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Romance in business?
None at all, say the wiseacres
Then what sheuld you call the ca-
Jeer of an Oklahoma man who, start.
ing business three years ago in a
frame shed at Tulsa, is this year
erecting at $30,000 factory; has caused
the American Can Company to move
one of its plants from the East to the
West, buys “gung’ by the carload, as
the United States army ordnance de
partment buys munitions; has 25
salesmen covering 25 States from
l.ake Superiqr to the Keys of Florida;
refuses foreign orders until the na
tions will guarantee proper protection
for nis patents,; at the beginning of
this his fourth year's business, has
authorized an advertising expenditure
of $40,000-—BO times more than he wa
worth 36 months ago, and, quite in
cidentally, has overridden and upset a
gfirmly established business rule
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his rapid rise this man was a news
paper man,
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Hofstra Manufacturing Company ol
Tulea, has accomplished all this and
is still at it, His company manufac
tures an insect powder distributed In
the familiar round “guns,” whose als
play cards extol the name and fame
of Oklahoma from the shelves and
counters of thousands of druggists
and grocers, Associated with Gib
bons is G, N, Wright, president of the
Wright Producing and Refining Cors
poration, and W, A. Brownlee, eash
ler of the Kxchange National Bank of
Tulsa. The three men are Oklahom
ans, proud of it, and accept as a mat
ter of course their unique feat of hav
ing knocked the props from a hard
and fast rule of commercialism.
The company was organized In
June, 1915, but 4id not begin active
operations until January, 1916. Much
of the intervening time was spent in
proving that the impossible could be
done. KFor be it known that men of
counting room and desk have decreed
that a successful business must be lo
cated close to its base of supply of
raw material or within easy reach of
its point of consumption.
The Hofstra Company imports tons
of raw material from Japan; it
reaches eastward to New York for
another ingredient; then to Chicago,
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;Clewlund, Ohlo and Argo, 111, it goes
for more, Its metal ‘“guns" are
shipped from St, Louis. -~
The American Can Company for.
merly manufactured these “guns” ina
plant at Brooklyn. When Gibhons
entered the fleld he was a very small
customer, Then his business grew.
The American Can Company began to
take notice, Tt sat up with a start at
his first order for a carioad, 130,000
“guns.”
Surely, reasoned the “wise” men,
this Oklahoma novice would move his
plant eastward, nearer to Brooklyn.
Then came a hurry-up order for two
carloads, 260,000 “guns.” Then five
carloads, nearly three-quarters of a
million, were ordered. The American
Can Company capitulated and in
stalled a gun-making plant at St
Louis—to be near its chief customer,
who stubbornly refused to leave the
State of Oklahoma.
That the move was a wise one is
evidenced by the fact that this year
Gibbons is ordering 2,000,000 “guns,”
an entire trainload of sixteen cars.
His consumption of metal “guns” is
greater than that of all other con
cerns in the United States combined.
From woodshed to §30,000 factory
in three years is a far jump. Three
yvears ago Gibbons’ relation to his
company was that of president, sec
retary, treasurer, general manager,
sales manager, bookkeeper, truvelingl
salesman, shipping clerk, janitor, of
fice boy—n'everything. He mixed the
materials, packed the finished prod-
.l uet in paper bags, demonstrated in
business place and home and sold
“Hofstra"” till his supply was exhuast
ed. Then he mixed another supply
and did it all over again.
Now, three years later, power-driv
en machinery fills the big factory.
