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BRITISH PRESS COMMENTS ON FRISCO SESSION LONDON, June 29.—Newspapers and British officials here manifest considerable interest in the Demo cratic national convention at San Francisco. Chances of the various aspirants for the nomination were analyzed, but there were few expres sions of preference. The Daily News said: “We on this tide of the water would be accused of prejudice were we to express a preference among the aspirants for the Democratic nomination for presi dent. Therefore, It is unnecessary for us to say more regarding the claims made for American Ambas sador John W. Davis than that he has shown good judgment and the power of inspiring respect for both himself and the great nation he rep resents. This will insure him a high place even in the notable list of dis tinguished men who during the last 12 n- 1 years have fi Hed his office.” ? ame new spaper declared hos- American labor would defeat A. Mitchell Palmer. “The Democrats have little hope of winning on a Wil son platform, but they can probably make a stiff fight if they are able to draft a platform which will conciliate labor end the Irish in the United States.” U .S. Joins Hunt for Baby NORRISTOWN, Pa.—The federal government has taken a hand in the hunt for the kidnapers of thirteen month-old Blakeley Coughlin. Recovery of the baby or arrest of the kidnapers or “The Crank” who obtained $12,000 ransom by represent ing he had the child, is sought by the chief postal inspector here. Cards describing the baby were mailed recently with his picture to all postoffices in the United States to be posted for information of the pub lic. DontHaPv Snap this bargain up now—while it lasts. No money —just flu out and mail coupon and we send these newest style Oxfords tomb's. IH-Ove that I oorard-Morton A jgsfeSju. not satisfied in errry WIT. 1 Ton most see these ehoea io realire how splendid they are. 11-4 la. wMkizw heel. 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Lawson, descendant of a chief of the once mighty Delaware nation, and Mrs. Richard L. Fite, one of whose ancestors was Sequoyal, inventor of the Cherokee alphabet. of many southern people, rich'and poor alike, after thousands had been carried away by Pellagra. Pellagra can be cured. If you doubt, this book will convince you. And it will show you the way to a personal cure. If you are a Pellagra sufferer, or if you know of a Pella gra sufferer, then for humanity’s sake, let this book bring new courage and valuable knowledge. It will be sent Free for the asking. HEADQUARTERS FOR M’ADOO MEN OPENED AT FRISCO SAN FRANCISCO. June 29.—Such headquarters as William G. McAdoo will have at the convention were opened here today. They consist of three rooms rented by personal friends of Mr. McAdoo, and are to be used solely for conferences. No one is in charge of the rooms nor is a publicity campaign from them being planned. Conferences nightly perhaps will be held by McAdoo’s supporters during the remainder of the convention. Tentative arrangements for the McAdoo committee that is to work in the convention have been practi cally completed. Under the leader ship of Samuel B. Amidon, of Wi chita. Kan., a steering committee consisteing of half a dozen first lieu tenants and one man or woman from each state has been perfected. Prac tically all of the members of the committee are delegates, and will work on the convention floor. Np claims are being advanced by the McAdoo supporters as to the number of votes on the first or sub sequent ballots. Reports made by men of different state delegations, however, claim anywhere from 250 to 350. These figures represent the minimum and maximum reports. The number of “second-choice” votes in sight are said to number more than 300. Mr. McAdoo’s friends say he may run third in the balloting on early votes. They expect Palmer to lead because he has a tremendous "com plimentary” vote that would be cast for him on the first ballot. Cox may run second, they said, and after that the break will be towards McAdoo. The Tammany delegation is having a hard time deciding what to do re garding McAdoo. It will cast its early votes for Governor Smith, but will not make a hard fight for him because he is being groomed for Tammany’s candidate for mayor of New York at the next election. Indiana delegates say they will stick by Vice rPesident Marshall as long as he is in the field, but if he should withdraw, McAdoo’s friends say they will get a number of Hoosier votes. State That Testimony Against Jenkins Was Forced by Torture MEXICO CITY, June 29—Several Indans, exclaimed with regard to their previous testimony in the case, of William O. Jenkins, of Shelby ville, Tenn., former American consu lar agent at Puebla, testified today that they were suspended in the air, struck and threatened with death by shooting until they agreed to testify against Jenkins, according to a Puebla dispatch to El Universal this evening. Jenkins was kidnaped bv the bandit Federico Cordova last fail and later was charged with com plicity in his own capture. The eestimony is being heard be fore the third criminal coist of Peubla. Igliaclo Musquez, former secretary of the second criminal court, declared