THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 19, 1914.
5
ALABAMA
NEGRO
HAS
LISTENED TO DEATH
IT SIX TIMES
His Case Remarkable in the
Number of Trials, Convic
tions and Reversals. ' "
MAY STILL BE INNOCENT
Principal Witness Against Him Di
appears and la Suspected of
Being Baal Murderer.
Annlston, Ala.. July 18. Probably
without ' a parallel in the annala of
American courts is the remarkable
case' of Ervln Pope, the Alabama ne
Kro wlio lias Just appeared In court
and for the sixth time 'listened to the
reading of the death warrant and
heard the date set for his execution.
For five years the negro has- been 'n
Jail under conviction for the murir
of J. B. McClurkln, a white man Hv-J
In near the town of Oxford. He haa
been convicted and sentenced to hang
five times;. the case haa been before
the supreme court and reversd four
time, and eight different days have,
been set for the execution. Through
It all the' negro's nerve has never been
shaken. From the day of his arrest
he haa maintained his Innocence of
the crime charged against him and
has expressed confidence In his ulti
mate acquittal.
The murder of McClurkln occurred
on the night of April 19,109. About
midnight the victim was awakened, by
the noise of someone robbing his cot
ton gin. He got up, saddled his mule
and followed the robber's wagon to
ward Oxford. The next morning his
body was found horribly mutilated In
a cotton patch on the edge of the town.
In an alley In a negro settlement he
had evidently been hit In the head
with a heavy club, and his skull beaten
In with a large stone.
Principal Witness Disappears.
Ervln Pope lived In the town of 6x
ford about a mile from where the body
was found. He owned a little farm
In the country and also ran a restau
rant In town. It whs proved that on
Hie afternoon preceding the murder
Tope wn at the mill owned and op
erated by MoOlurkln and hnd ex
changed corn for meal. The crinclnal
witness for the state was a negro,
John Body, In front of whose door
the murder won committed. Body tes
tified Hint on rhe night of the mur
der he wan awakened by the sound of
creams aiid blows In the .alley. He ,
claimed to have gone to the ..door,
openedlt and looked out, and swore
that he ttw two men struggling.
Body wits arrested and held on bus-
plcion. After Pope's conviction, Body
wa released. He Immediately aban
doned lila crop and family and ran off,
and all trace of him has brn lost.
The state and the defenne have both-
made efforts to find him, but they
have failed.
The lawyers for Pope have contend
d from the start that Body was the
guilty man. TliPlr theory ia bated on
the seeming improbability of Body's
'"ii.
Convicted rive Times.
At the first trial the court permit
ted a negro witneK to describe his
own conduct and actions as proof that
Pope was guilty. The supreme court
held that this was an unfair and Im
proper way to proceed against the ac
cused and ordered a new trial. The
second appeal was gran led on th
ground that the defendant had a rights
to have Body s guilt considered by
the Jury, and that the state could not
Introduce Illegal evidence to clear
Body.
By a singular accident, the court
repeated at the third trial the identical
error It had. committed at the second
trial, and this resulted In the third
reversal of the convlctibn. The ver
dict found at the fourth trial was re
versed by the supreme court on a
point of law. On the fifth trial Pope
was again convicted and sentenced to
hang.
The supreme court has now handed
down a decision affirming the verdict
.of the trial court. Nothing short of
executive clemency or the discovery of
new evidence tending to prove his In
nocence can now save Pope from the
gallows. He is under sentence to be
executed August 21.
Cools Church With
500 Pounds of Ice
Missouri Pastor Uses'. Baptistry for Be-frlg-erator
and Wafts Air Over con
gregation With Xleotrlo Pans.
Centralla, Mo.. July 18. Elder
Charles It. Swift, pastor of the First
Congregational church of Centralla,
Mo., had 600 Tfounds nf (ra nut ntn K
baptistry of the edifice and set half
a dozen electric fans to work behind
the room.
Despite the hot wave, the tempera
ture in the church was delightfully
cool and the result was so satisfactory
that Elder Swift will continue the plan
each Sunday during the summer.
