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The Macon Daily Telegraph
SECOND SECTION
EIGHT PAGES.
ESTABLISHED IN 182&
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TIONS—M PAGES,
MACON, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1908
DAILY, J7.00 A YEAR.
CODE DUELLO TO SETTLE QUARREL
BETWEEN DARING OMAHA BEAUTY
AND WIFE OF STANDARD OIL MAN
from force of habit. Both hands w<
in plain sight, clasped on the counter.
Suddenly the dotectlv* started as she
saw a bolt of fine silk rreep from the
counter and disappear under the long
coat worn by the girl. It was uncanny,
for tho goods seemed to move of Its ■
volition, as both hands still lay carelessly
.. the counter.
“Can It bo that she has three t
muttered the watcher, as she followed
They Would Meet on Field of
Honor to Fight to the
Very Death.
COVETED PRIZE LONG THE
SOURCE OF BITTER WAR
Nothing Since the Rustin Murder Has
So Exercised Nebraska's Capital as
the Sensational Announcement of
Pretty Beulah Solomon That She
Would Fight a Duel With Mrs. Fin
ley A. Colton, for the Title of Wife
to the Latter’s Husband—The Man
in the Case Is Veiling to Take the
Woman Who Wins—Mrs. Colton, as
Plucky as Her Antagonist, Willing
to Fight—Pistols the Weapon Chosen
—"Charmino Beulah” Is In Jail,
Charged Stealing Finery to Alienate
the Recreant Colton.
mediaeval lady at a tournament, the
disposition of his fate.
The women have agreed that as soon
as Miss Solomon Is at liberty they will
secretly ’aroatoritararf'' - ——*-*—
the wilds of ......
them only seconds and a surgeon, if they
. the Missouri river, into
Iowa opposite, taking with
jonda and ji surgeon. If they
persuade one to .accompany them.
ah precautions will be observed to elude
police and constables. Miss Solomon has
already purchased a revolver, which la
now In the hands of the police. Mrs.
Colton promises to have a pistol when
ever It is needed.
Theft of 811k Gown.
Miss Solomon's arrest several days ago.
following the theft of a silk gown from
a department store, and the reveVtlons
which followed, exercised Omaha as
nothing has done since the famous Bus-
tin murder. It was learned from the
confession of the girl, still In her teens,
that she had organised five girls
her leadership Into a daring and
tematlc band of shoplifters. .
One of her confederates was her
sister, a girl still .younger than herself.
The capture of the band fell like an ex
plosive In Omaha, whore Miss Colton had
been esteemed a charming young woman
of the wealthier class, s
Systematic Shoplifting,
Durlnr the year before their apprehen
sion, the girls pilfered from the- stores
several thousands bf dollars' worth of
silks, furs and costly habiliments. ~
Solomon was thunderstruck when, t
storage hou^e where the-thieves conceal
ed their booty, there was found a trunk
full of expensive surgical instruments
stolen from his own store.
Silver toilet articles.-gloves, lace, hose
and other articles -continued to disappear
mysteriously. The police..were complete
ly baffled, because they were seeking a
* rted prpfesslonsl thieves, for
t has the reputation of being
_ j. No suspicion fell on the
vivacious Miss Solomon, aa her father'i
circumstances placed her above the ne
cessity of theft.
OMAHA. Nov. 21—The duello, Aban. Natty Dre„er.
doned by men a century ago, will bo ' Th,! bola y° un * lca,1 ' r ot the bana b °-
resurrected by two women of pro,,.!- Ba " '» «» »«!* b ‘ °* (aahlon.
. _ . . . , , ., . and soon had score of suitors at her feet
nent families In Omaha to decide which Th „ on „ wlm heart
Colton, who. though a married plan, was,
has the better claim to tho heart of
Finley A. Colton, a Standard Oil man
One of the combatants is to be hii
young wife, Mrs. Mamie Colton, a so
clety belle. Her antagonist Is Miis
Beulah Solomon, the handsome sev-
cnteen-year-old daughter of Dr. Joha
J. Solomon, a prosperous Omaha phy
sician and druggist. The girl has Just
confessed to a year's operations as a
shoplifter, wearing a wooden arm to
mask the thefts of her hand. In .order
to acquiro fashlonablo raiment with
which to enamour Colton, her father
having •-fused to provide the costly
dresses she desired.
