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The Iron Pot—Still a Mystery

Ex=operative Tells of- Cleverest of Counterfeiting Plots

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HERE are few mysteries which are never cleared upr' | commenced Capt Dickson, as he sat be I(‘):'\s the cheerful wond tire of - his cory study one night last - winter, “al though some of them slum. her for vears among the things forgotien, until the depouement I 8 accident -ally developed by some person who, perhaps never

heard of the original matter © Such was the case whieh I have come to remember as that of ‘The lron Pot’ It was a vessel of this humble charac ler that finally eleared up a great mys jery and brought the gullty to justice. . "You are well aware that the silver follar passed current for somcthing Jike 49 or 30 cents more than the pctual silver inddt {s worth. - This fact has not been overlooked by connter fefters, and becnuse of it the secret service has had some knotty problems Jo unravel < . ! "The largest percentage of ¢ounters feits of specie are crude, hlack. leaden things that are readily detectihle and fifficult to pass. The handling of theseé roins isx beset with excessive danger. _But there have been some cases where. " pountérfaiters have so perfectly imiJated the silver dollar that experts have been deceived by it. Such a coin was brought out by a gang operating fn St. Louls some vears ago. Their gollar was of the same fineness and weight as the coin of the government's mint and had the same quantity af aljoy. 'I;!m only difference between the > fwo was that the-:spurious coin was ¢ shade thicker .than the genuine, vhich fact was due to the machinery f the counterfeiters bheing somewhat &:h!or and less powerful than that of the federal mints. 3 = “The popular idea that coins- are 'jast or molded: .is quite erroneous. - -‘hvy are, stamped or pressed out of parrow strips of metal. It is only by ‘shis means that they can be sufficient- * ly compressed to-stand the wear to which they are subjected in circula*jlon. The machines used for this pur se are heavy, ponderous things, and ‘ois‘ difficult for counterfeiters to se‘jure the manufacture of such a ‘ma"qhine, and quite as hard a proposition for them to find a suitably secret lace in which to operate it, once :hey have got it made. “The St. Louls gang had their plant 4 a cleverly constructed cave in a _guburban district. It was an artificial ~gave, dug back in the face of a clay ‘pnd gravel bluff. The entrance was through the shanty of a poor Irish ¢amily, a circumstance that diverted ~puspicion from it and one to which is partly due the long immunity the gang enjoyed. . s “There was no scrap of metal, no goins, chemicals, or other thing used #n the art. Only the machine and a . §ew. wrenches and similar tools. The gang had skipped out. The Irishman wis half-witted, and his wife was too ' glever to be caught in the traps we ~ faid for her. We had made a water _Raul, ;exeept;ﬁr‘ ‘ %‘Q machine, Vg;::g was destroyed. The cave was fill

By a Former Secret Service Man

gion we mainialped seerecy about the entire matter and nothing of it got into the znw\wvlqsv::‘} : "1 found ome thing in the shanty which might of mizht notl offer a clew,! to the counterfoiters: Sit was an Epty envéiope bearing the postmark of an obscure railroad station in 4he sunk and district of portheastern Arkansas. | I had long ago learned that it is M,n: seemingly insignifeant things that ad 1o theddiscovery of criminils. and | while this envelope might mean noth ing, on the other-hand, It might be of the gravest fmportance. It had been found beneath the sheet of metal on | which the cook stove stoad, the tip of | one corner, discolored and grimy, at| tracting my altention. I had secured it. and pocketed it without attracting attention, | “If the gang had never existed it/ could not have disappeared more effec- | tualiy. We wore face to face withy al Liank wall. This made us the more anxfous to capture the counterfeiters. | As nothing better offered, the chief sugeested that | follow up the clew of the ¢mpty envelope. ] 1 “With as cumbersome and complete | an outfit as every city s;mrmmnn% carries into the woods with him. I left | the train one day at the wayside sta- | tion. which bore the name of the post-| mark. Securing a guide and cook, in| the person of a lanky native, I had my | truck hauled out to the St. Francis river, only two miles dlsmm‘ where 1 pitched camp and made preparations for an indefinite stay. ; it was the greatest game country I; have ever seen. There wére deer with- t out limit and a good sprinkling of turKeys, some bears, and water fowl of every kind, until the killing of them lost much of its charm, and became more like ruthléss slaughter. | ‘ “l had 'a plentiful supply of liguors and cigars, a fact my. guide lost noi time in spreading broadeast about the country. This was just what I wanted him to do, for it brought the natives flocking to my camp to partake-of the lHquors and cigars which I distributed | with a lavish hand. It gave me ;hei opportunity for which I was playing. | “By making inquiry of my visitors, 1. learned that about five miles down the river were camped, in a snug éab'ln{ built by themselves, three gentlemen from parts unknown. They maintained the place as a sort of club and had spent the spring season there. They left about March and were gone until October, when they returned one night and again took possession of their cabin. Our raid on the cave had been made on the 15th of October, and this. caused me to think that perhaps the empty envelope was making good. “As the three gentlemen did¢not deign to visit-my camp, I decided to ‘make a call upon them. L “I started out in a folding canvas canoe, late in the afternoon, and arrived’in the vicinity of their camp just at nightfall. = With a sharp cypress tree, aided by a jagged cut from my hunting knife, I succeeded in punching ‘a bad hole In the bottom of the canoe, ‘and with the boat rapidly filling with “water, 1 landed just after sunset at the _very door of their cabin. The three ‘men were at home and they- welcomed

