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tention for a while by commit
ting suicide over her grave.
There was a welter of conflict
ing evidence and opinion. Some
of her clothing was found on
shore. There were some who had
seen a man and a girl in boat.
There was talk of an affair with
a naval officer, who didn't want
to marry her.
The case was never cleared, but
Edgar Allan Poe, who himself had
bought cigars from Mary, made
story of it. In mastery re-
construction in which all the evil
dence was fitted together, he
titled his tale THE Mystery of
Marie Roget"
Had it occurred to him, he
might have called it early Ameri-
can Tragedy"
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K|SER TRIAL TO
START OCT. IS
Second Official of Defunct
Bank to Answer Charge
of EmbezzIement.

The second trial of embezzlement
charges growing out of the failure
of the Meyer-Kiser bank, that of
Julian J. Kiser, has been set for Oct.
Is, it was announced today by
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker.
Mr.. Kiser was vice president of
the bank. Two other officers, Sol
S. Meyer and Ferdinand S. Meyer
also are awaiting trial.
Late yesterday, Melville S. Cohn,
convicted vice-president of the de-
funct bank, was released on $1,000
bond to await determination of his
appeal. He had been sentenced
earlier in the day to serve two to
fourteen years in Indiana state
prison, had been fined $1,000 and
disfranchised for two years.
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1lObSS- plON1QSQ Il1Cy WILL AC1AO O11C
money to finance new building
construction.
Jesse was careful to explain
that the plan is merely to com
plement" the activities of the
FILA.
Rescue" is the proper word.
The plain fact of the matter is
that the FHA's efforts to slim
ulate construction are encounter
ing extremely rough going, and
the administration, worried about
the paucity of results, is trying to
grease the ways.
This fact is not known, even
by most people within the admin
istration. And the reason for
their ignorance lies in the flood
of propaganda which has poured
out upon the public by galaxy
of experts" In this the hous-
ing administrator is uneXcelled.
I'VE have some really hot-shot
publicity men," explained one of
his assistant supervisors. "They
have good newspaper contacts
and get our stuff into print with
out it appearing that We are be-
hind it. And we have some good
real estate men who know their
business"
TINE stampede of real estate
l. men, architects, engineers,
lawyers, college professors, clerks
and typists began deluging the
the FILA to the tune of total OF
10000 from the first day of its
birth. OF these 10000 cleared
through Emil Hurja and the DEM
ocratic national committee-which
may be one reason why Jimmy
Moffett has had such difficult
Shedding.
No outfit of the entire New
Deal has been more chaotic in
handling its personnel. Appoint
ments are made for thirty to
sixty-day periods. There is con-
slant hiring and firing. Those
who do get in have to put on full
political preSsure-a congressman,
a senator or at least national
committeeman.
Moffett. himself, is known in
Democratic circles as thorough
" good egg" He lives on a yacht
in the Potomac, has one of the
best cooks in the capital, is always
at home to friends, is a charming,
likeable host.
Every one loves Jimmy.
Unfortunately. however, this
does not make him good housing
administrator. AS a high-up ex-
ecutive of Standard Oil, Jimmy
came to the capital with repu-
tation AS big business man. But
his critics assert that Jimmy's
chief claim to that reputation lay
in the fact that he had inherited
his fathers large block of Stand
ard Oil stock.
copyright. 1894. By United Feature
Syndicate. Ilc.l
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mystery of the murder of Mary
Cecilia Rogers, in 1912.
She was a New York girl, and
a beauty, and she sold cigars in
downtown shop. Tongues
wagged about her friendly man
ner with gentlemen of the town.
Two women said they believed she
was in trouble.
Anyway, Mary Rogers left one
Sunday morning, saying she'd
spend the day with an aunt over
on the Jersey shore. Her body
was found in the river three days
later, the face suffuSed with blood,
the throat marked by strong
hands. A middle-aged, Wealthy
admirer named Crommelin in
Cured suspicion, but was cleared.
A man named Payne, her &C
knowledged fiance, diverted at
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HUMAN HAND IN BAY
PROVES RUBBER GLOVE

