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CONVICTS UNDER
NEW SYSTEM
OUT ON HONOR
Forty-five From Joliet Prison Do
ing Road Work Without Any
Guards to Prevent-Escape.
PLAY BASEBALL AND SWIM
Have Organized a Watch of Their
Own in Order to. Justify the
♦ Faith of the Warden.
DIXON. *TLL. Sept. .20.—Forty-five
picked prisoners from.the State peni
tentiary at Joliet iare sleping each
night practically unguarded on the
banks of Rock River. For Ove or six
months they win enjoy moat of the
liberties-attended working-road gangs
of free men.
Warden Edmund M Allen ts.deter
mined to pin the new ''honor” system
to a thorough test—the first ever at
tempted in Illinois. He asserts his
confidence that not one of the pris
oners will attempt to break his
pledge and seek to escape The pris
oners themeelves are Jubilant over the
confidence placed in them and have
entered into the camp life with.high
enthusiasm.
Part of the men made a sortie
against the great hill through which
they propose to cleave a pathway
during the next few weeks. In spite
of heat that registered more than
90 degrees they wielded picks and
shovels with seal. And after Super
visor T F Kegnn had called the ex
periment at an end for the day they
returned to camp duties, perfecting
arrangements for their long stay. In
the late afternoon they played base
ball, went swimming, fished None
of the men look on the hard work
that Is confronting them as other
than a congenial summer outing.
A little before 5 a. m. the men
sauntered out of the front door of
the penitentiary. It was dark be
cause of a clouded sky, and had any
wished to escape it would have been
a simple matter to slip away in the
darkness.
"But no man wants to escape,” J.
R. a former Chicago burglar, said:
"We think too much of the Warden.
Since he came here tn April I have
gained in weight from 156 to 180
pounds. There is not a man in this
crowd but would fight to the death
for him. He has made himself a
personal friend to each one of us.
“While he does not guard against
any of us breaking faith with him,
we have taken upon ourselves for
our own and his protection to estab
lish our own guard. Without his
knowledge we have selected a secret
judge and secret detective who will
report any sign of weakness on the
paid of any one of us if such a weak
ness should become manifest. Once
a week or oftener we will convene
court and summon any of the gang
who may need a word of warning.”
British Believe Japs
Are Backing Mexico
Soeclal Cable to Th* American.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—1 n many quar
ters in London the view is held that
Japan is responsible for Mexico's
contumacy.
It Is well known here that for a
Jong time Japan has been paying
Court to the Mexicans, and it is cer
tain that General Huerta has armed
his infantry and cavalry with rifles
and carbines of Japanese service pat
tern.
There was no object In going to
Tokio for military equipment unless
It was thought possible that Mexican
and Japanese troops might some day
be operating together in the field.
Buckingham Palace
To Have a Historian
Queen Mary’s Treasurer Is Writing
a History of Castle, Illustrated
by Photos.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Sept. 20.—A history of
Buckingham Palace, from its building
to the present day. is being written
by the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood,
treasurer to Queen Mary’s household.
Mr. Hood, an artistic photographer,
has taken some splendid pictures of
rooms and works of art in the palace
to illustrate this work, which—tn the
first instance, at least —will be for
private circulation.
Ugly as it is in its exterior, Buck
ingham Palace contains much inter
esting and valuable historical mate
rial.
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Farmers' Fruit To
Run Their Machinery
Scientist Tells Them to Make
Denatured Alcohol and Use It
as Motive Power.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 20.—Farmers
should get the motive power to run
the engines on their farm machinery
from denatured alcohol made from
inferior applet Joseph M. Anglada, of
New York, said in an address here.
“This is the solution of the problem
for supplying power on the farm.” he
said. "Farmers should establish co
operative alcohol plants. There ar
barrels of apples which go to waste
on the farm. The farmers of each
neighborhood in which apples are
produced should gather up these ap
ples and take them to a co-operative
mill and denatured alcohol could be
made in large quantities.
"The motive power furnished by
alcohol Is more desirable than that
from any other source."
Moves Cottage 40
Miles to Get Tenant
Landlord Strikes on Unique Plan of
Renting an Unoccupied
Residence.
FORT LUPTON, COLO., Sept. 20.
