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Show kasMaaVr3iiR33i33$CTa W- f- THE RICH COUNTY NEWS. RANDOLPH, UTAH WHO WAS (CASPAR HAUSER? i ) XX? HEN the police of Nuremburg first discovered this youth, apparently about eighteen years of age, leaning up against a wall In one of the public squares with his hands over his eyes to protect' them from the glare of the sun, they at first thought that lie was some Idiot who had escaped from a sanitarium. But Investigation soon developed that here was a case as 'unique as that of the man In the Iron mask, and resembling It In a number of ways. Not only were the boys eyes weak, but his muscles were as flabby as those of an infant and the soles of his feet were convex, like those of a baby that has never learned to walk. He had to be carried bodily to police headquarters and even there, the'slght of the commonest objects appeared to terrify him, while the slightest of sounds caused him to cover his ears were and wince as If his accustomed only to total silence. On the other hand, his face indicated that he was of good parentage, and the clothing which he wore was fashioned of the softest, finest materials. In an effort to discover something about his Identity, one of the police officials offered him a pencil which, much to the surprise of those present, he seized and wrote the two words Kaspar Hauser, which, as It afterwards developed, was the only clue he could give to his past. Prof. 0. P. Daumer of the University of Nuremberg, hearing about the strange case, took the young man to his home amazed not only by the fact that he could neither talk nor walk, but that he would eat nothing but bread and water. The professor, however, started to educate him at once and in a surprisingly short time the youth had progressed sufficiently to give a graphic story of his experi- . .n - For ns long as he could remember he had been confined to a dark cell. Into which the sun had never penetrate 1. He had been visited once a day by a man who washed and dressed him and fed him a ration of bread nnd water. It. was this man who had taught him to write the words Kaspar Hauser, which Professor Daumer believed to be a false name given to him in order to mislead the authorities and to conceal his real identity. Finally, he declared, he had been blindfolded and led Into the street where the police had found him. The young mans story naturally created a vast amount of comment in all sections of Europe and the Daumer jiouse became the center of attraction for the curious', many of whom maintained that they might be able to identify Hauser, but none of whom were able to produce the proof of their contention. The next development in the mystersurious chain of circumstances rounding the youth, came about five months after Ilausers discovery by tlie police, when he staggered into Professor Daumers library, by the blood which dripped ironi an open gash in his forehead. It was some time, before he recovered consciousness sufficiently to state that a masked man had struck at him with a 'saber, that he had dodged the blow and that his assailant had fled before lie could give the alarm. The inference which the police drew from the attack was that the same person who had imprisoned the boy was now striving to kill him, lest he divulge the secret of his birth. Shortly afterward, the case came to the attention of the wealthy Lord Stanhope, who, convinced that Hauser was of aristocratic and perhaps of royal parentage, adopted him and sent him under guard to Auspach, where Some three years he was educated. later, Lord Stanhope arrived in Ans-pacwith the intention of taking his protege back to England with him. On the morning of the day that they were to leave Hauser received a note, telling him to come to a certain place where he would learn the secret of his birth. Less than a hour later the English nobleman heard moans from outside Iris apartment and, opening the door, was just in time to catch Hauser d ns he fell, blood welling from a in his side. He had barely gasped the words, Uzen monument palace grounds when be fell dead. Lord Stanhope hurried to the Uzen monument nnd found there a slip of paper bearing, in the young mnns handwriting, the cryptic message: Kaspar Hauser murdered at the age Know by this that I of twenty-one- . come from the Bavarian frontier on (lie river. The initials of my name are -- half-blinde- d h knife-woun- l. ; r,. id. And rot even the offer of a reward of 5,000 florins by Lord Stanhope nor the Investigations of countless ama- teur and professional detectives could throw the slightest IfTit upon the birth or death of this human enigma. eir NUMBER 88 Potters INthethegloomy walls Jap, Wants : U. S. Citizenship