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MORNING ENTERPRISE WEDNESDAY, MAR CI1 57 1913.
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HANGING THE
WRONG MAN
By M. QUAD
Copyright; 1913. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
You see, Wiilhim Hovers was as much
to blame as any of us, and, being he
was the man. who was hung, he ought
to have emered into particulars to a
further extent than he did.
I shall always blame liim that he
didn't.
William was placid. I knew him for
three years, and only throe limes did 1
know of his coumennnce undergoing a
change for even a second.
Once he mot a grizzly face to face,
and that placid expression gave way to
a look of surprise and interest. He
was pursued on another occasion by
twenty-four Indians, and his counte
nance expressed homesickness. The
third change is what I am going to
tell you about.
There had been a gi'i donl of rob
bing and killing around Use rami) that
summer, and somehow it had been im
possible to lay a hand on, one of Ihe
perpetrators. The men h:ul become
roiled and desperate, and I; was .gener
ally understood that the first offender
that fell inio our clutches would step
off the head of a bar .-el to be brought
up, suddenly by a rope ami a limb.
One day when some of the boys were
returning from i'ot Luck creek with
floilr and pork they came upon the
placid William Hovers in a bad situa
tion, lie was bonding over the body
of a man named Powers, who had been
settled by . the Ihrust of a bo .vie. and
his hands were bloody.
The placid William was nabbed.
What did he dV Just nothing at all.
What did he say 7 Why, when the
boys laid hands on him he quietly re
marked that he had discovered the
body only five, minutes before and was
inspecting it in hopes to discover signs
of life.
Too thin!
And too placid to fit that crowd!
The camp didn't waste any valuable
time over William's case. Within an
hour a court was convened. William
was arraigned, and the dead body was
placed in sight of all.
Well, the court could scarcely fail to
convict under the circumstances, and
in less than an hour it became the
painful duty of the judge to arise and
remark:
"William, you have been found guilty
of murder. Does it make any great
difference to you whether you are hung
this afternoon or tomorrow? Weath
er's liable to change here mighty sud
den, you know, and we may not have
such an afternoon again for a week."
The placid William replied that he
would be ready in half an hour, and
he was.
lie went to his shanty, accompanied
by Colonel Smith, and when he had
disposed of his property and written a
letter to friends in the east he walked
coolly to the gallows tree, mounted the
barrel and never winked an eye when,
the noose was slipped over his head.
Then came a painful pause.
It is a serious tiling to kick a barrel
from under the feet of a fellow man
and let a rope catch and choke him to
death. We felt ltso. and when the
pause came we could hear each other's
hard breathing.
"William Hovers," solemnly remark
ed the judge, "you are about to hang!"
"Yes," calmly replied the prisoner.
"And now. once more. I ask you if
you are guilty of the awful crime?"
"No," was the equally calm reply.
But he had been tried, convicted and
sentenced, and the sentence must be
carried out. It was when the man
advanced to kick away the barrel that
William's countenance lost its placidi
ty. For Ave seconds he seemed a
stranger to us all. A white shadow
crossed his face, a look of fear crept
into his eyes, and his jaw fell.
Then placid William was himself
again. He braced right up. shut his
teeth hard, and he died-wirh a coun
tenance asunreadable as a stone.
A week afterward a robber who was
fired on and fatally wounded confess
ed that he was guilty of the murder
for which William Covers had been
hung. That was a nice mess for us.
We'd done wrong and we was sorry fot
it. but AYilliam orter made a -better
fight- for his life. .
One day, six months after the trage
dy, a woman came riding into camj,
on a mule. We saw her when yet a
long ways off, and we groaned. -
As she came nearer we swore.
As she halted we turned to each oth
er and asked:
"What is it? Who is it?"
She was six feet tall. She had a
broken nose. She had yellow eyes.
She had tusks for teeth, and she chew
ed plug tobacco.
"Well, critters?" she queried as she
looked us over.
"What is it?" asked one of the men
as he stepped forward.
"My William. Where is he?"
"Do you refer to William Bovers?"
"I do, sir. I'm not the woman to go
around referring to other women's
husbands."
"Your William has departed, madam.'-
"To where?"
"To a better land, we hope."
"You mean that he is dead?"
- "Dead and buried and probably play
ing on a harp."
"How "much did he leave behind
him?"
"About $30, and here you are."
"Blast his neck, but he ought to have
left a thousand."
