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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
GRAHAM
SOBs OUT STORY
ON STAND
Young Woman Accused of
Shooting W, {, D, Stokes Re-
cites Sordid Tale Of Romance
With Millionaire,
Iny Morning Journal Special Leased wire

New York. Dec, S.-An almost
constant flow Of tears accompanied
the recital which Lillian Graham
gave today of the sordld romance
that led IN to her shooting W. T.. u.
stokes, the millionaire hotel proprle-
tor on the night of June Z.
The hearing was punetuated with
sensations. one came when the young
woman was asked II her sister, Mrs.
stella singleton had ever talked 10
her about Stokes.
she told me that snould be very,
very careful and not see him any more
than ! had to. replied the witness,
hechnse he WAS q very dangerous
man and not Ia trust him She told
me- too, not to enrNge him because
she had good reason Go believe he
had murdered Al Adams.
"On the night that Mr.. Adams was
murdered she saw Mr. Stokes come
out OF the back entrance of the An
sonia, between / and IL o'clock. She
said that Mr.. Stokes had said next
morning, he had been In bed at q
O'Clock the night before. She said
saw Stokes rushing downstairs, NUT
tering somethlng."
Al Adams, the policy king died
at the Ansonia October t. 1907, and
the death was recorded as case of
suicide.
Prompted by her counsel, G.. l..
Jordan, the young woman sohhed her
replies TO questions which covered her
glrlhood In California and came grad
ually up to her relations with Stokes.
She told Of having been lured To Mr..
Stokes stock farm and of having
been detained there for two nights
and forced to sign self defamatory
letters, releasing her from responsi-
bility I'm order TO be allowed TO go
away IN peace
She declared the letters were WRIT
ten In Lexington before she left and
that Mr.. stokes made her write them
under threat To write to her brother
in-law and tell him that she had been
there aud forced herself upon him.
The statements I'm the letter. she said
were not true,
She testified that during her ac-
quaintance with Stokes hc paid her
si200 which she assorted fen $500
short of Sl10U which she said she
ment ana which he had reported had
been lost. In telling the story of the
shooting the girl denied she had in
vitcd Stokes to her apartment Ethel
Conrad opened the door and when
she heard them talking. she rushed
cut ana demanded 20 know what
business he had there.
"He grabbed me bv the throat and
tried to choke mo- she said He
forced me back into the room and
against the bureau lie cursed me
ana called me terrible names, | real-
ly thought he was going to kin me.
opened the drawer where the re-
Volver was. He seized the weapon and
struggled with me for It. At last
got my finger on the trigger and It
went or. Then he got the gun away
from me and I ran into the front
room Miss Conrad cried to him,
Drop that gun or III shoot. Then she
shot The next thing | remember !
ran out into the hail screaming for
help"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
GENERAL CHANG HAS
FIGHT WITH REBELS

Shanghai, Dec. S.--A Telegram from
Nanking says that General Chang
Hsu, commander of the imperial
troops. who with a force escaped from
the city when the revOlutionists cap
lured It, annihllated a band of revo-
ut'onists who attempted 70 bar his
retreat one hundred miles up the Tien
Tsin- Pu Kow railroad.
Further northward from the scene
Of this fight, the reVoutionists are
reported to be blowing up bridges
with dynamite.
WI Ting Fang professed ignorance
OF the decision of the revolutlonares
at Wu Chang to accept constltu-
tional monarchy with Yuan Shl Kai
or some other satisfactory Chinese AS
premier with constitution and
parliament
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
EXECUTIVE OFFICER or
MAINE TO RETIRE

Washington Dec. S.--Rear Admir-
al Richard Wainwright, aide for Oper-
ations In the navy department, who
was executive officer of the battle
ship Maine when ii was blown up In
Havana harbor and who later won
fame in the Spanish American war,
win retire from active service Deem
Der II, account of age. lie VIII be
succeeded by Rear Admiral Charles
f.. Vreeland as aide for operations.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
PUMP INC STATION
WRECKED BY
EXPLOSION
Natural Gas Supply Of Kansas
Towns Seriously CurtaiIed
Following Fire. Loss Emit
mated at 100000,

