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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

the birds of prey, since 1t feeds almost
exclusively on small mammals that
injure farm produce. nursery. and or
chard stock. 1t hunts principally In
the open and consequently secures
such mammals as pocket gophers.
field mice, common rats, house mice,
harvest mice, kangaroo rats, and cot
ton rats. 1t occasionally captures q
few birds and insects. At least half
bushel of the remains Of pocket go
pliers have been found In the nesting
cavity of a pair of these birds. Re
Numbering that a gopher has been
known in a short time to girdle seven
apricot trees worth 500 1t is hard to
overestimate the value of the service
of a pair of barn owls. One thousand
two hundred and forty-seven pellets
of the barn owl collected from the
Smithsonian towers contained 3.100
skulls, of which 1904. or 81 per cent.
were mammals: 80. or 3 per cent. Of
birds: and 4 were of frogs. The bulk
consisted of 1887 field mice, 656 house
mice, and 210 common rats. The birds
eaten we're mainly sparrows and black.
birds. This valuable owl should be
rigidly protected throughout the en-.
tire range.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

! Are you sure that your lawyers
will not get these friends Of mine into
trouble or let the police get next to
them II I can get them to comet"
asked Dingfelter.
Maxwell assured Dingfelter that his
friends would be perfectly safe In COM
ing to st. Louis, and that the police
would not get next to them. provided.
of course, that they were not already
known to the police.
1t was about five o'clock in the eve
ming when Dingfelter was released
from Jail on bond, and at that hour
the courts in the building had ad-
journed for the day. and the news
paper correspondents and all others
had left the building except for the
few attaches who we're ron duty. Thus
Dingfelter left the jail unobserved.
He took a circuitous route to my
house, where he remained until late
hour, when / sent him to New York.
I had instructed him to open q CORE
spondence with Maxwell from that
city, SO as to get positive instructions
from Maxwell as to what the wit
nesses were to testify to when they
took the stand in his defense. He car
ried out these instructions to the let.
ter. The correspondence was kept up
through the medium of Maxwell's at,
torneys, copies of the letters GENT, and
the originals that came back, coming
into my hands. When the trial was
called Dingfelter, or McCulloch. as he
may now be known again, returned to
St. Louis, his presence there being
unknown to anyone except myself and
Messrs. Clover and Mcdonald.
At the trial Maxwell took the stand
in his own defense and testified thai
he had administered chloroform tc
his friend Preller on the fatal evening
at the Southern hotel, for the purpose
of alternating his pain. He saw fit te
| mention a certain disease as the cause
of Preller's sufferings. whereupon
second autopsy was made, which
showed conclusively that Maxwell'i
statement on this point was untrue.
Dingselter was among the first wit
nesses to be called by the prosecution
After being duly sworn. he took hi
seat on the witness stand. Maxwell
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

bled and also fell, and the clumsy po-
liceman made a dash for him. In the
ensuing fight the policeman lost most
Of his uniform, and all three of US
went down in the mud and were COW
cred with filth before Dingfelter was
finally subdued.
Dingfelter was taken to headquar-
tiers and searched. In an inside pocket
was discovered letter directed to
some person in San Francisco, togeth-
er with a large Gum of money. The
letter seemed to implicate the pris-
oner In a series of bank swindles
which had excited the people Of the
Pacific coast. The newspapers had
printed a good deal about this gang,
and the st. Louis detectives felt that
they were on the trail Of the robbers
The afternoon newspapers censured
and ridiculed me for having failed to
discover this letter.
However, ] was not disconnected
for 1t had taken me about two hours
to compose and write the same epistle
The st. Louis papers devoted to
Dingfelter a good deal of the space
that they had been devoting to Max
well, much to the disgust Of the lat
ter. The two men met in the "bul
ring" in the Jail. and Maxwell hast
ened to make the acquaintance OF sc
notorious a swindler as Dingfeltel
seemed to be. The more the latter
held himself aloof, the more anxious
Maxwell appeared to be to cultivate
his acquaintance.
"You are Dingfelter, believe" sale
Maxwell.
Dingfelter replied that he was. ant
Maxwell continued:
They seem to have q strong cas'
against you"
You will have to excuse me. sir,
answered Dingfelter. Il don't wan
to seem impolite, but must decline
to talk to anyone in this place abou
my case, as you call it. l don't be
lieve 1t would be a good thing for M
or any other person to talk about
charge that is pending against him Il
a place of this kind. Besides. dom
know you"
II am Maxwell" replied the Other
II am the fellow who is charged wit
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Ruffed Grouse

