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VOLUME XIII.
ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913.
NO. 12.
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SHOULD LET HUERTA confident of victory
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'Georgia Senator Thinks Mexi-
! Hope for Aid of Progressives
in s Regaining Control of
State Assembly
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American Policy
p. , , n o I J (By Associated Press.)
can Problem Can Be Solved; new york, nov. 3.—Republicans
' claimed today that they would regain
Poanoct hl\/ If PntAiorc Ror*l/ I control of the state assembly through
reaceamy IT rowel b DaCK [tomorrow's elections. Their hopes are
tzzz* on Democratic disaffection over
the removal of Governor Sulzer and the
fact that the Democratic leaders have
neglected the state during the bitter
fight to retain command of New York
City.
The Progressive party promises to
play an important part in the election.
Through fusion with the Republicans in
New York City the Progressives are as
sured an increased representation in the
assembly and should the election be
close they would hold the balance of
power in that house betwen the two
older parties.
Nevertheless Republicans assert their
friendly understanding with Progres
sives in the metropolis will benefit the
Republican candidates upstate, and with
no contest for the governorship to unite
the Progressives in a state-wide effort j
they expect many of the latter will re
turn to the Republican fold.
(.Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—Senator A.
O. Bacon, of Georgia, believes the
governments of Europe must indicate
hi some positive way their intention to
leave the Mexican situation m the hands
of the United States, Ir a speedy ana
peaceful settlement of the problem is
-to be bought abou*. 3 said as much
after an informal call on President Wil
son, though he declined to discuss the
object of his visit.
“If the powers make it clear .to Gener
al Huerta that *they intend to leave
in the hands of the United States the
formulation of a policy to be pursued
toward Mexico, hevwill be compelled to
accede to any demand made by the
government, and a peaceable solution
of the Mexican problem very promptly
would be found.” said Senator Bacon
A declaration that the policy of the
administration in the Mexican situation
would “meet the approval of the Ameri
can congress and the American people”
was made in the senate today by Sena
tor Bacon, as chairman of the foreign
relations committee.
Senator Bacon was speaking of a let
ter read into the record by Senator Bris
tow, who said he had received it from
“a friend of thirty years’ standing” in
Mexico. The writer urged that the
United States # keep hands off and allow
Mexican factions to fight out their dif
ferences, condemned the neutrality poli
cy which keeps “thousands of American
soldiers on the Mexican border,” and
declared that if the United States in
tervened by military force it would
mean “only conquest and the acquisition
of Mexican territory by the loss of
hundreds of lives and hundreds of mil
lions of money.”
“I think I can assure the senate,”
said Senator Bacon, “that nothing is
further from the thoughts^, of the peo
ple or of officials of the United States
than the conquest or acquisition of Mex
ican territory.
“The time has not yet come when
this matter may properly be discussed,
but the time is not far distant when
we must discuss it. I can give the as
surance that the matter is having the
most careful and conscientious consid
eration and that whatever may be done
will meet the approval of the American
congress and the American people.”
Though every official of the United
States government has been cautioned
to maintain absolute silence while the
plans of the Washington administration
for solving the Mexican problem a**e
worked out, it became known from
many well-informed sources today that
a supreme effort is being made to bring
about General Victoriano Huerta’s re
tirement from the provisional presi
dency of Mexico.
HUERTA MUST GET OUT.
The [success of any plan for a consti
tutional election that may be proposed,
especially in so far as it would con
template participation by the constitu
tionalists, depends, in the view of tn«
United States government on the elimi-.
nation of Huerta. Since he promised!
to turn over the executive power after j
an election, the American government is I
now waiting for some declaration on
bis part.
Should Heurta retire In favor of j , Bt AM00fated ,
another there is a possibility that the, BRUNSWICK, Germany, Nov. 3.—Dis
united States may attempt to compose! agreeable weather failed to dampen the
the situation through his successor, j enthusiasm of the crowds here today for
hat the United States desires, it is the s t a te entry into Brunswick of the
believed, is that the Powers shall indi-| young Duke and Duchess of Brunswick,
cate support of its efforts to solve! hitherto known as Prince Ernst August
the problem so that it may approach G f Cumberland and Princess Victoria
Democrats Are Not
Opposed in Virginia!
