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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

really held things There immense PICTURES Oh
dining and fine unfettered expan Oh water
only that great table with
MANY leaves dedicated eating all the sitting there would
many tables which work could be done
and things could be laid.
The people could living big houses have packed them
selves into small ones and believe of these days
they good by the change They have lost more than
space they lost the effect the mind
character that spacious life We all know that people living
dignity that who
crowded What the large farm homestead does for the
counman compared crowded yager that the stately
people.
makes the being feel small by comparison with his sur
roundngs the heavens and the make him small
The has been answered by builders and hotel keepers We have
ourselves and small they We have dmnutve flats with
just totteng little table and nothing ese
which baby cruet almost under
The beds little bedrooms have sides but middle
pictures only quantity photographs perousy
edged against a slat of wood
And worst of ALL there decent table at which
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Miss Margaret Mcmillan, London So
biologist, Tells Of Feeding Needy
Pupils at Bradford, England.

Chicago-The beneficial influence
derived from furnishing substantial
food to the school children of England
was demonstrated by Miss Margaret
Macmillan. a prominent sociologist Of
London, who is in America investigat-
ing social conditions. Her talk was
given before the Woman's City club.
Education, valuable, Of course, In
all departments of life," she said.
pays the most in the kitchen. The
proper distribution in diet of proteids.
glutens. nitrogen, sugars, etc., can only
be determined by expert physicists.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Such knowledge, in my opinion. is

such knowledge, in my opinion, is
this:
THE knowledge of what is man,
what his surrounding world. what his
destiny-hence, what man can and
must do and principally what he can
not and must not do.
Therefore we should oppose cap
ital punishment by intoxicating this
knowledge to all men, and especially
to the hangman's managers and sym
pathizers who wrongfuily think they
are maintaining their position. thanks
only to capital punishment.
II know this is not an easy task.
The employers and approvers of
hangmen with the instinct of self
preservation feel that this knowledge
will make impossible the maintenance
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

of the position which they occupy.
hence not only will they themselves
not adopt 1t, but by all means in
their poverty violence. deceit. lies
and cruelty-they will try to hide
from the people this knowledge, dis
torting 1t and exposing its dissemina-
tors to all kinds OF privations and
suffering.
Therefore II we readily wish to de-
stroy the delusion of capital punish
ment and II we possess the knowl-
edge which destroys this delusion let
US, in spite Of all menaces, depriva-
tons and sufferings, teach the people
this knowledge. because It is solely
the effective means in the fight.
LEO TOLSTOI.
"Optina Monastery. November H.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

sit with books and work at it. drawing room may
look pretier since the abolition from it of all sensible
tables But it is much less habitable 1t is small
wonder that people nowadays try continually to cur
tail the time after dinner 1t is because there is moth
ing one can do IN a drawing ROOM At best somebody
plays the violin SINGS at worst the pianoa is set
going.
The poet who wished for can hour of crowded
life" should try living On the score of crowd
edness, if not of life, he would be well content.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Rhyned Repartee.

New "Gobble. gobble." called
a young woman from New York who
was visiting her grandparents on the
old farm and who wanted to cultivate
an acquaintance In the barnyard.
"Hobble, hobble." retorted the tur-
key, who was In no mood for light
words, and besides didn't like the
young woman's skirt.
The hens testified their approval Of
his remark In the usual way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Hire Their Furs and Wraps

that It IL months before the scent
fades away from furs. and she finds
that the perfume one woman likes is
obnoxious to ! another woman. who
will not rent the coat because of rs
odor. NUNS and boas Of chinchilla
ermine and sable are in great de-
mand, and there are women who
come regularly to the establishment
to hire the same set Of furs in which
to make calls or go to matinees.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
John W. Alexander Adds His Tes-
timony to DR.. Sargent's.
American Woman's Figure Is 5ecom-
ing More Masculine in Line Every
Day-outdoor Exercises and
Life Blamed.