A unique and original way of get
ting a tenant for his empty house was
adopted here by B. F. Brown, who
moved a four-room modern cottage
from Ault, 40 miles away, on a flat
car and got a renter for it before the
building had been taken off the
tracks.
Brown, a resident of Ault, is also
the possessor of several vacant lots
here He conceived the idea of mov-
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ing the house to this city, where de
sirable residences are in demand.
When the building reached here
he took a prospective renter to the
track. The latter went through and
rented it at once.
Queen’s Jewels for
Miss Sackville-West
Necklace About Which Dumas Wrote
His Famous Novel Will Be
Hers Some Day.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Sept. 20.—Miss “Veta”
Sackville-West will one day inherit
not only pictures, but jewels of great
interest. Among these is a Greek
patterned diamond tiara, famous as
having formed part of the diamond
necklace that caused the romance be
tween Marie Antoinette and Cardinal
Rohan, about which Dumas wrote his
great novel. “The Queen s Necklace."
London Girl Barbers
Now Popular Fad
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON', Sept. 20.—Girl barbers
are growing in popularity in London
and there is an increasing demand
for them. Many Americans are loud
in their praises of the prepossessing
young women, neatly attired in white,
who deftly wield the scissors and
razor.
There are a considerable number
of these establishments here now.
It is one of the "new callings.” s
Many of the girls are experts at
manicuring and ladies’ hairdressing
as well. Some of them earn large
Incomes.
HEARST'S SVNPAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA. GA., SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1913.
Sarah Bernhardt Building Tomb
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‘Divine One* Carving Own Vault
Two views of Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who is now build
ing her own tomb at Belle-
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Wave-Swept Mausoleum Is Across
Bay From Last Resting Place
of Chateaubriand.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Sept. 20.—News come? from
Belle-Ile-en-Mer, where Carah Bern
hardt lives when she is not charming
Parisian or American audiences, that
the divine Sarah is building her tomb
with her own hands. It stands at the
water’s edge and is washed at high
tide. Far across the waves toward
the mainland, at the Grand Berock.
Chateaubriand *estM. Will It be pos
sible that these two great geniuses
will communicate with each other
across this narrow stretch of water?
To work on one’s ow n tomb is not a
pleasant occupation, but Sarah, hav
ing lost the follies of a youth sup
posed to be perennial, knows that her
day. perhaps her hour, is approaching
and she wants to be fully prepared.
Sarah, as is well known in Europe,
carries with her on steamer, train or
sleeping car a w’onderful shroud of
silk. She thus follows the custom of
the Chinese mandarins, but the cus
tom is new to Europe.
When death finally comes ttie great
actress should not undergo any sen
sation strange to her. because for half
a century and almost every evening
Mme. Bernhardt has succumbed on
the stage to every known kind of
death, by hanging, poison, the dagger
or by fire, by suffocation, being
crushed, drowned, strangled, asphyx
iated or falling a victim to her great
emotion—no method of passing from
this life is unfamiliar to her, and if
she not w'ell play her role when
the final call comes it will not be from
failure to rehearse ft.
WOMAN MAKES SUCCESS
AS A NOTARY PUBLIC
BRIDGEPORT, N. J., Sept. 20.—Al
though equal suffrage in New Jersey
has had a slight setback, this little
town is demonstrating the ability of
women to serve the public. Miss
Eva May' Truitt is a notary’ public,
being the first woman to hold such
a position in this section of the
State. She also does a thriving in
surance business. Mrs. Elva Truitt
has been appointed postmistress, the*
first woman ever receiving such a
commission in this township, and with
her experienced assistant. Miss M. E.
Sheets, is ably helping Uncle Sam to
his business.
Heat That Turns Winter Into Summer
How do you feel about the cold winter winds that will soon be blowing through every crack and crevasse? And
do the chill days that are suretocome on the heels of winter’s first blast make you shiver when you thinkof them?
Is your home adequately equipped with a heating system that laughs at cold weather—that keeps every
room in the house comfortably heated every hour in the day? If it is not, you should begin making prepa
rations for having such a heating plant installed. The Original Moncrief Furnace is the acme of perfection in the warm-air
1 urnace world—and we are the only people in Atlanta who sell the Original Moncrief.
A Moncrief Furnace for Your Home
A MONCRIEF Furnace in your home would enable you and those dependent
on you for warmth and comfort to pass the winter months pleasantly, comfort
ably, and with the dangers of a half heated house eliminated.