Iby morning JOufnNl Npe'ihi iFhHfh ohffI
Wichita. KAN Dee. S.--An explo-
sion of gas followed by lire tonight
destroyed the wichita pipe Line
company's pump station located one
mile south OF this city. The station
supplies gas from the oklahoma fields
To Wichita, Hutchinson and many
western Kansas towns The loss is
estimated at S300 600.
Three men were working IN the
engine room when the compressor
sprang q leak ana the escaping gas
was ignlted by q spark from electric
wires The men were blown from
the building but one of them--Wil'
liam Brown was injured,
Following the explosion the eight
een-lnch pipe line leading from out
side the building to the pump which
forced II along for further dlstrlhu.
tion, burst into flames which shot up
into the air distance Of zoo feet.
II was necessary 10 dispatch motor
car 10 the hog shooter district In
oklahoma. In order to shut off the
gas. Temporarily the affected dis
irlct viii depnd on a l2-lnch pipe
line fed by The natural pressure from
the wells. for its supply OF gas.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
PERSIA PLEADS FOR
AID FROM AMERICA

Washington. Dec. S-Asking for
something more tangible than sympa-
thy, the Persian nationalist commit
tee of Saadat with headquarters in
Constantinople. Turkey. today sent
eablegram 10 the Persian commit
tee here. urging that efforts be made
TO have the United States use its dip
lomatie good offices in the present
crisis.
The ConStantinOple committee, af-
ter speaking its appreciation of the
moral support extended by this ma
uon, sets forth "the hopes that we
cherish in the diplomatic support
that, that government in obedience
to its humanitarian sentiment may
lend to the Persian government in
this critical moment in which Persia
finds itself"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
RATE CASE BEFORE
h, S, SUPREME C0URl

Washington, pee s. Tho famous
inter mountain rate case In which thu
commerce court recently enioned
temporarily the interstate commerce
commission from cniorcing It's long
ana short haul orders, was docketed
today IN the supreme court
The cases Involve the constitution
ality and Interpretation Of the long
and short haul amendment I'm 1919
10 the interstate commerce law
It II understood the government
viii ask the court tn advance the
cases for early hearing
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
FATHER GAVE HIS
LIFE TO SAVE SON

Pittsburg. Kan. Dec s--That his
son might live, William Kennedy n
miner gave his life today when white
damp was discovered. II happened In
room Of Wier mine No. 2, and when
the deadly air WAS noticed a dozen
men rushed for safety At the entry
Kennedy found that his son Joe was
missing. The father seized sart and
re-entered the room and with the as
sistanc Of two or three volunteers
who stepped In to aid him, placed the
unconscious form OF the son on the
car and pushed IL 10 the door.
There the father fell dead, over
come with the poisonous air. Soon
afterwnrd the boy revived and walked
home TO bear the news TO his mother
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
CHICAGO AND ALTON
RED FLYER WRECKED

IllgginHyllle. Mo. Dec s.-Chioaeo
and Alton passenger train No. s
known as the "Red Flyer was derHil-
ed near Alma, ten miles from here,
late this afternoon, Several passcn-
gers were injured none seriously
The train left st. Louis at 9,06 o'clock
this morning and was due In Kansas
CITY at 5t20 this evening. The r0nse
Of the accident Is unknown.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
KILLS BIRDS WHILE
FLYING IN BlPLANE

Mineola, y. ". Dec, S.-Flying M
a hiplane this afternoon with Lee
Hammond as pilot, William Simonson
shot three blackhirds with as many
shots from a twelvo-gouge shotgun
which he carried. Two ~ GROWS sit.
ting on branch of a tree also .cll
victims 20 Simonson's workmanship.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
THE HOUSE.