And she turned and rode awtyy, ana
no man spoke for ten minutes. Then
a voice said: '
. "We hung William, but I'll be durneo
If he didn't deserve it!"
The Thorn on the" TttossI
In the old Bundehesh of Zoroaster
we are told that the rose grew fair and
thornier until the entrance Into the
World of Aliriman, the evil one. Ac
cording to this aneieut narrative, the
spirit of evil became universal and
not only man suffered thereby, but in
ferior animals, as well as trees and
plants.
Two Rules.
To. wiD success your tirst rule should
be. "(Jet busy." and your second,
"Keep busy.'" Sonrerville Journal.
PASSING OUT
Many Vetsrao Backstops Will
Bo Misslig Tills Season.
YGiKieSTESS GO TO FROfJT.
American League Possesses Excellent
Array of Youthful Maskmen For
- 1913 Chicago HavTwo Corkers In
Schalk and Kuhn.
One by one the battery men pass,
heeding the voice of time. Not so very
long ago the box scores revealed the
names of Frank Bowerman. JIalachi
Kittredge, Jack Warner, Billy Sullivan
and Johnny Kling. The first three
named are gone from the big leagues.
Sullivan, the old warhorse of the
White Sox. and Kling. late of the
Braves, are still tit the major ring, but
they are about done as' catchers. Sulli
van is as slow as a pushcart now.
Kiiug caught in seventy-four games in
11)12. but iris re.'eiving was not up' to
the Kling standard. So Boston released
him.
Then there are three other veterans
of a Intel- period who will not be seen
in upper crust circles this season. They
are (tabby Street. Charley Schmidt and
.Ikunfy Stephens.
To till the places of . the stars who
j have faded and to succeed those who
are yet to fade major league clubs have
loaded up with young catchers. Not in
years Iras there been such a splendid
entry of highly press agented jenile
backtscps as will be found on the vari
ous rosters this spring.
There is Schang from Buffalo, whom
every club in both big circuits had a
draft in for. Connie Mack was the
lucky one, and he grabbed him. Last
year Schang was the resounding, spar
kling sensation of the International
league. Boston has Cady, who was the
real noise in the world's series. Nine
teen twelve was his first major year.
Boston also has Thomas, a recruit from
Newark, who caught ten or twelve
games at the end of last season, and
Xunamaker. who was going finely until
an injury retarded him.
President Comiskey of Chicago
won't miss Sullivan. The old Roman
has two itble new men in Kay Schalk,
whom he purchased from Milwaukee
for a sum said to be 10.000, and Red
Kuhn, heralded as a wonder. George
Stovall of St Louis will experiment'
with an untried catching staff, but it
won't be suprising if he develops a pair
of receivers capable of going the gait
in regular style. They are Alexander
and Crossin.
The New York Americans lauded a
good bet in Sterrett, Princeton college
boy, if expert testimony counts for
anything. Sterrett caught some and
played first base for the Yanks, hitting
.2f" and fielding grandly. Frank
Chance, it is expected, will use him
exclusively behind the bat this year.
In Rondeau, a young Frenchman
from Jersey City, Detroit apparently
secured a tirst class running mate for
Oscar Stanage and a valuable addition
to his colt string, consisting of Kocher
and Onslow, who have had little ex
perience in the main tent. Rondeau
has a better catching record than
Schang, and hit .311.
Clark Griffith is probably better forti
fied with youthful maskmen than any
manager in the American league. On
Griff's team are Henry and Ainsmith,
regarded by many as the best in the
American league. Henry has been in
the league two years and Ainsmith a
year and a half. Williams is a one
year man.
Cleveland has a likely catcher in
Sieve O'Xeil. who has had a year's ex
perience in Johnson's organization,.
Fred Carisch, though not a springer, is
a newcomer in the American and he,
too. is a valuable player".
JONES NEW YALE COACH.
Old Eli Player Is Selected to Head
Football Staff This Season.
Howard Jones, Yale 1008. Sheffield,
was recently appointed head coach of
the Yale football team for the year
1013. Jones will take up his duties at
the spring practice and will have com
plete charge of the team in the play
ing season next fall. The appointment
is for one year
Jones' home is in South Orange, N. J.
He coached at Syracuse university the
year. of his graduation from Yale, spent
the fall of liiOp with the Yale team,
coicle'd Ohio State in 1010 and since
:hen has been each fall with the team
of his alma mater at New Haven.
Now a Rhodes Scholar,
nut hoe of Sydney, who has a
coord as an all round jumper.