ADMIRAL TRIES SUICIDE
Tokio, July 18. Baron Masujl Yama
nouchl, vice admiral on the reserve and
member of the house of peers, is In a
serious condition from an attempt at
eulcide. His act is reported to have
been due to disclosures made by an
investigation of the affairs of the naval
steel foundry, with which he was close
lv Identified.
All RUPTURES Are
BTOUS
receive in
stant; attention
Spermatic Shield,
Truss
Enjoys world-wide favor and
deserves it, as it has given re
lief and cured thousands of
sufferers from rupture
Sold Exclusively" m" Portland by
Laue-Davis Drug Co.
- Truss Experts
Third and Y?mMl! Streets ?
INTO
REV.JOSERH EMERYRECALLS
EARLY DAYS IN CORVALLIS
Rev. Joseph
By Fred Lockler.
While at Newport a fow days ago 1
met Reverend and Mrs. Joseph
Emery, pioneer Oregonlans, who' cele
brated their golden1 wedding five years
ago. "I was born In Pennsylvania on
June 16. 1832," said Mr. Emery, "so
you see I have lived my three score
and ten years and a dozen more for
good measure. When I was 23 years
old, I decided to go west. I had been
graduated from Jefferson College and
I believed I could do well as a teacher
In Oregon or California.
"The fall of 1855 found me at Co
lumbia near Sonora in California.
Teachers were not In demand, I soon
discovered. Knowing how to dig out
gold was more valuable Knowledge
than knowing how to dig out Greek
roots. You didn't have to have a
knowledge of trigonometry or calculus
to be able to build a rocker or a "lorn?
torn." Not being able to make use of
my literary wares I went to work with
a pick and shovel. I bought a claim
on Mormon Creek and for tne next 18
months I worked this claim taking
out from about half an ounce to as
high as a couple of ounces a day.
However, I had more half ounce clean
ups than larger ones.
"One day while I was at work on my
placer claim a man ' from Columbia
rode up and said, "We elected you last
night to teach our school. The salary
will be $80 a month.' I was anxious
to get into my life work so I accepted
the place and taught there for a year?
The pupils ranged from little tots Just
starting their arithmetics to students
In Algebra. I applied for the Bchool
at WatsonvlUe and was elected. I In
tended to teach It but In October, 18S8
I was received Into the Pacific annual
conference of the M. E. church south.
1 Into the Methodist Ministry. '
i'In 1844 the Methodist church was
divided into two branches, tne M. E.
Church South and the M. E. Church
North,, but the northern branch re
fused .to affix the designation North
claiming to be the regular church so
we had to call ourselves the Jd. E.
church South to show we no longer af
filiated with the northern Methodists
In 1853 When. I Joined the Pacific
conference, there were about 35 min
isters In the- conference. I was ap.
pointed to the Redwood circuit I
rode my circuit on horsebacx. I had
five appointments on that circuit. I
lived iu Redwood City in the home of
Horace Hall, who afterward became a
millionaire. One of my appointments
was In a, schoolhouse that stood on the
site now occupied by Stanford Uni
versity.
"After a year In that field I was as
signed to the Eldorado circuit which
included Placervllle. I had become ac
quainted with Sarah E. Finley so the
day before leaving for my new field
we were married at her father's home
near Santa Clara. We were married
on October 10th, 1859, and our wedding
trip was the trip to my new assign
ment. We went by carriage 10 San
Francisco and from there by boat to
fe'acramento where we took the train
to Folsom. At Folsom we took the
stage to Eldorado.
Most of my congregation on this
circuit were miners. . I preacned at
Johntowh, Kelsey Flat and Mud
Springs as Eldorado was called In
those days. There were only two other
ministers in Eldorado county so
got a good many marriages and fun
erals to help out my salary of $600 a
year, i used to receive from as low
as $10 to as high as $30 for a marri
age and the same for funerals. Some-
times I was paid in gold coin but of
ten In gold dust. Every Sunday morn
ing the saloons and gambling houses
would shut up shop for an hour or
more go the boys could come and hear
me preach. They were a happy-go-lucky,
good-hearted class the old-time
miner, prospector and gambler.
remember once when we had but two
handfuls of flour left and no money
we were reeimg pretty blue. A wom
an, neighbor of ours and an attendant
at our church, came over and said 'My
husband" had an idea you might be
I short of funds so he took up a col-
j lecuon xor you in his saloon last
j night.' She told my .wife to hold out
her hand but she had to hold .both
I hands to hold the money she poured
t into "he hands. There were a good
I many goia pieces among the silver
eoms.
