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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Six Girls Are Kissed
10,000 Times at $1
A Smack for Charity
Prominent and Pretty Girls Receive
Salutes of Line of Men a
Block Long.
CANADA LIKELY
SALEM. OHIO, Sept. 16—All kiss
ing performances of record were
eclipsed here when a pretty girl
member of a prominent family, was
kissed 1,688 times—and not by one
man, either. At the same time five
other girls, equally pretty and promi
nent, received the same number of
kisses, on an average.
The girls disposed of ten thousand
kisses at $1 each to aid the endow
ment of Salem Hospital, which has
Friends of Slayer of Former Hus- * ust been com «»* tea - The ° sculatory
at times there was a line of men,
young and old, a block long waiting
to fire salutes.
band and Young Bride Say She
Will Reveal Story of Years of
Most Cruel Suffering.
Difficulties Will Be Experienced
in Getting Jury in Jenkins, as
Family Is Widely Intermarried
Emotional Insanity Plea.
All Arkansas Turns
Out to Work Roads
Months May Elapse Before Legal
Status of Matteawan Fugitive
in Dominion Is Fixed.
MOVE FOR BAIL NOW PLANNED
Hot Springs Starts
Work on Rebuilding
Fire-Swept Section
Conservative Estimate of Damage is
Now $8,000,000. With $4,000,000
of Insurance.
Miss Toiler U. S. Venus
Grand Unke jw ILITiS ONLY TRICK
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Attorneys for Stanford White’s
Slayer Believed to Have Played
Masterful Legal Coup.
Governor Hays Dons Hickory Shirt
and Seizes Shovel to Aid
in Movement.
LITTLE ROCK, Sept. 6.—Fully 75,-
000 men, with picks, shovels and road
k—As the time
‘ the trial of Mrs Edna machine ry and togged in overalls and
hickory shirts, turned out Thursday
MILLEN,
draws near for
Perkins Godbee on the charge of kill-
lng her divorced husband and his
young bride, her successor in his af
fections, there are indications a-
plenty that the story to be told will
be lifted out of the commonplace and
sordid setting of Jealousy, out of the
flimsy plea of emotional insanity and
will become the human document of
a woman wronged and neglected for
more than twenty years.
Many people in Southeast Georgia
believe that the woman on trial for latlon
her life will have a story to tell that
will quicken pulses and grip hearts
and excite sympathy, and the trial is
anticipated with a breathless eager
ness.
The Grand Jury of Jenkins County
case of Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, Marshall Lays Sins
who, less than a month ago, met her |
former husband In the Mlllen post-
office, arm in arm with his laughing:
and Friday all over Arkansas to work
roads, following a proclamation of
Governor George W. Hays, setting
September 3 and 4 as “Good Roads”
days. Many cities practically sus
pended business and everybody from
ofllceboy to banker helped “pike Ar
kansas.”
Governor Major of Missouri joined
Governor Hays in a good roads pa
rade here.
Both Governors were clad in regu-
l latlon road-working uniforms, as
I were other State officials and Mayor
Charles E. Taylor. Boy Scouts served
a* water carriers. Society women
joined farmers’ wives along the pikes
In serving dinner.
Of Youth to Parents
young bride, and who shot them to
death with hardly a word of warning.
The trial of the case will proceed al
most immediately, it is expected, be
fore Judge Henry C. Hammond.
Awaiting trial, Mrs. Godbee remains
ill a comfortably appointed cell in the
Jenkins County jail She is a woman
of pleasant appearance, hardly look
ing the fact that she is a grandmother
and the mother of a daughter who Is
known widely for her beauty. Mrs.
Godbee is undisturbed, it seems, almost
cheerful, and ready to talk on any
subject except that of herself and her
case.
Hard to Find Jurors,
Considerable difficulty, it is expect
ed, will be attached to the selection
of' a jury. Either Mrs. Godbee or
her slain husband Is kin to every
third man, woman or child in Jenkins
County, and everybody knows, to the
degree of Intimacy, the families of
both. Jury selection, then, will be
difficult, certainly, for it is expected
that the veniremen who are not re
lated by blood or marriage to one or
the other may have fixed opinions
which will eliminate them. As it is,
the ease is on the lips of every one,
common subject for speculation in ev
ery household.
