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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1913.
The Half-God
BY JlUEBT DOBBIHOTOH.
Author of
’*TKZ RADIUM TERRORS,"
"CHILDREN OF THE CLOVE IT
BOOT," Etc.
(Continuation of Chapter XXI.)
Fabian was conscious of several
■plain clothes officers reclining in the
'hedge shadows and banl^s adjoining the
road. He was also aware of another
car which had followed him from South
Kensington. It turned into a side lane
the moment his auto pulled up at the
house gate. A sudden stir among the
hedge shadows implied that his move
ments were being closely followed.
His tap, tap at the door was not im-
mediately answered. A sense of mys
tery and terror pervaded the curtain-
lees windows and silent garden. Was
Jt possible, Fabian asked himself, that
Hammersho knew of the police cordon
about the house? Had the little man
Trom Nagasaki determined to resist to
the last any attempt to effect his cap
ture? The use of Browning pistols
made any sudden police entry hazard
ous, deadly. And what risk was he
(taking in attempting to cross the
threshold of the Jap doctor's house?
Again Fabian tapped and waited: this
time he heard the unmistakable clatter
pOf sandalled feet inside. Slowly, halt
ingly, they approached the door; then
followed the voice of O Shanl Ma in a
grunting bass. *
“What you want out there?”
Fabian responded, his face close to
the door, “My name is Kromer. Will
|Dr. Hammersho be good enough to see
me?"
An unintelligible mutter followed,
while the sandalled feet went swiftly
.down the narrow' passage. Fabian
heard another voice in consultation,
end then a return of the sandals into
the passage. The door w T as opened
cautiously and Fabian found himself
staring at the bull-necked servant of
'Hiogi Hammersho.
“You go in there, Mr. Kromer.” O.
»Shani Jerked his head in the direction
of the back room, w’hile his nimble fin-
vgers snapped home the catch on the
jdoor lock.
1 The house retained its inimitable
./smell of cooked fish and strange spices,
curry and pickles, together with an
[‘Asian odor of burnt cinnamon and rice.
A man no higher than his outstretched
erm flitted forward from the darkened
ikitchen and stood watching him silently.
‘Fabian bowed.
“I fear to trespass on your valuable
/time, Dr. Hammersho. Circumstances
jdrive me, however, into your—”
“Net, eh! Mr. Fabian Kromer? I
see the unspoken word in your eye!"
Fabian laughed at the little man’s
retort. He had met the educated Jap
anese student hi New York and San
! Francisco, but never till now had he
.■encountered, in an alien, the blade-
.edge fluency which marked Hiogi Ham-
mersho’s conversation.
“To be frank, doctor, I fancy you are
/in a net of your own making," he an
swered slowly. “Am I right?”
The Jap’s brow puckered as one
wrestling with an idea. His lips ex
panded suddenly. “You have come
to extricate me from the battalion of
fools drawn about my cottage! Is that
your business, Mr. Kromer?”
“No, doctor; you must fight the po
lice fools youf own way. I am con-
jeerned merely w’ith the tiny tube of
|2eu my wife gave you the other day.
:My interest centers upon that and
nothing more.”
The mask of bland indifference, so
common to his race, threatened to fall
rupon Hammersho’s features. His sphynx-
>llke countenance puzzled the American,
Unit only for a moment.
“I referred Just now, doctor," he went
,on quickly, “to the police trap into which
iyou had fallen. And. . . you know
ithat the Zeu belonged to Caleret!"
Hammersho grinned. “Your wife gave
it to me, Mr. Kromer!”
“She got it from a man who stole it
tfrom you, doctor. Nothing will, alter
rthe fact that it is in your possession.
I have come to buy it!”
Hammersho’s brows tightened. “Why
do you wish to possess it? You will
scarcely need it again!"
Fabian shrugged. “I want to present
, it to the hospitals, Dr. Hammersho,
land I am willing to pay a fair price."
“How much?"
“I have written out a check for L5,000
Don’t Send Mo One Cent
tlrhen you answer this announcement,-
as I am going to mail you a brand new
: pair of my wonderful “Perfect Vision"
glasses (known in the spectacle business
as “lenses”) absolutely free of charge as
advertisement.
