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The Washington times., 1913-02-10
CHAPTER /.
Doom.

-HEN I'm to understand there's no
hope for me?''
Tim afraid not" Greyerson
said, reluctantly, sympathy In mis-
eyes.
None whatever"
The verdict vas thus brusquely en-
phasized by Hartt, one of the two con-
sulting specialists.
Having spoken, he glanced at his
watch, then at the face of his col
league, Bushnell, who; contented him
self with a tolerant waggie OF his head,
apparently meant to imply that the sub
ject of, their deliberations really must
be reasonable.
Anybody who wilfully insists on
footing the measures of life with a
defective constitution for a partner
has no logical right to balk at paying
the piper.
Whitaker looked quickly from one TO
the other of his three judges, acutely
sensitive to the dread Significance TO be
detected in the expression of each, how
ever. their manners were otherwise at
variance. - -
He found only one kind ana pftifuI--
nc more than might have been expect
eo of Greyerson, who was his friend.
OF the others. Hartt had assumed a
stony glare TO mask the nervousness
SO plainly betrayed -Sy his staccato
speech; II hurt him TO infiict pain. and
be was horribly afraid lest The patient
break doHnsa saad 'phte . xcene.r
sBushnsH. on the osllef nand. waa I'M
BY nature. a man to whom
eli men were simply ''cases:'' he sat
stIoking his long chin ard hoping that
Whitaker would have the decency soon
to go and leave them free to talk shop
his pet dissipation.
Failing to extract the least glim-
mering of hope from the attitude OF
any one of them, Whitaker drew a
long breath. unconsciously bracing
himself In his chair.
ne4Seu. ss funnS saiS To- feaiue T.h his
mean. You see, i feel so 1T
Between attacks" Hartt interject-
aYes." Whitaker had to admit,
dashed
Attacks" said Bushnell, heavily.
"recurrent at constantly shorter in
tervals, each trifie more severe
than it's predecessor"
He shut his thin lips tight, as one
who has consciously pronounced the
last word.
Greyerson sighed.
But i don't understand" argued
the prisoner at the bar, plaintively
why, j rowed with the
crew three years. hand running-not
a sign OF anything wrong with me-"
IF you had then had proper pro-
fessional advice, you would have
spared yourself such strains But
it's too late now; the mischief can't
be undone."
Evidently Bushnell considered the
last word his Prerogative. Whit
taker turned from him impaticntly.
manded of Greyerson.
The latter looked away. making
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only, a slight negative motion with
his head.
The knifeg" observed Hartt. That
would merely hasten matters"
Yes" Bushnell affirmed.
There was a brief. uneasy silence
In the gloomy consulting room. Then
Whitaker rose and took up his hat.
We'll how long will you give meg
he asked in a strained voice.
six months" said Greyerson, mis-
erably, avoiding his eye.
Three" HART corrected, jerkily.
Perhaps" The proprietor of the last
word stroked his chin with a contem-
Thanks" said whitaker. without
irony.
He stood for an instant with mis- head
bowed In thought. What a darned
outrager' he observed. thoughtfully.
And suddenly he turned and flung out
Greyerson jumped tc follow him, but
paused as he heard the crash of the
street door He turned back with a
twitching, apologetic smile.
Poor devil.'' he said. sitting down
at his desk and fishing box OF cigars
from one Of the drawers
Takes IL hard" commented. HART.
You would. too. at his ase' he's
barely twenty-five"
Must feel more or less like q fellow
whose wife has run on with his best
No comparison" said BuchnelL
bluntiy. - Hr'HrE '-@T
GO out. get yourself arrested for a
brutal murder you did1't commit, get
tried and sentenced to death within six
months, the precise date being left to
the discretion of the executioner-then
you'll know how he feels"
III you ask me"-Greyerson handed
around the box-''he feels pretty shaky,
and abused. and he wants Q drink bad
Iy-the same as me-" ..ra
He unlocked a ceilaref-
Married." Hsrtt inquired.
mo. That's the only mitigating cir
cumstance." said Greyerson, distribu-
ting glasses:
Hes quite alone in the world, 8
far's know-no near relatives at least.
well off?'
.-Tolerably. Come OF good people. BE-
Iieye his family had lot Of money at
one time. Don't know how much Of II
there was left for whitaker f|
Hes Junior partner In young law
Arm down town-serlior a friend or
ella ssmate of his. understand. Drum
mond & whitaker. Moves with the
right sort Of people. Young stark
peter stark--is his closest friend. Well
say when"
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-=By
Louis Joseph Va
Vance
tcoDyrisht by the Frank A. Minssy Company,

