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JUROR IN ELECTION
FRAUD DIES SUDDENLY
Wanted to Change Vote in
Scranton Cases-Intended
to Make Statement
Scranton, Pa. Aug. 90.

Scranton, Pa. Aug. 26
Death has sealed the lps of Thomas
Rainey one of the thirteen Grand Jurors.
who, in report to Court Saturday,
whitewashed the charges of ballotboX
stuffing that followed in the wake of the
nomination of David w. Phillips for Sem
ator on the Republican ticket in the
May primary.
Rainey. sufferer from miners
asthma. was found dead, lying on
couch in his home in West Scranton,
Conscience stricken over his partici-
patton with the majority, Rainey. before
the jury appeared in court Saturday,
pleaded with his colleagues that he be
permitted to change his vote, recorded
the day before. His request was refused
Later Rainey. talking with close friends.
said he was ready to tell all and would
makes a statement that would give the
public a still greater shock than that
occasioned when thirteen Jurors gave the
ballotbCx suffers a clean bill of health
Raney. it is alleged, planned to tell
of the methods used in and out of the
Grand Jury room to get majority to
ignore the Courts suggestion that the
Jury Indict those whose foul felonious
fingers were laid on the ballot boxes"
as Judge T.. G. Newcomb expressed IT,
He was to make the statement today
It was stayed by the hand of death
Sunday morning.
Rainey was fifty-eight years old and
had been active in ward politics in The
Bellevue section of Scranton,
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and worked his way up to the manager
of branch store. He enlisted last
fall and was attached to Headquarters
Company of the 109th Infantry. A
brother, Eugene Dougherty, twenty-one
years old is in the navy Dougherty
was n member of the parish of the
Church of Our Lady of the Rosary,
Sixty-tihrd and Vine streets. and a me-
mortal service will be held there for him
later this week.
Corporal Charles +. Kenworthy, 1877
Gay street, Manayunk, unofficially re-
ported as accidentally killed, was twenty
years old and married. He enlisted in
the old First Regiment in July, 1917, was
trained at Camp Hancock. and went
overseas last May. He was in Company
c, 103d motor supply train.
kenworthy is survived by his parents,
his wife, who was Florence NJ. Grove,
sixteen years old, and a child only few
months old lie was married to Miss
Grove, May 4, 1917.
The youthful soldiers parents re-
ceived three letters telling of their sons
accidental death. One was from his
commander, Major James b. Wheeler.
who described how he was knocked
from the steps of IA mCtorlorrie by a
truck and fatally crushed. A letter from
NthNoI tHS y pulihi'' WI DpI al r. -
Swopc. related how. the day before he
was killed, he told Swope he was saving
his money to buy a home for his wife
and baby.
Lieutenant Leon 4. ROemcr, 1119
North Newkirk street, previously report
ed killed in action, now reported wound
ed was hurt in the Franco-American
counter-attack on July 10. He owes
his life to brass buckle on his dispatch
box. which DETECTED the bullet from a
German machine gun.
In letter to his mother, Mrs. Robert
Roemer, he explains that the bullet
struck him in the left elbow as he was
lying fiat on the ground waiting for
the order to renew the charge. The
bullet glanced from his elbow bone and
would have penetrated his abdomen il
| it had not been for the buckle. He is
| rapidly recovering, hS said, and had beer
| able to attend church services on Au'
| gust 4.
! Lieutenant ROemer, who, from 1907
| to 1910, was a member of Company ].
Second Infantry. y. G.. p, earned his
| lieutenancy at the second training camI
at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, shortly before
his twenty-eighth birthday. He was then
attached to Company l., Fifty-ninth In
fantry, with which he went to France il
| April last There he was transferred
to the intelligence service, but before th
big push on the Marne he was reas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-26
HARGE BANDITRY
q TOPATROLMAN
4 automobile Party Accuses
Charles Hunt With
Highway Robbery
HUNT FOR BROTHER
Victims Say Cop First Arrest
ed Them on Disorder
Pretext
HUNT FOR BROTHER