(By Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 3.—With ho i
Republican opposition, the state Demo- j
cratic ticket will be elected Tuesday,
although party leaders assert the vote
will probably be the smallest ever cast
in Virginia.
Will Vote on Amending
Kentucky’s Constitution
(Bradstreet’s Review.)
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 3.—Kentucky
electors will vote Tuesday on two pro
posed amendments to the state consti
tution. One provides for a revision to
the tax laws ajnd the other would abolish j
contract work in the state prison and
permit the employment of convicts on
public roads. A large proportion of
members of the legislature also will be
chosen.
Ohio Municipalities
Elect New Officers
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 2.—Complete
sets of municipal officers will be elected
in all cities, towns and villages in this
state Tuesday. In addition, several
constitutional amendments will be sub
mitted to the voters.
Fight in New Jersey
To Control Legislature
(By Associated Press.)
TRENTON, N. J.. Nov. 3.—Besides
choosing a governor, Tuesday’s elections
in New Jersey will involve the control
of both houses of the legislature. Eight
members of the state senate are to be
chosen and the full membership of the j
house. There are six Republicans and i
seven Democrats hold-over state sena
tors and eleven will be -necessary for
a majority of the upper house Five of
the eight counties in which senatorial
elections are to be held chose Demo
cratic senators at their last elections.
GEOflll COTTON CROP
BEING MARKETED EARLY
Big Increase in Receipts Over
Corresponding Period of
Last Year
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
1 ROME, Ga., Nov. 3.—An increase of
10,698 bales over the cotton receipts up
to November 1 of last year is shown in
I official reports. The receipts up to this
date in 1912 were 18,595 bales, and re
ceipts for 1913 are 29,193 bales. The
crop is larger than usual in this sec
tion, and has also been marketed earlier.
Cotton picking is practically over
here, although a considerable amount
still remains in the fields, and very lit
tle cotton has been held, as the price
has been satisfactory all Vear.
Butts Ginning Report
Shows Big Increase
JACKSON, Ga., Nov. 3.—According to
the census ginning report Butts has
ginned 7,800 bales to October 18, as
against 4,773 In 1912. There is no doilbt
that the present crop is nearly over
localty, though some late cotton will
open yet. The crop will not be up to
normal, though it will be better than
last year, it is thought.
Alabama Fields Are
Being Cleared Early
DOTHAN, Ala., Nov. 3.—According
to the report of Special Agent J. M.
I Dykes there were ginned in Houston
i county prior to October 18, this year,
25,236 bales of cotton, against 18,214
last year. Although the crop in Hous-
j ton county is somewhat better than
‘ last year the large ginnings # are partly
; due to very favorable weather for pick
ing. It is estimated that the crop was
70 per cent picked on October 18, and
that ^90 per cent had been picked to
November 1.
THAT STARTED OVER
BOTTLE OF WHISKY
i
Thomas D, Fuller, of Pepper-
ton, Ga,, Dead-Harry Woot
en and Henry A, Brown, of
Monticello, Under Arrest
DAVID CROCKETT WILSON---“Coming Down or Shall I Shoot?
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USED AS STREET GARS!
'S GONFESSiON NOT
GIVEN FULL GREDENCE
HEAD OF SUPT. VOORHEES
I
(By Associated Press.) ‘ (By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 3.—Scores of j DALLAS, Tex., Nov. 3.—Meade Barr,
automobile trucks, delivery wagons and t who has agsured a srand jury here that
vehicles of all kinds were used thir
Mrs. Pankhurst Says
Next Year's Campaign
Will Be “Terrible"
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Nov. 3.—Thomas B. Smith*
twenty-three years of age, oX Pepperton.