New York.-If the American woman
persists in her undue athletic sports,
there will soon be little difference be-
tween the masculine and the feminine
figure.
So says John w. Alexander, presi-
dent of the National Academy of De-
sign. In this he agrees with DIR. Dud-
ley Sargent, of Harvard, who said
about the same thing. Mr. Alexan-
der. one of Americas foremost por-
trait painters has had ample oppor-
tunity to study women of every coun-
try and cline. In his home, at 116
West Sixty-fifth street, Mr.. Alexander
declared that the American woman's
figure is becoming more masculine in
line every day.
lust where the beauty of such I'M
natural development comes in, don't
see." said the painter. II don't see
why any woman should be proud of
losing that which constitutes her
greatest charm, her womanly bearing
and figure. But that is just what the
American women Of all classes seem
determined to do.
In no other country In the world
do you see such masculinelike figures
az the American women have. In
France the woman is the personifica-
ton of grace. In Germany the woman
is not SO graceful, perhaps, but she
has that motherly bearing which gives
her a lovableness that is not often
found among our women. In England
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

One man has been sent to Jail for
nine months for smuggling at New
York. The fact that he was only q
musician and not a millionaire makes
the lesson less impressive where 1t is
most needed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Some
People
Unable
to Show
Grief
By COL HUGH BRAINARD
New Orleans

and this risk being called nhuman wretch monster and
other complimentary terms.
The reason inclined mth twofod First naturally
Light heart second there nothing unreal wretchdness that
influences my emotions.
fictitious grief the stage does not touch little Bit for
the portrayer of the is only feignng
wonder the heaters readily touched by
everyday manifestations of sure-enough suffering?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

A Washington man has been fined
for violating the child-labor law be-
cause he induced number Of four.
teen-year-old boys to engage in a pie
eating contest. Would It not have
been more appropriate If he had been
punished for cruelty to children?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Can you tell me why people weep at
theater when the clever actor or actress de-
picts some phase of human woe?
1t is something I've never yet been able
to account for satisfactorily, as common
a phenomenon as it is. Are those in the
audience who do not shed tears less hui
name, less sympathetic than those who be-
dew their handkerchiefs with tears, as 1
saw score of women do the other evening
in a playhouse.
Now, as matter of fact, when see
those laehrymose matrons and maids all
about me l feel sorely inclined to laugh,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Los Angeles. Cal.-While trying to
button q collar on button that was
too large. Thomas Cawley. boiler
maker, exerted himself too violently
the other day and broke his collar
bone. He was taken to the receiving
hospital
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

A dog that carried IN smuggled
goods across the Mexican boundary
has been spared to be shown in a dog
show. II he had been taken to. a
New York dog show he would prob
ably have brought fabulous price
from the ultra rich
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

When a mans wife sticks hatpins
into him, and tries to suffocate him
as he sleeps, the New York courts
have decided that he has a right to
leave home. The ruling. however.
was confirmatory merely. the man
having decided first
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

So the government is going to issue
375,0o0. 900 worth Of 81 bills to replace
$40 and higher denominations. This
ought to Increase the chance of get
ting some.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Small
DANGER of
Aviation
Becoming
Common
By Tx. MooREHoUsE
New York

the machines months and though do
reached it the things
that any very great development can now take place
The themselves will tell that the
proposition ncifu Of people carried
remember takes 50hopower engine lift only couple
of men, and they must not be heavyweights
something radically in the Of devised
single passengers olfashoned
stage coach
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28
Modern
Homes
Most Rooms
Very Low and
Quite Small
Bv MARGARET BATESON

of century ago 1t was the ambition Oh
every citizen to build himself house His dining
table the altar of ceremonious hospitality gave two dozen
people ample space dine and gescula around its polished
spread of mahogany At expansive moments toward the end
of the feast some small child deliberately dressed and cured
would be placed the table and invited to make her way
along with the decaners to the other end without upsetng
the dishes of And there space for the perform
ance of the feat.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

