Nebraska Newspapers

    Loup City Northwestern
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LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1912.
NUMBER 12
OF A
WEEK’S EVENTS
Latest News of Interest
Boiled Down for the
Busy Man.
It ti'hmgton
President Taft left Wulicgibi on
a hit days trip lisa1 ■*.!{ take him to
V» York and Chwlui Columbus
■4 Akron. O.. the most Important
tourney. la the ryes of many of his
‘neuds, 'has has been planned since
*- |u' a< a to the VYbite House from
Us* vest
It is nUaUt reported In Washing
;«• that President Taft, before consul
-nt e any other candidates, had offer
ed to Secretary of State Knox an ap
post.1 mem to the S rpr me court bench
!<• sarreud he late Jestlce Harlan.
ins- < t» do more damage titan fires
o the forests of the Cmted States,
aaeardlng Us a report S»y A. D. Hop
• as. in rtsarce of tores; »n*.-ct invest I
ratJoa ?*•; the C‘ S artmetit of .igriccl
:u*»
hccnr-ar J K: o* by authori'y of the
foMidU presented to lbe bouse com
i-it:«e ob ci(rs<ti;urrt in :h« elate de
iitiirtt Im voucher account* for
IS* hue expended at the 1-ake Cham
-i*i» ceb-braiinc tn IS05* Tfce vouch
*r* »>xe tor the most port cost* o*
■ibe. travel and entertainment of
toewu at that c« k-Lratkra.
After an iieffevt .*J effort cn '.be
art of acme member* to place steel
ah* and p.g iron os the tree list and
-crease lb* proposed duties on
r ad and ttac. the leiuornu of the
most, ia caucus, bare ratified the
ran and steel tariff schedule drafted
•t their rullca trues on the ways and
aeas* committee, adding an amend
neat to include bailies mire in tbe
ros last
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Senator Culkarn has von his fight
« bare tb* proposed tMMlj.OO j Lm
rota memorial established on tbe
sank of tbe Po*umac on tbe axis cre
sted by tbe Washington monument
•ad tbe capital.
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Domestic
Mrs Lucius K Spencer of Pasnuc.
A i. a spite of continuous efforts of
phreSciaas for :« hours, died at her
borne e victim of friant from a visit
tf burglars Site mas awakened
h> the Saab of a dark lantern and tbea
ape*d into uneoam louaneaa i’hysl
iaaa were enable to arouse her.
The coroner * jur. In tfce Kinmundy
■ Ul i wreck inquiry brought in a ver
IM botdinc that the Illinois Central
rail road erred In manias trains 25
aad 2 so close together, bolding Henry
StfhrwU. ■ peralte at Kdgewuud. in
error (or alios ins two train* to [mas
ae < :<«H) to each other, and Henry
i Breaker, flagman. lor not thru a mg
oat a red fuse
Governor Osborn of Michigan fcaa
visaed the parole of former State
Trans«r*r Crank P Glazier of Chelsea.
Glass** was sentenced la February,
lilt, to aenro from ten to fifteen
years ta Jackson prison for bavins
*mverted to bis owa use state funds
deposited ia a Che!*** bank, which be
.oatn’iW aad which failed.
itr preset) tat Ives from twenty-two
•tales a Leaded the opening sewsion of
Jmf eisbtk annual conference on child
ahar at boubiClr. Ky. and by unani
mous vote adopted resolutions urging
ho [isaaas* of the Borah bill, now to
'ore the Cal ted States senate, pro
viding for a national children s bu
«u underr the deparlmeat of corn
labor.
la a colbefweea lie Hamburg
iamiu User Cleveland. with bun
drods at American tourists on board,
and the l'Ut*4 States armored cru
iser Colorado. ta Honolulu barber, ti e
latter suffered considerable damage.
Tte coiiurm was due to the fact that
Pilot Mi Kuo P. Sanders, mho was in
charge of the Cleveland, had dropped
dead oo the Hoar's bridge.
