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The Detroit times., 1916-02-26

three days. carrying two tons o'
freight
Aueu us Post, secretary Of the
Aero club OF America. was in De
loit Friday and gave out details
of plans which are IN contemplation
uy the United States government 10,
Jhe carrying OF MS mails by aero
lane instead of the present metnoI
he said specifications have alroad'
been released Tor bids for the car
tyins Of mails by aeroplane over
three routes in Alaska whore the
mountains make travel difficult by
land
The Detroit times., 1916-02-26
PLANS AERO
MAIL SERVICE
FOR ALASKA

If the plans OF the Aero club ofi-
Gals, In conjunction with the Wash
iugton authorities. become reality.
,hc route Of the Lincoln 'hi"hv2y
from New York 10 San francisco
viii bo followed by acro8GUt# Sow
Curtiss machires now b'iu con-
s.ructed viii make tbe di~ U
The Detroit times., 1916-02-26

The following scores were made in
tho ladies' night game, played Thurs
daN evening. Fob. e;
Fast and west--Mr. and Mrs. j, W
steiner plus .: Mr. and Mrs +. T.,
VI. Briehr PLUS . Nrs. r T.. BalkwIll
and Mrs H. r 8oehm plus 2 Mys
r. Bennett and S.. !. Bloom average
T. IT, BalSwill and II. j.. Boehm, mi
North and south AIRS ! NJ. chan
man and w y Edsor. plus Mr.
and NIre T. ~. M caueey. plus . Mr.
and Mrs g. g. -tcllWagen, plus :,
Ai- l.. r.. Slick and T. S. Pratt, mt
nus % Nr aud MIS-. S. \. Commons
TtIIrs g.
The Detroit times., 1916-02-26

call, just issued The total popua-
ton of England, Ireland scotland
and Wales is i5.25f.6lj
Thus the percentage Of volunteer
ing during our four wears OF civil
war was not far from fho percentage
The Detroit times., 1916-02-26
nniNm rIIllie.

songs, Mortha Edmond. dancer. and
Moore and ScanlUu, In JONos and
The Detroit times., 1916-02-26

volunteers 20 the population o. 3l-
500. coo was ahoU %o0onn9
over 5000 900 hayc a.raHt .oIun.
teercd in Eugland Nul tnmH'o ts
the figure which exports e.r. a tho
result TO be expected from lae 'a~i
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
Japanese SaIutations.

The japanese have three forms OF
salutation-for interiors, equals and
superiOrs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04

had been the night before, and at
once arrested him. / then proceeded
to Georges house, where I found his
brother Henry in bed and arrested
him also. After this the house, which
was one story building with an
attic, was thoroughly searched, and
wagon loads of loot were found, all of
leases. This was afterward identified
by the owners as having disappeared
from time to time.
After a preliminary hearing the
Book brothers were committed to the
county Jail in default of bail
Henry Book soon confessed to the
emptying of the oil tank and George
to the writing of the anonymous let
tiers. There seemed no doubt of their
conviction. However, about a week
before the trial was to have begun
there was Jail delivery from the
county Jail at Franklin, Pa, fifteen
or more prisoners making their
escape, among them being the Book
brothers. They boarded northbound
freight train on the A. & G. w. rail.
road, now known as the Erie. When
at point about twenty miles north
Of Franklin this freight train collided
with another train and in the wreck
Henry Book was killed Instantly
while George was so badly hurt that
he died the following day.
This was the ending of the Book
case, which occupied in all only six
days of my time.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04