Length, seventeen inches. The broad
black band near tip Of tail distfn'
cuisines this from other grouse.
Range: Resident In the northern
two-thirds of the United States and
in the forested parts of Canada
Habits and economic status: The
rufYed grouse. the famed drummer and
finest game bird Of the northern
woods, is usually wild and wary and
under reasonable protection well with
stands the attacks Of hunters. More
over, when reduced in numbers. Il
responds to protection in q gratifying
manner and has proved to be well
adapted to propagation under artificial
conditions. Wild fruits. mast. and
browse make up the bulk of the vege-
table food of this species. 1t is very
fond of hazelnuts, beechnuts. chest
nuts, and acorns, and 1t eats practical
" all kinds Of wild berries and other
fruits. Nearly 60 kinds OF fruits have
been identified from the stomach con-
tents examined. Various weed seeds
also are consumed. Slightly more
than 10 per cent of the food consists
of insects, about half beetles. Tho
most important pests devoured are
the potato beetle, cloverroot weevil.
the pale-striped flea beetle. grapevine
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
KNOCKING ME DOWN AND INF SEVERE CONFUSION

the murder of that man Preller, who
was killed in the Southern hotel, and
whose body was found in trunk.
was arrested at Auckland, New Zea-
land. and brought back here to st.
Louis to stand trial, but have been
assured by my attorneys that will be
acquitted. They have no case against
me, and just as soon as l can get
a trial, why, Of course l will go free"
81 have been reading in the papers
about you," answered Dingfelter. land
IL you will pardon me for saying So.
it seems to me that you have already
been talking too much about your
case. II you are not guilty of the
crime with which you stand charged
you ought to be acquitted. and l hope
you will be-"
Dingfelter was in Jail for forty
seven days. during which time Max
we'll never let the opportunity pass
without talking to him. Meanwhile
| Dingfelter was making daily reports
to me. Maxwell, who seemed to have
implicit confidence in Dingfelter. ad-
mitted that he had killed Preller to
obtain the seven hundred dollars
which the latter possessed.
Maxwell also told Dingfelter that he
had used morphine, which had not
hitherto been suspected. owing to the
presence of the chloroform. The
body was at once exhumed. and
traces of morphine were found, the
examining doctors guarding the secret
faithfully until the trial.
After this information had been OBJ
tanned from Maxwell 1t was unneces
sary to keep Dingfelter in jail any
longer, and 1t was accordingly ar
ranged to have him released on bail
When Dingfelter told Maxwell thai
he was about to leave the prison hi
added that II there was any way II
which he could assist him he would
be glad to do so.
You can do q whole lot for me.
answered Maxwell, by getting two o
your friends to come here when m!
trial Is called and have them testif!
that they met Preller and myself IL
Boston, and that they accompanied Vi
to the depot when we were Leaving
Boston; that at the depot ! proposed
that the party take q parting drink
that Preller. these two men. and my
self went to q cafe, and that when
paid l displayed q roll Of seven one
hundred-dollar bills; that l explaine'
that / wanted to change one OF thes
bills 30 that I might have smalle
bills with which to pay my expense
on my way to st. Louis. II they vii
testify to this it will account for tn
six one-hundred-dollar bills that
took from Preller."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