The sea claimed the lives of 1*6
persons with 22i American vessel*
dune* the ftsral pear of mi. accord
tag to wasifj of losses published
la the list at inert bant vessels of the
fatted States last issued by fommis
iuskt Chamberlain
Cattle, rabbits sod quail are dying
by the thousands la northeastern Coi
orado and across the line In west err
Kansas, said Rudolph Borcherdt. dep
oty state game warden, on Ms return
to Iirtusr from a trip of investigation
la that section
A three-fourths vote of a jury will
he enough for conviction la any case
triable by a lory if a constitutional
before the Sear York leg
ha approval of the
One hundred dollars each was th«
reward sent to seven-year-old Aileen
Marlin and her fourteen year-old sis
ter. Alma, who prevented a Southern
Pacific passenger train from being
wrecked by a broken rail near Alta,
Cal.. January 13. by E. E. Calvin, vice
president and general manager of the
Harriman lines in California.
Inspection of the United States
cruiser Colorado, which was damaged
in a collision with the Hamburg
American liner Cleveland at Honolulu,
Hawaii, showed that the Colorado's
port propeller was so injured she
would hardly be fit to participate in
the maneuvers until repaired.
Men. women and even children are
flc. king to Minitonas. a little town on
the Canadian Northern railway, 268
miles west of Winnipeg. Man. Gold
has Lecn discovered there, and if even
only a small percentage of the fab
ulous stories being told are true it is
he richest find in the history of West
rn Canada and rivals the Yukon
fSe’ds.
Acting for Mackenzie & Mann and
n Ei alish syndicate, J. Dix Fraser,
manager of the Aliltokan Iron com
pany. has submitted to Port Arthur
Ont., a proposition for the establish
meat of a $5,000,000 steel plant. The
rity will give a site of 400 acres a;
Bare Point.
• • •
By a vote of US to 22 President
i aft was indorsed for renomlnation at
he Fourth Oklahoma congressional
:str. • Republican convention. The
-os vent ion also chose the district’s
.elegutc-s to the Republican national
on vent ion to be held in Chicago in
Juiy These are the first selected.
Foreign
rune, who ha-1 been ill follow
's:- attack of rktl was said to be
appendicitis. r.as recovered sufficient
Se to ••a.. • be hospital in
P' Si'e will go to her home, w here
*:.e will require careful nursing
ugn her convalescing period.
•. • •
C< r -nl Pc-dio Mor.■ ro, who recent
ly was the popular hero of Guayaquil.
»-• -cor. v. as shot by the angry popu
a. e d";gged into the streets, behead
ed anti burned. He was mobbed in a
com mom after a court-martial had
e-rii'enced nin: to sixteen years’ im
r-rist ninebt for leading a rebel move
ment.
• % •
slur was tendered
it Kmperor William by the town
council of tioiir.gen. which decided to
nay no official attention to the em
peror’s birthday anniversary. The
c o ascii explained that as a majority
of the voters of Solingen. which is in
Rhenish Prussia are Socialists, it
*< t: d l*e inconsis’ent for the (own to
rejoice over the occasion
Diplomatic relations between the Ar
tentine Kepublic and Paraguay have
oeen broken and the Argentine min
ister at Asuncion bus retired from his
post.
Winston Churchill, first lord of the
idmlralty. has expressed his determin
* Ion to speak in Belfast on February
S for home rule and the Unionist press
is loud in Its warnings that serious
fighting is likely to result.
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William J. Calhoun, the American
minister, has called in all Americans
living In outlying parts of the city.
The friction between the Mancbu
troops of the imperial army and Yuan
t-fci Kai's force of Chinese troops is
constantly increasing, and a serious
conflict may be precipitated at any
moment.
Confidently expecting that Italy will
yield. .->ance nevertheless Is prepar
ng to enforce her demands that the
Turk* arrested on board the Manouba
be turned over to the French authorl
I ties. This demand will be reiterated
xt Rome by Mamilie Barrene, the
i French ambassador to Italy.
Premier Yuan Shi Kal secretly visit
ed the imperial palaco and concurred
with the empress dowager In favor of
a resumption of hostilities in China.