Frightened BOatman Brings Police
on Wild Goose Chase.
By United Press
QUINCY, Mass, Oct. 6-John
McGrath was rowing peacefully on
Quincy bay when he saw what he
thought was human hand protrud-
ing from the water.
Frightened, he hurried ashore and
telephoned police headquarters.
Seven policemen responded and
circleG the bay as crowd gathered.
They finally pulled in the human
hand.
1t was a white rubber glove.
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much less write. ADMITTEDLY, any
body who is stupid enough to be-
lieve that such journalistic vermin
could write sufficiently we'll to ex-
press themselves in professional
company deserves no consideration.
I am not thinking of the newspaper
profession or business or whatever
they decided to call it last winter
when the code was up. This kind
of thing is bad for the profession
or business because it is, in round
numbers. a crooked way Of doing
Any calling which decides that it
can be crooked in some things is
bound to have hard time draw
inn the linz Ana,-Loca,r ~. nr,,r all
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EIZnough
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

CT LOUIS. Oct. 6.-I hope I am not exaggerating
~ little harmless and familiar fooliShneSS into an
issue, but 1t seems TO me that the cheap swindle
which considerable number Of the newspapers per-
petrate the citizens every year at world series
time is just low and dishonest in principle any
other fraud This refers 10 the practice of brbing
a lot of notorious ilterates who could not spell cat
without using *" to permit the use of their names
over signed articles which they can not read.
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By Ruth Finney

XNTAsHNGTON, Oct 6The NRAs first major reform = it's
w proposal shall be minimum
rather than hourly weekly base with approval from
we'll workers today
apparently the the different
the in
Employers if their views reflected accurately in business jour-
opportunity the
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It's Deliberate Lying
THRANK MET

TNRANK MENKE testified in the United States
Il district court in New York one afternoon when
Jack KearnS was suing Jack Dempsey that he had,
at time, been ghost for nineteen celebrities simu-
taneously. Dempsey himself, testified that he often
provide the material for the essays by Menke which
attributed to him.
This kind of thing is no secret in the newspaper
of the public. But make the point that it has per-
sisted in spite of ridicule scoding and every other
kind of opposition with the single exception of
pulson. It is jovially regarded little sin
by publishers who would not permit such matter to
dirty up the professional quality of their columns.
Force means censorship but much doubt that
the freedom of the press is intended to be license
to carry defiant and leerng fraud. If it is all
right to fake in this respect then nobody has any
authority to say at which point fakery ceases to be
harmless fun and becomes a serious matter. IF 1t
is not all right it ought to be censored out.
The simple test is whether the alleged author in
question actually did write the piece which he pur-
ports to have written for the paper If he didn't
write it, then the by-ne which says that he did is
deliberate lie and the paper which carries the story
is guilty of misrepresentation less dirty than
that of a sWindler who circulates false prospectus
to sell stock
1t might be more serious because If the papers
claim the privilege of free press for the purpose
of promoting such fakes the time may when
Huey Long go before the people to denounce a
deliberately lying press and carry his point. He
would have trouble at all as to many newspapers
in world series time
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cost of each days production.
They argue that lower costs and
lower prices will mean greater
volume of production and pre-
sumably greater profits.
President Roosevelt gave the
first hint that wage adjustments
on an annual basis were being
considered in his Sunday night
speech to the country.
He followed this by pointing out
at his press conference that a
man earning $40 day sometimes
earns as little as $3.50 in a year,
because of enforced idleness.
TINE same day the new Indus
u trial Recovery Board disclosed
that it will ask all industries to
write into their codes provisions
guaranteeing a minimum annual
income to lowest paid workers.
Average yearly earnings in 1888
were as low as $500 in some in
dustrieS, according to figures COM
piled by the census bureau in its
biennial census of manufactures.
The bureau Jumps all workers in
an industry together and gives
the total number and the total
amount earned. Averages secured
from these figures do not differ
entiate between skilled and un-
skilled workern, between youths
and adults, or between men and
women. In each industry the aver
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No author could ask for more.
1t Is the supreme triumph to build
out Of your own head some clearly
defined character and then to find
the man not only walking the earth
but bestriding the headlines. In
college I was told that that after
Goethe wrote The Sorrows of
Werther" suicide became popular
in Germany and young men milled
about killing themselves all over
the place. Naturally, Goethe must
have felt very much complimented.
These young men had read his
book and taken it to heart. But
imitation is not the Sincprest form
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II Seems hoM
BY
Haywood BROUN

