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t Doyles Detective Stories and Orgahized Knights of the WhiteDeath In Spirit of AdventureOb- ¬

tained Bones and Coffin dv3From Graveyards

jfJhicago Dec ifThe mystery of

the Ifuightsof thE White Deathletters which were recently sent to

J various clergymen and prominentcitizens in this cityJ tJi the threat

I Athat unless they left large sums ofmoney at designated spots theywould be put to death was clearedup when William Pollard 22 driverota grocery wagdn was arrestedand confessed to having sent the mis

> sives as a jokeWhen confronted by the postofficepnhisnovelfistsr Y grave raids and allnight vigils of de ¬

r tectives Pollard declared he had de¬

f termined to see how they would workoutin the hands of the Chicago po

4Ice So he organized the Knightsjjbf the White Death and with a Sherlock Holmes fancy for the weirdwrote out a bundle of letters all dec ¬

orated with skulls and crossbonesThe demands for money he said

f were simply added to enliven themystery as he never went to seewhether the money was left or not

A few days ago one of the lettersf reached the Rev WO Waters of

Grace Episcopal church It was ac¬

companied by a small box also sentthrough the mail containing bonesapparently human and the rusty han-

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dles of a coffin Ten thousand dollarswere demanded in this instance themoney lo be left at night by the cler¬

r ap1t a lonely spot Detectiveswere posted at the place indicated in

JUiis letter and also at places indicat-d

tin similar letters sent to Rev R4to Roberts of Quinn chapel and AC

Dixon of Moody institutecrl got the bones and the coffin han-

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out of a graveyard said Pol ¬

lard according to the confession obtalned by the postoffice authorities

t I have been a great lover of Doyleand after reading all of his works 1

could get hold of I thought it wouldbe la great joke to see what kind ofSherlock Holmes the police would be

r It was fun to see how perplexed thepolice were and how the newspaperswere trying to figure it out

Pollard was arrested at Evanstona suburb Hewas held in custodypending further investigation

DISCUSS NAVAL WARFARE

International Conference of PowersHolds First Session Today

London Dec 1 The conferenceof the powers called by Great Britainto frame a code of laws for naval

for the formation of aninternational prize court held its first

z business session tody at the foreignoffice> T

The United States Great BritainFrance Germany Italy AustriaHun ¬

gary Russia Spain Holland and Ja-pan are represented in the confer

+ mce The American delegates areIcear Admiral Charles H Stocktonand Professor George Grafton Wilsonof Brown university CommanderJohn H Gibbons naval attache at the

+ London embassy acts as aidx Questions of much Interest and mo ¬

ment to the maritime powers are onthe 4

program of the conferenceAmong them are the decision of whatconstitutes contraband of war theright Of search the limitations of

r blockades etc

WilllInvestigate Pullman Charges dt Chicago Dec 1 The interstate

r commerce commssion it was ant iiounced has decided to resume the

investigation Into the reasonableness-of some of the rates charged by thePullman company The complaint isan old one made by George S Loftusof St Paul Commissioner Lane will

i open the hearing here next Monday

BANKER LEAVES PENITENTIARYt

4 James Lingafelter the Subjectv Executive Clemency

Columbus O Dec 1James RY

liingafelter Newark boaker and say¬

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ings association official serving afiveyear term in the penitentiary for

> forger was pardoned by GovernorHarris He Is thought to be sufferleg from cancer of the stomach Hiswife has been under charges in con ¬

fection with the failure of the financial institutions and a son RobertLingafelter is in the Mansfield re ¬

formatoryK I

Two Burned to DeathChicago Dec 1f Two people were

burned to death and several otherslwere injured in jumping out of win

R dows in a fire in a stable at 1824

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Hundreds of Servian women have joined the new League of Death toprevent the invasion of their country These women are armed with modernrifles and are drilled by Servian officers just as are the soldiers of theregu¬

lar army The women who join the League of Death swear to give theirlives for their country in case of inyasion by a foreign foe