Met at noon.
Beet sugar farmers subpoenaed by
sugar trust committee to refute the
testimony Of peonage In Colorado
Representative Moon of Pennsyl-
vania denounced reports that he had
near fist fight with Representa- .
tive Thomas of Kentucky.
Bill for semi-annual tobacco cen
sus passed.
General service pension bill de-
bated and action deferred.
Adjourned ut SOS =. m. until noon
tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
WOMEN WILL HELP
: DECIDE HEART
BALM SUIT
Case Against Widow of Butte
Millionaire, Involving $780,
900, in Hands of Mixed Jury
at Seattle,
IBy Morning journal Special Leased wlre.l

Seattle. Dee. S,--The 100000
alienation OF affections suit brought
by Mrs. Eliza j. Phillips of spokane,
against Mrs. Matte A. Thomas. 81
years old, widow Of ~ Butte millions
aire, was given to the jury late to-
night. There are two women on the
jury ana sealed verdict viii be res
turned Monday morning.
Mrs Thomas who married John w,
Phillips, divorced husband Of the
plaintiff, and obtained an annulment
of the marriage was on the stand to-
day.
Mrs. Phillips plaintiff In the action,
told the jury that she and Phillips
had lived together IN perfect peace
ana happiness for fourteen years and
would have continued pleasant rela-
tions II Mrs. Thomas had not come
between them.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.

Not In session Meets Monday at
y. m.
LOrimer senate Investigation con
tlnued with examination Of witnesses
for the defense.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-09
Noted French Artist Dead.

paris, Dec. Stony Robert I'leury
died today. lie was president of the
society of French artists
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
OUR LOW PHILOSOPHY.

A vice is always worst when it is
not recognized as a vice, when men
are not on their guard against it.
The Romans thought cruelty manly.
We sometimes think hypocrisy to be
virtue and religion. We do not
greatly love life and enjoy it. But,
oh, how we fear death. This makes
men mean and cowardly and teaches
a low philosophy of petty cunning,
selfshness, even graft. 1t destroys
Joy and all that health of the mind
which ~cannotget along without joy.
So we think we are doing right
when we are doing wrong-and we
call it prudence. A man always
afraid of death is no good at all
like a bird in a cage. He will never
90 up against anything or do any
thing unless fear compels. No doubt
the fear-of-death man makes up the
largest part of the International"
suicides.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Misses Florence Barron and
Maude Haywood spent Sunday
in Kansas City
Representative Houx returned
this morning to Jefferson City
after a few days visit at home,
John Sieter spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Misses Carrie Field and
Lenora Gordon returned Sat
urday night from a brief visit in
Kansas City.
Roscoe Groves of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with home
folks.
MIR. and Mrs. A.. Kimble of
of Muskatine, Ia, who have been
making an extended visit with
their daughters, Mrs. W. F.
Hinesley and Miss 10 Kimble,
left Sunday for their home,
Dr.. Frank Carter spent Sur
day in Higginsyille
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
TEACHING YOUTH TO SAVE
PhilanthropIc Plan of Henry Crandall
Seems Strange but Is Based on
Common Sense.

Believing hat if the instinct to
save is inculcated in youth it will
become an established trait through
life, Henry Crandall of Glens Falls,
N. Y, on the last day of 1910
called around him 100 boys from the
ages of twelve to sixteen and made
them this offer: 81 will open a bank
account of $25 for each of you, on
condition that each boy add to it at
least $3.50. When this is done l
will add $3.50, thus assuring at
least 800. Then for every dollar
up to $50 additional I will add a
dollar, thus assuring at least 5000.
The account is to remain until the
holder is twenty-one years old and
is then to be at his disposal"
The proposal appeared so fair and
liberal that 50 of the boys have ac-
cepted the terms. If they persist in
their efforts it can be seen that each
will have a good-sized amount to his
credit on his twenty-frst birthday.
Mr.. CrandalI has proposed a strange
philanthropy, but it is founded in
common sense and must appeal to
young men who are made of the
stuff.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
NEW ROAD TO DISTINCTION
q. w. Perkins Says Men Who Could
Be Enormously Rich but Won't
Will Have Best Regulations.