As soon as you get them I want
you to put them on your eyes, no
matter how weak they may be; sit
down on your front porch one of
these beautiful summer nights, and
you’ll be agreeably surprised to dis
cover that you carl again read the
very finest print in your bible with
them on, even by moonlight; you’ll
t>e able to thread the smallest-eyed
needle you can lay your hands on,
and do the finest kind of embroid-
pjy and crocheting with them on, and
do it all night long
with as much ease
and comfort as you
ever did in your life*
Or, if you like
to go out hunting
occasionally, just
shoulder your gun
_ and go out into
the woods some early morning and
you’ll be greatly delighted when you
drop the smallest bird off the tallest
tree-top and distinguish a horse
from a cow out in the joa^ture at
the greatest distance sina as far as
your eye can reach with them on—
and this even if your eyes are so
very weak now that you cannot
even read the largest headlines in
this paper.
Now Don’t TrJce My Word For It
1 ' t)Ut send for a pair at once and try then!
out yourself, and after a thorough try
out, it you find that they really have
restored to you the absolute perfect eye-
, eight of your early youth, you can keep
I them forever without one cent of pay,
and
Just Do Me A Good Turn
by showing them around to your frienda
and neighbors, and speak a good word
for them whenever you have the chance.
If.you are a genuine, bona-fide spec
tacle-wearer (no children need apply)
and want to do me this favor, write
f rour name, address and age on the be-
ow four-dollar coupon at once, and this
Will entitle you to a pair of my famous
^Perfect Vision*' glasses absolutely free
4Df charge a9 an advertisement.
■Write name, address and age below.
jraggW DR. HAUX ~
J Tho Spectacle Man
ST* LOUIS, MO.
1 herewith enclose this
four-dollar coupon, which you
agreed in the above advertise
ment to accept in full and com
plete payment of a brand new
pair of your famous “Perfect
Vision" glasses, and I am cer-
§? tainly going to make you stick
Tj to that contract,
I My age 19» • •lss* 9 t mTTtrr, . .,
I Name :
l Postofflcd TT OTlTiVlTi n . .
I ^
LK. R.»in /Box.*. ♦; State,
You will need the money.” Fabian drew
the check from his pocketbook. “Shall
we call it a deal,” he added carelessly.
“Five thousand pounds for a speck of
super-radium my wife gave to you only
a little while ago.
■ Hammersho breathed sharply. "You
have been dealing in art ware and pic
tures all your life, Fabian Kromer. You
have not earned the gold that flows so
ceaselessly from your fingers. When
first I came to England I heard that you
had paid 50,000 pounds tfc)r a Meissonler
etching, a thing that any fifth-rate art
ist could copy. Yet you come to me and
offer a paltry 5,000 pounds for something
that stands for the very life blood of the
human race! Five thousand pounds!
Peace to your conscience!”
His harsh sneering voice split into sud
den laughter. His gesturing HW-ds rose
and fell like a priest uttering a 'r<>«r«edic-
tion. Fabian sighed.
“You forget that I am bargaining for
stolen property, doctor!”
“With the police supporting your
movements, Mr. Kromer. Now ....
listen.” The Jap beckoned with his fore
finger. The ghost of a grimace haunted
his features. “You have leaped without
looking. This Zeu does not belong to
any creature on earth. Do you under
stand?"
“No," the American answered. “It was
tho sole property of Prof. Caleret until
it was stolen."
“The fire of heaven is no man’s prop
erty, Mr. Kromer. Do you and your
people own the lightning and the stars?"
Hammersho demanded with a touch of
passion. “Because a man digs and
wrenches from the earth’s bosom some
thing wihch was produced by another
he cries thief when his brhther craves
temporary possession also!"
Fabian was too astonished at the Jap’s
amazing argument to reply instantly.
Hammersho pounced upon his momenta
ry indecision to drive home his attack.
“It was your wife who first seized the
Zeu! She required it to kill the death
germs that were pushing you into the
grave. I also desired it to save the
one thing in life that chained me to a
dreadful existence!”
The Jap doctor paused as though the
fumes from the fires in his heart had,
risen to his head. Fabian regarded
him shrewdly.
