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FFlin Columbus’ Bones Wanted on First Canal Trip KANSAS BANKERS
Ashes of Discoverer to Make Last Voyage]^ CO'DPERflTE
K IN POVERTY
Eccentric Old Man Lets Property
Go to Ruin After Family Quar
rel—Known as “The Bear."
SPRING LAKE, MICH., Aug 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 ov» r
Ottawa County as an eccentric, IU -
at the point of death in his rani
shackle hut on the shore of Spring
Lake, his condition mourned by non*
save a relative who arrived recently I
from Portland, Oreg , and a few syrri- |
pathetic neighbors.
His father came to Michigan from
Canada in 1864, when the lumber
business was at its height, to take
charge of the large interests that fell
to him through the tragic drowning
of his brother-in-law, .James Barber,
one of the first men to engage In
the lumber business in this section of
the State.
With his younger brother, Edward
B. Bell, who died recently in Wash
ington, where he was acting as offi
cer in the Capitol Guards by ap
pointment of Senator Smith, William
H. Bell prospered until 1871, w hen the
brothers quarreled and the mill was
shut down, never to run again, in
epite of the efforts of business asso
ciates and relatives to effect a recon
ciliation.
What the quarrel was about no one
has over known. It was always a
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,
dose the prosperous store adjoining
it. and permit everything to fall into
decay,
Edward started out to make his
own way in the world and sj>ent
man) years in the employ of The
Grand Rapids Herald and The Even
ing Press. 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.
Offer* for Mill Refused.
Offer ufter offer was made to his
eccentric brother for the mill Itself
the wagons, the old boats stored with
in it, the valuable machinery, but
William Bell turned a deaf ear to all
of them. Even after lumbering whs
on the decline, and the raw’ material
had to be 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 off one u*
one, without doing a stroke of work
after the closing of the mill. When
the last of these was gone Bell shut
himself up fer good in his house, and
only appeared to carry home provi
sions. He had no intimates and but
few acquaintances.
From his long winter sojourns in
his barricaded house he earned the ti
tie ot **Th« Bear," and In spite of hli
fatal illness the natives still mention
him by that name.
For the lust 40 years he has lived
the life of a hermit as completely as
If he were buried in the mountains.
He never ventured In society, al
though at the time of his quarrel he
was one of the most popular and fin
est-looking men in Spring Lake He
nev#r ventured to the polls He lived
on the scantiest of food, and was
never seen to smile. On warm days
he would take Ills rustic seat In one
of the apple tree* overlooking the
lake and sit for hours viewing his de
caying 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- I
pected the ruins will be cleared away
and the property sold for building
purposes. Bell View, as the place
is called, is one of the prettiest points
on the lake, and many wealthy re
porters 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
His Mother.
Christopher Columbus, from ;i bust in the Capitoline t*al-
lery, Rome.
Assistant Secretary
Honor Memory
Secretary of State Os
borne suggests that on the first ship
passing through the Panama Canal
the bones of Columbus fc'h&ll 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
lumbus 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,
State Author of Idea to
of America’s Finder.
Spaniards had taken the other leaden
coffin in the previous century. This
little closet was separated from the
jther by a wall five inches thick, and
was larger than the outer crypt.
It contained a well-preserved
eaden coffin, eight inches high, fif
teen inches long and seven inches
wide. From inscriptions on this
leaden box it was deduced that the
bones 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 Achblshop of San Do
mingo. Grope Boque Cocchia, an
nounced this important discovery and
made an 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 course of the investigation a
third crypt was found, containing a
leaden coffin with the inscription,
“El Almlrante Don Luis Colon Duqu n
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
they ha»l the bones of the real Colum-
Wife Alienated in
Artistic Manner
Husband Alleges That ‘Polish’ and
‘Cunning Audacity’ Were Used
by His Rival.