George w. Perkins, who has sew
cred his connection with the firm Of
j. P. Morgan & Co., in order to de-
vote his time to public work, said the
other day at a Union League club
dinner that he had made up his
mind that a man could no longer OBJ
tain distinction in America by the
mere making of money-that was
too common.
Mr.. Perkins implied that for the
future the highest and most distin-
guished regulations in this country
will be achieved by men who could
be enormously rich but won't-men
who devote exceptional financial tall
ents to the solution of economic
problems-in the interest of the
people. Speaking still more recent
y before the Quill club, Mr.. Perkins
unfolded his meaning at some
length. He undertook to speak of
corporations, capital, labor and prof
its as if he were a financial expert
retained as an attorney for the pub
Iicl Nobody will deny that the pub
lie is in sore need of skillful econom-
lc counsel, And if Mr.. Perkins sue
ceeds in establishing his credit as
a disinterested public adviser he will,
indeed, have found a new road to
distinction-a path fresh with the
dew of the morning.-New York
American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
~WEDDlNe-cAKE o

At Mingun, on the right bank Of
the I%rrawaddy river, about five miles
from Mandalay, in Burma, there
stands a peculiar pagoda known as
the Wedding-Cake pagoda. 1t was
built in the early par of the nine
tenth century, and is in thoroughly
good preservation, only a few Of the
images inside having been broken.
The extreme heights to the top of
the minaret is 80 feet, and the cir
conference about 600 feet. The pa
CODA stands back from the river
some 300 feet, and is hidden from it
by a grove a teak trees. Close to it
is the famous Mingun bell.-Wide
World.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
Tortured For is Years.

BY a cure-defying stomach
trouble that baffled doctors, and
resisted all remedies he tried,
John W. Modders, Of Modder-
vile, Mich, seemed doomed. He
had to sell his farm and give up
work. His neighbors said, che
can't live much longer" "W hat
ever l ate distressed me- he
wrote, It'll l tried Electric Bit
tiers, which worked such wonders
for me that | can now eat
things I could not take for years.
It's surely a grand remedy for
stomach trouble" Just as good
for the liver and kidneys. Every
bottle guaranteed. Only so
cents at Crenshaw & Young.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18

Miss Francis Eggleston Of
Slater, Mo-, who has been visit
ing the family Of John Eggleston,
returned to her home Sunday
night.
S~HOPPERS-Your fone or
ders will be as carefully filled
here as if you called in person.
Fone 81 Wright'S.
TRY IT--The high cost of liy-
ing can be reduced by economi-
cal buying at Wright's. Fone Ct.
POTATOES-9O cents a bushel
Choice Northern grown at
Wright's S. Fone CT.
Fresh Dill Pickles Mt C. L,
Kenney' s.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
Big Free Offer.

The lwice-a-Week Republic, Of
st. Louis, Mo, which is conceded
by most everyone to be the big
geSt and best metropolitan semi
weekly in the United States, Of.
fers everybody an opportunity of
securing a tllree-year subscription
absolutely free. If you will
write a post card addressed to
The st. Louis Republic, and tell
them you want to know how to
get the paper free, they will
write and give you full particu-
lars.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
Fresh Eggs.

Call John Price, phone 233,
i you want fresh eggs.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
6 Beautiful Teaspoons Free.

FARM PROGRESS of st. Louis
Mo-, the biggest and best semi
monthly farm and agricultural
paper printed in the United
States offers to send six beauti-
full teaspoons to anyone who
sends 25 cents for a one year
subscription, or one dozen for a
two year subscription at so
cents.
The spoons are six inches in
length and are made Of solid
silyeroid pure White Metal) ,
which will not tarnish and in Or
binary use will last for years.
The edges are handsomely bead
ed after the design of the most
expensive spoons made and in
every way will prove valuable to
the household. If you are at
present a subscriber and wish to
take advantage of this offer your
subscription will be extended.
Tell your friends and neighbOrs
about this generous offer. Ad-
dress all orders to Farm Pro-
gress, st. Louis, No.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
Moved to Franklin st.