“Tell me frankly what it was you
wished to save, Dr. Hammersho. I am
interested.”
“Thank you, Mr. Kromer." Hiogi in
clined his head. “I will not bore you
with an account of my wretched life at
home and in this country. Let me say
only that I knew Bernice, and that she
had tended my sick children in
Nagasaki. Fever and. the starvation
that came after the war killed them all
but one.”
“A boy?"
“No, Mr. Kromer. Maisola San is in
her thirteenth year. Mark how we cling
to our tragedies! I could have left her
and prospered. I might had she been
stron and hardy like most of her
countrywomen. Instead, I chose to tned
her needs and I sought with heart and
brain to soothe the Incurable complaint
that was killing her. She was another
of the earth’s millions in the grip of
carcinoma. At last I turned my savage
eyes east and west in search of a
palliative for her dreadful agonies. I
read omnivorously, German, English,
French medical journals, hoping as I
scanned them, that each fresh issue
would bring news of a scientific remedy
for my daughter’s sufferings. It came
at last in Jean Caleret’s discovery. I
had come to London with Maisola and
the news went like a resurrecting
trumpet over the world of pain and
torment. It reached the sick men and
children in crowded hospitals, it put a
brief flash of hope into the hearts of
despair!^ thousands. I came near to
weeping the news of Prof. Caleret’s
achievement. I said to my confrere,
‘Behold an angel of the Christians has
appeared! What cue gods denied to
the east has been given to the west.
The white Christ men have driven back
the dragon of torment. A light has ap
peared!’
“Then . . . one morning I learned
that this new found curative agent was
not for the poor and the oppressed.
Only a single grain had been produced.
Years would pass before it could be
generated in sufficient quantities to af
ford relief to the common people. A
report reached me that Professor Cal
eret had been assisted in his scientific
experiments by no less a person than
yourself. A little while after I heard
that your health was indifferent. One
or two well informed people predicted
that you had acquired sole possession
of Caleret’s radium-god. The iniquity
of such a proceeding turned my blood
to fire. The child of my heart was to
perish with thousands of others so that
the rich Fabian Kromer might be cured
at leisure, and without inconvenience!”
Fabian winced, but remained silent.
Hammersho wiped his face while the
sound of O Shami Ma Patrolling the
room above made ^n ominous break in
the Jap doctor’s confession. Some un
defined quantity in Fabian’s silence stif
fened up the little man’s resolve. With
scarcely a break in his voice he con
tinued.
“A man may have good health and
value his life not a jot, Mr. Kromer.
My health was poor, but my brain was
in a state of tremendous atcivity. I be
came almost clairvoyant© in my philo
sophical reasonings. I put aside all
thought of my own life in the desire
to preserve the one creature who made
existence possible for me. I planned
to acquire Caleret’s bulb containing his
half-god. A bee helped me. And,” he
paused, fist clenched, sweat streaming
from his dark face, “in the hour of suc
cess, that opium-muddled fool, Engle-
heart, put his finger on the Zeu-bulb
and decamped after nearly killing me!”
Fabian hel'd up a protesting hand, but
the Jap continued almost fiercely. “En-
gleheart robbed me, your wife *took
up the adventure where he failed, and
further cheated me! It was only after
the great Fabian had been fully restored
tc health that my chance came!”
“And you availed yourself?”
“It was too late!” The Jap doctor
snarled the words in his face. “Maisola
died six hours ago! I applied for a
specialist to assist in the operation. I
was refused. Rochwarne would not
come for many reasons. Now I am
ready to die!”
Hammersho made no gesture. He
stood with head bent in the doorway, his
hand stretched stiffly at his side as
though anger and pain had numbed his
; limbs.
• Fabian was moved beyond himself.
Through all his criminal philanderings
the Jap doctor had been impelled by a
pitiable devotion to his sick child. Fa-
, bian was hardly the man to blame him,
J for, had not Bernice gone near to sac
rificing her own life and honor to save
him? Yet, not for a moment did he lose
sight of the business in hand. He had
given his w’ord to Sir Edward Cress-
; leigh, that the Zeu would be recovered.
Failing, he was certain that the police
would rush the house some time that
evening. His practiced eye caught the
outlines of two Browning pistols under
the doctor’s silk tunic. He must prevent
unnecessary blooshed at all costs.