COLT T M BCR, OHIO. Aug 2 Re
cause of statements made by his fa
ther to Governor Cox it is unde rstood
that there will be no pardon for Don
Harvey Hazel, aged 23. serving a life
sentence In the Ohio penitentiary for
the murder of his mother. Hazel wav
declared innocent by 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 I,ak*
Shore Railroad at Toledo, came ;o
enter objection to his release
The Governor’s practical determi
nation not to release the young man
New Safeguard Now Established
Against Entry Into the United
States Through Mails.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. Bugs 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 offie,. of seed and plant
introduction. It has worked only
since it was
is a refutation of hln declaration th.it
in every case he will follow the sug- I once in the few days
gestions of the Board of Pardons. I built.
— The quarant no room is .1 harmies
LIGHTNING STRIKES 4 TIMES !5,r “'' lur ' “ *> >*«>*
glass-inclosed cage about 8 by 12
IN SAME SPOT IN KANSAS j f ? et 1,1 onB of ,lu ' >’>* 1 >*(
the new building on Fourteenth
.COTTONWOOD FALLS. KANS«J "Tfi bus-proof and gla. S Inulosed.
r a * “frii, i7ih,ni P n» P* ce P l for wire netting over the door
four times is th J ten k amt windows fort\ mesh netting
played on the Lind farm, a mile from , lm . . .i„, h ,
Saffordville. Each time It has struck too small to allow the passage of , . .
barns and twice has set them on flu-. ttny „ mig mu ,.„ blgger „ mn tl ,> pholll j evolved this solutlnr
germ.
Every foreign plant that is mailed
to the United States has 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’.
Government Has Secret Anti-
Thin Emulsion to Give Light
weight Candidates.
CHICAGO. Aug 2.—The Govern
ment will make you fat if you will
join the army.
'Phis is the promise of Lieutenant
Colonel William L. Kenly, supervisor
of the irtny recruiting service and
president of the Held artillery examin
ing board, who ie in Chicago. He
brought a bottle, the first anti-thin
emulsion ever Introduced by the
United States Government.
Its purpose, the Colonel explained,
is to get into the army thousands of
men who. otherwise tit. 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
\vo;k of bringing new men into the
army, chiefly because >»o many candi
dates were under weight. So I have
I.mid caskf't,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 great cathedral of Santo Domingo, where it was taken
some time between 1541 and 1549, in accord with the last
wishes of the great discoverer.
Plan Is Expected to Greatly Ben
efit Farmers of Big Agri
cultural State.
TOPEKA, KANS., Aug. 2.— 1 Tbe
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 bankers is now
drawing up a plan of co-openation
which is expected to meet the needs
of the farmers in the w r ay of land
credits.
The bankers believe that the first
idea should be to develop the land 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 raising and dairy
ing.
Kansas is so 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 Stated 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 counts
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
the^e 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 was
the first to employ an investigator
and adviser, hundreds 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 ways.
The State Banking Department,
working in conjunction with the
bankers, will have drawn up any new’
laws that are necessary to further the
plans of co-operation.
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 brokd up his
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,”
w’hich impelled Mrs. Beck to lose all
regard for her husband and her
home.
Beck alleges that Gordon induced
Mrs. Beck to look upon him as 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
1 In Love 15 Years;
Pair at Last Weds
Romance Survives Rigors of Mining
Camp Life, Heat of Tropics
and Cold of North.
LOS 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 rnd E. M. Pines, of Raw-
hide, Nev. The ceremony was per
formed in the parlors 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 Pines
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 sohoolday
promise. She came to San Fra iclsco
a short time ago to keep it.
Lifts Ban on Wedding
On His Deathbed
Employer Leaves Bequest to Worker,
With Provision, but Finally
Removes It.
burning them to the ground. In in
electrical storm a few days ago light
ning struck the L‘nd barn for the
fourth time, destroying it. In the
barn was a fine stallion valued At
more than $1,500, which was burned.