"Alter a year I was given the ap
, pointment xo ban Jose, one of the
best appointments In the whole dls-
trict 1 1 only stayed there one year as
1 the people in the Eldorado circuit re-
1 quested that I be sent back. The fol
j lowing year 1 had the Petaluma. cir
cuit, we an .took sick there, I nearly
died of typhoid, my wife was danger
ously slcit and Ella, our little girl,
died. From Petaluma we were trans
ferred to the Santa Clara emirch, the
largest and wealthiest church In the
conference at" that time, i -;
'X "oool Teacher Too. -
' "The fall of 1864 found us 'at Gilroy
where in - addition to preaching, I
taught the GUroy school for two years.
I was sent to Moreland to preach and
was elected teacher of : t. Moreland
school and was allowed i assistant
'
Emery.
so I appointed my wife to teach the
primary grade.
"The following fall, the faU of
1867, I was elected professor of math
ematlcs at the recently founded Cor
vallis College at Corvallls, Oregon,
which was established by the M. E.
church South. My wife's brother, Dr,
w. A. Finley, had been sent to Cor
vallls in 1866 to organize a school. He
requested that I be assigned to the
college. He came back from Corvallls
atter getting the school started to
feanta Clara to marry Sarah E Latim
er, the daughter of a minister. Pro
fessor Finley was made the president
or tii college. When I went to Cor
vallis 47 years ago, it was only a vil
lage, but we drew from the surround
ing country and we soon had over a
hundred students In attendance.
"The faculty .consisted of President
Finley, W. W. Moreland and myself
and we had a preparatory department
taught by Mrs. Finley. Before Ion
Professor Moreland married Alice E.
Biddle, one of the. first graduates and
the daughter of Dr. Biddle, of Corval
lls.
"In 1868 by act of the Oregon leg'
lsiature, our college was designated
as the recipient of the Agricultural
college fund given by congress. Con
gress set aside 90,000 acres of school
land toward the support or a college
for the agricultural and mechanic
arts.
"When my wife's brother. Professor
Finley, resigned rh about 1874 or 75,
was made acting president. I was
getting a salary of $1000 a year and
was offered the presidency of the
college but I declined it, as I felt
freer as an instructor than as presl
dent of the institution. President B
Arnold of Virginia, was elected
president. He was a very scholarly
and lovable man. For many years nis
wiaow resided in Portland. After 18
years of steady work in which ml
salary had advanced to $1503 a year,
a oroxe down and resigned being sue
ceeded by Professor W. D. Letcher
the son of the war governor of Vir
glnia.
Becomes Indian Agent.
"In October, 1886 1 was appointed
agent of the Klamath Indians, where
i served uil 1890. In 1892 I wan
elected president of the Pacific Meth
odist college at Santa Rosa.
'Though I am over 80 years oM. I
am still In the harness being the pas
tor or tne cnurch at Henleyvllle, Cali
fornia. I am visiting my son Will
here In Newport, for a few weeks.
There are four generations of us here
my son Will, h.s son Cecil ana
Cecil's son Delolx.
"The old Corvallls college Is now
the Oregon Agricultural college and
where I taught geometry, trigo
nometry, calculus, surveying and na
tural philosophy and delivered a week
ly lecture on stock raising they now
have several score of professors to
teach the subjects I taught also; of
course, tney have hundreds of stu
dents where we had dozens. The first
class to be graduated was tne class
of 1870. The members or tnat class
were Robert M. Veatcti, J. K. P. Cur
rin and Alice E. Biddle. In 1872 J. K.
Weatherford was graduated. He has
been a member of the board of regents
of the O. A. C for nearly 30 years ana
for about 20 years he has been presl
dent of the C. & E. R. R. The follow
ing year William F. Herrln of Ash
land, was graduated. He is now chief
counsel of the Southern Pacific. Dr,
F. W. Vincent of Pendleton, is one of
our graduates and so Is T. H. Craw
ford and George Blakeiy and Judge
Hamilton."