l had taken away, as though to post
it. togther with the anonymous let
tiers which had been sent to Mr.. Ack-
ert, to a writing expert who was con-
nected with the First National bank Of
Oil City. He compared the four and
said without hesitation that they had
all been written by the same person.
That afternoon l went back to the
Ackert lease, knowing that George
Book would be off duty and in bed,
and that, in consequence, there would
be no probability of my meeting him.
Approaching the emptied tank, care
fully shoveled the snow from around
the salt water faucet and, when l got
down to the muddy ground, l found
very distinct traces Of No. s boot.
The boots had been very recently half
soled, and the shoemaker who had
made the repairs had placed three
nails in a row across the center of
the half sole, as his trade mark and
sign manual.
Returning to Oil City, I made dill
gent inquiries among the shoemakers
of the town. There was not large
number Of men who did repair work
of the rough and ready type which
was required by the men employed in
the oil leases, and after short in
vestigation the man who had soled the
shoes was discovered. He at once
remembered having repaired pair of
shoes for Henry Book couple OF
days before the oil tank had been
emptied.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04

| we wondered who invented spats. who
was the first man to sport them. The
name of the hero that first used the
umbrella and that of the one who
first donned a plug hat are on a me.
mortal tablet in the vast hall Of fame
The dictionary informs us that "spat"
is an abbreviation of "spatter-dash-"
and gives the date, 1902, as that of tn.
first appearance of "spat' in litera.
ture. But here comes a writer who,
beginning his story, Zone of those
things not generally known" says that
the wearing of spats originated as q
, compliment to the killed regiments
who wore them in the Indian mutiny.
''The glorious deeds of the Highland.
ers in that campaign made thine popu,
lar heroes, and the public adopted
many things in dress in imitation OF
the Scotch uniform. Among these
things were spats, and they have
never been out of fashion among
smart people since the days of Sir Colir
Campbell. Boston Herald
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
SEAS NOT LIKELY TO DRY UP
Scientist Points Out Why Such
Thing Is Beyond the Realm of
Possibility.

Will the seas ever be displaced from
their areas on the surface of the
globe? The question is dealt with m
a paper by L. de Launay, reprinted in
the annual report of the Smithsonian
Institution. He writes:
ut is not likely that the seas can
ever be lacking on the earth, at least
not until the day when the earth be-
comes only an extinct and frozen globe.
1t does not seem, in fact, that the loss
in water could be very great at the
surface. Granting that to certain
depth there surely do not exist empty
cavities in which this water could be
engulfed, it can disappear only
through chemical reaction by yielding
it's oxygen to the oxidation of rocks,
while the hydrogen escapes into the
heights of the atmosphere.
But this is a much-restricted phe-
nomenon compared with the immense
volume of the seas which, if spread all
over the earth, would form mantle
of water three kilometers thick, and
which even now covers three-quarters
OF the land. The OxidatiOns, to be eff
fectual, must become more and more
limited by the fact that the region of
the crust where they act would not
exceed 60 kilometers. On the con-
trary, it is even very possible that vol
canism and certain thermal springs
may furnish at the surface some new
water, fresh, never having seen the
light"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04

It developed hen that both the
brothers were IN the conspiracy. the
one having written the letters and the
other having acted upon the threat
contained in them. Undoubtedly
George Book had been more or less
tool in his brothers. hands, for with
wife and good position he had no
reason to feel a grudge against his
employer on account of the superin-
tendent.
l at once procured warrant for
the arrest of the Book brothers, and
that night returned to the Ackert
lease, this was sleigh and accom-
panied by two officers. Arriving about
IL o'clock I found George Book In
] the pumping house on duty, as he
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
RECEIVERS JEWELS
f IN DARING TRIP
Mexican Sonora In Guise of Peon
Rescues Hidden Family
Property. re
ESCAPES The BANDITS
Ugly and PoorIy-cIad, Aristocratie
Wife of Rich Refugee Visits Cap
itai of chihuahua and Car.
ries Away Treasure.