! had reused him out of the abstraction
In which he had overheard the preced-
ing conversation.
Anyhow, I'm sorry for Hugh Whit
Taksr; m,Sh;v Hes Hes going to take this hard.
George grenton asked, as II surprised: /:
What? dldn't know he was Interest,"
ed In that quarter"
You must be blind. Alice CarstaIrs
mas bad him going for a year. Every
Dooy thouzht she was just waiting for
MIN TO make some big money-he as
inncn as anybody. I fancy."
Brenton added the last straw.
THAT'S tough" he said soberly.
Whitaker's a white man. and Alice
.Carstafrs didn't deserve him. But I
wouldnt blame any man for feeling
cut,up to be thrown over for an out
an4,o.. vTS, Iotter Ike Percy Grimshaw."
At the hrst mention of the name Of
Alice Carstairs he had snatched her
letter from his pocket and thrust his
thumb beneath the flap Of the envelope.
now ne had Withdrawn the inclosure
When a. mean-spirited. selfish woman
starts In to justify herself (particuIariy
on paper for doing Something
thoroughly contemptible, the result Is
apt TO be bitterly. unfair to everybody
inyolvrd-except herself
Nobody will ever know lust what
Nice Carstairs saw fit TO write to
Hugh Whitaker when she made up her
mind to run away with another man;
but there can be little doubt that they
were venomous words he read, stand
ing there in the full stare Of the eleva-
tor boy and the pages.
The blood ebed from his face and left
II ghastly, and when he had torn the
paper to siireds and let them fiutter
about his feet he swayed percepfibly-i
so much 50 that one OF tiie pages took
alarm and jumped to his side
call meT'
Whitaker steadied' himself and stared
at the boy ntil he recognized him.
NO" he said thickly. but want
you Give me a bar order"
The boy produced the printed form.
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CHAPTER II.
The Last Straw,

JEFFERSON was right in, his
s:srmise as TO Hugh Whitak-
er's emotions.
His soul stood numb with
shock. his mind was altogether preoc-
cupied with petulant resentment of the
unfairness of II all. ess--. 10. :
On the surface Of the stunning knowl-
edge that he might count on no more
than six months OF life fioated this thin
iilm of sensation of personal grievance
He had done nothing TO deserve this.
The sheer brutality Of IL!
He felt very shaky. indeed.
He stood for a long time-how long
ne never knew-bareheaded. on a cor
ner. Just as he had left Greyerson's Of
fee: scowIing at nothing, considering
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Illustrated Lecture
Z To Men at Fort Myer

Samuel c. Lancaster. superintendent
of Mt. Rainier Park, delivered a lecture
before the officers and enlisted men OF
Fort Myer last night showing the beau
ties of the park by means Of lantern
slides. and describing the purposes OF
the park and the work II Is expected 10
do. The lecture was in connection with
Y. NJ. c. A.
On Saturday night Lieut. J. W. Pat
ten. a member OF the team sent 10
Stockholm, Sweden, addressed the Of
ficers and men on the Olympic games.
The address was illustrated with motion
pictures.
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Honorary Members Will
= Be Guests of Legion

The members Of the Legion Of Loyal
Women Will entertain the honorary
members of the organization tonight
rhe chairmen of the committees. hav-
ing charge OF the affair are:
Advisory committee, Mrs. A. z. Ball;
executive. Mrs Kate Riley, Mrs. Sarah
Berry: printing. Mrs. NJ. z. Cutler;
hall. Mrs. A. s. Odeli: press. Mrs. Ada
II. Weiss; reception. Mrs. n. A. Hough-
ton; visiting the sick. Mrs. NJ. A.
Knapp; music. Mrs. Hattie Roach:
FLOWERS, Mrs. o. c. johnson; home and
employment, Mrs. Nellie c. Royce.
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MRS. GEORGIA FELL.

Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia
Fell. who died yesterday after an OPP
GRAFTON at the sibiey Hospital, will be
conducted tomorrow from her home in
North Chevy Chase. Nd Interment
will be In Grace Church Cemetery. Mrs.
Fell is survived by her husband. Ran
doiph n. Fen, an empioye In the
Treasury Department, and three broth
ere and two sisters
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MRS. SUSAN E. CALDWELL.

