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lERMIT Ashes of Discoverer to Make Last Voyage
TO CO-OPERATE
Oliristophpr Columbus, from u bust in the Cnpitoline Gal-
lerv. Home.
Eccentric Old Man Lets Property
Go to Ruin After Family Quar
rel—Known as “The Bear.”
SPRING LAKE, MICH, An* 2.
Stricken with paralysis and unable to
utter a word. William H. Bell, pioneer
lumberman, one of the wealthiest men
in the village and known all over
Ottawa County as an eccentric, lies
at the point of death in his ram
shackle hut on the. shore of Spring
Lake, his condition mourned by none
save a relative who arrived recently
from Portland, Oreg.. arid a few sym
pathetic neighbors.
His father came to Michigan from
Canada in 1864, when the lumber
business was at its height, to Uike
charge of the large interests that fell
to him ihrough the tragic drowning
of hi3 biother-ln-law. James Barber,
one of the first men to engage in
the lumber business in this section of
the State.
With his younger brother. Kdv\ard
B. Bell, who died recently in Wash
ington. where he was acting as olfi-
Vcer in tie Capitol Guards b\ ap-
polnttnen' of Senator Smith. William
H. Bell prospered until 1871. when the
brother- quarreled and the mill was
shut covin, never to run again, in
spite of the efforts of business asso
ciates a rid relatives to effect a recon
ciliation.
What tile quarrel was about no one
has ever known. It was always «
sealed book with both of them, and
some believe it was the questions put
to him on this point that caused the
elder Bell to shut himself In his home,
close the prosperous store adjoining
it, and p< rmit everything to fall Into
decay.
Edward started out to make his
own way In the world and spent
many years in the employ of The
Grand Rapids Herald and The Even
ing Pres.-. He was getting old by
this time. The world had been un
kind to him. and his Washington ap
pointment by Senator Smith came us
a godsend.
Offers for Mill Refused.
Offer after offer was made to his
eccentric brother for the mill Itself
the wagons, the old boats mored with
in it. the valuable machinery, but
William Bell turned a deaf ear to ail
of them Even after lumbering was
on the decline, and the raw material
had to shipped in by rail, he was
offered $9,500 for the mill, but turned
the offer down and drove the insis
tent buyer from his door.
He Kept everything The horses
grew old and fat and died <*ff one
ane. without d< Ing a stroke of work
^Mfter the closing of the mill. When
he last of these was gone Bell shut
himself up for good in his house, and
only appeared to carry home provi
sions. He had no intimates and hut
few acquaintances.
From his long winter sojourns In
his barricaded house he earned the ti
tle n* “The Bear.’* and In spite of his
f ntal Illness the natives still mention
him by that name.
For the last 40 years he has lived
ihe life of a hermit as completely as
If he were burled In the mountains.
He never ven.ured in society, al
though at the time of his quarrel he
* as one of th»* meat popular and fin
est-looking men In Spring Lake He
nevfr ventured to the polls He lived
on the scantiest of food, and was
never seen to smile. On warm days
he vvoul.d take his rustic seat in one
of the apple tree* overlooking the
lake and sit for hours viewing his de
caving buildings and gazing up the
splendid view along Spring Lake.
The old hermit's hours are num
bered. and with his death it is ex
pected the ruins will he cleared away
and the property so'd for building
purpose-. BeM View, as the place
Is called, is one of the prettiest points
on the lake, and many wealthy re
sorters living in the locality have
been waiting for the old man’s death
to submit their bids on the property.
Father Objects to
Pardon for His Son
Youth Is Serving Life Sentence In
Ohio for Having Killed
Hi* Mother.
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Aug 2—Be
cause of statements made by h1s fa
ther to Governor ('ox it is understood
that there will be no pardon for I>.»n
| Harvey Hazel, aged 23, serving a life
sentence in the Ohio penitentiary fov
the murder of his mother. Hazel was
declared Innocent hv the State Board
of Pardons. He was convicted n
1908.