His eyes beamed with a sympathy
that did not escape the dark-browned
little man in the doorway. “Come, Dr.
Hammersho, let us view this matteer in
a friendly light,” he said warmly. “The
misfortune which has overtaken you
cannot be remedied. In this country peo
ple regard the result of the man’s scien
tific labor as a private gain, and are pre
pared to punish the thief who attempts
to deprive him of it.”
“I did not steal it!" the Jap protested,
“Your wife presented it to me."
“Under threats, Dr. Hammersho," Fa
bian vouchsafed gently. "We need hard
ly quibble about those details,” he went
on. “I am prepared to pay you the sum-
mentioned if you hand back the super
radium to me at once.”
Without relaxing his rigid pose the
Jap doctor beckoned the American to
ward the stair foot. “Let us put aside
the money question, Mr. Kromer,” he
said with an upward gesture. “Come
with me and be satisfied of the truth .
Without a thought Fabian followed
up the narrow stairs into the little back
bed room. The blinds were drawn, but
the light revealed a bed of spotless
linen garlanded with snow white
flowers and sweet scented ' herbs.
Against the dim, white coverlid he saw
the dark brown face of a beautiful
Japanese girl. The eyes were closed,
the lips slightly parted. On her breast
a blood red flower seemed to glow
against the frost-like purity of the
linen. A transcendent quiet lay over
the room, an air of ineffable peace
which steals upon the faces of little
children, who have shed the last gar
ment of pain from their young lives.
Ther^ was no mistaking the beauty and
innocence of the dead Maisola. It was
a thing that came upon Fabian with
the cry of tragedy. The shut eyes and
the silence sent Hammersho’s words,
too late, clanging again through his
mind.
The Jap stood like a well hammered
bit of bronze near the bed. Only his
lips moved. ‘These young lives are
easily blown out, Mr. Kromer. Yet
. . I tried to shelter the flame so
that it might burn clear and warm in
my old age. Now it is gone!”
Fabian spoke a few unintelligible
words under his breath and turned
away. Hammersho clung to his heels
until the kitchen was reached.
“I knew you would come here,” he
said after while. “To bargain for the
Zeu that was too late to save her
fainting soul. S-he was too far gone,
and I had to operate alone with gnly
my comrade downstairs to assist with
the anaesthetics.”
Fabian stared with misty eyes. “You
had no right to assume that I would
come to bargain, Dr. Hammersho. It
was the merest accident that sent me
here.”
Hammersho shrugged wearily. “I
judged that the police would seek you
out as a last resource. The nation is
trembling for the life of its royal in
fant. The officers of the law will sacri
fice everything to save the son of the
king.”
At one moment Fabian thought fhat
the feature of the Jap doctor was con
vulsed with suppressed laughter. Mouth
and eyebrows moved spasmodically,
while his thin, spidery hand went down
to his hip as though to stem the current
of invisible mirth.
“The king’s child is in danger,” he
almost gasped. “And the man whom
they have been pleased to regard as a
criminal degenerate has the king’s heart
to squeeze!”
He grpped almost blindly to a chair
and fell into It, his mouth twitching,
his knees shaking from the effects of
his electric outburst. Fabian touched
his shoulder lightly.
“You will not squeeze any one’s heart
but your own, Hiogi Hammersho! You
will hand the Zeu, to me and utilize the
money I give,'for your defense!”
The Jap turned his blinking eyes up
wards and his broken teeth showed be
hind his parched lips.
“Five thousand pounds will not pur
chase liberty for me and my comrade.
I must have a guarantee that we be al
lowed to leave the country unmolested!”
“But ... it was you or your
friend who shot Caleret!”
“Another lie, Mr. Kromer! Was it
not from her former husband, Maurice
Engleheart, that Bernice took the Zeu-
bulb? What was he doing with it? I
am innocent!” Hammersho declared
fiercely. “I will not be strangled for
another man’s crime!”
In the painful silence that followed
his declaration, Fabian heard again the
slow tread of O Shani Ma, in the room
above, as he held watch over the ad
joining roads and lanes. His footsteps
ceased suddenly; then were heard de
scending the stairs swiftly. Almost
simultaneously a loud knock was heard
at the front door.
