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ITT \T1ST’£ ^^DAT AMERICAN. ATLANTA. CA.. SUNDAY, .JULY 4. 1015
POLICE!’CULLS
Wife Works 9 Years for Rerage IDLENESS IS TO COTTON TRADE
Saves Money to Sue 'Deserter BLAMEFOR MOST
"Lefty” James Hero of Romance
Resulting From Thief Snatch
ing Teacher’s Purse.
LOR ANGELES, July —A year
Afro a pretty Lob Angeles school teach*
,»r called the police. The other day
ahe called a policeman—her huaband.
It was this way:
Miss Lulu A. Mc.Fatridge. “school-
ma'am." went to a theater w^th som«-
teacher friends They all took the
Monetd car together, and when they
came near her street one of them said:
“Lulu, aren’t you afraid to* go home
alone?"
"Why should I be?" she ^ replied
“There are lots of policemen."
Five minutes later a purse-snatcher
overtook her. made a quick grab and
got her wrist bag. It had Insen pay
day and a full month’s ^stipend was in
that bag. It was a serious matter for
teacher.
Over the phone she called the police.
The flying squadron from detective
headquarters came dashing to the
scene In one of those well-known
"high-powered police automobiles."
“Lefty” James to Rescue.
(Enter “Lefty" .Tames, big and raw-
boned; built along hero lines.)
“What's wrong, lady?" asked
"My purse and my salary. Oh.
please. Mr. Officer, get them back for
me?" she cried.
Spreading his squad over the sur
rounding district. In ten minutes
"Lefu" found his man lurking in the
shadow of a fence three blocks away,
secured him and the purse.
Miss McJflatridge thanked him. and
as "Lefty” turned to go, with his pris
oner handcuffed beside him. held out
her hand In gratitude. The bold de
tective took it. looked nt the girl and
blushed. Neither could think of any
fitting words until "Lffty" had a
bright idea.
"Have you got any chocolate ca^e
In the house, miss?" he asked. “I’ve
got a bad headache tonight and noth
ing helps It but chocolate cake and
lemonade."
Quiet Weddieg Results.
This deft conversational opening
evidently was micoesful, as James re
quired an hour for the gathering of
Information for his report.
So recently they were quietly mar
ried by the Rev. J. C. Wood of the
South Main Street. Presbyterian
Church, and left for San Francisco by
euto on a twenty-three days’ tour of
the north.
The length of the officer’s vacation
Is flve days longer than that of most
men, but comes as a present from
Chief of Detectives A. W. Murray.
Detective James won the copper cross
and the extra vacation on the night
he formed one of the party which sur
rounded. shot and killed Herringa, who
had murdered Marshal Smith, of Tro-
plco, a few hours before.
Mother Says Girls
Stole Young Man
Held on Kidnaping Charge After
Giving Their Infanf Friend
Few Joyous Hours.
GETS SIX MONTHS AT FLIRT.
NEW YORK, July 8. — Michael Di-
GinArro, 36 years old, of No. 319 East
Sixteenth street, wan sentenced to six
months In the workhouse by Magistrate
Ten Eyck in the Men’s Court for trying
to flirt in the monkey house In Central
Pari.
PHILLIPS HOUSE
Massachusetts Ave. and Beach
Atlantic City, N. J.
Open all year. Capacity 260. Eleva
tor to street level, private baths, rooms
with running water Illustrated book
let and rates on request.
F. P. PHILLIPS. Prop.
it
Mrs. Anna
Whitson,
who declares
that, filing suit
against her
husband for
separation and
for $46,000 is
but the
culmination
of a nine-year
struggle to get
to the point
financially
where she
could humble
the man who
made life
miserable
for her.
,,,v% *
Demands $46,000 for Children From Husband,
Founder of the Burbank Press.
NEW YORK, July 8.—"For nine
years I have struggled to get to the
point financially where I could hum
ble the man who triad e life miserable
for me. Nine years ago I was penni
less and he on the road to wealth.
Now I have risen and he is dow r n. This
is a woman’s world as well as a
man’s."