Charles Hunt, a reserve patrolman,
was accused today of highway robbery,
and held without bail for court by
Magistrate Mecleary, Central Station.
=. The bluecoat's accusers are John II.
Ford. of Baltimore. and four others,
members of motoring party who were
approached early yesterday morning at
Ninth street and the Northeast Boule-
ward, they say, by Hunt. who was ac-
icompanied by two other men in an au-
tomobile.
~ A wallet containing 5000 was taken
from Ford. he charges. after he was
Knocked down by one Of the men with
Hunt.
II Hunt Denies Accusation
The patrolman denied the charges,
but a patrol wagon crew did not cor
roborate a statement he made
IA Ford, who lives at 2611 Maryland
avenue. Baltimore, was motoring early
yesterday morning with DR.. Martin T.
Cunningham, 1929 Locust street; Cyrus
p. Martin, 1905 Walnut street. a res
taurant proprietor: Mrs. Marie Mac
Neill. 210S Norris street, and Gertrude
Young, 2l0s Norris street.
The machine broke down at Ninth
street and the Boulevard. One Of the
second automobile drew up. Hunt in
full uniform. it is alleged. stepped out.
Two other men followed him.
You people are under arrest" Ford
declares was Hunts greeting. The pa =
trolman is believed to have said he had
warrant for the three men and two
women for disorderly conduct.
Fords Teeth Knocked Out
Ford denied any one in the party had
been acting in n disorderly manner.
Thereupon, 1t is said. one of the men
with Hunt struck Ford. knocking out
three teeth and Telling him. According
TO District Detective Dougherty, Branch
town police station, the man who struck
Ford was August Hunt, a brother of
the bluecoat.
While Ford was PROSTATE, Doctor
Cunningham testified, one of the three
robbers, said TO be August Hunt took
the wallet from Fords pocket.
Detectives are searching for August
Hunt.
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LIBERTY BOND FOR RUM
Saloonkeeper Says Stenographer Paid
Debt With Ii

William MacFarland, "A court stenog-
rapher, Jefferson street above Fifty-seC-
ond, was held in $500 bail for court to-
day for the alleged theft of a $1,000 Lib
erty Bond.
Walter II. Lewis, member of a firm
of cour stenographers, testified before
Magistrate Mecleary in Central Station
that the bond. of the third loan, was
stolen from his safe July 81.
A saloonkeeper said he was given the
bond by MacFarland to cancel a debt
MacFarland had been employed by
Lewis.
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u. S. Lieutenant
Kills 100 Germans
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
Danes and the Aisne. were taken with
small loss, and the Crown Princes
army came laundering to the Marne
on the way to Paris.
AS | examined the terrain and con-
sidered the information which had
come to me from many sources. the
fact was borne in that the whole
course of events was changed by the
timely appearance of American troops.
Wonderful Rifle Shooting
IT was the Americans upon whom
the spearhead of the German offensive
was broken. And northwest of Cha
teau.Thierry a single American divi-
sion laid the cornerstone of the FoCh
offensive. which seven weeks later was
to deliver a signal blow to the enemy.
Without that wonderful rifle shooting
by comparatively small number of
American infantrymen, the Germans
would probably have reached MeauX
and put their feet solidly on a jump
ing.off place for Paris.
It was an entirely unexpected per.
formance. On the very day of the be-
ginning of the Chemin -des Danes Of
fensive I had visited the second divi-
sion of American troops behind
Amiens. and they then had no other
idea than relieving the first division,
which after a wearying service was
making a stroke at Cantigny before
taking a wellearned rest.
One travels all the way from Cha.
teau-Thierry to the Nesle through bat
tlefieds made glorious by these troops
and those who come after them.
There is not village but that is
associated with these victories and
scarcely an acre Of soil which has not
received a baptism of American blood.
For many a year Americans will flock
here to see where their sons con-
quered and perished.
1t is all quiet enough now until
after. one passes Fere-en-Tardenois
To the north are division headquar
ters where l sought permission to
enter the zone of the Vesle battle;
they were reluctant to permit a civi.
Ian to visit the area covered by
vicious German shell fire. The roads
especially We're tar-ets for enemy gun
ners The question was decided in
my favor, however, and armed with
maps and detailed instructions, l set
| out to see friends in the battle sector
and not the progress of the fighting.
Part of the way l had a conveyance,
but as the Germans shot at every auto
I had TO leave the car to proceed on
foot
Counted 1000 Shells in Day
To give an idea Of how busy the
enemy was. we counted one day at a
regimental headquarters where l was
visiting 1000 German shells burst in
the vicinity. Our guns returned the
fire with interest.
The captain whom I had come espe.
cially to see was still further forward
his company being In a support posi-
ton after being four days m the front
line at a point near crossing of the
Nesle. His troops had made the good
record which is now expected of Amer,
leans as a matter Of course.
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P. R. T. EARNINGS INCREASE
Army of War Workers Brought
Here Boosted Receipts

