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PROVIDENCE, Jan 3l.--A door leading
into the high vaulted, yellow limelighted
room OF the Superior Court opened late
this afternoon and Charlie Mohr. the
ten-year-ol son Of the woman being
tried for causing the murder OF her
husband. stepped jauntily In.
lie was almost lost to view behind
the big figure Of a court attendant who
went through the formaiity OF leading
him toward the witness stand Charli.
needed no guide. As he marched along,
his heels clicking in the silence, he
smiled at his 'mother, at the Judge and
the jury. at the lawyers and the whole
room. as IL the day he had been look
ing forward 10 for weeks was at last
his.
Charlie was a hero beyond his boyish
hopes, and every glance OF his bright
little face showed that he appreciated
the fact lie was going to help save his
mother. and was supremely happy about
II.
He stood straight and unafraid in the
big witness box, his hair tumbling down
In defiance of brush and comb. the cor
ners OF his mouth curling ur in a comicai
friendly smile. above his big E,on col
| lar II was good To- see that smile. the
first frosh and wholesome thing OF the
entire trial.
For "A time this afternoon IL seemed
that the boy would not he called till
tomorrow morning. There was some
doubt IN the minds of the lawyers for
the defence as to the advisability of
letting him take the stand because OF
| the impression that might be produced
through the realization of what this
engaging youngster had been subjected
to. Before the afternoon recess his
name was called. but when court recon-
vened other witnesses took up the time
until u began to get dark outside and
the lights came on.
The sun., 1916-02-01
HEDLEY SAYS
$50,OOOSALARY
is TOO SMALL
Tells Thompson Committee
He Invented All His
Subway Devices.
WILL BE- QUESTIONED
ABOUT OTHER PROFITS

Frank Hedlcy. vice president and gem
eral manager of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, was an all day wit
nees yesterday before the Thompson
Legislative committee which has re-
sumed its inquiries under an extension
Of time. an increase in appropriation
and the legal services Of Bainbridge
Colby. lie was intcrrogated chiefly as
to the sources Of his somewhat COM
plicated. and to him not altogether salts
factory salary his connection with COM
panes which furnish the 1nterhorough
and other roads with supplies, and the
circumstances under which Mr.. Hcdlcy
and j. : Doyle. superintendent Of car
construction. nearly always hit upon the
inventions which prove 80 remunera,ive
TO the company and so beneficial TO the
travelling public.
Mr.. Ilcdlcy said that he had never
set any specific value upon himself. al
though he was convinced that it was
considerable. He gets $4,000 year
from the marlborough. $4,000 from the
New York Railways Company, $4,000
from the subway Construction Company
""'u P'.Ns Wy ie" thouSahus from 'ue
sale of devices which he has patented.
He got his preliminary engineering edu-
cation at Cooper Union, and when Sena-
tor Thompson. In trying to throw light
On tne propieins tndt CONFRONT engineers
III V'ese pdr's' sTSht VI 'ne g Il uay
mecnahics up III Niagara county MT.
liediey SAID ne mad worked Tor thdt
amount AT one tiino. nut didn't nave to
Sny more.
Inc SUBWAY manager admitted that
he never heard of the investigation of the
Thompson committee year ago. the
oi'is Tor when are now being inresti-
gated by the Grand Jury. Ihis intor-
marion ueN"l"ped IN connection WIN
fet'ai OF no" ne ma" dlsPosed OF Si-'"oo
worth OF stock In the halfway Improve
neht company on FEBRUARY IN. 1919.
u was thouslu ne n'sh' nave Nlsposed
vi 'hs s.oeh i'' anticipation OF 'he ac',vl-
yes On ue thompson committee put Mr.
Ieole! denied that ne Knew AWNING
moout ,nu iho'''pso" 'o"''''''ee uh''
10" "o"'hs ago.
n Al. ,,
""'
Mr. colby has obtained from Mr..
Hedley a list Of the inventions which
lie and Doyle have perfected and they
will form the subject of the inquiry to-
day. The witness mentioned yesterday
the "coasting clock. which saves the
lnterhorough s6oo."uo year. Mr. He'd
ICY teetined that me COMPANIES by which
10 ~ 'npInEeu nav" ire" use OF MS
Inventions put ne gels roN"'lIeS from
other companies II" dtscrlhrd also nus
anu-cliihplhs Ht'iCe ana sun ahotn
inventor, ioi Srap'nS SNOW on 'U'iH
Ia's, ror 'nre '"' '"'''"or'uA" "hs
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II have n real pistol" he said proudly,
aud added that he brought IL up to
Providence with him. but that he never
shot II of up here.
q. Did you tell Miss Mueller that IL
YOU hit anybody IL would kill them .
A. II could not kill them because they
were blanks
Q. You used to go over and see Miss
Mueller quite often when YOU got hun
CRY. didn't you q. No. could eat at
home.
q pid YOU over talk 70 Miss Mueller
about any drops Of poison" A. No
@ pidut YOU tell her what YOU would
do with your gun II YOU saw Miss Bur
ger AT Newport \. No.
Then Ny. Rice came to one Of the
mos, unpleasant descriptions Of the
things the hoy vas I'm the habit nf doiu =
for his mother, and also introduced for
tho nlst time any direct mention Of the
famous little red book" that was sun
posed 20 contain entries OF Dr. Mohr's
cases
.. 10 YOU remember when YOU took
the book out OF your fathers desk Who
told YOU TO Sc, IL" ~ Mother She
told me to see II could see anything Of
II laying around on papas desk. and
later ON. when I Was looking for pad
| opened a little drawer and there Il
was. and brought it home 10 mother
.. How dod she tell YOU So YOU knew
what book II was y She told enc II
was little red book. that I'd know II.
Papa promised mo he would give " 10
what was in Il, and then sent II back
The sun., 1916-02-01
CRAM AND WILLIAMS OUT.
Public service Con, M i.sion to Re of
hitman AppOintrrs.

