Newspaper Page Text
HARBISON DRAFTED BY YANKEES
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Prof it—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Result*
VOL. XI. NO. 37.
BDYGE SLAIN
FOR PLANS
TO ELOPE
AGAIN
Banker Sneed to Plead That
He Shot to Save Wife From
New Escapade.
AMARILLO. TEXAS. Sept. 16.—That
hF killed Al G. Boyce to prevent him
from taking his wife from him again
will be the defense of John Beal Sneed,
the rich Amarillo banker, in his trial
for the murder.
Sneed will claim that he and his wife
had become reconciled about two
months ago and had planned to re
move to Mississippi and start life
anew when he came upon evidence of a
plan of his wife and Boyce to elope
again. This plan, he will claim, he
• found in a letter from Boyce to his
wife telling that he had left Canada
and come to Amarillo and outlining a
plan for her to leave her husband and
flee with him a second time.
Young Boyce had been offered the
management of an immense cattle
ranch in Argentine Republic.
The Potter county grand jury in spe
cial session took up the killing today.
An indictment is expected during the
day and attorneys for Sneed are ex
pected tomorrow to institute habeas
rm pus proceedings to secure the release
of their client from jail.
A feature of the inquiry before the
grand jury was whether Sneed had an
accomplice in the killing. It has been
established that two men. one answer
ing the description of Sheed, rented a
cottage next door to the Methodist
church, tn front of which the tragedy
occurred. The second man has disap
peared Mrs. Sneed has also left her
home. \
No Armed Outbreak
Between Families.
Developments today Indicated that
the law would be allowed to take its
course and that there would be no
armed conflict between members and
friends of the Boyce and Sneed fami
lies *"
Although the Boyces and Sneeds
went about armed today, there was no
open outbreak. The Sneeds are wait
ing for the Boyces to make the next
move, according to the "code” in feud
warfare, and the Boyces are deterred
because of the critical illness of Mrs. A
B Boyce, superinduced by the shock of
the killing of her son.
Mrs. Boyce was one of the first to
reach her son Saturday. As he lay in
the street his mother rushed to him
and. kneeling beside him, took his head
'n her lap and wiped the blood from
his face.
How much more of this must I
stand?” she exclaimed.
Later she went to her home, where
she collapsed. It is feared she may not
survive*the shock.
Mill Boyce, brother of Al. was al
most in time to avenge the killing Sat
urday. it was learned today. With a
repeating shotgun in his hand, he rush -
“ to the scene, reaching there only a
minute after officers had taken Sneed
away.
Slew Eloper In
Front of Church.
’need, slayer of Captain A. S. Royce
1 d principal in the Boyce-Sneed feud.
Saturday shot and instantly killed
Royce, who eloped with Sneed's wife
January. The killing took place In
mt of the Methodist church here.
Sneed, disguised as a hunter, wearing
f'eralls and a false beard, lay in wait
Boyce behind a corner of the
i’urch. He carried his gun in a long
•ered box. He fired one charge at
1 ‘'•sc range.
R"yce died a few moments later and
' '*rs easily captured Sneed and com.
tted him to jail. Sneed for a week
rented a small shantv near the
' hurch.
Mrg. Boyce, mother of the victim, is
•'trated and may die.
’nlv a few weeks ago Mrs. Lena
'ed and her husband had become
■onciied and were supposed to be liv
-4 peaceably in Georgetown. Texas. It
not known that he was In the city.
• killing of Boyce Is the latest
'Sfic incident in a long list of trage
"hieh began last January when
Lena Sneed ran away with Boyce
a sanitarium in Fort Worth, where
ad hern placed by her husband for
' ’’'OUx troubles.
■■'til l d met the young man's father in
• Worth and killed him In a quarrel
‘ rr the elopement,
Harbison, Atlanta's
Crack Short Stop, Is
Drafted By Yankees
New York American Grab For
Star Cracker—Other Drafts
on Southern League.
CINCINNATI. OHIO, Sept. 16.