Mrs. Colton, as the injured per
son, dispatched another woman as her
second to challenge her rival to mor
tal combat. Miss Solomon promptly
accepted, and, using her privilege,
according to duelling etiquette, of
nominating weapons, sho chose pistols.
In case either woman Is slain/com
petition for the boon -of Colton's pref
erence will, of course, end. 'But Mrs
Colton has agreed that if she Is wound,
ed she will resign her husband to Miss
Solomon by aiding him In getting a di
vorce. The-girl, In turn, has promised,
In case of Injury to herself, to stifle
her yearnings for tho oil man’s affec
tions.
Girl is in Work House.
A present obstacle to an Immediate
meeting la tho fact that the girl Is
still confined In the house of deten
tion. awaiting trial In the Juvenile
court on the charge of stealing. She
is using every effort, aided by Mr-;.
Colton, to obtain bond so that the
unfemlnlne battle may not bo pro
crastinated.
Colton, the prize of the duel, has In
the meantime fled to Columbus, Ohio, „ Wl
where, far from the violence of the-l tive stood
at the time he first,
considerable freedom during a visit
wife to EvansVllle. Ind. It was i
of love at first sight on both sides.
While Colton was wooing the not i
_ was'wooing 1
luctant beauty.* friends of his wife wrote
to her urging an Immediate return. She
took the first train-and discovered signs
of friendliness between her husband and
Miss Solomon.
Because of their social position, Mrs.
Colton endeavored to — - *■“
quietly attempting to
of his infatuation.
hands. She visited the Solomon
home, In a well-to-do part of Omaha, and
sought out her rival. Passionate recrim
inations were exchanged, and when Miss
Solomon, with triumphant sneers, produc
ed affectionate letters .written her by
Colton, his wife lost rommsnd of herself,
and II physical duel followed.
Mrs. Colton augurs success In the com
bat to come from tho victory which at*
tended her flrst conflict with her rival.
It Is said that after a furious battle,
Mrs. Colton had to bo dragged from the
prostrate form of her antagonist
A few days later Miss Solomon tucked
a revolver in. her waist, and when ar
rested said Colton had given it- to her to
fight a duel with his wife. When the po
llen sought tho mah In tho case they
found he hnd taken flight to Ohio, leav
ing his business to shift for Itseir, and,
Incidentally, for John D. Rockefeller.
Before the details fo.’ tho duel had
beon completed, ylt was suddenly interfer
ed with by the dramatic arrest of Miss
Solomon.
Ths department and notion stores had
_» parti ,
doubled their force of private detectives.
The keenest lookout waa being maintain
ed for the mysterious thieves.
How the Trick Was Worked.
Ons morning Miss Solomon entered a
atore where she was woll known and
began chatting pleasantly with a clerk,
who. aware of the position of her father,
Attended tho young and blooming society
woman with deference. A female dctec-
* by. watching tho custom-
Miss Solomon Into a crowd and toward
the silk hose department.
Watching her chance, the detecUve
brushed as If accidentally against her
quarry. She pinched the right arm as
hard as sha could.
It did not yield under the pressure of
her fingers. The girl did not flinch,
floorwalker, given a signal, led her
a private ofTIce and a search of her cloth
ing was made.
The Artificial Arm.
She did have three arms. One of them
was a cork arm. The natural
nialned free and hidden under the volumi
nous cloak, ready to reach out and grasp
the plunder, while the other arm and the
Imltutlon one were at all times In plain
sight of a watcher.
The bolt of silk being found under her
clonk, the girl broke down and confessed.
"I had to have fine clothes,’* she walled,
"to please Mr. Colton."
This was the flrst time tl__ . .....
became known to the public. Proceeding
In her confession the girl Implicated five
others, whom, she said, she had organ
ized Into a band and trained as shop
lifters. They were all arrested the same
afternoon, and four were given jail sei
tencea at their trials a few days later.
Carried a Pistol.
In a pocket, within easy reach of the
right hand, Miss Solomon was found to
carrying a double-action 32-callber
revolver, all ready for action.
