il
Sister Mary Agnes, OF the Sister o
I Charity, Ossining. n. Y, arrived il
Wilmington yesterday afternoon.
Father Francis J. Mccarthy, S. ].
OF New York. a lifelong friend o
Father Lyons. was among those VIII,
sent a telegram Of coincidence. Fathei
Mccarthy will come to Wilmington fo
the funeral.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
RECEPTION ARRANGED
FOR SUFFRAGE ENJOYS

Suffragists Of this city and vicinity
are making arrangements for the re-
ception to Mrs. Alice S. Burke and
Miss Nell Richardson, the two suf-
frage envoys. who are making a
transcontinental automobile tour and
who will arrive in this city on Fri
day afternoon. Details concerning
their reception have not as yet been
completed They are expected TO ar
rive here about 2.30 o'clock. A dele
cation OF suffragists. headed by Mrs.
J. r. w. Brassington, president OF
the Delaware Equal Suffrage Associ-
alton. and DR.. Josephine NJ. r. White
DeLacour. president Of the Whining
ton Equal Suffrage Association. will
meet them and formally escort them
to suffrage headquarters.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
REV. DR.. RICHEY TO Be
RECTOR At ST. JOHNS
New Castle Clergyman is
Elected TO Succeed Rev.
DR.. George c. Hall
REV. c. H. HOLMEAD
TOQUIT AS ASSISTANT

At a meeting Of the vestry Of st.
Johns Protestant Episcopal Church
last night, the Rev. DR.. Alban Richey,
rector Of Emmanuel Church New
Castle. was elected rector Of st. Johns
Church, TO fill the vacancy caused by
the retirement Of the Rev. DIR. George
c. Hall.
DR.. Richey has been rector at New
Castle for five years, and prior to
that time he was an assistant at
Trinity Chapel, New York City.
DR.. Hall has been IN for two years,
and during that time has been unable
to attend to his church duties. Recent
ly, when It became apparent he would
not be able again to officiate as
rector. the pulpit was declared
vacant.
The Rev. c. II. Holmead, assistant
rector, has been officiating at St.
Johns since DR.. Hall became indis-
posed, but It was learned from
Bishop Kinsman today that Mr.. Hol-
mead expects TO leave st. Johns and
take up another work, which he now
has under consideration.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
SUSSEX ASSESSMENT
Law Referred TO As
MODELFOR Delaware

Andrew Marvel, a member OF the
Delaware bar. with offices in George
town. delivered an address on the
Sussex County Assessment Law" at
the luncheon Of the Chamber OF Com
merce i'm the Hotel DUPONT at noon
today. Mr.. Marvel pointed out some
of the pernicious practices which had
grown up under the old system Of
assessment.
lie enumerated the many benefits as
he saw them under the Sussex county
new assessment law, which was passed
by the last Legislature. While the
measure was not perfect, he thought il
superior 10 any previous plan Of assess
mcnt used IN the county. He expressed
the opinion that wealth should be taxed
There are three men on the new assess
ment board. Mr.. Marvel spoke in part
as follows:
Now. as the problem OF taxation is
one OF the most difficult problems OF
government. il is not TO be supposed
that. after $50 years. under the crud-
est sort OF a system. we are likely in
one year TO inaugurate a system that
would work perfect equity.
Our new system consists OF an As
sessment Board of three members. ap-
pointed by the Governor, to hold Office
until the first day OF March. 1917.
Their successors are then to be ap-
pointed by the county commissioners.
On taking up the work OF assessment
last March. this commission proceeded
first to get an accurate list OF the
names Of the taxables of the county
which was heretofore very inadequate.
After they had secured this, they sent
Continued on Page Seven.
Evening journal., 1916-04-04
conference ASTIR
IN CLOSING Hours
Spirited Situation Develops
Over Changing Rev.
o. E. James
ASKED BACK; BISHOP
SAYS HE'S NOT ADAPTED

With Union Church crowded clear
to the street. and with many unable
TO get inside, Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference adjourned late
last night. The closing session was
featured by sensational proceedings
over changing the relation OF the Rev
o. +. James from effective to super
numerary. Il was the kind of business
usually transacted in an executive ses-
sion. but. called up at practically the
last minute. was considered in open
session and caused some excitement
District superintendent T. A. H..
OBrien moved that the relation of Mr.
James, who has been pastor OF Anna
messex, Maryland. be changed 10 su-
pernumerary. The Bishop explained
that the cabinet had no place available
to which 10 send Mr.. James.
THAT is absolutely unfair, ungod-
like and dishonest" exclaimed Mr..
James. 81 had no notice whatever OF
this action" He protested vigorously
against the proposed change. and
claimed that the Bishop had promised
him he would be returned 70 Annames-
sex.
The Rev. ]. W. Easley moved that
Conference go into executive session
in the lecture room below TO dispose
of the case.
81 want the search light turned on
in open session." protested Mr..
James.
"This is an unusual proceeding" /"
exclaimed the Rev. George A.
Cooke.
Bishop Berry. who was much af-
fected by the turn OF affairs. said he
thought the incident could be dis
posed OF without an executive ses-
sion. He explained that at the ses-
sion OF Conference a year ago the
case OF Mr.. James was discussed and
referred to the committee on confer
ence relations which brought in its
report. Notice was given that his
case would be called on a motion tc
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