One intricate mechanism takes insect
powder from one side and sheets ofi
flat cardboard from the other and|
'| turns them out folded, filled, weighed |
'to the fraction of an ounce and sealed |
| ready for shipment. This is not the|.
i small “gun” for household use, bulij
!cartons of various sizes for institu- '
| tional use or for houschold refilling '
| of smaller “guns.” |
i Institutions send to Oklahoma for ||
' Gibbons' product. The Michigan State
' Hospital at Kalamazoo uses the Ok- '
| lahoma powder. So does the lowa .
iState board of control which has su- ',
! pervision over the State’s orphanages,
‘soldiers’ homes, hospitals and all pub- :
i lic institutions. The agricultural col- |
' leges of several States are heavy buy
| ers. The Missouri Tuberculosis San- |
| itarium at Mount Vernon, Mo., is
| another. The largest drug and gro- |
i cery jobbers in the country now in
| clude it as one of their staples. The |
ITnited States army used it extensive
| ly in cantonments for the extermina- |
‘tion of flies, ants, roaches, etc. i
{ Gibbons’ success is founded upon an 1
| intensive study of insect life—and
‘ death. The company boasts that it
‘annually kills more bugs of various
kinds than all the human beings ever
‘killed in all the wars in history. |
Insects form the most numerous,
family in existence. There are morel
. than 1,000,000 separate species, more
'than all other forms of living crea
| tures combined. A peculiar fact is
that while insects breathe air they
have no lungs. They breathe through
the pores of their skins. Numberless
insect exterminators and poisons were
on the market when Gibbons entered
I the field. But his product is a finely
i ground compound, fatal to bugs, but
, harmiess to humans ang all lung
breathers, which, when’ sprayed or
| “shot” into the air from little round
| metal “guns,” is drawn into the pores
| of insect skins, producing death from
| suffocation. It has killed every insect
ton which it has been tried.
! The prospects for Hofstra Insect
!Pm\'der in Atlanta and throughout
| Georgia are now exceedingly bright,
j'l'he line is being pushed aggressively
{ by Mcßcberts Drug Company, & s
| Barnes-Fain Company and the Unity
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company and myself; to be honest
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} pect my company to be honest and ¢
{ falr with me; to think of it with |
{ loyalty, speak of it with praise and ‘
§ act always as a trustworthy custo
{ dian of its good name; to be a man }
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home office; to be a booster, not a |
5\ knocker; a pusher, not a kicker; 1
é motor, not a clog. 5
To base my expectations of re- )
ward on a solid foundation of
service rendered; to be willing
to pay the price of success lnz
¢ honest effort; to look upon my )
work as opportunity, to be seized ||
with joy and made the most of, )
and not as painful drudgery to be
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f To remember that success lles
{ within myself, in‘my own brain,
{ my own ambition, my own courage
3 and determination; to expect dis
! ficulties and to force my way ‘
through them: to turn hard expe- Q
rience into capital for future strug- |
gles. ai
To believe in my propoultloné
heart and soul; to carry an air of ¢
optimism into the presence of pos- g
sible customers; to dispel ill tem- ¢
per with cheerfulness; to Kkill ¢
doubts with strong convictions and |
reduce active friction with an |
agreeable personality. ¢
To make a study of my business
or line; to know my profession
in every detail from the ground
up: to mix brains with my efforts
and use system and method in my
work; to find time to do everything
needful by never letting time find
me doing nothing; to hoard days
as a miser hoards dollars; to make
every hour bring me dividends In
commissions, increased knowledge
or healthful recreation.
To keep my future unmortgaged
with debt; to save money as well
as earn it; to cut out expensive
amusernents until I can afford
them: to steer clear of dissipation
and guard my health of body and
peace of mind as my most precious
stock in trade. 5
Finally, to take a good grip on%
the joy of life; to play the gameg
like a gentleman: to fight against
Y nothing so hard as my own weak- S
nesses, and to endeavor to Brow
as a salesman and as a man with
the passage of every day of time.
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of all the retail druggists in Atianta
have stocked Hofstra and a third or
more of zll the grocers now have it.
The Georgia representative of the
Hofstra Manufacturing Company. Mr.
V. H. Merryman, reports good busi
ness and increasing demand through
out Georgia. If you are a retail mer
chant and haven't stocked Hofstra
vet, take a little tip and do it now,
The Georgian is carrying a smashing
hig campaign of Hofstra advertising
and you may as well cash in on the
increasing demand.
Woman's Bass Voi
Used to Success in
Scaring Thieves
(By International News Service.)