court papers were stolen to damage the case against Jenkins and the judge was deposed when he was about to free the American. The bandit Cordova was cross-examined for four hours to day but his testimony was not dis closed. Interviewed in Mexico City to night on his arrival from Peubla, Cordova said * he had kidnaped Jenkins, but that the latter was not an accomplice. The agents of the Carranza government, Cordova as serted, had made attempts to induce him to testify the \ kidnapin was the result of a scheme between him self and Jenkins, but he had declined to make such a statement. Any dec larations purporting to come from him accusing Jenkins of being impli cated in his capture, Cordova assert ed, were pure fabrications. Bride Says Killing Was Purely Accidental TALLAHASSEE, Fla. That she held the pistol in her hand and that it was accidentally discharged was the story of Mrs. Margaret Larmon, sixteen-year-old Bowling Green bride, on trial with her husband for murder of Ralph H. Rushing, taxicab driver. The girl’s testimony corroborated that of her husband, Bernice Lar mon. According to their story they married against wishes of their par ents and left Kentucky under an as sumed name. At Tallahassee they ar ranged with Rushing to take them to Thomasville, Ga., in his car. They left an unpaid hotel bill, but intend ed to send the money back after they met a friend in Thomasville. Larmon told his bride not to fear about being overtaken and drew his revolver, their testimony ran. She passed it to Rushing, who examined it. When he passed it back a lurch of the car caused it to be discharged and to kill Rushing instantly. The trial will be concluded later. Train Bandit Is Shot by Passenger SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 29.—Po lice today are searching along the Southern tracks near Davis, a few miles from here, for the train robber who held up pasengers on the Atlantic Express late last night. The bandit fell from the train when Al Rodell, of Cleveland, Ohio, fired three shots into his breast. About S2OO in cash and a quantity of jewelry had been taken by the ban dit from the passenger in the last two cars on the train. He climbed aboard from the observation platform and compelled a brakeman to accom pany him and arouse the passengers in their berths. As he attempted to enter a third coach he discovered Conductor Mul downey locking the door and fired twice without hitting him. Rodell followed the bandit back to the for ward platform of the observation car and shot him three times. Allies Will Withhold News of Boulogne Meet LONDON, June 28.—N0 further statements relative to the inter allied conference held at Boulogne will be made until after the allied- German meeting at Spa, Premier Lloyd George declared in the house of commons tonight. Car Goes Over 20-Foot Bank; Three Women Hurt COLUMBUS, Ga., June 29.—Mrs. J. C. Pearson, Miss Victoria Meyer and a young lady friend of the lat ter, had a very narrow escape from death in an automobile accident when their Ford car ran down a twenty foot embankment into Lindsay’s creek as the party was returning from Warm Springs to Columbus, the driver, Miss Meyer, having been blinded by a light on a car meeting her at the crossing. The car, used by the local Red Cross, hit the side of the bridge, and was turned over in the ravine, carrying the three ladies with it. Just how they escaped with their lives is considered a miracle. The car was smashed to pieces. Mrs. Pearson was badly bruised up, being hurt in the back and limbs. Miss Meyer had both arms lacerated by the windshield and she may lose one of her hands as a result. The other young lady was cut about the hands but not seriously. The three ladies were hurried to the citv where medical attention was had. Miss Meyer is a Red Cross nurse and the car was the property of the local Red Cross organization. Chickens Are Petrified NEW YORK.—A mixture of ce ment and water is poor breakfast food for chickens, according to Nicho las Doscher, of Whitestone Queens. Three prominent citizens of his barnyard devoured this substitute for shredded wheat, promptly turned to concrete and died in as petrified con dition as any early Egyptian mum my. They didn’t even lay a single hard boiled egg byway of exchange. ATLANTIC CITY SOJOURNERS hve been greatly interested in a fully equipped motor car which unexpectedly leaves the beach and takes to the water. This amphibious auto is capable of making sixty miles an hour on land and when the driver wishes he can speed up to twenty knots an hour in the water. A clutch throws the power off the wheel and starts a propeller at the rear of the car. The machine has doors on each side, like any other automobile, but when used as a boat it is absolutely watertight. I I r .... ■ 1 ft' ' SUsA <4 |., * ■■ : L i ■’ ’ ' 1" ; r r. - J Cobb, Discussing Booms, Says Senator Owens Will Get Full Cherokee Fote BY IRVING S. COBB SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 29. In Sunday’s dispatches, in enumerat ing the various booms and boomitas (Spanish for little booms) which had blossomed forth upon the eve of the opening session, I unintentionally did several prominent gentlemen an in justice by omitting mention of