me with the open hospitality of campers, inglsting that 1 spend the right with them. This was just whit | bhad been plaving for, e “It was easy 0 see that the men were crooks. There is -ajways some: thing to- dikclose the counterfefter. if the chserver (v only suficlently versed in their ways and mannerisms to recoguize the telltale slens. | was pretty sure. hefore the '«w-ning "WRS over, that these were the men who had done the fob. in 8t Louls. ; "Nothing about the cabin was the least bit suspicious.” A large fron pot bubbled invitingly over the open fire, the fragrant odor of bolling mest is suing. from under its id when the steam pushed it up on one side, A steaming haunch of veasion, cooking with some vegetables and dumplings, was produced fronr the pot. for our supper, which was served soon after my arrividl. In the center of the room was a big table, crudely constructed of heavy oak timbers. The cabin was well lighted, the lamps being of expensive character and great brillianey. Guns and fishing tackle and hunting ‘toggery of every kind-gave the cabin the atmosphere of a sportsman’s cludb. . “The men talked freply of everything but themselves. They spoke of many cities, but never of their homesg. They

told me they were college chums who had always made it a custom to spend a few months together each fall in the woods. They were clever men and readily passed for the Jawyer, the doctor and the merchant, the characters they respectivély pretended to be. The one to whom the other two deferred in everything was a large, powerful man with clean-shaven face and a jaw like a bulldég. His face was too shrewd to be pleasant. He watched me furtively, a sinister, amused smile playing about the corners of his mobile mouth. That smile spoke volumes. It made me lie awake all night. It seemed to say that he knew my real character, and therefore 1 thought it best to keep on’ the watch. The man seemed capable of offering me personal violence. But the’ night passed away without incident., After breakfast, I repaired the leak in my canoe and paddled slowly up-stream, trying to figure out where I had seen the big man with the square jaw before. : “While I was smoking a last cigar before retiring that evening, it came to me where 1 had seen him. It was on a street car in St. Louis, on one occasion when I was shadowing the shanty at the cave. . He had been on the same car and had ‘kept his seat when I alighted near the hut. He had looked at me then as if he wanted to know me the next time he saw me. I was assured that he was one of the counterfeitérs, and made up my mind to arrest the three of them the ffirst thing next morning.

“Here I learned a lesson in procrastination. While I hastily gohbled down my breakfast the pext day, a trapper, who camped near by and who had gone to the village the night before for supplies, happened along and told me a most disconcerting bit of news. The three men had taken French leave. They had caught a through freight about midnight, taking little or no baggage with them. I hastened to the

Captain Dickson Relates Tale He Tells of En. ceantering Despegado Gang and the Ultimate Consequences— Man with Bulldog Jaw and His Daring Escape from the Grip ol the Law. & & 9 §

