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Warren sheaf., 1917-04-11
WARREN SHEAF
JOHN P. MATTSON,
Editor and Prop.

Published Every Wednesday.
Entered in the Post Office at Warren
as Second Glass Mail Matter
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Letter Forces Confession.

When King heard this letter, according
to Mrs. Humiston, he walked up and down
the Jail corridor for several minutes. Tears
filled his eyes. Finally he blurted out:
"rm the one that killed Phelps and
Mrs. alcott--not Charlie Stielow"
In the meanwhile Stielow's family had
babe him farewell. Little Ethel hung IN
his arms, racked with sobs and riven with
anguish, until the time was up. Then they
took her and her mother and her little SIS
ters outside.
Stielow submitted quietly to the prepa-
rations for the morning execution. The
only thing that bothered him was that he
couldn't tell his story. They shaved his
head and slit his clothes so that the cleo
trodcs might work mercifully quick. lie
told the minister in simple, childike words
that he was innocent.
AS he did SO IneZ Milholland Boisse.
vain waiting anxiously for some word
from her co-worker, Mrs. Humiston, re-
celyed the hurried word from Little VAL
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we'll | am very, very much pleased TO
hear that you are well. We are all pretty
well as far as am concerned. just wrote
letter to Aunt Matilda. Aunt Anna has
got little baby girl, grandma is there
now. l am going to school most every day.
l heard Friday that Charlie Ertman Is
dead. lie was buried Friday. The cause
Of his death was plural pneumonia; 1T was
a sudden death, | was told. We have been
been warmer the last few days Roy ana
Irene are we'll Irene grows like weed.
She is laughing and playing and having
lots Of fun with Maize. Aunt Matilda has
moved over near Shelby
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Mother to Go to Work.

MAMA will soon go to work at Hay
mer's. / expect shall be lonesome for her
then, but can telephone her. 1t will soon
be the first Of April. You shall have your
wish, dear papa. l shall never forget you.
Praying that God Almighty may have
mercy upon you--praying that He may
grant you another trial, as he knows as
well as we do that you are innocent
praying that your prayers and our prayers
may be answered high up In heaven, md
that God may answer them for Jesus sake
amen. s.s...s... 49,. .,...s.
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Justice Grants New Trial.

Justice Guy was astounded. When he
had recovered from the first shock of his
surprise he signed au order again staying
the killing Of Stielow for sixteen hours
This merely postponed tho execution
until night The fourth date for Stielows
death was set. However, during the next
day when Justice Guy had time to go over
the evidence N more detail he granted an
order demanding that the prosecution show
cause why Stielow should not be granted
new trial.
Little Ethel in her home heard the good
news aud rejoiced with her mother and sis
ters, but she did not know that it was her
letter that had brought about the saving OF
her father, and his obtaining of a rehear-
ing Of his case.
But soon after the confession had been
announced. District Attorney Kuicker-
booker and Detective Newton got hold Of
King, On Aug. li-three days after he Is
alleged to have made the repudiated tho
confession declaring Mrs. Humiston had
offered him $1,000 to say what he did. But
his population was not credited.
Not satisfied, however, with having
saved the life of StieIow, Mrs Humiston
and Mrs. Boissevain now intend making
the case an example of what capital pun
ishment means. 1t was only by a hairs
breadth, they say, that Stielcw escaped
death. and their contention is that If CAPT.
tai punishment operates with gross fnjus.
tice in such a case II should be abolished,
.-.~. Ica9ysishs. 1910. ~ + xss'sy] s-4v
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tectives to New York, in the belief that he
was to ferret out u big case. Flushed with
hattery, the detective was led on to talk
Of his third degree" methods in obtaining
the confession Of Stielow Meanwhile a
dictaphone chronicled his garrulous boasts
The steady, remorseless passing Of the
days preyed hard upon the Stielow family
Dumbly they realized that the last effort
had been made and that soon the last day
would come
At last the 2Sth Of July came The
next morning the electric chair would be
filed.
But the Stielow family did not know
what Mrs. Humiston was doing. Armed
with certain letter which little Ethel
had written her father the woman at
tempted again to break through the calm
denials Of Irwin King Carefully, insist
emily she worked upon him. She pictured
the crime Of letting an innocent man go to
the chair. She described Stielow with his
child's conception of things sitting timidly
in the death house, not understanding, not
comprehending the reason for his imprison-
ment. Slowly she brought the listening
man to mental picture Of Stielows
family.
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The Little Girl that God did Not FORGET