/ attended several of the great aviation
meets in France and on the continent, and
my conclusion based on study and CONVEX
sation with the foreign experts is that
there is not the remotest likelihood that
the average everyday citizen will ever
journey through the air.
The talk of reducing aerial transit to
a commonplace basis, where the generality
of the population can make safe and rapid
voyages via the aeroplane, has few sponsors
among the candid and scientific men.
The thing is simply not feasible and
never will be There has been really no
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

SON, habitual In a plain blue coat,
much the worse for wear, and other
garments in proportion. This per.
son whom the ambassador mistakes
for clerk in department, and only
wonders, in looking at him, that the
president should permit a man to
appear before him in such a dress,
proves to be the president of the
United States himself"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28


w the demolition OF the worlds forests
resusciaon
weknown
and plantation
the produce shipped
In excellent
which already has been utilized in the printing press with every
to the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-01-28

Laws should be clear. uniform, pre-
else; to interpret them is nearly al.
ways to corrupt them.-voltaire.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
MOSS THE WINNER
IN DAMAGE ACTION
Jury Finds A. ]. Neff Not
Entitled to Damages
From Defendant.

The jury in the damage suit of AL
bert j. Neff against Perry J. Moss,
heard in the Wayne circuit court re-
ported about 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing to Judge Fox with a finding for
the defendant. Mr.. Moss is a retired
farmer and former merchant of this
city. Neff who was cobbler, was
struck by the Moss machine on July
4, last. at Eighth and Main streets and
received broken right leg and pain
full and serious injuries to his back He
asked $4,000 damages.
The jury received the case about 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon and bal
loted for seventeen hours before the
jurors were unanimous for the defend
ant. The vote at all times was in
his favor, it being understood from
one of the court attaches that the ma
jority of the ballots. the exact number
not being known. but estimated be-
tween forty and fifty. were 8 to for
Moss. A few were to and several
10 to 2.
At the conclusion of the trial on
Saturday afternoon Mr. Moss and At
torney Wilfred Jessup, for the COM
plainant. met in the sheriff's office At
the time Everard Knollenberg and De-
putty Sheriff Clarence Mote were in
the Office. Moss was highly indignant
because he had been -sued. and ac-
cording to one of the men present, ex-
pressed his opinion of the attorney.
The latter laughed at him. A half
hour before the attorney who made
the closing argument had addressed
the jurors and referred to the fact
that there had been little antagonism
displayed on either side.
Neither petition for new trial
nor an appeal to the higher court will
be made by the complainant's attor-
neys. Judge Fox informed one of the
attorneys for Neff that he was salts
fed justice had been administered by
the jury.
The complainant while deeply dis
appointed at the jury's decision was
satisfied that he had received a fair
trial
The jurors inclued vaney Ball, w.
II. Glidewell. foreman, Joseph d.
Stiers, Frank Seaney, Joseph Tice.
George Hart, James l. Beeson, John F.
Bullerdick, Howard Smith, Omer Ker-
lin. Prentiss S. Edwards and H. H.
Pagan.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
A WEDDING GUEST
THROWN FROM CAB
Mrs. George Dilks, Jr., Hurt
When She Jumped Aft
er the Horse BOlted.

In jumping from coupe Saturday
night. while the. horse was alternately
breaking the speed limit and kicking
like a western bronco, Mrs. George
Dilks, jr.. of Spring Grove was pain
fully injured and rendered uncon-
scious for some time. Mr.. Dilks also
jumped but was not hurt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dilks were enroute to Richmond
to attend the wedding of Mr.. Gaar
Williams and Miss Magdalena Engel.
bert. Mrs. Dilks condition today was
reported as greatly improved. Mrs.
Dilks spained an ankle and seveal
ankle lisaments were torn loose. Her
right arm was wrenched and she suf-
fered numerous body bruises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dilks had ordered a
coupe from the Cottage livery barn.
owned by Mayor w. w. Zimmerman
They left their home about Sis
o'clock in the evening and as they ap-
preached the gate of the driveway
leading to the road, the horse stopped
and began kicking, then started to
bolt.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Dilks realized
the situation they hastily dismounted.
Mr. Diiks jumping first, aligthing
safely. When Mr.. Dilks, who is a
large woman, jumped, she threw her
entire weight on her right foot Her
ankle turned and she was thrown
heavily to the ground. She was car
ried to the house and medical atten-
tion given.
After running at breakneck speed
Tor about square the horse ran the
coupe close TO high embankment
and it overturned. badly damaging it,
The harness gave way, freeing the
horse which continued on to town.
Fred Edwards, colored. the driver of
the cab. jumped and saved himself
from serious injuries other than bruis-
cs. lie accounted for the accident by
saying the horse became nervous in
going down the Dilk's driveway.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
MAY BLOW UP TRAIN.