Ga., Butts county, is dead in a local un
dertaking shop and Harry Wooten and
Henry A. Brown, said to be from Monti-
celol, are prisoners in the county jail,
charged with the murder qf the young
man. The shooting occurred last night
about 10 o’clock on Turpin street.
Three bullets entered the body of young
Smith, two passing through the abdomen
and the third striking him in the right
leg. Three hours after * the shooting he
died on the operating table at the Macon
hospital, without ever giving his version
of the affair.
The shooting is said to have occurred
over a bottle of whiskey. The three men
proposed to purchase a bottle of whiskey,
it is said, and a dispute is said to have
started about who paid the most for the
purchase and Smith, alias Fuller, is said
to have attacked Wooten with a pair oi
knucks. Wooten claims that it was then
that he made for his pistol firing six
shots at Smith, three of which took ef
fect.
An inquest will not be held until to
night, the coroner delaying the investi
gation until two eye witnesses can return
to Macon. Henry Brown, one of the pris
oners in the jail, is a mere lad, not being
more than sixteen years old. He is much
excited over the affair but tells a straight
story of how the trouble ^ame about. He
is corroborated in his statement by Woot
en who admits the shooting.
GREETED BY THOUSANDS
the Mexico City administration in a final
effort to secure the elimination of
Huerta. The conference at Vera Cruz
between John Lind, President Wilson’s
personal representative, and the Rus,
elan, Norwegian and German ministers,
has not been explained here, but it Is
.thought to be a part of the program
of enlisting the support of foreign
gvernments.
POWERS ARE WILLING.
Reports from John Lind* concerning
Jiis recent conferences in Vera Cruz with
the Rusian, German and Norwegian min
isters to Mexico, conveyed the impres
sion to President Wilson today that
there was a disposition on the part
of those diplomats to co-operate with
the United States in plans for solving
the Mexican situation.
No announcement was made here as
to any future policy. Administration of
ficials did take occasion, however, to
cay that published stories forecasting
armed intervention were not justified
at this time, that there was nothing in
the situation so far as the Washing
ton administration was concerned to
warrant such an assumption.
The arrival of Roberto V. Pesquiera,
an emissary from General Carranza, the
constitutionalist chief, raised the ques
tion of whether the Washington govern
ment would receive representations from
(the constitutionalists.
President Wilson made it clear that
officially the government could not re
ceive any formal representations, but
that in some way or other the informa
tion which the constitutionalists desire
to lay before the American government
would be received.
In that connection it became known
that the constitutionalists at a recent
conference of chiefs decided not to ask
for recognition of belligerency, but to
request that there be no interference
on the part of the United States in their
own efforts to solve the situation by
arms. The constitutionalists want the
embargo on arms removed so that all
•factions may be supplied on an equal
.footing.
Louise of Prussia.
They rode from the railroad station
to the palace in a state coach drawn by
eight horses through streets packed with
people, who cheered them as they passed.
The? processsion was led and followed
by .troops of cavalry.
At the palace the duke, after his new
courtiers had been presented, read from
the steps of the throne in the presence
of the members of the cabinet and of
the deputies a speech in which he again
asserverated his loyalty to existing con
ditions in the German empire.
Scrub Hens Hold Own
In Egg-Laying Contest
With Selected Fowls
(By Associated Press.)
WILLINGTON, Conn., Nov. 3.—
Twelve “scrub” hens picked up at 75
cents each in New York city markets
have been entered in an egg-laying
contest against the international selec
tions at the Connecticut Agricultural
college.
After a few days’ care and dieting,
the “scrubs” are holding their own in
plumage and form. The competing
hens at the college are selections from
several countries.
morning to transport passengers from
their homes tp .places of work as a re-
sulf bf the strike of employes of the
street railway.
More than six hundred strike break
ers, housed in car barns, made no ap
pearance early today and no attempt
was made to operate cars for early
morning traffic. The barns in which the
strike breakers are quartered, were
guarded throughout the night by po
lice.
