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Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Body of Millionaire
Orphan Who Died of
Typhoid To Be Elk
humed
TO INTERVIEW
HIS SWEETHEART
A Web of Strange Co
incidences and Facts
Prompted Inquiry

Exhumaticn Of the body of Will
liam Nelson McCIintock, the mil
lionaire orphan, was ordered Tues
day by States Attorney Robert e.
Grove, of Illinois, as an exhaustive
investigation was begun into seem
in peculiarities in connection with
the youths death.
Mr.. Grove sent his investigators
posthaste to the home in Kenil-
worth of William d. Shepherd, an
attorney and the foster father OF
McClintock. A thorough search
of the house was made and a maid
brought to the Criminal Courts
building for questioning.
The quiz into the circumstances
OF the youths death from typhoid
a few hours before he would have
become the husband Of Miss Isa-
belle Pope of Wilmette extended
far into the night, two of Mr.
Groves assistants, Joseph Savage
and George II. German, working
feverishly to get ct the bottom OF
the mystery.
Interviews Miss Pope
An assistant states attorney was
sent to the home of Miss Pope 10
learn from her whether she OBJ
served or came to know Of any
thing suspicious concerning he.'
sweetheart's death. 1t was be
lieyed she, as McClntocks closest
confdant, might have knowledge
unknown to others
My Grove also was desirious of
knowing whether Miss Pope and
McClintock had talked over the be-
quest made for her il his will and
whether their marriage would have
altered it's provisions. The will
providing $4,000 annually be paid to
Miss Pope, indicated McClintock
wished she be protected until the
time when she became his wife.
A web of strange condolences
aud facts known only to the state
prosecutor prompted the inquiry
Entering with Mr. Grove into the
quiz were Coroner Oscar Wolff and
Chief Justice Harry Olson of the
Municipal court.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
MT. LASSE:N IN
CALIFORNIA
IN ERUpT ton
Smoke and G as e $
Come From Famous
Peak Near West
wood

Lassen peak, towering the center
of a sub-ze1o area in northern Cal
fornia, near Westwood, usually
during the winter months without
murmur, belched forth objection
to the heavy snow dress it has
been wearing when it sputtered out
smoke and gases from its newest
crater at sundown Monday.
Residents Of Lassen described
the latest eruption from Lassen as
the largest since 1915
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
PASTOR life,
ELSIE s. YRS.

Lawrence NJ Hight, former Meth
oaist pastor, must serve a life sent
tcnoe in the Illinois penitentiary,
and Mrs. Elsie Sweetin, 50 years
for the murder Of MILFORD Sweetin
at Mt, Vernon. H.
A jury brought in the verdict
shortly before 8 d. m. with the fore
going sentence.
The jury had deiberated APP
propimately II hours.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
HEARINGS OF
70 ITALIANS
ISPOsTPONED
Those Arrested BY
Raiding Party In
Madison To Be Ar
raigned Soon

Preliminary hearing for the Is
residents Of Little Italy, Madison
who were arrested by raiding par
ty specially deputized by Mayor I.
Milo Kittleson Saturday night, has
been postponed on account Of sick
ness by Judge o. A. stolen. All
are charged with violation Of the
state prohibition laws and are out
on $1,000 bail each
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Grant DiUorce,
Portage Woman

Mrs. Josie NJ Staudenmayer was
granted complete divorce from
Gordon ]. Staudenmayer, Monday,
ky Judge A. r. Kellogg iii Portage
on the grounds of cruel and inhu-
man treatment and failure tosup-
port. Mrs. Staudenmayer's maid
en- name Of Solheim was restored
to her.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
$1,000 Cash
MISSED IN
Big Theft
Endeavor Man Also
Minus Several Thou
sand i'm Certificates

AT the home of Charles Dewsnap.
Endeayor, it has been learned about
$1,000 in cash was taken by the
robbers who entered the residence
and bound and gagged the family.
Several thousand dollars in Ger
tiificates of deposit on Portage and
Endeavor banks was taken, which
is Of little value to the thieves whr
cannot realize the cash on them.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
100 BAGS OF
XMAS mai. IN
TRAIN BLAZE.
Pouches Destroyed on
c., St. p, NJ. & @.
Road Car in Mime
sofa

