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Spartanburg Boey, Convicted of Drowning Infant, Appeals to S. C. Suprenie Court, SPAHTAN[?UR(%, S C, May 1. — Clyde Caldwell Clement, the former Wofford College youth, convicted and recommended to mercy by-a jury here for the murder of his illegitimate : gifih ’ o :;’g z«' ‘;;"&oi’ffi%fig 5B J R 3 ¥ . e s Y x L 8 v»*‘. i > g R ~}s) e R B ] : " infant daughter, Virginia Virl Pen dleton, who was drowned in White's mill pond, on the outskirts of Spar tanburg, on the night of January 30, was sentenced to life imprisonment this afternoon by the trial judge. The young man took his sentence with a haif smile on his face, and an nounced to the judge that he had nothing to say. The mother of the child, Laura Fleda Pendleton, a 19- year-old telegraph operator, who was jointly charged with the death of the child, was cleared by the jury. Counsel for Clement made 3° mo tion for a mew trial on five counts. The motion was overrujed and an ap peal will be made to the South Caro lina Supreme Court. § Court Approves U. P. lM ) $80,000,000 ‘Melon NEW YORK, May I.—The appel late division of the Supreme Court to-day handed down a decision de claring that the Union Pacific Rail road may distribute to its stock holders, without reference to the preferred stockholders, $80,000,000 of accumulated dividends. The Equitable Life Assurance So ciety, which holds $1,600,000 of the preferred stock of the Union Pa cific, brought suit to force the Union Pacific directors to make the pre ferred “stockholders participants in the dividends, Justice Grenbaum decided against the preferred stock holders and the appellate division sustains him. X Noted Tennis Player Runs Down 0 4 t TUXEDO PARK, N. Y, May 4—A touring car, driven and owned by Robert D. Wrenn, of Tuxedo Park, ran down a group of persons at the entrance to Tuexdo Park early to-day, kim;g one f"d injuring three. The dead man Is Herbert Loveday, - or ganist and choirmaster of SL Mary's Episcopal Church. Wrenn is president of the United States Lawn Tennis Assotviation, and has an international reputation as a player. N Sisters Neighbors 10 *An! ' Years; Didn't Know It CHICAGO, May 4.—After living for ten years within three blocks of each other here, Mrs. Alice Lawder and Mrs. Mary C. Dawes, sisters, were re united by a newspaper story telling of the former’s son being missing in Mexico. The women had not seen each other in fourteen years. b o @™y WATCH, RING /| L X s tm AND CHAIN / ,1“} 5 mw'“"'“w%‘:%?. e o “" A 'MW' 3 O ) )< N :—.fiéfi'fié’-’ e i iy, ol o NI, THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS. %WOMAN SENATOR TO . PROBE MINE WARFARE MRS. HELEN RING ROBINSON. L 7 2 S fl( S ! : “ - N R e Pogge 4 T SEMBR R R e Q\*""S ‘Q& L RS S h*‘q;‘ o G R R o AR R ; e e P e S R %‘&<’ A Y A PR O 0 v R o - o b 4 \ ¢ ” & . ~ . 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Brown, who Is worth several millions, and who was one of the leading figures in the Ti tanic disaster, has telegraphed from Newport that she is on her way to aid in the strike investigation and re lief work. She will join the Women's Peace (‘ommittee in the work. Olney Picked for - WASHINGTON, May 4.—Richard Olney, Secretary cof State in the Cleveland administration, has bpeen selected by President Wiison to be governor of the newly cre;ated Reserve Currency Board. : %3 Paguu. Marburg, of New York, has also n decided upon as a member, When Secretary Tumultv was questioned ‘as to the reported selec tions of Olney and Marburg as mem bers of the board, he replied that the names of the members will be made public “some time this week.” It was learned at the White House that no member of Congress will be on this board. ’ Roosevelt Better ill Suff But Still Suffers SANTAREM, BRAZIL, May 4.— (*olone! Theodore Roosevelt, who is on his way home from the Brazilian jun gles, will reach Para to-morrow, His health is much improved, but he is still suffering from a wound which he sustained while saving three membeis of his party from going over a cataract in their canoe on the Duvida River, The colonel jumped into the water, and, in saving the ca noe from a dive over the falls, sus tained a gash in the foot. This wound. became infected. - s esisiilsens s witpissainatoniiiasoeion . Mystery in Attack On Home of Farmer DALTON, May 4.—Mystery shrouds the attack made by unknown parties on the home of Tom Grey, a Murray County farmer, who lives a few miles gouth of Spring Place. Good Samaritan Is LADENTOWN, N. Y., May 4-— Hearing groans in a wood, Albert Knowlet investigated, A highwayman knocked him down and stole $l7, Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, May 4.