He suggested that the Manchus sink
: their differences whole-heartedly and
provide the necessary funds for the
ampaign. but advised waiting the
idvance of the revolutionaries.
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Personal
The Duke and Duchess of Con
naught and Princess Patricia departed
from New York for Ottawa with many
expressions, formed and informal, of
gratification and delight at the social
and official reception given them in
America.
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The will of Battalion Chief William
1 J. Walsh, who was killed in the Equi
table building Are. New York. January
#. as filed for probate provided for the
disposal of an estate valued at $500.
Tht- family will be amply provided for
out of subscription funds. More than
• $10.too has already been subscribed.
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Gov. Chase S. Osborn of Michigan
has demanded the resignation Febru
ary 16 of Robert H. Shields of Hough
ton. state tax commissioner, who a
few days ago in a public statement
tbarply criticised the state adminis
tration.
• • •
Rev. Washington Gladden, pastor of
the First Congregational church, Co
lumbus, O, and who. In refusing a con
tribution from John D. Rockefeller,
created the term "tainted money," Is
to be chaplain of the Ohio constitu
tional convention.
VOLUNTEERS BUILD TABER
NACLE IN SIX HOURS.
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE
What is Going on Here and There
That is of Interest to the Read
ers Throughout Nebraska
and Vicinity.
Auburn—Miss Hannibal Angus of
this city was burned to death at the
home of her parents in Malvern, la.,
accoidin;; to word received in Auburn.
Hums due to a gasoline explosion
caused her death. Miss Angus had
been visiting with her parents since
Christmas.
Erected Tabernacle in Six Hours.
Aurora—Fifty volunteers erected a
.0x100 foot tabernacle with a seating
capacity of 1.200 people, in six hours'
time Saturday. The building will be
used by the Minges evangelists, who
will l.old a revival here next month.
Woodrow Wilson May Speak.
Fremont—County Superintendent
Matzen, who Is president of the East
Central Nebraska Teachers' associa
tion, has received partial assurance
that Governor Woodrow Wilson of
New .jersey will accept the invitation
to bo one of the speakers. The asso
ciation will hold its annual meeting in
Fremont, .March 27. 2S and 29.
• First Leap Year Story.
Fremont—The first successful leap
year proposal was recorded in Fre
mont when Flossie Cutberth, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cutberth,
claimed Theodore Ostnon for a hus
band. The bride is sixteen and the
groom eighteen years of age.
Clay Center's Largest Funeral.
Clay Center—The largest funeral
Clay Center has ever had occurred
when the services over the late M. II.
Johnson were held in the family home.
The Odd Fellows had charge of the
services and were represented by a
large number of members.
NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE.
Congressman George \V. Norris has
filed application for nomination for
United States senator.
H. H. Barrling of Nebraska City has
filed as a candidate for state senator
from the Second district.
Labor Commissioner Guye is the re
cipient of several letters from farmers
over the state asking that he aid them
in securing hired help.
Five candidates for president of the
l United States, four for United States
j senator, eleven for congress and five
for governor constitute the filings so
far of political aspirants for these
[ offices
A meeting to launch a formal organ
i ization of the Nebraska State Peace
1 society will be held in Lincoln. Febru
i ar>' ••- At that time Charles Beals of
: ' hicago. secretary of the American
| Peace society, and Rabbi Hirsch will
address the gathering.
j A Petition signed by forty-four re
! publicans of Omaha, asking that the
name of William Howard Taft be
placed on the primary ballot as a pref
erential candidate for president of the
1 nited States, has been received by
Secretary of State Wait.
Herman Nave, a deputy game war
den. ha3 suggested a plan for the pro
tection of quail in northern Nobraska.
and proposes to enlist the help of the
residents in that section, in placing
sheaves of grain in upright positions
around clumps of bushes. This, he
asserts will provide plenty of food for
the birds while the ground is covered
with snow.