The promise that the street car com-
he killed Miss Florence Brown last July,
was in the habit of telling fake stories
Cf^t^rribTe figfits in which he had par
ticipated, according to R. ,11. Bethuren,
a local contractor who employed him
for several months just before the
Brown murder. Bethuren was before
tho grand jury when It heard Barr’s
story Saturday night. The contractor
said today Barr quit work three days
before the murder, alleging he had cut
a negro to pieces in a knife duel the
pany would send out a few cars this j night before. Bethuren investigated, he
morning brought a threat of further said, finding not a word of truth in the
rioting. story. Barr told other preposterous
Sheriff Portteous expected today to stories, Bethuren said, but none of them
arm several hundred deputies to keep about attacks on women,
the crowds moving, leaving policemen: Mrs. Ellie M. Lake, the young widow
free to aid strike breakers in moving | under arrest awaiting further investiga-
their cars. j tion by the grand jury of Barr’s asser-
; tion connecting her with the Brown
| case, refused to talk today except to
; say that if the Dallas people did not
jjrr j j u know her well enough to realize her in-
WOFK GLTICL HCLtrlC nocence, they would not get acquainted
J ] with her through the newspapers.
DECATUR, Ind., Nov. 8.—Judge Mer- j A charge of murder “by aiding and
ryman, of the circuit court, believing! abetting Meade Barr” was filed against
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 3.—While she can see
no cause for militancy in the United
States, yet next year’s campaign for
woman suffrage will be a “terrible one”
according to Mrs. Emeline Pankhurst,
English militant leader, who arrived
here today to lecture. Mrs. Pankhurst
said proceeds of her American tour were
to be • used to defray the expenses of
the 1914 campaign in England.
Four of Chicago’s police women were
detailed to protect the visitor from
annoyance.
“I feel like dancing,” Mrs. Pankhurst
told the Chicago suffragettes who greet-
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—Summary re- her. “But I never dance.”
moval of John R. Voorhees, superin- She made two speeches and attended
tendent of elections, a Democrat, is ask- ; threee receptions which extended over
ed in a letter addressed to Governor as many hours.
Glynn today by Francis W. Bird, choir- Mrs. Pankhurst told several hundred
man of the > T ationaLPre&ressive party of mem bers of the Political Equality league
New York county; L. J. O’Reilly, chair- that if t Ji,e women of Illinois failed in
man of the city carnpaign committee of their duty at the polls the fight for
the independence league, and Clement J. “votes for women” w r ould receive a set-
Driscoll, president of the Voters’ back all over tho w0r i d . ghe advised
league. her hearers against party affiliation and
The letter charges Voorhees with fail- aga i ns t militancy,
ure to investigate violations of the elec- Mra Pan khursV thought the attack to-
tion law and with permitting his office day on premier Asquith by women with
to be used for partisan purposes. It al- ^ 0 g whips wes “perfectly proper.”
leges that the superintendent failed to
Disaster Leaves Town
Of Widows and Orphans ,
DAWSON. N. M., Nove. 3.—Nearly
every family in Dawson was robbed of
its main suport by the worst mine cat- •
astrophe in the history of the camp, the
explosion in Stag Canon No. . 2 mine
which entombed 284 men, killing 261.
Only twenty-three were taken from the
mine alive.
More than 100 bodies remain In the
mine, gas having prevented the United
States rescue corps from going into
many of the chambers. The condition of
bodies brought to the surface, by the
crews shows that the explosion was
most terrific. The -explosion occurred in
the eighteenth entry, where the'greater
part of the victims were working. Most
of them were stricken dbwh, While oth
ers were overcome by tfie after-darapj
which folowedthe explosion.
take action “on list of fraudulent regis
tration submitted to him a year ago,”
and permitted the same names to be
registered this year, and that he ap- •
pointed as deputy superintendents “men
[ totally unfitted and of bad reputations,” ;
some of whom, the letter states, he
equipped with revolvers and permited
“to suppress and intimidate electors.”
Unlucky Hoboes
that cleanliness is punishment to
tramps, has ordered all tramps bathed
before they are confined in the jail.
Daily baths must then be taken while
the tramps are in jail for vagrancy.