Douglas* Harbison, crack shortstop of
the Atlanta team. Southern league,
was drafted today by the New York
Amerlcans at the meeting of the na
tional commission today. The Yan
kees’ scout. Arthur Irwin, had received
favorable reports about the youngster’s
playing, and believes lie will develop
into a big league star.
Other drafts from the Southern
league follow:
From Birmingham. Yantz, by St.
Ixiuis Americans; Chattanooga, Bal
enti, by St. Louis Americans; Mont
gomery, Walker, by St. Louis Ameri
cans; Nashville. Welehonce, by New
York Americans; New Orleans, Wag
ner, by Brooklyn Nationals.
Derrick, a former University of
Georgia boy. was drafted from Balti
more by Detroit
Nogi, In Will, Tells
Why He Ended Life:
Left House to Wife
TOKIO, Sept. 16.—The will of Gen
eral Maresuko Nogi who, with his wife
committed suicide Friday so as to be
a servant to the dead mikado in the
next world, was published today.
The document suggests that the
body of the war hero be given to a
medical college, requesting that only
his teeth, hair and nails be placed in
a grave.
The instrument was drawn up on
the night of .September 12, just 24
hours before the warrior slashed his
throat, showing that his act had been
meditated at that time Nogi. in his
will, says that he follows the emperor
because his services are no longer re
quired in this world. He has often
sought to die. he said, and choose as
the occasion for the departure from
this world the moment that the body
of the dead ruler left the nation's cap
itol forever.
One strange feature of the document
is that it wills to Nogi's wife the
house in which they lived and much
of his personal property. This fact
is taken to mean that the determina
tion of the countess to end her life at
the same time as her husband was not
formulated beforehand.
CURTIS IS INDICTED
FOR SLAYING MAN
WHO SLURRED WIFE
w. H. Curtis, brother of Dr. A. Lee
Curtis, of Atlanta, who shot and killed
J. H. Helton, a stationer, in Jackson,
Miss., a week ago. pleading self-de
fense. is being held in jail following in
dictment by the Hinds county grand
jury.
The jury found a true bill against
Curtis on Saturday. He will be placed
on trial at the regular term of court in
December. According to Dr. Curtis, his
brother has not asked for bond on the
theory that the offense is not bailable
under Mississippi statutes.
The younger Curtis will adhere to his
plea of self-defense and maintain in
court that Helton had a pistol in his
hand when he entered the office of Dr.
Applewhite, where the shooting oc
curred.
TAFT ELECTORS OF
KANSAS LOSE AGAIN
IN INJUNCTION WAR
DENVER. COLO., Sept. 16.—8 y
unanimous decision the judges of the
United States circuit court of appeals,
sitting in Denver, today refused to
grant an injunction asked by the Taft
faction of the Republicans of Kansas
to prevent the secretary of state of
Kansas from placing the names of
Roosevelt elei tors on the official ballot
under the Republican "emblem.
Appeal will be taken by the Taft sac.
lion to the supreme court of the United
States. The court held that the case is
not one of which a court of equity may
take cognizance. Application for the
injunction was ordered dismissed, the
cost to be borne by those who brought
the action.
WOULDBARNAME
OF JACK JOHNSON
FROM DIXIE PAPERS
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.—A Nash
ville, Tenn., editor has started a move
ment to bar tlie name of Jack Johnson,
the pugilist, from Southern newspapers,
and today every editor in this city re
ceived a letter from Nashville bearing
such request
The Nashville editor declares that In
marrying the white woman who re
cently killed herself Johnson offered an
• ffront to every white woman In the
land.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1912
BROWN SUS
FARM HEAD
HOLOS JOB
Tilt JOIE
Governor Will Refuse to Issue
Commission Until After the
Legislature Meets.
Governor Joseph M. Brown author
ized the announcement today that he
would hold that Commissioner of Agri
culture Connor, holding office under
appointment to the unexpired term of
Commissioner Thomas G. Hudson, can
not be displaced before the legislature
meets next June, canvasses the gen
eral election returns and formally de
clares the person duly chosen by the
people to succeed to the office.
