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VOLUME XIII.
ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913.
NO. 9.
OF FIVE YEARS BACK
Man Who Accused Atlanta
Merchant of Phagan Murder
Is Himself Charged With
Death of Dug Steele
lSpecial Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTON, Ga., Oct. 23.—At 11:45
o’clock this morning:, the grand jury
returned a bill of indictment charging
Ira Fisher, the sensational witness who
accused a prominent Atlanta man of
the murder of Mary Phagan, with the
murder of Dug Steele, Steele having
been killed here about five years ago.
The body of Steele, badly mangted,
was found near the Southern railway
tracks in the northern part of the city.
Although the body was decapitated, and
one shoulder was badly crushed, prac
tically no blood was found in the vi
cinity, leading to the belief that Steel
was killed and later placed on the tracks
in an effort to hide the crime.
The coroner’s inquest lasted for sev
eral days, finally returning a verdict
that Steele came to his death from be
ing run over by a train, as no evidence
to warrant any other finding was se
cured. The grand jury afterwards in
vestigated the matter but reached the
same conclusion.
The matter was forgotten here until
it was revived by the present grand
jury. The investigation began on per
sistent rumors that Steele had been
dealt with foully, today took a different
aspect. Now evidence of a damaging
nature was secured, pointing to Fisher
as the slayer of Steele and resulting
in an indictment being returned against
him.
Following, the returning of the indict
ment, a warrant charging Fisher with
murder, was issued. It was turned over
to the sheriff, who will leave here for
Atlanta to serve the warrant. .
Ira Fisher was for years a resident
of this , city. He was at one time a
witness in a criminal case of murder
in the superior court here, and was im
peached by the testimony of about a
score of responsibl ecitizens of Dalton
« MINERS.
Ill DEPTHS OF
WHFN THE LEAVES COME DRIFTING DOWN
14 Dead and 22 Injured Taken
Already From New Mexican
Model Mine, Which Explo
sion Wrecked Wednesday
Fisher Is Man Who
Accused J, C, Shirley
When informed by a Journal reporter
that the Whitfield coufity grand jury
had returned a true bill against him,
charging the murder of his brother-in-
law, Dug Steele, five years ago, Ira
W. Fisher, held at police headquarters
on the charge of criminal libel pre
ferred by J. C. Shirley, the well known
Marietta street furniture dealer, treated
the news lightly and denied having any
thing to do with the crime. At the time
of the murder, Fisher said that he was
at the bome of Cliff .Bearden, sitting
jury cleared ’roe,” he continued, “and
there Is absolutely no foundation for
the action of the grand jury. I am in
nocent and can prove it.”
LIQUOR SHIPMENTS
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Oct. 23.—The
matter of delivering several cars of
beer and whisky which was in transit
or had arrived but not been delivered
when the recent anti-shipping bills
were passed, is awaiting a decision by
Federal Judge E. T. Sanford here. The
court has heard argument favorable to
the consignees and at the court’s re
quest Governor Hooper has designated
Attorney General Frank M. Thompson
and former Attorney General Charles
T. Cates, Jr., to represent the state ac
a continuation of the hearing Monday
morning at 9 o’clock.
Postpone Execution
For Doomed Mawto
Eat Chicken Dinner
(By Associated Press.)
DAWSON, N. M., Oct. 23.—The fate
of approximately 200 men remaining in
the workings of No. 2 Stag Canon mine
who were entombed by a terrific ex
plosion yesterday, still was unknown
shortly after noon today. Twenty-
five -men had been rescued alive and
forty-two bodies had been recovered
from the mine.
Hundreds of volunteer rescuers con
tinued their efforts to penetrate the
workings strewn with debris and filled
with poisonous gases.
However, the hopefulness that per
vaded the camp immediately after the
explosion and throughout the night fiad
given way today to evidence of doubt.
“When we reach the air shaft we
will find many men safe,” was the
hope voiced through the night. Three
men alive and only partly conscious
and three bodies was the reward when
the air shaft finally was reached today.
Mine officials nevertheless still in
sisted that others would be found
alive.
feo absorbed were the officials in
the work of rescue that no check had
been made on the number of the men
in the mine at the hour of the disas
ter, and it seemed certain that at
least 230, perhaps more, were en
tombed.
During the morning scores of expe
rienced miners from the Colorado fields
continued to reach camp and fresh
squads were sent into the workings as
their predecessors emerged exhausted.