Mrs. Anna Whitson thus described
her reasons for filing suit for separa
tion from John G. Whitson, one of
the founders of the Burbank Press,
Santa Rosa. Cal.
Through her attorney. Aaron Wil
liam Levy, Mrs. Whitson, who lives at
No. 547 West One Hundred and Fifty-
seventh street, has filed suit in the
Supreme Court. She says she did this
despite the fact that her huaband ob
tained a divorce from her Jay era l
>ears ago in Reno. She has brought
additional suit for $46.000 rf jvhlch she
declares should have been hers had
not Whitson, as she alleges, deserted
her nine years ago.
Georgia’s
Slimmer
Playground
Ths Delightful Country
Reached by
The Tallulah
Falls Railway
Attractive Mountain Re
sorts With Moderate
Prioes
Tallulah Falla, Dsmorsst,
Clarkeavllls. Turnarvllla.
Wiley, Clayton, Moun
tain City, Rabun Qap,
Dillard, Oa.. and
Franklin, N. C.
Through Coach Servioe
From Atlanta Begin
ning July 4th
Best Route To
Highlands, N. 0.
f For Information ae ta
Schedules and List af
Hotels and Boarding
House* Write
D. W NEWELL,
Superintendent, .
Tallulah Falla Railway,
Cornelia. Qa.
Bachelors Succomb
To Maids of Oregon
Of 27 Young Engineers Who Went
to Work for Railroad 22 Have
Found Wives.
EUGENE. ORSX3., July 8.—Eugene
is an unhealthy place for bachelors, say
members of the Willamette-Pacific Rail
road engineering staff, which, three
years ago, came here with twenty-seven
unmarried men. Since then twenty-two
have succumbed to matrimony, and
theft* declare that several of the re
maining flve have their foot in the net.
And the road is not completed yet, so
the engineers will remain here for a
time.
Bachelor quarters established when
they first came prospered for a time,
but were discontinued a few months
ago when the ranks were shattered.
The announcement of the marriage of
John Morrison to Miss Juanita Schroed-
tr caused J. J Delaney, chief clerk, to
compile the bachelor statistics. He is
married.
•It's the high cost of living.'’ he said.
'They all get the idea that two can live
more cheaply than one—possible more
cheaply as one."
Unemployment Responsible for With U. S. Acreage Report Out of
70 Per Cent of Offenses, Says the Way, Traders Focus Eyes
Social Service Report.
CHICAGO, July 3.—Child Idleness,
and not child labor, is responsible for
nearly all the depravity among the
10.416 boys arrested In the last year
and handled by the Boys' Court of
Chicago. This conclusion, couched in
other words, Is conveyed in the report
of the social service department of the
court, compiled by Mary R. Colgate
anti G. A. Mitchell, of the department,
anti submitted by Judge Dolan to Chief
Justice Olson. ’
"Idleness is at the root of most of
the mischief," says the report, "and
this Is particularly true of the boy
brought up amid sordid surroundings.
"Loosely conducted, debased, dirty,
ill smelling and vicious poolrooms are
a recognized factor in youthful trans
gressions. Many of the licensed pool-
room owners make no pretense of
obeying the law. Boys under 18 come
and go' at will, gambling takes place
openly, lewd conversation, larded with
foulness of speech, is the rule rather
than the exception, and the game of
pool itself Is a negligible quantity."
Reverting to the problem of idle
ness, the report sets forth that many
of the boys will not keep a place when
It Is found for thorn, and a very great
number of employers refuse to give
work to a boy known to have been
taken before the court on any 'charge
whatever.
“The problem of finding work for
the boys has been one of the most dif
ficult," says the report. "It Is easy
to get money for the work of the de
partment, but when It comes to a Job
for the hoy willing and anxious to
work It Is different. Hundreds of let
ters have been sent out by this de
partment to the large employers of la
bor asking for work, but less than 5
per cent have responded."
This, the investigators say, Is be
cause boys who have been taken to
court are considered "lazy, Incompe
tent and perhaps criminally inclined.
Instead, the majority are honest and
capable, and enforced idleness is the
prime cause of their delinquency. Un
employment Is responsible, indirectly,
for at least 70 per cent of the offenses
charged to boys in this court."