The governor bases his opinion upon
section 94 of the code, which prescribes
the manner in which the governor,
treasurer, comptroller general, attorney
general and commissioner of agricul
ture shall be elected, and which spe
cifically recites that the stipulations
laid down shall apply to all.
The legislature Is required to can
vass the returns in the governor’s case
and declare the result before the elec
tion is complete, and no person may
qualify for governor whose election has
not been so declared.
No Commission Before
Legislature Meets
The g.o.xe.iJbo.Y- ♦betv-fn’-e. will hold
that he. has no authority to commis
sion any one whose election has not
been accomplished in the manner laid
down; and 1t would be impossible that
any person other than Connor, under
that ruling, could qualify before next
June, save in the remote contingency of
a special session of the legislature be
ing called in the meantime.
The governor authorizes the state
ment that he will commission no one
before the legislature meets, no mat
ter what the state executive committee
may do in the matter of filling an im
aginary vacamcy to occur in October or
November, and regardless of what may
happen in the regular October election,
in the matter of electing a commission
er of agriculture to begin his term of
service in advance of the assembling of
the legislature next June.
Unquestionably, the governor's an
nounced attitude will go far toward
clearing up a situation that has been
very much obscured in the public mind
of late.
Connor To Hold
On to His Office.
James D. Price was nominated by
the Macon convention to a full and
regular term in the office of commis
sioner of agriculture. That term will
begin about July 1, after the legisla
ture has formally declared Price's elec
tion.
A question arose in the minds of
some lawyers, however, as to whether
there would not, as a matter of fact, be
an existing vacancy in the commission
ership immediately foilowing the Octo
ber election, and if it would not be pos
sible for some one, other than a. Demo
crat, to have his name placed on the
regular state ticket in October, and, in
the event of his receiving a number of
votes, legally demand the office under
the law.
Because of the difference of opinion
among lawyers as to when the unex
pired term of Hudson—the present term
of Connor —expires. Chairman William
J. Harris decided to have James D.
Price's name placed on the ticket in
the October election as the Democratic
nominee, merely as a precautionary
measure, and In order to have a Demo
crat ready to qualify for the office in
the event a vacancy were held to ex
ist.
Governor Brown’s declaration that
he will not commission Price, or any
body else, before the legislature has met
and declared a result, definitely closes
the matter.
Connor will not be displaced before
the June meeting of the legislature, aft
er which Price will be commissioned.
The governor states that the law is
very clear in his mind, and that he
would be compelled to refuse a com
mission to any person, as commission
er of agriculture, unless that person
came to him certified by the legisla
ture.
Only in the event of resignation, re
moval or death would the governor be
authorised to name a successor to Con.
nor before next June, unless the legis
lature in extraordinary session in the
mejtntime should declare another elect
ed to the office. All of these contin
gencies are go remote, of course, that
♦ hey need not be taken into considera
tion.
Batteries. Lavender and Archer; Mathewson and Wilson. Umpires, Brennan and Owens.
Cubs ...00 1 0 11 1 00-4 10 1
Giants ..002 1 00000-3 62
Smoke Board Forced
To Rescind Its Action:
War On Smoke Evil
Oommission Will Back Down in
Move to Modify Regulation
of City Council.
Forced to back down by widespread
criticism of its attempt to modify
council's smoke legulations. Chairman
R. M. Harvell, of the smoke comini--
sion. has called a meeting of the rules
committee of the commission to rescind
its action.
The committee at the same time will
frame a new set of regulations for the
guidance of the commission itself,
which will be submitted to the board.
The board’s action In modifying the
already light of council
governing the emission of smoke of
varying density was denounced as a
usurpation of authority by many eoun
oilmen and by City Attorney Mayson.
Abolition of the smoke board, whimi
was declared to be standing in the way
of reform, was seriously urged.
Councilman Charles W. Smith, fath
er of the smoke ordinance, “aid today
that while he had not decided whether
he would introduce an ordinance to
abolish the smoke commission at the
meeting of council this afternoon, he
would begin his fight to see that th •
original -smoke ordinance is enforced.