Los Angeles.-After one of the most
remarkable adventures ever undertak.
en- by q woman of aristocratic birth,
Sonora Teresa B. de TerraZas, having
eluded by means of clever DISCUSSES
the hOrdes of bandits on the lookout
to capture and hold her for ransom.
returned a few days ago to Los An.
geles. bringing with her the Terrazas
family jewels, which at infinite peril
she rescued from their hiding place In
Chihuahua, Mexico. Legal papers and
documents of great value also were
secured from their hiding place, where
they had been secreted by her husband
prior to his Incarceration In the Mex.
lean federal prison.
The entire journey in Mexico was
made by Sonora Terrazas disguised as
a peon, heavy black wig completely
hiding her white hair, threadbare
shawl draped sloppily about her Shout
ders, and cheap calico dress complet-
ing her outfit. During her return trip
from Chihuahua city, after she had re-
covered the jewels and papers, it was
necessary for her to carry basket in
which the valuable articles rested un.
derneath a collection of rags and cheap
ornaments, such as are usually car.
| ried by peOn women.
Called by Mothers Illness.
The adventure originated more than
q month ago when Sonora Terrazas re-
ceived word that her mother was very
ill in Chihuahua. Sonora TerraZas
had not been in Mexico since last year
when, after Disgusting several of her
| children, who We're being held by Villa,
she sent them to Ell Paso and then fled
in disguise to work from the border
for the release of her husband and son,
who had remained under sentence of
death at the hands of Villa. Ultimate
| ly she succeeded in a plan by which
they escaped. She then declared she
would never return to Mexico until
peace had been restored.
The news of her mothers condition,
| however. changed her plans. Leaving
Los Angeles she journeyed to Ell PasO,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
An Agreement at Last.

Silas fled before his irate wife, ant
seeking the first shelter that presented
itself, crept under the bed, from whenc'
after short time, he peered cautiorsl,
out.
Seeing his wife standing near By
with an uplifted broom, he shouted:
"Mirandy, / think it's about um.
somebody was boss in this house,
Christian Herald.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04

where she first put on her disguise and,
travelling in freight car, found no diff
ficulty in reaching chihuahua city. A
woman more or less made no differ
ence to the rowing bands of bandits
and as this woman was undoubtedly
middle aged and had horrible ugly hair
they passed her by with a shrug
Reaching Chihuahua she found her
mother greatly improved, and Sonora
Terrazas began to think that as she
had entered the country and must nee
essarily take risks in getting out I'M
der any circumstances, she might as
well get the family jewels and docu-
ments.
Family Treasures Recovered.
When Francisco Villa first threw
Luis Terrazas into prison on December
8, 1913. and filched approximately
S6OOO00 from him TO: alleged ransom,
the family jewels, silverware and 9TH
er valuables were packed in iron
trunks and placed in the care of Ro-
land Anderson, an American friend liv-
ing in Chihuahua. Anderson guarded
the treasures until he moved to Ell
PasO, following the murder of his son,
Morris Anderson, by the Mexicans.
when he transferred the trunks with
their precious contents to secluded
hiding place in the rear of howell
In this howell lived an old woman
who had been a nurse employed in the
TerraZas family for years and who
had remained true to her old masters.
Anderson had informed the Terrazas
family of the transfer and when Sc
nora Terrazas visited the hovel kept
by the aged Nurse she recovered the
treasures with the assistance of two
poems and with the more valued ones
in her possession, made her way back
to the United States in the same way
and by using the same disguise that
had assisted her in escaping the close
scrutiny of the Mexican bandits along
the route.
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settled to the bottom of the tank, and
for this reason, when the tank had
become nearly filled with the mixture.
1t was the duty of the men employed
as bumpers to open the salt water
faucet at the bottom of the tank and
let the salt water escape through it,
the oil thus settling down and making
room for fresh influx above.
On the night when this tank was
emptied in the manner described.
there was about three feet OF snow
on the ground. The weather was cold,
and the snow had been heapei up
around the tank by the wind, 30 that
it was piled about four feet above the
salt water faucet at the bottom. The
constant drawing off of the salt water
had thoroughly saturated the ground
| for space of two or three square
feet under the faucet, and the ground
| was soft and muddy, since the satu-
rated earth would not freeze on &C
count of the large quantities of salt
which had intermingled with the dirt.
Salt and snow form a muddy slush
which does not harden.
When the faucet was opened the salt
water ran out, followed by the total
contents of oil within the talk,
amounting, as has been stated, to four
or five hundred barrels. This oil,
which was highly inflammable, even
in its crude state, ran down into q
ravine, which was thickly dotted with
oil wells, partly belonging to Mr.. Ack-
ert and partly to other producers, for
the distance of more than mile. Had
this stream, in the course of its jour
| ney, reached any of the fires that
were under the boilers of the pump
| ing stations, it would instantly have
been converted into a fiery river, car
rying destruction all along the mile
of it's course, destroying hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of property,
and probably sacrificing many lives.
Mr.. Ackert called upon me on the
morning after this occurrence.
Il have not the slightest idea who
was dastardly enough to commit this
malicious act" he said. 81 am not
aware that have an enemy on
earth"
He begged me to use an possible eff
forts to discover who the person was
and to bring him to justice. He then
told of having received the anonymous
letters, which he laid before me- l at
once perceived that they were all writ
1 ten upon the same brand Of paper, in
legible and penmanlike manner, and
evidently by the same hand and pen.
By the end of the third day of my
| Investigations, had hit upon a clue.
Joseph Sullivan, the superintendent,
had employed two engineers whose
names were George and Henry Book.
George was a young man, married,
and living in cottage on the leased
| property, near the WELL Henry, his
brother, was single, and lived with
George and his wife. They were both
| employed on the same well as pump
ers. George, who was employed on
the day watch, was considered a very
| good engineer and reliable man,
while his younger brother, Henry,
though known to be competent and en-
ergetic, was not nearly so reliable.
He had been found asleep while on
duty by Superintendent Sullivan on
various occasions, for which he was
several times reprimanded, and finally
discharged from the service. 1t was
subsequent to his discharge that Mr..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
BOILER TO GET