THROUGH the fundamentally OF lawyer veriable
Porfia real le there this leadership
little child the most dramatic example Of the
pronounced that has light within century
.srersrs great rsts famous lawyers and pantops
noted prison warden and celebrated governor.
The thread Of this little chads love far. spins from
ne farm laborers cottage to Fifth from humble
t to The electric chair at Sing Sing and wherever
~ hardened hearts Of crooks and crook catchers
The story begins this way:
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he stayed the execution day, resetting it
Tor July Is.
At this point the women lawyers enter
the story. Mrs Grace Humiston. who had
been an assistant United States district at
torney, and thus prominent in convicting
criminals IN the famous ''peonage cases.
visited Sing Sing to talk to an Italian muir
derer Deputy Warden Miller told her Of
the StielOw case Instinctlvely she sympa-
thized with the prisoner and began to
study the circumstances involved She
talked with Stielows family. From little
Ethel she gained the information that Site
low had not been ont of the house on the
fateful night, and that he wouldn't have
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dARLES FREDERICK
STIELOW, an illiterate
farm hand, worked near
West Shelby, n. Y. He
had a wife and two
children. Ethel was the
elder of these. She was
u years old.
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done anything like that because he wasn't
that kind of a man and had always been
gentle and loving.
Soon Mrs. Humiston was convinced OF
Stielow's innocence and took the case to
the Public Defenders Association, of which
she was member. Next it got before the
Humanitarian Cult, one of the leaders OF
which is Mrs. Inez Milholand Boissevain,
the noted feminist authority and essayist.
The two women directing the new fight
in behalf of the sentenced man went to
Governor Whitman, pleading for another
stay. On the 14th Of July he granted this.
On the 10Th Mrs. Boissevain and Mrs.
Humiston appeared before the court and
begged new trial, but it was denied
Stays Execution Again.
Governor Whitman then set the execu-
ton date for July 30 in the morning.
The women attorneys were now desper-
ate. Mrs. Humiston set out on a slender
clew that might give the wherea bouts Of
the mysterious peddler who was said to
have been near the Phelps home the night
Of the murder. In Buffalo she found
trace. In Little Valley, n. Y, she located
her man.
The man she found was Irving King
horse trader and peddler. He was In jail
at this place because he had shot Lewis
Brown, jamestown storekeeper, In No
vember, 1914, and had just been run to
earth at Pavilion, n. Y, a few days before.
Mrs. Humiston began to question him.
Suddenly she ceased her examination and
sent to Sing Sing for one of Ethel Stielows
letters written to her father.
All this time Mrs. Boissevain had been
working tirelessly in New York. Her most
effective and brilliant piece Of strategy had
been the Turing Of one Of the Buffalo de:
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MA got card from Aunt Olive Sat
nrday. They are all we'll | have not
got much more to write, as 1t takes me
too long to think. May God be with us
till we meet again. | will have to close
30 ma can write. Hoping TO hear some
good news from you and also that YOU
will be let to have new trial and come
home soon and have your freedom again
as you are innocent
I'VE all know you was not out Of the
house that night, and God knows it as
well rs we do, and may answer our pray
ers OF that which we ask Of Him. God
be with us till we meet again.
Il will close.
Sending many hugs and many kisses.
Answer soon.
II remain your loving daughter as
ever, ETHEL NJ. STIELow.
MAY there be blessing to your
heart"
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Shows Him Child's Letter.

And just see this letter, Mr.. King"
she added Read 1t over and tell me
what you think Of It," The letter was one
written to Stielow by his daughter, Ethel.
1t reads as follows:
March 81. 1916.-My Dear Papa:
Mama received your letter saying you are
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
SOLOkS To GO ABROAD
congressman Plan Visit to West
ern Battle Front.
Delegation May Make Trip to War
Zone If Congress Reaches Ad-
journment Next Month.