You have doubtless been considering the mattter of installing a warm-air fur
naee. but for one reason or another have kept putting it off. This advertisement is
written for the express purpose of impressing on you the Importance of quick action.
There are six months of winter ahead. Dreadfully cold some of it will be. and with
an inadequately heated house, you can not help but feel the chill of some of the days
and nights that are to come. Act now. Call us over the telephone to-morrow
I morning and ask us to estijnate the cost of installing an original Moncrief in your
home. If you live out of Atlanta, send us a pencil sketch of your house and ask
us to estimate the cost for you. Rut act quickly, for winter will soon be here.
Products of Experience From the House of Moncrief
We carry everything in the warm-air heating line, and are in position to supply any of the supplies needed for repairing or replacing worn out
parts. We also do expert repair work, and despite the fact that we use a higher quality of goods than is usually found elsewhere, we do our repair
work cheaper than others.
Get the name right—we are the
Moncrief Atlanta Company
R. A. JONES, Manager
73 Walton St. Atlanta, Ga. Phone Ivy 4930 i
HIGH NUN'S LIFE
KINGS ON TALE
OFWITSCHUM
Church Worker Declares Husband
of Her Friend Attacked Her
When Helpless.
CHARLESTOWN, W VA.. Sept. 20
Graham Wilson, wealthy and promi
nent in the social and business affairs
of this part of the fctate, must effec
tually disprove the story of Miss Mary
Turner, one of the most highly re
spected young women In Jefferson
County, or face death by hanging.
Held in jail here, without bail. Wil
son seerAs to show ho worry over the
fact that the crime charged to him Is
a capita! offense in this State. His
young wife, wbn says she is madly in
love with him: his father, a retired
Episcopal minister, and Ms brother
and sister make no secret of the fact
that they are in great distress.
Until a week agn Miss Turner’s life
was in danger. When she lay on
what was believed to be her deathbed
she told and retold the story which
she will tell to the jury next month.
One of her most devoted friends
was Mrs. Wilson, the wife of the man
she accuses. For years it has been
Miss Turner's custom to spend much
of her time at Wilson farm, a beau
tiful strip of land on the .Charlestown -
Knabletown turnpike.
On June 5 last Wilson left his home
to attend the Leesburg horse show,
and Miss Turner was Mrs. Wilson's
guest On the morning of June 6
Wilson returned home, and, accord
ing to the charges. Invited Miss Tur
ner to accompany him on a drive to
another farm he owns.
According to Miss Turner. Wilson,
without warning, attacked her. She
screamed, according to her testimony,
and he choked her.
Wilson is a man of great strength,
but Miss Turner said she broke from
>im and, screaming, ran 100 yards
before he overtook her. She was
semi-conscious when he lifted her
back into the buggy, according to her
testimony. Rhe said that Wilson then
laughed at her and told her she would
I be a fnol to attempt any exposin'
Woman Stamps Out
Smoldering Bomb
Blackhanders Make Infernal Machine
From Preserve Jar and Powder.
Woman Saves Husband.
I NEW TURK. Sept. 20.—Coney Is
land. long neglected by the Black
handers. just saw its first bomb.
Mrs. Marie Tarmantnla, No. 2442
Gravesend avenue, where her hus
band has a grocery store, discovered
one. It was smoking and she
stamped out the fuse. Later the po
lice took charge of It.
It was made from a preserve jar
filled with gunpowder, with a kero
nt-soaked fuse running through the
cover. It evidently had just be»‘n
placed w’here the woman found it.
96 YEARS OLD, LIVES
AFTER FIFTY-DAY FAST
HARRISBURG. Sept. 20—William
Beidleman, who lacks only three
months nf being 96 years old. com
pleted his fiftieth day of fasting.
Throughout that period only two
small bites of toasted bread have
passed into his stomach, but he has
drunk quantities of ice water.
OFFERS NICKEL
TORESCUERFDR
SAVING HIS LIFE
Los Angeles Hero Is Told to Go
and Buy Himself a Five-Cent
Smoke by Grateful Man.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 20.-—Five
cents, cash, was yesterday proffered
Roy Haslet, of Los Angeles, by a
young man of Compton for saving j
the latter’s life. Mr. Haslet refused
the money—he said he didn't care for
expenses.