The funeral of Mrs. Susan E. CaId-.
well. who died at her home In War,
ring;on, Va Saturday. was held yes
terday afternoon at her home. In
terment was at the Warrington Gem
etery. Mrs. Caldwell. who was eighty
six years old, was the widow of L.
w. Caldwell, founder and editor of
the Warrington Times-Index She is
survived by a daughter and three
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CHARLES H. C0BURN.

The funeral Of Charles H. Coburn.
who died Saturday, will be held late
this afternoon from the chapel of
Gswler's Sons. Interment Will be at
Oak Hill Cemetery.
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-HEN I'm to understand there's no
Lope for me?'
I'm afraid not" Greyerson
said, reluctantly. sympathy in his
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MRS. THERESA GAUTR0N.

The funeral services Of Mrs. Their
esq Gautron. who died Saturday. will
be conducted tomorrow morning at st.
Peters Church. where mass will be
said. Interment will be private. Mrs
Gautron is survived by her daughter,
Mrs Charles r. Berkeley.
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OBITUARY NOTES.
ERNEST L. HARVEY.

The last rites for Ernest L. Harvey
were soiemnized this morning at his
home, 1s25 Fourteenth street northwest.
1nterment was at Rock Creek Gene
tsfy.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-14
IN A
WILD CARNIVAL

Continued from PAGE one,
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ture, but was killed in committee in,
the senate through the influence of
liability insurance companies and am
bulance chasing lawyers.
This bill. known as the CRUDE BILL"
said c. 8. Lee. assistant secretary of
the state association. who is here as
sisting in the arrangements for the
smoke. was misunderstood among en-
ployers. having been misrepresented by
its enemies. 1t was defeated by the
rankest kind of gum shoe and
1T would hav. gone through had there
been more organization behind it. We
have not let up in the fight and will
endeavor to persuade the Investigating
commission which will be appointed by
Governor Ralston as a result of our
fight, to recommend a bill that likely
will be more satisfactory to employers
than any hitherto proposed.
"Workmen's compensation is the
most vital subject conforming Indiana
employers of labor today. The liabili-
ty insurance companies are making
such tremendous profits out OF the ex-
orbitant premiums for liability insur-
ance paid by employers and there is so
much waste to the present system Of
compromising the injured that there is
q loud and insistent demand both
among employers and employees for a
better system In Indiana. We have
progressed far. profiting by the ex-
p~erience Of other states and agreeing
with the State Federation of Labor on
a bill, and we are starting now to pre-
pare for a determined fight for a sat
~isfactory compensation law
at the next session of the general as
sembly."
The plans formulated by the Indiana
Manufacturers and Shippers associa-
ton will be outlined fully at the smok-
er Thursday night. Manufacturers and
shippers will be invited from Gary, In
diana Harbor, Whiting. East Chicago
and other Lake county towns through
400 special invitations sent to be sent
out tonight and a general invitation
will be extended to the officers and
members of the Hammond Chamber OF
Commerce. the Hammond Manufacture
ers' association, the Indiana Harbor
and East Chicago Commercial club, the
Gary Commercial club, the Gary Manu-
facturers' association, the Indiana
| Harbor Manufacturers association, the
Gary Employers. Builders and Material
Mems association, the Calumet Traffic
| Bureau. and other organizations.
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HUSBAND OF GARY
GIRL
Bogus Lord Lands in South
African Prison.

"Sir" Harry Westwood Cooper. who
married Miss Anna Milbrath of South
Chicago and Gary, his seventh wife,
and deserted her after obtaining mon
ey from her father. has been sentenced
to hard labor at Durbin, South Africa.
according to word received in Chicago
yesterday.
Cooper, who has left a trail of wives
throughout the country, married Miss
Milbrath in Oakland, Cal. where she
was living with her father. He was
known to her as DR.. Milton Abraham,
and succeeded II getting $1,000 from
Mr.. Milbrath on the strength of a de
layed inheritance"
He fed from California last Febru-
airy after being detected in an attempt
to cash a spurious draft for Sic. 00o.
taking Miss Milbrath with him. 1t IL
alleged he deserted her in London. Miss
Milbrath has a brother, Benjamin Mil
brath. a Gary contractor
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the officers when a rain of beer bottles
across the street In their direc-
ton from the opposite side of the
thoroughfare.
Now came the fusillade of bricks and
stones at the jail and theatre. and
again the shots rams out as the dis
orderly crowd went rushing by hurting
Two windows in the jail were
broken and one in the opera house.
threat TO XIII.
The excitement became intense. OFF,
GERS were at a high pitch of anger;
numerous threats were heard, both on
the part of citizens and students, and
1t looked as thought blood would be
shed. "Al Valparaiso people get out
of the crowd" shouted a deputy: I'VE
are going to shoot to KILL" and the
began to disperse. slowly but
surely. In the west ndo of the
jail sat men armed with heavy guns.
and Sheriff Linda1l carried a shotgun,
with determination outlined in his
~eatures. Officers began to surge
through the crowd ordering all to their
homes, and some were arrested who re-
fused to obey.
Police Are On Jump.
While conditions were becoming
normal at this point, trouble was brew
Ing farther south. where a crowd was
In conference on the corner OF Monroe
street and Franklin avenue. A little
later the officers were called by tele-
phone to the Redding resort, where II
was reported that the mob was de-
molishing the building and 1t scontents,
and Chief of Police Stansell and his
men hurried in that direction. Al the
Pennsylvania crossing they were met
by a group. the of which were
signaling their comrades of the APP
proach of the officers. In the attack
on the student body at the Reddingtor
house Gregg Stansell was knocked
down with a club The offenders soon
were hurrying across the fields In the
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-14
TRACKS LAID
FOR NEW GARY
BLAST FURNACES