About 1000 Are on
Strike in Stockton
Flffht fox Open Shop Developing Ctrad
nally but Complete Tie-up Event
ually Is the Prediction.
Stockton, CaU July 18. Stockton's
fight for and' against the' open shop
was still developing today, slowly but
steadily.
Each-- day sees more Idle union
workmen. The unionists , did noc
strike at the mere announcement -that
their shops were open. The moment a
non-unionist Is employed, however, or
they are asked to handle non-union
material, they walk out.
About 1000 men had quit up today.
Theyt .were --receiving strike benefits
and haye been given promises of un
limited support from throughout the
whole country. It was predicted on
both sides that, sooner or later, the
tie-up would ; he practically complete
and : the apprehension was general
that finally there would, be trouble.
Employers said they were not having
much trouble in finding men, to fill
vacancies but many of them admitted
it was almost Impossible to find com
petent ones. , . .;' .' " "v;..
Unionists insisted that Stockton was
the first battleground in a . campaign
to driv2 organized labor out of - Cali
fornia.
FAILURE TO REPORT IS
CHARGE MADE AGAINST
COUNTY DEPARTMENTS
Counsel of, the Taxpayers'
League Submits Statement
for Inquisitors.
NEW CODE NOT FOLLOWED
Some of Departments Save Mad Be
port While Others Have Hot Dona
Bo. i pointed Out.
The prediction by- George C. Mason,
manager or the Nonpartisan league,
yesterday, "that more than poor busi
ness Judgment- might be found by In.
vestlgating the county's purchase of
bedbug exterminator, has caused much
peculation among thns wh r.
watching the invests ton rf Ann i-
affairs authorized jointly by the Tax-
league ue and tne Nonpartisan
There is alao
Investigation of relief board expendi
tures, ine methods noi tn .-..
ing the county courthouse, anri th. as
certainment of reasons why the effi
ciency code adopted last autumn haa
ui Deen applied. The taxpayers
Justus voiced its dissatisfaction with
the failure to use the efficiency code,
in the following statement, prepared
by Attorney George B. Guthrie, counsel
tor the league, and submitted yester
day to the Joint committee:
meports Wot Hade,
tadminlstrativ cde adopted by
JU? tS0. of co"ity commissioners
thfn. LtDomJln county among other
mfhi Pfove" tor the making of
SrtiJrei0l8 b ten dWerent de
ietB' ?nere I1" hen handed
to me bound in flexible covers the re-
.d.eJ,,nce 016 adoption of the
code about November 1, 1S13
rSLf t?,?!3 that there h been no
report filed by the county auditor of
?nycilaract?r' notwithstanding the fact
that the auditor is required by the ad
ministrative code to make monthly re
port. The superintendent of highways
is also within the provision for mak
ing monthly reports, and has failed
to make anv report whatsoever. In
view of the large amount of construc
tion and repair work done on the high
ways for Multnomah county, and the
large amount of monev paid out
through this department, it would
seem that a grave error Is made In this
oversight.
The administrative code provides for
reports to be made by the superintend
ent of the Detention Home. So far no
reports have, been made by him. The
form prescribed for the Detention
Home is quite full, being identical to
that prescribed for the Multnomah
County hospital.
A. further requirement of the code
calls for reports from the county vet
erinarian. This is perhaps a minor
department, but no reports as yet have
been made.
Some Beporta Rendered.
From the reports that have been
made, however, it appears that the
following departments have made full
reports beginning with the month of
uuiooer, ana tne reports made by them,
while not extensive, are nevertheless
satisfactory, especially in view of the
met mat me department is
not one
employing many men or
exDending
great aeal or money.
These de-
partraents are: Fruit innM.tnr omintv
board of relief and the county physi
cian. No criticism can be made with
respect to these reports other than in
the spirit of commendation.
Beginning with the month of Janu
ary, 1914, reports have been filed from
the Multnomah County farm. These
reports are quite extensive and have
been progressively better. The labor
Involved in preparing such a report is
considerable. The superintendent of
the farm is Jo be especially commended
for his efforts to comply with this
provision.
The Multnomah County Hospital Is
provided with a form which calls for
a report nearly as complete as that
from the county farm. The hospital
report, however, has been uniformly
Soor. With the exception of a num
er of inmate days and a showing of
the total money expended the report
has no practical significance what
ever.
no Stock Kept.