Common speculation also hinges
about Mrs. Godbee's probable motive
in killing Judge Godbee and his wife.
Although it has been stated she will
plead emotional insanity, there are
few who believe her defense will be
based altogether on that plea. Those
who know her declare that her actions
of a lifetime contradict the argument
of lack of balance. Her self-posses
sion before the crime and since the
crime has been remarkable, it is said.
The fact that she had the revolver
in her handbag the morning of the
tragedv leads to the certain conclusion
that the killing was premeditated. No
other motive would have influenced
tier to go about armed, it is generally
considered.
Fascinated by Shooting.
But the motive that prompted her
to fire a shot into the brain- of the
youthful bride is shrouded with mys
tery Mrs. Godbee the first had no
grudge against Mrs. Godbee the sec
ond except the natural grievance that
conies with jealousy. It is Considered
niat in the excitement of the moment,
after she had begun to work the
trigger rapidly, fascinated by the
sound of shots and the thrill of shoot
ing, she almost involuntarily turned
the revolver on the woman.
The most common anticipation con
cerning the defense is that Mrs. God
bee will charge her former husband
with brutal treatment and r-.-eglect,
beginning even in M* '.ears of their
earlv married iile, Z5 years ago.
tor many years she stood the ill-
treatment. it Is expected she will tell
the jurv. for the sake of her children,
until there came a day when she
could hear it no longer. The God-
bees separated several times, but were
reunited, much against the advice of
the woman's friends. Finally came
the separation that divorce made per
manent.
Mrs Godbee has claimed, time and
again, that her hushand had usurped
the fbrtune Inherited by her from
her father, and that on the wealth
thus taken from her. he lived in af-
Continued on Page 4. Column 6.
Vice President Says Mothers and
Fathers Are Responsible for
Tango and Silt Skirt.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—Vice
President Marshall's personal phil
osophy on all things, from slit skirts
to religion, was expounded to a huge
audience at Great Falls. Va., to-day,
where he played the role of "preach
er" to a camp meeting. Here follow
some of the comments of Mr. Mar
shall:
“You wonder why are the tango,
turkey trot and silt skirt; and I say
it Is because the mothers of the coun
try are not interested in training
Jheir children.
“If I were a higher critic there is
only one commandment I should
change, and for the sake of justice
I would reverse that to read, ‘The
sins of the children shall be visited
upon their parents.’ ”
Fourth of July’s
Death Total Only 32
Figures of American Medical Asso
ciation Show Remarkable De
crease in Number of Casualties.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—Thirty-two
persons died in Fourth of July cele
brations this year, fewer than in any
year since statisticians began record
ing the death toll of fireworks.
Figures gathered by the Journal of
the American Medical Association
compared this total to that of 466 in
1903. the first year the association
counted the victims.
Of this year’s victims, thirteen,
most of them little girls, w*re burned
to death when their clothing caught
fire. Two of these accidents were
caused by supposedly harmless
“snapper” matches. The non-fatal
injuries this year were 1,311, as
against 3,983 in 1903.
Spanking Inspector
Appointed by Court
Kansas City Probation Officer Sees
That Truants’ Breeches Are
Properly Warmed.
COATICOOK, QUEBEC, Sept. 6 —
One year’s time may elapse before it
Is legally determined whether Harry
K. Thaw, the fugitive from the Mat
teawan (N. Y.) Asylum for the Crim
inal Insane, is to be deported from
Canada or is to receive the protec
tion of its laws. Assurance to this
effect was given to Thaw to-day by
his counsel.
Thaw is certain that he has won a
long delay and Immediately after
breakfast began packing for the jour
ney to Montreal, where he most he
produced in the Supreme Court on
September 15. when arguments will
be delivered on the writ of habeas
corpus secured by J. N. Greenshields
and N. K. LaFlamme from Justices
Cross and Gervais In the Court of
Appeals.
Minister of Justice Doherty, who Is
also acting Minister of the Interior,
is reported to have said to-day at
Ottawa that any appeal from the de
cision of the Immigration Board in
Coaticook ordering the deportation of
Harry K. Thaw will not be acted on
until the proceedings instituted by
Thaw’s lawyers yesterday are dis
posed of.
It was reported that Thaw would
be taken to Montreal to-day. His
lawyers will Immediately file applica
tion for Thaw’s liberation on ball.