Shortly before 11 o’clock it was an
nounced that twenty-five more bodies
had been located, but several hours
must elapse before the>* can be brought
to the surface.
Six bodies had been identified at 11
o’clock, including two Americans, Ar-<
thur English and Walter Johnson.
Gen. Wood's Daughter
Rides With Her Dad On
His Cross-Country Hike
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—Little Miss
Lousita Wood, the twelve-year-old
daughter of Major General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff of the army, to
day is the idol of the army. She won
the adoration of the fighting force be
cause of her riding, for ’she accompa
IIS VERDICT,
EES 1. ARNOLD
JURY SELECTED TO
TRY THE ALLEGED
SLAYER OF J. KING
“Did the Jury Heat Applause
and Cheering?” Is Big Ques
tion for Judge Roan to Pass
Upon
Sheriff Takes Prisoner Se
cretly From Jail to Scene of
Trial, Not Far From
Macon
The twelve jurors who declared Leo
M. Frank guilty of the murder of Mary
Phagan were compared with “twelve
scared rabbits huddled together” by R.
R. Arnold, of counsel for the convicted,
man, Thursday morning during the
hearing by Judge L. S. Roan of the de-
fense’s motion for a new trial. The at
torney asserted stoutly that the grounds
of the motion wherein it is alleged that
the jury was frightened into a verdict
of guilty by the state of the public
temper, are correct and can be borne
out.
Those contentions, however, were dis
puted in passing by Solicitor Dorsey
and will be combatted later by affidavits
from the jurors themselves. Much is
said to depend upon Judge Roan’s view
of this dispute between the opposing
lawyers.
Twenty-three more grounds of the
long motion were covered Thursday
morning, and the hearing was engaged
with the sixty-sixth when adjournment
was taken for lunch. Judge Roan de
clared that he expects to complete the
reading of the motion some time Thurs
day and to be ready Friday morning
to proceed with the depositions and ar
guments. Among the grounds cov
ered Thursday morning were those
which allege that the jury was influ
enced by applause and cheering on this
and that specified occasion.
The Thursday session was held In the
state libray, convening at 9 o’clock
and beginning with the forty-third
ground of the motion. Judge Roan
urged all haste possible commensurate
with the importance of the subject,
and declared that a night session would
be held Thursday if necessary to com
plete the motion.
BRITISH PRESS UPHOLDS
U. S. IN MEX AFFAIRS
up with his sick wife. “The coroner's. father aad Col ° ne ^ H iestamd»
tttirrnert ’ “ntirt adjutant general's department,
throughout virtually all their annual
ninety-mile ride. ' 1
General Wood and Colonel Hiestant,
because of pressing duties, were un
able to get away with the other offi
cers on the yearly “hike.” The regula-*
tions insist that ninety miles must be
covered in three 1 days and the two of
ficers decided to push their horse* over
that distance in off hours.
“Well, I’m going, too,” announced lit
tle Miss Wood. Her father demurred,
but she had her way. The final ride
of forty-five miles through a blinding
rain was occasioned by reason of a
mistake in the road back to Washing
ton, but Miss Wood galloped in laugh
ingly to Fort Myer.
,(By Associated Press.)
.. LONDQN,..,Oct 23.—Not a word ha#
been heard here officially in regard to
the alleged interview given by Sir Lionel
Carden, the minister to Mexico, to which
dispatches from Washington say that
the United States government has taken
exception.
No action will be taken -in this di
NO U. S, INDICTMENT
AGAINST T. EJATSON
CONSPIRACY INDICTMENT
TO RE USED ON THAW
Sings Song on Home
As He Gets Divorce
From Sixth Wife
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
D ALTON, Ga., Oct 23.—Robert S.
Federal Grar4.Jury is Not Ex-
. peetdd to Return
Bill Asked
Sent “Trusty" Chasing
After Fleeing Mule;
Lost:—One Convict
(By Associated Press.)
SOMERSET, Pa., Oct. 23.—The exe
cution of John W. Maus, condemned to
die here this morning for th§ murder
of Harrison Brown, a mail carrier, was
dela^bd until 1 o'clock in order that
lviaus might enjoy a chicken dinner.
When he had finished his breakfast
Maus asked Sheriff Pochard for a
good dinner. The request was granted
but the meal- could not be prepared
without delaying the hanging.