Washington Sept. l9.-If congress
adjourns next month, several congress-
men will visit Europe and the western
battle front. Members already are
planning a trip either with or with
out official status. Should some of
the official invitations be accepted,
some members plan to 60 in a body
at their own expense, asking Speaker
Clark to head the delegation
Progress of the conference on the
war tax bills slowed down as the more
important disputes we're approached.
House conferees stood out strongly for
retention of second class mail rate In.
creases. and the senate members ap-
parently were disposed to accept some
provision for postage increase. AS a
compromise the conferees considered
the so called Hardwick plan, indorsed
by the postofiice department, to in.
crease rates on advertising portions
only Of newspapers and periodicals.
1t was reliably stated that the con-
ferees have definitely agreed to elimi-
nate the house provision for a general
10 per cent tariff increase and to strike
out the house section, estimated to
raise s6,000,000 from inheritances.
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HORSE MEAT FOR GERMANY
May Be Brought From Denmark, Fod-
der Being Scarce.

ueT Deinu scarce.
London Sept. 1S.-Denmark is ne
gotiating to increase her exports of
horses-presumably to Germany-if
there is not some abatement in the AL.
lies restrictions on giving Denmark
fodder. according to an Exchange tel.
egraph dispatch from Copenhagen
Denmark's shortage of food for cat.
tie and horses has forced farmers
either to kill their horses or arrange
for increased export Of the animals.
Danish newspapers commenting on
the situation carry the yelled hint that
1T is hoped America will realize Den
marks economic conditions and shape
her course accordingly"
Export of horses-dead or alive-to
Germany, which is Denmark's nearest
neighbor, would give the Germans
new meat supply. Horse meat has long
been eaten in Germany.
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RACE RIOT is FATAL TO FOUR
Fight Follows at Illinois Prison When
Blacks Done Bread

Pontiac, ILL.,, Sept. 1S.-In a race riot
at the Illinois state reformatory, which
involved about $50 black and white
prisoners, two whites and two negroes
were mortally injured. A man named
Foley fwhite) from Chicago was
stabbed through a lung and probably
will die. The other white prisoner
was cut and hit over the head with q
chair
A member OF the institution said the
negroes for week had been sharpen.
ing up old knives, pieces of iron and
other old articles which could be used
effectively and that the negro walters
had placed lye upon the bread served
to white prisoners.
DR. Beatty was called to attend sew.
eral white prisoners who had their
throats badly burned by the bread.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
Held in Petrograd for Connection
With Revolution Led by
korniIov.
LATTER DEFENDS SELF
pointed to Probe Causes of Revolt
Chief of Cossacks Hands
In Resignation.

Petrograd, Sept. 1S.-Twenty gen.
erals and other officers arrested with
General Kornilov, leader of the revolu-
tion against the provisional govern
ment, are being closely guarded. Cen
eral Kornilov is imprisoned In ho-
tel at Mohilev.
Kornilov's fate is in the hands OF
the provisional government
korniIov Makes Defense.
lie completed his defense before the
special governmental commission ap-
pointed to investigate the causes OF
the generals revolt, submitting full
statement i'm writing. Examination
of other officers involved with the
former Commander-in-chief i'm the re-
bellion was continuing and full re-
port from the commission, making rec
ommendation as to future action, is
expected shortly.
All Russia is anxious to learn what
defense the former generalissimo has
made to the treason charges against
him. The Semand on the part of the
public that he be executed as the best
pON0ibtS 6AailpiC " AhSSid lfOOph
that discipline is to be enforced with
out fear or favor showed little abate-
ment.
cossacks' Chief Resigns.
General Kaledines has resigned as
hetman Of the Don Cossacks.
General Kaledines arrest has been
sought by the provisional government
because of his adherence to the Kor-
niloy revolt and instructions to that
effect were sent to the grand council
of the Don Cossacks, sitting at Novo
Tcherkask
The council. however, replied that II
was impossible to obey the order be-
cause of the necessity of General Kal-
edines' attendance at the military con-
ferenees of the Cossacks in his official
capacity as hetman.
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Chicago, Sept. 16.-The citizen who
insists a this time upon exercising
his right of free speech" In criticising
the government is "a promoter Of an
arohy." That was the definition given
by William Jennings Bryan In an ad-
dress to the convention of the Inter.
national Lyceum association. II don't
know how long the war will last" he
said. "but know that the quickest
way out Is straight through. Any d.
vision or discussion now would simply
prolong the war and make Il more
aDo4y u Lives and tyea&REA"
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Men for Signal Corps.