Hammersho lqaped panther-like from
his chair, his pistols slanting into line
with the narrow passage leading to the
room where the ysat.
O Shani beckoned grimly from the
stair foot. “It is a lady!” he growled,
“Shall I open?”
The Jap doctor considered a moment,
his eyes searching the American close
ly. ”Do you know who the lady might
be?” he asked sharply. “It is nott Ber
nice.”
Fabian was puzzled and replied in the
negative. O Shani stepped to the door,
and at a nod from his master opened
it, his pistol hand resting from view on
his hip.
Neither Fabian nor Hammersho
heard the few hurried words that passed
between the strange lady visitor ana
O Shani Ma. The door was closed soft
ly, the chain bol£ shot into place. The
Jap servant, breathing warily, re
turned, a letter in his hand. With a
slight bow he handed it to the Ameri
can.
“The lady is a police agent,” he
volunteered deprecatingly. “She mustt
not come again,” he added with a sig
nificant look at his master.
Fabian opened the letter hurriedly
and read two hastily scrawled lines.
For Heaven’s sake, Kromer, get the
Zeu at any price. Cressleigh.
He turned slowly from the window
and saw the doctor’s face peering over
his shoulder.
(Continued Next Issue.)
King Constantine
May Wear Famous
Bysantine Crown
(By Associated Press.)
ATHENS, May 19.—It is reported that
the monks of Mont Athos, the cele
brated monastery on the coast of the
Aegean sea, are planning to send the
imperial robe and crown used by the
Byzantine emperors, now in their pos
session, to Athens for the use of King
Constantine, at his coronation. It is said
that the crown which is studded with
gems may become the permanent Gre
cian crown. The robe, w'hich is covered
with beaten gold, weighs fifty pounds.
Willie Adams Wanted
I WANT to locate iny eighteen-year-old son,
Willie Adams (white). He disappeared from
his home, 11 miles east of Cordele, Ga., April
28. He wore work clothes wnen he left home,
lie wore red tan shoes with cap toe, No.
He weighs 150 to 100 pounds and Is 5 feet 8 or
10 inches high. Dark complexion, with black
or brown eyes. Please wire any information
to L. M. Summor. Cordele, Oa., at bis ex
pense. Any Information will be appreciated by
his anxious father. A. M. ADAMS.—(4dvt. >
PILE CURE
SUMMERS’S PILE CURE is a permanent cure
In 3 to 6 days, or money back. Call or write
A. Summers, Yatesville, Ga., and send or de
posit $1.00 in Yatesville Ranking Co. If not
called for by tho depositor in 10 days to pay
to the order of A. Summers.
Price $1.00.
IS READY TB
ANSWER JAP PROTEST
Cabinet Will Hear Secretary of
State’s Reply to Japan on
Anti-Alien Land Bill
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May IS).—Secretary
Bryan returned from New York early
today and was at his desk long before
the cabinet meeting, at which he was
to present the reply of the United
States to Japan’s protest against the
California land legislation.
It is probable steps soon will be
taken to publish the text of the Japa-
nest protest, though that may be de
ferred until the answer of the United
States has been delivered.
Although frequent inquiries from the
Japanese ambassador indicate a dis
position to press the negotiations,
probably in recognition of the state
of the public mind in Japan, yet diplo
matic practice warrants an allowance
of at least several days for the deliv
ery of the state department’s answer.
President Wilson’s announcement
that there are to be no movements of
troops or ships that could be con
nected with the situation is expected
by official circles to be construed as
evidence of his conviction that the issue
can and will be adjusted by diplomacy.
So far the order has not interfered
with the plan to send some coast ar
tillery troops from San Francisco to
reinforce the garrison In Hawaii.
But, as the movement is in expecta
tion of comprehensive plans for per
manent garrisons in the insular pos
sessions and in the canal zone, Outlined
by the .general staff last fall, and ap
proved by former President Taft and
former Secretary Stimson, before there
was any suggestion of friction with
Japan, it is believed that its execution
will not be a violation of the presi
dent’s instructions of yesterday.
