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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2275, 12 May 1921, Page 4

Mr Herbert Zigler, of Chicago, was shot dead recently by Mrs Isabella Orthwein, formerly the wife of a wealthy oil promoter, whom she divorced six months ago. .The shooting occurred ih Mrs Orthwein’s Hat. She' told the police that ."he and Mr Zigler, who is married, have been “keeping company” ever since she obtained the divorce. “Mr Zigier came to my fiat this morning,” she' said. “I refused to admit him. He tried to force an entrance. I warned him that if lie came in I would shoot him. He went- on battering at the door. Finally I became frightened, ran to the front door, threw it open, and fired a pistol at him.” As she rushed to the door Mrs Orthwein knocked the telephone over and the receiver fell off the hook. An exchange operator heard three shots and informed the police. When they arrived detectives found Mrs Orthwein weeping over Ziglers body.

A figure of romance is to vanish from among us. Lighthouse-keep-ers nre now to be replaced hv automatic machinery. Already certain lighthouses, notably that at the Menai Strait, are being equipped by the Gas Accumulator Company, acting on instructions from the Trinity House authorities, so that they will work themselves and can he left unattended for 12 months. Even should one of the acetylene gas mantles give out or become damaged another moves automatically into position. The “sun-valve,” now to he installed, is an apparatus sensitive to light. As soon as daylight gives place to dusk tin's valve is actuated, and the lights come on; iii the early morning, by a reverse action, the light-sensitive valve duly turns them off.