Each prisoner must make his own bed
and Ifelp in the, work of keeping the
jail clean.
Mrs. Lake Saturday, but not admitted
to public notice until today.
A charge of murdering Miss Brown
was similiarly filed against Barr sever
al days ago before his arrival here from
the Jeffersonville, Ind., reformatory
where he first confessed.
Rat Reveals Girl Thief
A rat playing tag at night unearthed
a mystery in the family of Clifford D.
Mallory, at Greenwich, Conn. The rat
knocked from a cellar rafter /a pawn
ticket with the name of Gertrude Ope-
derbecke thereon and Mrs. Mallory
found it on the floor. The girl, a sertr-
ant in the family, was questioned and
confessed to taking about $5,000 worth
of diamonds and jewelry.
COLQUITT VOTERS GIVE
Wants His Name
On Wife's Grave
AAANY FINE EXHIBITS
AT
Artist Begins Work on
Gen. Kell's Portrait
For Georgia Capitol
MAYVSILLE, Mo., Nov.
for $10,000 brought by Joseph D. Pick
ett against the children of his wife,
Mrs. Ollie S. Picket, on account of the
omission .of his name from the tomb
stone marking his wife’s grave, has been
decided against him in the circuit court;
but it has been appealed to the su
preme court. The children placed the
body of their mother and that of her
husband side by side and the inscrip
tion referred to the woman as the wife
of E. L. Pierce, the first husband.
SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 3.—The por
trait of General John McIntosh Kell
which Miss Emma Wilkins has been
commissioned by the Georgia legisla
ture to paint, is now outlined on the
canvas at Miss Wilkins’ studio. The
portrait is to hang on the walls of the
capitol at Atlanta.
Miss Wilkins began the actual work
on the picture two weeks ago, after
she had collected photographs from all
over the state of Georgia of the famous
« a antt general. Most of these were given by
* members of the Kell family near Grif
fin. From among these Miss Wilkins
selected one which shows the general
standing in his Confederate uniform
with his sword by his side. It is upon
this photograph that the main features
of the portrait are being taken. The
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CLARKESVILLE, Ga., Nov. 3.—The
Habersham county fair opens here on
the 4th and will continue through the
6th of November. G. P. Jones is gen
eral manager. Prof. Fay, of the Ninth
District Agricultural school, has charge
of the agricultural exhibts, and Miss
Anna Sutton has charge of the ladies’
department.
Much interest has been manifested
and quite a large crowd is expected.
Hour on River Bottom
Pleasant, Boy Says
1 PIKEVILLJV Ky., Nov. 3.--After lying
at the bottom of the Big Sai^dy river for
an hour, Gerald . Lockfiart, twelve, was
fished out. He was apparently dead, but
friends insisted on an effort being made
to resuscitate Hint After‘an hour the
boy was revived.
. George told physicians and other* who
J had resuscitated him that they hod in
terrupted the most pleasant time he had
ever experienced. He. claimed he
was in the niidst of a grand musical
concert, that circuses and every imag
inable form df amusement peopled his
|happy dream at the bottom of the river,
and wanted to know why he could not
j be left alone to enjoy them.
George fell from the stem of a small
boat as he was crossing the river. lie
could swim, but he said cramps over
took him /in the cold water.
Cow Eats Vest; Suit
In Court Six Years
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 3.—Because a
cow ate a vest July 2, 1907, six years
of litigation and hundreds of dollars in
court costs followed.
The vest contained a lease on gas land
in Licking county and provided that the
Bennington Oil and Gas company lease
246 acres of land from Park Dccrow.
The vest was hung on a rail fence by
. _ . . , . , Justice Shipley, who drew the instru-
canvas is more than six feet high and ment _ whlle the mag i 3trate drank frora
Car Deserts Train;
Unnoticed by Qrew
TEMPLE, Tex., Nov. 8.-—Conductor C
H. Breazle, of the Santa Fe railroad,
reports an extraordinary accident to his
train. While the train was running be
tween Cleburne and Clifton, an oil tank
car in the center suddenly became loose
and jumped the track, cutting air con
nection and automatically setting the
brakes.
