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VOLUME XVIII.
BERLIN ADMITS FRENCH GAINED GROUND
CRANE TRIAL TURNED
INTO SWEEPING PROBE
OF .■MJMY
Hearsay Evidence and Other
Testimony Admitted Without
Slightest Objection by
Either Side
The trial of B S. Crane tn the mu
nicipal court Thursday morning on a
warrant charging the murder of John
Wurm, resolved itself soon after the
hearing began into a sweeping investiga
tion of the mystery, with all evidence
admitted that has the slightest bearing
on the case.
It was evident that attorneys for both
■ sides considered Crane only in a minor
role and were agreed to use his trial as
a means to probe every angle of the
murder, bring out every possible point
and put all the testimony on the court
records.
As wtiness after witness was examin
ed. there was no objection voiced by either
side, hearsay evidence was allowed and
opinions were freely expressed on vari
ous theories.
Questions were asked following out
the theory that Wurm committed sui
cide. the theory that he was done to
death by more than one man. and the
theorv that he was killed for revenge
or for robbery. The attorneys laid
great stress on the various roads lead
ing to the river, both from the Fulton
and Cobb county sides and above and
below the place where the body was
found.
NEW EVEIDENCE FOUND.
Much new evidence was brought to
light, including the statement of the
physician who performed the autopsy
that Wurm s hands were not very tight
lv tied; and the testimony of another
witness that it was the custom of the
night timekeeper on Saturday and Sun
day nights to check the men's time early
in the evening and then leave and go
home if he wanted to.
At 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon court
recessed for an hour after about a dozen
witnesses had testified. The hearing
was resumed at 2 o'clock
Prof, and Mrs. A. J. Wurm, the mother
and father of the dead boy. were present
at the trial. They were seated at a table
near the judge s stand. Mrs. Wurm was
dressed in black and wore a heavy black (
■veil. I
The court room was jammed with
spectators. About fifteen women were
among thepi. including Crane's wife, who
eat in the rear. Many unable to obtain
seats stood against the wall in the rear
and along the sides and in the doorway.
About sixty witnesses were waiting
outside in the corridors when Solicitor
General Eb T. Williams, who is con
ducting the prosecution. assisted by
Marcus P. McWhorter, called the first
'witness.
He was G. S. Burdette, the East Point
butcher who found Wurm's body Sun
day morning between 10 and 11 o'clock
while he was rowing down the river
in a skiff. His testimony was to that
effect.
TESTIMONY CORROBORATTD
Burdette's testimony was corroborated
by Sam Proctor and Erskine Humphrey,
the two men who were with him in the
boat.
Dr. J M. Crawford was the next wit
ness. He is the physician who in Jan
aarv. 1015. operated on John Wurm
for mastoiditis, an operation which lef:
a scar behind Wurm's left ear by whici.
the body was.identified.
Attorneys for both sides questioned i
Dr. Crawford regarding this operation,
whether mastoiditis will affect the brain
and what its result on Wurm had been
Dr. Crawford replied Oiat the disease, ’f
allowed to run on. will sometimes cause
Insanity; but he said the operation wao
successful on John Wurm anJ he was to
tally recovered from it.
Dr. Crawford testified that a 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon, the day after the
body was found, he visited Patterson's
■mdertaking parlors at the request jf
the family to establish identification and
make a minute examination of the bo>lv
This examination showed, he said, that
the skull was not bruised and there was
no evidence of a fracture; that there
were no bullet holes on any part of the
body; and that there were no bruise-:
which in his opinion were sufficient to
cause death. He could not tell, he said,
whether ’.he bruises on the body were
inflicted before or after death. It was
his opinion that ultimate death was by
drowning.
CAUSE OF ABRASIONS.
He described how the boy’s hands
were tied, one strand of wirg around one
hand, a second strand of wire around
the other hand, and only one strand
of wire around both hands. The abra
sions on the wrist he did not think were
made by the process of tying the hands.
They were not deep enough, he said, and
were probably caused by the boy’s strug
gles to free himself.
Asked if he thought Wurm could have
tied his own handk he replied that he
did not think so. 'One man could have
tied the hands if/there had been no re
sistance offered, he said, but he did not
believe one man alone could have done
the job if John had struggled against
him.