The ruse which l am about to de-
scribe was perpetrated by me at the
time when l was chief of police of Oil
City, Pa, and resulted in the appre-
The case was more serious than that,
however, for the property of number
of men, valued at several hundred
thousand dollars, and the lives of an
entire city as well, were imperiled.
One cold winter morning in the
from gentleman named Sam Ackert.
Mr.. Ackert was well known in the dis
trict, being the owner of a large oil
lease. on the Towles farm, as it was
called, situated upon the Plummer
road, to the northeast of Oil City, and
in Venango county.
Mr.. Ackert was considered to be at
that time one of the largest oil oper-
,ators in the district. He was operat-
ing from twelve to fifteen oil wells, all
of which were producing large guam
titles of oil. Some of it was being
pumped while others were flowing
wells One of the latter kind was
producing as much as four hundred
barrels day, and at that time crude
oil was selling at the well for about
eight dollars barrel
Ackert employed large number of
men to attend to the wells and to look
after his general interests. Some Of
these men were employed as en-
gineers, being generally known in the
oil regions as bumpers. To operate
each well two of these bumpers were
required, each man working for IL
hours at stretch. Their work was
divided into watches, and men who
were so employed usually lived in
houses or shanties adjacent to the
wells at which they were employed.
The cause of Mr.. Ackert's visit to
me was that some months previously
in his mail. 1t stated that unless he
would discharge his superintendent, a
man named Joseph Sullivan and thor
oughly competent and trustworthy
the property would be destroyed by
fire or by other methods. Mr.. Ackert
paid no attention to this letter, which
was followed in the course of time by
three others of the same threatening
character, each one being anonymous,
and each demanding the discharge of
the superintendent, Sullivan. The
three letters followed each other at
intervals of four or five DAYS AS Sui
Ivan was not only a competent man
but thoroughly reliable and of good
character as well, Mr.. Ackert paid no
attention to these letters, but laid
them aside in his desk.
A short time after the receipt of the
last anonymous letter one of Mr.. Ack-
ert's oil tanks, containing at the time
from four to five hundred barrels of
crude oil, was emptied one night, at
a time between midnight and daylight,
by some person who had gone to the
tank and opening what was known as
the lower faucet. This faucet, which
was two inches in diameter, entered
the tank at point about six inches
above the bottom. 1t was placed
there for the purpose of drawing off
the salt water at the bottom of the oil.
All oil wells in that locality which did
not flow but were operated by pump
ing produced certain percentage of
salt water, which came up with the
oil out Of the ground. Salt water be-
ing heavier than oil. it Immediately
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ability. the same pen as had been used
previously. 1t was now obvious that
the letters had been written by
George. Whether or not he had
drawn the oil out of the tank had
still to be shown, and that was the
more serious offense, by far.
When the letter had been written
Book addressed the envelope, inclosed
the missive, and sealed and stamped
it. Apparently profusely grateful.
thanked him and departed in the di.
rection of Petroleum Center, but in
reality toward Oil City, which
reached early the following morning
after had set out.
During the course of the forenoon
I submitted the dictated letter, which
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
BauS Four Bio PeIicans.