The administration has been trying
to discourage “war scares” by every
possible means, as was evidenced by
executive disapproval of an order last
week for the immediate dispatch from
Newport to Norfolk of the submarine
flotilla.
President Wilson and the cabinet at
a three-hour session considered 'the re
ply to Japan’s protest against the Cal
ifornia anti-alien land law, and it was
announced that an answer to the Japa
nese npte probably would be delivered
very soon. Secretary Bryan presented a
draft of the answer, which is believed
to have been substantially approved. It
may be made public after delivery to
the Japanese ambassador.
Another Weather
Vane Is Knocked
From Lofty Place
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 19.—Charles T.
Burns, an assistant foreman in the
weather bureau, suspended at the time
of the dismissal of Chief Willis L.
Moore, today was reduced in rank and
salary by Secretary Houston, who de
clared Burns “guilty of misconduct in
the performance of his duties.”
Moore was dismissed for “serious ir
regularities,” and misuse of his office,
of which it was alleged he had been
guilty in his campaign for appointment
as secretary of agriculture in President
Wilson’s cabinet. The case was referred
to the department of justice for investi
gation. Burns was charged with com
plicity.
Prof. Oliver L. Passig, against whom
charges were preferred by Moore, was ac
quitted of all except one—that of making
a false statement regarding an item of
expense amounting to $6.65. No action
Msas taken in his case. Fassig contended
Moore made the charges because he re
fused to support his candidacy for secre
tary of agriculture.
Secretary Houston’s investigation of
the case disclosed, an official statement
says, that on December 27, 1912, Burns
recommended that an inspection of
weather bureau printing plants in vari
ous cities was necessary in the interest
of economy and efficiency, “whereas the
trip was planned by Moore for the pri
mary' purpose of promoting his candidacy
for appointment as secretary of agricul
ture and not for the promotion f econom
ical or efficient administration of the bu
reau.”
Mrs. Wilson Asked
To Design Special
Coin For the Blind
NEW YORK, May 19.—Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, wife of the president, has been
asked by the International Sunshine so-
siety, which is holding Its fifteenth an
nual convention here, to design a spe
cial coin, the proceeds from which
should go to hedp support and educate
all of the blind babies in the United
States.
The idea, originated with Queen Alex
andra and her sister, Empress Marie,
who designed a baby coin for children
in Denmark. The bit of copper which
is worth intrinsically one half a cent,
is coined at the royal mint.
Delegates from nearly every state of
the union are present at the convention.
The report of Mrs. Cynthia Westover
Alden, president of the society, points
out that seven states have passed laws
providing for the care and education
of the baby blind. These are Pennsyl
vania, New York, New Jersey, North
and South Dakota, Arizona and Rhode
Island.
SENATE HAS NOT YET
RATIFIED CANAL TREATY
WASHINGTON, May 19.—The canal
treaty with Nicaragua, accepted by the
Mangua government, but yet unratified
by the United States senate, would
give the United States the exclusive
right to build an interoceanic canal by
what is known as the Nicaraguan
route, once considered a competitor to
the aPnama canal.
The treaty was negotiated about the
time the American marines and blue
jackets landed in Nicaragua and aided
in maintaining the government against
the revolution. Negotiations have been
at a standstill for some time.
WILSON TO CONFER WITH
PARTY LEADERS ON FRIDAY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 19.—Plans for
co-operation between the Democratic na
tional committee and the Democratic
congressional committee will be dis
cussed at a conference tomorrow. Pres
ident Wilson will have with Representa
tive A. Mitchell Palmer, Clark Howell,
of Georgia; Homer S. Cummings, of
Connecticut; Cato Sells, of Texas, and
Fred B. Lynch, of Minnesota.
Senators Shields and Lea and a Ten
nessee delegation invited the president
to attend the national conservation ex
hibition at Knoxville, Tenn., in October.
Aviator Rosillo in
Flight to Havanna
Wins $10,000 Prize
KEY WEST, Fla., May 19.—The first
successful flight from "the United
States to Cuba over the Gulf of Mexi
co, today was made by Domingo Ro
sillo, a Cuban aviator. A prize of $10,-
000 was ofefred for the accomplish
ment of the feat, which unsuccessfully
attempted in 1911 by Aviator McCurdy.