The car fell into the ditch, while the
one behind moved on and was coupled
to the one in front without loss of any
time.
The tank car was not missed until the
train was being checked up a great
distance beyond the point where the
accident happened.
the portrait
size.
is being done in heroic
Ring Found After 19 Years
NEW ORLEANS, La., Nov. 3.—Nine-
teen years ago Mrs. L. A. A. Gaal, shook
her wedding ring off her finger while
cleaning tea leaves out of a tea pot on
the rear porch of her home. The little
band of gold, which her husband had
placed on her finger five years before,
fell into the grass and search by a dozen
neighbors and Mr. and Mrs. Gaal failed
to reveal a trace of it. The other day
itw as found by a daughter, Miss Viola,
who was but three weeks old wh&n the
ring disappeared in the weeds. She was
digging artichokes when she turned up.
the ring with a spadeful of dirt.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLQUITT, Ga., Nov. 3.—Judge W.
A. Covington, candidate for congress
from the Second district, spoke to a large
audience here Thursday.
At times the applause given him by
the audience was to that extent that the
judge was compelled to wait for many
minutes to conclude.
It is generally conceded he will carry
this county by a big majority.
Six Months in Jail
For Taking a Kiss
WASHINGTON D. C., ,Nov. 3.—Six
months in jail for kissing another man’s
wife was what Edward Broadax got in
police court. He is an agent for a bene
fit insurance company and went to the
home of Mrs. Grace Edwards to adjust
a sick benefit claim. While there he
kissed Mrs. Edwards against her will.
He was convicted by a jury of assault,
and the court imposed the lightest pen
alty under the law, which is six months
in the workhouse.
The court denied him the alternative
of paying a fine.
BULLYING TAGTIGS ARE
CHARGED TO JEROME
BEAR MAKES TOWN A VISIT
AND IS CAPTURED WITH LASSO
Killed by Mercury
After Eight Days
WALLACE, Idaho, Nov. 3.—A bear,
jnore hungry than wise, strolled into
Wallace at night and for an hour or
two there was excitement until the ani-
jnal was lassoed and made a prisoner.
Bruin was first noticed crossing the
railroad tracks opposite the baseball
park. Becoming frightened at the head
light of an engine he crossed the river,
crawled over the retaining wall, passed
through the library park and walked
through the Kelly flats, finally enter
ing the woodshed of John Mahoney,
;where he devoured a box of plums.
By this time word had been circu- j
lated that Bruin was in town and
searching parties were organized. For
more than an hour there was no sight
of the animal although the town was
scoured by the searching parties.
Finally the bear was sighted in the
rear of a blacksmith shop. He was las
soed and after some persuasion with a
pick handle was led to the rear of a
lodging house, where he was given quar
ters for the night.
During the excitement several per
sons unknowingly walked into the furry
quadruped and then there was the usual
scurry to give him plenty of room.
Hitched Horse to a Box Car
Samuel Garkins, a farmer, drove to
Lawrenceburg, Ind., in a buggy and tied
his horse to a Big Four box car on a
side track. When he returned he found
a switch engine had coupled to the box
car and that his horse and buggy had
been carried along the track for half NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—Isaac Levy, the
a mile. The animal was running at full wealthy Brooklyn manufacturer, who
speed trying to keep pace with the took bichloride of mercury eight days
train when it stumbled on a crosstie ago by mistake for headache powders, is
and fell, broke loose from the car and dead.
rolled down a flften-foot embankment. The fight made by Levy against death
The horse was only slightly injured, but was more remarkable than that of B.
(By Associated Press.)
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 3.—The final
brief for Harry K. Thaw, In connection ^
wlfli his efforts to resist extradition which “even''pulled““the“derby“ ha“t
from !New Hampshire to New York, was
filed with Governor Felker today.
The brief states that the requisition
is not in accordance with rules of prac
tice. that the laws of New York were
violated in obtaining the indictment and
that the requisition is not made in good
faith.
