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Slayer Calmly Faces Crowd in Court FIC H T CHARGES
BEFORE HOUSE
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M RS. EDN’A PERKIN'S OODBEE, divorced wife of Judge Godbee, of Millen, as she ap
peared when arraigned on the charge of slaying her former husband and his young bride.
She is shown below while being taken to court by Sheriff M. G. Johnson in his automobile.
PEEL POST
Wells-Fargo Officials Say Other;
Concerns Will Join Fight, Espe
cially for Dairy Products Ship
ments From Farm to Consumer.
New Department Created to Study
Food Problem and Enlarge the
Order and Commission Features.
Information Bureau Is Planned.
CHICAGO, Auk. 30.—Officials and
ftgsnts of th# Wells-Fargo Express
Company, In session to-day In Chi
cago, struck a hard blow at the par
cel post when they decided to fight
the Innovation of the Government
with its own weapon—low rates.
It was asserted to-night by offi
cials of this company that other ex
press companies are contemplating
taking similar action In the war
against the parcel post.
In future the cltv dweller who
wants fresh butter and eggs upon his
breakfast ta».le will, according to ex
press officials, do well to consult the
rate column of any express company.
Firms Form New Bureau.
Recently the express companies
have created "an order commission
and food products department.” The
object of this department, according
to the companies, Is to "study the
food problem from all viewpoints, to
enlarge the order and commission
feature of our business and to extend
the company's facilities to all, with
out discrimination."
"The express companies have de
cided to fight the parcel post with ns
own weapon—low rates," said L. F.
Troja, industrial agent of the Wells-
Fargo Express Company, to-day.
Instruct 25,000 Employees.
"The 25.000 employees of our com
pany along its 90,000 miles of rail
road track have been Instructed to
ascertain what kinds of shipments
are obtainable from their offices and
to have shippers apply for rates.
"At the present time the express
companies are willing to furnish rates
on butter, eggs and cheese which will
enable citizens of Chicago and other
large cities to ship in these commodi
ties at a low price.
"The companies are seeking to give
a maximum weight for a. minimum
oharg* of 35 rent. 1 ’ per shipment, no
matter what the distance. For in
stance. the person who wishes to get
English walnuts, prunes or other
phoducts from the Pacific Coast may
now obtain them for the lowered rate.
Plan to Post Farmers.
“Perhwps the best way to make use
of the cheap express rates Is to form
butter and egg clubs, agreeing to take
at least 30 pounds at once of these
commodities from one farmer. If
these clubs are formed It will be easy
for the express companies to have
eggs selling In Chicago for 21 cents,
which, under ordinary circumstance*!,
would »ell for 25 cents. Butter can
also be purchased much cheaper by
this means.”
The express companies have ar
ranged to inform farmers wha* farm
products are needed, and where, and
by this Information bureau they will
attempt to "beat the parcel post.”
Eugenic Marriage
Permits in Demand
Forty-six Applicants Qualify Under
New Wedding Law at
Pittsburg.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 30—The first
eugenic marriage permit in Pitts
burg. a* provided by the new State
law, has been issued, and when the
marriage license clerks closed shop.
23 men, amid continual evidences of
embarrassment, and 23 women, all
ablush, answered delicate little inti
mate questions regarding their physi
cal seives so successfully that none
was denied the coveted certificate.
"Putting a premium on perjury,”
said a license clerk, Walter Nevifi.
"The law is a Joke, or else we have
had before us 4ft of the healthiest
specimens of manhood and woman
hood that ever came down the pike.
"The only change is it takes thir
teen minutes to issue a license now,
where it used to take only three min
utes.”
Co-respondent Is
‘Fortunate Mann’
Emile Willomann, of New York,
Names Near Namesake in Suit
for Divorce.
Congressional Inquiry Into Fed
eral Jurist's Acts Is Slated
for the Late Fall.
Meets His Rescuer
After Fifty Years
Chance Joips Union Veteran
Comrade Who Saved Life
In BatMe.
and
Preliminary Trial of Woman Who
Killed Former Husband and
Bride Is Delayed.
MILLEN, Aug. SO.—Mrs. Edna Per
kins Godbee, slayer of Judge Walter
S. Godbee, from whom she had been
divorced, and his bride, Mra. Florence
Boyer Godbee, on August 18, will face
trial In Jenkins Superior Court early
In September, according to present
plans. It is doubtful if she will re
ceive a preliminary trial before the
September term and the grand Jury
takes up her case. An effort was
made Thursday to hold a preliminary
trial, but because of the inability of
Solicitor General II. Lee Moore to be
present, the State was granted an In
definite continuance by the presiding
magistrate.
At that time Mra. Godbee was taken
by automobile from the jail, where
she has been confined since the day
of the tragedy, to the courthouse.
After the hearing was ordered con
tinued. she was returned to the Jail.
No effort has been made to secure
ball for Mrs. Godbee, and none 1h
likely before her case comes up. Her
cell has been converted into a bou
doir, with curtains over the barred
windows, rugs on the floor, pictures
on the walls and neat and comforta
ble furniture.