This IS the best Of all world series because It has
Il set the seal Of greatness and authenticity upon
the name and fame Of Ring Lardner. When the
Tigers and the Cardinals met in the first game, or
to be more precise "clashed in the initial
ter I had somewhat personal sorrow. What
pity" thought to myself that Ring Is dead. Just
think Of the wonders he could work with Dizzy
Dean and Daffy Dean and Schoolboy Rowe and
Ducky Wucky MedWick" And expressed to Edward
Angley my feeling that destiny had Numbered badly
in not arranging to have Ring in the press box as
the Deans moved into the box score. But don't you
see" explained Angley that Lardner invented
Dizzy Dean. Here is Elmer the Great come TO life.
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OF rattery. I am not thinking of mere slavish
copying of accepted models. After ALL millions of
girls in America once aped the curls Of Mary Pick
ford and Miss Pickford, while decidedly ade-
quate actress. never has been quite a genius
The tribute now being paid to Ring Lardner
would rate as greater than that accorded to either
Mary or Johann Wolfgang Won Goethe.
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GRAM NAUTICAL ERRORS
NOW POLITE MISTAKES

LUHiTnUu Usage bFIHgS Indnge,
University Says.
By United Press
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6.-Grammatical
errors, according to an adult edu-
cation bulletin published by Wash
ington university, have come into
such common usage that they even
can be termed polite mistakes"
The bulletin listed common errors
as THE reason is because" 1T is
me" Who did you say?" Those
kind" and Due largely to-"
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PRISONER ASKS EXTRA
DAY ADDED TO TERM
BY United Prcss

Convict Prefers Federal Penitentiary
to County Jail.
BY United Press
SUNBURY. Pa, Oct. 6.-Rudolf
Butler. inmate at Northeastern
penitentiary. will spend an extra
day in prison at his own request.
Buffers original sentence was for
one year in county Jail. He asked
for the extra day in order that his
sentence would commit hifn 70 the
| federal penitentiary instead.
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BUMPS HERALD FLOOD
Floating Tubs Inform Couple Town
Is Washed Out.

BY United Press
HINSDALE, Mass, Oct. 6.-Mr.
and Mrs. William ODonneI heard
a mysterious knocking on the
kitchen floor. They discovered later
that the humping noise was the
washtubs floating in the cellar. The
town was washed out and the cellar
was full Of water.
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DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
By Dreu Pearson and Robert S. Allen =

XXTASHNGTON, three months in
w the pumotor being rushed to the sucor OF
dapper Mofetts federal housing administration.
real explanation of what behind the mortgage
by Chairman Jones Under
program the trust companies engaged in
their preferred and capital
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GEM SALESMAN HELD
Self Styled Bolshevik Nabbed In
st. Louis.

BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 6.-Morris Glen
er. "a, stands charged with repre-
senting himself as Bclsheyik es-
capped from Russia, selling cut glass
to a woman here after declaring
they were a part Of the crown jewel
collection" Glener described him.
self as q salesman"
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Questions and Answers

Q-what organization Is represented by the
initials I. O. o. F.?
A-Independent Order OF Odd Fellows.
Q-What does camoufIags mean7
Alt i French word and means disgusting q
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Blame 1t on the Publisher