Lexington Junction. Mo, April "a
You never will get US to Los An
geles alive" was the declaration made
aboard the Santa Fe flyer today by
James F. Mcnamara, who with his
brother John J. Mcnamara and Ortie
McManigal, who is accused of blow
ing up the Los Angeles Times build
ing. Il for one, viii die a martyr to
unionism. The capitalists are op-
pressing the working people and max
ing laws to suit their own ends
through bribery. If had not been ar
rested the working people soon would
have acquired the right to live de.
Gently.
"This train will either be wrecked
or blown up before we reach Los An
geles.
Il have eluded men enough to get
word to my friends to see that we do
not get to the coast alive"
The prisoners arrived here shortly
after O'Clock this morning and Nc
Namara was morose and downcast,
while McManigal was cheerful Nc
Namara was SO surly that he even
refused to be shaved
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
lanes Mcnamara, on Santa
Fe Train, Predicts 1t Will
Be Dynamited-ls Willing
to Be Martyr.
BURNS NOW IN TOLEDO
Arrived There Today and
Held Conference with PO-
lice Chief Marion Co.
Grand Jury Meets.
(American News Service)

Indianapolis, April 24.-Here are
the alleged dynamite developments up
to late hour today. No definite trace
of John J. Mcnamara, secretary-treas-
urer of structural Iron workers asso-
citation, and party of detectives guard
ing him, has been obtained since their
departure from Indianapolis Saturday
evening. A strong suspicion is cur
rent that the Canadian route via Win
nipeg to the coast has been taken to
avoid possible .habeas corpus proceed
ings.
Police today declared that the infer
nal machine clockwork, similar to
those alleged found at the scenes of
all the dynamite explosions. had been
found in John McNamara's room at
his boarding house in indianapolis.
Also that the key taken from John Nc
Namara's person fit the lock of the
storage room in the basement of the
Central Life building, where quanti'
| tives. # Szr
1t was learned today that papers
| asking the Indiana governor for re
QUESTION Saturday also called fer four
additional persons. designated as
James Doe, Richard Roe, John Doe
and Richard Styles. Much mystery
surrounds these four persons. all OF
whom are said to be under surveil
lance in Indianapolis.
| When the train carrying James Nc
! Namara and Ortie McManigal passed
Junction City, Mo-, this forenoon the
detectives gave out a sensational re.
port that James Mcnamara had pre-
dicted the train would be blown up
or wrecked before reaching Los An
geles and he was willing to die as a
martyr to unionism Their train pass
ed through Kansas City over the San.
ia Fe at o'clock. No one was permit
ted to see the party.
| The Marion county grand jury con
vened in special session at 10 o'clock
this morning to investigate the alleg
ed dynamite outrages in this county
All the unions records, books and
bank check books were taken before
the grand jury despite a justice court
replevin presented by attorneys for
the Iron Workers union. President
F. M. Ryan of the Iron Workers Inter
national union was subpoenaed to ap
pear before the grand jury with all
documents and paraphernalia in his
possession.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
Express and Delivery Vehi-
cles, Officials Decide, Can
Now Stand Only in Court
House Square.
EXPECT A PROTEST
OVER THIS ACTION
Colonial Building Tenants
Say These Wagons Are
Big Nuisance An Ordi-
nance Will Be Prepared.