shot one glance at him, turned ashen
pale, and collapsed. He hurriedly
communicated to his attorneys the
fact that he recognized Dingfelter,
which caused CONSERVATION among the
party for the defense. The following
questions we're then put by the as
sistant circuit attorney. Mr.. Marshall
F. Mcdonald, and were answered as
follows:
@. What is your name? A John F.
McCulloch.
@. Where were you born? A. VIII
mington. Del.
@. How old are you! A Thirty
years.
@. What is your business? A. De-
tective.
@. By whom are you employed
A. Thomas Furlong.
@. Do you know the defendant in
this case (pointing to MaxwelD
A. Yes, sir.
@. When did you first become &C
quainted with him? A. In the city
jail.
Q. Were you a prisoner in the jail
A. Yes. sir. "a
@. What were you charged with
A. / believe it was forgery.
@. When and where were you ar
rested? A. l was arrested at the Me
chanics' bank on the corner of Fourth
and Pine streets, this city, by Thomas
Furlong. who was afterwards assisted
by a police officer, whose name l d.
not know.
@. Why did Furlong arrest you
A. He was commanded to do SO b!
the paying teller of the Mechanics
bank.
O. Why did the teller cause you
arrest? A. Because l had presented {
check bearing what was purported t
be the signature of d. 8. H. Smith
local treasurer Of the Missouri Pa
cific Railway company. The payinl
teller told Furlong, in my presence
that the signature was a forgery.
O. Did you know 1t to be a forgery
A. did not
| @. Where did you get this check
A. Mr.. Furlong gave me the check an
instructed me to present 1t at tn
bank, az did. and told me that b
would be at the bank when presente
it
@. Was Mr.. Furlong there? A YET
he came into the bank while / va
at the teller's window. That "a
when Mr.. Warner. as / believe the te
ler's name is, told him to arrest me.
@. Then you do not know whethe
the check was a forgery or not
A. No. sir. was only obeying th
instructions of my employer. Mr.. Flu
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Paper and Ink for Our Money.


In the manufacture and printing Of
the paper money Of the United States
1t is necessary that there shall be i'm
ported materials from various parts Of
the world. A part Of the paper fiber,
for instance. is linen rag from the
Orient. The silk that furnishes the
strands that are run through the pa
DER as a safeguard against counter
feiting comes from China or from
Italy. The blue ink contains cobalt
from Canada or Germany. The black
ink IL said to be made at Niagara
Falls from acetylene gas smoke; and
the greater part Of the green ink IL
made with white zinc sulphite. de
rived from German sources. The red
color in the seal IL obtained from
pigment imported from Central Amer
lea
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Barn Owl
(Aluco pratincola)

Length, about seventeen inches.
Facial disk not circular as In our 9TH
er owls: plumage above, pale yellow;
beneath, varying from silky white to
pale bright tawny.
Range: Resident in Mexico, in the
southern United States. and north to
New York, Ohio. Nebraska, and Cali.
fornia.
Habits and economic status: The
barn owl. often called monkey-faced
owl, is one of the most beneficial OF
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Red-T allied Hawk

Length, about two feet. One of our
largest hawks; adults with tail red.
dish brown.
Range: Breeds in the United States
Mexico. Costa RIGA. Canada and
Alaska; winters generally in the Unit
ed States and south to Guatemala.
Habits and economic status: The
red-tailed hawk, or 'hen-hawk," as II
is commonly called, is one of the best
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Eolloxxlnn un n Fable,

"Of course, you remember the fable
of the thrifty ant and the mendicant
grasshopperr'
Yes; the grasshopper, having sang
all summer. was invited to dance"
And then what happened?"
We'll, II the grasshopper was any
good as a dancer. 1t ought to have
made enough money to make the ant
feel like small change"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Water With Meals.

Most people are better on for TAX
ing some water with their meals. Wa
ter IL an aid to the chemical activities
of digestion, and Is furnished BY the
body itself in large amount. The gas
tric Juice, Of which the stomach
makes about pint and . half per
meal, IL made up Of nine hundred and
ninety-five parts Of water per thou
sand. BY drinking water with our
meals We help to furnish . part Of
the digestive juices. Whether the
amount should be . part Of glass or
several glasses can be determined only
by the experience of its effects By the
individual. Such water should not Be
taken ice-cold not very hot A healthy
appetite. the appetite Of hunger, Ike .
healthy mental appetite. needs NO
sensational drinks.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
Brown Creeper
(certhia familiaris americana

(Certhia famiIiariS americana)
Length. five and one-half inches.
Range: Breeds from Nebraska. In
diana, North Carolina (mountains)
and Massachusetts north to southern
Canada, also in. the mountains Of the
western United States. north to
Alaska, south to Nicaragua: winters
ever most " its range.
Habits and economic status: Rare
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
vCin 4 Which Are Adjustable