Tracks arc being laid for the In
diana Steel preliminary to
the building of four blast furnaces
at Gary works. The plant Will then
have twelve, giving 1T the argos
number In the United states. At
the present time south Chicago
works and Edgar works.
Homestead have the most blast
furnaces. each having eleven.
The new will be I'm n
row with the present cixht. Today
the e. j. and e railway track men
hegfan the work of laying additional
tracks to connect with the new yard
site north of the coke ovens.
Gary works has hen so
for the want of iron that Ii couldn't
supuly it's own demands. BECAUSE
of this the works couldn't supply
enough steel for tho sheet and tin
olste mills, thereby forcing severai
shut downs at the Inter plant when
tbe corporation was unable to buy
mig iron In the open market. with
four more bias furnaces Gary WORKS
will be able to take care OF
,rosner allied steel industry, either
the baldwin or American Locomo-
tive works.
announcement of the building OF
the ne rbinst furnaces was hrst
made I'm THE TIMES several months
ago.
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direction of the university.
Affidavits were sworn out Friday for
ten alleged violators of the law. Ono
of the number is still at liberty. Two
charges are preferred, one for disturb
|ance OF a public meeting and the other
for rioting. Bonds were fixed by Judge
Bartholomew at $500 each. Prosecut-
ing Attorney w. J. Fabtng asked that
the bonds be placed at $1,000. The
hearing will be held late this evening.
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CONTINUED from PAGE one,
which he procured at East hall. called
the crowd together. Then the march
began to the business district. Five
hundred strong the stucents marched
through the streets. They were CON
tent for a time to shout and sing and
race in mad confusion. Rushing along
the sidewalk on Main street they ran
over Marcus Breiholz. and the old man
was badly bruised. On Lafayette
street they took charge of a tool wagon
belonging to Ollie & Harris. contrac-
tors.
No Restraint shown.
City and county authorities were on
the scene to receive the clamoring uni
versity boys. Bricks, bottles and clubs
were the weapon of the mob, while
the squad of officers met the attack
with the swinging clubs and drawn
revolvers. Windows In the opera
house and jail were broken, those In an
interurban car were smashed with
clubs. and an arc light at the Methodist
church corner was knocked out by a
brick. Windows and furniture in the
lReddfngton resort on South Franklin
avenue were broken, men were badly
bruised and bleeding, and two students
went to the hospital with broken arms.
Nine were Jailed. and Officers Stansell
and Ritz were knocked down with
clubs.
Many Fights Ensue.
Fight after fight ensued. Officers
snatched from out of the mob their first
prisoner. a man by the name of Cooper.
| With his garments nearly torn off he
was landed in Jail. Later Mcdonald
was caught, and soon after Brown and
Hull were captured.
The first shots came from the guns of
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-04-14

MORTGAGE
IS GIVEN

The Gary Heat, Light and Water
company, a subsidiary of the United
States steel corporation and one of its
most prolific dividend earners has CIV
en- a $4,000, 900 mortgage upon It's Gary
properties to the Continental Trust and
Savings bank of Chicago as trustee.
To Issue Bonds.
Local officials who have no hand In
the financial policy of the are
unable to state the object of the mort
gage plan but 1t is believed to be the
forerunner of a bond issue announce
ment. The Gary water works. electric
and gas lighting system was built by
the steel corporation out of it's surplus
funds and 1t is believed that the $4,000
600 bond issue is to replace the moneys
thus taken. Last year the corporation
authorized a $40, 000, 900 bond issue on
Gary works to replace In part the S77.-
600. 600 taken from the suplus funds to
build the plan. OF this amount $15,-
900 900 has already been issued.
Company Gets Deeds.
Records at Crown Point show that
the Gary Land has given q
warranty deed to the gas company for
the pumping station site in Jefferson
mark and acreage in sections 4 and 9.
near the steel works. A one dollar. con-
alteration is named in each instance.
The corporation In building the Gary
water works and tunnel system spent
over 81, 00e, 900 on this work alone.
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Company Gets Deeds.