One hundred bags Of Christmas
mail was destroyed at Worthing-
ton. MINI, Tuesday when mail
car on a train of the Chicago, St
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha rail
way burned.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Fire Destroys
/. " newoc Home,
Little SdUed

The home Of Clyde Potter in Wolt-
ewoc was destroyed by fire Monday
night between two and three o.
clock.
Only a few articles Of value were
saved from the ruins.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Mean Husband
Sells Clutches
Of His Wife

That her husband sold her crut-
ches and went to Florida, leaving
her penniless, was the story told
the states attorneys Office at
Peoria, ILL.,, by Mrs. Josie Stimeling
who also accuses her missing mate
of carrying 81 900 in bills and count
ing them over before her just to
tantalize her.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Judge Holds
Girl Generous
With View
3 = = = =

''Salome" who danced for the
boys in Chicago attired in neck
lace of one bead, will spend her
Christmas in jail The oriental
dancer was entirely too generous
with the view, Judge Eberhardt
held.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
u s Government Pays
10 Cents To Feed
Each of Soldiers

The United States Government
pays slightly more than ten cents
or each meal served Soldiers. Three
meals for each soldier cost the
trmy 31.65 cents.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25

Orrin Bongardth charged With
;reaking into the Baraboo Whole
ale grocery has been paroled for
hree years to the Rev. j. E. Kun
dert Of Baraboo. Alvin Frazier,
,harged with the same offense was
oaroled for one year to John Muir
ply.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
May Re-rOute Roads
Through Madison
Re routing of state trunk high
ways through the uptown districts
of Madison may be made soon.
KNEW HIM IA DAYS

Mrs. Naybor- Well, Mrs. Garner
how long have you known your
husband?
Mrs. G. Tin bitter burst Of con
fidonce) We've been back from
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Probe Death Of
Air Mail Pilot

An investigation into the death
Of Charles Gilbert, air mail pilot
was started Tuesday.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25
Coolidge Shops In
Washington, IncOgno

President Coolidge shopped in
cogno recently and mingled with
the holidays crowds in Washington
d. C..
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-12-25

The Baraboo Weekly News Is
Now the Only Weekly paper pub
iished at Baraboo. the COUNTY
SEAT of Sank County. You get
ALL the county news in the Bara.
boo News daily or weekly.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Dorchy Case Is
Thrown Out by
Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Mar 10-Con-
viction of August Dorchy, officer
of District No. IA of the United
Mine Workers in 1921 for violation
of the Kansas industrial relations
set, was vacated today by The SUI
preme court. y
Dorchy appealed on the grounds
the sections of the act proclaiming
the mining of coal to be clothed
with public intent and therefore
subject to the police power of the
state were void and uneonstitu-
tional.
Dorchy and Alex .Howat were
sentenced together July 27, 1925,
to six months in Jail for having
ordered the miners at ii. Mine of
the George Mackie Fuel Company
in Cherokee County, Kansas, to
strike until one of their number
was paid by the company certain
money claimed by the union 10 be
due him.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Good HumOr Is =
Keynote as the
Line Is Closed

Good humor reigned rs the fatal
tick of the official timepiece regis
tered niue o o'clock last night and
chains marking the point where Mex.
lean soil ends and United States
terra firma begins were drawn by
customs yofficers at Calexico.
A large crowd had gathered tc
watch the solemn rites which are
the vogue nightly since Uncle San
has elected to stop border traffic at
the early hour of nine A small
group of belated ones hurried TO
ward the gates, but they were re
fused entrance and were forced to
make shift on foreign soil. There
was no objection raised, however
and the crowd seemed to enjoy the
situation to the full.
Opinion seems to be more and
more united that the new order of
things is to be n permanent thing
and that it may be for the best.
Pastors of several churches i'll f
Centre Yesterday asked for a rising
vote of those in attendance to de
termine the general opinion here
as to the closing order. The vote
was almost unanimous i'll agreeing
that the order would help the bordel
situation.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Acala Campaign
Successful Now
In |. ", jenkins