Washington, Sept 1S.-To All the
army signal corps, the War depart
nent may decide to draft an additional
100000 men. The signal service has
asked for a decision on the method
to pursue in filling up gaps, existing
In the aviation and telegraph branches,
and the general staff is expected to
answer In few days The draft law
permits the filling of units which are
now below strength, but it is held that
an added 100000 instead of any OF
the $4,000 Of the original draft would
bs necessary for the signal corps.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
No Peace Until AIsace-L Lorraine
is Restored to Republic, is
Declaration Made.
STAND TAKEN IS FIRM
Proposal Of Germany TO Make Terri.
tory independent Duchy Decried
in Poincare Message Reply
Inc to Protest

Washington, Sept. 19. - Frances
nnalterable determination 10 restore
Alsace-Lorraine to the republic was
reiterated in a cablegram received here
from President Poincare by Daniel
Blumenthal, former Alsatian deputy
10 the German Reichstag, who recently
came to this country at the instance
of the French government to lay the
Alsatian situation before President
Wilson. The message said
THE government of the republic
nrmly 10 resolved to obtain for Alsace
Lorraine her return to the French faith
srlRnd-a restitution fully justified by
the sufferings endured for 46 years
and the heroic sacrifices of her sons
who have died gloriously for the cause
Of liberty"
President Poincare cabled in re-
sponse to protest OF Alsatians in Ho-
boken. N. j., 4gainst the German pro-
posal to make Alsace-Lorraine an In
dependent duchy.
British Seapianes Hit Teuton Base.
London, Sept 19.-British seaplanes
have struck an effective blow against
Germany's naval base on the Belgian
soast, the admiralty announces. The
raiders dropped bombs promiscuously
upon fleet of Teuton destroyers and
lrawlers.
"One large destroyer was hit amid
group OF four trawlers was sunk" the
statement says.
"On the same night British and Ger
man seaplane clashed on patrol cruis-
ps One of the German machines was
shot down in flames. Shortly after
Kard another German aircraft was
bagged' \"
italians RepuIse Austro-Hungarians
No spectacular operation on a large
scale is reported in the official COM
munications from belligerent capitals.
On the Bainsizza plateau. northeast OF
Gorilla the Italians have repulsed sue
eessfully four determined attacks by
the -Hungarians and captured
f3 prisoners. Increased artillery ac-
hvity is reported from the Carnia sec
tor. northwest Of the Isonzo fighting
zone.
Field Marshal Haig's campaign of
attrition during the breathing spells
between major operations continues In
raids at three points between Arras
and St Quentin the British entered the
German trenches. inflicted casualties
and destroyed mortar emplacements
and ammunition dumps
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Other Yards Affected.
NON-PARTlSAN CONFERENCE
Opens at St. Paul to Consider Price
Regulation.

St Paul, Sept. 1S.-With a predicted
attendance of several thousand, the
high cost of living conference called
by the National Nonpartisan league
opened in the st. Paul Auditorium for
three days deliberation on problems Of
the producer and the consumer.
The purpose OF the meeting was
outlined In a speech by President A. C.
Townley Of the Nonpartisan league, is
Ito urge further price regulation, to
eliminate proflteering. to place heavy
war taxes on wealth." and probably to
urge application of the leagues pro-
gram OF government ownership for
natural monopolies, transportation sys-
TENS, flour mills. farm machinery fac
tories and similar activities.
Senator A. J. Gronna OF North Da-
kota, an antiwar senator, is scheduled
10 address the conference. Governor
Lynn ]. Frazier OF North Dakota spoke
1t the first session.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
BENTALL AGAIN IN THE TOLLS
Accused OF Activities Of a Disloyal
Nature

Hutchinson, Sent 1S.-J. o. Ben
tall, Socialist candidate for governor
last year, has been arrested for the
second time for alleged activities of a
disloyal nature. On a charge of hav-
Ing induced John Kassube, his hired
man, to avoid registration, Bentall was
taken into custody at his farm near
Cedar Mills and taken to st. Paul to
appear before a federal officer IL is
said that Bentall not only induced
Kassube to refrain from registering,
but also assisted In concealing the
hired man. Bentall is under bond to
appear before the federal grand jury
In Minneapolis October 2 on a charge
OF violation of the espionage act, un.
der which he was arrested July 81.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-20
u. s. Business Men Meet.

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 19.-Plans
for the cooperation OF virtually the
entire industrial and commercial In.
terests Of the country In the conduct
OF the war are to be discussed at .
special war convention OF the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of the United States
In session here. John H. Fahey Of
Boston. former president of the organ
ization. was the principal speaker at
the preliminary meeting. Secretary Of
War Baker Is to deliver the keynote
address at the nrst regular session
and viz be tollQwed by otAer pDeAkAgA