their booms. This oversight I hasten to correct. For instance, no account of the proceedings to date would be com plete without word for the Carter Glass b«pm. This is one of the youngest booms we have. It is so young that it is practically unborn, but we have a promise that it will show growth later should develop ments ti.nd toward a dark colt, new ly foaled. Mr. Glass, standing up, looks a good deal like Homer Cummings, sit ting down; he - comes from Lynch burg, Va. This little city is likewise the birthplace of Senator Robert Owen, of Oklahoma, who, up until Saturday, was being prominently mentioned by himself and several friends for the presidency, with ev ery prospect, I find, of carrying the full strength of the Cherokee tribe of Indians, one of whom he is par tially. That was before Mr. Bryan took a mean r.dvantage of Mr. Owen, who had never done him any harm in his whole life, by coming right out and saying he rather favored Owens. Idke a Black Bean An Indorsement by Mr. Bryan at this convention is in the nature of a black bean, and, as a result of this mean trick on the part of the boy orator of the platitudes, Lynchburg now has only one native son in the running, the same being Mr. Glass, as an argument in his favor, it is being pointed out that if sent to the White House he can save the country considerable money when touring the country by traveling on a half fare ticket. Indeed, there is much to be said for Mr. Glass, in fact, much has al ready been said for Mr. Glass- He said it himself, however, he is con- handicapped by the fact that he hangs about the hotel lobby conferring with delegates, other guests mistake him for a bell hop and if he goes out in the street and stands on the corner, people try to buy papers from him. I understand he is thinking seriously of wearing a Boy Scout’s uniform to avoid these errors on the part of the populace. Then, there is the Marshall boom, which is being quietly promoted in certain quarters by some of the In diana Democrats. Any time an In diana Democrat can’t run for an of fice himself, he boosts some other Indiana Democrat for it. Indiana is known as a pivotal state because its resident Democrats spend so much time spinning around and around looking for patronage. In behalf of Mr. Marshall, the claim is being adverted that, having served eight years as vice president, he should be better acquainted with the duties and responsibility of the presidency than any other man, ex cluding Mr. McAdoo, who is only re lated to the job by marriage. But I never yet heard that Jawn McGraw figured a man would make a good baseball player merely because he Ragged He Was, but President of U. S. He Would Be, in His Speech NEW YORK. —An equestrian statue of George Washington, heroi cally proportioned and of imperish able bronze, stands in the plaza at the Brooklyn end of the Williams burg bridge. Walking in the plaza as dawn touched the skies Policeman Frank Crane glanced casually at the statue and then stood fascinated. For astride the bronze charger which carried the effigy of him who was first in war and peace a ragged citi zen sat. His arms were clasped se curely about the waist of the Father of His Country; the arms of Mor pheus, in turn, held the ragged citi zen fast. But before the policeman now the concrete (or granite) problem: “How did the dashing horseman behind General Washington achieve his posi tion up fifteen feet of polished stone pedestal?” Ultimately, by throwing showers of pebbles at the man, he awoke him and ordered him to descend. The man showed a disposition to argue, but argument may never hope to pre serve its equilibrium on a statue in Wild Man Stirs Community and Sets Them Wondering Whence He Came RED OAK, la. —There’s a naked wild man in the woods in the north ern end of Montgomery county. Ful ly 1,000 people, headed by Sheriff Ed Peterson, spent one entire day searching the bottoms along the Nishnahmotna river for the fellow. They did not find him, but discovered several scooped-out places in the river bank where he is believed to have slept. Sheriff Peterson plans to have out 5,000 men to search the entire county. For a month reports of a wild man, entirely nude, roaming over the northern end of the county with Seeley’s mill as a center, have been coming into Red Oak. He was seen by a dozen different people. He was reported as about thirty years old, with a long, matted beard and hair and. with muscles like an orang outang. Two weeks ago, when pur sued, he took to the trees like a monkey and by swinging from branch to branch made his escape. Swims River Dog-fashion On another occasion, when neigh borhood pursuit became too warm and he was cornered near the Nish nabotna, the fellow plunged from a high bank into deep water and, dog fashion, went across the river with almost incredible speed. The all-day hunt was made b; ‘been living for eight years next door to the Polo Grounds.’ For a Mess of Fenrose Os the Hoover boom, perhaps the less said the better. That also is the way the convention feels about it. In politics, circumstances certain ly do alter cases with amusing ra pidity. If Herb hadn’t sold his po litical birthright for a mess of Pen rose, he today would have the bright est prospect of any man for being nominated here in San Francisco by the Democrats, with excellent chances, in the opinion of many wise acres, for beating Harding to a souffle in November. As it is. about the only place where he still is run ning strongly is Belgium. Finally, I feel that this supple mental summary of booms would not be completed did it fail to include a paragraph dedicated to the Bain bridge Colby boom. I have decided, therefore, to give it, a paragraph. This boom is not. Monday’s session gave the crowd an opportunity to admire the Bruce Kremer style of delivery and the ap pointments of the convention hall: Mr. Kremer concurring heartily in the first named. Otherwise nothing of vital importance marked the first hours of the first morning of the convention. Many of the old-time notables were missing from the scene. Death, this past four years, has claimed some and the slings and arrows of party disfavor fatally have perforated the political polls of divers other of the ancient war horses, as Lardner, the ever original, has nicknamed them. Ollie James, beloved of Ken tucky, has been claimed by eternity, as has Rogers Sullivan, of Illinois. Keadllners a.tb Absent Martin Glynn, of New York, de liberately stayed away; Joe Bailey likewise is among the absentees and until this year, Joe Bailey has been a conspicuous figure in Democracy’s council, his real prominence as a leader dating back to that ever me morial hour up on the floor of the United States senate, when he made a violent attack on Albert Jermiah Beveridge’s most vital organs, to-wit, his vocal chords. But this year Texas would have none of her erstwhile favorite son. Dave Francis is on the spot, full life-size, but his fellow statesman of Missouri, Jim Reed, has been given the bounce twice by the con stituents at home and once by the national committee. At last the same conviction has been impressed upon him which was Impressed once upon a New York gentleman called Cohen, a member of the old knickerbocker family Os that name, who, having been thrice flung violently out of a window of a hall where a Tammany assembly club was holding a dance, sat upon the sidewalk and remark ed: ‘T know now what the matter with those loafers. They don’t want me in there.” Now, Jim Reed can take a hint, too. And that is about all he xYlll take here —except the air. The trou ble with Jim is that he is not ortho dox on the League of Nations and next only to J. Ham Lewis’ new toupee, the league is the most sacred thing there is at this convention. It is all the more sacred because in the private opinion of a good many gents who are cheering loudly for it in public, it’s so dead. (Copyright, 1920. Bell Syndicate, Inc.) a park. He was in the middle of a glowing metaphor when balance left him and he began to go. As he to bogganed down the horse and then the pedestal the arms of Crane in closed him and set him on the grass. “And now.” said Crane, “and be quick about it —what were you doing up there?” “Exactly,” said the man, a little diffidently, “what everybody was do ing in Chicago the other day. You should have been here at midnight and heard me nominate myself in a speech which was at once a prose poem and a masterpiece of reason ing. Literally, instead of figura tively, I stood on a platform which Washington was not too proud to occupy. But oratory, unfortunately, has its limitations and its draw backs. It was while I was cheer ing myself for fifty-seven minutes that sleep overcome me and I knew no more.” Along after breakfast time, and in the Bridge Plaza court, the man said his name was Edward Lynch, and that so far as he knew he had no home. men from all over the county. Au tomobile parties from Stanton, El liott, Red Oak, Griswold, Coburg, Villisca and the surrounding towns were on the scene. Farmers from practically every township in the county took part in the hunt. More than 250 automobiles were parked in the district. ' Two weeks ago, while in her gar ! den, Mrs. Geist, living near here, saw a strange man creeping along the fringe of the woods. Chattered Dike a Monkey 1 “He came toward me, but he did 1 not utter a sound,” said Mrs. Geist. 1 “He spied a small box and stopped and sat down on it. Then he got uu 1 and ran into the woods, where he ; climbed a tree and chattered and ’ laughed like a monkey.” Mrs. Geist ran to the house and telephoned neighbors, who assembled ’ for protection. A few days later Mr. Geist saw the wild man. “He stuck out his . tongue and twisted his face like an , ape,” said Mr. Geist. “When I walk ed toward him he took to the trees i and disappeared into the forest.” On another occasion, when Mr. i Geisf and several others cornered the fellow in a bend in the river, the »y wild man escaped by diving head- WILL ALLOCATE MORE SHIPS TO SOUTHEAST PORTS (The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 623 Riggs Building.) BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON. June 29. —Admiral William S. Benson, chairman of the United States shipping board, Tues day made the promise that the board will protect the increasing tonnage of the south Atlantic ports and will allocate additional vessels as needed for tl£e commerce of such ports. Chairman Benson’s