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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
Strange Couple Vanish
After Taking Boy and
Girl of Mrs. Woodland.
of Cape May, to Beach
Clew i'm Likeness
To Ex-Husband
Ransom Theory Is Held,
as Devoted Uncle of
Missing Babies Is Rich
Special Correspondence Of The Tribune

SpsctGt correspondence OF 4 ne I'57otHe
CAPE MAY, N. j., July S.-Mrs.
Robert T. Woodlands two children,
Jack who is three years old and Mar
garet, two, disappeared yesterday and
the police have sent out a general
alsrm for a couple boarding near their
home who left town at about the same
time. They are suspected Of having
kidnapped the children in the interest
Of Mrs. Woodlands husband, from who
she is separated.
Another theory is that the children
may be held for ransom, as their great
upcle, john Wilbraham. wealthy re-
tired manufacturer, is extremely fond
Of them and is said to have settled
100000 apiece on them recently.
The strangers who are under sus-
pieion came to town about a month
ago and took ROOMS at Sunnyside Villa
en- Hughes Street, about block from
Hrs. Woodlands home. They said they
were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry James, OF
Richmond, Va. They struck up an &C.
ouaintance with Mrs. Woodland and
we're assiduous in attentions to her.
Attentive to Children
Often they took Jack and Margarsl
to the beach with them and frequently
Mr.. James" would stay at home with
the children in the evening while the
tsso women went to a motion picture
show.
Yesterday morning, the couple called
for the children, saying they were
going to the beach. Jack and Margare.
went with them. The children were
hot back at lunch time. Mrs. Wood
land went to Sunnyside Villa and dis
covered to her dismay that her new
friends had packed up, paid their bill
and departed.
She learned that Howard Smith of
Schellenger's Landing had taken them
to Lewes, Del, in his boat and that
two children accompanied the couple.
Another man had joined them, he said.
This information aroused Mrs. Wood
lands suspicious. She suddenly re-
called several circumstances that took
on new significance in the light of the
was that "Mr. James," whose appear
euSC always udo 1CuiliQCQ ACI t0S uS>
" of some one she had met, resembled.
SO far as she could recall, her hus-
bands younger brother, whom she had
seen but once.
Same City as Husbands
Another was that the couple fire.
quently had received mail from At
lanta, Ga. Mrs. Woodlands husband
from whom she has been separated for
eighteen months, is from Atlanta, and
was there in the employ of a railroad
company when Mrs. Woodland last
heard from him.
Mrs. Woodland had another inter-
view with the boatman who had taken
the "Jameses" to Lewes, and from
his description of the man who Joined
them on the trip decided that he bore
some resemblance to her husband.
She notified the police and the prose
rutor and warnings have been sent to
the police of cities in the South and
East to watch for the fugitives. Mrs.
Woodland is thirty-one years old and
mas lived here for many years. Be-
lore her marriage her name was Flcr-
ence Gaiten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09

man was busy raising steam for a
grade, the fireman not noticing the
engineer was missing and the loco
motive unattended.
The explosion blew the boiler and
engine about 80 feet and the cab about
200 yards.
AUSTIN, Tex, July s.-A Texas
Ranger has been ordered to Valentine,
jeff Davis County, to investigate the
death Of Engineer Bohman and she in
jury of Fireman Robertson in the ex-
plosion of locomotive near Alpine,
Adjutant General Barton, of Texas, an
nounced to-day. The officer was re-
quested by Southern Pacific Railroad
sponsible for the explosion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09
81, 500 Lost Ring Is
Fished Out of Sewer
Gem Vanished From Wash
stand in Hotel Room, An.
other Still Missing

J John F. Keegan, chief engineer
Of the Vanderbilt Hotel, recovered a
$4,000 diamond ring belonging to Mrs.
C. c. Coddington, of Charlotte, N. c.,
yesterday from the trap of sewer be-
meath the sidewalk in front of the ho-
tel. Another valuable ring, lost at the
same time, still is missing.
Mrs. Coddington put the rings in a
glass on the washstand in her room
when she returned from the theater
Thursday evening with her husband.
Half an hour later the rings had van
ished. She had not been out of the
room. The disappearance was mys-
terry which the hotel detective force
was unable to fathom.
At the instance of a representative
of the company with which the jewelry
was insured, the trap beneath the side
walk was opened in the morning.
When you think of writing
NIT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-09