Mrs. Godbee attracted a great deal
of attention when taken from the Jail
to the courthouse. The courtroom
was crowded and many congregated
on the sidewalks to get a glimpse of
the slayer and note the effect of her
Imprisonment. She made no state
ment whatever concerning the trag
edy. and her lawyers declare she will
make none untU she goes on the wit
ness stand to tell her story to a
Jury.
Mrs. Godbee was stylishly gowned
In a white summer frock, and wore a
large Panama hat. She betrayed no
evidence of uneasiness a« she faced
magistrates, lawyers, officers and the
crowd In court.
Judge Henry f\ Hammond, of Au
gusta, will preside at the trial of Mrs
Godbee, Jenkins County having been
transferred to the Augusta Circuit.
Crooked Rivers in
West Straightened
New Channels Cut for Streams
Which Wander Aimlessly
Through Iowa.
DES MOINES, Aug. 30.—The
meandering^ of Western rivers are
being curtailed, and this city Is one
of the latest recruits to the scientific
efficiency plan for streams that wan
der twenty miles to get over two. As
a result a new channel of the Rac
coon River is to be dredged. M. E.
Albrecht, contractor In charge of the
work, expects to have al! his machin
ery ready for operation by August 20.
To save expense the city will have
a new channel of only 50 feet wide
cut for the river, depending on the
action of the current to widen the
channel.
In Missouri, near Rich Hill, Al
brecht Just finished excavating a
trench 23 miles long, which will cut
off 150 miles of wandering of the
river. The water escapes much fast
er, he says, and the land in the vicin
ity of the old river bed is now under
cultivation.
MACON, Aug. 30.—That Judge Em
ory Speer, of the United States Court
for the Southern District of Georgia,
against whom charges have been pre
ferred by a special examiner of the
Department of Justice, will not sub
mit tamely to the Investigation by
the Judiciary Committee of the
House, ordered In a resolution passed
by the lower branch of Congress, Is
the positive statement of those most
intimately connected with the Georgia
Jurist, and is further demonstrated by
the afet that Judge Speer has already
asked for a copy of the charges and
an opportunity to appear in person
before the committee In his own de
fense against impeachment proceed
ings.
Judge Alleges Espionage.
Judge Speer, In a recent speech in
the West, denounced what he char
acterized aa the espionage of Federal
agents upon judges, and Senator Bo
rah recently charged In the Senate
that Federal agents had harassed
judges by Investigations to Influence
their actions in cases In which the
Government was interested.
Summary of Charges.
Some of the charges read by Chair
man Clayton to the House, after
which the resolution .authorizing the
Investigation was passed, were as fol
lows :
"Violation of section 67 of the ju
dicial code, in allowing his son-in-
law, A. H. Heyward, to be appointed
to and employed in offices and duties
in his court.
"Violation of the bankruptcy act in
allowing, compensation in excess of
the provisions of that act to a trus
tee. who was his personal friend.
“Violation of the laws in drawing
juries.
"Violation of a mandate of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
“Oppressive and corrupt uae of his
j official position in deciding cases un-
i justly in favor of his son-in-law.
“Oppressive and corrupt conduct In
■ allowing the dissipation of assets of
; bankruptcy estates* by the employ-
{ ment of unnecessary officials and the |
payment of excessive fees.
"Oppressive and corrupt abuse of
authority In granting orders appoint
ing receivers for property without no
tice to the owners and without cause,
resulting In great loss to the. parties.
Use of Drugs Alleged.
"Oppressive and corrupt abuse of
authority In refusing to allow the dis
missal of litigation for the purpose of
permitting relatives and favorites to
profit by the receipts of large fees.
"Corrupt conduct in raising amount
of fees allowed to others in order
that his son-in-law might profit
thereby.
"Attempted bribery of officials ap
pointed to act as custodians.
"Use of drugs
"General unlawful and oppressive
conduct to serve his own private
ends.”
Chairman Clayton, of the Judiciary
Committee, announced that the In
vestigation of Judge Speer's conduct
would not begin until late in the
autumn.
WEST SALEM, WIS-, Aug 3*.—When
Hood's army Invested Nashville In 1164,
Orlo Robinson, of this village, one of
the Union defenders, fell, seriously
wounded, on a field over which the Con
federate cavalry was charging At the
risk of his life. D. H. Hall, also a mem
ber of Company I, of the Eighth Wis
consin, dragged Robinson off the field,
saving his comrades life.
A stranger in West Salem stopped a
local man on the street to inquire his
way. The presence of G. A. R. but
tons led to an exchange of names, and
Robinson found in the visitor his res
cuer of a half century ago and they
clasped hands for the first time since
1164.
10,000 Posters Invite
Everyone to Wedding
CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—The wedding of
Fred Kloese. No. 530 East Seventy-
third place, and Miss Alida De Vos,
No, 6035 South Morgan street, was not
the quiet, orderly affair they had
planned. The friends of Kloese found
out their plans
These friends had 10.000 handbills
printed and small boys distributed them.