{ ¥iliags, and :xi?;’im;gh I worked the i singin “lelegraph wire o iR slmoit fenpaciiy the three men succesded in i taking their escape | - ‘ . TRendiag oa Tuli olpker rebort o { Washington, | repaired 1o Ihe cabin in | the swarsps and wade s careful searth. Lof it Hverything within was in the ;ggrrg*w' cettifusion i'%i)!.!ﬁﬂﬂ and { shells. guns and Bshbingfackis were g._nzﬁmn' aboul the foor. Ff&%ﬁfm&; ® | precijitate departure 10 was tantalis. | Ing 1o again aliow the criminals o es3ER e i folt dneply chagrined, and 1o i solved never again th put off & matter "of this kind. The men bad forestalied ? e hy unly & few hours, for | had ini tehdid arresting them that morning, §' And there bad been nothing In thelr ¢ canduct durfrdg Wy vieil to their eahin {to indicate that they thought of Nighs %'- “In oné corger of the cabin, beneath i!ha very bhunk on mrz;‘u‘h I hnd siewt, j there wis an excavaiion three feot Equare and as many deep. The cover I WaR d_(?*'*‘n and dirt. wan sirewn over it which gave it the same appearance as l,!}w dirt floor of the house 1 discovtered it by a holiow hound when 1 Wipped over the spot. 11 was emply. i "1 notleed the absence of the pot | which had suppHed my supper, but it was rather a subeonscions notice of it i The fact rc«g'ﬂy made no appreciable impression. ob me at the time, tor did } 4t In fact, untl]l more that s vear had passed. It was then recalled by a newspaper dispatch under date of the’ xmall village . : . : "Sdme of the boys in the village had L appropriated the cabin as a sort of clubhionse, after. the three men bad fled. They would spend Saturdays there, fishing and swimming and hunte Ing. Immediately fn front of the cabin waz & steep hgnk. and the river wi- | deénad out Into a broad, deep pool which afforded good fishing and swim- | ming. The bove would throw white ‘pebbles into this hole and dive for them from the bank. One of them. had struck bis head against something hard at the bottom of the river and had been pulled up a corpse, his skull “having been fractured by the impact of the blow. ‘ - #“The others Investigated and found a large fron pot half burfed in the soft ! mud. Itz cover was-sealed down and its weight had béen so great the boys !.mmdn‘t lift it trom its oozy bed. The

digpateh stated that the pot was to be raised and its conlents examined. | "1 was In Littlg Rock when 1 read this dispatch and, without wailting for | instructions from headquarters, 1 boarded the first train and set out for i‘ the village. 1 was in a state of fever | {sh excitement, fearing I would arrive | there after the pot had been secured ! I wunted to be the first to view its contents. I felt sure | knew whal was ‘ fn it . “After a journey that seemed inter. Emingebln I arrived at the village and inquired about the pot. My fears had [ been groundless. With ¢he Indifference 30 characteristic in country people the villagers had forgotten, after the funeral of the unforiunate young man, | the fncident of the pot. While there . had been some talk of ralsing it, no - one had taken the lead, and there the matter had rested. o : “Securing a team of mules and some strong ropes and chains, 1 drove out to the cabin. By dint of much diving [ succeeded in fastening the chalns about the pot and had my assistaant drag it out upon the bank. It was the vessel which had hung over the fire when 1 had visited the counierfeiters in their lair. Then I remembered its absence, when 1 had searched the hut after their departure. It was sealed with paraffin and sealing wax, and not a drop of water had passed the ld. “l contained a complete set of engravers’ tools, several bottles of power- . ful acids, glass stopped and sealed, a nymber of bars of silver, some three hundred odd counterfeit silver dollars, and the dies with which they had been stamped out. The dies were thickly coated with wax and wére as bright and fresh as when they beat out the .false colns in the secret cave. ‘

“After swearing my assistant to seerecy, 1 returned to headquarters with my booty. . .

“Not many weeks later two of the men were captured. I had given the department. a minute description of them, after their unceremonious deprture, and its vast machinery had been set in motion for their apprehension. It is a maxim of the service that a man once a counterfeiter is always a counterfeiter. This rule held good with reference to two of the men, at least, for they were captured and convicted of another job. The incidents 1 have just-related were not introduced in evidence against them and consequently escaped the press. The man with the bulldog jaw escaped completely at that time, but I met with him, years after, under circumstances neither of us will forget so long as we live.” : : ¢Copyright, 1808, by W. G. Chapman)) * {(Copyright In Great Britain.) Qe : - Practical Labor. “George,” spoke his better ha]f “you are interested in the temperance movements, are you not?” “Why, certainly I am,” he answered. “Well, suppose you:go out and make a few of them with the pump handle. I am in need of a pail of water right away."— Bohemian. ¢ |

