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CONFESSES SHE SLEW MAN TO SAVE HONOR: IS FREED OKLAHOMA SPONSOR FOR NEWEST BATTLER Miss Lorena Jane Cruce, daughter of the Governor of Oklaho ma, smashing a bottle of champagne on the prow of the newest battleship Oklahoma in the act of christening Unele Sam’s greatest sca fighter. Below, the super-dreadnaught being launched from the ways into the Delaware River at Camden, N. J., this week. P SR N . & & % 3,) “i-,m% / g i B T se B 9 Fir SLB TR i R r/ : % R L R % 5 & T R % e F o il s v~ ] e MR e SR 5 » - S 35 E B »e¥i e B i ey L X kb ST X 3 N B s & » e > s E. iy 8 Eoan T TRe ~ S - ,@ ; * -: . SO T i e AR e R S T S 7 STe g i b R i Y By i - Se S P 2 R ey LA o ‘ , o B R A L X is'fi'- gfi‘ ¥ - e % T SO TR E ko 5 e g i S RO AR : : B, o . %;% i SRS B GER %y % g SRR i e < & B ,'3‘%«’ ST By ! ;%, B e RAeR R s R Gee o & SR R G R S R AR s T O AN S A R B . 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Z & e \ LY . . g ¥ e . e [ e R oL %8 o ¥ : LR R & . S L ik Nl AT R )’s B “"la:“l’ oy wocsiagadiil e Gh ‘:j /Q) ‘) ut'(.‘nm-onn. 3 A i a - ] Miwr §° femvice s o o . Steals 122 Chickens; ' . . Gets 122 Days in Jail ('HHT\'\V,\l.L_‘; \_ March 27.—A constable hid in Howard Taylor's chick en coop for five nights to catch Samuel Cronk, who stole 122 chickens. Cronk was sent to'prison for 142 days. WOMAN PICKED POCKET. CHICAGO, March 30.—While two men held revolvers to the head of 8. Bynum early to-day, a —woman cearched him and obtained $43 end jewelry worth $3OO, THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. Pet Cat to Rest in White Plush Coffin GOSHEN, N. Y., March 27.—Friends and relatives of Mrs. Giles Goodrich attended the ‘“wake’”’ of her pet cat. The animal will be buried in a white plush coffiu with silver handies, THEO ROOSEVELT, DESERTER. CHICAGO, March 27.—Theodore Roosevelt, aged 37, of Dallas, Texas, is being sought here as a deserter from the United States army. South Georgia Statesman Says . . ' He Will Abide Wishes of the ‘Home Folks.’ - A direct statement that he will be a candidate for the unexpired term of Senator Bacon if the people of South Georgia want him to run was made to The Georgian by United States Senator William 8. West, when he arrived in Atlanta from Wash ington F¥Friday on his first trip home since his appointment as temporary Senator by Governor Slaton. Senator West is stopping at the Winedoff Hotel, where he will re main until late Friday night, when he will leave for his home in Val dosta. ~ Senator West said he had returned to Georgia to determine the senti ‘ment of his section of the State, re garding the Senatorial race. - ~ Wishes to Learn Public Opinion. ~ “I intend to definitely find out,” he said, “whether the people of my part of the State want me to enter the race. If I find that the sentiment of 'South Georgia favors my candidacy, I will undoubtedly become a candi date for Senator Bacon's term. My final decision will depend upon what I can learn of the situation during my stay in Valdosta and other parts of South Georgia.” Senator West said ne expects (o return to Atlanta next Saturday, a week from to-morrow, and will then zo back to Washington to resume his duties in the Senate. It is expected that when he returns to Atlanta he will have decided whether he will enter the race this fall Senator West's entry into the race, which is now regarded as practically certain in view of his statement Fri day, further complicates the political situation, Would Not Oppose Slaton. If he runs, it is regarded as vir tually certain that Governor Slaton will not be a candidate, and if the Grovernor decides to enter the race, it is expected that such a move would result in the withdrawal of Senator West, who said Ariday that under no circumstandes would he run against Governor Blaton. In other words, both will not run. Senator West also sald that there is no like lihood that he will keep out of the race this year and run against Sen ator Hoke Smith, Grand Jury May Make Investiga tion of Case, but Indictment Does Not Seem Likely. CALHOUN, March 27.