Coup a Legal Masterpiece.
It had been supposed that Green-
shields and LaFlamme had withdrawn
from the case, seeing nothing but de
feat, but their retreat was only a
masterly piece of strategy by which
the doors may have been opened for
a test of the constitutionality of the
immigration law governing deporta
tion.
Complications have been added to
the general aspect of the Thaw case
by the events subsequent to the ar
rest of William Travers Jerome, ex-
Dlstrict Attorney of New York, on a
charge of gambling. Mr. Jerome was
to have been arraigned before Mag
istrate McKee at 9:30 this morning,
but Hector Verrett, acting for the
New York lawyer, had the hearing
postponed for a week.
Meantime Mr. Jerome left Canada,
going to Nortons Mills, Vt. In a
sense. Mr. Jerome thus made of him
self a fugitive from justice, reversing
the position of Thaw, who is a fugi
tive In Canada.
Influence has been brought to bear
upon Crown Prosecutor A. C. Hanson
to have the charge against Mr. Je
rome. who is at liberty on bond,
dropped.
The crown prosecutor refused to do
this.
Says Jerome Set Bad Example.
“I have received many complaints
about the open gambling of Mr. Je
rome and I consider it my duty to
push this case against him,” said the
prosecutor. “He was setting a bad
example. Ev*zi*y one could see him
and his companions playing.”
This is a sort of puritanical com
munity and gambling is looked upon
as a serious offense.
HOT SPRINGS. Sept. 6.—Conserv
ative estimates to-day place the loss
from the great fire which swept Hot
Springs last night at $8,000,000. with I ande 7 MichaeiovitclL COUSlll
about $4,000,000 insurance. A mass . . . . ,,
meeting was held to-day to consider * l>*ve met 111 America,
the advisability of appealing to the
State for military and financial aid.
and also to consider plans for re
habilitating the city.
The loss is twice as great as from
the disastrous blaze which swept
this city in 1905. The burned belt of
110 acres, embracing '.0 blocks,
stretches from the southwestern por
tion of the city straight through to
the mountains on the north side. It
will be 90 days befo-e street car serv
ice can be resumed.
The fire originated in a negro
shanty near the Iron Mountain sta
tion, burning that station end all rail
way equipment in that section of the
city.
Little Rock sent fire fighting equip
ment on a special train. Governor
Hayes and Mayors of the principal
cities of the State, as well as busi
ness organizations, are offering aid,
and rebuilding plans will start at
once. The Park Hotel will not be
rebuilt.
Fairest in the World
Miss Marie Tailer (on the left), whom the Grand Duke A lex - j
of the Czar, called “the handsomest
T. R. Called Dead One;
Troop Drops Name
Milwaukee Hebrew Military Organi
zation Changes Title by Vote
of 20 to 1.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6—The Mil
waukee Roosevelt Guards have
changed their name to the Milwaukee
Hebrew guards, but the decision was
reached only after a prolonged and
bitter debate.
“Roosevelt? Say, he’s a dead one
now,” declared the anti-Roosevelt
members, and then they proceeded to
argue that it was all right to name
the guards for him when he was
President, but after his retirement
to private life it was making a po
litical and factional organization of
the only Hebrew military company in
the West to retain the name.
The vote was about 20 to 1. but the
minority made a gallant fight.
Bare Legs in Poster
Stir Oregon Women
Temperance Union Protests Against
a Portola Festival Advertisement
Depicting Half-Nude Dancer.
PORTLAND. OREG.. Sept. The
Oregon Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union is up in arms against
the Portola poster that is being sent
broadcast over the country to adver
tise the festival to be held in San
Francisco.
Mrs. Ada Wallace Unruh, State
president, contends that a poster de
picting a woman with the legs par
tially bare in a dancing posture is
an insult to womanhood and should
not be allowed to represent any fes
tivity on the Pacific Coast.
The union has addressed a protest
to United States Senator Lane, to
Governor West and to State unions
throughout the West.
Proposes Too Loudly
And He Is Arrested
Suitor Returns to Find Affianced
Pledged to Another and
Pleadings Bring Police.