:ie of the Australian Rhodes
: enter Oxford university.
will
-oho!
CONNIE MACK DEFINES AN
AMATEUR.
Connie Mack, a gentleman who
has had experience managing
football and baseball .teams, has
his own idea of what a simon
pure amateur is. Connie's defi
nition is new. Here It is:
"A simon pure amateur is an
athlete who pays another man
for the privilege of playing."
WIFE GETS DECREE;
ANOTHER SUES FOR ONE
Circuit Judge. Campbell Monday
granted Viroque E. Reed a decree of
divorce from George Reed, the plain
tiff being awarded the custody of
their minor child. Kathryn Martin
Smith seeks a decree from Chester
J. Smith, alleging desertion. They
were married in Vancouver, Wash.,
December 16, 1901. The defendant is
alleged to have left his wife Febru
ary 3, 1911.
For the Children
A Young New Yorker at J. .B. 2L fe Ji. LM. M.E. 3. Jl V&li. Ji M il JF M. M.&IL3Lj.
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The overcoated. sailor hafcted j-oung
gentleman shown in the above picture
is -Hoder V. N. Powelson, son of
Lieutenant W. V. N. Powelson, United
States navy, retired. There have been
little ice and snow in New York this
winter, and Master Powelson, who is
disporting himself in Central park, is
equipped with roller skates. No doubt
he would much prefer to be able to
use ice skates, but the weather man
has decreed otherwise. The asphalt
walks of Central park are admirably
adapted to roller skates, but what boy
or girl would not prefer real ice and
the skates that go with it? Master
Powelson looks to be a sturdy lad and,
with his playmates, may be seen on
every pleasant day enjoying his out
ing. ,
A Good Geography Game.
Most girls and boys like games that
exercise the wits. Here is a good one
for a rainy day or a long evening.
A leader is chosen, and every playei
has a pencil and paper. The leadei
then selects a word "republic,'' for in
stance and each player writes all the
geographical names he can think of be
ginning with R, the first letter of the
word. Three minutes is usually allow
ed for each letter. When the leadei
calls "Time" every one should stop
writing.
'The leader then reads his column ol
names, and as he calls a word all the
others who have it say "Yes" and draw
a line through it. If all have the word
that is the end of it, but in case-some
have failed to write it then those who
have it write after the word the num
ber of those who have it not. These
numlers count for game.
When the leader has read all the
uames on his list the player at his left
reads the words remaining on his list,
marking numbers after them as before.
If the next player ha any words left
he reads thenr, and so on through the
company. Then each one adds his
ntimbers and sets down the total and is
ready for the next letter, E. The lead
er calls "Ueaia" and at the end of three
minutes "Time." and they proceed as
before.
Whenever a name is challenged the
writer must tell something about it and
where the place may be found.
Descriptions.
Pass around slips of paper to each
player. Each one writes his or her
own name at the top of the paper and
xuiu.i it, uiei lu conceal me liuiiie. j
These slips are collected and then re
distributed, with instructions to com
pose and write a rime or verse about
the person whose name is on the paper,
of course without looking or knowing
whose it is. The apropos, or malap
ropos, hits make lots of fun.
Then distribute slips to the young
men only, each having the name of
some girl present written at the top
and folded over to keep' it secret. The
young men are to describe the girl from
memory. Not knowing whom they are
to portray, they naturally produce most
glaring misfits, which are very laugh
able. About the Sneeze.
In ancient Greece the people saluted
each other whenever any one present
chanced to sneeze. As Xenophon w-as
addressing the Greek army in a mo
ment of defeat on a historical occa
sion a soldier sneezed. The lines of
tiattle were formed at once, for the
sneeze was deemed a good omen, and
the Greeks were successful.
Among the Hebrews when a persoi
sneezed the bystanders would say,
"Tobinz eharim" ("A long life to you").
In India criminals on the rack of tor
ture have saved their own lives by
sneezing accidentally.
Gentle Jane.
Gentle Jane is good as gold.
A perfect child is she.
She makes the beds and sweeps the floori
And lays the plates for ta.
Cup Plates.
"These cup plates assure us that this
100-year-old china service is the real
thing," said an antiquary. "They stop
ped making cup plates 100 years ago
Cup plates," he went on, "show how
table manners change. Now, dd you
know what they were for? They were
to hold your dripping cup-of tea after
you had poured a part of it into the
saucer to drink from so that the cloth
should not be stained. Yes; in the
past everybody drank hot tea from the
saucer. Kings and queens, emperors
and generals, all, with a. gurgling
sound, tilted the full saucer with care
ful balance to the lips. The cup mean
while reposed on the cup plate." Ex
change. .'-.