When you think of writing,
Think OF WHITING, -Advt.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

Mrs. j. n. Irwin and two children
are visiting relatives in the southern
part of the state.
Richard Wooley underwent a
slight operation Monday at the
Powell hospital.
Nursery stock of all kinds. Ever
bearing strawberry plants, garden
plants and bedding plants.-Sisseton
Green House. asst
Miss Myrtle Lewis went to Wist
Saturday for an over Sunday visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lauris Lewis.
The two-year OLD child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Williams of Sisseton town.
ship died Sunday of pneumonia. The
funeral was held Wednesday.
Charlie MCGEE and Arthur Ben.
nett were up from Milbank Tuesday.
Charlie returned the same evening,
but Art remained for longer visit
The cafeteria supper and exhibit
at the school house Friday evening
drew quite an attendance, altho the
weather was very disagreeable.
Mrs. Wvlie Ross of Clinton, Mimi,
who has been visiting friends at
Peever, spent Thursday with her
friend. Mrs. A. F. Ertsgaard.
We have full line of fresh box
candy at prices so low that they can
not fail to interest you.-City Bak-
cry. Il
Mr.. De Weird. of the De Weird
Milling Co., of Milbank, drove ove~
from Ortley Tuesday afternoon. re-
turning to Milbank in the evening.
Miss Mary Glass has finished ae-
term of school near Wilmot and az
rived at her home here Saturday
night.
Miss Millie Thorson is once more
at her duties at Stavig Brothers, af-
ter having been absent about ten
days in the southern part of the state;
Miss Hazel Schwarm was at New
Ellington with display of millinery
Friday and Saturday. Mrs. NJ. E.
Thomas attended to the wants Of
customers here in her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Wage expect
to move this week. into rooms IN
the upper part of the Rohr residence
(the property formerly occupied by
tn w. A. Hatch family.
Mrs. v. A. Peterson and baby
went to Webster the latter part of
the week for a visit at he home of
her sister-in-law. Mrs. Nelson, the
Nelson boys coming over after her
Thursday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20
LOCAL NEWS

Watch for Memorial Day progra m.
Miss Gladys LEM is assisting at
the Oletzke boarding house.
Rev. Young and wife departed
Monday for Sioux Falls.
Ed. Gleason was down from Claire
City Saturday.
Arthur Overland of New Ellington
spent Sunday with Sisseton friends
High in quality-low in price
that's our box candy-City Bakery
Miss Vivian Bickford is working
in Aberdeen.
H. S. Morris returned from Min
neapolis Friday
Jim Ready is working on the
Knight farm near Claire City.
DR.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Peterson and
baby are visiting his parents at Jas
per, Mimi.
The Misses Leila and Leona Moss
of Milbank visited their cousin, Mrs.
A. F. Ertsgaard, Saturday.
Lost-NIink fur muff. Liberal
cash reward for its return to this
Office. Nett
c. L. Wohlheter of White, S. D. is
visitingh is son, w. P.,for a few days,
arriving last Sunday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCl,
Henry d. Cough. Minister

Henry ID. Cough, Minister
Sunday school 10 a. III.
Morning worship IL am. Adj
dress by pastor "The City of God"
Junior and Epworth League :
p. m.
Union service p. IN.
Address by Rev. E. f. Hunt. state
superintendent OF the Anti-saloon
league.
A large attendance is expected.
Special music A cordial welcome
is extended to all.
On Monday evening there will be
a meeting in the church for the pur-
pose of organizing law enforce
ment league for Roberts Co. There
will be address by the following: A
representative of the Women's or
ganization. DIR. w. /. Longstreth, of
the American Legion, Hon. F.. r
McKenna, states attorney, Rev. f
E. Hunt. superintendent A. S. III
Everybody invited Come early,
p. m. sharp
Sir knights, j. c. Knapp and Rev.
Cough attended the commandery of
the Knight Templar at Nlilbank last
Wednesday evening. Four candi-
dates received the order of knight
hood-M E. Crockett and DIR. w. l..
Longstreth of Sisseton. j. l.. Suffe-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

the war when she enlisted as a Red
Cross nurse. Altho very anxious to
go across, her wish was not graft
fed. Since the close of the war, she
has travelled quite extensively i'm the
west. She arrived at Wist last Mon
day and expects to remain among rel
atives and friends for several
months. She was formerly head
nurse at the. Sisseton hospital under
DIS. Glasied and Peterson and she
has many warm friends in and
around Sisseton.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