j. Sergeant Cram and George V. =.
Williams quit the Public Service Com
The sun., 1916-02-01
Asks About Car Purch hs ~ ..

Where does the Intcrborough get its
cars"
wherever we can get the best cars
for the least money"
He said that 7s6 cars had been bought
during the last year from the Pullman
company, and then went on to give the
number of cars and the companies from
whom they were bought during the last
few years Apparently the only per-
tinent fact brought out was that a man
named McDufy, who negotiated a sale
or cars -four years ago for the st. Louis
, Car Company. was "a stockholder In the
AAhway Improvement Company, of
The sun., 1916-02-01
Consulted Counsel.

He admitted he got the aid of counsel
in preparing this letter and when asked
his own opinion of the request he said |:
"My opinion was and H. that II |
bought stock fifteen or twenty years
ago. or bonds. in a corporation that has
sold TO or done business with a cor
poration that comes under the Public
Service Commissions OF this State. il
doesn't seem to me To bc any business
OF this committee when bought IL.
how much | paid for 1t, from whom
bought il or how much return | got out
of it,
The witness said that he had owned
about thirty-nve shares of stock in tho
Agasote Millboard Company which fur
nishes material for car ceilings, but he
sold all of his holdings to T.. H. Outer
bridge a few weeks ago and got what
ne paid for them He said that he had
n contract with the prepay ymcnt car
Sales Company under which this com
pany could sell his eNiccs to any one
except his employers. This question
brought up again the matter Of inven-
tions and Mr.. Colby said:
"Mr. licdley, do you claim that You
are the inventor in fact of these de-
vices?'
II don't claim it. know It,"
"Thcy are not the work Of the In
terborough's men?'
mo"
The witness said he was not n member
Of the board Of directors Of the com
pany and wouldn't he. He said he was
an engineer and had enough to do with
out sitting in at directors meetings.
Asked about his job as chief engineer
for the Rapid Transit Subway Construc-
tion Company he said he did it just as II
there were no aifliation Of that company
and the Intcrborough.
The sun., 1916-02-01
Didn't Mention Poison.

