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4 * VOLUME XIII. ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1913. NO. 12. E SHOULD LET HUERTA confident of victory .8. 'Georgia Senator Thinks Mexi- ! Hope for Aid of Progressives in s Regaining Control of State Assembly ■«£J 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? T 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.