Montrose, Mo.-John Adamson, one
evening recently, succeeded in bagging
four monster white pelicans. The larg-
est one of the birds measured feet
inches from "tip to tip" and weighed
a fraction over ii pounds. The birds
were shipped to Kansas City, where
they will be mounted and returned to
Montrose.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
Conversational Diplomacy.

"Who is your favori.e composer?"
Wagner" replied Mr.. Cumrox.
'YOu must be student of music !"
mo. l mention Wagner for the
sake of relieving myself of converse.
tional strain. If the other man aoesD't
like Wagner, he won't want to hear me
say another word"
"And if he does?"
Hell want to do all the TALKING
himself"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-08-04
With Spats. Sir.

We like to see an elderly man, or a
professional dresser" walking along
with irreproachable spats. Pleased
yesterday by the sight of Mr.. Hyacinth
Lovage, mincing on fremont street,
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
PASSENGERS EXPECTED

Per Matson liner Matsonia, due
Tuesday morning. December 5. from
San Francisco: j. j. Abel, Mrs. j. J,
Abel, j. A.. Johnson, Mrs. ]. A. john
son and children, Miss Pauline Lewis,
Mrs H. H. Lewis, Francis Smith, Mr..
Underhill, Mrs. Underhin, w. A. Coul-
ter, Mr.. Remey, Mr. Latimer, Miss
Dagmer B. Olsen, NJ. Camara, Mrs. l..
T. Folsom, Miss E. NJ Fairweather,
Mrs. Walter L. Emory, Miss Marie
Lewis, Mr. zap. Mrs W. o. Lorimer,
Mrs. A. Davis, Mrs. Lee Todd, Miss
Dorena Hoag, Miss Myrtle Waring,
Miss Anita Koenen, Miss c. P. Figeley,
Mrs. A. A. Hobson, W. F. Sullivan,
Mrs. w. F. Sullivan, Miss Stephanie
Wichman, Miss Eloise Wichman, Mrs.
Henry F. Wichman, Mrs. j. F. Me-
lanphy, A. w. Hudson, Mrs. A. w.
Hudson, Capt. g. d. Ball, F. A. Nc
Cormack, JAS Bergstrom, c. P. Starr,
w. A. FELTON,, W.. H. Smith, p. NJ.
Smoot, Mrs. d. e. W. Williamson, Mrs.
]. NJ. Afford, Geo. F. Newman, Mrs.
Geo. E. Newman, w. S. Harshman,
Mrs. w. S. Harshman, w. J. Crandley,
Mrs. w. j. Crandley, Mrs. J. w. Ba-
con, S. S. Nicholson, Mrs. S.. S. Mich
elson, Mr.. Crissinger, Mrs. Crissinger,
Mrs. Mary Mcnamara, Miss Rather!
inc Ames, Mrs. E. NJ. Higgins, E. d.
Tenney, Mrs E. D. Tenney, Mrs. Jno.
Waterhouse, ]. w. Hanes, Mrs. j. w.
Hanes, Bob Single, VIM. H. Brown
son, Mrs. VIM. H. Brownson, Mrs. An
ME Standwood, J.. Crandley, Mrs. j..
Crandley, Mrs. A. Focke, Mrs. p. C..
Fauntleroy. F. S. Shetterly, H. B. He'll