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Will Give Concert and Dance
Satorday, March 8th, 1913, in BuscSfs- Hall
The iron clad contract every subscriber gets with their first payment on the
1915 Tour Privilege.
APPLICATION. . f
For Tour Privileges made to San Francisco Exposition Tour Co.
From Chicago, Illinois, to' San Francisco and return with 'Standard Lower Berth from Chicago, during the holding of the PANAMA PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. . .
Consideration: The payment by the applicant to the Company's Agent of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) with this application, and the further
sum of One Hundred and Sixty Nine Dollars (?169.00) at the Old Colony Trust & Savings Bank, of Chicago, 111., for the account of the Company, in
24 monthly installments of Seven Dollars ($7.00) and in 1 monthly installment of One Dollar (?1.00).
I hereby promise to pay the sums of money above named as above provided and I agree that no person has authority to change or modify the
printed terms of this application or the Certificate and its endorsed guaranteed tour privileges and conditions, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged,
or to enlarge, restrict or modify them or either of them in any. manner. Signed, A. B. JONES, Applicant.
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 15th day of November, 1912. SPECIMEN CONTRACT Agent for the Company.
ADVICE ' No. 482. La Salle Street.
To San Francisco Exposition Tour Co., San Francisco, California. City and State, Chicago, Illinois.
I have this day applied to you for a Tour Privilege Contract and have' signed your printed application blank without any erasures, additions,
waivers, or other modifications, and have paid Mr Ten Dollars ($10.00) as the initial payment.
Dated at Chicago, 111., Nov. 15, 1912. SPECIMEN Applicant-
CERTIFICATE
San Francisco Exposition Tour Co., San Francisco, Cal.
This is to certify that A. B. Jones has paid to the soliciting agent of t
on account of his application for a Tour to San Francisco and return, this
of Seven Dollars monthly for 24 months, and One Dollar monthly for 1 mon
ings Bank, in the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, he shall be entitled to th
back hereof at any time during the
The Company is only bound by
the same.
Accepted:
A. B. Jones, Applicant.
1. First-class round trip 'transportaton-ticket from place designated in
contract to San Francisco.
2. Ticket for Standard Pullman double lower berth, from place designated
in the contract to San Francisco and return.
3. Removal of baggage by a transfer company to and from the hotel upon
arrival and departure from San Francisco.
4. Vehicle transportation for person to and from the hotel upon arrival
and departure from San Francisco. .
5. Fourteen days' modern hotel accommodations in San Francisco, Euro
pean plan, in private room with full-size bed. "
If applicant does not desire hotel accommodations, he shall notify the com
pany in writing to that effect on or befre July 1st, 1914. and there will be re
funded to him at the office of the Company in San Francisco, the -mm of
$24.00.
Two adult applicants may occupy the same room and bed at hotel it
desired, provided written notice of such desire, with names of both parties, is
given the Company on or before July 1, 1014,' in which event a refund of Six
Dollars ($6.00) to each of said applicants will be made to them by the Com
pany on their arrival at San Francisco. .
G A subscription during the construction of the Exposition and up to ana
inclusive of June. 1915, to an illustrated magazine which will report progress
of the Panama-Pacific Internationail Exposition. ,
Should more than one adult in a family apply for these Tour Privileges,
subscription for two different magazines will be furnished the family.
7. Four of the following eight trips in and about San Francisco to be se
lected by the applicant.
1 A steamer trip around San Francisco- Bay.
2 A trip to the University of California and Greek Theatre. ,
3AutomobiIe trip through principal sections of the city..
.4 A steamer trip to Mare Island Navy Yard.
5 A trip to Sausalito, Mill Valley, and up Mt, Tamalpais.
," 6 A trip through Chinatown.
7 A trip to the orchards of Santa Clara Valley.
8 A trip to the intensified farming districts.
8. Twelve tickets for admission to Exposition Grounds. .
9. Twenty tickets for admission to attractions in Exposition Grounds, to
be selected bv the Company. .
- 10. The Company will purchase the applicant's transportation from tne
Railroad" Company nearest the starting point. , ..