EVANSTON, ILL. May 17.—Mrs.
Clayton Billow’s only qualification
for a male impersonator is her
voice—a fine, deep bass voice.
Otherwise Mrs, Billow is as wom
anly looking as it is possible for a
good-looking woman to be. But the
voice——
The othcer night burglars entered
her home. She was alone at the
time, unarmed, also, except with
that wonderful, deep, resonant bass
voice. Then she got an idea. Bur
glars are said to scare easily if
taken by surprise. 7
Filling her tiny lungs, Mrs. Bil
low demanded in that deep bass
voice, “What's all this noise about?
Hand me that gun, dearie, and I'll
go down and investigate.”
We have Mrs. Billow's word for
it that the burglars were scared
and that they ran, but not until
they had taken $75 in cash and
some jewelry.
“I just hid behind the door and
talked like a man,” explained Mrs.
Billow. *“I didn’t faint. I couldn’t.
I was too seared. It would have been
a relief to faint.”
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Bullet-Riddled Coat
PARIS, May 24.—" While clothes are so |
expensive I am not going to indulge in the!
juxury of a new overcoat just because a
fool shot a few holes in my old coat” |
Premier Clemenceau is reported to hn\“‘
said.
The “Tiger's’” jacket and overcoat, both
showing bullet holes, were pieces of evi
dence that had to be produced at the trial
of his would-be murderer, Emile Cottin.
M. Clemenceau, however, happens to be
particularly fond of those garments, and |
he asked M. Ignaee, Under Secretary of |
State for War, to let him have them back |
quickly. M. Ignace replied in tones of |
gentle reproof that the articles were in|
the hands of the judiciary and that under
the rules it would be quite impossible m!
part with them until the case was wuui
the appeal stage.
Then M. Clemenceau, who is an enemy
of red tape, did what in French s de
scribed as an “efficacious act,” the nature .
of which is not specified but may be sur- |
mised. His garments ¢ame back the same !
day.
The French are a thrifty race and ex
pert clothes menders. The bullet holes
can be “stopped” so as to defy detection|
and the coat will be as good as ever. That'
is M. Clemenceau’s opinion.
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Crime Wave Like 1866
(By International News Service.)
BT. LOUIS, May 24.—Thomas W. Pur
cell, a policeman, who has served contin
uously in the St. Louis police department
since 1866, after being discharged from
the Union forces, declares that the pres
#nt crime wave in cities is no worse than
the one which followed the reconstruction
period after the Civil War,
“There was lots of crime at that time, |
Just as there is now,” Purcell says, in
speaking about the reconstruction period
following the Civil War, “but the perpe
trators had nothing faster than horses
and they didn't get away. Automobiles
ssem to make it easier for them to es
cape."”
gurr‘ell i# the only surviving member of |
the first detachment of mounts police. !
He was a member of the [« that
tried to captur the James and Younger
boys, who terrorized the Middle West
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(By International News Service.)
’ WASHINGTON, May 24.-o More
than a ten of incoming mail each
‘day and nearly as much outgoing mail
have made it necessary for the burcau
‘ur war risk insurance to build up a
postal system that is larger than any
‘olher of its kind in the United States.
~ Eighty thousand pieces of incoming
'mail each day are the average for the
bureau of war risk insurance. Of
these more than 50,000 bring letters.
There are over 80,000 outgoing letters
‘from the bureau each day. To handle
the delivery and collection of this vast
‘umount of mail requires over 100 em
ployees.
Mail is received every half hour at
‘the bureau of war risk insurance. It
is sorted immediately upon receipt,
and those pieces of mail which are
addressed to a definite division of the
‘bureau are delivered at once. The
greater part of the mail, however,
comes addressed to the "Bureau of
‘War Rigk Insurance.,” To deliver this
mail to its proper destin:i'ion means
that it msut be opened and read. Let
ters are opened by a machine process,
The letters then are tied in small
bundles and delivered to readers,
Reading the mail of the bureau of
war risk insurance is a task which
requires an intimate knowledge of the
various divisions of the bureau, and
the work that each division handles.