He was asked to give his opinion of
the way in which Wurm met his death.
He said he thought Wurm was struck
on the head by a blunt instrument which
left no mark, and was pitched in the
river alive.
Dr. Crawford was followed by Sidney
Glenn, division superintendent of the
Georgia Railway and Power company.
Glenn told of going to the river when
the body was found, helping to tow It
down to Bolton and directing its dis
posal. He was a neighbor of John Wurm,
he said, knew him and was able to iden
tify him by his clothes.
The wire was introduced as evidence
here, two short strands and one long
strand, about three feet in length, which
had been doubled by twisting. The
timebook, an eraser, two pencils and a
pocketknife, all found in Wurm's pockets
were also introduced
FATHER ON STAND.
Prof. A. J. Wurm, father of the dead
boy. was the next witness.
He said he identified the body by the
shoes, tftiich were old and worn. John
Tiad been talking about getting a new
pair, he stated.
Prof. Wurm said he first missed his
son from home on Monday morning after
the disappearance. He called up the
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 2.)
CASEMENT CALM AS
HE PAYS PENALTY ON
GALLOWSASJRAITOR
Great Throng at Prison Gates
Jeers and .Groans as Death
Sentence for High Treason
Is Executed
' By Associated Press )
LONDON. August 3.—Roger Case
ment. former British knight and consul,
was hanged at 9 o’clock this morning
in Pentonvllie jail for nigh treason. He
was convicted of conspiring to cause an
armed revolt in Ireland and with having
sought German aid to that end.
Two hours before the execution a
crowd of men. women and children gath
ered before the prison gates. Twenty
minutes before Casement mounted the
scaffold the great prison bell commenced
to toll. The sound was greeted with
cheers from the crowd, mingled with
some groans. At 9 o'clock the crowd
had swollen to such proportions that it
extended for two blocks from the prison
front. At one minute after 9 o'clock a
single stroke of the big bell announced
that the trap had been sprung. It was
the signal for a mocking, jeering yell
from the crowd which suddenly died
away into dead silence.
Casement met his death with calm
courage, according to eyewitnesses.
Early In the morning two priests of the
Roman Catholic church administered the
last rites in the cell of the condemned
man and shortly afterward a little pro
cession headed by the clergymen with
Casement following, a warden on either
side, proceeded to the execution shed, I
only five yards away. The priests recit-!
ed the litany of the dying. Casement re
sponding in low tones:
"Lord have mercy on my soul."
According to one of those present.
Casement’s last words were; "I die for
my country.
BARBER IS EXECUTIONER.
As the party reached the shed where
, the gallows was erected the special exe
cutioner, a nair dresser named Ellis,
approached Casement and quickly pin
ioned him. The two chaplains, the un
dertaker of London and the under
sheriff of Middlesex then took up their
positions in front of the scaffold. Case
ment mounted the gallows steps firmly
and commended his spirit to God as he
* stepped on the trap. A moment later the
lever was pulled.
Imr ediately after the trap was sprung
the prison engineer and physician de
scended into the pit where, after the ap
i plication of the usual tests. Casement
was pronounced dead at nine minutes
after 9. According to the ebstom in the
case of prisoners hanged for crimes sim
ilar to that of Casement his body will
be buried in quick lime in the prison
yard, but probably no decision as to
the burial will be made until after the
inquest.
An affecting incident took place out
side the prison wall as the execution was
in progress. At the back of the prison a
little distance from the jeering crowd
about the gates, was a group of about
thirty Irish men and women. When the
dull clang of the prison bell announced
that the doomed man had paid the tast
penalty this little group fell on their
knees and with bowed heads remained
for some moments silently praying for
the repose of the soul of their dead lel-l
i low-countryman.
Immediately after the execution three
notices were posted on the prison door.
The first, signed by the under-sheriff of j
I London, the governor of the prison, and ’
Father Jame McCarrell, Casement’s!
confessor, read: "Judgment of death was I
I this day executed on Roger Casement in i
his majesty's prison of Pentonville in
our presence,” A similar notice was
' signed by the under-sheriff of Middlesex
county. The third bore the name of P.
R. Mander, the prison surgeon, who cer
tified that he had examined the body
. and found Casement dead.