During the session of organized agri
culture held at Lincoln a new organiza
tion. to be known as {he Nebraska
Pure Grain and Seed Growers’ associa
tion was formed. The members pledge
themselves to maintain a high stand
ard of pure seed production. Not only
will all seed planted originate from a
pure variety, but every year a special
seed plot of not less than one acre of
the different grains will be conducted
on each farm, from which all foreign
grains will be removed. In this man
ner pure seed production will be in
sured.
State Treasurer George will call In
$150,000 of registered state warrants.
This will wipe out about half of the
list of outstanding state warrants.
Judge James C. Quigley of Valon
tine has written the game warden
that the snow and continued cold has
killed a large number of quail in
Cherry county, and if present condi
tions prevail much longer there will
be no quail left. He laments this out
look. because quail had increased in
numbers under the state protective
laws.
Henry Howard of Elk Creek, for
merly commandant of the soldiers’
home at Milford, has filed as a repub
lican candidate for state land com
missioner.
During the month of December the
state used $333 worth of sugar in state
institutions, over $3,000 worth of meat
and over $14,000 was spent for fuel
and lights. Vouchers allowed for
supplies for state institutions for the
month of December aggregate $86,
251.47, according to a compilation by
Land Commissioner Cowles.
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Rosalie is figuring on putting in a
system of waterworks this spring.
Dwight Mardis, of Peru, fourteen
years of age. was a victim of coasting,
having had one of his arms broken.
The Deshler volunteer fire depart
ment will give a benefit ball Febru
ary 2.
A number of arrests for hunting on
Sunday have recently been made in
Gage county.
A fiddlers’ contest will be held at
Plattsmouth. February 16, by the Order
of Red Men.
Mrs. C. B. Smith, aged 80, for thirty
years a resident of Gage county, is
dead at Crab Orchard.
Ex-Chancellor Huntington of Wes
leyan university was a teacher in
1S47, and is still teaching.
If the sanction of the American
Kennel club can be obtained, Fremont
will have a dog show in March.
A farmers’ independent lumber and
coal company has been organized at
Greenwood, with a capital of $50,000.
The Dodge county board has de
cided to increase the dike work at the
head of Fremont island in the Platte
river.
O. T. Little of Humboldt may lose
the sight of an eye as the result of a
mass of mortar striking that organ
while plastering.
Henry C. Mc.Maken, one of the old
est pioneers of the state, is dead of
Bright's disease and heart trouble at
Plattsmouth. aged 72.
The Rev. George B. Taft of Norman.
Okla., who has accepted the pastorate
of the Hastings Bgptist church, has
arrived with his family.
The Alliance postal savings depos
itery has been made a general depos
itory ior all of the smaller depositories
in northwestern Nebraska.
\\ yir.ore sportsmen prediet the best
local duck hunting for this spring
known for years, al! kinds of birds
having bee reported already.
Mrs. I. F. Roach, wife of Rev. I. F.
Roach of St. Paul’s Methodist church
at Lincoln, is dead of blood poison
contracted several weeks ago.
The commission form of govern
ment carried at the special election
held for the purpose of voting on it at
Nebraska City by a majority of 106.
The leap year ball given by the
young ladies of Newman Grove was a
success, and several young men are
wearing a serious cast of countenance.
Little Donald Klumb, aged 3 years
was badly scalded when he knocked a
kettle of boiling water off the kitchen
range at his parents’ home at Aurora
The rest rooms, which have been
maintained for the accommodation of
farmers' wives coming to Fairbury to
do shopping, have been closed owing
to the lack of funds.
Mrs. Elsie Beauchamp. 27 years old.
was stricken witli lrefcrt failure while
seated at a piano at the home of her
sister at Dunning, and died before a»
sistance reached her.
The Rev. C. F. Stevens, pastor of
the Central Christian church of Seat
tle. Wash., has accepted a call to the
Christian church of Beatrice, to suc
ceed the Rev. J. E. Davis, who is soon
to leave.
The wife and son of Clark Perkins
who have been very sick with typhoid
fever since moving to Aurora from
Lincoln three weeks ago, are improv
ing very slowly and are not yet out
of danger.