9 DIDN'T you say to Miss Mueller
about three weeks before she left las,
August, that just a drop of poison In
your fathers coffee would XIII him" i,
NO | never did
| q Did YOU say to Miss Muelle- last
MAY ~ June that you were going 10 sc,
, in some nisnt and Chloroform Miss MueI-
( lcr and the dog and then you were going
to fix your papa? n No. | never said
anything lik. hat
q Have YOU got your gun now ?
A. My mother has
The Attorney -Generil turned away with
broad smile az he concluded the ex-
animation,
charlie WAS not the only interesting
witness Of me most Interesting day OF
the trial Earlier in the day Dr Mohrs
brother and sister. who said that they
mad not seen him for tNcutN-thrce wears
took the stand to aid Mrs Mohr Mrs.
Elmira Hogan ~ McEwrnsville. Pa.
the sister, a little woman In black.
bphbcd into the room. hohhed into the
/ stand with smile and hohbed out aga in
I'm th" most unrunccrncd way In the
I world
/ 81 am proud of her as my sister" she
said with bob Of her head and wave
nf her hand toward Mrs Mohr when
/ she was asked about the relationship.
And later when she said IL was her
first visit to Providence and that she
had not seen her brother for twenty
three years before his death she gave
a reply that even took Mr., Rice aback
when hc asked;
"no YOU expect to get any share Of the
! doctors property" She looked non
plusscd FOR moment and then asked
| ''po YOU mean to say. do | expect 10
| get any of his money
That's just IT," said the prosecutor.
"Not n htt," SAM Mrs Hogan with
"A snap of her head, shaking her mum
IN her lap. and tohhcd away.
Dr. Mohr's Letter.
\ letter that has been in the hands
! of the defence was called for by the
! state and turned against Mrs. Mohr
when GuStavus Mohr. the doctor $
/ brother. testified. He said that he
never saw the doctors first wife and
! that the first he saw of the present
Mrs. Mohr was when In 1914 she Wis
tied McEwansvllle to appeal to her
husbands brother and sister for aid
! in bringing about reconciliation. TWO
days before she arrived Mr.. Mohr said,
| he got letter from his brother. the
! first in years. II follows in part
hear Mrs. Mohr is going down
! the coming week and have paid part
of her fare too. You can do as YOU
! please about matters of that kind.
! but she is no good and never will he.
] do not want to go into details hut
! YOU are doing wrong 10 let her visit
| YOU Better inform her that she is
! not welcome. The children she claim
| are not mine, hut you can do as YOU
please about 1t,
Then chauifeurs, an office boy aud
"A former office girl of Dr. Mohr fol-
| lowed To aid Mrs Nnhr llii mar,l\
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
STILL HAVE TINE
FOR CLEANUP DAY.
Two Days Left In Cleanup Week and
Weather 10 Favorable for
out Of Doors Work
Move.
ASH PILES AND TIN CANS
Inspectors Find That These Are the
Two Worst Features In Look
Ing over City This
Week.

There are two days left in clean
up week. Although the early part
of the week was not very propitious
for work in the yards. the last three
days have been such that this sort Of
labor could be carried on. keokuk
people are urged to get busy and to
make whirlwind finish and get their
back yards and alleys in shape.
The most that inspectors dnd to
criticise are ash piles and piles Of tin
cans. It is easy enough to get rid of
all such trash, and the people behind
the cleanup movement suggest that
property owners and tenants get busy.
There is still plenty Of time to get
the debris of winter cleaned up.
Swat the fly and swat the mosquito
campaigns can be carried on very
nicely together with clean up cam
paigns. In fact getting rid of these
dangerous pests of the summer is as
important as cleaning up yards and
alleys. Covered garbage cans will do
more towards preventing the breed
ing OF flies than anything else, and
if trouble Is taken to fill up holl0ws
where stagnant water comes, or Ii oil
is poured over this water, it win help
to kill the eggs which are forming at
this time.
Clean up week might extend to the
city forces as well as private indi-
viduaIs, and perhaps something could
be done to make the fill in the levee
look less like a dumping ground than
it does.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
SPRING MEDICINE
Hoods Sarsaparllia, the Great Blood
Purifier, 10 the Best

Spring sickness comes in some de-
gree to every man. woman and child
In our climate.
It is that rundown condition OF
the system that results from impure.
impoverished devitalized blood.
1t Is marked by loss OF appetite
and that tired feeling. and In many
cases by some form OF eruption.
The best way to treat spring sick
ness Is to take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This old reliable family medicine
purifies. enriches and revitalizes the
blood. 1t is an all-the-year-round al
terative and tonic. and Is absolutely
the best spring medicine.
Get your blood In good condition at
once-now. Delay may be dangerous.
Ask your druggist for Hoods Sar-
saparilla, and insist On having it, for
nothing else can take Its place.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
/ CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Saws Dr.. Edwards, a Well-Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. F. N. Edwards for II years treated
scores Of women for liver and bowel all
ments. During these years ne gave 10 MS y,
-. tiente a nrescription made Of q few we'll
known vegetable ingredients mixed with
olive oil. naming them DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets, you VIII know them by their oiive
color.
These tablets are wonder-workers on the
liver and bowels, which cause normal
action, carrying of the waste and poison
Gus matter that ones system collects
If you have pale face, sallow look. dull
ewes. pirnples. coated tongue. headaches,
listless, no-good feeling, all out OF sorts, In
active bowels, you take one of DR.. Edward
Olive Tablets nightly for time and note
the pleasing results.
Thousands Of women as well as men,
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets now and
then Just to keep In the pink Of condition.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the success
ful substitute for calomel 1Oc and zoo
Der box. AL druggists.
The Olive Tablet Company. Columbus, q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
CARRANZA WANTS
TROOPS TO REMAIN
Continued from page J..