White, post-morte- ear-dru- ences. tory of Mrs. Henrietta Robinson, the! palpably .assumed name of the woman whose body rests beneath the numbered headstone at Mattewan, is that she was of either English or Canadian origin and that she came to Troy, N. Y., in 1851, being always well supplied with funds from a source which remained concealed even during the rigid Investigation which followed her arrest on the charge or murder. Some months after Mrs. Roblnsou settled In Troy a strange and apparently inexplicable tragedy occurred. A merchant and a young woman who was living with his family dropped exdead at the table. A amination showed that they had been poisoned nnd, despite the absence of motive, "Mrs. Robinson," who had been present, was arrested, but to say a word even to her lawyer. To add to the air of mystery which surrounded the entire case, the defendant Insisted upon appearing In court shrouded in a heavy black veil which effectually concealed her features. All during the trial she sat, ' Impassive and unmoved, apparently taking not the slightest interest in the conduct of the proceedings. When the state had concluded Its case, a comparatively flimsy structure of Circumstantial evidence, the counsel for the defense arose and, admitting that he had not a shred of direct evidence to offer, introduced the plea of-- Insanity. At the conclusion of the trial and before delivering his charge to the jury, the presiding judge called attention tq the fact that no one In the court had .seen the defendants face and requested Mrs. Robinson to lift her veil. Slowly and'with great dignity she arose, but made no effort to comply with the courts request I am here, she slated, In a voice which penetrated to every corner of the crowded courtroom, to undergo a most painful ordeal, not to be gazed at. The request was no repeated and, after a deliberation o several hours, the Jury returned h verdict of arid the prisoner was senGuilty tenced to death a decree which was later commuted to life imprisonment by order of the governor, though not before Mrs. Robinson li.id made her one formal statement Li the shadow of the gallows: When. I am dead," Sfce declared, all will die with me. I. have promised to be silent, to die without be' traying anything. . The first 18 years of ter life sentence were passed in Sing Sing penitentiary. She was then moved to the Auburn State Prison for the' Insane, where she remained for 17 years, and finally to the Asylum of the Crim'uaily Insane at Mattewan, where the woman of mystery finally died on May 4, 1905, after 52 years in prison. During all this time, however, she never wrote a letter nor spoke a word, save to her lawyer who visited her at regular intervals and who admitted that his services had been paid for by certain influential personages whom he wa3 not at liberty to name. All that was known of Henrietta Robinson was that she played the organ at Sing Sing with the touch of a master musician and that site died, as she had lived in silence, utter and absolute, leaving as a, lieiitage some of the most puzzling questions in the history of criminal proceedings: What was the womans real name and where had she come from? Had she poisoned the merchant and Ids young guest and, if so, with what field Just outside of the Asylum for the Criminally Insane at Mattewan, N. Y., there Is a headpiece which and, back of bears the number 88 this simple Inscription, is a story of Identity concealed even In the face of the. laws most determined efforts which makes, fiction appear pale and commonplace by comparison. All that Is known of the early his . Thb Farm Bureau has some Illustrious personages listed among its members. For Instance, here Is a picture of Gov. John M. Parker of Louisiana r Farm Bureau membership, as he stands with Farm Bureat signing a solicitors and. state executives on the Capitol steps of Baton Rouge, La. Reading from left to right : A. L. Smith, president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau federation ; Governor Parker, Harry F. Kapp, secretary Louisiana Farm Bureau federation; Frank Dimmick, vice president and Commissioner of Agriculture Harry D. Wilson. five-yea- ILLINOIS COUNTY IS - ESTABLISHING TRUE RICH IN LIMESTONE Farm Bureau Members Have tablished Es- Crusher for Making Fertilizer. Farm bureau members in Stephen-scounty, Illinois, have taken advantage of the fact that the county is rich in limestone and have established crusher which is turna ing limestone into fertilizer for the farmers of. that dbunty. Stephenson county is provided by nature with abundant limestone which tests high in lime content, and is found In a disintegrated condition that makes Is very easily quarried. A few