Hardly had the recommendation
been placed In the Governor’s hands
before the boy’s father. John F. Ha
zel. former superintendent of the Lak*
Shore Railroad at Toledo, came o
enter objection to his r* lean
The Governor’s practical determi
nation not to release the young man
It a refutation of his declaration that
!n every case he will follow the sug
gestion* of the Board of Pardons
LIGHTNING STRIKES 4 TIMES
IN SAME SPOT IN KANSAS
COTTONWOOD FALLS. KAN®..
Aug 2.—Striking in the same spot
four times is the freak lightning
played on the Lind farm, a mile from
Hartfordvllle. Each time i- has struck
barns and twice has set them on fir?,
burning them to the ground, in m
electrical storm a few days ago light
ning struck the Lind barn for the
fourth time, destroying it In the
barn was a fine stallion valued at
more than 91,500, which was burned
JUDGE "HOLDS THAT THE
WIFE SHOULDN'T WORK
CHICAGO. Aug. 2 Women who
insist on working after the> are mar
ried are doing their husbands an in
justice besides helping their matri
monial life along to divorce court*.
This is the opinion *»f Judge Sulli
van. of the Superior Court, who chal
lenged the right of a woman to ask
alimony from her husband after
khad help*-*; support him during
married life.
Assistant Secretary of State Author of Idea to
Honor Memory of America’s Finder.
Assistant Secretary of State Os
borne suggests that on the first ship
passing through the Panama Canal
the bones of Columbus fhall be car
ried from ocean to ocean. It Is an
Idea which will appeal to the senti
mental sympathies of all the world.
The obtaining of the bones of Co
lumbia for this trip Is the next ques
tion, and it is only after a trip to
Santo Domingo that the Secretary
makes this suggestion.
While on this Journey he saw the
crypt in which the bones* are kept,
and hereby hangs an interesting tale
of the adventures of the bones of
this most adventurous of men
On the day before his death in
Valadolld, May 20, 1506, he added a
codicil to his will in which he re
quested that his bones be burled in
some part of the New World which
he had discovered. This was not,
however, done for many years after
ward. His body was first deposited
In the Convent of the Franciscans at
Valadolld. and in 1583 transferred to
I he grotto of the Convent of the Car
thusians of Santa Marla at Seville.
Meanwhile the great Cathedral ot
Santo Domingo had been started in
1514. It was completed in 1540, and
some time between 1541 and 1549 his
body was taken to Santo Domingo,
together with the body of Diego
Colon, his son, who died in 1.V/0 Tne
Spaniards had taken the other leaden
coffin in the previous century. This
little closet was separated from the
other by a wall five Inches thick, and
was larger than the outer crypt.
It contained a well-preserved
leaden coffin, eight inches high, fif
teen inches long and seven Inches
wide. From inscriptions on this
leaden box it was deduced that the
hones of the real Columbus had not
been taken away in 1795, but must
have remained here, while the body
of his son was removed.
The then Achbishop of San Do
mingo, Orope Boque Cocchla, an
nounced this important discovery and
made ^n examination of the box in
the presence of a large number of
representatives of the Government
and resident consuls of other nations.
All were convinced that these were
the true remains of Columbus, and
that those removed by the Spaniards
must have been those of his son,
Diego Colon.
In the eourae of the investigation a
third crypt was found, containing a
leaden coffin with the inscription,
“El Almirante Don Luis Colon Duque
de Jamaica Marques de Veragua.”
plainly the remains of Columbus
grandson.
Commission Settles Dispute.
Many controversies arose, especial
ly with the Cubans, who believed that
Ihev had the hones of the real Colum-
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CRISTOFORO COLOMBCjf
NATO M GCCC-XUi
New Safeguard Now Established
Against Entry Into the United
States Through Mails.
WASHINGTON. Au*. 2.— Burs and
plant diseases that expect to stow
away in the mails and thus gain en
try to this country to raise Cain with
the farming Interests are now con
fronted at the Department of Agri
culture with a cul-de-sac from which
there is no exit except through the
crematory.
The new safeguard is the “quaran
tine room ' that has just been estab
lished in the office of seed and plant
introduction. It has worked only
once in the few days since it was
built..