c, P. McCumber, who for sey-
eral months has been conducting
a restaurant on Main street,
has moved in the building west Of
the Princess Theatre on Frank
lin avenue. The room has been
thoroughly overhauled and put in
the best of condition for a din
ing room. Mr.. McCumber is
now prepared to give the best
Of service to the public. He has
ad extensive experience in the
restaurant business and knows
how to serve good things in good
time at a reasonable price. He
extends a cordial invitation to
the people of Lexington and
Lafayette county to call at his
new place, No. 1927 franklin
avenue.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18

Mrs. B. C. Drummond spent
in Wellington.
Mrs. Lee Hord returned Sun
day from a brief visitin Aullyille.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mollenkamp
Sunday in Higginsville.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
9oleA No ID eosrENpEo 81
CRENSHAW & YOUNG

Miss Mary HARDWOOD of Kansas
City returned to her home after
a brief visit with the family Of j.
F. VIM.
Hugh Rogers returned to
Columbia Sunday morning after
a brief visit with his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. A. &. Rogers.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18

Fresh ground bones for chick
ems at Geo. NJ. Longs, Meat ar
ket.
Grape Fruit-Grape Fruit
Grape Fruit, at Thomas.
Groceries and meats Of all
kinds can be found at C. L..
Kenney' s, 10Th and Franklin.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-18
BUT HE GOT 1T,

Mrs. Snapp-You're a monster, a
brute, a.
Snapp-Stop, madam You know
l am strictly opposed to a third
term.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-18
ARRANGE LECTURE COURSE

An entertainment course for four
evenings. by professional entertainers.
has been arranged for this fall and
winter under the auspices of the Ep
worth League of the First Methodist
church.
Five hundred tickets have been dis
tributed among the members of the
league who guaranteed TO sell them
all. A season ticket will be sold for
the remarkably low figure of 80 cents.
The dates and entertainers for the
course are:
Nov. 7th-The orchestral entertain
ers.
Dec. 1eth-Smith Damron, the potter
craftsman.
Jan. 11th-A. J. Fischer, interpreter.
Jan 30h-Colby, the cartoonist.
The orchestral entertainers are a
notable company of versatile music
ians. They are four sisters the
Misses Gladys. Edith. Frances and
Inez Maurer They have given con-
certs for five years.
Smith Damron, the potter craftsman,
tells the story of lump of clay and
molds 1t before his audience into va
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-18

When the divorce case of Lougrettia
NJ Wilson VS.. George E. Wilson is tried
in the Lake Superior Court in Ham
nond it will be one OF the most unique
trials that has ever ben held in this
court Both othe parties to the suit
are deaf-mutes.
When the principals are put on the
stand the questions and answers will
have 10 be made in writing. 1t will ba
one OF the quietest affairs that the court
has ever known.
The case was filed by Attorney j. VIII
Belshaw OF Lowell. The plaintiff re-
sides in Shelby and the defendant re-
sides in Kewanna, Ind. where he con-
ducts a shoe repairing establishment.
The complaint is one of very few
in which the plaintiff has not charged
the defendant with using vile and
oprobious epithets towards her. 1t may
develop, however. that some harsh
things were said in the sign language.
browns Troubles In Drink.
The couple were married June "a,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-09-18
Shot At. Broke.
H. III. S. Team Practices.

Director of Athletic Owen of the
Hammond schools hopes to have a first
rate football team in the field this year.
About twenty eligible men and a num-
Der of ineligibles have been engaging
in the practice ever since school start
ed.
Those who are not eligible are mere
~ aiding the team in its work. There
will be only three old men in the team
this year. They are Crumpacker ray
lor and Van Guilder. The rest are all
green men and ii is expected that it
Will take some time to whip them into
shape.
Floyd Murray and Frank Blocker are
aiding Coach Owen in the work of
whipping the team into shape. It is