"The campaign for purchasing
seed for the planting of Acala cot
ton in Imperial Valley has been We
rv successful was the announce
ment made by c. c. Jenkins, man
ager Of the Imperial County Farm
Bureau.
According to Manager jenkins
the campaign for the planting OF
pure Acala seed has been so wei
received by growers of this count
that the entire supply of seed avail
able from the Coachella Acala Cot
ton Grower Association has beer
purchased.
Imperial and Calipatria growers
have each placed orders for two
carloads of this seed, and Holtvillf
and Calexico are signed up for one
each. I'm addition TO this orders
amounting to three cars more were
placed which cannot be filled.
Growers who have placed orders
FOR TINS pure seed are urged to cal
on their respective dealers and Sc
Icude their allotments at an early
date, Manager Jenkins stated today
so that the transactions may be
closed. With such interest manifest
ed in the Improvement of the cot
ton industry, it is believed that I'm
perial Valley cotton viii bring {
good price next season.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Alleged Dealer
Fake Securities
To Be Sent Cal

CHICAGO, Mar. 10.-Kenneth
Anderson of the Anderson Hamilton
Safe Deposit Company, local finan-
cial firm, was arraigned before a
United States commissioners here
today and ordered returned TO Cali
fornia for arraignment on an in
dictment in a Los Angeles court.
Anderson is alleged to have been
dealing in securities stolen in a
$l,000,000 bond robbery committed
in Los Angeles March 8, 1921, and
in which the driver of the truck
carrying the bonds was murdered.
Rev. Herbert Wilson, former
Evangelist, now under sentence at
San Quentin prison for murder was
connected with the robbery, author
..ies believe.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Telegraph Co. to
Pay Damages for
Message Failure

WASHINGTON, Mar. 10.-A judg-
ment of $4,000 damages against the
Western Union for non-delivery Of
telegram handed down by the
United States district court of Idaho
and confirmed by the ninth circuit
court of appeals was reversed by
he supreme courts today.
The telegram which was the sub
iect of the suit was filed by I. J..
Jones, Boise, Idaho, to j. A. Czizek,
Oakland, Calf, but never reached
Czizek. Alleging that non-receipt
of the telegram had damaged him
in business deals to the extent or
s450O, Czizek brought suit.
The Western Union contended that
by the terms on the telegraph blank
which every sender agrees to, its
liability for non-delivery is limit
ed to $50.
The circuit court held the limita-
tions did not apply because it was
shown that the message did not
leave the office at Boise, Idaho, at
all, and that this negligence made
the Western Union liable. This
view of the case was set aside by
the supreme court today.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Schwab Says U.
Prosperity Hurt
By Many Probes
By United Press Leased wire

WASHINGTON, Mar. 10.-Busi-
ness prosperity in the United States
is being handicapped by "hysteria y
over the investigation of the naval
oil leases, Charles M. Schwab, steel
magnate, today told president Cool
idge at a conference at the white
house.
81 told the PRESIDENT Schwab
said, "that l never saw, prior to
these difficulties, and this public
hysteria over the oil investigation,
more promising busines sconditions.
Today the country is prosperous but
not prosperous as it should be. Con-
ditions in the steel industry are
good. General busipes conditions are
sound"
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Killed Man For
Torture, Victim
Held for Days
by United Press Leased Wire

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Mar. TO-
Three men were held by police here
today III connection with strange
story of jealousy, torture told by
William Gates, who shot and kill
ed Richard Heaton, his friend and
former business associate, Saturday
night.
The men are Gates, Frank Cor
dell, a private detective, and Heyde
c, Conrad, a theater organist.
Gates told police this strange
story:
Formerly he was employed by
Heaton and was friendly with his
employer and Mrs. Heaton. Last
Thursday night 1T Heaton's request,
Gates went TO the office of Heaton
and Fisher, merchandise brokers.
Two men, Heaton and Cordell, held
him up with revolvers, handcuffed
him and took him to second floor
room in house which they made
his Jail.
The room III which Gates was
placed was fitted as a crude hospi
tai and Heaton prepared for al
operation and administered chloro
form, at the same time trying Il
make Gates confess he had been in
innate with Mrs. Heaton.
Gates feigned that he was under
the Influence of the anaesthetic
He told them that he had written
letters to an aunt in Logansport,
Ind, that if anything happened to
him Heaton would be TO blame.
The ruse was successful and
Heaton stopped the plan for an i'm
mediate operation, later taking
Gates to a telephone and forcing
him to call his aunt an order her
to return the supposed letters.
Meantime, Gates was returned to
the room and held until Saturday
night, when he asked Heaton to lead
him to the bathroom.
AS they passed through "a door,
Gates managed to reach pistol and
covered Heaton. Heaton reached for
revolver and Gates fired twice.
Heaton was killed almost instantly.
Cordell, who WAS arrested in In
dianapolis, admitted aiding in the
kidnapping of Gates, according to
police. Conrad, the thcater organ
ist, also was held, charged with
aiding in the plot.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
Youths Heavily
Fined, Take Jail
Term, Lack Cash