The quarantine room is a harmless
looking structure. It is just a little
glass-inclosed cage about 8 by 12
feet in one of the big office rooms of
the new building on Fourteenth
street.
It is bug-proof and glass inclosed,
except for wire netting over the door
and windows forty-mesh netting
almost as dose as cheese cloth and
too small to allow the passage of
anything much bigger than a typhoid
germ.
Every foreign plant that is mailed
to the I'nited Stales haH to be ad
dressed to the Secretary of Agricul
ture and go to this room This is
the result of the recently passed
Federal plant quarantine law.
SPOKANE’S NEW CODE
STRIKES AT CITY NOISES
SPOK \NE, Aug. 2.—The city's new
criminal code contains a. strong pro
vision prohibiting unnecessary noises In
the city
The code as adopted combines about
40 to 50 per tent of the existing ordi
nances, incorporates the entire State
criminal code, covering misdemeanors
«*“d s‘d^« several new laws covering pet
ty offenses
Government Has Secret Anti-
Thin Emulsion to Give Light
weight Candidates.
Lead casket holding remains. At the top is shown the
inscription on the inside of the top of the leaden casket,
which, translated, reads “Illustrious Baron Cristoval Colon.”
At the bottom is the casket itself as it rests in its crypt, in
the f?reat cathedral of Santo Domingo, where it was taken
some time between 1541 and 1549, in accord with the last
wishes of the great discoverer.
Husband Alleges Thst ‘Polish’ and
•Cunning Audacity' Were Used
by Hi* Rival.
Plan Is Expected to Greatly Ben
efit Farmers of Big Agri
cultural State.
TOPEKA, KANS., Aug. 2—The
bankers of Kansas are not going to
wait for the report of the Federal
Commission studying the system of
farm credits abroad.
A committee of the banker* is now’
drawing up a plan of co-operation
which Is expected to meet the needs
of the farmers in the way of lan<l
credits.
The bankers believe that the first
idea should be to develop the lajid as
much as possible in the way of pro
viding farm experts, simplification of
marketing, seed selection, soil Im
provement and crop rotation, and the
expansion of cattle ral.*ing and dairy
ing.
Kansas is *o largely an agricultural
State that the bulk of the banking
business is with farmers. Naturally
it is to the Interest of the bankers to
develop to as great an extent as pos
sible the State d farm resources, and,
In developing them, devise a system
of credits which will be to the farm
ers what an elastic currency system
is to the banks.
In several counties bankers have
taken the lead In organizing county
agricultural societies to provide for
the services of a farm expert and the
committee which is now at work on
the co-operation program is com
posed of bankers from counties where
these farm experts now* are at work.
These farm demonstrators already
have shown that their work is the
most profitable investment the bank
ers and farmers could make.
In Leavenworth County, which way
the first to employ an investigator
and adviser, hundred* of farmers have
changed their methods on the advice
of the expert, and the results, as re
ported to the County Agricultural So
ciety. already are apparent in the way
of increased yields of fields or great
improvement in other way*.
The State Banking Department,
working in conjunction with the
bankers, will have drawn up any new*
laws that are necessary to further the
plane of co-operation.
In Love 15 Years;
Pair at Last Weds
Romance Survives Rigors of Mining
Camp Life, Heat of Tropic*
and Cold of North.
LOB ANGELES, Aug 2.—A school-
day romance which proved strong
enough to resist the rigors of mining
camp life in the tropics, the desert
and frozen north for more than fif
teen years, culminated here in the
marriage of Miss Elsie Merz, of Daw
son, Alaska and E. M. Pine*, of Raw-
hide, Nev. The ceremony was per
formed in the parlor? of the Hotel
Federal by the Rev. Henry Feiz, pas
tor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church.
Fifteen y»ars ago the bride and
bridegroom were schoolmates in Ari
zona. Miss Merz’s father went to the
Klondike with the first gold rush and
took her with him. Meantime Pine*
went to Peru In search of gold and
later returned to Nevada, where he
found it. He wrote to Alaska and re
minded Miss Merz of her schoolday
promise. She came to San Fra. icisco
a short time a^o to keep it.