expeditions advanced base near San
Antonio. Mexico.
This. in connection with the PaTral
incident and Major Hcwze's report
that the citizens OF LaJoya, Rosario
and Santa Cruz ambushed his col
umn, showed the necessity of shorten
ing his line OF communications and
having an unders landing with the
Carranza government before driving
farther south into Mexico.
The San Antonio wireless also re-
ported further concentrations OF Car
rama troops to block the expeditions
advance if necessary.
Two trafnloads OF them passed
through San Antonio enroute to
Cusihuirachic, Temachic and Santa
Tomas to reinforce the garrisons
there The movement Of troops was
ordered ostensibly to Quell any anti
American demonstrations inspired by
the Villista agents.
The ride of Major Howe and a
SQUADRON OF the Eleventh cavalry
through villista ambushes and pene.
trating to the Durango line, 81
miles from the American border. will
go down as one OF the most notable
features of the expeditions stay in
Mexico.
The column learned from natives
along the line OF Villas retreat, that
he was shot in the head and leg. The
natives believe Villa is alive and hid
ing in the mountains of northern
Durango They found an overturned
wagon in which Villa was said TO
have been carried until its canvas
top was improvised into litter for
| him.
In the hills outside Of LaJoya, the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
NO BREAK BETWEEN
TWO NATIONS
CONTINUED from page ~

can correspondents and wanted to
know If it wasn't true that the United
States had a secret treaty with Eng
land.
One thing particularly impressed
Germans who were first inclined to be-
lieve that the majority of the people
OF the United States would not stand
behind President Wilson. That was
the manner in which the American COL
ony in Germany rallied to President
Wilson's support. Even many Ameri-
cans of German birth, who had some
times been free in criticising Ameri-
cas- stand during the early negotia-
lions ceased their criticisms when g
break threatened and made prepare
lions to return to the United States.
ksiser's Reply Ready.
by Robert ]. lender. United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The
kaiser has determined upon his re-
ply to America and has given his fin
al instructions for the wording of II
to Chancellor Won Betfmann-Hollweg
This is the Interpretation placed by
German officials in Washington to-
day on the kaiser's invitation for
American Ambassador Gerard to
visit him at army headquarters. 1t
was declared the reply, for this rea-
son, must be favorable.
1t is considered improba bic the
kaiser would receive Gerard X there
was any danger of a break.
1t is not thought here Emperor VIII
helm will discuss details OF the nego.
tiatiors with Gerard, but it is ex-
pected he will give the am bassador
assurances Of Germany's friendship
for the United States; OF her desire
to continue amicable relations and
of her efforts to meet the demands
made by President Wilson.
Taken in connection with the
United Press dispatch yesterday
and that from William G. Shepherd
today from The Hague to the effect
that all danger of break from the
present situation is over, much
credence was given the German in.
terpretation of the Gerard visit to
the kaiser.
1t is thought likely the kaiser win
reiterate to Gerard the contention
that Germany's submarine warfare in
the Atlantic was instituted as an
act of reprisal against the alleged
illegal British. blockade and that Ger
many has up to now felt justified for
that reason.
Gerard undoubtedly will imme
diately cable to Secretary Lansing
the result OF his interview with the
kaiser, and it is thought here such
a message will probably be person
al expression OF good feeling from
the latter, and will do much to lesser
the tension now existing over tbs
submarine issue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
GN0AANO
CONTINUED from page ~

Soerakarta witnessed the encounter,
the despatch said, the patrol boat at
lacking the submarine while she WAS
examining the Soerakarta's papers.
SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
LONDON, April 2s.-The British
steamer Industry was sunk by sub
marine in the Atlantic, the admiralty
announced this afternoon. The crew
was left In open boats. but was res
cued by the steamer Finland.
The Industry was \ 4,044 ton
steamer 400 feet long registered at
Liverpool. She was built in 1888.
The Industry was unarmed. She
was bound for the United States.
lit is possible that the liner Fin
land flying the American flag is the
steamer which rescued the Industry's
crew. The Finland left Liverpool
Wednesday night for New York;
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28
Call In the Humane Society.