JUDGE HOLDS THAT THE
WIFE SHOULDN’T WORK SP0KANE * S NEW C0DE
STRIKES AT CITY NOISES
CHICAGO. Aug. 2.—Women who
insist on working after they are mar
ried are doing their husbands an in
justice, besides helping their matri
monial life along to divorce courts.
I^^Th.s is the opinion of Judge Sulli-
of the Superior Court, who chal- ,
d the right of a woman to ask fjP* 1 *,
haS K ’hi^ r "?„nnnr, h M^ nd A “h 'V. *” ' -ring m .sdemeJUr.
** support him during 'arid aods^evera • ■*.. k j .
Inelr majried life. Jty off ana
SAYS MODERN LIFE ‘EATS’
CHILDREN IN BIG CITIES
body of his grandson, Luis Colon,
was 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
had been deposited m 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 He in the
Pennsylvanian Finally Takes 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 at
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 Fort 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 Is Specifically For
bidden by Constitution.
TO PALEFfiCE
Doctors Say That Indian’s Change
in Color Is Caused by Intense
Nervous Disorder.
GOLDENDALE, WASH,, Aug. 2.-
The recent row In the Indian settle
ment on the head of Squaw Creek, in
Eastern Klickitat, in which Petei
Tumhax, an aged Indian rancher, was
attacked by Charlie Plstolhead with
an ax, has developed the fact thal
Tumhax, who was suspected of being
a leper, is afflicted with a disease thal
is slow’ly causing his skin to turn
white.
An examination of the Indian fol
lowed when the Sheriff had him dis
robe to exhibit wounds w’hich he al
leged the other Indian had made >n
his back.
Covered With White Patchea.
It was found that Tumhax, w’ho is
a dark, bronze-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 said
the Indian was afflicted with a nerv
ous disorder known as leucopathia,
sometimes acquired by a severe fright
or shock to the nervous system, and
that if he lived* long enough the skin
would turn white ail over his body.
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 ^vhite spots first began to
appear on his body eight years ago
after a severe sickness, which, lie
says, was caused by a dose of strych
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 Daily.
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 Ran Domingo ( and J
the various resident consuls from <1 if- |
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 most
unmistakable of all the inscriptions,
giving the full title, the “Illustrious
Baron Cristoval Colon,” and on the
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. 629 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 tw'o sons.
He stated that Mrs. Dousset, who
is an employee of the company, must
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 beqhest to her “with
out a string to it—absolutely.”
possession of the alien. On this ac- j 3ac ^ am j gjdes are similar inscrip
count, in December. 1795, the ditch .}
at the right of the altar of the Ca
thedral of Ran Domingo, in which
tradition placed the body of Colum
ons proving the genuineness of the
coffin and its contents.
There can, therefore, be no doubt
that it Secretary Osborne's suggestion
bus, was opened, and the leaden cot'- is acce pted, the real bones of the real
fin found in a crypt there was taken rolumous will go upon a voyage such
U) Havana. a9 he may have dreamed about, but
There was a heavy leaden coffin , which could not be realized until the
outside of the smaller one all gilded | Panama Canal was built, he will have
over, but marked by no sign what- > found a route to the Indies, by sail-
SPOKANE, Aug. 2 -The city’s new
criminal co-.»* contains a strong pro
vision prohibiting unnecessary noises in
the city.
The jeode as adopted combines about
ent of the existing ordi-
GREHLEY, COLO.. Aug. 2. In an
address before the summer session of
the State Teachers’ College. Dr. P. P.
Claxton, United States Commission
er of Education, said :
“More than 65 per cent of our
I children art 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-
ever. and this was 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.
Cathedral Plan Altered.