The Compton man Is an expe
rienced swimmer and was caught in
a dangerous rip tide off Long Reach.
Haslet, seeing the bather’s predica
ment, plunged into the surf.
The young man was rapidly be
coming exhausted, and Haslet reach
ed him as he was sinking Seizing
him by the hair, he swam vigorously
to shore, and he, was exhausted
as he reached land
First aid treatment was given both
young men. and soon neither was the
worse for the adventure.
Later the Compton citizen sought
Haslet.
"You saved my life,” he said. "I
appreciate what you have done a
great deal. Here is a nickel, go buy
yourself a good smoke”
Mr. Haslet doesn’t smoke—that
kind.
Oregon Man Grows
A Grain Like Wheat
Farmer Uses Burbank Method in Ex
periment and Develops Big,
Fine Product.
OREGON CITY. OREG . Sept 20.
A new and unnamed grain has been
grown by P. O. Chindgren. a farmer al
Mulino, after a scrips nf experiments
with the corn-wheat and the Egyptian
species of the grain.
For the last two or three years the
farmer has been studying the possi
bility of "Rurbanking the two kinds
nf wheat Samples just rut and placed
on exhibition show that he has
been highly suc< essful.
The grain produces a stalk about
eight feet long and heads that are
much larger and better than either of
the old kinds. No name has been se
lected for the new grain.
"Haunted" School
House Abandoned
Children Refuse to Attend Classes
in Building In Which Teacher
Was Murdered.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.—Children nf
Warrenville. 111., will have a new
school building this year to replace
the ’haunted school" they have re
fused tn attend since the winter of
1912. The new building was dedicated
I .ahor I >ay
The ‘ haunted school” was made a
place of horror to the children by the
killing there before her class of Miss
Edith Smith by Sylvester Adams,
January 10. 1912. The man's ad
dresses had been rejected by the
pretty teacher, and he shot her at her
desk, following the deed by commit
ting suicide on the spot with the same
weapon.
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All Cast Iron.
All Cast Iron with combination steel and cast radiator.
.Moncrief Duplex Grate with large grate surface.
Straight and deep fire pot cast extra heavy in two sections.
Top return thio radiator affording a large radiating surface.
Latest and most improved grate hangers, each grate hanging individually can
be removed without touching a nut or eotter pin; simply take out the bar.
Self-cleaning surfaces. Such cleaning as may lie necessary can be attended to
readily through the smoke flue, feed door and clean out door opening.
The Moncrief Beaded doors assuring you an absolutely gas and air tight furnace.
All cup joints deep ami rootny. Will burn all grades of hard and soft coal.
The Height. All Moncrief Furnaces are low down and can be set to advantage
in low basements. All collars extend through casings.
Hot water for domestic purposes may be obtained by running a coil in the spe-
cial pouch at side of feed door. ■
Extra large double casings, affording abundant space for the circulation of air.
Rancher Victor in
Battle With Bear
Cattleman Come* Suddenly Upon
Animal Preparing to Feast on
Pheaaants' Egg*.
JULIAETTA. IDAHO. Sept. 20—At
the headwaters of Swift Creek, which
empties into the north fork of the
Clearwater east of Teakean. Levi B.
I Groseclose, a cattle raiser, had a fight
■ to the death with a bear.
Groseclose took his rifle with him
on a trip to look after his cattle. He
came upon a pheasant which seemed
distressed. Looking around, Mr.
Groseclose saw a large olack bear
which had driven the bird from her
nest and was preparing to eat the
eggs
The farmer shot the bear, but be
l fore he could eject the empty shell
bruin charged. A second shot put out
the beast's right eye. But on he came.
A third shot put a ball just under
neath the eye.
At this juncture the bear started in
the opposite direction Pursuing his
advantage, the farmer continued to
fire and with the sixth shot bruin sue
cumbed.
$200,000 Securities
Plaything of Boy
Youngster Ha* Fine Time Mutilating
a Fortune Lost by Express
Driver.
CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—A. child muti
lating a fortune of $200,000 was the
Interesting spectacle tn the town of
Pavia. Mo., the other day. Senor Vi
tali. a rent collector at Stradelia, gave
an expressman a package wrapped
in old newspapers, asking him to
hand It in at a bank at Pavia. It
contained $200,000 In securities. The
driver forgot all about this seeming
ly inconsequential bundle, and when
Vitali went to the bank to cut his
coupons there was nothing there for
him.