Lifts Ban on Wedding
On His Deathbed
Employer Leaves Bequeat to Worker,
With Provision, but Finally
Removes It.
CHICAGO Aug. 2.—The Govern
ment will make you fat If you will
join the army.
This is the promise of Lieutenant
Colonel William L. Kenly. supervisor
of the umy recruiting service and
president of the held artillery examin
ing board, who la In Chicago. He
brought a bottle, the first anti-thln
emulsion ever Introduced by the
United States Government.
Its purpose, the Colonel explained,
is to get Into the army thousands of
men who. otherwise fit. are barred by
reason of their light weight.
"In recent months," Lieutenant
Colonel Kenly said, "every recruiting
district in the country, except Chi
cago, has fallen off seriously in its
work of bringing new men into the
army, chiefly because many candi
dates were under weight. So 1 have
evolved this solution ’’
SAYS MODERN LIFE ‘EATS’
CHILDREN IN BIG CITIES
GREELEY, COLO., Aug. 2.- In an
address before the summer session of
the State Teachers’ College, Dr. P. P.
Claxton, I'nited States Commission
er of Education, said;
"More than 65 per cent of our
children are educated in the rural
schools and they form a large part
of our population in the cities. Prob
ably no city produces as many citi
zens as it kills, and the modern civ
ilization. with its complex problems
and its nerve strain, really eats chil
dren in the city.”
He advocated giving the rural
Uucin-r a home and a tract of land.
body of hi* grandson, Luis Colon,
wap also taken to Santo Domingo
after his death in 1572, but there is
no record of the precise date of the
transfer. The bones of Columbus
hud been deposited in the sanctuary
to the right of the main altar of the
Cathedral, where they lay undis
turbed for many years
Moved the Wrong Body.
Toward the close of the eighteenth
century political events compelled
Spain to cede Hispaniola, as this part
of her possessions in the New World
was then called, to France, in accord
ance with the treaty of July 22, 1795.
But the national pride of the Span
iards would not permit them to allow
the bones of Columbus to lie in the
possession of the alien. On thi^Lac
count. in December. 1795, the -utch
at the right of the altar of the Ca
thedral of San Domingo. In w hich
tradition placed the body of Colum
bus. was opened, and the leaden cof
fin found in a crypt there was taken
to Havana.
There was a heavy leaden coffin
outside of the smaller one. all gilded
over, but marked by no sign what
ever. and this wa« taken with great
military and religious ceremonies and
placed by the side of the large altar
of the Cathedral of Havana, January
19, 1796. In 1822 this place was
marked by a stone bearing a relief
portrait of Columbus, for they thought
they had the body of Columbus there.
Cathtdral Plan Altered,
Investigation has shown tout the
plan of the cathedral in San Domingo
lad been materially altered between
1541 and 1795, which probably led to
the error, for w’hen 82 years later
some laborers were repairing the floor
of the sanctuary of the Cathedral of
San Domingo (September 10. 1877)
they stumbled upon a little orvp» to
the right of the i&vgc altar, between
the wall and the crypi from which the
bus In their cathedral in Havana, so
in the autumn of 1890 a special ex
amination was made. On .January’ 11,
1891, all was laid before the Minister
of the Interior of San Domingo and
the various resident consuls from dif
ferent countries. The box was then
sealed up by the Archbishop, the dust
placed in a crystal vase, and a silver
plate put on the old leaden coffin, so
that It could never again be mistaken.
The inscriptions on the leaden coffin
were quite plain when the incrusta
tions of time were removed, and es
tablished the identity of the bones
found in it. On the inside of the top
of the box was the plainest and moat
unmistakable of all the inscriptions,
giving the full title, the “Illustrious
Baron Cristoval Colon,” and on the
back and sides are similar inscrip
tions proving the genuineness of the
coffin and its contents.
There can, therefore, be no doubt
that if Secretary Osborne’s suggestion
is accepted, the real bones of the real
Columbus will go upon a voyage such
R9 he may have dreamed about, but
which could not be realized until the
Panama Canal was built, lie will have
found a route to th» Indies, by sail
ing west.