QUITMAN, Ga., Oct. 23.—One of the
county mules got loose yesterday aft
ernoon and ran away. Will Oliv&r, a
trusty convict, was started after the
fleeing mule. The man started run
ning and overtook the mule, passed him
and kept on going. The mule was
caught but they have not caught the
man yet.
The county gang was in Quitman
when the escape occurred. The man
was in for two years and had only
eight months to serve. He had been a
trusty for a long time and was believ
ed to be reliable and worthy of the con
fidence the guards placed in him, hav
ing gone/ often on long errands from
the camp and always returning
promptly.
Hon Her Heart
To Steal Purse
IT DEATH
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 23.—How
many times should one forgive his en-
amies?
“Once is enough,” says Mrs. Elizabeth
McCullough, of Great Falls, Mont., on a
visit here, “w;hen money is involved in
the transgression.”
Austin O’Hara, a “spieler,” won her
heart, she avers, and then “borrowed”
$1,400 from her. She had him arrested,
relented, had him released, and then he
showed his gratitude by getting $700
more from her. The police are looking
for him.
BY BAX.PH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.—“The aboli
tion of the commerce court, which be
came a fact yesterday when President
Wilson approved the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill, satisfies me fully
with the work of the extra sessiop of
congress,” said Congressman Adamson,
of Georgia, this morning. “If nothing
else had been accomplished, I believe
that the American people would have
been amply compensated by the aboli
tion of this court.”
rection unless the British government’s
attention is drawn to the matter official
ly. Diplomatic circles cannot believe
that a man of the experience of Sir
Lionel Carden publicly would criticise
the policy of another government.
The greatest confidence is imposed.in
him by the government here. In fact,
he was sent: to Mexico because of his
long experience there as consul and be
cause .of the success he achieved as
British minister to Central America,
resident in Guatemala. Should the Unit
ed States object to what he is credited
with saying, the usual course would be
for Washington to inquire from the
American representative in Mexico as
to the accuracy of the report before
making representation to this country.
Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign
secretary, has gone to the country for
a brief vacation, and this is taken as an
indication that he does not consider the
situation serious.
In the absence of any defi
nite official lead, newspaper com
ment on the Mexican situation to
day generally was confined to brief para
graphs questioning- the genuineness of
the alleged interview given by Sir
Lionel Carden, British minister to Mexi
co, in which he was said to have re
marked that “the Washington govern
ment does not understand the situa
tion in Mexico.” Most of the papers
urge a speedy disclaimer of the inter
view, declaring that the Americans,
being nearer the spot, are better able
than Great Britain to judge where the
shoe pinches.
The Pall Mall Gazette says: “We
ought to recognize that British interests
in Mexico are merely commercial, while
those of the United States are national
and are, therefore, paramount. The
friendship of the United States is more
important to Great Britain than any oil
concession.”
Ambassador Page said he had no in
tention of going to the British foreign
office today.
(By Associated Press.)
AUGUST, Ga., Oct. 23.—The federal
grand jury made its presentments to
the court Thursday morning and there
were a large number of indictments,
but no indictment was found against
Thomas E. Watson, charged with send
ing obscene matter through the mails.
District Attorney Alexander Akerman
presented the case to the grand jury
yesterday morning in an effort to re
indict Mr. Watson, Judge Foster having
sustained a motion to quash the orig
inal indictment on the grounds that
only extracts from the Watson arti
cles objected to had been used as a
basis for the indictment.
While no statement could be secured
officially as to what the grand Jury
had done before that body made its
report to the court, still 4 jt was street
talk yesterday afternoon that no in
dictment had been found and the failure
of the grand jury to report an Indict
ment this morning was, therefore, nof
unexpected. It is understood that
there was a majority of one against
finding an indictment.
Uncle Sam Denies
Naturalization to
Caesar, Not Julius
OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 23.—First nat
uralization papers were denied yesterday
to Caesar Preg-o, who came from Italy,
where he admitted he was an anarchist.
Thinking- that Prego might not ,be fa
miliar with the definition of the word
anarchist, the deputy county clerk asked
him if he knew what it meant.
“Certainly,” responded Prego. “An an
archist is a man who does not believe
in law and does not respect any law.
He is a man who has no use for gov
ernment. I am that kind of a man.”
Prego’s case has been referred to the
federal naturalization examiner.
(By Associated Pres..;
NEW 4'WRK, "Oct. 23.—A blanket in
dictment charging Harry K. Thaw and
four others with conspiracy in connec
tion with his esape from the Mattea-
wan state hospital for the criminal in
sane in August, was returned by the
grand Jury here this afternoon. It will
be used as a weapon - by William Tra
vers Jerome in his efforts to extradite
Thaw from New Hempshire.