The earnings Of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Company increased enor-
mously in July, this year. over July.
1917, although operating expenses were
boosted more than 100000. according TO
report made at the monthly meeting
of the directors this afternoon
Fifty thousand dollars more than was
taken in during July last year has been
added to the surplus of the company as
a result of the heavy traffic last month
The large increase of war workers had
much to do with the increased earnings
The directors approved the new CO.
operative plan proposed for dealing with
the men, which will entail an eXpendi.
ture of between $500. 900 and SO, 600, ,OOO
a year and which carries with it en-
larged pension and sick benefit features
as well as higher wages
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PAYROLL FRAUD CHARGED
Hog Island Workers Accused Of Get.
ting Unearned Paw

Five workers at Hog Island were ar
raigned before United States Commits
sioner Long in the Federal Building to-
day on the charge of defrauding the
Government of money they collected as
pay, and were held in $500 bail each for
court.
The men are Harold Ficke, Lewis
Gross. Edward Brooks, William Parks
and Sidney LeventhaE 1t was said the
men did not work for the money they
received at the yard. getting their wages
by marking time cards incorrectly.
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Counted 1000 Shells in a Day
BUREAU BECOMES DIVISION
Daniel Heads New Justice De
partment Headquarters

The Philadelphia Bureau of the De-
partment of Justice was officially made
a division today. with Todd Daniel act
ing superintendent.
Heretofore the local agency of the
department was n district bureau, but
now it will be on the same plane with
the New York and Chicago offices or di-
visions.
Additional branch bureaus for the
new Philadelphia district will be es-
tablished in Harrisburg. Scranton, Tren-
ton, Camp Dix, Atlantic city and Will
mington.
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MIR. SCHWAB AT CHESTER
Attends Shipyard Office Building Open
ing Tonight

Charles NJ. Schwab director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will
visit Chester tonight to attend the OPEN
ing of the Sun Shipbuilding Company's
new office building.
A banquet is on the program. and 800
department heads will attend Mr..
Schwab is listed for a speech, and so
are ]. n. Pew, Jr., president of the Sun
company; Robert Haig, director of ma
chinery construction, and ]. X. Graham,
director of the hull department.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-26
WATER RATE ATTACKED
New Springfield Charge Excessive
Says Lansdowne Complaint

Lansdown borough. Delaware Coun-
ty, today entered complaint before the
Public Service Commission, Harrisburg.
against the new fire hydrant charges OF
the Springfield Consolidated Water
Company. alleging that because of the
pipe line charges there had been an in
crease of $50 per cent.
The hydrant rental was decreased
from S555 to $3.50. but. It is charged,
the pipe line charges added are $5073.39.
Complaint was also made by citizens of
Atglen against the readiness to serve"
charge of the Parkesburg Gas COMPANY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-26
Rev. C. l.. Seasholes Resigns

The Rev. Charles L. Seasholes, pas
tor of the Falls Of Schuylkill Baptist
Church, Queen Lane, near Ridge avenue,
has rendered his resignation. He gave
no reason for his resignation, which be-
comes effective October 1, the date of
his fifth anniversary of accepting the
call to the church
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Soldier Shoots Wife; Kills Himself

Camp sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Aug
26.--John Boynton of Denver, private
in the quartermasters corps at Camp
Sherman shot his wife following a quar-
rel last night and later committed sui
eide in tin shop at camp. His body
was found by military policemen who
were sent to arrest him. Mrs Boynton
will live.
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Bury J. c. Marshall Shirk

The funeral of J. c. Marshall Shirk,
architect was held this afternoon
at 8 o'clock at 1920 Chestnut street.
He died Saturday at his home, 1880
South Rittenhouse square. He was
born in Philadelphia June 23, 1865. His
father was Commander James w. Shirk.
u. S. N.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-26
Wreck Of U-Bost Victim Removed