No effort Is made as shown by these
reports to take stock of the sunnlien
kept by the hospital, nor to show the
cost 01 tne same, nor to take stock
at the end of each month to show what
supplies, 11 any, remain on hand. The
report is of such a character as would
not be tolerated In any first class busi
ness house.
The superintendent of bridsres is re
quired to furnish reports under the
administrative code, and beginning
with the month of December reports
have been made on the Broadway,
Burnslde, . Morrison and Hawthorne
bridges, with the following exceptions:
No report for the Broadway bridge for
January, February or March; no re
port for the Hawthorne bridge for
January. These reports are uniformly
scanty. The provision looking to a
traffic count on .the first day of each
month has been entirely Ignored, and
a number of the items are approxi
mations rather than accurate measure
ment. These reports are of some value
with respect to the number of times
the bridges are operated, and the av
erage time consumed in operation, to
gether with the amount of electricity
used, all of which has a comparative
basis of benefits. Aside from this, how
ever, there is little to commend in
these reports. No reports are shown
as to the Steel bridge, it being prob
able that the. operators of that bridge
are in the employ of the railway com
pany and 'not bound to report to the
county.
Ferries Are Included.
Provision for reports on the ferries
is also a feature of the administrative
code. Beginning with the month of
March reports have been had from the
ferries Webster and Maspn, excepting
that no report for the month of May
is shown on the part of the Mason.
These reports are somewhat more spe
cific than the bridge reports, more par
ticularly in so far as a traffic count
has been kept. A provision exists for
reports from the other ferries, the
Burlington, St. Johns and Caples, but
no report is shown as to any of them.
The sealer of weights and measures
Is required to report? under the code,
and while his department Is of less
comparative importance, two reports
are shown to have been quite fully
executed for the months of January
and February. Since February, how
ever, no report is shown. Unless there
was some good reason for a discon
tinuance it is hard to understand why
reports 'have not been filed recently.
' In addition to the foregoing there
was filed for the month of May a
report from the superintendent of ma
chinery with respect to auto trucks,
also as to the heat and laundry ac
count of the County Hospital, and the
operation of the rock quarries; also
as to elevator and engine room in the
courthouse.
Knell Car Shown.
These reports have been prepared
with considerable care and give in
formation which is both interesting
and valuable. It is unfortunate that
such reports have not been filed ear
lier than' the month of May. -
Generally it may be said the admin
istrative code calls for the filing of
these reports not later than six days
after the. end of each month. The
Sractice seems to be to file these ind
ifferently at any time after - the
end', of the month,- even as late
as the middle of the succeed
ing month. This is especially no-
RENOUNCES FORTUNE OF
$600,000 BY REMARRYING
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Y.. M, C, A, Worker Spurns
Large Legacy for Love
of a Woman.
Boston. Mass., July 18. Frank Pal
mer Speare, educational director ol
the Young Men's Christian Association,
will forfeit $600,000 when he marriea
Miss Katherine A. Vinton. His wife
left him that sum on -condition that
he would not remarry.
"I only did what any clean, square
jawed man would do." he said today.
I have no regrets for the fortune 1
have passed up."
Large Increase in
Surplus for Week
Weekly Bank Statement Shows De
creases in Xrfans and Deposits, In
crease in Surplus, Specie, Xto.
New York. July 18. The actual
weekly .bank statement Issued today
showed the following changes.
Surplus increased 834,634,460.
Loans decreased 334,988.000.
Specie Increased $6,880,000.
Legale increased $3,768,000.
Deposits decreased $18,895,000.
Circulation Increased $272,000.
Surplus reserves $22,111,750
tlceable In tha reports of the county
hospital.
It may be further said that the
spirit which has prompted the adop
tion of the administrative code is not
complied with in the scanty, and un
satisfactory reports shown.
Auxiliary steering gear for automo
biles, operated by the feet, has been
Invented.
For Tomorrow's
LADIES' WASH DRESSES
b eautiful, cool fabrics,
gracefully draped; regularly
$4.85, $6.85 $8.85, $10.85,
$11.85, $12.85, $14.85 and
$16.85, now reduced to
$3.35, $4.35, $5.85, $6.95,
$7.85, $8.35, $9.85 and
$11.85.