Ellis, the executioner, arrived in the
i prison early last evening and immediate
' Ij made his preparations. He examined
the trap door in the execution shed and
tested it thoroughly with a bag exact
ly the same weight as Casement. Ellis
i remained in the prison all night.
CASEMENT UNCONCERNED.
Casement showed not the slightest
concern over his fate. He ate well and
1 chatted freely and cheerily with two
■ warders in his condemned cell. After a
! hearty late supper he divested himself
’ for the last time of his convict clothes
’ and'went to bed. He was notified that
he would be allowed to wear his own
civilian clothes for the execution,
’ though would not be permitted to wear
8 a collar.
1 All the members of Casement’s family
I were Protestants and he was brought up
■ in that faith, but became a convert to
8 Roman Catholicism within the last few
* weeks. On June 29 he was registered a
II member of the Roman Catholic church
* and since that time Fathers McCarrell
j and Carey, of Edin Grove church, near
> the prison, have been ministering to
- him. He received his first and only >
8 communion at 7 o’clock this morning
' < when he assisted at iQass in his cell.,
1 One of his attendants said that his over-.
8 powering love for God and Ireland was!
1 most striking. According to his attend-1
ant the last words of the condemned j
* man, apart from his prayeft, were: "I |
- die for my country.' - FaUier McCarrell
1 said that he found Casement to be a
» beautiful character and that he never
B instructed any one in his religion who
showed himself a quicker or more prom
•' ising learner.
s All hopes of an eleventh-hour reprieve
' ! were dashed to earth yesterday with the
* statement of Lord Robert Cecil, parlia
mentary under-secretary of foreign af
fairs. that no government doing its duty
'.could interfere with the sentence. Sup-
* I plementing this were the dramatic dis
' closures by laird Newton in the house
5 , of lords that the Germans recently shot
' two Irislx prisoners who refused to join
1 Casements Irish legion.
E I The morning papers mostly deal in the
1 briefest and most matter of fact way
with the execution of Casement. The only
editorial reference is in the Daily News,
j which says:
i | “We cannot but reaffirm our convic
j tion that the government exhibited grave
ei unwisdom in exacting the death penalty,
i evil results could have followed a
r, commutation of the sentence. The hang
ing gives the disaffected section of Ire
« land another martyr, embitft*rs feeling
r throughout the island, alienates a large
e and important body of American opinion
(Continued on Page 6, Col. 2.)
MAYOR OF SAVANNAH
BITTERLY ARRAIGNED;
RECALL HILL WO
Senator Lawrence Declares
“Pierpont Is Dishonored Be
cause He Is Dishonorable”—
Scathing Charges Made
By a vote of 22 to 17 the senate Thurs
day laid on the table the bill to place a
recall in the Savannah city charter, ap
plicable to the mayor and certain other
officials. The motion to lay on the
table was made by Senator Lawrence, of
the First district, author of the bill.
The effect of laying the bill on the
table is to keep life in it, as a motion
can- be made at any time later to take
it from the table. On the other hand,
opponents of the bill can keep it on the
table if they are in the majority.
The action of the senate was taken
at the close of a most acrimonious de
bate which occupied all of Tuesday's
session. All the charges and counter
charges that have previously been hurl
ed by opposing sides in the Savannah
controversy were hurled again by op
posing speakers for and against the
bill.
Senator Lawrence asserted thht Mayor
W. J. Pierpont, of Savannah "is dishon
ored because he is dishonorable."
Senator Moon, opposing the bill,
charged that the proposed recall is a
scheme of the liquor Interests of Sa
vannah to oust Mayor Pierpont because
he closed the saloons in that city on
May 1.
Senator Way made the charge that
the controlling vote in Savannah can
be purchased.
Replying to this charge, Senator Pick
ett, of the Forty-First, declared that "if
you •ay the vote of Savannah ggn be
purchased, you. lie!"
The bill when tabled carried an
amendment by Senator Pickett, of the
Eleventh, providing that in all recall
petitions the charges set fourth shoulu
be sworn to bj - five freeholders.
DEBATE OPENS.
The two hour debate began in earnest
at 10:45 o’clock Thursday morning when
Senator Lawrence, of the First district
began to speak for the recall forces.
Few interruptions were offered as the
senator spoke.
"1 have supported all members of the
senate,” the senator said, "in local meas
ures and have accorded each one of them
the privilege-us tepresqnting their own
people.