The activity of William Travei%
Jerome in obtaining the indictment and
his language at the hearings before
Governor Felker, are attacked. The
brief says:
“The language used is bullying and
threatening and could be used for no
other purpose than the silly thought to
intimidate your excellency. This un
usual and uncalled for extravagant lan
guage indicates a personal, private lan-!
pose and is not consistent with the sim
pie, dignified dischareg of public duty.'*
a spring; the cow grabbed the waist
coat while Shipley's back was turned.
A substitute lease did not satisfy
either party and the case went into
court.
The supreme court has just sent it
back for a new trial.
Cat Captures Large Hawk
John Walker, a farmer near Plain-
field, Conn., was bothered for months
by hawks, which have swooped down
and robbed him of poultry. Compli
cated traps and ponderous scarecrows
had no effect upon the bold hawks.
off
one particularly ferocious dumy. How
ever, the cloud of gloom that has en
veloped the Walker hen yard was lifted
^hen McKinley, the family cat, captured
a hawk measuring four feet six' inches.
While Mr. Walker and his family were
at breakfast they heard a commotion in
the hen yard. Members of the family
hurried out and saw the cat volplanin?
to earth on the back of the hawk. The
bird had attempted to fly, but found
McKinley to heavy a passenger. A
shotgun ended the hawk’s career.
XE
SUPPORT OF GILLETTE
B7 RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. C/, Nov. 3.—Some
time ago Senator Hoke Smith intro
duced a bill to restore the army,
with higher rank, Major C. E. Gillette,
retired, who had to do with uncovering
the Green and Gaynor frauds at Savan
nah. Last night Major Gillette ad
dressed a meeting at the Belasco the
ater, and severely criticised the Wilson
administration for its Mexican policy.
This morning Senator Smith withdrew
his bill from the senate, and Major Gil
lette is not likely to be restored to the
army.
Senator Smith introduced the bill, or
iginally, at the request of Major Gil
lette, but when the senator read the
morning papers of Gillette’s unfair
criticism of the president, he lost inter
est, and the bill was withdrawn.
the buggy was wrecked
Cats Land Fish on Line
Ernest Ballard, of Tarrytown Heights,
N. Y., was surprised a few mornings
ago to see his two cats coming up the
road, one with a fish in its mouth and
the other carrying a line. Ballard sur
mised that a fisherman in the lake had
forgotten to draw in his lines at night
and the cats found one and in a play
ful mood pulled it in with the fish hook
ed on.
Sanders Walker, the Macon, G^., banker,
last May. For at leas# three days Levy
kept himself alive by the sheer exercise
of will power.
MONTANA MAN NAMED
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S AIDE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.—-President
Wilson today nominated William Wal
lace, Jr., of Helena, Mont., to be as
sistant attorney general
Aged “Newsgirl” Has Fortune
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 3.—“Grand
ma Jones,” an aged “newsgirl,” who for
twenty years has sold newspapers on
Los Angeles streets and was generally
believed to be on the verge of indigence,
has just paid taxes on Los Angeles
county property valued at $50,000. When
her tax bills were paid she limped out
of the county hall of records and re
sumed her regular business selling a
paper to Tax Collector Welch.
ORANG OUTANG WHO HAD
LEARNED TO TALK, DIES
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 31.—Bor
neo, the orang-outang Dr. William H.
Furness had educated to a high degree
of intelligence, is dead. Bettina. Bor
neo’s companion, also Is dead.
Dr. Furness learned of his loss upon
his return from a summer’s vacation in
Europe. The money loss is estimated
at $50,000, and the scientific loss is im
mense. Captivity, voracious appetites
and the absence of their master caused
the animal’s death.
Borneo probably did more to trace
the marked similarity of the human and
monkey brain than any other experi
ment. She was the one animal who
thought, reasoned, understood and even
spoke a few words.
Borneo and Bettina were purchased
on the Island of Borneo' by Dr. Furness
ini 908. The animals were tamed, madt*
family pets and then the tedious taak
of teaching began.