Investigation has shown tnat the
plan of the cathedral in San Domingo
ing west.
iYI AR RI AG E 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
had been materially altered between i during the year ended March 31, ac
1541 and 1795, which probabiv led to i cording to figures compiled in the
..... , . — the error, for when 82 years later Secretary of State’s office by Statis-
a**ns as it kills, and the modern civ- I some laborers were repairing the floor tician S. M. Johnson. This is an in-
ilizatinn, with its complex problems I of the sanctuary of the Cathedral of j crease o^ 3.401 over the year before,
and its nerve strain, really eats chil- ! San Domingo (September 10. 1877) The number of • commitments to
dren in the city.” they stumbled upon a little crypt to State hospitals during the year was
He advocated giving the rural | the right of the large altar, between * 3,081. The commitments the preced-
leacher a borne and a tract of land, the wall and the crypt prom which the ing year w ere 2,586.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2.—Coroner Peter
Hoffman was legally advised hist
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 Halpin. of No. 128
South Ashland avenue, who was killed
by an auto truck last Thursday after
noon.
Attorney Gecrge W. Barrett pointed
out that chapter 31. section 19. revised
statutes, referring to Coroners’ juries,
expressly mentions “man” as being
eligible.
Alfalfa Substitute
Grows on Arid Land
Winter Vetch Has Fine Nutritive
Power and Is Said to Thrive
Without Irrigation.
MEEKER. COLO.. Aug. 2.—A sub
stitute for alfalfa that will prove a
boon to the entire State, especially
to dry ranchers, has been found in
winter vetch, a plant which is not
only the .equal of alfalfa in nutritive
qualities, but requires less attention
and grows without irrigation.
J. G. Byrnes, who owns a dry ranch
near Meeker, was in town exhibiting
winter vetch, mammoth red clover
and alfalfa. The winter vetch Us a
trailing, vine-like plant, and the
sample shown by Byrnes was exact
ly four feet long, several times the
length attained by either alfalfa or
red clover. It Is a leguminous plant
and makes excellent feed for all
classes of range and domestic ani
mals. It is best sown with fall rye.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—Ruth Anna
Singh, an American girl, who says she
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 Singh insisted on sleeping with
his head to the east and that he gave
45 minutes to prayer daily.
Poodle Sets Swarm
Of Bees on Bathers
Canine Pokes Nose Into Nest and
Then Runs to Water to
Dodge Stings.
PASTOR IS KEPT BUSY.
ALBANY, OREG., Aug. 2.—Besides
preaching two sermons and attending
two other church services, the Rev. D.
H. Leech, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, of this city, officiated at two
weddings and a funeral Sunday.
Five-Cent Casino
No Crime, Says Court
Magistrate Holds That Accused Was
Within Law Playing for
Nominal Stake.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Magistrate
Freschi. in the Essex Market Police
Court, di.‘■•charged 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 Dohrmah, In
asmuch as the detective saw a game
of casino for 5-eent 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 as a means
of livelihood.
WIFE TURNS PAPERHANGER
TO SUPPORT SICK HUSBAND
RICHFIELD, N. J., Aus. 2—A poo-
file with a nose for sweets poked hia |
head Into a bees’ nest on the banks j
of the Morris Canal here when men j
and boys were In swimming.
The bees made for the dog and sent i
him yelping with discomfort into the
canal, and then they tackled the bath- 1
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.
HOST TO MAN ONE DAY,
HIS PROSECUTOR NEXT
GAND FORKS, N. DAK., Aug 2 —
C. J. Vollmer and Isadore Groskings,
former automobile dealers in Grand
Forks, were bound over to the Dis
trict Court to-day on charges pre
ferred by C. R. Verry. 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
Vancouver. B. C.
Removal of mortgaged automobiles
to St. Paul constitutes the alleged
offenses.
EARSTS SUNDAY
AMERICAN is the
Estate Medium
It is read by
covering the entire Southland.
* *
MEN ASH A. WIS.. Aug. 2.—Once
again the field of man’s work has
been Invaded by a woman. Mrs. Al
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
=he has been forced to support her
sDk husband.
Real
South.
million persons each issue —
of the
a half