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ERICHSENS &SHIP

The worid's largest island has only just been ('x%me:éh‘ mapped. Green. land, that land. of the southern nmme and the bleak winds of the porthern {cefleids, Has at last been fully outlined. In the last number of Peter mann’s - Mitteflungen, the great German geographical magazine, this new map has been published for the first time. The making of this pew map {8 the final frutts of the surveys made by Dr. Mylius-Erichsen, who jost his lite wWhen returning from the com-;;ir-(i-d' work. o o ~ The trend of the northeast coast is very different from what geographers had suppoted. It bad been marked on all previous maps as probably extend. ing from about 78 degrees north lattude in a general northwest direction to the Independence bay of Peary. In fact, it extends for about 300 miles in 8 northwesterly direction till its most eastern poiot nearly touches 13 de grees west longitude from Greenwich, _About 40 years ago Dr. A Peter mann spread the view that Greenland probably extended meross the pole and down the other side of the earth to the neighborhood of Bering strait With this idea in view he wrote the instructions for the second German north polar expedition under Capt Koldewey, who was sent cut to complete {f possible the mapping of thé east coast ' i He succeeding In reaching by a sledge journey only 77 degrees north, a little beyond Cape Bismarck. We now kngw that more than 1.0600 miles of tortuons coast-line . stretches be: tween his highest north and the nosth ern shores of the island. ; Then, in 1905, the duke of Ofleans on the steam vacht. Belgica pushed over 100 miles tq the north of Cape HBismarck, but fog prevented bim from making a satisfactory survey of the coust line.: Meanwhile Dr. Mylus Erichsen formed the plan of making a complete survey of the unknown copst of Greenland from Cape Bismarck north till he joined his survey ‘with that of “eary. and thus completed the map of the isiand. g % - He stariéd on the steamer Denmark from Copenhagen on June 25, 1906, picked up three Greenlanders and a lot of Eskifo dogs that had boen sent to the Faroe islands to meet him, touched at leeiand, pushed for 14 days through the ice of the Greenland “sea, and reached Koldewey island on August 12 i S ‘ : ~ On the pext day he had an easy journey in the icefree coastal waters to Cape Bismarck, and in the Inlet be hizd it he found a suitable place for the winter quarters of his ship. The little harbor was named Denmark Haven. In the iate summer he sledged supplies northward to make provisiondepots for the long journey ef the following spring. and he also surveyed the coasts both north and south of his winter camp as long as dayiight lasted. On March 2§ last year the great sledge journey was begun. Mylinskrichsen, Lieut. Hagen and the Greenlander Bronlund were to survey every mile of the coast until thelr explora-

TRULY FAME IS A BAUBLE.

§How Soocn the World Forgot MatchL less Art of Booth. 7 i et : i What the poet Gray, in the somber { Ulnes of the Elegy; has said of the | paths of glory seems to be given i fresh confirmation with each swing of 3 the pendulum. Last week, at an { auction sale in the city of New York, | the personal effects of the late Edwin g Booth, once the uncrowned king of the | American tragic stage, brought only { the paltry pittance of $3,000. The sim- § ple figures alone constitute an elo- { quent commentary upon the emptiness | of the bauble which men call fame,

; Few, indeed, were the nights in the §ga_v flood tide of the theatrical sea- | sons when the box rveceipts for the ! performances of Edwin Booth failed to’ | net twice the amount which < was | realized at the auction sale. The | great American actor was the toast of | both he‘misil‘x'eres. Kings and em- | percrs vied With eagh other in doing ,{ tonor to the matchless interpreter of. * Hamlet. But when the curtain fell