—A militant suf fragette, armed with a hatchet, raid ed the exhibition at the Royal Acad emy of Art to-day, smashing several glass cases and slashing a picture painted by John Sargent, R. A, the American artist. The woman was seized by attendants before she could do any more damage, and was turned over to the police. This was the opening day of the spring exhibition at the Royak Acad emy, which is the most important of all British art institutions. Because of the attack upon the famous Rokeby Venus and other outrages of the mili tants, speeial guards were posted about. the academy to watch out for suffragettes, On account of the size of the crowd, the guards had a difficult task. The woman had concealed her weapon be neath her jacket, and, with her cata logue in hand, was walking through the crowded gallery, with the appear ance of an interested art lover, Suddenly there was a crash of fall ing glass. The woman was seen vio lently wielding her hatchet in one corner of the room, where there were few spectators, Instantly she was seized and disarmed. NEW YORK, May 4. --Two men, one a policeman, were ghot to death early to-day during an attempt by two drug craged gunmen to hold up a Brooklyn lunchroom, The manager was shot through the heart when he refused to turn over the contents of the cash regimen The two men fled, but their flight attracted the attention of a policeman, whose beat was nearby, and he ordered them to stop. One of them drew a revolver from his sleeve and fired upon the officer at short range, inflicting a mortal wound. Grand Opera, Report NEW YORK, May 4. Word was re coived from Philadelphia that Miss Mary Garden will not be re-engaged by the Chlca’?o Grand Opera Company, E. T. SBtotesbury, the banker, who has been a liberal supporter of the Chicago company’'s concerts in Philadeiphia, Is sald to have favored the submission of no new contract to the noted singef: » \ Ammons, of Colorado, Collapses as New Legislature Pre . pares to Accuse Him. DENVER, May 4.-—Governor Am mons broke down to-day as a resuit of worry over the Colorado strike sjt uation and his threatened impeach=- ment by the Legislature, and was forced to his bed, e was unable 10 prepare his message to the Legisla ture, which met to-day in special ses sion, That the Executive will ask both branches of the Legislature to meet in joint session, at which he will ask them (0 enact a 4 measure permitting the issuance of bonds to pay the ax penses incurred by tne State in main. taining the militia in the strike zone was announced at the execulive of fices. The debt now has reachel $1,000,000, it was said. Governor Ammons collapsed while consulting party leaders. The killing of women and children at the Ludlow tent colony affécted him greatly The Governor's friends fought des perately to-day to stave off the im peachment proceedings which it seemed sure w‘puM ba introduc=d when the special session of the Leg islature convened, as a result of "us handling of the recent strike situation in Colorado. Equally busy were the supporters of the movement te-push the im ‘peachment plans. Lengthy confer« ences which ran into the early hours of the morning were held, at which a draft of the charges which will be made against the executive was pro pared, Mine Workers Talk Nation-Wide Strike. - . INDIANAPOLIS, May 4.—The ex ecutive committee of the United Mine Workers of America met here to-day to discuss the advisability of calling a ngtion-wide strike in protest of ton ditions in the Colorado mining dis~ tricts. WASHINGTON, April 30.—The re port of the subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committes on the investigation of the charges against Judge Emory Speer will be made within the next three or four days. The report is already in the hands of the printers, but its nature is not discloged. o G Representatives Webb, Fitz Henry and Volstead, the three probers, will not say, in advance of the delivery of the report to the full committee, whether they are unanimously agreed or divided. It is believed that the report will probably be made Satur day. y Dixie Negress Sends RALEIGH, N. €., April 30.—-Mary, the negro cook, who has served the Page family, of which Ambassador Walt'c Hings Page is a member, has receivod notice that the pair of Carolina hams recently gent to Queen Mary of Eng land have heen received.* The cook was working for Northern capitalists when Ambassador and Mrs. ’age were here some time ago, and when Mrs. Page commented upon the meat the Ambas sador's wife said: “It's fit for a queen,’ The negress then bought a plg, fed it ard recently killed it, sending the two hams to London. Kaiser Ruins Trad aiser nuins iraae 0f Marriage Brokers BERLIN, May 4.--The Kaiser has de livered a crushing blow to the hitherto fidurishing marriage brokgr business by forbidding the officers of the army and navy to obtain wives through such agencies. Recent triale revealed that many im pecunious officers seek “wealthy brides, the agenis gommf a handsome commis sion from the bride's dowry. Mrs. Stetson Sags . Mrs. Eddy Is Guide NEW YORK, April 30.--Mrs. Augusta . Stetson, excommunicated from the Mother Church of Christ, Scientist, in 1909, announces in a hew book, “Vital [ssues in Christian Secience,” that she 18 rcveivlnh the spiritual co-operation of the late Mary Baker Eddy. Mlinois Convicts To Build Highwa JOLIET, April 30.- Two hundred and fifty convicts from the local State Peni tentiary will be sent out to work on the State roads as soon as the weather will permit. The uprln% road squad will be an increase of 200 over the experimental camp of 60 men sent out last fail, 5