These securities were afterward
found in a mutilated condition They
bad been picked up on the road by a
boy, who bad amused himself by cut
ting out the head of the King of
Italy from the securities and throwing
away the rubbish. The King, how
ever. has been restored to his old po
sition. and with a little trouble tn
getting duplicates the Italian will re
store his fortune to its former magni
tude.
Rich Widow Leaves
Fortune to Lawyer
Will of Wealthy Cumberland Wo
man. Ignoring Relatives. Made
Public—Contest Likely.
CUMBERLAND. MD., Sept. 29.
1 Surprise was caused here when it be
came known that Mrs Margaret Mc-
Cray. aged 37. widow of William L.
McCray, had left her automobile and
f the remainder of her estate, valued
at $75,000, to J. Philip Roman, at
torney, and son-in-law of James
t Clark, president of a distilling com
-1 pany.
( Mrs. McCray was taken 111 Tues
, day while Roman was drawing up her
, will. Dr Thomas W. Koon and
, Charles W. Fries acting as witnesses.
Yesterday she died, and an hour later
> the will was filed for probate.
’ Mrs. McCray leaves two brothers, a
sister, and several nephews at Pitts
» burg, who. it Is said, will contest the
instrument.
VICTIMS GO MAD
WHEN WPEO
IN DEATH VALLEY
Tragedies of Lower California
Desert Told by Bodies of
Overwhelmed Men,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 20.—The
recent death of Peter A. Busch, a Col
orado miner, in Death Valley, recalls
many instances of the treachery of
that portion of California which was
denominated by the early tribal In
dians as the “Valley of Fire.”
The Piutes. Waaboe and other tribes
in early days condemned their crimi
nals to the country surrounding Death
Valley When an outlaw Indian vio
lated the moat sacred laws of his tribe
he wws condemned to the “Valley of
Fire," where he wag expected soon to
perish.
Os the hundreds, of bodies found In
Death Valley, where men parished
from heat and thirst, they are almost
universally naked to the waist. The
trail made by the men before death
also shows a circuitous course.
At a certain stag*, after being at
tacked by the heat, the person begins
to run and claw at his breast. First
his hat Is abandoned. Then he begins
to claw at his shirt, and finally tears
It from him.
Then he turns In a circuitous routs
and narrows the circuit until finally
he falls exhausted In a heap and
never rises again. Delirium comes on
instantly.
It is presumed that the terrlbtosruf
faring from the heat and thlrat feels
like s load on his lungs and makes
breathing difficult, and that the vic .1
tlm imagines by running he is getting
away from the thing, and that in
clawing off his upper garments he is
releasing the weight
Scientists who have vistted Death
Valley In warm weather and had a
touch of the heat state that the ex
traordinary effect of the heat there Is
caused by the peculiar situation of
Death Valley. It is from 100 to 400
feet below sea level and Is shut In on
all sides by high mountains
The Panamlnts range shuts out the
moist air from the Pacific Ocean, and
the Funeral and Grapevine ranges
shut out the wind from the slight
vegetation on the eastern side, so that
the only wtnd th«t reaches Death Val
ley and the atmosphere of that region
Is the dryest of all places on earth;
that It absorbs from every living
thing, both human and vegetable,
every particle of moisture.
This Is Illustrated by the fact that
at certain places In Death Valley,
when the thermometer Is at its high
est—often 137 degrees in the shade —
a man never can satiate hfs thirst.
As soon as he takes the canteen from
his lip* the thirst returns just as
strong as ever.
When the system 1* drained of all
moisture the brain yields, the victim's
eyes stare like a madman’s and he
runs bls circuitous course to death
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Land ‘Boomers' Hired
For British Colonies
——— i
Spacial Cable to Th* American.
LONDON, Sept. 20>—The •boomer"
has found a new home in thie British
Colonial Office, and a new rheme of
picture tours of the empire ha* been
devised for advertising the country's 4
possessions.
Thousands of picture*. Including
about 200 original paintings, have
been prepared. The aervioee of a
well known artist have cost the de
partment SIO,OOO.
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