Highly trained women, most of them
college graduates, are employed as
mail readers. Each reader must decide
from the text of the letter where it
should be referred and there are 36
diffrent sections to which these read-‘
ers may refer a letter., Manw of the
readers are capable of reading 1,500
letters a day. o
Clear Files Every 15 Minutes.
After reading a letter the reader
stamps upon it the time of receipt
and designates its routing and places
it in a file which is classified accord
ing to each of the 36 routes a letter
may take. These files are cleared
every fifteen minutes and the letters
routed according to the directions of
the reader,
Many letters received contain ques
tions which concern two different di
visions of the bureau. Readers indi
cate these letters as “duples,” and
give them two indications for rout
ing. They are then copied and a copy
sent to each of the divisions indicated
by the reader.
Thousands of the letters which are
received contain remittances for in
surance premiums and for refunds on
overpayment. These remittances
come in money orders, checks and‘
currency, and it is necessary to take
the greatest care in order that none
of them may be lost.
When letters are received that do
not give sufficient information upon
which a reply may be based, the read
er indicates this and by return mail a
form setting forth all the necessary
information is sent to the writer of
the letter, i ’
Hundreds Received Daily.
Hundreds of letters are received
each day by the bureau of war risk
insurance which do not concern the
work of the bureau. The readers must
have a knowledge of the work ofi
other Government departments S 0
that they may indicate a correct for
warding address for letters which do
not belong to the bureau. More than
half a hundred letters of this sort are
forwarded each day to other Govern
ment departments and bureaus, many
of them to the War Department.
Outgoing letters from the bureau of
war risk insurance average more
than 80,000 daily. All these letters
are sorted according to the States for
which they are gdestined and tied in
bundles and placed in separate sacks
before leaving the bureau in order
that they may be more rapidly han
dled in the Federal postoffices.
Special units are providid to handle
registered and foreign mail. Although
the bureau uses the Government
granking privilige, its cost for post
age amounts to nearly SI,OOO a month
for the purchase of stamps for mail
going to foreign countries.
Telegrams are delivered by special
messengers.
To handle this vast amount of mail
expeditiously there are day and night
shifts. and mail which arrives duving
the night is on the desk of the person
for whom it is intended at 9 o'clock
each morning.
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Monster Locomotive
ALTOONA, PA., May 24-—A monster
locomotive of a new type, known as (lass |
H. C. 1. 8. is being constructed here for
experimental purposes.
It has a total length with tender of 105
feet 934 inches. It has eight pairs of driv
ing wheels, each wheel having a diameter
of 62 inches. The firebox is 96 by 168
inches, with a fire grate area of 112
square feet ‘
The big machine will stand twelve feet
high. 'The engine was built for mountain
work |
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Buys Bond With Each |
Payment of Legacy
CHICAGO, May 24 The other morning
Alhert Stenberg bought $5,000 worth of
Victory honds. That afternoon he received
a draft for $5,000, the first payment of
a legacy from Sweden. He bought another
$5.000 lot of bonds
A week later he received another $5,000
draft from the cstate in Sweden, Same
bond salesman got the second ssooo—
— bond holdirgs jumped to sls,- |
600 . ‘
Recently another draft of $5,000 arrived
~—the last of the legacy Unecle Sam got
this $5.600 also
“r'd like to have more of both—bonds
and drafts,”” commented Stenberg
Paris Plans Fnormous
European Havre Port
PARIS. May 24.—Parliament has voted
an appropriation of $40,000,000 for im
provements to the port of Havre. This is
part of the national plan of economic ree
organization, and is destined to place
Havre among tne biggest European ports
;or'!hf- handling of trans-Atlantic traf
fa.