‘What are you doing with that pistol 7"
the police asked her.
"I am going to flght a duel with Mrs.
Colton.” she replied, firmly.
At the preliminary hearlnr Mrs. Colton
testified. "I’m burning to flght a due)
with that girl and shoot her dead,"
the Irate wife. "I hate her and Pi
afraid of her.”
and then we will marry,” retorted the
—Isoner.
•Only over my dead body,” shrieked
the wife.
"I began stealing so that I could look
nice In Mr. Colton’s eyes.” testified the
girl. *T was keen enough to see that —
less I adopted some device to mask
operations. I should soon be caught.
“So I bought a cork arm and hung It
In the sleeve of my rain coat. My other
arm hung down inside, ready to steal out
and seise whatever 1 took a fnnev to, and
afterwards to conceal It. How succr * *
the plan was is shown from the fact
it took the police a year to catch i.
"After the flrst few successes I foil In
lovo with so easy a way of getting fine
clothes. I don’t think my father noticed
that I dressed any differently than usunL
but my ‘kid* sister did. I lmd to explain
to her how * ’* * *■“
betraying
lifter, too.
"Then I taught three others girls whom
I liked, and a married woman from Den
ver joined us. We used trunks to store
what we stole, and T, as the teacher and
leader, got a percentage of what the oth
**• girls took.”
In a storage warehouse the police found
iveral trunks filled with fine silks, lace
id furs, amounting In value to thou-
_ inda of dollars. The goods have been
restored to the firms which Identi
fied them. Because of the youth of the
or.ir.rrj on R | r ] f tn ey were not plaeedln
>r tried with the others, but have
committed to the Juvenile court.
Husband Willing for" Duel.
According to Mrs. Carlton, her. hus
band’s ardor for Miss Solomon was bgt
llttlo cooled by her arrest ns a shoplifter,
and he lias written his wife since hi*
ftUn
(strife, he is calmly waiting, like a|.er*s hands, not out of suspicion,
and be has written ms wiro since ms
flight that he "still loyea” tho erring girl.
He Is willing, however, to submit his
future to the arbitrament of a duel, ac
cording to his wife.
Miss Solomon Is a brunette, with black
hair and eyes, and Is mid to be "as pret
ty as a picture.” Her society friends
cannot yet believe that "charming Bue-
lah” can have been the center of felo
nious revelations she has made concern
ing herself.
She, however, seems little worried over
her plight In the eyes of her former
friends. She paces her prison hour by
hour, as angry as a young queen bee
which cannot escape from Its cell to take
the life of Its rival outride. She vows
that If £he can but win freedom long
cnougli face her opponent, after the
fashion oi the gallants of the eighteenth
century, one of them, at least, will not
but I leave the field alive.
raijr iwciihsbi ihbi-ijuu uiirnuuuim, iiiviuuuis uuiuia
’’Secret Service* Co.” "David Harum," "The ClanUman,"
etc., has this to euy of Nuwbro’g Iierplcldo:
"For years I was annoyed with dan
druff and itching of the scalp, all due
to -my twenty years of theatrical Ufa
with It* Incumbent "make-up” and wig
wearing. At times the Itching of the
scalp waa Intense. All remedies fail
ed me until l I tried Herplclde. and I
soon found that It waa giving wori-
derful results. The Itching and aiso
the dandruff entirely ceased and n|y
hair resumed its natural life and vigor.
There is no question in my mJnd
about the reality of the ^andruff germ,
and I unhesitatingly recommend Her
plclde to my friends in the profession.”
(Signed) ( CLINT O. FORD.
THEATRICAL FOLK
Use and Recommend
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not fit. Men sometimes think that when they get a winter overcoat
that envelopes them, they are properly fitted. Not always. The
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EQUAL OF
(MMHER
That Is, When It Comes To
a Question of Moral
., Living-.
FEW WOMEN CRIMINALS
Wife of (he Noted Italian Historian
Now In New York Telke Interest
ingly on Sociology and Economic#—
She Makes the Statement That Na
■tor# Doesn’t Require Morality ae Wo
Understand it From Man — Pa
ternity la Not Hie Role, ae Mater
nity it Woman’s—Man’s Ro?a In the
Scheme of Nature Is Supplementary.