Others indicted were former Assem
blyman Richard Butler, Michael
O’Keefe, "Gentleman Roger” Thompson
and Eufeene Duffy, who were alleged to
have been Thaw’s companions in the
automobile in which he escaped. These
are the same men for whom warrants
were issued in Dutchess county after
Thaw’s flight.
Bench warrants on today’s indict
ments were issued by the court and
turned over to detectives of the district
attorney’s office.
Mr. Jerome announced that he would
at once ask GoArnor Glynn for extra
dition papers based on the new charge
to be sent to the governor of New
Hampshire.
Twenty witnesses were under
subpena to testify before the su
preme court grand jury which
met today to investigate charges
of conspiracy in connection with the
escape of Thaw from Matteawan.
The witnesses summoned were residents
of Matteawan and New York, through
whom Mr. Jerome hoped to show a con
spiracy existed.
Counsel for Thaw were prepared to
make energetic efforts to prevent an
Indictment on' the ground that Thaw Is
insane and therefore could not be called
to trial. This stand will be taken on
the basis of Justice Seabury’s recent
ruling that Thaw was an "insane per
son,’’ when called as a witness in the
recent investigation of charges against
John F. Anhut.
John Collins, proprietor of a garage,
was one of the first witnesses to appear.
The Dutchess county grand Jury fail
ed to return an indictment against
Thaw for conspiracy, and an indictment
is sought here as a weapon in the fight
to extradite him from New Hamp
shire.
Knox, who today was granted divorce
from his sixth wife, yesterday after
noon showed himself no mean enter
tainer when he rendered to the court
officials several songs composed by him
while the Jury in the case was deliber
ating over the matrimonial tangle which
had been given into their keeping.
Among Knox’s songs with which ho
charmed - the court was a classic on
"Home,” in which the delights of gen
uine home life were strongly brought
out.
Mr. Knox, who is eighty-nine years
of age and a veteran of the Mexican
war, was in high spirits. He sang a
number of songs and related incidents
connected with the Mexican war, stat
ing that if he was a young man again,
he wouldn't object to going over into
Mexico and fighting again.
The case attracted widespread atten
tion here, owing to the number of mar
riages both plaintiff and defendant had
contracted. Mr. Knox acknowledged he
had been wedded six times, while he
was on the witness stand. Mrs. Knox
confessed to having been married four
times.
The defendant was on hand to con
test her husband’s claims to divorce on
the grounds of desertion.
While the hearing was in progress
Judge Fite dismissed all Jurors Instead
of those serving in the case, and after
he had charged the Jury, the court was
at ease while waiting for a verdict.
Then it was that Mr. Knox freely dis
cussed his matrimonial troubles. Judge
Fite tried to affect a reconciliation, but
the aged man would not consider it.
Judge Fite then advised him to re
main in single blessedness if he was
given a divorce, but he didn’t favor this,
insisting that "home was no place with
out a woman.” From his words, it was
apparent he was considering taking unto
himself his seventh wife.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
GRAYS, Ga., Oct. 23.—Contrary to
the expectations of every one a Jury
for the trial of Nick Wilburn, charged
with the murder of James King, was se
cured a few minutes before 11 o’clock
this morning. The Jury, as empaneled,
is composed srt the following citizens of
Jones county:
J. C. Bivins, W. T. Bioodworth, H.
C. Pearson, R. M. Bullington, Joseph
James, W. T. Middlebrooks, John A.
Middlebroks, S. W, Huff, O. L. Garrett.
J. W. Watson, J. S. Humphries and
W. L Mercer.
Immediately after the completion of
the Jury Solicitor General Joseph K.
Pottle began his outline of the state’s
case. . In his presentation of what th*
state expected to prove, he reviewed
the alleged crime from what the state
claims was the beginning of the crim
inal relationship between the accused
and the wife of the deceased.
Solicitor Pottle insisted that he had
the right before the admission of any
testimony to state to the Jury all the
circumstances connected with an al
leged confession made by Wilburn to
R. N. Ethridge, treasurer of Jones
county. The solicitor’s outline of what
the state expected to prove was a plain,
sordid narrative of a criminal rela
tionship between Wilburn and the wife
of the deceased King, having for its.
final object the murder of King, that
Wilburn might be uninterrupted In his
relationship with King’s wife.