tions - Jolned thowe of Peary at juds pendence bay. Lieut. Koch . the artiat Bertelsvn and Ihe Greenlander Ga brielsen were to pusu north of Peary chahinel 1o mz{xi;;i‘dé tha expioration of the saxterd edge of Peary land, which Peary hid explored ay far south as Wyckoff island - Twp detachments’ went along for wioeks 16 carry food for the suny}{ parties. As it left the ship the expe dition numbered ten men, ten siedges and 88 dogs. - : : ' . The lives of the explorer and of two of His compadions were really sacriiced 't Bis mistaten BGton of the shape of the northern’ coast! of Greem land. llostead of being practically a smooth curve, as he thought it pre kenis great peainsalas and inlets, =0 L!m_t' his: Tood supply gave outl befure he could find hiz way back to his base. Hiz body together with the notes of his sarvey, were fofinidl later by a search party. , Hagen died on November 15 and Myitus-Erichsen ten days later. when oufg # few miles from the food cache Bronlund reached it {n the moonlight, and when the spring search pariy this year found his body thers it was ovident . that- he had lived for several days after his arrival, L ; . It was ‘wonderfuliy fortunate that the bottie conlaining the survey sheets was found slung around the peck of Hronlund. Perhaps thé great result of this exploration would never have been’ known If it were not for this for funate cirr*!amamhm" It s ‘thought that. Mylins-Erichsen probably did not venture to cdrry his diaries and coliee tions over the inland feé with him, but left -them in some safe depository at Denmark Flord: where they may ultimately be gecoverdd , Of thé lard over which théy passed Atiqq ;"l“rus, the painter atthched Ihef expedition, wrote: - : *The land dvr’*r‘éi‘h%ch we hl‘fi.‘" four. neved i desolste and dreary’ there are no splenidid mountaindorms, such a 8 are seen frofn the coasts south of Franz [ Joseph's Fiord and Secoresby Bound, where mouplaing of & height of 10,000 feet stand siraight out from the sea. This was a gnelss lundscape. The vegetation was poor and shrivelled—only scant herbage and a few wild flowers besides the -low Arctic willow and the mosses. and lichens And all this was confined to a narrow strip along the coasts and shores of the fjords - Outside of this narrow strip was the eternal drilting sea.ice; behind it the immense inland {ce . “Therc was found, however, a comparatively rich-animal-life. Theemusk. ox is met now and then -many hares and foxes thrive upon the m'serable stony soll, white grouse, ravens, and hawks are seen in the summer; while , land swarms with armies of wad- : and ‘swimming birds_ the bear §ndeu in numbhers along the coasts, seqls are plentiful, and the snort of the walrus I 8 heard in summertime In anany places aré to be found the ruins of Eskimos’ huts, showing that the land was inhabited in ancient times by these hunters.™ S

upon the last act of the drama and the player's brief hour upon the stage was over, the world whose adulation had been so loud and whose hbomage had been so obsequious, proceeded at once to forget him. See Opportunities in Mexico. Cattle barons, whose ranches in the west are gradually being cut up for agricultural purposes, are investigat. ing Mexican lands with regard to the advantages they offer for the raising of cattle: The cattle rangers huve discovered that cattle can be raised at less expense in Mexico, and also that there is an advantage to cattle men in the inland and water transpor. tation facilities ¥or shipment to the United States. ; s -~ Good Season for Actors. - Gossip on the New York “Rialto” is to the effect that there are’now fewer actors out of employment than there have been at any time in, the last ~we years. - e .

E. H. R. GREEN DilC;C’-\"Eﬂiﬂ TEXAS MIDLAND LINE, X Overicoked by Collia. P. ‘Muntingion and Mis Surveyor When He Bought C Houston & Texas Cemiral 2 Property Years Ago, : Ransss Chty, Mo Med Eave beed Khown o find tz-i!f.’g,f;’?« s and off weils, byt E H R Creen, son of Hetty Green, in the Oraz man ¢ find & fEilveald % COMteete aysioes i Sﬁ‘ '.T,’w"_yt ‘,:t;« % Moes i‘v OB ECEPYa LBinE Sioopl & wosking ! ¢ Aand ge T3l MmAniger. .OF course the ks w 5 : GuT Wi i 3 'ﬁ‘:;: | fols I%y Wiy Byapt R 0 W O tadls Thae i be s " ihe Tesas MMidian Griginaily WA & it of the v A “ o 14l wi k. Wias ‘ : Cire B JTN-""v Riner and B 2 ¥ s P Huaaiiagi Whesn 351 poad be CRie A part of Her 7,.»' % pteg ) 885 wWa ale SmTrewt w 0 $5 Ay A 45 . +3 ‘»‘_, ,’7 s o 8 s mow the Toegas il P owaa the ’ i oof Ihe X sls Pa ¢if berd it Whae 2 miistnke i7s&% - ~ - o - 4 ¥ 3 3 ye : ,‘." . g £4 ¥ . 'i" e, the -ervy F overiaoking A it ]; ; il e eal Aty errdsr kil TR ARrds tsdvn Ihen was iving i the romd and comoared 1 with 3 oo e | P Overioohed sewvral 00l i Ps gt oyer Bad s g ai o 1 IR fuy i & 4 e WREC LEBIn Lstvmg Woul 10 Tew Y X D Rbe goo f r a 2edlsd ~er of bin dlscorers ’.a'f,v’,’,‘ } H R Gréeen's prfpdfather had didd ol - Was the v gl i arnd 0y interest Ihat might réagiy in the .'.'-rv yory of 1t hi newW road naluaraiiy wauld b In her favor She offered the raad 1o her s on vondition Ihat be ‘go 16 Tegax and wanage i 1 and “atay out of politics Green went 10 Texss, apd siuch to his satisfacton, ER . A ~. 7 : B .;’ »’ it i A% o O ! ‘\\; v » - me . : S t“‘f}" ¥ e e : } £ A A . B . Yy i e "r L i s -/é : l/_ 3 ;v ‘,": o s"’ g 2 ML g ’ L f.,_}‘/' 2 < \ % ? %‘;‘J A g .“ A A& P v p 13 W A 5y Uiy Zf /_ ® » > 7 y (] ; ;_.!{j = ’ o SIS LT B § % W &