MARRIAGE AND INSANITY
ON INCREASE IN OHIO
COLUMBUS. OHIO. Aug. 2.—Mar-
riage and insanity both are on the
increase, according to official State
records.
There were 46,756 marriages in Ohio
during the year ended March 31, ac
cording to figure* compiled in the
Secretary of State’s office by Statis
tician S. M. Johnson. This is an in-
; crease of 8.401 over the year before.
The number of commitments to
State hospitals during the year was
j 3.081. The commitments the preced
ing year wert 2,586.
NEW YORK, Aug 2.—M. Wilber
Dyer, head of the M. Wilber Dyer
Company, who died on May 4 last, be
queathed 70 per cent of the stock
in the company to Mrs. Caroline E.
Dousset. No. 639 West One Hundred
and Forty-second street, an old em
ployee, on condition she does not
marry again. The remainder was di
vided between his two sons.
He stated that Mrs. Dousset, who
is an employee of the company, rnu*t
give a legal bond that she would not
marry. The day before he died, how
ever, he wrote a codicil in which he
said he gave the bequest to her “with
out a string to it—absolutely.”
Five-Cent Casino
No Crime, Says Court
Magistrate Holds That Accused Was
Within Law Playing for
Nominal Stake.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2.—Philip
K. Gordon, general agent of the pas
senger department of the Sunset
Central lines of the Southern Pacific
Company, is defendant in an alien
ation of affection suit for $50,000,
filed in the Supreme Court yester
day.
Arthur A. Beck, a civil engineer,
complains that Gordon broke up hi*
home in Oakland.
According to the complaint, Gor
don met Mrs. Beck at a ranch in July,
1912, and with "the cunning audacity,
the polish of a finished master of the
art. began a course of delicately re
served, well-bred attention and love,”
which impelled Mrs. Beck to lose all
Regard for her husband and her
home.
Beck alleges that Gordon induced
Mrs. Beck to look upon him a* a
“shrimp and unworthy to be her hus
band.”
Gordon’s father is a retired army
officer residing In Washington.
Man Guards Wife's
Remains Ten Months
Doctors Say That Indian's Change
in Color Is Caused by Intense
Nervous Disorder.
Pennaylvanlan Finally Takea Body to
England for Burial at
Birthplace.
JEANNETTE. PA., Aug. 2.—With
the body of his wife, who died July
17. 1912, In a hermetically sealed cas
ket, William Clifford, almost 80, will
go to England to bury the remains it
Mrs. Clifford’s old home in Sheffield,
Yorkshire. She was 72 years old.
For ten months the casket contain
ing the embalmed body had been
carefully guarded by the aged hus
band in the parlor of his handsome
residence In Port Pitt, on the out
skirts of Jeannette. It was first
placed In a vault In the St. Clair
Cemetery, Greensburg. but rather
than have his wife rest In alien soil
Mr. Clifford had It taken to his home
Mrs. Clifford was formerly part
owner of the Clifford-Cappell Mine
Fan Works In Jeannette and was an
Inventor. Recently the works were
sold.
Illinois Women Can't
Act on Coroner Jury
Chicago Official Discovers That Their
Serving |* Specifically For
bidden by Constitution.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2—Coroner Peter
Hoffman was legally advised last
night that under the State Constitu
tion men only can serve on a Cor
oner’s Jury. Hence, he was faced
with the need of writing letters of
apology and explanation to six Chi
cago women he had selected to act as
jurors at the inquest regarding the
death of Mrs. Mary Halpln. of No. 128
South Ashland avenue, who was killed
by an auto truck last Thursday after
noon.
Attorney George W. Barrett pointed
out that chapter 31, section 19. revised
statutes, referring to Coroners’ Juries,
expressly mentions "man" as bein
eligible.
WIFE TURNS PAPERHANGER
TO SUPPORT SICK HUSBAND
MENASHA, WIS., Aug. 2.—Once
again the field of man’s work has
been invaded by a woman Mrs. A1
bert Jones, of Menasha, believes she
Is the only woman in Wisconsin who
makes her living by paper hanging.