Kennth Asbury, II, and Rudolph
Polk, lG, colored, were fined 1900
each on a charge of petty larceny,
Saturday in Judge Coles court.
Neither boy was able 10 pay the
fine, in place of which they are
serving a five month s term in coun-
ty jail.
Ashbury was charged with break
ing into second hand store in Braw
ley. Polk answered to a charge of
entering Southwick's S store in FL
Centre about month ago and al
tempting to take articles away in II
grip, Both boys pied guilty when
the original charge of burglary was
reduced to that of petty larceny.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
DENBY QUITS SECRETARYSHIP TODA
JAMES OIL WELL
SHOWS VISITORS
REAL EVIDENCE.

That much interest is felt in the
oil situation in Imperial Valley was
demonstrated yesterday when be-
tween zoe and. 800 people visited
the James Well three miles north
of Coyote Wells, and saw the dem
onstrations given between l:30 and
4 p. IN.
Considerable oil and gas was in
evidence in every bailer, the gas
igniting and burning well.
Operations under the direction
of Wilks James will continue, those
connected with the work being OPP
.tilnistic regarding present indica-
tions. Experienced oil men from
other parts of the s.ate who have
visited here recently expressed the
belief that James well has good
prospects for beginning in new
California field.
For the benefit of those who
may wish to visit the well in the
future, it is stated that there are
two roads which may be followed
In either case the San Diego high
way is travelled to a distance ap-
proximatelv one half mile this side
of Coyote Wells. Here two roads
leave the pavemen. leading north
across the desert. One known rs
the marble quarry road, leads nc
the well and the other which is .
very short distance further west al
so arrives at the same destination
This latter road is recommended as
being in better shape.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
M'PHERRIN GOES
AFTER 0PPOSERS
+ TO COLONIZATION

That some opposition to the work
being done by Smith And Rogers, in
charge of the colonization move.
ment in Imperial Valley, has devel,
eped is the accusation made by r.
d. McPherrin, prominent attorney
at Imperial and pioneer resident of
the valley.
In q detail interview, Mr.. Nc.
Plicrrin explains the situation fully
declaring that the efforts to colon
ize Imperial Valley are for the best
interests of progress. Mr.. MePher-
lin y comment follows i'll part.
"'There are always some draw.
backs to any project attempted i'll
any community, and the present eff
fort to bring large number of
middle-west farmers here to colon
ize Imperial Valley lands is no ex-
ception to the general rule in that
respect. The men of the valley who
have been giving of their time and
spending their own money III this
effort have met with obstacles
which the fair-minded people
of the community should condemn
and undoubtedly will condemn when
the case is. laid before them.
1.-THE latest opposition to the col
onization plan comes i'll what ap-
pears to be almost an organized eff
fort on the part of several indi-
viGuals working in all sections of
The valley. 1t appears to be the
purpose of these individuals to pro
cure options on farm properties with
a view to turning those options over
to the regular colonization agency
at large profit.
Will Benefit Valley
"Tne men who have been most
active in working TO rthe success of
the plan to. have the firm of SIN tn
Continued on page 81
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
.DOHENY BRANDS
CHARGES FALSE
FOSTERING REV.
Admits Loan S5,000,OO0
to Obregon's Side to
Help
ny United Press Leased Wire