Rosillo left the terminal of the Folr-
ida East Coast railroad in a gale of
wind at 5:35 o’clock this morning. His
Moissant machine was not equipped
with pontoons. This fact, in addition
to the unfavorable weather conditions,
rtndered the flight extremely hazard
ous.
The aviator skimmed across the in
tervening stretch of water without
mishap, arriving at his destination at
8:10 o’clock.
A dramatic incident which threatened
to result in the death of Augustine
Parla, followed Rosillo’s departure on
the successful flight. Parla had
planned to race with Rosillo in a hy
droaeroplane. Unfavorable conditions
caused Par^a to send a delegation to
Rosillo urging him to desist from the
flight until conditions were more fa
vorable. The request of the delegation
was refused by Rosillo, who had been
informed that flying conditions at his
destination were ideal.
“I am going to try it or die,” Ro
sillo is quoted as saying.
When informed of Rosillo’s determi
nation Parla threatened to kill him
self. His friends finally prevailed
upon him to desist. As Rosillo sailed
away from the land Parla climbed into
his hydro-aeroplane which was being
tossed about by the waves in the har
bor.
Frantic efforts of Parla to ascend
from the turbulent waters were fruit
less. Two of the base wires of his
machine were snapped in two and he
was forced to give up the attempt.
Upon his return to shore Parla was
p’aced under arrest by local police,
charged with attempting to kill him
self. Parla is said to have placed a
revolver against his temple, when he
threatened to kill himself. His
friends are said to have taken the re
volver from him.
THIEVES ROBl
SELL G000S TO FENCES
Three Kansas and One Mis
souri Town Robbed by Ex-
perts-One Under Arrest
PARSONS. Kan., May 19.—Thieves
have robbed stores in a half dozen Ok
lahoma towns of thousands of dollars
worth of goods and disposed of their
loot to “fences” in Parsons, Wichita,
Kansas, and Joplin, Mo., in the last
six weeks, according to the Parsons
police.
The finding of a great quantity of the
stolen Oklahoma goods in the second
hand store of Joseph Mermeistein here
yesterday led to his arrest and ar-
raingement on a charge of receiving
stolen goods.
A negro arrested at Claremore, Okla.,
was said to have confessed selling the
goods to Mermeistein and to have given
the names of several of his confed
erates.
J. H. ',/imer, secretary of the Merch
ants Association of Vinita, Okla., and
S. „R. Briscoe, manager of a store re
cently robbed at Welch, Okla., identi
fied apart of the Mermeistein goods as
stolen from Vinita and Welch.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Bitter
Letters to Be Sold
At Auction Next Week
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 19.—What are
known as Mrs. Lincoln’s •'bitter let
ters" are to be sold at auction here
next week. The collection consists of
twelve letters written by the widow
of the martyred president in the years
just following his assassination.
In some of them Mrs. Lincoln was
almost hysterical in upbraiding con
gress for not providing for her and in
her denunciation of General Grant.
One letter written in August, 1865,
asks a friend to try to sell the black
lace gown which Mrs. Lincoln wore at
the second inauguration "for two hours
only” in order to raise money for the
support of herself and her two boys.
The gown was one pcesented to her by
a friend of her husband and it cost
$3,500.
In another letter, dated December 30,
1S65, Mrs. Lincoln writes bitterly of the
fortunes of the Grant family compared
with her own and declares that “Gen
eral Grant's services to his country
were certainly not superior to my hus
band’s.”
CAPTURER OF FAMOUS
WOMAN SPY IS DEAD
LAS CRUCES, N. M., May 19.—Cap-
taoi R. W. Fall, fathr of United States
Senator Albert B. Fall, of New Mexico,
died here yesterday. He was born in
1833 in Frankfort, Ky. In the Civil
war he was a scout on the staff of
General Forrest, of the Confederate
army; and captured Higs Cashman, a
famous federal spy.
Ends The Misery
Of Wearing Worthless Trusses
How 60 Days Trial Is The Only Safe Way
To Buy Anything For Rupture
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"So far as we know, our guaranteed
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on 60 days trial—the only thing we
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an absolutely new principle—1ms 18 patented features. Self-
adjusting. Does awav with tho misery of wearing belts, leg-
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lng when you aro working, taking a bath, etc. Has cured
In case after case that seemed hopeless.