- tm1oved splint for setting the
b1b1tsn Dnes of the leg. arm or shout
der h13.. which has been recently
patterned. Is entirely Of metal and has
the advantage of extreme simplicity;
further. 1t is capable of adjustment
while in place. Concave splint pads
shaped to ut the contour of the limbs
are arranged In pairs. with a stretch
ing mechanism between them by which
the pads are separated or drawn to
gether as desired. Thus. after the
cast ID all ON. II an X-ray examination
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

leafbeetle, May beetles, grasshoppers.
cotton worms, army worms. cutworms.
the red-humped apple worm. and saw
fly larvae. While the economic record
of the ruffed grouse Is fairly com
mendable. It does not call for more
stringent protection than 10 nscess&ry
to maintain the species in reasonable
numbers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21
The Anoelus.

The Angelus. . prayer to the Holy
Virgin. was instituted by Urban the
Second. II has three verse;. and zach
verse ends with the salutxtion Ave
Maria"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-07-21

should disclose the fact that the
broken ends Of the bone were not IN
perfect opposition. the ends may b
brought into alignment By shortening
or lengthening the adjustment connec-
ton between one or the other Of the
splints.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
Funeral Services Held
For William S. Knox

Funeral services for William s. Knox.
who died saturday In Atlantic City.
aged ffty-four years. were held today at
his late residence. 1904 New Hampshire
avenue northwest. conducted by the
Rev c. Ernest Smith. rector OF st.
Thomas Episcopal Church. Interment
was made in Glenwood Cemetery.
where the rites were conducted by
members of the Masonic order and by
the knights Templar.
Mr.. Knox is survived by his wife. one
daughter, Mrs. BURY. of Tennessee.
and son, william IS. Knox, jr. He was
associated with his father In the Knox
Express Company for many years. He
was an organizer and first president
OF the Business Mems Association and
a director of the Metropolitan Citizens
Bank.
He was a member of the Board OF
Trade. and was identified with many
fraternal and social organizations,
being past master of Federal Lodge.
No. /. r. A. A. M: Columbia Chapter,
washington Commandery and Almas
Temple. A. A. o. N. NJ. s.: member
OF the Society OF Colonial Wars. the
University. Club and soma OF the Amer
lean Revolution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
STRAND.

The value Of a photoplay for It's set
ting. even beyond its story telling
possibilities. 10 demonstrated in the
production of the film version Of Rex
Beach's novel. THE Meier Do WELL"
with its Panama canal background at
the Strand the fore part Of this week.
Had there been no red-blooded story
of the Rex Beach type. this photoplay
would still have commanded attention
for the very thorough way in which
the Panama canal plant 10 shown. And
yet the pictures that are descriptive OF
the canal and make the deepest i'm
preston OF the canal work pure and
simple. ane really Incidental to the film
story itself.
The film Is shown here under the au-
spices of the v. L. s. K. Company. and
Is one of the few spectacular feature
productions that have been distributed
by a regular feature agency. Practi-
cally all of the scenes were made on
the canal zone, and watching the ac-
ton OF the picture gives the spectator
a very fair idea of Just what the canal
IL Hike and how II was built.
Kathlyn Williams and Wheeler Oak
man, OF the Selig Company. have the
principal characters In the production.
THE Meier DO Well" will be seen
again tomorrow and Thursday. De
Wolf Hopper will be seen on Friday
and Saturday in Sunshine Dad" q
Triangle production.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
LOEwS COLUMBIA,

The feudal barons' OF the United
States the real fepdal barons who
still live In the mountains Of the South
ern States-provide the plot for the
THE Feud Girl" In which the Para
mountainous Players Company pre-
sent Hazel Dawn for the first part OF
this week at Loew's Columbia Thea
Most Of the scenes for The Feud
Girl were made in Georgia and Ala
bama. In the heart of the country.
where feuds were supposed to flourish
and probably still flourish. The story
tells OF the life OF a girl and boy
with one another. The two families
and their connections owned a mountain
which was very valuable for its min
eral wealth. but which was so d.
vided up betwem the two factions
that its wealth could not be developed
as long as the feud held. The boy
son Of one of the families-disappear
ed as o child: He turns up again In q
very startlins: way. and paves the way
70 end the feud.
The film Is interesting because II is
the first time Miss Dawn has been in
part that does not give her the out
costumins. She Is a barefoot, mountain
girl who runs over the hills and val
ieys in q very much disheveled condi-
ton. She does we'll with the role. Irv-
ing Cummings plays the part OF the
A Drew-Metro comedy and Burton
Holmes pictures OF the mountain coun-
try and 1gorous OF the Philippines con-
cludes the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
TAKOMA PARK ASKS
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Lecture Hall for Community Meet
ings to Be Urged.