—Confessing that she killed Sid Chapman and de claring that she did it to save her honor, Mrs. Charles (‘hapman, nieco of the slain man, was released when arraigned here for preliminary trial. Her mother, Mrs. Lizzle Starnes, and her husband, Charles Chapman, who had been arrested in connection with the killing, were also freed. It is probable that the Grand Jury will investigate the case at the next term of Gordon Superior Court, but an indictment is not expected, as sympathy and public sentiment are with the woman, Mrs. Chapman’s Confession. When the young woman tock the stand to make her statement, ths crowded courtroom was tense with suppressed excitement, “l am the one that Kkilled Sid Chapman,” she began. “I killed him because he attempted to outrage my virtue. On Friday evening before the killing, while my mother was out milking, he made improper proposals to me and I repulsed him, but ha said he would finally have his way. My mother came in at that time and our conversation ceased. 1 said noth ing to my mother about it, because 1 knew it would worry her. “He was her brother and my uncle, But that night 1 loaded the shotgun and stood it beside my bed. Between 3 and 4 in the morn'—« | was awak ened by Sid, who threatened to cut my throat if 1 uttered a word. “He told me to follow him and, in the dark, as I went, I reached back and took the gun with me. He led me through his room and went before ma through the door into the yard. “I didn’t follow him, and when he turned to come back for me, I shot him and he fell back into the yard dead.” C‘hapman was found dead [as Sat urday morning on the doorstep of the Starnes home. Later in the day Mrs. Starnes and her daughter were ar rested. Charles (‘hapman’'s arrest fol lowed early this week. When the three were ordered froleased, the crowd in the courtroom applauded. MISS WILSON SHOPPING. : NEW YORK, March 27.—Misg Eleanor Wilson, daughter of Presi dent Wilson, is in town to-day shop ping, buying a number of articles for Ler trousseau for her marriage to William (. McAdoo, Secretary of tha Treasury. Before her return to Washington, Miss Wilson will also order her wed ding cake. It will be made by a fa mous French cook here, an old wo man, who has made cakes for mora than twenty years for all the fasn ionable weddings. EIGHTEEN DROWNED. BRISBANIS, AUSTRALIA, March 27.—Eighteen persons were drowned to-day when the French steamer St. Paul struck the rocks while enterin< the harbor in a thick fog and sank in deep water, The steamer was inward bound from Noumea, New Caledonia, with a large number of passengers and a heavy cargo. When the news of the accident reached here many boats went to the rescue, and their crews prevented a much larger loss of life. PAGE LAUDS SCOTS. ABERDEEN, March 27.—"“A1l the prosperous nations of the world are running wild with waste,” declared Ambassador Page to-day, He lauded the frugality of the Scotch people, who, he said, had great influence in forming the character of the Ameri can people, as they stood for libert /, equality and frugality. STATUE OF PITT. : LONDON, March 26.--To commemo rate the centenary of peace between Great Britain and the United States, lLady Paget, daughter of the late Paran Stevens, of New York, and other ladies of the American colony here have com missioned that a statue of William Pitt, first Karl of (Chatham, he placed in the Capitel in Washington The work is in the hands of ¥. Der went Wood, A, R. A, *whose sketch of the model will be exhibited at this year's Royal Academy. TRAPPER IS PAROLED. M. L. Lowry, a trapper, who claims to be a full blooded Croatan Indian, and who, it is said, fought continuously dur ing his 15 years of prison life against being classed as a .egro, wasg released from the State po ‘tentiary Thursday on a parole issued by Governor Slaton Wed nesday. { I poesitively | AUIES '.“ R'w’r‘ guarantee my great, successful “Monthly™ Compound. Safely relieves some of the longest, most obstinate abnormal cases in 8 to 5 days. No harm, pain or interference with. work. 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