TENSE ATMOSPHERE.
The atmosphere was tense ip the
court room and Judge Park from time
to time admonished the audience that
the full power of the law will be used
in maintaining order. There Is a no
ticeable restlessness among the spec
tators that has evidently had its In
fluence upon all the court officials.
Jesse Barber, a negro, testified con
cerning the defendant’s and the wife’s
aleged relationships.
Up to the noon adjournment of court
the state had confined its effort prin
cipally to proof of the alleged relation
ship betwen Wilburn and Mrs. King.
The state claims to be in possession
of a complete confession made by Wil
burn, which will be offered later tn
the progress of the trial.
BATTLESHIP TEXRS
BEGINS TRIAL RUN
(By Associated Frm.)
ROCKLAND, Maine, Oct. 23.—The
new battleship Texas, the largest ship
in the United States navy and the most
formidable fighting craft which any
power has brought to the trial stae, be
gan the first of her builders' official ac
ceptance trials off Rockland today.
Twenty-three ruiis over the one-mile
course to standardize her propellers waa
tte test given the Texas today. The
first three runs were at ten knots’ speed.
As the engines warmed to their work
the speed gradually Increased. It waa
expected that the late afternoon would
find the battleship on her top speed run,
which the builders were confident would
exceed twenty-one knots.
Peppery Talk
By Minister
I.S.
PRAISED BY BARTLETT
PIEDMONT, Cal., Oct. 28.—"Immoral
ity has rlached such a pass as to stag
ger belief,” says the Rev. John E
Stuchell, pastor of the Interdenomina
tional church here. "The new realms
into which women are pushing—the of
fice, factory and department store—are
sapping their vitality.- The home la be
coming a convenience where men and
women live together in neglect of the
duty . of parenthood. Our high schools
are polluted with the breath from the
pit." This is but a sample of the hot
stuff handed out by the Rev. Stuchell.
>
Only Playing Ghost,
Say Prisoners Held
For Trying to Flee
Warden Says Hawthorne
Had Promised Trouble
ROCKS THE CANAL ZONE
NINE DIE IN STORM
WHICH HITS GULF
(By Associated Press.)
COLON, Oct. 23.—An earthquake
shock lasting about fifteen seconds oc
curred here at 9:08 o’clock this morn
ing. Houses rocked and clocks
stopped but no Serious damage was
reported in this city. The tremor
has been exceeded in intensity by only
one other recent shock.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.—A terrific
storm that is reported to have cost
at least nine lives, injured almost half
a hundred persons and did great prop
erty damage swept over a narow strip
of southern Louisiana early today.
Wires are down southwest of this city
and news of the storm’s damage did
not reach here until* after noon.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROMPI, Ga.. Oct. 23.—Nick Carver,
Dick McGovern and Harry Osborne, the
three prisoners who it is alleged at
tempted to escape from the Floyd coun
ty jail a few nights ago, have written
a letter to the newspapers in which
they deny that they had any intention
of trying to break jail. They say that
they made their way out into the cor
ridor from their cell through a hole that
had been there for a year or more, and
their only intention was to frighten the !
negroes confined in the Jail by playing
ghosts. The jail officers, Jiowever, de
clare that the three men were trying to
dig their way through the outer wall.
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Sioux Princess
Seeking Work
Night After?"
Try Buttermilk
College Boys
x4s Domestics
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 23-—A girl
who recently applied here for employ
ment claims to be the daughter of Sit
ting Bull, the wily old Indian chieftain.
She says her name is Mrs. Robert J.
Keith and that she was divorced from A.
H. Chajavat, a magazine writer, in 1910.
VENICE, Cal., Oct. 23.—Buttermilk
for the “morning after!”
That is the remedy of Captain Cava
naugh, of the local police department.
He is going to appeal to the city fath
ers for an allowance of buttermilk
to administer as a soothing'stimulant
to those released from jail after “a bad
night.” '
SPOKANE, Wash., Oct. 23.—The
wives of ranchers near here have solved
the servant problem. Many of the young
men students at Washington state col
lege; compelled to earn their way
through school, hired out as domestics
during the harvest season, washing the
dishes* mopping the floors and even
cooking for their room and board.
It gives the ranchers’ wives plenty
of time for pink teas.