The annual report of Fremont’s fire
department shows that the city
escaped with a fire loss of only JS.500
during the year 1911. This sum is
divided between forty-two fires to
which the department responded.
The Fremont plant of the Atlantic
Canning company will be enlarged
this year. The company has canned
nothing but corn heretofore and the
new building will be devoted to a can
ning department for peas and beans.
The Congregational church of David
City held its annual banquet in the
I. O. O. F. temjjle. Chancellor S. A.
Avery of the University of Nebraska
was the speaker of the evening. The
subject of his address was. “Religion
and Democracy.”
Several merchants in Auburn re
cently held a piano contest as a trade
stimulator, with the result that some
of the merchants who were not in the
deal are threatening prosecution,
charging violation of the statute rela
tive to free gifts.
Social workers at Hastings Inter
ested in the national movement for
opening the people’s buildings for the
use of all things of public interest are
pushing vigorously plans for weekly
or bi-weekly free public meetings in
the high school building.
Milton R. Powell, for many years a
resident of Nebraska City, has been
elected president of the Young Men's
Christian association at St. Joseph,
and will use his be3t efforts to raise
the $25,000 that is needed by the asso
ciation of that city.
Sixty horses have died during the
past week in the vicinity of Firth and
Hickman. Though an attempt has
been made to find the cause, little
headway has been gained. The symp
toms are similar to those which fol
low the eating of loco-weed.
The Cuming county farmers’ insti
tute will meet at West Point, January
31 and February 1, 1912.
The biennial conference of the Sev
enth Day Adventist church, now ii\
session at College View, is one of the
largest in the history of the church
and will last three weeks.
A coroner’s Jury failed to clear all
the mysteries surrouigling the sudden
accidental death of Postmaster
Charles A. Brandt of Glenville, who
was found in a dying condition be
neath his automobile in his private
garage near his residence at that
place.
PROBABILITY THAT DEMOCRATS
WILL BECOME DIVIDED.
UNDERWOOD OPPOSES INQUIRY
While Chairman Henry of House
Rules Committee Asserts Proposed
Investigation is Imperative.
Washington.—Inquiry into the "mo
ney trust" has become one of the
most important problems before the
democrats of the house of representa
tives and with a difference of opinion
existing among them as to the wis
dom of such an investigation as pro
vided in the resolution of Representa
tive Lindbergh of Minnesota. Repre
sentative Henry of Texas, chairman
of the rules committee, took the posi
tive stand that the inquiry was im
perative.
In a statement urging his colleagues
to vote with him to “turn on the
light" Chairman Henry assumed lead
ership of what may develop into a
serious party fight before the question
is settled. It is known that Represent
ative Underwood, the majority leader,
and others are opposed to saddling
any more investigating committees
upon congress at this time, but
whether pressure in this instance will
be strong enough to convince them
that it is the duty cf the party to
delve into the secrets of Wall street
finance remains to be seen.
It is probable the matter will not
be settled until the house democrats
have fought out the issue in confer
ence.
Speaker Clark. Mr. Underwood and
others declined to discuss tihe state
ment issued by Representative Henry,
in which he positively declared that
the party could not decline to prose
cute the proposed investigation.
Representative Martin \V. Little
ton, though not a member of the rules
committee Which is considering the
resolution, expressed opposition in
the inquiry after a conference with
some of his democratic colleagues.
“I am opposed to the inquiry such
as is proposed by Mr. Henry,” Mr.
IJttleton said. “If fhis plan were fol
lowed a panic might ensue. Why
would It not be better to admit that
there Is a money trust, if such exists,
and then set about securing legisla
tion to remedy the evil. What good
is to be accomplished bv an investiga
tion based on the mere claim of some
man that there is such a trust. An
inquiry such as is proposed certainly
will create unrest among the people.”
MOB KILLS FIVE GENERALS.
Leaders In Ecuador’s Latest Revolu
tion Lynched.
Guayaqil. Ecuador.—A mob on Sun
day broke into the Quito penitentiary
in spite of a double guard and
lynched Generals Elroy, Alfaro, Fla
vio Alfaro. Medardo Alfaro. Uupiano
Paez and Manuel Serrano, prominent
revolutionists.