Liquor has little or nothing to do I
with the crimes of hoys, the investi
gators found,
"Habitual indulgence In liquor is ;
negligible and chronic alcoholism
practically unknown." they say “Of j
10.000 cases heard by the court, not I
more than SO had their inception in I
minds deranged by liquor. On the I
other hand, cigarette smoking has as- j
sumed almost the form of a mania."
Let Mule Select the |
Spot to Dig Oil Well
on Growing Crop.
MEMPHIS. July 3.—Having the
Government'* estimate on acreage,
which did not varv materially from
expectations based on the several
private ones issued recently, and the
official statement of what the crop's
condition was on June 25, the trade’s
attention has been turned to further
progress of the crop and to matters
likely to affect the demand for raw
material.
Prices during the week showed lit
tle variation, although a diminution
of bearish sentiment was noted. It
was due largely to the character of
advices coming from the belt, some
important sections getting too much
rain, while complaints of boll weevil
were more numerous and serious
enough to attract attention.
Strength in the spot department,
though to some extent of a negative
sort, also figured in the reversal of
sentiment.
The crop as a whole has been mak
ing progress that was satisfactory,
/though it hardly measured up to the
standard set by those taking the lead
on the bear side. Rains were plenti
ful over the belt, excepting Central
and Southern Texas, where moisture
is needed.
The speculative market was quiet
and trading continued largely profes
sional Many shorts covered when
weather conditions became less fa
vorable, hut the uncertainty in the
foreign situation acted as a stay to
confidence. The big business done in
spots at Liverpool indicated that the
British spinners had a much better
trade outlook than thought or that
their reserve stocks were und£r cur
rent ideas. The absence of impor
tant liquidation from that direction
helped to stabilize the American mar
kets.
One of the popular contentions of
those predicting lower prices is that
the smaller purchasing power of Eu
rope will lessen the demand for cot
ton and thereby add to the South’s
burden at a time when the new’crop
is just about to come to hand.
Railroad Overcomes .
Mountain Barrier
i r,A.AD, July 3.—Some
persons told Colonel E. H. R. Green that
any old jackass could locate oil, so when
the syndicate wTTlch he represented was
ready to sink a well he selected a mule
as master of ceremonies.
The mule was driven on a dead run
into the field and allowed Its own time
in coming to a stop. Where the mule
started to graze would be the location
of the well. It soon dropped its head
and a stake was driven into a bunch of
rich grass. Colonel Green says he will
pension the mule if they strike oil.
' Whitson's lawyer Is Abraham Gru
ber. Ho claims Mrs. Whitson techni
cality deserted him. Whitson claims
his only home is at No. 526 West One
Hundred and Thirteenth street.
‘We were married in New York
City in 1896," said Mrs. Whitson. "He
was then known as Edmund A. Kop-
ple. He changed his name for a busi
ness reason. In 19G5 he incorporated
the Whitson Autopress Company, an
Invention I perfected and patented.
"I worked in the machine shop for
ns many as fifteen hours
day. Finally, when the thing was a
success and \we were beginning to see
light, he left me and I found he Jjad
transferred my stock to a woman.
"With my two children, Bertram,
now 18, and Gladys, now 16. I was
left penniless. Suddenly a resolve was
born within me. I'd revenge myself
by belittling him. So I started out to
make money. 1 have made money. If
I win my separation and a judgment,
the money will go to the children,
want nothing from him—nothing but
revenge."
Sailor With a Gun
Makes Men Dance
SAN FRANCISCO. July 8—After
holding up three men In the lobby of the
Hotel Gordon, forcing them to perform
queer antics at the point of a gun, and
finally firing two snots at a woman.
Leonard Thorpe, a sailor, was arrested
and lodged in the city prison on a
charge of assault to commit murder.
The woman, who narrowly missed death
at the hands of Thorpe, was Mrs. Louise
Noe, who walked Into the hotel to sum
mon a taxicab while the sailor*was or
dering the men about under threats.
Widows' Rings Will
Portray Their Status
Streaks of Black and Green About
Gold Band to Distinguish Real
From Grass.