NEWSPAPER people despise this vice, even
though they work at it. The ball players and
other eXtraneouS, vicarous journalists who litter
the columns at various times of the year. have
tempt for the papers which hire them They get
from 500 to $500 for occasion. It is easy money
and the disgrace is not on them their business.
The ghost writer is eight-hour He tends
his typewriter a mill hand tends his loom The
mill hand can't refuse to weave certain pattern and
his job
The blame belongs to the publisher who buys such
material and prints it, knowing it to be fraudulent
and false with the object of out-selling the rival
publisher in circulation and outdrawing him in the
advertising department. Some times the honest
rival is compelled to buy and print these fakes in
self-defense though they violate his principles
Is this too solemn for the subject matter?
If So maybe might excuse it on the ground that
have never seen such degrading and humilating
fakery in any newspaper that which has appeared
in Detroit the occasion of this world series. This
is the occasion of a new low
Copyright, 1884. by United Feature Syndicate 1nc)
The Ely miner., 1934-05-11

The Howe Scale Company rendered
a bid at this time, which was rejected
unopened for the reason that said bid
was not filed within the time specified
in the official Notice for Bids"
The Council dissolved into a Com
mittee of the Whole to consider the
matters referred.
Alderman Hokkanen appointed Chair
man of the Committee.
Recess declared.
Meeting called to order.
Report Of the Committee Of the
Whole was read as follows:
Ely, Minnesota, May /, 1884.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
City of Ely, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
We, your Committee of the Whole, to
whom certain matters were referred.
beg to report and recommend as fol-
lows:
l. That the John Klobucfar COM
munication be referred to the Fire,
Light, and Water Committee with
power to act.
2. That the Loan Agreement on the
The Ely miner., 1934-05-11

"On Sale" license to sell non-intoxi-
eating malt liquors were read:
John Chrep, 2l4 East Sheridan
Street.
Joseph Chrep and Lawrence Bizam,
244 East Sheridan Street.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
applications be accepted and filed and
licenses be granted. Carried.
Applications from the following for
"Off Sale" license to sell non-intoxi-
eating malt liquors were read:
Joseph Chrep and Lawrence Bizam,
244 East Sheridan Street.
Rikhus & vertin. 145 East Sheridan
Street.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell, sup
ported by Alderman Carlson, that the
applications be accepted and filed, and
licenses be granted. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Tauzell. sup
ported by Alderman Carlson, that the
question raised by the Employment
Bureau, relating to employment Of
labor on E. r. "A. work be referred
to the Committee Of the Whole for
consideration. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Zgonc, sup
ported by Alderman Carlson, that men
to herd cattle be employed only by the
Employment Bureau. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Carlson, sup
ported by Alderman Kapsch, that the
matter of constructing a portable plat
form for ceremonies at the cemetery be
referred to the Paks, Grounds, and
Buildings Committee with power tc
act. Carried.
Proposals from the following for 47s
eight-gallon, and Is fifteen-gallon gar
bage cans, were opened, read. and re-
ferred to the Committee Of the Whole;
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FOR BIDS
Ely, Minnesota, May 2. 1884.
Office of the CITY Clerk.