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American Manufacturers StoppedWork on Detonation FactoryonProtest of European FirmsRegu ¬

lations Covered Detonators BlackSportsmens and Smokeless Mill ¬

tary Brands Also Provide For Re¬

fusal to Underbid Foreign Makers

Cleveland 0 Decl u Worldwideagreement of all the powder compa-

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in this country and Europe waspresented at the federal hearing be ¬

fore Special Master Mahaffey It provided for a 50000 fine for anybreach of the agreement This docu ¬

ment after presentation was Identi ¬

fied by Almon Lent of the AustinPowder company of this city

The agreement was signed in 1897and provided that it should continuein force for 10 years and afterwardsuntil such time as the companies sawfit to revise it

President Lent said that his com ¬

pany withdrew from the agreementat the expiration of the ten yearsThe testimony brought out at thehearing related only to the effect theagreement had upon the Austin Pow¬

der company Its worldwide effectwas not touched upon Mr Lent alsointimated that the agreement alsoceased at the expiration of the tenyears period so far as all of theother companies were concerned ac-cording to his knowledge He anti¬

mated that by the termination of theagreement the Dufont company nolonger is a trust is not oper¬

ating in violation of the Shermanantitrust law Mr Lent gave freelyall information asked for by the gov-

ernment¬

attorneysThe document sets forth that the

Dupont company the Austin Powdercompany and nearly 100 other concerns in this country had signed itand also all the powder concerns inEurope The 100 in this country In¬

clude every powder company in theUnited States the attorneys state

The agreement states that at thetime it was drawn up there was im ¬

mense competition that was detri ¬

mental to the powder trade both inEurope and here It was believed itsaid that by reaching some agree ¬

ment in regard to prices trade couldbe regulated so that each concerncould live and make profits-

A detonation factory was beingbuilt in New jersey at that time towhich the European concerns object

fed The companies in this countryagreed according to the document tostop the erection of this factory Itwas also agreed that the UnitedStates companies should buy 5000000 pounds of detonators from Eu ¬

rope Regulations were made as toblack powder sportsmens powderpowderI setforth that if the United States re ¬

ceived any bids from a foreign couptry for smokeless military powder itwould find out what the Europeanconcerns had bid and that the con-cerns here Should not bid any lessthan the same price and should bidmore

Brazils Cotton Industryll Substantially one third of thefen ¬

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National League to Investigate

Serious Charges1

New York Dec lj Even moresensational than the tumultuousclose of the recent National leagueplaying season were the closinghours of the leagues annual meetingwhen charges of attempted bribery ofumpires who officiated at the gamethat decided the championship of1908 between New York and Chicagoat the Polo grounds Oct 8 weresprung and the magnates appointeda committee to probe them even in¬

timating that criminal prosecutionsmight follow the investigating com ¬

mittees reportPresident Pulliam in presenting

the charges stated that UmpiresKlem and Johnston who officiated atthe game in question had made asigned statement that an effort hadbeen made to bribe them with re-spect to their duties pertaining tothat contest In one of these state ¬

ments the name of the person whoapproached the umpire was given aswell as the names of persons heclaimed to represent In the otherstatements the names of the personswho approached the umpire were notgiven this umpire stating that theywere strangers to him

Will Not Recognize SimonWashington Dec tJAt a recent

meeting of the diplomatic corps atPort au Prince Haiti the decisionwas reached that it was not opportune at this time to have the govern-ments

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represented formally recognizethe administration of General Simonfor the reason that this action per-haps

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would give him an advantageover his competitors in the electionfor president at the coming sessionof congress convoked for the pur ¬

pose

YOUTH IS SENTENCED

Sought to Defraud Parents by FakeNews of Missing Children

Columbus 0 Dec 1 FredSchaeffer arrested here on complaintof Mrs Elizabeth Andrews of Wheel¬

ing W Va that he had sought todefraud her by representing he hadfound her lost son for whom she hadadvertised was given a five monthsjail sentence by United States JudgeSater on a charge of misuse of themails Schaeffer admitted havingwritten a number of such letters inresponse to advertisements concern-ing missing persons but said he hadnot profited by them Judge Satersaid the prisoners youth and otherpitiful phases of the case led him tolet him off without a penitentiarysentence

Mrs Gould Loses a PointNew York Dec 1 Katherin

Clemmons Gould was denied in theappellate division or the supremecourt a trial by jury in her actionfor divorce from Howard Gould