Washington, Aug. 26.-RemovaI of the
wreck of the motor vessel Madrugada,
which had been a menace to navigation
on inter quarter shoals since she was
shelled by a German submarine August
IS, was announced today by the Navy
Department
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Z City Soldiers
Killed; 9 Hurt

Continued from PAGE One
Corps, "a East Shapnack street (pre-
viously reported missng).
The Canadian casualty list. given out
names of H. b. Hood and A. Dunn, of
Philadelphia, as killed in action. No ad-
dresses are ever givn by the Canadian
authorities.
CASUALTIES FROM NEARBY POINTS
Sergeant Harry W. Goudy, Chester,
missing.
Private James G. Campbell, Glen Rid
die. wounded.
Private William BiIIrough, Colwyn,
wounded.
Private Edward McGuIEnn. Consho-
hocken, wounded.
Private william r.. Ruth. swarth-
more gassed.
Private John d. Gwynn, Swarthmore,
wounded.
Private A. B. johnson, Chester, Fa.,
killed in action.
Private Joseph r. Smith, Consho-
hocken, Pa, wounded.
Previously Published
The following casualties have been
published but appear on the official list
for the first time today: Corporal will
liam L. Curry. 2421 Panama street,
killed in action: Corporal Leo NJ Grout,
J,,o, Dn,.,,,, =, r -. ,r' -
street. severely wounded. woponer
Eugene Reuter- 5521 Spruce street.
wounded: Private George Gosner, 6730
Regent street, missing.
CT r,
chetcHeS OJ me heroes
Private George NJ, TnyIor. Jr 5116
Tlcnnv street of George NJ Tay1pr
Sr a patrolrnan of the Fra Milford district
is dead in France according 10 n letter
received TODAY nv his father from Can
tain Donald II, Van Dewscn. Ratterv 2
1Osth Field Artillery. in which Young
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A PAW PAW INTERVIEW.

Mr.. Allen tells his experience. The
following brief account Of an inter-
view with a Paw Paw man three
years ago, and its sequel, will be read
with keen interest by every citizen.
Joseph H. Allen, blacksmith, S
Kalamazoo street, Paw Paw, says:
"My kidneys were out of order and
suffered from a lame back. Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me. / certainly
can recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
to anyone having any backaches OF
other kidney troubles" Statement
given January 10th, 1879
On October 5th, 1916, Mr.. Allen
said: 81 have never found any kid
ney medicine that did me so much
good as Doan's Kidney Pills. / an
always glad to recommend Them"
Price 60 cents at all dealers-don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Deans Kidney Pills the same that
Mr.. Allen has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props.
Buffalo, N. Y.
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STATE OF MICHIGAN

The Probate Court for the County OF
Van Buren,
At a session of said court, held al
the Probate office in the Village OF
Paw Paw, in said County, on the
18th, day of July A. d. 1918.
Present, Hon. VIM. Killefer, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Eliza A. Bilbo, Mentally Incompetent
John w. Bilbo having filed in said
court his petition alleging that said
Eliza A. Bilbo is mentally incom-
petent person, and praying that said
petitioner or some other suitable per-
SON be appointed as guardian of her
person and estate.
1t is ordered that the 10Th, day of
August A. d. 1913 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, at said probate office be
and is hereby appointed for hearing
said petition;
1t is further ordered that notice
thereof be given by personal service
of copy of this order upon said
Eliza A. Bilbo and upon such of her
nearest relatives and presumptive
heirs-at-law as reside within said
county, at least fourteen days pre-
vious to said day Of hearing.
And it is further ordered that
notice thereof be given to all others
of her nearest relatives and presump-
tive heirs-at-law by publication of
copy of this order, for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day
of hearing, in The True Northerner
newspaper printed and circulated
in said county.
VIM. Killefer
Judge of Probate
A true copy
Margaret M. Southworth
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CHANCERY SALE