Councilman Claude C. Mason. In an
interview today, joined Councilman
Smith in his pian to abolish rhe smoke
commission if the commission does not
see fit to enforce the smoke ordinance.
"The original gmoke ordinance did
not contemplate a smoke Jaoard.” he
said. ' The board was added as a com.
promise, and it was given exceptionally
wide authority. It seems to me to have
proved a failure.”
WOMAN LAWYER HAS
NEW SCHEME TO GET
PERMIT IN GEORGIA
Mrs. Virginia Mclntire Weaver, who
has for the last year fought in vain for
the right to practice law in Georgia,
has hit upon a unique scheme to carry
her point, declare her friends.
She has gone back to West Virginia,
her former home, and is preparing to
stand her examinations and be admit
ted to the bar there. West Virginia
admits women lawyers. Once admit
ted to the bar in West Virginia, Mrs.
Weaver believes that when she returns
to Georgia she will have to be granted
the same privileges here as would any
other lawyer from another state who
produces the proper credentials saying
he had been admitted to practice in
his native state.
Mrs. Weaver is a graduate of the At.
lanta Law school and when she found
that Georgia laws barred any woman
from playing the part of Portia, she
tried to have the legislature change the
law, but failed.
She is now in Morgantown, W. Va„
and as soon as possible intends to re
turn to Georgia and take up the prac
tice of law, if she be allowed to do so.
SLAYER SPENCER TO
DIE IN CHAIR TONIGHT;
CHEERY AS END NEARS
BOSTON Sept. 16. Bertram G.
Spencer will be electrocuted in the
Charlestown prison shortly after mid
night tonight. He wiil pay the penalty
for the murder of Miss Martha B.
Blackstone, a Spiingfield, .Mass., school
teacher. The woman was shot down
while encountering a burglar.
Both Governor Foss and President
Taft have refused the pitiful pleas of
his mother, Mrs. Kate E. Spencer, fo>
commutation.
In Christian Science. Spencer has
found strength and fortitude as the end
approaches and the guards at the pris
on today said he is the best behaved
and most cheerful of the fifteen men
who have been confined in the death
chamber.
SEVEN PRISONERS
SAW OUT OF JAIL;
WIFE OF ONE HELD
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO. Sept. 16.
Seven prisoners of the county pall made
their escape here early today by sawing
the bars of their cells.
Mrs William Wolfe, wife of one of
the escaped prisoners, watt arrested this
morning, charged with complicity in
the escape of the men Five white and
two colored men, all of whom were
charged with burglary, made tlu-it es
cape.
RACES
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
First —Robert Bradley, 6. first; Gros
venor. 2; Stockton, 1-2. Also ran. Big
Dipper. Filkens. Gen. Ben Ledi, Maca
roni. Chopin, Tweedeedle. Doc Tracey.
Hans Creek.
Second—Suffragist, 8, first; Tactics.
4; Accord. 1-2. Also ran: Bally Mena,
Michael Ang< io. My Fellow. O. U. Bus
ter.
Third—Sprite. 9-5, first: Sir John
Johnson, 3: Prince Ahmed. 4. Also ran:
Azyiade. Penobscot, Springboard.
Fourth—Marjorie A.. 6-5, first; Oak
hurst. 8-5: Sandhill, 5-2. Also ran:
Chryseis. Flying Yankee, Reybourn.
Fifth—Capt. Elliott. 8-5. first; Honey
Bee. 6; Glint. 1-2. Also ran Uncle Obie,
L’Aiglon. Venderen. Latent, George
Stoll, Fatty Grub. Dogwood, Ltnbrook.
Mama Johnson.
Sixth—Sam Jackson. 9-5. first: Hugh,
ie Quinn. 1; Slim Princess. 4. Also ran:
Absconder, Luck.'. George, Doormat.
Choptank. Senegambtun, Edith Inez.
Mary Ann K
AT LOUISVILLE.
First—Chilton King, 7,20, first: Sam
Hirsch, 4.70; Marshon. 5.10. Also ran:
Duchess Daffy. Ardel-.m. Trojan Belle.
Sumptuous. Toy. Sprightly Miss.