The work provided for includes a new
tidal bagin with approaches, 1000 yards
for new quays, the widening and deepen
ing of the Ha rre-Tancarville canal and
the construction on the left bank of two
new floating doecks: the building of new
breakwaters in the Seine Bay with the
object of providing a new floating har
bor and 3,000 vards of quays, and the
construction of four graving docks
CANADIAN FLIER HONORED.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 24.—The King pinned
more medals on a Canadian soldier at a
recent investiture than on any other sol
dier at one time during the world war.
The soldjer is Major Willlam G. Barker,
aviator, of Dauphin, Manitoba, aged 24,
and King George decorated him with the
Victoria Cross, the highest honor; the
D. 8 O and bar, and the Military Cross |
and two bars--five decorations Barker |
shot down fifty German pianes, His father
s a farmer Major Barker also served
a year with the Capadian Mounted Rifles
Spread of Bolshevism
Is Menace to Western
Nations, Says Ferrero
By GUGLIELMO FERRERO,
PARIS, May 17.—~What Is the chief
concern the western democracies have
today with regard to the new regime
in Russia? 1t is the anxlety lest
Bolshevism penetrate into Central
Kurope, flooding the territories of the
varquished Teutonic empires,
The existence in Russia of a regime
so violently opposed to all that which
constitutes western civilization is in
itse!f a great misfortune for Kurope,
but a vertibalg catastrophe would re.
sult from the extension of that regime
into Central Europe.
Kurope would thereby be divided
into two groups of peoples. Between
these two groups conciliation would
be impossible, and there would be
more fundamental differences between
them than there are now between the
peoples of Europe and those of Asia.‘
The unity of Russia would be forever
disrupted, and war would be Inevita-|
ble between these two worlds which
could not understand each other.
Must Reinforce the Border.
The Russian problem is not insolu
ble It is not at all difficult to dis
cover what must be done to stem the
tide of Bolshevism and check itn'
westward flow; the countries situated
between Russia and the Germanie
werld must be reinforced. These are,
primarily, Poland, Bohemia and Rou
monia.
These countries form the barrier
which may arrest the revolutionary
wave sweeping on from the Russian
steppes. Their reinforcement is not’
the only means for preserving the
unity of Europe, but it is one of the
simplest and most easily and quickly
applied.
Yet, the peace conference has re
fused to date to adopt this course.
Why are not General Haller's Polish
legions sent back to Poland, which
has been clamoring for their return
for six months after the signing of
the armistice?
Why do we leave Roumania with
out arms, without all that is neces
sary for the maintenance of an army?
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Inventor Convinced Communica
tion Could Be Established
With Planets.
It is simply ridiculous to adopt lhe]
attitude that the limit of knowledge |
has been reached. W are omy just,
beginning to find out a fcw of the'
simpler secrets which Nature has so
jealously guarded throughout the
ages.
We are only just beginning to know'|
anything about our own planet, and
‘lhe ipvestigations of a million years
to come will not exhaust the subject.
It is vast enough to occupy the human
mind forever; and the more that is
discovered, the more there will be to
find out.
We can fly now, practically, for any
distance. We can send messages |
through the air without the aid ofl
wires, and are able to talk in thel
same way to people who are thou-!
sands of miles away. No connecting
links are necessary. The foundation
of still stranger discoveries are being
made and truly laid; whoever the
builders may be. Indeed, we live in
an age of wonders,
The developments which have been
made in wireless telegraphy during|
the last few years destroy one’s be
lief in the boundary of possibilities.
Even to me, they seem romantic and|
strange—or they would seem so, did |
I not know the scientific principles in- |
volved—and 1 can quite understand!
that the uninitiated must regard the|
developments which are taking place|
in wireless communication as some
thing bordering upon the supernat
ural, I think I may say that people
will cease to wonder at it. The only
wonder will be that there was ever a
time when it was unknown.
No Central Office.
There is no reason why, when in-|
stallation becomes general, a private|
message should not be sent exclusive- |
ly to one individual-—even in the heart |
of a huge city like London. All that|
is required is the adoption of a sim
ple and distinctive inethod of attuning
each instrument—in wireless work,
this tuning will take the place of the
number and the exchange in the ex
isting telephone system.