The bills announced in boxcar type the
wedding, and Invited everybody.
And most everybody came with horns,
bells, bags of rice and lusty voices, and
sent In a riot call for the police by way
of a Joke.
Judge Believes in
Newspaper Veracity
Indiana Jurist Also Has Found Re
porters To Be Nice
Young Men.
MTJNCIE. IND., Aug. 30.—"I said in
open court, and the statement was
published in the newspapers, that all
these ‘blind tiger' cases were set for
trial.” said Judge W. A. Thompson, of
the Circuit Court, addressing an at
torney for one of the accused men,
who said yesterday that he thought
his client's case was not to come up
until Thursday.
"Do you believe everything you read
In the newspapers?” asked Prosecut
ing Attorney J. Prank Mann.
“Every little thing,” responded the
court. ‘T believe the newspapers to
he truthful and their representatives
to be truthfu;. The reporters I have
always found to be clean, nice young
men."
JAIL-BREAKER LEAVES CARD
OF APOLOGY; CELL TOO HOT
JACKSON, MICH.. Aug. 30 —When
Paul DeMott escaped from the jail
at Forest, Miss., where he was serv
ing a sentence for carrying concealed
weapons, he felt a note of regret.
He said he disliked to leave without
even saying "good-bye,” but that the
unbearable heat forced him to go. He
also promised to pay what remained
of his line—that Is, If he could make
the necessary money.
Camera Finds ‘Sick
Clerk' at Ball Game
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 80— 1 Thar* is con
sternation in the New Haven road's
general offices hers following the dis
covery of the company's gum-shos
photographer at a local ball gams, where
hs snapped a picture of a clerk out on
"leave of absence for slrknessi’*
This photographer also ha# been pic
turing trainmen at the bar during work*
lng hours and as a result the carpet in
the superintendent’s office Is being worn
by men called to explain.
FRECKLE-FACE
Sun and Wind Brlno Out Ugly Spots.
How to Remove Easily.
Here's a chance. Miss Freckle-Fncs»
to try a remedy for freckles with tns
guarantee of a reliable dealer that it
will not cost you a penny unless it
removes the freckles; while if It does
give you a clear oomplexlon the ex
pense is trifling.
Simply get &n ounce of othlne—
double strength—from Jacobs’ Phar
macy ami a few applications should
show you how easy ft la to rid your
self of the homely freckles and get
a beautiful complexion. Rarely is
more than one ounoe needed for the
worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othlne, as this Is tha
prescription sold under guarantee or
money back if it falls to remove
freckles.
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Week September 8th—“THE CALL OF THE HEART"
THE JEWELL KELLEY COMPANY
Presenting the Sensational Comedy Drama In Four Acts.
“THE MAN FROM THE WEST”
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NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—A curious
divorce complaint, naming “One !
Fortunate Mann” was filed yesterday
in the Supreme Court by Attorney S j
Lawrence Miller, of No. 5 Nassau
street, in behalf of Emile WiHoman
The complaint states that Willoman
married Angele Bardey in London,
England, on January io. 1911 She
is alleged to have been guilty of !
misconduct in January. 1913. dith the j
“Fortunate Mann.” Miller was not in ,
his office yesterday and his client
could not be located.
TWINS PUZZLE JUDGE;
FINES BOTH AS FLIRTS
PHILADELPHIA. Aug 3ft —It cost
either Frank or Harry Swartz, 19
years old, $8.5ft to be the twin of the
(ther to-day, when Magistrate Mor-
JOi' .
he couldn't tell which had been
of flirting in the park.
“Developer of Efficient Executives”
Work Pay? Thought Pay?
Are you paid only for train WELL. You want
work? Clerking and book
keeping is drudgery un
less you are looking
AHEAD. Your competi
tion is tierce—your back
bone sapped—unless you
to grow. Will your inde
cision BALK your wants?
Are you always going to
put off the “get ready”
for a hotter place? You
want promotion. Then get
ready.
Take our collegiate courses in Commeiye, Accounts. Finance and
Commercial Law. Class hours don’t conflict with your work or
pleasure. Number of students limited. Tour future life and hap
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SEPTEMBER Is
Piano Buying Time,”
and L UDDEN & BA TES
Are Offering the Following
Remarkable BargainsV
GRANDS
1 $750 Chickering, shop worn $525
1 $675 Chickering, shop worn $485
1 $800 Weber, shop worn $575
UPRIGHTS
1 $350 Sample Piano $210
1 $450 Shop worn $275
1 $300 Sample Piano, Kline $185
1 $500 Shop worn, Steck $275
1 Kimball, used $110
1 Kranich-Bach, used $75
1 Wing, used $90
1 Everett, used .. • $225
1 Cote, slightly used $155
1 Boudoir, slightly used $150
1 New England, used $55
1 Estey, shop worn $235
PLAYERS
1 $750 Mathushek, 65 note $325
1 $700 Krell Auto Grand, 65 note $325
1 $550 Stuyvesant Pianola, 65 note $300
1 $450 Primatone, 65 note .. $225
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