Veteran of Civil and Spanish-
American Wars Says National
Guard Could Not Be Depended
On in Strife With Great Power,
Citizen Soldiers, He Asserts, Are
Brave Enough, but It Requires
Time and Experience to Develop
Warriors to Fill the Bill To-day
BOSTON. Sept. 6. That the United
WOULD RUN OF HUERTA
UNQERFIREIN REPORTER
Washington Convinced That He Is
Using Typical Latin-American
Methods in Order to Hoodwink
President as to Real Position,
Gamboa Asserts He Has Received
No Word That Trouble Maker
Will Not Offer Himself as Can
didate for Mexican Presidency.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—The
States hat.’ not thoroughly digested the ! Mexican situation to-day focused on
lessons taught by wars of the past I the declaration of Sennr Gamboa,
and that its refusal tu digest such j Mexican Minister^ of Foreign Af-
lessons is the cause of the present
state of unprepared ness for war is
the opinion of Brigadier General
Phillip A- Reade, U. S. A., retired.
Seen at his apartment this veter
an of the Civil war, the Spanish-
Ameriean war and numerous cam
paigns against the Indians and Moros
said:
The test of an army is the charac
ter of its men. The good soldier
fairs, that President Huerta has
given no definite pledge not to be .1
candidate at the October election..
This has been expected by Washing
ton officials ever since Presideni
Wilson Indicated he believed Huerta
had given such a pledge.
It makes clear to Washington of
ficials that Huerta is playing I^atin-
American characteristics with th-3
United States, and they can not t>e
makes a good citizen, and the good j sure of the elimination of Hueria
citizen can be trained to be a per- from the situation while he has any
feet soldier. But soldiering is an art considerable following In Mexico.
It ran no t be learned in a minute. The White House still maintains
A man can not put on a uniform and silence regarding the coming of Senor
become a general. He must begin at 1 Zamacona to Washington as a confi
dential agent of President Huerta.
New York Girl Is Selected by Russian Nobleman
as Ideal of Feminine Beauty.
No Spat for 25 Years;
Then Wife Whips Him
‘Don’t Drink Again Until Golden
Wedding Day,” Judge Tells Hus
band Who Celebrated.
NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—Because be !
proposed marriage in tones too loud, ,
John Flynn was parted from his
sweetheart in Yonkers yesterday and |
arrested.
Flynn was the fiance of Elizabeth [
NEWPORT, Sept. Before wav
ing his departure from the deck of
j an European bound liner to-day,
Grand Duke Alexander Micbaelevttoh
1 of Russia, selected his Ideal of the
modern Venus and he selected an
American girl.
The object of the ducal admiration
is Miss Marie Taylor, of New York,
| daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee
Taylor.
The Grand Duke, who is considered
a distinguished critic of feminine
beauty, not only termed Miss Taylor
“the most beautiful woman in this
country,” but he went farther and
declared the American girls more
beautiful than those any other na
tion could boast.
Miss Taylor being the most beauti
ful women in America in his estima
tion therefore becomes the most beau
tiful girl in all the world.
According to the story that is told
in Newport, the Grand Duke selected
snapshots of the ladies he met here,
particularly at the Casino and Bailey's
Beach. He was particularly anxious
to obtain a photograph of Miss Tay
lor, to whom he openly awarded the
crown of beauty.
the bottom and work up
'The citizen soldier, upon whom
under present conditions we would
be forced to reply in case of war, is
not a trained soldier. I do not mean
that the militiamen, as we call them
in this State, are not brave men,
courageous men. But they are not
disciplined men. And in war bravery
without discipline avails nothing.
'It is true that in the Revolution
ary' war a handful of citizen soldiers
achieved victory at Concord. But in
later engagements our untrained
troops did not show to such good ad
vantage General Washington found
in several instances that the mili
tiamen ran away under fire.
“During the Civil war we had the
same experience with untrained
troops. They were willing enough to
fight, but they lacked what a soldier
should have—discipline. The aim of
the soldier should be to shoot and
hit the mark. He must be ready to
sacrifice himself in order to shoot and
hit the mark. If he shoots and misses j Mexican “Firebrand”
in order that he may run away, he
is of no use as a soldier. Indeed, he
is a great hindrance, for he is apt to
demoralize other untrained, undis
ciplined men.
History Would Repeat.
“Our militia, in my opinion, has im
proved greatly in the last ten years,
and it will doubtless go on improving.