"There were local bills introduced into
the senate by senators from the Fourth,
Thirteenth and Second that I do not be
lieve could have got by without my as
sistance. My bill is to let the people
of Savannah pass on a man who was not
elected to office. The bill is purely local
and affects only my district.
"There has been an effort to inject the
prohibition question Into my oill," the
senator declaimed. “The charge has
been made that my bill is to "open” Sa
vannah. No baser slander was ever ut
tered."
"This man Pierpont never made any
effort-to enforce the probition law until
last February after Tom Felder sen:
Flythe to a make a bargain and trade
with him."
"Our opponents are seeking to deny
tlie privileges of self-government to Sa
vannah which is one of the best and
fairest constituencies in the United
States. Eighty per cent of the people
of Savannah are opposed to Pierpont.”
"PIERPONT DISHONORABLE.”
Here the senator stopped short, and
queried: "What kind of a man would
want to hold office under these condi
tions? Pierpont is dishonored because
he is dishonorable. When he was elect
ed mayor of Savannah he could not
give all of his time to the office, and
he agreed to receive but $",600 of his
salary, which was $6,000, and he agreed
to give the remaining $2,100 to the
widow of the man he succeeded. He's
kept that $2,400 in his own pocket.’
At this juncture Senator Lawrence
showed the senate a photograph of in
outing party.
"Here,” he said, "is a picture of this
man with a crowd of barkeepers and two
barrels of beer. The picture speaks for
itself.
"In my desk I have affidavits that be
was in the Winter beer garden drinki ig
beer in November, ana that at a dinner
dance at the Oglethorpe club he bought
wine and had it served at his table.
"Senators, you see that they haven’t
got in here today because it takes oo
leng for his few friends to explain why
his face looks like a blood pudding.”
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TREUTLEN COUNTY BILL '
MILS TO GET BY HOUSE
Bill Creating New County Had
'Passed Senate, but Died
in House
The bUI creating the new county of
Treuetlen. with Soperton as the county
seat, failed to pass the house by four
teen votes Thursday morning.
The bill is a constitutional amend- ,
n ent and therefore requires a two-;
thirds vote, which is 126. The vote 1
was 112 for and 54 against. The bill
had already passed the senate.
Other senate bills were being consid
ered by the house Thursday.
The house passed the senate bill mak
ing the attorney general supervisor of
county records and the senate bill mak-i
ing Alexander Stephens, institute it
Crawfordville a branch of the state uni
versity.
Congress Appropriations
Pass $1,500,000,000
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.—Appropria
tions of t'ne present congress passed
the $1,500,00.000 mark today and set a
new record. The bill fcr support of the
District of Columbia carried the appro
priations over the previous mark.
Several other bills still remain, and
leaders expect appropriations of another .
bundled millions before adjournment.
The district bill as it passed the senate I
. carried the usual provision by which ;
> the federal government pays naif of
■ the expense of the Washington city gov- '
irnment. The house had struck it oui ■
U-BOAT BELIEVED
TO HAVE DIVED TO
CLEAN GET-AWAY
No Hostile Vessel Was in
Sight as Waves Closed Over
German Merchantman Out
side the Capes
(By Associated Press.)
NORFOLK. Va., Aug. 3. —Somewhere
cut in the Atlantic today the German
merchant’ submarine Deutschland and
cllied war-ships were believed to be
playing hide and seek as the undersea
boat sped homeward after passing out
the Virginia capes last night.
The Deutschland submerged a mile off
the coast shortly before 9 o’clock, and
so far as known here, was unobserved
by the allied warship patrol guarding
the capes against her escape
One of the last acts of Captain Koenig
and his crew, according to Captain
Hinsch, of the* tug Timmins, which act
ed as her convoy from Baltimore to
the capes, was to stand on the deck of
the submersible and give three rousing
cheers for America and the American
people.
The final dash was virtually without
incident. Eighteen miles up the Chesa
peake bay, at the crossing of the Old
Foint and Cane Henry channelc. the .üb
mersi'ole began to gather speed and soon
was hurrying toward the Atlantic. With
only a slight delay after reaching the
capes, she dashed into the sea and sub-
merged. Only one warship, a United
States torpedo destroyer, was sighted
by the submersible in her entire trip
from Baltimore. Captain Hinsch de
' dared.