She learned how before marriage
when she papered a house for her
mother and then did similar work In
her own home after the honeymoon
She Is young and comely, but bears
In her thin face the marks of the
struggle with responsibility that has
marked her path for four years since
she has been forced to support her
sick husband.
GOLDENDALE, WASH.. Aug. 2.-e
The recent row In the Indian settle
ment on the head of Squaw Creek, In
Eastern Klickitat, In which Peter
Tumhax, an aged Indian rancher, wu
attacked by Charlie Plstolhead with
_n ax. has developed the fact that
Tumhax. who was suspected of being
a leper, is afflicted with a disease that
slowly causing his skin to turn
white.
An examination of the Indian fol
lowed when the Sheriff had him dis
robe to exhibit wounds which he al
leged the other Indian had made in
his back.
Covered With White Patches.
It was found that Tumhax. who 1*
a dark, bronae-colored aborigine, was
covered with Irregular white patches
of skin, which gave him the ap
pearance of a pinto pony. Pinkish
white spots on the side of his head
and under his Jaw, which were at first
thought to be birthmarks, were then
noticed.
A physician was called, who sail
the Indian wag afflicted with a nerv
ous disorder known as leucopathta,
sometimes acquired by a severe fright
or shock to the nervous system, and
that If he lived long enough the skin
would turn white all over his bodv.
The physician who examined the In
dian said that similar cases occur fre
quently among the negroes In the
South.
Indian Is Unperturbed.
Tumhax is 67 years old. and says
that the white spots first began to
appear on his body eight years ago
after a severe sickness, which, he
says, was caused by a dose of strycn-
nine out of a bottle of alcohol given
him by a sheepherder, and from which
he drank.
Tumhax does not seem to be at ill
concerned about turning Into a "pale
face, and says that the matter does
not cause him any discomposure.
American Girl Freed
From Hindu Mate
Declares Husband Always Slept With
Head to East and Prayed 45
Minutes Dally.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.-—Ruth Anna
Singh, an American girl, who says sh»
married a Hindu, was granted a di
vorce from Sardar Harry Singh, on
the ground of cruelty and personal
Indignities.
The couple were married at Seattle
April 10, 1910, and have one child.
The wife said on the witness stand
that Stngh insisted on sleeping with
Ms head to the east and that he gave
46 minutes to prayer dally.
Poodle Sets Swarm
Of Bees on Bathers
Canine Pokes Nose Into Nest and
Then Runs to Water to
Dodge Stinga.
RICHFIELD, N. J., Augr. 2 —A poo-
die with a nose for sweets poked his
head into a bees’ nest on the bank*
of the Morris Canal here when men
and boys were In swimming:.
The bees made for the dog: and sent
him yelping with discomfort into the
canal, and then they tackled the bath
ers.
For the latter It was a case of
swimming under water out of range,
and for those who •couldn’t swim mud
baths were necessary.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Magistrate
Freschi. in the Es«ex Market Police
Court, discharged yesterday Frederick
Dohrman, proprietor of a livery sta
ble at No. 234 East Ninth street, who
was arraigned on a charge of gam
bling, preferred by Central Office De.
tective Joseph Warshaw.
The court held that Dohrman, in
asmuch as the detective saw a game
of casino for 5-oent stakes in progress
through an open door and window,
was not guilty of a crime, having en
gaged in the game simply to “pass
the time away” and not a* a means
of livelihood.
HOST TO MAN ONE DAY,
HIS PROSECUTOR NEXT
GAND FORKS. N. DAK., Aug 2.—
C. J. Vollmer and Isadore Grosking*,
former automobile dealers in Grand
Forks, were bound over to the Dis
trict Court to-day on charge* pre
ferred by C. R Verrv. Vollmer’s busi
ness partner.
Last night Verry entertained Voll
mer as his guest at a theater, and
to-day he appeared in court support
ing charges made some time ago and
on which Vollmer was captured in
I Vancouver. B. C.
Removal of mortgaged automobiles
:o St Paul constitutes the alleged
| offenses.
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