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e ——————————lS s found that hls road was walling for hiny Hunlington's’' ¥arveyors never had discovered the rosd snd He didn’t even know 1 was {ne joded In the pure chase Huntngton did not claim 30 so Green sald he owned 1t He made a '::ii»; of inspuetion and found 'ft,:sl_ the ties had rotted or been carried off by the {armers for. firewoud The rails kad krm-!f-r! out; the readbed was oavergrown with grass; statlon houses and depotz had been converted into barps and all that remalaed of the ralircad was the right of way. Green announced that he was golng to “hnprove” his “rafircad” and immediately started to work regarding the roadbed. General offices were .establHshed at Terrel,. Tex. Depots were built; new ties and rails put down; and soon cars and locomotives were ordered. “The Texas Midland Ralilway Company, E. H R. Green, presi: deni,” wasg an actuality. : ; The Texas Midiand perhaps s the shortest rallroad (a complete system) in the United States. It runs from’ Ennis, Tex., to Parls, Tex,; a distance of 126 miles. It is sald to be the most . luxurious road in America. Yet it is not considered a money maker. Green runs it more &8 a hobby than as an investment. The passenger cars are the most modern and complete that can be made. Every convenience has been provided, including .a bathtud in each car. All the -cars; including those for freight, are green inside and out. The stations are painted green “and plush on the seats and the company’'s mark on the linen also is green. . The largest and fastest locomotives ' turned out by the Baldwin locomotive - works' are running on the Texas Mid'land. It has less accidents per mile . and the rolling stock costs more per ' mile than any other railroad in the | United States. G i, Green has other hobbles that prob- | ably cost him nearly as much as his | railroad. But“he lives in the sure ‘ knowledge: that some day—if he out | lives his mother—he will be worth | $100,000,000. And that should be com- | forting to most men. s L i — . P | Style of Long Ago. - | There is nothing novel in the de | cree issued by the pastor of an Amer | ican church against the big hats, says ' a writer in a Vienna paper. Toward | the end of the thirteenth century great | broad-brimmed hats were fashionable

| in Austria. They were of such huge di- | mensions that a face under one of | them could not be recognized. A poem i written by Johannes Hadlaub. expressed disgust with the style .and | the hope that the hats might be con- | signed to, the Danube, “so that the 1 pretty faces of our women might once more become visible” . .