With the putting to death of Gen
eral Elroy Alfaro, former president of
Ecuador; his brother. General Flavio
Alfaro, former minister of war and
commander-in-chief of the revolution
ary forces; General Medardo Alfaro,
who is believed to have been a brother
of the other two Alfaros, and Gener
als Paez and Manuel Serrano, the
leading lights in Ecuador's latest rev
olution have been snuffed uto.
Omahan Killed by a Buffalo.
Omaha.—Nels P. Anderson was
gored to death by an infuriated bull
at Riverview park shortly after 11
o'clock Sunday morning. He died
within an hour after he was attacked
by the enraged animal. The beast
came upon him as he was digging a
hole in the ground.
Truce Ends in China
Nanking.—The armistice which has
been in operation for several weeks
expired Sunday, but no definite
steps have been taken for its renew
al. Both sides are now waiting'
Drifting on Big Ice Floe.
Helsingfors, Finland—Nine hundred
fishermen are drifting on a gigantic
ice floe between Narva and the Pitka
paasi Islands. The men are not in im
minent danger unless a storm breaks
from the north.
Thirteen Go Down in Boat.
Cairo, 111.—Twelve passengers and
the ferryman are believed to have
been drowned two miles south of
here at 3 o’clock Sunday, when a row
boat in which they were being
brought to this city from Birds Point
became lost in the ice jam.
Hitchcock Entertains for Tafts.
Washington. — Postmaster General
Hitchcock entertained at dinner Fri
day night in compliment to President
and Mrs. Taft. A few from the of
ficial circle were present.
The Latest in Millinery.
Chicago.—Advance copies of the
new spring hats for women show
them to range upward from eighteen
to twenty inches. All the trimming
points upward in a peculiarly trucu
lent manner and angle and there are
no brims, or very slight ones.
Argentine Opens War Door. *
Buenos Ayres. — Diplomatic rela
tions between the Argentine Republic
and Paraguay have been broken off
and the Argentine minister at Asun
cion has returned from his post
SHOOTS HIS WIFE
AND WRITES STORY
New Jersey Man Fires on Spouse
and Then ‘“Covers” Tragedy
for Newspapers.
New York.—Andrew McConell,
founder of the cult of human elec
tricity as a universal cure, who shot
his wife, Marion D. McConell, in her
room at Ocean Grove, N. J., the other
day, was arrested as he was writing
a story of the shooting in the office
of a local newspaper.
Because of the rambling story he
had written of the shooting and what
prompted him to attempt the life of
his wife, from whom he had apparent
ly been divorced, it is said that Mc
Conell is demented.
“I was forced to shoot the woman
who was my wife,” read the piece of
copy he had in the typewriter when
arrested. “Absolute divorce was ob
tained last spring. Not one word was
He Shot His Wife.
said about the divorce during the
night I shot her. She has tried to vil
lify an innocent woman.”
When the prisoner was having his
pedigree taken in the station house
he said:
“I shot my wife because she was al
ways making me believe I was in
sane. She villifies me to different peo
ple and has run my character down.
I don't want to go back to New Jer
sey, for they will put me back as they
did before.”
“How did you come to shoot your
wife?” he was asked.
“Oh, I hired an automobile at Avon,
went to a house, saw my wife sitting
on a chair and shot her,” he non
chalantly answered.
According to Dr. W. C. Van Valen
of this city, McConell is a dangerous
paranoiac.
The woman may recover. The bul
let struck her at the base of the brain,
but emerged after circling under the
skin for two inches.
MINISTER KNOCKS DOWN TWO
Stalwart Parson Tackles Two Row
dies, Puts Them Out, and Sits
on Both Men.
New York.—Broad-shouldered, six
feet all and powerful looking, in spite
of his iron gray hair and 58 years,
the Rev. L. W. Beattie, D. D., an East
Side settlement worker, appeared in
the Flatbush court before Magistrate
Hylan the other day to press a charge
of disorderly conduct against two men
whom he had knocked down and sat
upon in the Newkirk station of the
He Knocked Them Down.