NEW YORK. Nov. 21.—Do men love
more or less than women? Are they
more or less sensitive than women to
physical suffering? Are they euperlor.
equal or Inferior to woman mentally,
and will they ever be equal to woman
morally?
This, In brief, l» the catechism put
to Mme. Ferrero, wlfn of the noted
Italian historian now In Now York,
daughter of Ceaare Lombroao. the
world’s famous criminologist, and in
own country well known as a
writer on eoclology and economic*.
No Sympathy For New Woman,
"Why should woman seek to Imitate
*man?” she asked gravely. "Why pay
men that compliment?
mu not fn sympathy with tho
femlnlnlst (or new-wom*n) movement
at all. The frmlnlnltte are really tho
most abject of all women In their at
titude toward men, because they put
him up on a pedestal and try to be
like him.
Woman to not the equal of man;
Man I* not the equal of woman. Their
roles aro different and their faculties
are different.
"But them can be no question of
superiority between them. The finest
woman ran n*w#r be anything but a
second-rate man.. Why should she
seek to Imitate him at nil? I, for one,
would not flnttcr him to that extent.
"I nssura. you* I <lo not think my-
*elf Inferior to iny husband, my father
or my brother, but I recognlxo thut
my mentsj process** nro not tho same.
"I know men very wHI. I studied
for ten years at tho University of Tu
rin. and It whs very curious to ob
serve the different mental processes of
men and women, often equally bril
liant. Unquestionably women learn
faster than men. But men retain
what they learn more easily and more
exactly.
Woman Is 'More Versatile.
"Another curious thing Is that wo
men can study five or six different sub
jects with case at tho same time. To
men this Is extraordinarily difficult.
A woman student does not object to
passing live or six different examina
tions In totally different studies In one
day. To a man this Is very embar
rassing.
"Men unquestionably aro grenter
crlmlnuls than women.” continued
Mme. Ferrero. "Criminality among
women Is almost entirely limited to
women of the under world. Maternity
holds woman back from crime. Ma
ternity Is, of Course. woman’s great
rolo. It Is what has made her so
much better morally than man.”
"And will she always remain ao?
Will an equal moral standard for both
sexes never prevail?”
"Never," replied Mme. Ferrero.
smilingly. "If you expect to make
men-as moral as women. Of course,
to reduce women to the moral statute
of men would not be Impossible, but It
would be disastrous.
"Nature doesn’t require morality as
we understand It from man. Paternity
la not his role, as maternity la wo
man'*. His role In the scheme of na
ture la supplementary; woman Is tire
guardian of tho specie*—man Is mere
ly an Incident In Its preservation.
Today ho devote* himself to making
outside conditions the beat for the
mother and her family.
"Men lovo more intensely- than wo
men,” promptly answered Mme. Fer
Woman's love Is more constant. It to
a tranquil flame.
"One* a woman loves and has a
child, she has attained her aim. Rh*
looks no further. It la natural for
her to lore on* man. unnatural for her
to bo unfaithful. Often this happens,
.rtlcularly among worldly woman.
Jt It la generally from the force of
circumstances not In their own na
tures.
Lova Not End For Man.
"Lava la not an end tor a man a* It
to for a woman, but while man love*,
hi* emotion* have much more fore*
than woman’*—at least In Italy.”
"Do you believe women ur* lera aen-
altlve than man?” was asked.
"My father thinks so and has dona
ueh to prove It,” Mine. Ferrero said,
"but I don’t agree with him. Women
“COMING OUT” OF
MISS ROOSEVELT
Washington Socioty Awaits
Event With Ever Increasing
. Interest
WAflHINOTON, Nov. it—A 1
fledged debutante at tho white 'house*
backed by an alluring group of «lster
buds hailing from nil sections of the
great world; a half score of weddings,
a few engagements nbsoluto and a
few In the tentative stage; the elno
tlons, tho enlivening gossip pertain
ing to the personnel or tho next cabl
net; Miss Elkins and "her duke”; a
golf tournament; bridge, and tits ever
new excitement ae to clothe* are the
enthralling topics that nowaday* serve
to keep conversation about'Washing
ton tables at the boiling point.