A crisis was reached in the nuisance
of wagons standing on the prominent
business streets. when at a meeting
of the board of works this morning
the city attorney was ordered to draw
up an ordinance making 1t unlawful
for wagons or drays to stand on the
streets excepting on South Fourth
street, from the court house entrance
to South A street: on South A from
Third to Fourth and from South
Third and A to Third and Main
streets.
Last week petition from South
Seventh street business men. princi-
paliy tenants of the Colonial building,
was put before the board demanding
that the numerous wagons which
stood on this street be removed i'm
mediately. II set forth that they
were "A nuisance, and were blockading
the street.
This morning, T.. NJ. Campfield.
before the board with the demand that
some action be taken at once. Mr.
Campfield said. first of all, that he
did not wish to so to court with the
matter, where. he was certain he
could secure an injunction to prohibit
the wagons from the use of the
streets. lie quoted several supreme
court decisions which held that wag-
Ons could not stand on the streets
r.,,. h,,yt hn n1-
leges those on South Seventh do.
II was shown to the board that the
wagons. which include express. mer-
chant delivery and drays attract an
undesirable class of men.
Loafers Are Attracted.
Some of them. according to Camp
field, are drunk most of the time, and
their language Is oftimes vulgar He
said many women passed down this
thorougfare to patronize millinery
store In the Colonial building. The
city was warned that damage suits
may result II runaway accidents re-
suit in the crowded streets.
Several months ago the wagons
were removed from Sixth and Main
because the property owners and bus
ines men objected. A year ago the
wagons were ordered off Of the north
corners of Seventh and Main. Mr.
Campfield says all of them came to
the south corners.
According to the city ordinance one
wagon may stand on each of the four
corners OF Ninth and Main. one wagon
on each Of the northwest and north
east corners Of Seventh and Main,
three wagons on each Of the north
east and northwest corners OF Sixth
and Main and one wagon on each OF the
southeast and southwest corners OF
Tenth and Main streets.
Mayor Zimmerman declared for op-
en- streets. There is said to be but
little doubt that there will be big
protest when the wagons are ordered
20 the court house square but the
Mayor says, let 'em howl" The or
t!inance will be presented to council
at the first meeting In May.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
FRED WHITE WILL
PRACTICE IN CITY

Fred White has rendered his resig.
nation as member of the legal de-
partment of the c. & o. of Indiana
railway TO take effect on May l. in
order to engage in the practice of law
in this city. He will have his office
in the Dickinson Trust company
building on South Eighth street with
the firm of Gardner and Jessup. He
is graduate of Harvard law school
and since leaving school has been
connected in various capacities with
the c. 4 O. of Indiana railway. first
being the claim agent and on January
l promoted to the legal department.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-24
|. M'NAMARA'S WHEREABOUTS
SHROUDED IN DEEP MYSTERY

their way to Los Angeles. aboard the
Santa Fe flyer.
They got away from Joliet last
night. The two prisoners boarded the
train after 4 series of exciting expert
ences and only efter armed policemen
had been sent to the assistance of
the guards, .
Since the party left Chicago Satur-
das night McNamara and McManigal
have been chained together. The
party started in two big automobiles
and after losing its way finally reach
ed Joliet They spent the day quietly
and boarded the train in a special car
last night.
=. :. Trunk Of Dynamite. :. :.
The big trunk containing dynamite
and percussion caps, which was found
in Detroit April IL, when they were
arrested, is aboard the car.
The Los Angeles detectives with the
men have copies of the alleged con-
fession made by McManigal. which
tells of scores of dynamite outrages,
in which 112 lives were sacrificed dur
ing the last five years.
The Chicago police today admitted
that the men had been put through the
Third degree" while they were pris-
oners in house in South Chicago,
1t was announced here today that
the prisoners would not be taken to
Los Angeles on any scheduled time
and that efforts would be made to
keep the time of their arrival secret
for fear of an attempt on the part OF
labor to free them.