- WOMAN .!N'GRARC( CFFICIALL : ki : Mre. Rawson Vice President of lowe Liteg Company. , . : | —has . New Yok —~ Among the acgredited represc s ialiy o &t the avnas! mesling of the Ansistivs of life Insurance Presidemts . whikh closed it busicess In this ity the other 43y, was & vyOO» an--the oflv wWomans i the worid who I 8 an offcer of 2 life insurance com pany She s Mra L. U EBawson of Ins Moimes la. and she & viee presh gent of the Des Moines Life Insurance ‘ WIAEY & forporalics which carries 000000 in policies on iy books, Her busband 8 ;Ar:-:A‘if;n: of the cODN: Pany. * “i Bave beoen in (he Qo srance hust S I 0 years,” asid Mre 1% sy Lo 8 wphrier You wosidnt . think 17 Well, it's 'rus asd ylease save your : e } L ST 3 3 4 e _ - ~"‘ 74 “ , : ’-‘ %:— " 4 k. 'm : v . ‘// B o \ ;- 3 { ‘ 27 s a 2 ,_ 2. \ _'\L - “—3 "1 - Wy eSOT g : f,%\ - O . s j,"*;“ vﬂ‘ ,L 'r Q= . ' %W - - ] ) . ' Sxeich of Nre. Rawson > oy i*‘," P ke muther of twe marcind daaglters and otk of "\f’em &7¥ IhHe Mmothars of 1w of (he sweet e4l famitiles in the world ™ g Yoen I Aot mind teilieg. you how I eame 1o go futo the insgrance buast venE 1 kad 3 % By and he diod - o B l"} M Hawson's A guive od for 5 msment N itis 8 death was 8 erel blow dboagl 1 would go CraL¥. . 1 brovefed and Snaliv 1 realized rhgt ’ st it @ sibing o cecupy my teingd or Toweuld surely o mad The adktors told Iwy hustasd that 1 fEnl Uy ¢ myY mied i some WAY. D They » P T Egrpeaiion '2:;;{ heliwt Plually the 38ea czins 1o me that 1 shoull ks 1o be with Mr Raw gnn mare snd l asked Rini 1o ¢t me ‘.’}""? Eis offex i j»'.;_';*.‘ f oul a 8 secretary of the gicany and ,-:‘x:~;.;;fj; ns sgmed contyod of e eniire. office {force : . - “In-thoss davs Mr Rawson had to fenil the feld work himsel? and | was foft alone in Ihe afMce for thAL reason CUWe & business io 18 stales, most !v,Y.,lu e middle west The rompany i an oid line joer like the big New York ones B +ST I put in ¢ight houra a day at ‘my Hoak. and soanelimes Jonger of course. I have 16ld you abvgt the family, 'l‘!'_u;j are grown U apd sa the home dovsn’t suffer by reason of @y alsence. A wioipan can come Dretliyvgnear doing Anyihing s« ;2‘:'4."4‘5 é cousntry, and 1 sgppose thst ctome day she will B atile 1o vole buat 1 am not interested in any » .f’;'r.s.',ns ovement oy .’}f:f&’?z?ﬂ‘ of that Kind, Nefther do | wagy to be called A new woman o I'm .’1; 11 Just a ﬁi;':._‘?:;,; wonan and glad ‘lhal. 1 gy able 1o work and help my husband and my family.” : ®-- - S » - COSTLY MEMORIAL GATEWAY. Commemorates Wedding Anniversary ! of Founders of Mohohk. L i New York —One of the most Inter ('h'zhg apd remarkabie memorial siruc tures in this :;a;fz:.':}" in the ':‘-w*ie-:;’.i)’-dedicated gateway erected by the friends of Mr. and Mra. Albert K Smiiey at the r"!<.f.*.(f;z'o< ta the Hiﬂ or six thonsgand acrvs of land owned by Mr. Smiley at Lake Me#Gnk : The Lake Mohonk peace conferences of the fiast dogen, or more years have attracied the attention of the whole civilized world bedéanke - they have broght together men and women from all nations as<the guests of Mr. afndp Mra Smiley at the usnigue hotel to which has been given the name of the. “Temple of Peacd”

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The Smiley Memorial Gateway.

A Quaker himself and with a long line -of Quaker ancestry, Mr.:Smiley hae been a lifelong adyocate of universal peace. - % " Partly in recognition of his years of service in the cause of peace and part}y as a token of their personal regard for him and his wife the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Smiley determined to commeémorate the golden anniversary of their marrigge by presenting to them a gift that should serve as a permanent memorial. This gift has taken the form of a unique and magnificent gateway, costing $75,000. Ground for the gateway was broken on July 8, 1907, the fiftith anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Smiley's marriage, and the gateway was dedicated in the presence of a great concourse of notables. a short time ago. Bé‘r. Smiley, now in his eighty-first year, has made provision for the continuance of the conferences after his death. : . ——— Paper from Cotton Stalks. A company capitalized at $500,000 has been organized at Atlanta, Ga, for the purpose of manufacturing paper from cotton stalks, a heretofors useless by-product. It is claimed that paper can be made from cotton stalks at a cost of about $l5 a ton. : Pertinent Definffion. - “Pop, are there such things as athletic pains?” , ~ “Well, son, I guess something near one is a jumping toothache.”—Balth