cool of Sisseton Agency and Hans
Jurgens OF Peever.
A number of friends gathered at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Mon
sen last Sunday. The guests were
MIR. and Mrs. o. B. Osmondson and
children, MIR. and Mrs. Tom Torsen
and children, Mr.. Gay Osmondson
and children and Miss lnez Severson
and Ed. Opsal. They are jolly good
folks and spent an ENJOYABLE day
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

a little two-year old Sanders child
who resided with her parents south
of Ellington, was brought to the Pow
ell hospital Thursday, having been
accidently run over by her fathers
large automobile. Beyond a few
bruises, she was found to be unhurt,
and returned home with her parents.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

SISSETQN WEE
Have your shoes repaired at the
new shop opposite postoffice. M-132
G. F. Mccormack has taken a
grocery agency, with Roberts county
as his territory.
Agnes Donovan is now fully re-
covered from a nine day siege of
chicken-pox
All kinds of dressmaking done at
Thelin's Tailor Shop by Mrs Stem
berg and Mrs. Thelin 1t
MIR. ard Mrs. Ray NJ. Reyman are
visiting Mrs. Reymans sister, MIS-.
Schloe, this week.
Miss Freda Hagen arrived home
this week from California for visit
with the home folks.
Herman Schcnck, who is working
at Roy Lake, spent Sunday with his
family.
Atty. c. r. Jorgenson and Banker
N. c. Klein autoed to Dell Rapids
Sunday, returning Tuesday.
That Mrs. j. C. Knapp is improv-
ing quite rapidly will be good news
to her Sisseton friends.
/ A dance at the Larrabee dairy
| barn Saturday evening drew the
usual crowd.
Send in your repairing by parcel
post, and get it when you come in
Robinson Shoe Shop. M-132
County Auditor Elmer Pearson
and bride are now comfortably DOM
iciled in the Wolff house on Third
Ave- East
The NJ. E. Ladies Aid gave tea
at the church basement Wednesday
afternoon, with the usual good at
tendance
Notice-Car good Early Ohio po-
tatoes for sale at so cents per bushei.
i-B. H. Menus, 1-2 mile southwest
of Beardsley, MINI. 46-4tp
A fine baby girl arrived at the
home of MIR. and Mrs o. l.. Wig of
Goodwill township Sunday morning
Both mother and baby doing nicely
Mrs. A. O. Bundle and Mrs. Austin
entertained the members of the Trim
ity Lutheran Aid Society at the
church, Wednesday afternoon.
B. e. Eek moved the Claude Ben
nett furniture to Wilmot this week
where Mr.. Bennett has secured work
and the family will reside.
Miss Overland, who has been en-
ployed as nurse at the Powell hos
pital, left Saturday for her home at
New Ellington. Mrs H. e. Nelson is
temporarily assisting in her absence.
Mrs. A. F. Ertsgaard entertained
1 the Trinity Lutheran choir Saturday
evening. Mrs. Ertsgaard is an ideal
hostess and the affair was highly
enjoyable one.
Rev. E. r. Hunt will occupy the
pulpit of the Goodwill Lutheran
church on Sunday morning, and the
pulpit of the Methodist church ON
! Sunday evening.
H. j. Denhart, representing the
Herbert Packing Co., of San Jose,
CAL, spent few days visiting his
sister, Mrs. w p. Wohlheter, the
first part of the month.
On account of the danger to chi'd
rem playing on the school grounds
autos are hereafter forbidden to
drive thereon-By Order of the
Board of Education.
Mesdames Geo. Crosby, H. d. Bat
terberry and M. E. Thomas enter
tanned Wednesday at the Thomas
home The details were very clev-
erly arranged, and everything was
voted success.
Chris Hagen was taken with hem
orrhage Of the stomach while at the
Lake fishing few days ago. He was
taken to the Powell hospital where
everything is being done to make
him as comfortable as possible
Mrs. Tanning was called to Ando-
YER Monday owing to the serious
illness of her father Baby Acker-
man and little Margaret are being
cared for at the j. F.. Glass home
during her absence.
The Eastern Star held its regular
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR sALE-Lot and z, bloclc
90. Sisseton, s. d. Price reasonable
if sold by June Is. For further
particulars see VIM. G. johnson or
Mrs. Nels johnson, Sisseton, S. y.
M19-4t
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