The tour to and from San Francisco during the continuance of the Panama-Pacific
International Exposition may- be made at the pleasure of the appli
cant, provided, however, that the applicant must give the Company thirty
days' notice of the date of his arrival in San Francisco. Upon receipt of sucn
notice the Company will immediately arrange for transportation and other ac
commodations herein provided for. '
In case of the death of the- applicant, if all payments then due to the
Company have been made, the entire amount then paid in by the applicant
shall upbn satisfactory proof of death be paid to the applicant's heirs, execut
ors or adminisitrators. . .
In the event of a termination or
July 1st, 1914, all moneys paid by the
neys paid by the
Phone or
5th Street Near Main,
holding of the Panama-Pacific Internatio
the printed terms on the back hereof
' -
GUARANTEED TOUR PRIVILEGES
applicant will be returned by the Com-
write and my agent will
abandonment oi tnis con u out pnui i
applicant will be returned by the Com
For Further Information see
A. ELLOITT;
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Chicago, 111., Nov. 15, 1912.
he San Francisco Exposition Tour Company the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00)
day made, and that upon the payment in accordanme with said application
th, to he paid to the credit of the Company at the Old Colony Trust & Sav
e guaranteed tour privileges subject to the conditions enumerated on the
nal Exposition at San Francisco, Cal.,
and no agent has authority to add to, restrict, change or otherwise modify
SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION TOUR CO.
Wm. Bull Pringle, President.
SPECIMEN CONTRACT, Agent for the Company
Not Valid until Countersigned by Agent.
AND CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT.
pany to him on demand, except the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and in
the event of such termination or abandonment of this contract after July 1st,
1914. all moneys paid by the applicant will be returned by the Company to
him on demand, except the Ftim of forty dollars ($40.00), which amounts itis
agreed are the costs per capita, during the respective periods, to the Company
of securing the contract and preparing for the tour, and such amount shall
be retained by the Company to cover such expense.
THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES PROVIDED FOR BY THIS CONTRACT
MAY BE ASSIGNED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE
RAILROAD TICKET, PROVIDED SUCH ASSIGNMENT BE IN WRITING
AND THE COMPANY DULY NOTIFIED IN WRITING THEREOF.
The time limit and other conditions of the transportation ticket, will be
goverend by the rules and regulation of the railroad companies and the rules
and regulations prescribed by legal authority in force at the time of the Tour-
The Company's rates are based upon the various railroad companies' and
the Pullman Company's rates from the various localities, via regular direct
routes. .
The applicant may select any one of the regular direct routes, pom going
and coming, or he may select any other route, both going and coming. If he
sielects a route either going or coming other than one of the regular direct
routes and any additional charge is made by the railroad or Pullman Company,
he must pay such additional charge.
. If applicant shall at any time before taking his tour change his residence
to a locality where the published railroad or Pullman rates, via regular direct
routes, are different from the place designated in his contract, then the amount
to be paid in under this contract shall be changed to apply to the new locality f-J
as per this Company's rates from such locality. H
It is undeif-tood and agreed that the San Francisco Exposition Tour Com- t,
pany in arranging and carrying out the details of this contract is acting in the
capacity of agent only. All tickets for conveyance of persons or property, in- Ij
eluding berth tickets by rail, steamboat, boat, coach, carriage, launch, car or if
automobile over any route or trip are issued by the Company as agents f'"
the companies or proprietors controlling or operating such routes or conductirf
such trips, and in all other cases the arrangements are made by the -San FrtMjf'?'
Cisco Exposition Tour Company as the
And it is further understood that the San Francisco Exposition Tour Com
pany cannot accept any liability and is not liable for any loss, accident, delay
or irregularities which may occur or be occasioned through the negligence or
default of any company or person not in the employment of said San Francisco
Kxnosition Tour Comnnny concerned in the carrying out of any of the arrange
ments herein provided for, or of any company or person with wnom it contracts
as the agent of the applicant, or of any company or person in whose behalf it
contracts as agents with applicant.
When the full amount called for by the contract has been paid, a certificate
certifying to that fact specifying the privileges to which the applicants Is en
titled will be forwarded to the applicant.
When the order for the railway transportation and Pullman service is is
sued by the Company, if the Pullman service available is other than lower berth
in standard sleeping ear and is accepteid by the applicant, the differenice in
price between the lower berth and an upper berth or tourist berth will be re
funded by the railway agents at the starting point.
call on you no matter where you live
7 s p
in 1915.
agent of the applicant.
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