For military purposes, a field ap
paratis which is very mobile has been |
successfully tried and it has been|
used during the war. Spies have also |
used wireless instruments which are/
very small, but T have not heard nfl
any private individuals who have
done this. Those people who want :1’
sort of walistcoat pocket Il';lnsmiYin"
and receiver combined must wait, but
I may add that a portable apparatus |
for covering short distances is a pos-|
sible development of the near future. |
But whatever developments may |
take place, the radiated message-——|
which is sent out broadcast in all ¢H~g
rections-——will still have its uses. This |
is and will always be the case in the |
event of n disaster at sea. The ship|
which is nearest to the scene of thni
catastrophe can hasten to the help of!
those in peril; and so lives will be|
saved which would otherwise be lost.
Many a time has this happened al-,
ready-—as in the case of the Titanie|
disester—and aireraft will employ the|
radiated messages in like emergencies |
on land and sea. {
It has sometimes been urged that
the radiation of messages in all dirm-_}
tions, so that all and sundry can re-|
ceive them, is a disadvantage. This |
fault has been eliminated already, for|
it is now possible to transmit a mes=- |
sage directly and exclusively to the|
receiving agent or station for which !
it is intended. It is from this H_\‘Ht?'n}i
of selection and direction of mes-|
sages which is only in ilts infancy
that the next wireless devvlopmemsl
will spring. |
Great Developments Coming.
The next great development will be
in wireless telephone. Already this isl
an accomplished fact—far beyond the’l
experimental stage--and during the;
next few vyears there will be some
wonderful improvements maae,
It will be quite possible before
many yvears have been passed to speak
by wireless from one end of the earth
to the other; and even interplanetary
communication is a possibility
Will it be possible, when those Im-
Why I 8 there such delay in enabling
Odessa to defend itself against the
reds?
Four Great Powers Lack Energy.
The four great powers have lacked
encrgy and foresight throughout their
treatment of the Russian problem.
They have done none of the things
they could have done to arrest the
progress of Bolshevism toward the
west, and they are taking pains to
augment the difMiculties in the way to
peace with Germany.
It must never be forgotten that
every Bolshevik military victory,
however small, adds to the obstacles
blocking peace with Germany, for
every such vietory amellorates Ger
meny's position toward the victorious
Allies.
Germany today finds herself in a
very strange situasion, She is the
[mmpart which defends Russian Bol
shevism against the western democ
‘ru('lvs. for serious military operations
against Russia can be undertaken
only with Germany as a basis of op
’(*rutions—--that is, with Cermany’s con
sent and assistance,
But Germany, at the same time, is
the rampart of defense of the western
democracies against Bolshevism, for
as soon as she blocks the route by
which the Bolshevik wave may sweep
westward Western Europe will be safe
and tranquil.
Bolshevik Success a German Weapon.
In this situation it is evident that
every new success of the Bolsheviki
can become a weapon in Germany's
hands to exert pressure on her con
guerors., Nor has she failed to make
use of this advantage, and we may
rest assured that she will continue to
exy loit it to the fullest.
The German problem can not be
solved in the way in which the Allies
wish to solve it unless and until the
PBolshevik menace shall have disap
peared. This is the fact which ren
ders so grave the errors committed by
the victorious Allies in their Russian |
policy. l
R
provements have been made, to see
the person with whom a conversation
is being held, although thousands of
miles may lie between the speakers ?
There is no reassn to the contrary. If
a voire can be transmittec, if signals
can be regulated, it shouvld be quite
possible to send an impression of a
face and figure. [ regard the inven
-Ijon of an instrument which will en
able cven those who are the usands o?
miles apart to sea each uther as
scientifically feasible.
As regards a rethod of entering
into communication with the inhabi
tants of other planets, there are many
prohlems to be considered. Probably
the least difficul® to solve ic the in
vention of an instrument by whizh
the signals shou!d be transmitted. Al
ready inexplicascte things are happen
ing, und it is qui.e possible that they
may be redu-ib’e to somerhirg intel
ligible when we have gaioed enough
know!ledge to enubhle us! I.f}pcinher
the s'gnals whieh are heing *ecorded.