Second—Hawthorn, 3.40, first: Floral
Park, 12.00; Star of Danube, 2.50. Also
ran: Nobby. Donerall. Rosturtium.
Third—Helen Barbee, 3.60, first: Koo
tenay, 6.50: Caughhill. 2.90. Also ran:
T. M. Green, Casey Jones, The Turk.
LIGHT CONTRACT TO
BE RECOMMENDED
TO CITY COUNCIL
When the council > ommit.tee on elec
tric lights met thh aft, 'Bonn it was
expected that Hte efty’s pending con
tract for street'lights with the Georgia
I Raila ay and Powe. Company would'be
finally recommended to council.
Aiderman John E. McClelland said
he favored asking for new bids. City
Electrician Turner said that Atlanta
should have as low rates as Macon. But
the contract has already been approved
by Mr. Turner and the committee and
unless the Central Georgia Power Com
pany or some other company expresses
a desire to bid on the city contract, the
majority of the committee and of court
cil will approve the contract with the
Georgia Railway and Power Company.
Mr Turner returned today from Ma
con where he investigated the cheap
light rates. He says he is convinced
the reason Atlanta can not get such
rates by competition is that there is an
agreement between the Georgia Rail
way and Power Company and the Cen
tral Georgia Power Company not to bid
against each other.
“ GOING FOR THE MAIL ”
CHURCH DODGERS KICK
ON SUNDAY SHUT DOWN
Notwithstanding the fact that a hue
and cry went up when the postal de
partment cut out the distribution of the
Sunday mail at the Atlanta postoffice,
prominent business men are of the
opinion that trade conditions have not
been affected.
Postmaster McKee says he has re
ceived but few protests on the new ar
rangement, and these largely from men
who used the golng-to-the-postofflce
excuse to dodge church services. A
canvass of business houses develops the
fact that Atlanta concerns long ago
had nearly abandoned the idea of look
ing over mall on Sunday.
Virtually the only objections to the
new rule come from traveling sales
men, who find it difficult to get impor
tant mail sent to them to hotels. This
situation. It Is believed, will lead to an
increase in the use of the special de
livery system.
MASKED MEN TRY TO
KIDNAP WOMAN FROM
HOME; FLEE IN FRIGHT
SAVANNAH, GA., Sept. IS. —Mrs. Maria
I. Jones, daughter of David C. Foreman,
Is In a hysterical condition at her home
as the result of an attempt to kid
nap her last night.
Mrs. Jones was attacked by two masked
men. who bound and gagged her and
carried her from her bed room to the
rear of the house on the lower floor.
There they deserted her when discovery
was imminent. According to Mrs. Jones
there was a third man stationed on the
outside, perhaps as a lookout
It was the shrill whistle of this man
that warned her captors of danger
Mrs Clarence Stewart heard her sister
groaning and found her bound and gagged
and wrapped in a sheet. The family
is unable to assign any motive for the
attempted kidnaping
A child who was asleep by the side
of Mrs Jones was not disturbed
JOCKEY ESCAPES DROWNING.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Ml)., Sept. 16. -
America's most famous Jockey. Schill
ing. near drowned today in Chesapeake
ba.' He was pulled out as he wae
sinking for the 1«M time.
PriNAL *.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
CLUBS— Won. Lost. P.C. . CLUBS— Won.. Lost. PC.
New York 95 41 .699 Philadelphia 63 72 .467
Chicago 84 51 .622 | St. Louis 57 81 .413
Pittsburg S 3 53 .610 Brooklyn 49 86 .368
Cincinnati 70 67 .511 J Boston 43 93 .316
AT BOSTON: R. H. «.
ST. LOUIS 101100001-4 8 4
BOSTON . 0700000 lx-8 9 4
Woodburn and Snyder; Tyler and Rariden. Umpires. Johnstone and Eason.
AT BROOKLYN: H. I.
PITTSBURG 020000000-2 3 0
BROOKLYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 4 1
Robinson and Gibson; Ragon and Miller Umpires. Orth and Klem.
FIRST GAME.
AT PHILADELPHIA: R. H. ■.