Takoma Park needs q new eight-room
school building with lecture hall for
community meetings. concerts. motion
picture exhibitions. and lectures accord
ing to the view expressed before the
Takoma Park Citizens Association last
night.
A committee was appointed to present
the matter to the District Commission
ers and Board of Education. with in
structions to wait until the present Dis
trict bill had been passed by Congress
The installation of paper towels and
liquid soap In the Takoma School by the
association In case the Board of Edu-
cation declines to provide such convent
ences. was urged by Mrs. w. A. orion.
The school committee was directed to
take the matter up with the Board OF
Education.
A statement was read from H. II.
Smith. director of the Bureau Of Fish,
cries, refuting statements as to the
quantity and quality of Potomac shad.
Director Smith stated that there was
more shad than ever before and that II
was OF excellent quality.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
GARDEN.

The jungles OF Africa. the New York
suburbs. and the environs of Paris are
the settings. for "A Million q Minute"
the newest OF the Metro photoplays star
ring Francis Bushman. which form the
foreweek feature of the Garden Theater
program this week. 1t was not until
the last feew feet Of the Aim was I'M
reeled that the significance of the title
was apparent. The young hero had just
ten minutes to get married and qualify
for an Inheritance of 100000 He
purposely delayed the marriage so that
the girl would get the money. The
story is the sort OF q story that the
friends of Mr.. Bushman and Of Miss
Bayne like to see them work out in
photoplays.
Tomorrow. Thursday. and Friday Bill
lie Burke will be presented in Caught
BY the Seminoles." the second INSTALL
ment OF "Gloria's Romance" the new
Kleine Aim starring Miss Burke. As a
special attraction on Thursday and FRI
day. Virginia Pearson will be presented
In the v. L. 8. h. feature. THE Vital
Question" On Saturday. Harold Lock-
wood and May Allison will be seen in
the Metro production, THE Comeback
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-16
ORGANIZING THE TEACHERS

To Chicago goes the palm for or
ganizing the American Federation
Of Teachers, to which charter has
just been granted as an affiliated
body of the American Federation OF
Labor, but to Washington belongs
the honor .of being the frst Eastern
city where teachers have applied for
. charter as a "local" union.
The movement to unionize teach
ems Is more significant than mere
effort to further their own welfare.
That is laudable enough. Salaries
win be better, md pensions will be
sooner forthcoming, we venture to
predict, when the country's teachers
get well organized.
Unfortunately there is still a type
Of school teacher who talks about
teaching as profession" and about
the "lack Of dignity of belonging to
labor unions" Fortunately none Of
these have tried to obstruct the
movement here. It is that attitude,
though, which in every city makes
the organization Of teachers a salu-
tary thing for school children.
For many of the children are from
families of union men. Their fathers
belong to unions and are proud Of it.
For them to 60 to school to teachers
who decline to be associated with
the ranks of labor, and hold labor
undignified, is to cultivate view
which is highly disastrous to the
pupil.
There is growing suspicion that
the attitude of school children in
scorning work with the hands, in
ignoring the trades, is due to mis-
conception and false standards re-
Elected by school teachers. Teachers
who hold labor to be undignified are
the sort who push all pupils through
the hopper Of the lily-handed "pro-
fessions."
It Is creditable to Washington
high school teachers, in a city where
the ranks of labor are not strong,
that they should grasp this view,
The teachers will be the better fol-
association with q movement which
represents, even though imperfectly
the American working man; and the
pupils will get little closer to the
real world Of men and work and af-
fairs through their teachers broad.
ened understanding.