From time to titnz our 9neritors .n
various parts of the worla“thave re
‘ported the receipt of strarge and in
comprehensible signals. 1t is, of
course, rash to jump to tha concluston
that they are messages from Mars, or
elsewhere. It may or it may not be
sO. Most probaily, they are merely
the records of scme atmospheric pne
nomenon about which aothing 1s
knowis.
If, however. rommunication could
be astablished with the planets (and !
believe it will be) all the difficulties
would rot be surmounted. It would
then be necessary to establish an in
ter-planetary language-—assuming, of
course, that the planets are inhabited,
and that life on them is on a similar
or better plane of scientific develop
ment,
Romance! Who will dare to say
that the age of romance is passed?
We are only on its threshold!
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Texan Who Killed His Wife and
Colonel Butler Gets
,
New Trial.
(By International News Service.)
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, May 24. -
The famous Spannel case, in which
Harry J. Spannel, wealthy Texan, is
charged with the killing of his wife
and Lieutenant Colonel M. C. Bujler,
at Alpine, Texas, on the evening of
July 20, 1916, is to be aired again in
the courts. The case has just been
transferred here from Coleman Coun -
ty and will be tried here next weei.
The Spannel case is one of the most
sensational ever tried in the South
west, It has attracted nation-wide
attention because of the prominence
of Colonel Butler in the United States
army and the social prominence,
vouth and beauty of Mrs. Spannel.
fpannel was proprietor of the lead
ing hotel of Alpine and Colonel But
ler was stopping at the house while
stationed with his troops on the bord
er. Spannel claimed that the colonel
took advantage of the youth of Mrs,
Spannel and his own experience and
wrecked the Spannel home. On the
evening of the dual Kkilling Spannel
invited Colonel Butler to take a ride
in an automobile with him and his
wife. Colonel Butler accepted. He
and Mrs Spannel rode on the rear
seat of the car and Spannel drove.
When several miles from the eity
Spannel stopped the car and accused
Colonel Putler of wrecking his home.
Body Left in Road.
(olonel Butler started to leave the
car. He was shot to death, Mrs,
Spannel was also killed by pistol bu'-
lets. Colonel Butler's body was left
on the readside and Spannel drove
back to the hotel with the dead body
of his wife in the car,
The flrst trial was at San Angelo,
Texas, early in 1917. In this case
Spannel was charged with murder in
connection with the killing of his wife.
Testimony of the most sensational
nature was introduced. After 30 days
the case went to the jury. Spannel
was acquitted in less than one hour
after the jury had the case. The
judge on his own motion transferred
the case where Spannel was charged
with murdering Colonel Butler to
Coleman County.
When the case was called there
€pannel startled the judiciary of the
South by pleading former jeopardy.
He declared the killing of Colonel
Butler and Mrs. Spannel occurred at
the same time and for the same
ecause, that the testimony at the Fan
Angelo trial covered both cases and
that he could not again be sent 'to
trial for a charge upon which he had
been acquitted.
May Be Acquitted.
The court overruled the plea and
Spannel was given five vears in the
penitentiary. He appealed the case,
and, pending the decision of the Conrt
of Appeals, was released on $5,000
bond. One of the judges of the Court
of Criminal Appeals held that the
|;‘lnn of former jeopardy was well
’mlcvn and should have b<een sus#-
tained. The other said the plea was
well grounded, hut that certain facts
should have been proved at the San
Ancelo trial or at a subsequent one.
Finding that a new trial was com
ing, the Coleman County judge trans
ferred the case here, saying it would
be impossible to get a jury in Cole
man County. It is believed here, in
view of the opinions of the court, that
Spannel will be acquitted. However,
the entire testimony in the case will
have to be reviewed and officials are
preparing to accommodate hundreds
of people from all sections of the
country.
Spannel is very wealthy. His wife
was regarded as one of the most
heautiful women in the Southwest.
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