Doomed Man Rejects
Food to Cheat Chair
COLUMBUS. OHIO. July 3 — Peter
Skrybner, condemned to die In the elec
tric chair in the Ohio Penitentiary, per
sistently refuses to partake of food and
he haa openly threatened to starve
nimnelf to death and thereby defeat jus
tice. So far as prison officials can de
termine one banana is all that he has
<-aten in many days.
He takes a few sips of water to al
ly the pangs of thirst but his food da>
day remains untouched. The formal
DENVER, COLO., July 3.—"By their
rings shall ye knotir them." #
In the future widows who have dls-,
carded their mourning weeds will not be
fated to go about wearing a ring of
marriage along with tne title of Mi's.,
leaving eligible bachelors to wonder
whether the charming creatures pos
sess husbands or are again free to step
into the sacred bonds of matrimony.
It was announced at the opening ses
sion of the National Jewelers’ Retail
Association by President T. L Combs
that the proper ring for the future for
a widow' of the genuine variety will be
u circlet of gold with a streak of black
enamel running through the center,
j Aside from being worn as a memento
of grief for the departed, It would clearly
Indicate the widow’s matrimonial stand
ing.
That grass widows may be further
j distinguished from the real ones, a
streak of green enamel is substituted for
the black. In event of her receiving
alimony or a settlement diamonds will
be used.
Given Divorce From
Sorrowful Husband
DETROIT, July 8.—Mrs. George
Hughes has been granted a divorce.
Her husband disappeared last fall, after
having wept for six years over some
vast secret sorrow. His wife said that
he began to cry at the breakfast table
the day following their marriage
She said that as time went on his
weeping fascinated her. The sight of a
hear.se or fried potatoes or the strains
of a hurdy-gurdy would send him off
into raptures of grief. His wife tried
to induce him to unburden himself, but
he eouki not. Then one day, after one
emml outburst of agonizing grief, he
TICK?
OFPK
—and, Son, Just
One More Word
"IKE all red-blooded men you have a natural de
sire for stimulants. At times, you will actu
ally feel the need of them.
,1 am fifty-five years young and all my life I
have drunk beer—temperately. That fact is largely
responsible for my.present rugged constitution.
I want you to pattern after me. Whenever
you feel the need of a glass of beer, drink it. It’s
the drink of real temperance. Those people you
meet up with in life who tell you
total abstinence is temperance are
deceiving themselves.
You, like all good men. have a
perfect right to drink beer moderate
ly. In the ranks of the men who con
fine their drinking to mild, healthful
brer, you will find the best definition
of real temperance.
—Advertisement
NEWARK, N. J.. July 3.—Chanted
with stealing a young man for a few
hours Tuesday, Miss Annabelle
Schaeffer. 24, and Miss Emma, her
sister, 18. were held in J500 ball for
the Grand Jury by Judge Wolf. Clar
ence Smith, whom the sisters bore to
their home, No. 209 West Kinney
street, Is very young Indeed. He's
four.
Clarence was romping In front of
the home of his aunt. Miss Ethel
Walker, No. 64 Howard Street, when
the sisters, who had long known the
boy s parents, took him home to make
merry a dull afternoon. For a “kid
naped" person he had a fine time.
There were many games and lots of
candy and a new suit of clothing for
him.
His aunt and his mother were dis
traught over the child's disappear
ance and appealed to the police, who
were searching when the Misses
Schaeffer came to the Walker home
with Clarence, who was chuckling.
But mother and aunt were Indignant-
and demanded that Policeman Walker
arrest the girls.
Judge Wolf ignored the girls' plea
that they only carried Clarence off
to "show him a good time."
Wide Skirt Costs
Woman Both Legs
NEW YORK, July 3.—The wide
modish taffeta skirt which Mrs. Daisy
Lav ell. of No. 635 West 135th street,
were probably was responsible for her
losing both her legs. She Jiad spent
the afternoon with her friend, ' Mrs.
Florence Peene, at No. 79 Eaton place.
East Orange. N. J., and was on her
way to the Grove street station of the
Lackawanna Railroad, when the acci
dent happened.