farmers of the county got together on the subject and borrowed the necessary money at a local bank and purchased equipment to quarry and crush the rock. The equipment consists of a pulverizer, a tractor, four delivery trucks with a dump bottom, a portable limestone bin mounted on posts and a limestone spreader. Limestone is sold on a delivered basis of $2.50 per ton, or $2.25 at the quarry, if hauled by the farmer himself. Each fanner who orders limestone gives a note for it. which Is used ' Indiana Federation of Farmers See OpporAssociations Service. Render to tunity In Indiana the value of real estate is established every four years for the purpose of taxation, and 1922 Is the year for such appraisements. Realizing the unsettled condition of industrial and agricultural matters, the Indiana Federation of Farmers Associations felt that there was an opportunity to render valuable service to those charged with the responsibility of establishing the values of farm with them In property by every way possible. This was the conclusion arrived at at a meeting of county presidents held in Indianapolis February 23, 1922, which was called by the action of the board of direc-torV: The plan as laid by those In attendance at this meeting was to have a special tax committee appointed consisting of one representative from each-- ? the ten farm bureau districts, which committee was to outlne a plan of action to be recommended to the of the Indiana Fedboard eration of Farmers' Associations. This plan as submitted and approved provided for the selection of a county and township tax committee In addition to the state committee, whose function was to assist the local township assessor and the county assessor and hoard of review in arriving at the true cash value of all real estate. In practically every instance the assessors. welcome the assstance tendered them and in practically every township the appraisements made by the assessors were made with the assistance of the committee, or were approved by the committees appointed by the county farm bureau. The county committee sat with the county board of review and rendered such service as was possible in that con- the state board of tax commissioners when reports wqra Loading Crushed Limestone. for collateral in securing operating capital. The price now asked for limestone enables the company to pay nil operating expenses nnd will retire the initial investment In two years. The operating crew consists of a manager, a truck driver and two helpers who use picks and shovels in the This .crew has been averaging quar-- y. about 20 tons of limestone a day. from one quarry to another take up considerable time. Usually from 200 to 500' tons of limestone are crushed at one stand. Approximately St. Philip Founded Oratory. . 1.400 tons have been crushed this seaThe memory of St. Philip should he son and work will continue until late treasured by all music lovers, as bein'; In the tali. largely responsible for the institution of oratorios, a form of composition era DATE OF ANNUAL CONVENTION ployed by the greatest of musicians St. Philip founded in 1551 the religious order of the Oratory or praying place, Executive Committee of American Farm Bureau Federation Agree and with the intention of drawing on December youths to the church, the old fathers of the Oratory instituted oratorios The executive committee of the pieees!Ylivided into two parts, ttie one Karin Bureau federation in other the th American after before, performed sermon. These early oratorios, which session in the Chicago offices decided shortly gained renown, bringing flic that the fourth annual convention will Oratory into repute, dealt With such be held in Chicago, December The woman's committee of the AmerBiblical subjects as the Prodigal Son. the Good Samaritan, and Tobit and ican Farm Bureau federation met with the executive committee an;l reported the Angel. on the work of the committee for the past six months. Their report was Turquois Always Popular. A stone greatly admired and widely-useaccepted and a recommendation was In ancient days was the tur made that a womans department he Throughout the East even to created to work with the other existing quois. departments In the Chicago offices. . day, there exists an. intense though The National Grange met with the still unexplained love- of the turquois It has been so admired since some time executive committee of the American Farm Bureau federation one day of prior to 5000 B. C., and was intimately associated with Hattior, goddess of the meeting. They accompanied the motherhood, one of whose names was committeemen to the DeKalli Decennial celebration at DcKalb, III. The Lady of the Turquois. to make any plea for