CINCINNATI 0000 5 1000-6 13 1
PHILADELPHIA 000000000-0 4 1
Fromrne and Zeveroid; Rixey and Killifer. Umpires, Flnneran and Rigler.
SECOND GAME.
CINCINNATI 000100000-1 6 0
PHILADELPHIA 000000000-0 5 1
Renton and Clark; Alexander and Dooin. Umpires. Rigler and Flnneran.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
_ _ .. . ——————~——————-
AT CLEVELAND: ft H. E.
PHILADELPHIA 000001...-. . .
CLEVELANDOOOOOO...-. . .
Flank and Egan; Mitchell and Carisch. Umpires, O’Loughlin and Westervelt
No other games scheduled.
SHIP OWNERS UNABLE TO
HANDLE ORIENT’S TRADE
TACOMA. WASH. Sept. 16.—Orien
tal trade with Puget Sound is breaking
all previous records. Visions of the
trans-Pacific traffic pictured fifteen or
twenty years ago by Judge Peter Gross
cup, of Chicago. James J. Hill and oth
ers have come true. The tonnage for
the Orient now offering is greater than
the steamship lines can provide space
for The Blue Funnel (Solti line from
Tacoma, the largest fleet that comes to
Puget Sound, announces that every inch
of available space by its steamers has
been engaged up to February. Three'
big liners building in Belfast can not be
added until next year. The steamship
Titan, now on the Pacific, brings a silk
cargo valued at $1,500,000, beating the
record value cargo brought two weeks
ago by the Teucer. her sister ship.
Two Japanese lines out of Puget
Sound and two other British lines can
not take all business which is offered.
Additional bottoms are unobtainable.
The Japanese line connecting with the
Milwaukee railway will add larger
steamships to its present fleet of six as
fast as they can be built in Japan.
Wheat and flour are still going to the
Orient in great quantities.
OLD FOOTBALL STAR TO
TRY-“COMEBACK-’ STUNT
CHAMPAIGN. ILL., Sept 16. Harvey
Sconce, considered by Coach Huff the
greatest halfback that ever played at the
University of Illinois. Intends to enter
the Agricultural college this fall, and It
is said that he will try to make the foot
ball team. He is said to be eligible If
he desires to become a candidate for the
elevens
Since leaving college, more than twelve
years ago, he has attended his farm, near
Sidell. 11l . and came into fame by pro
ducing cobless corn Sconce is now 35
years old. weighs 200 pounds, and has a
family.
Students at the university are enthu
siastic over his decision to re-enter the
university and they are haying he can
"come back” as a football star
, RACING ENTRIES
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY.. Sept. 16.—Entries
for Tuesday, September 17:
FIRST —Malden 2 year olds, 5 fur
longs (12): Gold Color 109, Black Eyed
Susan 109, Rock Fish 109, Ma Salame
109, General 109, Luther 112, Ruvoca
112, U. Steppa 112, Earl of Savoy 112,
Dr. .Jackson 112. Prince Kermis 112,
Rock Bar 112.
SECOND—Fillies, 2 year olds, 5 fur
longs (6) Semprite 105, Benenant 105,
Cream 105. Gowell 108. La Mode 108.
Ethelburg II 112.
THIRD —Seiling, 3 year olds and up. 6
fut longs (12): Barn Dance 100. Dr.
Burch 100 Trance 104. ‘Merry Lad 104,
Morristown 105, Sylvestris 105. Ella
Bryson 107, Camel 108, Sea ("jiff 109.
King Olympian 110, ('hapultepec 114,
Volthorpe 114,
FOURTH —Handicap, 3 year olds and
up, mile and 70 yards (7): Coylad 95,
Jenny Geddes 99, xßrig 99, Fonta 101,
White Wool 102, Duval 104, xßell Horse
112. (xCoupled as Bradley’s entry.)
FlFTH—Selling 3 year olds, mile:
•Commoners Touch 100. Tom King 105,
Beautiful 105, Y. M. C A. 108, Sleet 108,
Chartier 110, Puck 113.