NO UNTOWARD INCIDENT.
No untoward incident marked the
departure of the giant submersible. She
wAs ic-'ompanted only by her tug and. a
newspaper dispatch boat when she be
gan an eighteen-mile dash from lower
Chesapeake bay to the capes.
After proceeding slowly most of the
way down, she increased her power at
6:30 o’clock and reached the capes just
after dusk. None of the allied cruisers
was visible as she passed through.
Whether she submerged before reach
ing the three-mile limit is unknown.
The two accompanying boats only know
that she disappeared unharmed and that
to all appearances she had a clear field
ahead to a point where she could sub
merge in safety.
Within half an hour after the last
light of the Deutschland had disappear
ed. her tug. the Thomas F. Timmins,
hove into sight seemingly satisfied with
her work ard headed up Chesapeake bay
in the direction of Baltimore, from
which pl ice the Deutschland sailed yes
terday. twenty-three days after her sen
sational arrival from Bremen.
The Bremen, sister ship of the
Deutschland, reported <?ue here with the
Deutschland’s departure, thus lar has
not appeared.
HIDES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. -
The Deutschland started for the capes
after arriving early yesterday at a
cove up Chesapeake bay.
For several hours prior to the
Deutschland's final dash for the capes
she was hidden near Tangier Island,
fifty miles abovA- £ape Henry. The
steamer Somerset and the government
luoy tender Ivy reported during the aft-
(Continued on Page 3, Col. 4.)
JOE POTTLE RENEWS
CHALLENGE TO DORSET
\
Asks Opponent to Meet Him
in Joint Debate Here
August 10
Joseph E. Pottle, candidate for gov
enor, has written another letter to Hugh
M. Dorsey, also candidate for governor,
renewing his challenge for a joint de
bate.
Mr. Pottle’s letter is in reply to Mr.
Dorsey’s answer to the original chal
lenge. He construes Mr. Dorsey’s an
swer as declining the challenge, renews
the invitation for a debate and says he
notes with pleasure that Mr. Dorsey Is
able to arrange his speaking dates to
make such a discussion possible.
Mr. Pottle's letter follows:
Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey,
Atlanta, Ga,
My Dear Sir:
Your letter of July 31, in reply
to my letter addressed to you on
July 29. has been handed me upon
my return to my headquarters
I note that you decline to accept
my invitation to discuss the Issues
of the campaign for governor In the
twelve congressional districts of the
state, on the ground that, as stated
by you, I have not extended a simi
lar Invitation to the other two can
didates for governor.
In reply, I beg to suggest that
you have evidently misconstrued my
' invitation. I did not invite you to
arrange a joint discussion with Gov
enor Harris, Dr. Hardman and our
selves. I have made specific charges
against you, which I claim disquali
fy you from holding the office of
governor. I now repeat these
charges, and ask you to answer, un
conditionally, whether you will dis- •
cuss them with me before the people
letter of July 29.
f l note, with pleasure, that you will
/ be able to rearrange your speaking
/ dates to conform to any dates that
( may be agreed upon, for a joint dls
» cussion. and in this connection, I
I beg to inform you that it is my
\ purp6s4 to address the voters of
county In Atlanta, on or
about August 10, and I trust that
it wiTiDie agreeable with you to
meet me at that time. Other times
and places can be agreed U£on by
our repreyentatives. / •
I will . appreciate an early re
ply. '" /
Very truly yours,
JOSEPH E. POTTLE.
Mexican Members for
Joint Board are Named
(By Associated Press.)
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 3. —It was of
ficially announced at the Mexican for
eign office today that Lius Cabrera,
Ygnacio Bonillas and Alberto Pan! have
been selected as the commissioners to
negotiate with the United States com
missioners regarding the* questions at
issue between Mexico and the United
, States. The commission wHI be headed
by Senor Cabrera and Juan»B. Rogo will
act as secretary.
NUMBER 87
LINE PENETRATED ON'
MDNACU FARM NEAR
THE SOMME SECTION
Trench Section Captured
There and One Regained by
French North of Fortress of
Verdun
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—The opera
tions along the Somme on the western
front are momentarily transcended In
interest by the situation at Verdun.