leniency? What did she mean by her statement that she lmd promised to be silent, to die without betraying anything? Who supplied the funds with which the lawyer was paid? The answers to these and as many more intsofred riddles connected with this woman of mystery Re concealed beneath that simple headpiece In the Potters field at Matter, an, a head stone bearing only the number 88." REAL ESTATE VALUES nection. , At the, hearings of ' . motive? Why had she insisted upon conceal; ing her face during the trial? If she were innocent, why did she refuse for more than half a century T. -- H. The United TJONOLULB, States Supreme court will be called upon next October, probably for the flfst time in history, to decide the color of a man in the appeal of Takao .Ozawa, Honolulu, Japanese, who Is attempting to gain Arnecican Upon citizenship by naturalization. the outcome of the test case rests the disposition of several other similar suits In which Japanese have attempted to become naturalized. Ozawa contends that he Is entitled to citizenship on the ground that he has sought to mold his life along strictly American lines In accordance with the best American customs and Ideals, and on the further ground that he is white and is eligible for citizenship under the law which provides that only a free white person or person of African descent or nativity by the company Mi-vc- ' . Sing the Battle of the Watermelons! P HICAGO. and sing, Strike a martial chord O Muse, the battle of tbe watermelons! The scene was at Morris Steinbergs fruit stand at the intersection of Milwaukee avenue and Rockwell street. The casus belli, a watermelon purchased by the little daughter of Mrs. Mary Regesek of the North Rockwell street Regeseks and which, on being plugged, was pronounced overripe by the buyer. Back It went to Steinbergs fruit stand, borne belligerently by Mrs. Regesek. ' This melon doesnt eat itself at all, announced the customer adding with Milwaukee avenue directness: Its a rotten melon. I should sell you rotten melons? protested the fruit vendor, sawing the air. with his hands. I Gewiss, vouldnt do it. Look vunce where I him. It gives ripeness. Never pld-was so fine a melon. Take your rotten old melon, then, said. Mrs. Regesek, and. she hurled it at Steinberg. The bomb burst, spattering the fruit vendor from head to foot. He seized another melon from his stand and "heaved it mightily at the Amazon. It caught her just above the ear, glancing off, to burst upon the pavement. You cheap skate! bellowed Mrs. ... Take that and that-- and Salvaging the pieces of the missile, she flung them back at her antagonist. Steinbergs next shot went wild, but his melon again proved a boomerang, and came back piecemeal, but with interest. One triangular section, Indeed, found a target in his mouth. This speeded up the battle. Action became fast and furious. Melons came hurtling through the air. Both combatants were red with dripping watermelon gore. The pavement was a shambles. Small boys on tbe. outskirts of the fray feasted on the duds and the fragments. A riot call was sent in. - The policemen seized the two belligerents and gave them a ride. Regesek. that. Two Women Form the Syndicate Stable O ARATOGA, N. Y. The Syndicate Stable has been a frequent purchaser of yearlings at the Saratoga sales. One day, for Instance, the stable bought four, paying $4,800 for the young racers. . Funny cracks greeted the formation of the Syndicate Stable a year ago. The wise birds called It The Five and Ten among other things. Its sponsors were two wealthy jroung women who had set out to demonstrate that a person of moderate means could maintain and profit by a racing Stable. They were Mrs. R. Penn Smith, Jr., daughter of the late E. H. Harrlman, and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark, wife of a multimillionaire. Hardened rail birds pointed out that made by the various counties as to the valuations established, members of the state tax committee and officers of the Indiana Federation of Farmers Associations heard the reports presented and the evidence from every an :le. Through the work of the organization It is very evident that the estimates with made by the officials the committees of the farmers organizations are more accurate and equitable than could have been made by any one individual. that with the It Is also facts and figures collected by these committees and presented to the taxing officials that they are brought to realize the great extent to which real estate values have declined in the MEW YORK. When a pretty young last two years, which of course proves girl falls in love with a poor but the value to the fanners of the service channlng married man, helps him get