FOUND-Pocket book on streets.
of Sisseton containing small amount
of money. Owner may have same
by calling at this Office and paving
for this notice.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-05-20

SUBSCRIBE FOR THE STANDARD
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
He Never Guessed

IA WAS just an ordinary man. of ords
Il l. nary clerical occupation. He began
early to lead an ordinary lfe and the
years passed by with uneventfu sameness
tie got to be thirty years DID, then thirty
five, then forty, and then fifty. Very little
gray came into his hair. His face, always
smooth, looked always the same to him.
tie wondered to himself if he would ever get
old. AS old, that is, as certain old men that
he saw daily on the street Enthusiastically old
men-men with stoop shoulders and rather
feeble gait. They looked just as ancient to
nm now as they did when he was boy
4 don't feel a day older than l did twenty
years ago." he would say, "and as far as
know l don't look any Older"
He felt well, ate well and slept we'll; time
dealt with him kindly and gently He suffered
none OF the warning twinges that tell of ap-
proachlng age. He did--or thought he did
all the things that he had ever DONE He asso-
GATED with young fellows-rnuch younger fel-
lows than he in mer vears-and considered
himself one of them. He lc.ked upon men Of
his own age, and privately marveled how OLD
some OF them had grown. actually, they were
old men. He wondered if they realized it.
linen there came day, memorable day.
which put him in his place. He was stepping
nlmbly about the office, whisting quietly al
his work, when he had occasion to pass through
the room of the Junior Partner-"one of the
boys
who was that who just walked through
asked young fellow, a friend of the JUNIOR
FARMERS, VINO was lounging beside his desk.
"That?" queried the Junior Partner, ndii-
terently. ooh, that was Old Man Bostwick.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
The Eyes Have 1t

ID EFORE the war Jm's Place was lust an
- ordinary restaurant, clean, decent, but
not at all pretentious It foated on no
hoodtide of prosperity; it merely got along.
Then the war came, and with it food short
age and food regulation. After the war
everything was sky-high; everything except
prices at Jina's Place. They remained low.
Come around to Jims Place tc eat"
SAID Mr.. and Mrs. People to Mr.. and Mrs
Other-People. "He hasn't boosted his rates
a cent, and you ought to see the way he fills
your platet''
SO Jlm's Place was always crowded, and
ultimately he had to build an addition.
Meanwhile other restaurants were going ous
OF business. They had to charge top prices
for starvation portions
DO you call that portion?" said one Of
the last patrons. "Just dab of food in the
middle of a waste of chinai Bah! Hencefortn
eat at Jim's Place"
How do you do it, Ji,n?" asked his erst-
while competitors.
AND having made sure they were all safely
fulneo, with their names on the waiting list
Oh bankruptcy proceedings, Jim told them
Instead of boosting prices" whispered Jim,
i went out and bought a set of smaller plates.
L men, you see, reduced the size of my por-
tlons the same meal that installed my new
emma, so while it was really less it looked like
more. MY patrons were not merely satisfied;
they pabbled with enthusiasm, and kept ask
ing each other How does he do t?'v
Jim's Place is now known as the Chateau
James.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24

time finds an even more desirable place and
abandons her first choice--just like woman
flat hunter. Indeed, it often happens that the
mother cleans out several dens before she
finally adopts one as a permanent abode Usu-
ally the den where the family settles down to
live is near the rejected ones
The most obvious indication that den is
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
When a Wise Wolf
Gets a Laugh