In pursuance and by virtue of a
certain decree of the Circuit Court
for the county of Van Buren,, State
of Michigan, in Chancery, made and
dated on the 25th, day of January,
A. ID. 1918, in a certain cause there
in pending, wherein Dewitt Dillen-
beck, Albert Dillenbeck, Charles F.
Dillenbeck, George Dillenbeck, Ches-
ter Dillenbeck, Hattie Christie and
Florence Nicholas are plaintiffs, and
Charles Fiske and Helen A. Fiske are
defendants:
Notice is hereby given that, for
the purpose of making distribution
of the proceeds of sale according the
terms and conditions of said decree,
/ shall sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder, at the north front
door of the Court House, in the will
age of Paw Paw, in said county of
Van Buren,, (said Court House being
the place of holding the Circuit Court
in and for said County, on Saturday
the 18th, day of September, A. d.
1913, at ten o'clock in the forenoon,
all of the following described pre-
misses, to-wit:
The Northeast quarter of the
Southeast quarter of Section five,
Town three south, range fifteen west.
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July, A. d. 1913, have been allow
ed for creditors to present their
claims against said deceased to said
court for examination and adjustment,
and that all creditors of said deceased
are required to present their claims
to said court at the Probate Office in
the village of Paw Paw in said coun-
ty, on or before the 25th day of No
vember A. d. 1913, and that said
claims will be heard by said court on
Monday the 25th, day of November
A. d. 1918 at ten o'clock in the fore
noon.
Dated, July 22nd, A. D. 1913
VIM. Killefer
26t3 Judge of Probate.
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Margaret M. Southworth
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Robert Merrill to Louis j. Hunt &
w. Pei. 40 acres, Sec. 2, Waverly
Twp.-S4650.00
Citizens State Bank to Carrie M.
Boucher, Pei. Blk. 5, South Haven
$4750.00
Anna A. Douglas to George w.
Rupe, Pei. 80 acres, Sec 80, Columbia
.Twp.-$1.00
Zadden Nasser to Sylvester o.
Kenyon, Pei. Blk a, Paw Paw-S1 90
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Van Buren, County, Michigan and the
Northeast fraction of the Northeast
quarter, being north of river, of Sec
tion eight, town three South, range
fifteen west, said county and state.
Dated at Paw Paw, Michigan, the
10th, day of July, A. d. 1918.
Oran w. Rowland
Circuit Court Commissioner
Van Buren, County, Michigan.
Thomas j. Cavanaugh
Attorney for Plaintiffs
Business Address, Paw Paw, Mich.
PITT
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Probate Court for the County of
Van Buren,

The Probate Court for the County OF
| Van Buren,
At a session of said court held at
the Probate Office in the village of
Paw Paw, in said County on the End,
day of August A. ID. 1913.
Present, Hon. VIM. Killefer, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Jennie L. Mclean, deceased.
Chrissie C. Comfort, daughter of
said deceased, having filed in said
court her petition praying that said
court adiudicate and determinate
who were at the time of her death
the legal heirs of said deceased and
entitled to inherit the real estate of
which said deceased died seized.
1t is ordered that the 3rd, day of
September A. D. 1913 at ten o'clock
in the forenoon at said probate office
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petition;
1t is further ordered, that public
notice thereof be given by publication
of a copy of this order for three sue
cessive weeks, previous to said day
of hearing, in The True Northerner,
a newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
VIM. Killefer
Judge of Probate.
A true copy
Margaret M. Southworth
Register of Probate. 28t3*
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
The Probate Court for the County of
Van Ruren


Van Buren,.
At a session Of said court held al
the Probate office in the village OF
Paw Paw in said county on the 24th
dav Of July, A. ID. 1918.
Present, Hon. VIM. Killefer, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Charles V. Burdick, deceased.
Cyn,Lia M. Bassett, heir-at.law of
said deceased having fled in said
court her petition praying that
said court adjudicate and determine
who were at the time Of his death
the legal heirs Of said deceased and
entitled to inherit the real estate of
which said deceased died seized.
1t is ordered that the 10Th, day of
August A. D. 1918 at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, at said Probate Office,
be and is hereby appointed for hear
ing said petition;
1t is further ordered, That public
notice thereof be given by publication
of copy of this order for three sue
cessive weeks previous to said day of
hearing, in The True Northerner a
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
VIM. Killefer
Judge of Probate
A true copy =
Margaret M. Southworth
Register of Probate 26tc
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Always Have PERUNA
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St, Memphis, Tennessee. writes:
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