nor, Mrs. H. B. Heilnor, l.. Andrews,
Mrs. l.. Andrews, p: w. Macfarlane,
L. w. Howard, Mrs. l.. w. Howard
and child, G. P. Wilder, Mrs. G. p.
Wilder, DR.. w. F. Zahm, Mrs. w. F.
Zahm, Mrs. S. E. Coffin, Mr.. Holland,
DR.. A. j. Derby, Mrs. M. MacGregor,
E. w. Peterson. Mrs. Z. w Peterson,
C. R. Smead, Mrs. c. R: Smead, o. c.
Voss, Mrs G. T. Cook, S. Bennett,
Mrs. S. Bennett, A. S. Guild, Mrs. A.
S. Guild, Mrs. NJ. w. Dole, Miss Dole,
Miss Harriet hatch, Mrs. J. D. Davis.
Mrs. C.. Maule, j. F. Tritch, Mrs: ]. F.
Tritch, G. d. Bell, Mrs. G. D. Bell, Miss
Maud Porter, Mrs. Chas. K. Stillman,
Mrs. Marie A. Feters, Mrs. E. Mariani,
Mrs. ]. A. Burridge, Percy Billiard,
Mrs. Percy Bullard, Mrs. H. Becker,
Mrs. d. A. Kemp, Miss Margaret Hag-
gerty, Mrs. V. j. Milton, Mrs. w. II.
Beebe, G. NJ. Lesser, Miss Eleanor Nc
Govern, Miss M. King, Geo. T.>Hill, F.
M. Hatch, M. Beatty, Mrs. M. Beatty,
Geo. Shiras, Mrs. Geo. Shiras, j. d..
Fraser, Mrs. ]. d. Fraser, Geo. Wilcox.
A. w. Carter, C.. K. Blackwood, Mrs.
c. K. Blackwood, G.. K. Davis, Frank
Waterhouse, Mrs. Frank Warehouse,
Geo. /. Brown, Miss Ellen Shiras, Miss
Helen Gurley, Miss Mabel Mead, Mrs.
H. D. Mead, H. l.. Castle, Mrs. H. l..
Castle. n. D. White, w. Woon, Mr..
McInerny, J. A. Enquist. John I. Don
nelley and Paul Muhlendorf.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
WOOL
EMBARGO SOON
At SYDNEY

That the next Oceanic steamer to
arrive in Honolulu from Sydney will
have all the Australian wool she can
carry is believed by officers of the
Oceanic liner Sierra -. =.
They were told in Sydney by people
who should know that the embargo on
expectation of Australian wool TO the
United States was soon TO be lifted
and that they would be given plenty
of wool on their next voyage from
Sydney II is believed there will be
a shipment on the Ventura, due here
from Sy dney December - No wool
has been brought from Australia on
Oceanic boats for many months, since
the embargo was Capped on. ........#
The Sierra is taking light through
list to San Francisco from Sydney and
Pago-Pago. There are only II first
cabin Second cabin is fairly heavy.
81, while steerage is very light, only
six persons. 49,. J. 49,. :.
Among the through cargo on the
Sierra are 5000 bags of copra, of which.
$50 tons are from Pago-Pago and the
balance from Syuney Rabbit skins,
400 bales, are also included in the
San Francisco freight. ~ -. +