assurance is contained in a letter written to Sen ator Harris, of Georgia, who re quested that several wooden vessels be assigned to the south Atlantic ports to handle lumber shipments to Cuba. Simultaneously, the board is ar ranging to begin the operation July 1 of a new shipping district 'with headquarters at Savannah, through which district will be cleared the business of the southeastern states with the shipping board. B. A. Har nett, the district director, will as sume charge of the district head quarters by July 1. In his letter • regarding lumber shipments. Chairman Benson says: “Am pleased to inform you that our traffic department recently as signed to managing agents in the south Atlantic district a number of these wooden vessels which will be employed in the carrying of general cargo to Cuba.” “These vessels will without doubt make Brunswick and Savannah their leading ports if cargo is offered. “Finally, I should like to assure you that we shall at all times give our thoughtful consideration to the requests of the South Atlantic ports for the assignment of tonnage to pro tect their/increasing volume of busi ness.” ( Creation of a new shipping district in the southeastern states and ap pointment of Mr Harnett as its di rector at the Savannah headquarters will be of great advantage to the en tire tier of southeastern states. For merly these south Atlantic states have been in the Norfolk district. Senators, representatives and busi ness men from North Carolina, South Carolina .Georgia and Florida appeal ed to the board for a separate snip ping district, .asserting that Norfolk was almost a\ northern port and was far removed from the south Atlantic ports which are now developing. The shipping board says that Mr. Harnett is well qualified to act as di rector of the new district. He was for seven years with the Pacific Mail Steamship company, three years' with the l San Francisco Portland Steam ship company, and thirteen years, with the Oriental Steamship company During the war he served in the quartermaster branch of the army. Envies Waiter Who Can Lose $2,000 at Poker “If a waiter and a window clean er can sit in a game of poker and each lose $2,000, I want to be either right away,” declared Deputy Assis tant District Attorney Driscoll in Jefferson Market court, New York, recently in opposing the discharge of the waiter, Harry Weiss, of No. 102 Suffolk street, who was charged with maintaining a gambling house at No. 11 West 21st street. Detectives Kiernan and Ritzmann of Inspector Boland’s staff testified that they saw Weiss and a score of window cleaners playing cards Wed nesday night with a considerable amount of money before them. Weiss’ attorney, Alexander Lang, admitted some “thousands of dol , lars passed in the game,” but stoutlv maintained the amount involved did not supply the "necessary element” to constitute a violation of state statutes. Weiss was discharged, as were several other players charged with disorderly 'conduct. Burned Shirts to Attract Men On Shore to Save Them Three men adrift in a stalled motor boat were rescued and towed to safe ty in Chicago by Detective Sergeant John Stark of the police and George • Moore, a real estate man. The men burned their shirts, saturated in oil, to attract attention and Stark and Moore rowed out in a leaky rowboat to the rescue. The burning shirts were seen by hundreds of persons along the north shore of Lake Michigan and some of them notified John Donovan, engnieer of the waterworks at the North Shore avenue branch. Donavan telephoned the police station and Stark started to the rescue. On the way he met Moore in an automobile. They found a leaky rowboat, which they com mandeered. Stark rowed and Moore bailed, then Moore rowed and Stark bailed. Amid the cheers of the as semblage on shore they towed the disabled craft to shore. The boatman told their rescuers they had been a mile and a half off shore when they ran out of fuel. The wind was off shore, and they were driven further out. When it grew dark they became frightened and stripped themselves of their shirts, soaked them in oil, and burned them. Then, shivering, they waited for help. Woman 77 Sees Tram For First Time in Life MADISON, Ind.—Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, 77 years old, of near Ben nington, had never seen a railroad train until recently, when she was brought to Madison for the purpose by her son, M. V. Turner. While she lived near the Ohio river all of her life, Mrs. Turner has never ridden on a steamboat, and says she is perfectly content to fore go that experience during the re mainder of her life. She crossed the Ohio river once when she was a small girl, but she says that is the only time she has even been on the water. Aged Woman Drowned TOLEDO, O.—An attempt to res cue a pet chicken from a tank of water caused the death near here of Mrs. Emma Barbara Wilson, eighty nine years old. In reaching for the chicken Mrs. Wilson lost her balance and fell headlong into the tank. long from a high bank into the stream. There is no intention on the part of hi's pursuers to injure the wild man, unless for self-protection, but the concensus of public opinion is that the strange creature must be captured at all hazards. THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1020. HARDING PLANS REPLY TO SPEECH OF CUMMINGS WASHINGTON, June 29.