LADIES' COATS man-tailored
and semi-fancy models ;
regularly $10 to $22.50, now
half price, $5 to $11.25.
SILK COATS only six love
ly, fancy models, normally
selling at $18 and $22.50,
now $7.50.
OUTING SHJRTS-for ladies,
in colors, chocolate, khaki,
navy, cardinal; regular price
$2.50, now $1.25.
LADIES; DUSTERS abso
lutely indispensable for auto
mobiling trips; regularly
Ericed $2.00 to $10.00, now
IALF PRICE.
JUNIORS' COATSlate mod
els in fine, new weaves ;
normally $6 to - $15, now .
half price, $3 to $7.50.
CHILDREN'S COATS an
absolute bargain not dupli
cated ; regularly $4 and $5
to close, only $1.15. V
Third Tlon
, ' , , 1 - I
v-; x-, .'i f
Miss Katherine May Vinton (above),
for love of whom Frank Palmer
Speare (below) will sacrifice, a
fortune of 600,000.
Asbestos a Surprise
of Mineral Kingdom
United States Is tha XArgeat Prodnoer
of Manufactured Article, Which Is
Woven Into. Cloth.
Washington, D. C. July 18. Asbes
tos Is one 'f the great surprises In
the mineral kingdom. On account of its
finely fibrous, flexible incombustible
character It is spun Into yarn' and wov
en into cloth for the clothing of fire
men and foundrymen who are exposed
Every ladies' and misses' fancy
suit, man-tailored in Spring and
Summer styles, regularly selling
from $24.50 to $34.50
Every ladies' and misses' fancy
hand-tailored suit, including a few
models in silk, regularly selling
from $37.50 to $42.50
Ecerg model genuinely reduced from its
normal price; see them tomorrow
Entire Third FloorElevator '
BENSEIMNG
yHE
to heat that would burn ordinary cloth
ing. It la extensively used for theatre
curtains and hag saved many audiences
from the horrors of conflagration.
A report br J. 8. Dlller of the Unit
ed States geological survey on the pro
duction of asbestos In 1913. now In
press, shows that while the United
States produces little raw asbestos.
it la tha largest producer of object
manufactured from asbestos. Canada
la tha heaviest producer of raw asbes
tos, and mora than half the world'a
supply is brought into the United
States from Canada and manufactured
Into. commercial products. In 1913 the
United States produced 1100 short tons.
A notable event of the year in tha
asbestos Industry of the United States
haa been' the opening of a new local
ity In Arizona about 30 miles north
east of Globe, for the high grade chry-
soul such as occurs in the depths of
the Grand canyon.
Tha remarkable fiber from Arliona
when twisted to a yarn 0.03 of an inch
In thickness will support an average
weight of 11 pounds. Its content ot
Iron la decidedly lower than that of the
Canadian fiber, and for that reason
it la better for Insulating purposes.
The survey report on asbestos contains
map and section of the Arizona de
posit.
Expensive Funeral
Meeting Opposition
Agitation Za Being Carried on la
Xiondon Against Elaborate Burial
Bites and Corteges.
London, July 18. Agitation is be
ing carried on here against the ex
pensive funeral. Isabel Basnett thinks
England should copy Switzerland in
this respect.
"Dying is simple enough," she says.
but the fact of death Is hedged around
with superstitions and customs. People
stricken with grief often fall victims
to a system which is driven by acute
competition to secure as large a profit
as. possible from the disposal of the
dead.
The greater the grief," she declared
today, "the greater the profits, is
legend that might well be written on
the bills of many undertaking con
cerns.
"The clear-thinking Swiss people re
gard every death as a public burden.
which should be borne to some ex
tent by the whole community in the
Interest of the common health and
well-being, and not wholly by the
relatives of the deceased person.
TV find, therefore, that certain
atates or cantons, give to every dead
citizen 'a free decent, burial.' including
a simple coffin, the undertaker's serv
ices, a plain hearse, and a carriage for
the relations and family.