Brighton Beach L, after they had as
saulted a woman.
He was too late, however, for the
men, William H. Dougherty and his
son-in-law, William J. Cullinan, resi
dents of Brooklyn, had been dismissed
by the magistrate a few minutes be
fore.
A simple charge of intoxication had
been preferred against them in the
absence of other complaint. But the
story of their actions as told by the
minister made Magistrate Hylan
change his opinion and he ordered
their rearrest.
WOES END WEDS
SAME GIRL TWICE
First Honeymoon Stopped by Di
vorce When He Admits Claim
to Wealth False.
SHE POPS QUESTION
A Tru; Love Story That Ought to
Convince Novel Readers There Is
Always Something New Under
the Sun, in Love Affairs.
Chicago.—Jaded novel readers who
are convinced there is nothing now un
der the sun in love stories, who be
lieve, in fact, that romance has done
nothing in the world in the last 150
years but run ’round and 'round in
the same old circle, ought to make a
call at 3334 Indiana avenue and shake
the hands of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Schaffer.
The Schaffers are the authors, also
the actors, of this love story. Their
romance is new and up to date.
The first chapter discloses Rcma
Parker, seventeen and pretty, “clerk
ing" in a Chicago department store.
This was two years ago. Enter Al
bert Schaffer, a few years older, good
looking, well dressed, earning $20 a
week, and convinced he could con
quer the world.
Albert looked at Roma and decided
on the spot that she should be his.
Roma observed Albert and concluded
he was her “ideal.” Result: Invita
tion to dinner from Albert to Roma.
Under the stimulus of a good din
ner Albert told Roma many things,
all figments of fancy. He said he
was an orphan, sole heir to $25,000,
and a member of two or three “ex
clusive clubs.” Roma was impressed.
He proposed, Roma accepted—end of
chapter one.
The marriage was performed in De
troit.
After the marriage ceremony Schaf
fer’s imagination suddenly cooled. Al
so, consulting his pocketbook, he dis
covered his money was nearly all
gone. With fancy dead, conscience
awoke. When the new Mrs. Schaffer
began to be insistent about the honey
moon at Niagara Fails Albert sudden
ly weakened and “told all.”
Was Roma angry? It took her about
ten seconds to call that honeymoon
He Pioposed, Roma Accepted.
off. It took her somewhat longer to
tell Albert what she thought of him—
about three hours.
A year elapsed. The next chapter
discloses a divorce court. Enter Koma
with lawyers; enter Albert with ditto.
Roma on the witness stand “tells all.”
"Decree granted,’’ says the court, “no
alimony asked, none allowed.” Exit
all. Slow music. Nobody happy.
Roma Schaffer, one year older and
correspondingly improved in personal
pulchritude, came downtown one
afternoon to do some shopping.
Among other things, she wanted a
small piece of jewelry, and by the
sheerest accident, strolling along
Michigan boulevard, she saw “the
very thing” in the window of a neat
little jewelry store. She went Into
this store. A young man at the far
end of the room came around the
glass cases to wait on her. Their
eyes met.
ai, said Koma at last, “I think
we’re both a couple of (snifT, sniff)
fools. I think we were right in the
first place. I think we ought to hare
(boo hoo) stayed married. Don’t you
think we'd ought to have stayed (boo
hoo) married, Al?”
“You bet I do,” retorted Al. “And
what we are going to do right now is
get married again. And it isn't all
fourflush with me this time, either. 1
own this place.”
“Al,” said Roma, after certain pre
liminaries, “I came here to get a piece
of jewelry.”
“Sure,” replied Al. “I’d forgotten,
but I think I know exactly what you
want. How would this handsome soli
taire do? And remember, we guaran
tee all our goods.”
Albert and Roma were remarried
the next day in Milwaukee.
Child Comes to Life.
Kingston, N. J.—John J. Murphy un
dertaker, was called to the home of
Frank Ouirdane to prepare the latter’s
baby for burial. He found signs of
life. The child will recover.