Mrs. Lavell, young and attractive,
made a short cut under the closed
gates at the crossing, to reach the sta
tion. * As she stepped from behind a
west-bound train, the east bound train
came along. She was standing so close
to the rails that the suction caught
her wide skirt and dragged her under
the wheels of the first car. Her legs
were mangled and she was sent to the
Orange Hospital, where surgeons am
putated one leg above the knee and the
other below.
Strange Meeting of Two Irish! New York Tonsorial Artist
Immigrants After Sixteen
Years of Wandering.
BOZEMAN, MONT., July 3.—Wll-
li&m O. Patt, who has resided in Gal
latin County for some years, has just
found his brother, J. Patrick Patt, a
few years older, with whom he had
parted in Boston in 1899, on the day
after they arrived in this country.
The two youths were adrift in Bos
ton, where everything was new and
^strange to them, and they wandered
about looking for work. When night
came neither one had earned euough
to eat or to get a place to sleep. The
young Irish brothers shook hands and
said good-bye, walking away in oppo
site" directions. They never heard of
each other until a few days ago, when
they met in the Gallatin Valley.
A young man walked up to the door
of the Patt farm home a few days ago
and after a brief conversation the
stranger was hired as a “farmhand."
As he was working he began to hum
a song about “Willie Riley" and his
dear “colleen bawn.”
The farmer, William Patt, joined
with him !n the song.
“That’s the song I sang more than
seventeen years ago when 1 came
across from Ireland with my brothel
Patrick," said William. "We parted
in Boston just sixteen years ago this
month and I’ve never seen him since."
"I’m brother Pat, William," shouted
the other man, "and I’ve been looking
all these years for you. I’ve wandered
over the United States, thinking per
haps sotne time I would find you."
Called by Former Patron for
Shave and Hair Cut.
NEW YORK, July 3.—Carl Zahn,
Ihead barber of the Plaza Hotel, went
! on a nine hundred mile journey to
! shave a man and cut his hair. That
f is, he started on a four hundred and
fifty mile jaunt, and he must come
! back. It was like this;
W. G. Green, of Denver, w<ho has
been at the Plaza, thought no barber
could cut his hair and shave him so
well as Zahn. Mr. Green went to
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., to
stay at the Greenbrier. He. thought
that he w r ould be away for three days
and suddenly changed his mind and
decided to stay three weeks.
He needed a haircut, and the man
agement of the Plaza received a tele
gram asking that Zahn be sent to
White Sulphur Springs to serve Mr.
Green as before. '
Fred Sterry, managing director of
the Plaza, knew that Mr. Green meant
what he said and Zahn was sent. The
fare is about $50. A shave and hair
cut in the Plaza costs sixty cents.
BONE FROM LEG PUT IN BACK.
MILWAUKEE. July 3.—Bessie Al
len, one of America’s most famous whist
experts, is recovering from a tubercular
back, following an operation that re
placed the disordered vertebrae with a
piece of bone from one of her legfe.
$1.00 Warm Springs and
return July 5th. Southern
Railway.
BRISTOL, TENN., July 3.—The in
auguration of through freight and
passenger traffic via the "Elkhorn
Extension" of the Carolina, Clinch-
field and Ohio Railway, this week,
was one of the most significant events
in recent railroad history.
ThiP extension, starting at Dante.
Va.. and extending through the Cum
berland Mountains on a direct route
to Elkhorn City, Ky., a distance of 40
miles, opens traffic between the
South Atlantic States and the Great
Lakes region. The Clinchfleld. built
by New York capitalists, represents
an investment of $60,000,000, more
than $6,000,000 being spent in the
construction of the short extension
that has made it possible for this
company to put its trains through
the barrier of the Cumberlands over
a direct route.
To accomplish this required heavy
tunnel work the longest of the tun
nels Is nearly two miles in length.