"If anyone deires more xhow or cer
emony they can have It at a price
strictly laid down by t:ie authorities,
dui only municipal carriages ire
allowed to pass through the cemetery
gates. '
To Find Farm Jobs
For Jobless Boys
School and Country Xdfe Director in
Chicago Baa Flan to Get Work for
Pupils.
Chicago, July 18. -George E. Kar
rell, school and country life director
of country schools, has announced a
plan to connect the Jobless boy with
the boylens job." Me lias sent out
letters to farmers offering to get them
boys from public schools ranging l:i
age from 14 to IS years.
"Farmers have had a great deal- of
trouble in getting help for the tumme J
months and there are at leant 1000
Industrious boys in the Chicago schools
who are anxious for the work," said
Mr. Farrell. "I expert to. get place
for about 600 boys this summer.
"If there are any girls desirous of
working in the country I will see they
are placed in families I know person
ally." The Very Thlnjr..
From the Kansas City Journal.
"Could you contribute some cast off
clothing for the flood sufferers of
China?"
"Flood sufferers? I 'have an old
bathing suit that 1 don't need."
Journal Want Ads bring results.
Selling -
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LADIES' SMART CLOTHES SHOP
KILLING OF CHICAGO :.
DETECTIVE RESULTS
i IN CLEANUP OF VICE
Owners of. First Ward Dives
Will Have Licenses' Re
voked for Violating Law.
FURNITURE DEMOLISHED
Captain By an. Himself Under Snt-
plcion, I.eads Bald on Disorderly
Xonsa, bnt Inmates CNt Away.
(United Prwa I.eaferd WW.)
Chicago, July 18. Vice kings and
queens of the First ward, housing th
city's red light district, were in m
state of terror tonight. Doxena of
levee habitues were fleeing from the
district while 600 policemen and de
tectives patrolled every block.
A big police shakeup is promised as
a result of the killing of Detective
Sergeant Stanley ,J. Bvrnea when a
mob attacked police raiders Thursday
night, got under way late this after
noon. Reform orKanlsations ha
upon the murder of the detective as i
weapon with which to clean out the
district and break tfTe power of its
two notorious aldermen. "Hlnky llnk"
Kenna and "Bath House" John Cough
lin. Chief of Police Gleason Issued the
clean-up orders tonight, following a
three hour conference with poilca
heads. He announced that Captain
M'tuei r. nyan, lor years in cnarge
of the First ward and alleged to be an
ally of "Hlnky Dink" and "Bath
House" John, may be transferred to
another station. At the same time
the chief summoned owners of five
of the most notorious First ward dives
before him to ahow causa Why theli
licenses should not be revoked for
selling liquor after 1 a. m.
Captain Ryan himself acted late
this afternoon. Denounced by reform
leaders after the killing of Byrnes aa
the friend of gangsters and tha vice
element In the ward, he personally con
ducted a raid on a disorderly house
while Chief Gleason was discussing his
transfer. The Inmates escaped bat
Ryan ordered doors and furniture
smashed to make it impossible for the
place to reopen.
Gangster Xillad Byrnes. t
Police heads tonight said that a
thorough investigation convinced them
that the killing of Byrnea resulted
from a deliberate attempt Of First
fward gangsters to afsasslnata a aqua I
of detectives who were raiding. dis
orderly houses. For several days an
attempt to reopen the old segregated
district closed by former State's At
torney Vaymanhas been on, tha police
say, and new raids under the super
vision of morals Inspectors Infuriated
the vice leaders.
Charges that the police have pro
tected resort keepers and gamblers
followed the Thursday night shooting.
Cf Oleaann lodav addreeaed a lat
ter to the civil service commission,
asking a sweeping Investigation ".of
these charges.
Man at 104 Walks .
Miles for a Shave
Patrick Barns of Worth Brookfield,
Mass Takea Xioag Hike Because BUs
Wa It
Worcester, Mass., July 18. Patrick
Bums, aged 104 years, of North Brook
field, walked a dlstapco of six miles
today to the nearest barber shop be
cause his razor, was dull and he had
to get a barber to shave him.
"I don t mind the walk. I would
rather walk six miles than go without
a shave." said the centenarian.
The walk did not seem to have tired
Mr. Burns when he reached the barber
shop, but he did not attempt the walk
back.
MORRISON
STREET
AT FOURTH
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