Off1ce of the City Clerk.
NOTICE is hereby given that sealed
proposals, or bids, viii be received in
the Office of the City Clerk Of the City
of Ely, st. Louis County, Minnesota, up
to eight CD O'Clock p. NJ, Tuesday,
May IS. 1884. for a building and its site.
suitable for so-called garage and storage
purposes.
Each bidder shall describe the
location and size of the site. and submit
a sketch showing the location Of the
building thereon.
Each bidder must also describe the
building. giving the size, type of con-
struction, kind of heating system, and
submit a floor plan showing the in
terror arrangement thereof.
Each bidder must also state what
equipment, fixtures, etc., go with the
building, when the City may take pos
session, and such other facts as are
pertinent to the transaction. including
terms of sale, II any.
Successful bidder, Il any. win be ne
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quired to furnish satisfactory evidence
OF ownership and clear title to the
property.
All bids must be in sealed envelopes,
addressed to the City Clerk, City Of
Ely, Minnesota, and marked plainly
upon the outside thereof, Proposal on
Garage Building"
The City Council Of the City Of Ely,
Minnesota, reserves the right to reject
any and all bids.
BY order Of the City Council OF the
City OF Ely, Minnesota.
A. o. KNUTSON,
5-4 SILL City Clerk.
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plies, 3735
Robert Somers, Hauling wood, 5.25
st. Paul Book and Stationery
Co., Books, ................ 1921
S. and S. Auto Parts Company,
Supplies, .................. 255l
Amelius Stenlund, Blacksmith
ing, .................... 733O
DR.. j. E. Thompson, Car MAIN
tenance for April, 1884, 49,. $500
Victor j. Thompson, Ice, tires,
supplies, .................... 1886
Tiger Store, Supplies, ........ $3.50
G. T. Trembath, Repairs, -. SIS
United Electric Service Com
pany, Supplies, ............ 7288
Frank Veranth, Coal, Brick,
Cement, Lime, ............. 250.99
Andrew Watilo, Jr., City
Treasurer, Interest paid ON
WdTIdIlIS, ................. oSu.oo
Geo. T. Walker and Company,
Inc, Ammonia, .......... 2.22
Mike Wienzierl, Supplies, -. zoo
West Disinfecting Company,
SuppneS, .................. oOo
Westinghouse Electric Com
pany, Inc, Supplies, ..... 44.94
Joseph Wolf, Collector, Elec-
trical energy tax, ........ ATS
w. P. Wolff, Expenses to Du-
I,,fb NGof,,ri
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proposed p. w. A. project for the
remodeling of the water treatment
plant be referred to the City At
torney with instructions to COM
mundcate with the proper officials
Of the government for an extension
Of time to execute the contract and
that request be made for a modi-
hcation of subdivision g." in
paragraph 2, Part One, relating to
maturities Of the bonds and that
subdivision 81" In paragraph 2,
Part Two. pertaining to local re-
strictions Of tax levy, be stricken.
8. That the request of Frank j.
Koschak to have certain humber
hauled be granted and the matter
be referred to the Labor bureau.
4. That the City Clerk be instructed
to advertise for bids for a garage
building and site, said bids to be
opened and considered at regular
meeting to be held on May IS, 1894.
5. That MIR. Warner Sondstrom, Clerk
Of the Labor Bureau, be instructed
to communicate with the County
Emergency Relief Committee to
endeavor to secure a modification
OF certain rule relating to en-
ployment of labor on E. r. A. pro-
jects.
8. That the proposal. or bid, of the
Laing Hardware Company to fur
nish ATS 8-gallon galvanized gar
bage cans. and Is 15-gallon galvan-
lied garbage cans, as specified.
Martin Brand, for the sum Of
$592.3 be accepted, and the proper
officers be authorized to enter into
such contract and that all other
bids be rejected and certified
checks be returned.
2. That all proposals, or bids, for a
motor truck scale be rejected and
certified checks be returned.
ItcSpcCtluly SuDlIuCteQ,
The Committee of the Whole,
BY OTTO HOKKANEN, Chairman.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
'orted by Alderman Hokkanen, that the
eport of the Committee of the Whole
'e accepted and filed, and the recon-
nendations be carried out. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Carlson, sup
,orted by Alderman Hokkanen that the
natter of renewing fire insurance poll
les which expire during the month of
day, 1884, be referred to the Accounts
md Finance Committee with power to
.ct. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
'orted by Alderman zgonc, that, COM
nencing Monday, May z, 1894, and until
urther notice, all departments of the
,ity be authorized to work during the
ollowing hours: z A. M. TO II Noon,
md p. M. to P. NJ, excepting on
when offices shall close at 10
loon. Carried.
Proposal from A. D. Heritage Com
amy. Virginia. Minnesota, agreeing to
omplete the City's general ledger re-
ords for the sum of $165.0O. was read.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
'orted by Alderman Tauzell, that the
communication he accepted and filed,
nd that A. D. Heritage Company be
mployed to complete the general ledger
ecords of the City for the sum of
l65.00. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Kapsch, sup
'orted by Alderman Carlson, that the
Meeting adjourn. Carried.
A. o. KNUTSON,
City Clerk.