NEW YORK, Mar. 1O.-E. l..
Doheny, oil magnate, lessee of Nav,
al Reserve land, who is now a prin-
cipal in the Senate oil investiga
tion, today branded as absolute
ly and unquahfiedly false charges
that he may have been implicated
in furthering 4 revolution in Mexi-
co against General Obregon.
AT the same time Doheny reveal
ed that he had loaned the Obregon
government $5,O0O,00O (Which en-
abled it to put down the revo]u,
tion.
Doheny s statement III the form
of an answer to Senator Wheeler,
Montana, who led the fight for in
vestigation of Attorney General
Daugherty s conduct of office and
has on different occasions deliver.
ed speeches in the Senate implicat-
ing Doheny and other oil magnatcs
in questionable practices.
y"Senator Wheeler s statement, y
sdid Doheney, Gas reported in the
press, that he expects to show that
FL l.. Dohency, in connection with
tic others, financed the revolution
against the Obregon government in
Mexico, is absolutely false, just as
false as his previous statement of
February 10, that Messrs. Sinclair,
Mclean and / had had meetings in
the apartment of Attorney General
Daugherty."
A Political Mistake
| Charging Wheeler is Cone of
those political mistakes" the re-
suit of n "wave of blind radical
ISM and "more fit to sit in the
Soviet parliament in Moscow than
| in the United States senate Do
heny recalled his challenge to
Wheeler that he prove his allega
tions regarding the alleged Doheny.
| Sinclair-McLean meeting with
! Daugherty, and added:
"Three courses were then open
to Senator Wheeler:
"O If he were truthful and
honorable, to come before the com
mittee and prove his assertion, (2)
if he were mistaken and man OF
any courage to come before the
committee and retrace his false
hood and CD if he were liar and
coward, to let his falshood stand
| Senator Wheeler chose the latter
course. I called him a senatorial
liar and he accepted the imputa
! tion.
"Now with like reckless disre
gard of the truth, he makes this ri
diculous charge which | denounce as
absolutely and unqualifidely false
| for these reasons: IL would have
been n fool to finance gun runners
into Mexico; 9-I have actually
! loaned the Obregon government
$5,000,000 which enabled it to put
down the revolution, and -3-be
! cause Wheeler has said it. y
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
CLARKE PLEADS
GUILTY CHARGE
WHITE SLAVERY
ny United Press Leased wire

HOUSTON, Texas, Mar. l0,--Ed-
ward Young Clarke, one of the
founders Of the Ku Klux Klan,
today pleaded guilty TO violation of
the Mann white slave act in fed
eral district court here. He ad-
mitted transporting Mrs Laura
Martin, 81 year old Houston girl, to
New Orleans for immoral purposes.
At one time Clarke was acting
imperial wizard of the Khan, but
recently had been allied with the
William Joseph Simmons faction in
fighting the present administration
of the hooded order.
When Clarke's case was called
for trial, R. l.. Henry of Houston,
attorney for the Klan leader. ad.
dressed the court.
"'The defendant wishes to change
his plea to guilty. the attorney
said.
Henry then asked that the court
hear Attorney estmoreland of the
defense, but Judge Hutchinson re
fused, saying that he knew nothing
of the details of the case and ask
ed the prosecution to state the
evidence.
"Is there any evidence of criminal
vice in this cases' the court asked
"No,' the prosecutor replied
SIT merely a personal escapade
Clarke was engaged in interstate
immortality. -
Holden said that if the ease had
gone to trial the government would
have proved that in 1920 wher
Clarke was in Houston attending tht
confederate veterans reunion with
w. j. Simmons, founder of the Klan
they visited house of i'll repnte.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-03-10
CALEXICO MAN
IS SUBP0ENAED
in FALL PROBE
Wrote to La Toilette
Regarding Gun
Running
BY FRANK GETTY
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

(Un1ted Press staff COrreSpondent)
WASHINGTON, Mar. TO- Evil
dence directly involving former
Secretary Of the Interior Albert b.
Fall and some present government
officials in a $l,000,0O0 bribery and
gun running plot viii be sought by
the senate Daugherty investigating
committee from witness sub
poened today.
He is Harry s. Obbon, former
mayor of Calexico, Calf, town
on the border between California
and Mexico.
Obbon wrote letter to Senator
La Follettee, Wisconsin, detailing
alleged instances of interference
from Washington with efforts to
stop/gun running aeros the border
during the Cantu revolution in 1921.
He also told of $1,000,000 fund,
part of which was to go to Esteban
which, according to Obbon, Fall had
control of. La Toilette turned the
letter over to Senator Wheeler, who
at once summoned Obbon.
Since announcement by the com
mittee that it going into reports that
department of justice agents on the
border were called off from Wash
ington when they tried to prevent
violation of the neutrality laws by
gun runners, much information has
been volunteered. The committee
has received offers from several per-
l sons whose names are being kept
secret to testify if they afforded
t-protection. Some of these volun-.
teer witnesses have expressed fears
of the consequences if they tell their
stories publicly