Declaring that the recent sensational
charges against the federal prison wer6
the work of “five or six disgruntled
and unprincipled guards and employes
who, for several"months, have been try
ing to break down the administration
and destroy discipline in order to make
vacancies for themselves and their
friends.” Warden William H. Moyer
Thursday morning intimated that those
behind the movement to discredit the
prison will probablly face charges of
insubordination and trying to incite
prisoners to mutiny.
“It is their good fortune,” stated the
warden, “that they are not now facing
more serious charges than these, but
they will find these charges serious
enough before the matter is ended.”
The warden returned to the city on
Thursday from Washington, where he
went after attending the session of
the American Prison association at In
dianapolis.
He says that Julian Hawthorne and
Dr. W. J. Morton should not be too
greatly blamed for the criticism as
they were only doing what they had
promised to do.
PROMISED TO GRUMBLE.
“The two discharged prisoners who
made the sensational, charges,” said the
warden, “should not be too severely
censured because, as I have been in
formed and believe, they were only
doing what they probably promised to
do. They were at most only the wil
ling tools of some five or six dis
gruntled and unprincipled guards and
employes, who, for several months, have
been trying to break down my adminis
tration and destroy the discipline to
make vacancies for themselves and
their friends. It is their good fortune
that they are not now facing a more
serious charge than insubordination or
trying to incite the prisoners to mu
tiny, but they will find these charges
serious before the matter is ended.”
Marble Venus
Causes Trouble
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.—The lat
est in trouble-makers i sa marble statue
of Venus, which is the center of a court
dispute between Dr. C. A. Nahl and his
former sister-in-law. The statue re
posed In the drawing room of Virgil
Nahl and his wife Josephine for thir
teen years. They were divorced. Later
Dr. C .A. Nahl, brothe rof Virgil, claim
ed the statue from Josephine, a$ he was
the original owner of it. Josephine,
however, refused to return it unless
paid $135 for the care of the expensive
bric-a-vrac. Dr. C. A. Nahl now de
mands $100 for the use and pleasure
Josephine has had from th© statue.
High praise to President Wilson and
to Georla’s two senators in the national
congress was given in Atlanta Thurs
day by Judge Charles L. Bartlett, of
Macon, representative from the Sixth
district of Georgia. Judge Bartlett was
on his way back to Washington from
a week’s leave of absence in Macon,
where he sought to recuperate from
the effects of six months of steady and
hard work in Washington. *
Judge Bartlett declares that the Dem
ocratic party has stood loyal to its
leaders, and that those leaders 'have
stood loyal to the people, in enacting
remedial legislation on the tariff and
currency. He predicts the passage of
the currency measure at this special
session of congress.
Courts Arrest
j4s “Experience”
Aged Swains in
Fistic Battle
MENLO PARK, Cal., Oct. 23.—“Oh,
goody!” squealed Miss Laura Herron,
tennis champion of Stanford university,
when she was arrested recently for
speeding in her auto. “Isn’t this grand I
Thank you, Mr. Officer.”
“This is just like a puncture,” she
said to her friends. An autoist ought to
be cheerful no matter what happens.”
She had courted arrest for some time
as “an experience.” #
■MEASURES 12.30 INCHES
BERKELEY, Cal., Oct. 23.—Age can
not blight the chivalrous instinct, as
Edwin Cotton, eighty-two, and. Robert
Kirby, seventy-five, recently demon
strated when they fought* to a finish
with fists and feeth over a woman they
both admired. Black eyes were give^
and taken before they could be pulled
apart. They did not reveal her name.
Indians Used
Heavenly Secrets
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 23.—“Indian”
Frazee, a full-blooded Spokane Indian,
declares that long before the white man
discovered the use of the fingerprint for
identification the Indians used it. .
Documents, agreements, treaties—all
were sealed wit ha thumb print. “Al
ways can tell who sign ’em,” he says.
(By Associated Press.)
GALVESTON, Tex., Oct. 23.—Rain
fall from 7 o’clock yesterday morning
until 9 o’clock last night in Galves
ton amounted to 12.30 inches. There
is little water In the streets today and
street car traffic was resumed at 6
o'clock this morning. The Weather is
clear today.
No Slit Skirts
For San Pedro
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Oct. 23.—It’s a,
risky thing for a man to accompany a
slit skirted woman in San Pedro. Ar
thur Phillips was with Miss Ruby Bur
bank while she was showing off a
skirt slit above the knee and got a
ten-day jail sentence because h©
couldn’t pay a $10 fine. The woman was
allowed to go under a suspended fin©
of $60.
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