Police Chief Declared InnocentLisbon 0 Dec1rNot guilty

was the verdict of the jury fn tbarson case against Chief of PoliceCharles E Williams after a halfhburs deliberation j

Negro Legally ExecutedTecumseh Olda DecUtaliTMr

Johnson the negro murderer of nziMrs Mary Cuppy was hanged hereJohnson killed his victim with a

board Feb 23 19071

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basin cover with lightly salted waterand let them soak fora week Atthe end of that time drain and put in ¬ I

tba stew pan containing a thin sirupmade with two pounds of sugar toevery two quarts of water Boil halfan hour In another sauce pan havea sirup made from two pounds ofsugar and a cup of water and cookover the fire until a thick sirup Putthe rinds into this thick sirup andcook until the sugar candies on them 1

Take out put on a sieve laid on aplatter to save all the sirup thatmight drip and dry in a coolish ovenWhen quite dry put in wide mouthedbottles or glass cans and fasten se-

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Childs BibAn excellent way for making chit ¬

drens bibs and one that fully anyswers the purpose is made by usingthe tegular yoke pattern cutting theback deep enough so that a narrowpiece of the goods comes under thearm Instead of the same depth yokein front cut the material as long asthe childs dress rounding the goodsat the side if you prefer Join theback yoke to the front pie ecut thesleeves and sew in face the yokeneck and sides with bias strips of thematerial Two buttons will be suff-icient for the back When finished youentirelyIbut also protects the sleeves

v Fruit PunchInto a large bowl put one heaping

cup of mediunudark brown sugar andpour over this two cups of ratherstrong hot tea Let this stand untilthe sirup is perfectly cold Add tothis one cup of orange juice one cupof lemon juice a small can of pre-served strawberries a small can ofshredded pineapple and a bottle ofsirupwellit is to be served put a large block ofice and then add the mixed fruit Nowopen two bottles of ginger ale andpour into it then two or three largebottles of apollinaris water Mix welland serve If not sweet enough addmore sugar to suit the taste

Cheese StrawsChop two tablespoons of butter into

one cup of Hoar mix in one saltspoonof cayenne onehalf teaspoon saltRoll and fold in one cup gratedcheese Wet with cold water to a stiffpaste Roll out thin cut into stripsonequarter inch wide by six incheslong and bakeuntil brown When coldtie them into bundles with a narrowribbon or pile on a platter logcabin style or roll and cut into stripsfour inches long and cut rings out ofsome of the pastry put strips in ringsafter baked These are excellent toserve with soups or salad

Blitz KuchenOne cup sugar granulated one

heaping iron spoon butter three eggsbeaten separately one lemon juiceand grated rind one tablespoon waterone pint sifted flour Scant one heap ¬

ing teaspoon baking powder onefourth pound blanched almonds cutfine onehalf cup granulated sugarinto which one teaspoonful of cinna ¬

mon has been mixed Pour mixtureinto long greased pan and cover withsugar cinnamon and almonds Thisis fine and much like coffee bread

To Teach Child KnittingMake a ball of bright worsted new

of the ends that have accumulatedknptted Begin to wind coveringsmall playthings balls tiny animalscandy hearts anything a child wouldfancy in the winding When finishedcast on the stitches for two needleknitting and teach your little one boyor girl to knit You will be sur-prised over the amount of pleasurethis simple thing will afford

Bachelors ButtonsThese delicious little cakes are

made by rubbing two ounces of butterinto five ounces of flour add fiveounces of sugar beat one egg withhalf the sugar then put it in the oth¬

er ingredients add almond flavoringaccording to taste roll them In thehand about the size of a large nutsprinkle with white sugar and placethem on tins with buttered paperShould be lightly baked +

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pings catching fire causing confusionand delay not to mention injurysteak To overcome this take one othe oven shelves and slide in in Placeof broiler on which place meat Setregular broiler or pan near the bot¬

tom of broiling oven hereby catchingthe grease and yet removing it tosafe distance

Onion SandwichesTake one cup of chopped onion

tnd cover with strong salt water Letstand three hours drain and mix witha good mayonnaise dressing Buttergain slices of bread and put a gene

l jiis supply of the onion between

Camphor IceiTwo ounces of lard or nice muttontallow the same of spermaceti ontrance of white wax odehalf ounce ofofIJ

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