Freight traffic between the Southeast
and the lake region will now be 48
hours quicker than heretofore, while
passenger schedules will be corre
spondingly shortened. The road op
erates over Its own rails % as far south
as Spartanburg, S. C-
Mayor Bans War Airs
In City Band Concerts
READING, PA., July 3—To avoid
trouble at municipal band concerts,
Mayor Stratton has announced '’ no
patriotic or national airs will be al
lowed on the program
Sues Mother-in-Law
As Wrecker of Home
CHICAGO, July 3.—John fr. Grady has
started suit against Mrs. Sophie Law
rence and Joseph P. Lawrence on the
ground of alienation of affection. Grady
married Agnes Lawrence, a daughter
of the defendants, seven years ago. At
the time of the marriage Mr. and Mrs.
Grady were just of age. Grady chargee
that his mother-in-law did all she could
to break up his home.
’’Mrs. Lawrence caused repeated
separations by following up from place
to place," he says in his charges. “In
this she was aided by my father-in-
law."
31 Years inU.S.Army
Wins Him Citizenship
WASHINGTON, July 3.—Sergeant
Major Julius Molt, United States Army,
60 years old, a native of Germany, has
lust been naturalized as a citizen of the
United States in the District of Colum
bia Supreme Count. Molt served 31
years in the Sixth Cavalry, holding ev
ery non-commissioned office in the regi
ment.
He was admitted to American citizen
ship under an act of Congress which
provides that an honorable discharge
from the army Is sufficient for naturali
zation and takes the place of the •-
deuce clause of older naturalization acts.
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in the
Appalachian
Summitland
Nom Rendered Accessible
By The
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mer clilnate in Eastern America, and scenery which for beauty, variety and grandeur,
has no superior in all the world,—these invite you to the Now Play Ground above the
Clouds where comfort, recreation and renewed vitality await the summer visitor.
ATTRACTIVE RESORTS IN THE SUMMITLAND
Altapass, North Carolina, the highest point on The Clinchfleld Route, offers yon
at moderate rates allthe attractions of a delightful and informal country club life com
bined with the comforts and conveniences of a thoroughly equipped and modern hotel.
The Altapass Inn, is located on the Crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains, looking down
upon allthe world. The scenery is magnlfloient, and to its splendid transportation and
wire facilities Altapass adds unparalleled opportunities for the enjoyment of all the out
door and indoor sports and amusements, including golf, tennis, coaching, horseback
riding, hunting, fishing, mountain climbing, bowling, music, etc. The social environ
ment is ideal. Convenient railway schedules and excellent livery service facilitate the
exploration of the Appalachian Wonderland by short side-trips to such points of interest
as Mt. Mitchell, the tallest peak east of the Rockies; Linville Falls, the Little Niagara of
the Mountains; the Linville Canyon, deepest in eastern America; the famous Gorge of
theNolichucky Liver, etc.
Other attractive mountain re
sorts in the Summitland of Western
North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee
areThe^ittle Switzerland Inn, Mt. Mitch-
^ el, N. C., beautifully located on the Crest
of the Blue Ridge near Altapas^ and
surrounded by a delightful summer col
ony; Burnsville and Murchison N. C.
near the foot of Mt. Mitchell; TJnaka
Springs, Tenn., the well known health
resort at the northern entrance to The
Gorge of The Nolichucky; Pineola, Lin
ville and Linville Fails, N. C., the lasti
three being reached via The Clinchfleld
Route through Johnson City, thence
over The E. T. & V/. N. C. Ry,
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and cottages for rent In The Appala-
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* -- The Clinchfleld Route,
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Address
Chas. T. Mendel, A.G. P.A.,
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway
JOHNSON CITY, TENN.
The little Sseiifthe T]
Hazvkshaw and Holmes must look to their laurels
Or else their fame we ’ll deride:
For a “new detective” is now on the job—
The “little sleuth” of the “CLASSIFIED”
If everybody knew the efficiency of the “LOST AND FOUND” Classi
fied, and what quick action these little “SLEUTHS OF THE TYPES’
get, nobody who LOST anything they wished to recover, would lose a mo
ment in getting this WANT AD DETECTIVE BUREAU OF THE
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lost anything you wish to recover, or found anything you’d gladly restore
to the rightful owner, the LOST AND FOUND section of the “CLASSI
FIED” is the quickest means to serve an end.
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