—Warren G. Harding intends to reply to the keynote speech of Homer Cummings to the Democratic convention in his speech next month. Senator Harding read the Demo cratic broadside carefully today, but he declined to make any comment for the present. | The Republican presidential nom- i inee was back on the job today fresh and sunburned from his brief vaca tion in New Jersey. He was eager to plunge into the stack of accumu lated mail, and several important conferences are on his engagement pad. It will be a steady grind for Senator Harding until he leaves for Marion, probably Saturday. Mrs. Harding also appeared to have enjoyed the brief rest, although her only comment returning was on the good it did the senator. Waiting for his train at the New Jersey village ’last night. Senator Harding improved his time by min gling with laborers on their way home from work in the mills. His •identity was unknown to the little knots of workingmen waiting at the station. Mr. Harding walked over to one grimy laborer sitting on a station bench and extended his hand. “How are you today?” Senator Harding began, without the formali ty of introducing himself. “I just wanted to find out how you are get ting along?” The man told Senator Harding he worked in a tar roofing factory near by and got $.5-50 a day. “And you know that man got off on a particular hobby of mine,” Senator Harding said, relating the incident on the train later. “He is buying a home on payments instead of paying rent. That always appealed to hie. And he is saving money, too.” Conductors and porters on a pass ing train recognized the senator and Mrs. Harding standing on the plat form and waved to them. . On the train Mr. Harding fell into conversation with the steward of the dining car and several of the porters. He did not seek to get their views on political questions, but was trying to find out how much they earned and whether it was enough to raise their families on, it was explained later. Mrs. Harding, Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota, and Jimmy Sloan, secret service man, composed the party. Blames Army Life for Wave of Robberies, Says London Times Burglary insurance companies in Great Britain are being hard hit. The whole of burglary underwriting in respect of commercial premises, pri vate dwelling houses and personal property is in a difficult position, as the number of robberies of all kinds is the greatest ever and the amount of the claims unprecedented. The war has largely increased the number of criminals, according to an official of a leading London insur ance company. "If you wanted a stove or a saucepan at the front, he said, “you rarely went through the long process of asking for it, but purloined it from those who had it. The normal deterrent of dishonesty was absent; it was considered ‘the thing’ to do. Many of these people who have learned to ‘win’ things—as the soldier described it—easily at the front, have returned with a pervert ed sense of mine and thine and an objection to working. They do not go in for ordinary burglary, but for flat breaking, which is a specialized and popular form of burglary. They confine themselves to appropriating articles like silk dresses and men’s suits—which now have a consider able value, owing to high prices— furs, jewelry of all kinds, and silver. “The lack of domestic servants has had a most injurious effect on the position of the insurance companies, as the flat breaker always waits un til the occupants are absent. “The robbery of luggage is a very serious problem, and it is hard not to think that the passengers them selves, and also the railway authori ties, might exercise more care and supervision. The more people have to lose, the more careless they are with it. They will leave their lug gage on the platform, and go away for lunch, and they are culpably neg ligent with cases containing jewelry and valuables in trunks, but keeping them in a handbag.”—London Times. Catching Fish Out of Barn Is Good Sport ELLSBERRY, Mo.—Catching fish in a barn is a rather unusual snort, but R. S. Melone and Walter Mayes enjoyed that sort of a pastime on an island in the Mississippi river near here, and came back with a good catch of fish. They had occasion during the high water to go to Melone’s farm on the island in a launch to sook after some of the buildings. When they reached there they found the water had gone over the island and the buildings were standing in sev eral feet of water. When they reach ed the door of the barn they found fish playing around, in the snallow water. They closed the door and the first catch that Melone made was a 20- pound “buffalo.” They kept on fish ing until they had landed all the fish they wanted, it being no trouble to trap and catch the finny tribe in the small inclosure. The fish swam in through the door while the water was up. Other Ellsberry folks were told of the unusual occurrence and several more took trips to the island in a launch and came back with good sized catches. Man and Wife Found Mysteriously Shot Wm. 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