Yesterday the French, taking the of
fensive, made an attack along a three
mile front east of the Meuse, capturing
several German trenches and organized
points of support. Paris today reports
this ground held against a series of
German counter attacks delivered last
night.
Progress by the French in the Fleury
sector, northeast of the fortress, also
is announced, with the capture of 1,190
Germans in the fighting on the east bank
of the river since Augus 1.
In the Somme region the Germans
have made renewed attempts to regain
the positions they were forced to give
up to the French in the Monacu farm
sector, near the river, Tuesday night.
These failed, Parft declares, and the
new French positions between Monacu
farm and Hem wood were organized by
their captors. Similarly a German at
tackk south of the Somme, near Estrees,
was futile.
London reports continuation by the
British of the work of consolidating the
ground recently gained north of the
Somme. 1
The third raid on England this week
by Zeppelin airships occurred this morn
ing over the eastern and southeastern
counties. One of the aircraft apparently
was hit, being reported flying over the
water, seemingly damaged.
The official German report today con
cedes the gains of ground claimed by the
French in the recent fighting In the
Monacu sector of the Somme front. The
reetpture by the French of a trench sec
tor which they had lost in the Laufee
wood, northeast of Verdun, Is admitted
also.
Comparative quiet apparently prevails
along the battle line In the east. The
official statements record sharp fighting.
In some sectors but no important shfffs’ *
In position.
In Asia Minor the Russians report
an advance in the Karput region, seven
ty-flve miles south of Erzingan, where
the Turks have been driven from a post-,
tion on the north bank of the Euphrates.'
Berlin Admits French
Gained More Ground
(By Aaaociated Preu.)
BERLIN, Aug. 3.—(Via London.)—
French troops have penetrated the Ger
man lines on Monacu farm in the region
of the River Somme, and have taken a
trench section to the north of that posi
tion, says the official statement given
out today by the German army head
quarters.
In the region north of the fortress of
Verdun, thb announcement adds, the
French have recaptured a trench sec
tion which they had lost in the Laufee
wood. ,
The official statement says:
“Western front: North of the Somme,
a strong preparatory fire by the enemy
between the Ancre brook and the Somme
led us to expect a great decisive attack.
Owing to our curtain of fire it developed
only into temporary but heavy fighting
in isolated sections.
"On both sides of the Albert-Bapaume
high road and east of Trones wood,
strong British attacks broke down. ~
“Between Maurepas and the Somme,
French assaults were seven times re
peated. We remained master of the po
sitions after stubborn fighting. The
enemy succeeded only in penetrating into
Monacu farm and a trench section north
of it.
"South of the Somme French ad
vanced were repulsed near Barleux and
Estrees”
Cotton Sets New High
Record Thursday in Spot
And Contract Markets
Cotton established new high records
Thursday both In the contract and spot
markets, the jresent price being $5 a
bale over that at the close of l%st week.
Spot cotton in Atlanta advanced one
fourth of a cent a pound, and is now
selling at 13 13-16 cents a pound, or
over 13 3-4. New York spots were up
40 points to 13.85 and New Orleans at
one time 30 to 34 points above Wed
nesday’s close, but at the close were up
22 to 28 points. Wednesday's advance
was over 30 points.
With spot cotton at nearly fourteen
cents, fifteen-cent cotton is regarded as
not improbable.
The recent government report which
showed an unexpected low condition,
was followed by a heavy advance in
Liverpool; and when the condition re
port was followed by an unfavorable
■weather report, the advance was car
ried still higher.
The protracted rains and floods ip
the southeast during all of July dam
aged the crop, and to this is directly
attributable the present high prices.
Weather conditions in the western half
of the belt have also been unfavorable
of late
Widow of Chamberlain
Bride of London Rector
LONDON, Aug. 3. —Mrs. Joseph Cham
berlain, widow of the late British states
man, and the Rev. William Hartley Car
negie, rector of St. Margaret’s and Can
on, of Westminster, were married at
Westminster abbey at 8 o’clock this
morning. The ceremony was very simple
and quiet.
Mrs. Chamberlain before her first mar
riage was Miss Mary Endicott, of Mas
sachusetts, daughter of the late Wil- _
liam C. .Endicott, secretary of war in
President Cleveland's cabinet.