But the militia belongs to the seeond
line—to the reserve. Should necessity
force us to place the citizen soldier,
willing, but unschooled, in the first
line, history would repeat itself. Be
wildered by the fire, unaccustomed to
obey as the trained soldier obeys, they
Gamboa Denies ^ &
Huerta’s Surrender.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.—Senof
Gamboa, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
In a statement last night, declared:
“T have never given an assurance
that President Huerta will not be a
candidate for re-election.
“Mexico’s position toward the
United States has been defined ab
solutely in the last note from this
Government in the negotiations be
gun by Mr. Lind. Nothing can be
added to that note, which was a fuil
statement of Mexico’s attitude, and
this has not varied In the least since
it was written.”
Correspondents endeavored to ob
tain a statement from General Huer
ta and from Senor Urrutia, Minister
of the Interior, but both refused to
discuss the matter.
Lady Constance Sails
Foley, a maid in the household of !ln ‘Biblical’ Costume
Samuel Hubbard, Jr., a cotton broker,
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 6.—Edward
Hicks, a probation officer, was ap
pointed special master of spanking
by Judge Seehorn in the Juvenile
Court today. Mr. Hicks, in pursu
ance of his duties, went to the home
of Charles Lyle, and witnessed a
spanking, In which Charles Lyle was
the spanker and Charles Lyle, Jr.,
the spanked.
Judge Seehorn created the new
office after hearing the story as told
by Mr. Lyle and the boy. Charles,
Jr., has the habit of running away
from home. He has been brought
into court two or three times on the
same charge.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—Joseph Bobber
and his wife had been married for
25 years. As Joseph dressed to go
to the church where he and his wife
were to meet the priest who married
them, he boasted of the perfect har
mony that had existed in his house
hold. The more he boasted the more
toasts he drank.
When Mr. and Mrs. Bobber reached
the church Joseph was not the steady,
upright person he was when they
stood before the priest 25 years ago.
Mrs. Bobber was ashamed and hu
miliated. When she got Joseph home
she horsewhipped him. Then she had
him arrested.
“I just celebrated my twenty-fifth
wedding anniversary last week” said
Judge Sabath as Joseph stood before
hfin. "I'll discharge you. Go home
aSl don’t get drunk again until your
golden wedding day."
of No. 643 Palisade avenue, Yonkers.
Returning unexpectedly after two
years, he found site had forsaken him
for a rival. He came back after mid
night and, standing beneath a win
dow, beseeched her to marry him. Po
liceman Morrissey heard the proposal.
Judge Ellis suspended sentence.
Champion Dancer at
71 Easily Keeps Title
For Fifty-first Time John Tom Rog
ers Displays Steps None
Could Equal.
OAK ORCHARD, DEL, Sept. «.—
Despite his 71 years John Tom Rog
ers. of Shortley. easily won the danc
ing championship of Sussex County
for the fifty-first consecutive year
by displaying steps that none of the
other contestants could master,
j Although Ills years kept him from
dancing as long at a time as the
j younger men. the crowd proclaimed
him the Victor In buck and wing, jig
ami reel dancing. As a test the fid
dlers broke from one dance to in-
| other without his missing a ttep, and.
tired but happy, the old man still
t holds the title.
Gown Worn Aboard Olympic by
Dancer Is Striking Creation of
Cloth of Gold.
Special Cable to The American.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 6.—A star
tling combination of the Oriental and
the Biblical was worn to-day by Lady
Constance Stewart-Richardson, who
sailed on the Olympic to-day for New
York.
Her gown was of cloth-of-gold,
with Oriental figures In deep greens
and browns. Her wide elbow sleeves
were faced with Iridescent material
in the two shades, and she wore gold
thread sttockings with gilt trim
mings. A gold-embroidered brown
turban had flowing gold chiffon veil.
Lady Constance is coming to Amer
ica to tour the country in a theatrical
combination with Gertrude Hoffman
and Polalre. The trio will
at the Atlanta Theater this
Rubber Doll Saves
run.
“The best soldier is the good citi
zen—the man who loves his home.
That is one reason why I don’t be-
Tiifp f)f AT] Infant ,ieve in hav,n & aliens In the United
| .States Army. As a recruiting officer
-r I got permission to accept no man
Child Falls Into Water, but oy c 3 service who could not read and
as Buoy Until Baby Is write the English language.