Military Engineering: Dogs are
generally from 8 to IS inches long
and the teeth from 3 to 8 inches
long; the service pattern are from IL
to Is inches long with 6-inch teeth
For straight dogs the ends of the
teeth should be slightly further apart
than at their root. Dogs when heated
red-hot can be twisted till their teeth
make any required angle with each
other. generally right angle; they
are then known as skew dogs
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

know If it wasn't true that the United
States had a secret treaty with Eng
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

60 extensive are the precau''sb,
t,ren IN the railroads that ciim Cxus]
Andes and link Argentina an IN thd
which have the steepest graaes - ba1
world. that not fatal aociue emsd ID
occurred since they were openeu
1910.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-28

No other plant gives such quan-
tity of food to the acre as the banana.
which is forty times more than that
of the potato and 1913 times more than
that of wheat
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21

The Clarence st. Cyrs are re-
ceiving fluctuations upon the birth
of son, Pierre Alfred, last Thurs
day.
Mark Savage, chief of the Skowhe-
gan Fire Department, has received a
complimentary invitation to the an
nual ball of the Firemens Relief As
soeiation in Lewiston, Thursday
evening, January eleventh.
The Christmas fair given by the
Philathea class of the First Baptist
church was held two days last week,
Friday and Saturday on Madison
avenue The room was prettily
decorated with ropes of red and
green cut paper suspended from the
lights in the ceiling to the four cor
ners of the room. In the center was
pretty little Christmas tree trim
med with tinsel and pop corn. The
walls were gay with Philathea ban
ners and greens. The fancy work
table was in charge of Mrs Jessie
Stewart, Mrs. Florence Higgins and
Mrs. Janet Thomson; the household
table, Mrs j r. Webendorfer, chair
man, Mrs Fannie Fletcher and Mrs.
Annie Nolin; mystery table, Mrs.
Lucy Schultz. Miss Hope Withee and
Mrs. Minnie Knight; ice cream and
hot chocolate table, Mrs. Robert Hall,
chairman Mrs, Perley Stevens and
Mrs. Florence Dugas; aprons, Mrs
Helen Knight and Mrs. Charles Cur
rier; handkerchiefs, Mrs. Lottie Crit
fin and Mrs. Nellie Durrell; cooked
food, Mrs Ada Phillips, Mrs. Fred
Horne and Mrs. Minnie Russell; can
dy table, Mrs. Winifred Goodwin and
Mrs. Sadie Witham.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21

At the meeting OF Skowhegan
Grange last evening, the following
committees were appointed for the
annual meeting of Pomona, which is
to occur here, Tuesday and Wednes
day, Jan and 10. Dinner, first
day, Mr.. and Mrs William Rowell,
Miss Stella Kimball supper, first
day, Mr.. and Mrs. II r. league, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. futile; dinner, Sec
ond day, Mr.. and Mrs. George Parker,
Miss Marian Adams.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21

Ar. Annie r. Fish returned Non
day from TIN Eye and Ear Iuhrmary
AT Portland. where she has been for
treatment tht past week
Principal Leighton Of the high
school is IN receipt OF a letter from
VIII {. Ma,farlane, municipal or
ranist Of Portland in regard to an
engagement for the Portland Mems
Singing club at Skowhegan. 1t IL
hoped To briue this club here later
in the winter This club which has
only been organized for a few years.
has under the able dictatorship Of
Mr. Macfarlane, already won splen-
did honors. not only in various parts
of Maine but in other states. and have
hned engagements in many places.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21

A few months ago all eyes were on
Uncle Sans boys along the Mexican
Border. Liberty" the serial glorious
running at this theatre every Friday
and Saturday will show you all about
what sort of country Mexico is; what
the Mexicans are like; what the
border Americans are like; Mexican
Bandits and Poems; Texas Rangers;
American Cayalrymen, in thrilling
and unique situations Thrills,
daredevil stunts, brilliant action
from start to finish. All these and
a wonderful golden love story feat
uring Marie Walcamp as Liberty.
Eddie Polo ack Holt and others in
the cast.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21
MARY FULLER AT THE STAR TO-
NIGHT

In Two Reel Play "The Garden Of
Shadows. Also The Red Feather
Play Presenting Hobart Henley, the
Idol of the Screen In Five Reel
Drama of The Great White Way
Entitled "Temptation and the
NAM
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-12-21
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