Wrlto for Froo Book of Advice—Cloth bound, lot pages.
Explains the dangers of operation. Shows lust what’s wrong
with elastic and spring trusses, and why drugstores should
no more be allowed to fit fusses than to perform operations.
Exposes the humbugs—shows how old-fashioned worthless
trusses are sold under false and misleading names. Tells all
about the care and attention we give you. Endorsements
from over 5000 people,. Including physicians. Write to-day
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BUNKERS OF GEORGIA
Twenty-Second Annual Con
vention Opens With *300
Delegates Present
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., May 19.—Today Macon
has as her guqsts over 300 of the most
noted bankers of the state, who have
assembled here for the twenty-second
annual convention of the Georgia bank
ers. The meetings will all be held at
the new Dempsey hotel. This Is the
third time that Macon has entertained
the state association of bankers.
Tonight the bankers will gather
around dinner tables. President B. YV.
Hunt, of Eatonton, and the YLce presi
dents, wil be seated at a special table,
and the other bankers will be seated
at tables according to their groups.
H. S. Russell, of the Fourth National
bank of New, York. C. B. Hays, of the
Mechanics’ bank of Baltimore; Wirt
Wright, of the National Stockyards Na
tional bank of East St. Louis, are sev
eral of the prominent eastern bankers
who will be in attendance on the meet
ing.
An executive session was held yes
terday afternoon of tne cothmlttee on
banking law and the executive com
mittee. L. P. Hillyer, ot Macon, who
h*as served the bankers’. association for
more than twenty yea^s, and who is
now vice president of the association,
may be eelcted president this year, as
it is the custom to change this office
every year.
Out of a job and
Penniless Man Palls
to $30,000
Heir
*
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, May 19.—Out .of a job and
with just forty-five cents in his pocket,
James Walters, inquired at the general
delivery window at the post office yes
terday if there was any mail for him.
To his surprise? he was handed a let
ter, which informed him that his
father had died and left him an estate
worth upwards of $30,000.
The letter was from his aunt, Mrs.
P. C. Petty, of Knoxville, Tenn., and
was the first word Walters had re
ceived from relatives since he ran away
from his home at Nashville thirteen
years ago.
U. S. MUST RETURN
MILLION DOLLARS
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 19.—More than’
a million dollars collected in corporation'
*taxes must be surrendered by the treas
ury as a result of the supreme court’s f
decision that a corporation leasing its
property and deriving its only income’
from that lease is not “doing business”
within the meaning of the law, and is
not taxable.
ECZEMA
Al s o Oallea Tetter, Balt Rheum, Pruritus, Milk-
Crust, Weeping Skin, eto.
ECZEMA CAN BE CURED TO STAY, and
when I say cured, I mean just what I say—
C-U-R-E-D, and not } merely patched up for
awhile, to return worse than before. Remember,
I make this broad statement after putting
twelve years of my time on this one disease and
handling in the meantime nearly half a million
cases of this dreadful disease. Now, I do not
care what all you have used, nor how many
doctors have told you that you could not be
cured—all I ask is just a chance to show you
that I know what 1 am talking about-. If you
•will write me TODAY, I will .send you a FREE
TRIAL of my mild, soothing, guaranteed treat
ment that will convince you more in a day than
1 or anyone else could In a month’s time. If you
are disgusted and discouraged, just give me a
chance to prove my claims. By writing me today
I believe you will enjoy more real comfort than
you had ever thought this world holds for you.
Just try it and you will see I am telling you
the truth.
Dr. J. E. Cannaday, 824 Court Block, Sedalia, Mo,
Rcfernces: Third National Bank. Sedalfei, Mo.
Could you do a better act that to send this no
tice to some poor sufferer of Eczema?—(Advt.)
OIL MILL AND MANY
CARS ARE DESTROYED
NEW ORLEANS, May 19.—The plant
of the Southport Mils, limited, manu
facturers of a cotton seed product at
Southport, a suburb of New Orleans,
and twenty-one cars awaiting shiprpent
were destroyed by fire today. Loss
$100,000.
Handsome SuR
to OwJ
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