A mid season activity Is apparent
on every hnnd, and the benighted In
dividual who Is accustomed to picture
Washington a* still In th* thrall* of
It* summer time siesta until Novem
ber would better obliterate the pro
duct of hi* bumble fancy by a few
Arm strokes with the "full brush”
of obvious facts.
Polity and circumstance go thand
In hand to make Washington tho so
cial center of the country, and the
provincial town of tho old day* la
no more. Klne, serenely nibbling grass
about the parkings in "the avenue,"
and poultry making music In the rear
gardens of city homes are plcturaaque
traditions, and Into the realm 'of tra
dition, also, must go fa* oft told tale
that "Washington to a six months
city.”
For at least a decade, ttie flag which
waves over the white house In token
that th* presidential family 1* "In
residence” has been run up b«for*
mid-September, and seldom has It
been hauled down prior to mid-June.
Following the lead of th* white house
family, diplomatic and official house-
faring— therefor* fhay .show It leas.
Tho moat timid woman -would be
ashamed to make th* fua* on her
deathbed that a man docs over a sim
ple toothache.
"This to a vary unimportant ques
tion, how*v*r. Why should we argue
about the mental or emotional differ-
cnees of men amt women? Nature In
tended them to be different.
.1 wrote a treatise, a study of f*
etfndlty In nature, which proves that,
a* far back In history of plant life aa
. w* can go, nature sought to produce
are more accustomed to pain, to auf- two distinctly different Individuals.”
holds find It oxpodiont, thoroforo, to
retain their Washington addresses
even though they break the tedium
of tho long season by a Jaunt to th*
nearest coast resorts, an auto car
tour through the historic and plo-
turquest community adjacent to the
city, or a prolonged stay at some or
tho fanioun resorts of fashion such
a* the Virginia hot spring*.
Enter the Debutantes.
Just now the debutant* clrol© oc
cupies the center of ( th# stage, and
right worthy of a prominent position
are the applicants tor social favor. On
December 28 pretty Miss Room veil,
demure, fair haired; and soft f eyed,
her grown-up honors resting easily
upon her wcli-polqod ah<nild*r*. will
mnkc her real bow. The presentation
will take the form bf a dunce in the
great oast room of the white nouss,
whore a little over two yearn ago
Miss Ethel, a slender maid In her
early teens, stepped out from the fam
ily circle and before th*. assembled
representatives of th world of poli
tics, fashion and diplomacy stood for
a fateful second, holding her Bister's
flowers while that high-spirited maid
plighted her troth to Nicholas Long-
W Last year almost everybody thought
Miss Ethel would yield to the hire’
of the gay season and drop her books
and plunge Into the vortex of de
butante festivity; but not *o. To b*
euro, she withdrew from her class at
■chool, but only to take up her studies
with a tutor. From time to time last
season she got a peep at things she
will fid* year be permitted to enjoy.
She attended tho opera, all concert
of any worth and mado frequont tripe
east, where she took part in school
girl fetes and dance*. Ixut spring she
served aa bridesmaid for her little
friend. Mis* Farr, of New Jcrney. and
thtg summer sho passed some time
under the genial eye of her paternal
auht, Mr*. William Sheffield Cowle*.
a woman who by reason of her long
residence abroad and her gift* as a
social leader Is a paat mistress of
the suave arts that go to make fbr
success In the polite world; so, tak
ing It altogether, th* president’*
youngest daughter has had an
abundant training for th* Important,
role she will essay th!» winter.
Opposite of Mre. Lengworth.
As for the personality of the white
house debutante she Is quite tha re
verse of her dashing sister, Mrs. tong-
worth. Her friends are all girls of
the moat d'Tnur* type. At the Catho-
drll sehont when* she recelvd her
education. Mis* Ethel was remarka
ble chiefly for her ability to keep
evon with her classes without any
special effort.
Hhe took a young girl’s Interest In
all things partalning to adbool life,
associating toereetf enthusiastically to
several « laas organisation* and enter
ing heartily Into aU the fete* nf tho
day. However, she w*a neither the
leader nor the last to enter Into any
project: In other word*, ene a a* a
"good mixer." popular with her mate*
and generally Jolly geod company