rendered through the organization. In- along in the world by loaning him dications are that after all equaliza- nearly all of $80,000 which she Inhertions have been made the assessed its, fixes him up so he can get a divalue of real estate will show a de- vorce by playing the part of crease, of practically 20 to 25 per and when he calls her his cent below that of the average when angel child and lovey duck and writes last appraised. flie loveliest, songs about lier and leans up the Broadway cash market vith them club is organized When all these things happen and f, lien, after the divorce, is made Any Farmer of DsKalb, III., Bothered she asks him to marry her, as Mem' e has often With Post Eligible to promised her he would, bership. nd he refuses ", Shouldnt It" be worth at least $25,-- 0 Ever hear of the Canada Thistle of the mpns money, now that he club? Ask the farmers of DeKalb is got lots and lots of wampum and - " ' le? county, Illinois, and they will tell you j ex kind in one of its the is Inez It wily that Ford, pretty Broadway show I. thinks so. She has begun suit istence. Any farmer who has Canadian thistle growing on his land Is eligible Supreme court for $25,000 dames for breach of promise of mar-ag- e to become . an active member, and by to tbe constituagainst Benny Davis, author of doing so he subscribes Make BeMargie, Angel Child,tion of the club and agrees to follow Sweetheart," and other poputhe prescribed method of eradication. lieve, What hurts most, Inez As soon as the farmer 1ms cleared lar hits. his farm of the pest fie ceases to be- says, is that she was the Inspiration. Take far Instance. come an active member and become Angel Child, That was his pet name for Inez, she honorary - No dues are charged. .self-evide- may become an American citizen, Ozawas efforts to obtain citizenship began here several years ago. The United States District court for Hawaii denied his contention and this decision was upheld by the federal Circuit court of the Ninth district In California. From this decision he appealed to the Supreme cotirt Ozawa contended that ; originally Japanese were of the white race. He traced the history of Japan several thousands of years to the Aina tribe and said that James M. Beck, solic- -' itor general of the United States State department, had expressed the opinion that that particular branch of the .Japanese race has characteristics of the Caucasian. Ozawa came to Ha valT when a young man and was educated In the American schools here. In one of the briefs submitted hero Ozawa said that he had taken special pains to educate Lis children in American public ' school in order' that they might become loyal American citizens, citizenship having been acquired by them through their birth on American soiL He said his children had not been taught the Japanese language and that nothing pertaining to Japan or the Japanese had been allowed to creep into their daily lives, education or theii religion. worthwhile yearlings were selling for $10,000 apiece and here these two women were figuring on starting a stable with $5,000. The partners agreed to limit the price of their purchases to $1,000 each. They bought nine yearlings, some of them not costing more than Their good judgment showed $200. when they obtained the services of T. Simon, Healy to train their horses. The ladies were sentimental As the name of their stable began with S, the horses were named likewise: Smatter Pop, Scarecrow, Suspicion, Susiana, Syndicate, Sarsaparilla, Sentimental Tommy and Sister Sue. The first races of the stable were watched with amusement, but this soon changed to Interest when the combined colors of the two women, consisting of a dark body, light bine sleeves and a canary cap, began to flash by the judges stand in first place ith considerable regularity. Today the stable has the respect of all race followers. Its total Income to date, with their winnings and the sale price of Scarecrow, who was disposed of recently, amount to more than $7,000. . Angel Child Sues Cold Song Writer , ' . thistle fool-roo- V ' , . after the real Mrs. Davis staged a raid with detectives on the love nest at 133 West Seventy-nint- h street and found the Angel Child there with Benny, Isnt It the limit? pleaded Miss Ford as she talked about her suit in her new home at 203 West Fifty-sixt- h street Here I even helped him get the divorce by being named We were happy, and when an old man Id nursed through a long Illness died In Chicago and left me alee little nest-egabout $30,000, 1 let Benny have anything he wanted. The money just made him. The most beautiful words seemed .to flow from his Ups as he sat and played besUa ' me. Oh. it was grand 1" says, before and ! |