Rescued.
HUNTINGTON, W. VA.. Sept. 6
A rubber doll that it carried saved'
the infant child of Mrs. John Mathe- .
ny from drowning. The mother, with
the child in her arms, fell from a
boat, and the child went underneath
a ferryboat, Mrs. Matheny being
pulled out.
In a short time the child was seen
to emerge from the water at the oth
er end of the boat, and was rescued
It still clutched tightly the rubber
doll which acted as a buoy and kepi
the baby on the surface of the water.
RIP VAN WINKLE GERMS
BLAMED FOR EPIDEMIC
Short Enlistment Worthless.
“The short-term enlistment has
been tried out several times in the
history of this country and has
proven itself worthless. Men enlist
ed for 100 days are just learning the
rudiments of soldiering when their
term of enlistment ends. The system
of enlisting troops for the term of a
war is much to be preferred.
“It must be remembered the ulti-
1 mate deciding factor of any war,
i properly so called, is the character
of the troops participating. Bad arma
ment, poor ammunition arid lack of
proper commissary facilities are
* ‘ ' dishearten, but which
Under Impeachment.
Special Cable to The American.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.—Impeach
ment charges were to-day filed by
Deputy Calero against Dr. Urrutia,
Minister of Interior, and the fire
brand of the Huerta Cabinet. Dr.
Urrutia, who was responsible for the
recent announcement that Huerta
had sent an ultimatum to Washing
ton giving the United States twelve
hours to recognize President Huerta,
is charged with causing the arrest of
Deputy Calero, whereas the Mexican
Constitution exempts members of
Congress from arrest. Senor Calero
was locked up on the charge that he
was plotting with the Zapatista reb
els, but later was released.
Foreign Minister Gambo* has is
sued formal denial of published re
ports that Manuel Zamacopa y In
clan, who sailed Thursday for the
United States, Is going to Washing
ton as a special envoy.
Rumor was current here that John
Lind, the Special Envoy from Presi
dent Wilson, may return to this city
to-morrow, but so far as could be
learned no steps have been taken t ■
reopen negotiations between Mr
Lind and the Mexican Government.
Sympathizers of the late Francisco
I. Madero, who planned an anti-Gov-
ernment demonstration for Septem
ber 16. have been warned by t he
Government not to try to carry it
out.
things which
ab,e “TrpmLr.H'uYtnunS^un- GIRL BABY, FOURTEENTH,
be seen
eason.
ALLENTOWN, N. J , Sept. 6. Germs
of hoK cholera, which are believed to
i have remained inactive for three dec-
a<tcH, are thought to have caused an
epidemic which in two weeks has killed
MIDGET WHIPS JAIL GIANT. more than r>0 pigs "»i
HT. Lol IS. Sept .\ g.ir.! -• d-»wn B ! ear here
fall was enacted in the Belleville .iall Exp"fts ;1 J
w hen Monte Maihewson. 6 l'eet 2 im he. the - p c- i ■
t a i* held In aw by the other prisoners farm won the place was owned
was vanquisher by
measures only ' feet 1 inch.
the J. Carrol
onfldent they have traced
the epidemic to a previous one on the
same farm when the place wa:
Nick Manola, who J b\ the father of the present proprietor
30 years ago.
overcome,
disciplined men present a problem
which no commander can solve.
“It is the man. not the gun, that is
the strength of an army. The poor
soldier couldn’t win a battle with the
finest gun ever made. But give a
well-trained trooper a flintlock and he
knows how to put up some sort of a
fight.”
• Yes, 1 know that it is the genera!
opinion that the United Stjates could
lick’ anybody at any tijfcie. With
proper preparation. I thir.l^he could,
i The answer is. ‘Preparedness, pre-
I parednese* preparedness’
TIPS SCALE AT 26 POUNDS
PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Sept. 6.—Tli»
home of Mr. and Mrs. William True
man has been invaded for several days
by women, chiefly mothers, to congrat
ulate them and to get a look at the
largest and handsomest baby In the etty.
Minnle Louise is the latest addition
to the family of tne Truer, sis and or
,h- day of her birth she WPPed tha
wc-alc* at 26 pounds. She air he roue*
teeuih child to arrive jn tne family. .