SlXTH—Selling. 3 year olds and up.
ndle and a sixteenth (13) Pliant 100.
Patruche 103, Yanker 103, Capitan Bra
vo 103, Letoumo 103, Love Dav 103,
Howdy Howdy 107, Black Minister 107',
Tay Pm 107. Husky Lad 107, Console
107 Supple 107, Hanly 110.
•Apprentice allowance claimed.
Wen titer cloudy, track slow.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P M A O Y RE NO
R. H. E.
WIFE, SELF-POISONED,
NEAR DEATH BEFORE
TELLING KIN OF DEED
SAVANNAH, GA.. Sept. 16.—As a
result of taking rat poison Friday nigh".
Mrs Grace Hunt died last night at
Park View sanitarium.
Mrs. Hunt suffered from the poison
for a number of hours before advising
her family of the trouble and getting
medical assistance.
Mrs. Hunt was 45 years old and a
native of Aroostook county, Maine. Her
mother. Mrs Samuel B. Russell, of
Boston, survives, as does her husband
and one son.
REFORMED DRINKER WINS
BACK $250,000 FORTUNE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.—Frank
Thompson, son of the iate multi-mil
lionaire R. R. Thompson, and by his
own sworn statement an erstwhile
spendthrift and victim of drink, won a
victory in the superior court against
his daughter, Mrs. Harriet Thompson
Smith, in her suit to prevent the Cali
fornia Title Insurance and Trust Com
pany from restoring to her father $250,-
000 of his Inherited fortune.
Mrs. Smith alleged that her father,
fearing that'he would dissipate his for
tune. turned over to the trust company
stocks and bonds to the value of $250,-
000 for the benefit of the daughter and
other relatives.
She asked the court to enjoin the
trust company from returning to
Thompson the securities, as he has sued
to compel the corporation to do.
Thompson answered, admitting that
in 1909 he was a drunkard and spend
thrift, and gave as an additional rea
son for delivering the securities that he
feared he would be mulcted by Miss
Artic Bancroft, who was then suing
him for breach of promise to marry.
Miss Bancroft lost her suit, and Thomp
son says he has abandoned the cup
that muddles.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
HAVRE DE GRACE. MD„ Sept. 16.
Official entries for September 17:
FIRST—Two year old fillies and geld
ings, 5 furlongs (8): Little Hugh 111.
Carousel 105, ‘Captain Jenks 110, In
surance Alan 101, Smash 111, Jonquil
107. ’Montressor 106, Lawsuit 107.
SECOND—Selling. 3 year olds, mile,
70 yards (6): Concurran 105. ’Hemp
stead 100, ’Breaker Boy 103, Blue This
tle 105, Pardner 105. Kate K. 102.
THlßD—Selling. 3 year olds and up.
6 furlongs (18): Patrick S. 107, Coming
Coon 111, Towton Field 111. Clem
Beachey 112, •(’hllton Queen 107. Dr.
R. L. Swarenger 105, Hallack 112, ’Spin
107, lima 112, Last Rays 105. Surfeit
111, Sir Marion 108, Fond 114, Dissenter
112. *Adolante 100, Sir Giles 108. Sickle
106 Onanger 112.
FOURTH—Selling. 4 year olds and
up, mile and 70 yards (6): Cubon 107,
Pretend 101, ’Colonel Ashtneade 102,
Supervisor 101, Mudsill 103. Hoffman
112.
FIFTH—Two year old, maidens. 5
furlongs (10): Stockton 104, Flamma
rlon 107, Clothes Brush 104, Henpeck
104. Hasson 107. George Stoll 107, Mac
aroni 104, Flying Fairy 104. Strenuous
107, Get Up 104.
SIXTH Selling 3 year olds and up. 6
furlongs (16): Premier 101, Double
Five 106, Hilarious 110, Towton Field
106. Suffragist 110, Astrologer 105. Cllf
tonlun 105 ’Sixty too, Golden Castle
101. Henry Hutchinson 107. Pedigree
107 Myles O’Connell 114 ’New River
93 Jim Caiferrey 104, Slicker Hi, The
Gardner 103.