"A fayorlte way of flushing wolf or coyote
out of its hiding place is to ride horseback
along trail, dragging large hunk of partly
decayed meat at the end of a rope The ami
NAL follows the meat to see what it is all
about and makes footprints which NAV he
traced BY this means the hunters discovered
that number of older wolves had hit on
clever method of backtraling to eIude their
pursuers. After getting the scent of human
beings, the wolf, knowing that it can smell
people, though they can't smell him. doubles
back on parallel trail within few rods
of the original trail, and there quietly waits
10 ascertain what is going to happen. If
it sees somebody coming it sits right there
within sight of the hunter, has good lanpb
over the situation, and then retreats to a place
of safety in an entirely different direction.
The wolf that plays this joke is USUALLY ona
that has been educated somewhat by unskilled
hunters
AN effective wolf or coyote bait is i've
magple fastened by both feet at the top of
piece OF sage brush. Carefully concealed traps
all around, on every little trail bv which an
animal would be likely to approach the bush
and two to four feet away. A similar plan is
10 SET dozen or more traps on every trail
within radius of 100 yards with decaved
meat in the center as the big special attrac.
tlon. Other successful methods of tranniny
are these
A dead prairie dog fastened half wav into
a hole and trap secreted about eight inches
away, Mr.. Wolf gets into the trap while en-
deavoring to dig out the prairie dog.
Traps up and down gulch near a den.
iran s-unbaited-set at intervals
along known wolf or coyote trail.
Pork cracking placed between two trans
about three feet apart.
Aside from the modern trapping methods
hundreds of predatory animals are killed bv
poisoning
The government has recently develoned q
tasteless arsenic that is effective. but obv;onsv
IL must be used with great caution because of
the danger OF poisoning dogs So wilv are
wolves and coyotes that poisoned meat. whether
IN chunks or in the form of dead horse, must
oe surrounded by circle of good meat. That
IS, the animals must find harmless meat IN
thelr way to the poisoned meat An even bet-
ter plan, usually followed, is to place chunks
Oh harmless meat at a certain place for a few
Gays IN succession before depositing any
poisoned meat there at all.
Ordinarily the government does not tran
bears, as these are regarded as fur-bearinp
ANIMALS, and to be protected An execution is
made, however, of bear with criminal or
cattle-kllllng record. One bear, operating in
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
BY ARTHUR CHAPMAN

Where, Fate, is Angles runabout?
Mechanically 'taUos done about
The gear of nineteen hundred.
Its engine ran to poppiness,
Its body leaned toaUard toppiness
Yet somehow on it blundered.
II
Its cylinders auere tco-7,o more
For autos simply yreav no more
In that far decade gladsome.
1hough 1t 1Oas strange to speediness
Repair bills ran to greediaess
And then-os now-cost Dad some
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24

at the first sign Of danger. When little
they play about near the den, and gradually
widen their range. For the first twenty four
hours after the puppies birth the mother
doesn't leave them. Food for the mother is
brought in by the old man wolf At the end
of twenty-four hours the mother excuses her
self long enough to go for water And the
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24
Planning a Surprise
For the Old Folks

favorite method for flushing out the pups
is by the of birthstone cartridges thrown
as far as possible into the den. The fumes
from these either kill the pups or drive them
into the open. Another plan is to fasten
trap to the end of long pole and poke it
down where the pups are likely to be- The
pups try to attack this intruding pole, and
one at time are caught. Still another
scheme is simply to close up the opening of
the den-after making the air inside as poi
sonous as possible with birthstone and build
ing fire just outside, to prevent the parents
from digging the obstruction away. A pa
thetc feature of the killing of wolf pups is
that mother wolf is likely to keep coming
back to the den for as much as a month after
the little ones are removed still honino +
find them.
In connection with this job of den raiding
the government hunters have stumbled upon
d rather scandalous practice among coyotes.
1t seems that there is q surprising number of
coyote bachelors who shirk all family respon-
s1olllty, but just live around in the dens of
married acqualntances-usually dropping in
While the real proprietor of the den is awav
hunting Some of these have as many as half
a dozen places where they drop in and make
themselves at home. Moreover, there are oc-
caslonally not merely one but two or three
visiting males in one den. I leave it to anv
falr-mlnded person if this isn't serious inn
position on another coyotes hospitality. For
bachelor coyote to abandon all idea of keen
ing up place of his own and make so free
with the home of an acquaintance in the lat
ter's absence indicates to me that he is q rake
only trife higher in the social scale than
the young men who devote themselves to af
ternoon teas. Even at the risk of seeming
marsh and critical, say that any able-bodied
male coyote which tolerates such scandalous
golngs on in his den is lacking in backbone
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24

occupied is the presence Of litter out in front
Wolves and coyotes are rather neat house
keepers and do not allow much litter to re-
main inside the den Having definitely To-
Gated the den, the problem is to get the pups.
These vary in number from one to nine,
though by far the most frequent number is
six. Even before their eyes are open they
know enough to crawl far back into the den
New-York tribune., 1921-04-24

light of


er's next problem was to locate the den, kill
the pups and if possible, the mother. Now in
searching for den the novice frequently is
fooled in this way: He finds den, but sees
that it is empty and decides that the family
mas been scared away. The experienced de-
tective-hunter knows that the mother coyote
or mother wolf often cleans out den, gets it
all tidied up, ready to move in, but about that