THEY ARE ALL UNION MADE.
Scrap Union Scout. Country Club
long cut, for chew or smoke. Forex
plug cut. and Sweet Iona fine curt.
Manufactured from the choicest leaf
observation-disclosures Tobacco Cs.
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A CLEAN PAPER. FIT FOR IOrJR
CHILDREN TO READS THE
TIMES
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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-03
BIG REVIVAL SERVICE
BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED
ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
Rev, Frank G. Wright, Evangelist of
National Reputation, Will
Conduct the Services.

We take great pleasure in introduc
ing to the people of Marietta, the
Rev. Frank G. Wright, an evangelist
of National reputation. Mr. Wright
will arrive in Marietta next Friday
October 3rd and will preach his first
sermon at the Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning at II o'clock.
At the close of the service the Com
munion service will be held,
1t is confidently expected that a
large congregation will greet Mr..
Wright at this first service. The
,deacons are prepared to seat YOU.
Let no one remain away with the
fear of not being able to secure q
seat.
We extend a cordial invitation to
all the ministers in the City, togeth-
err with all their people, with the
hope that the blessing of God will
not be local but general upon all the
churches to the salvation of all the
people.
We learn that many citizens of
Acworth are planning to come down
on the GAS train in the evening,
attend service and return on the
$50 train. Many in Atlanta, and
Smyrna will run up on the trolley for
the evening service. In fact people
all over the County are planning to
attend these meetings. The interest
is growing, there is every indication
of one of the greatest revivals that
Marietta has ever seen.
Mr.. Wright is a charming person.
atty and to hear him once is to hear
him through to the end.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-03
JAMES WHITE KILLED
BY JOHN HUMPHREYS
HOMICIDE FOLLOWS QUARREL
AT AUsTELL TUESDAY NIGHT
White Draws Pistol and Is Shot In
The Forehead, Dying In Half
Hour. HUMPHREYS in Jail.

James White, aged about twenty
five years, was shot and killed at
Austell Tuesday night, in the store
of Mr.. Will Davis by John Humph-
ries, who surrendered to the town
marshal and was brought to Mar
ietta and placed in Jail to await pre-
liminary trial. He claims that he
acted in self defense.
1t appears that the two men had
been on bad terms on account of a
statement said to have been made
by HUMPHREYS in regard to a pipe
that had been lost. HUMPHREYS as
serts that White had threatened his
life.
They were both at show ground
Tuesday night and HUMPHREYS claims
to have gone from the place in an
effort to avoid a difficulty. White
followed him and they met in the
store of Mr. Davis where the quar-
rel was renewed.
1t is stated that White drew pis-
tol and that HUMPHREYS lodged be-
hind Davis and fired at White over
Mr.. Davis Shout r. The bullet lodg-
ed in Whites forehead and he fell
to the floor, dying in half an hour
His pistol dropped from his hand as
he fell
HUMPHREYS is about twenty-four,
is married but has no children.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-03
MARIETTA HIGH SCHOOL VS..
GEORGIA MILITARY ACADEMY

Rival teams from the above inst
tuition will play football in Atlanta
this Friday afternoon.
The G. M. A. team is considered
one of the best prep. teams in Geors.a
and the Marietta boys are golnv up
against foeman worthy of thai
steel, but We're back our boys to win.
"Believeme" it will be more than
a practice game for G. NJ. A. He1 e
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will have charge of the piano. Be-
sides splendid IN, sic by the choir,
Mr.. Wright with his trained voice,
will sing at every service, and the
two, Mr.. Wright and Mr.. Good fire.
quently sing together to the delight
of the people,
There will be two sessions each
day in the morning at ten o'clock
and in the evening at 1880. We ex-
tend a cordial invitation to every
one to attend all these services.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-10-03
EKWI'4F

Walter e. Good is the young man
who will lead the singing in the
great revival meetings at the Pres
byterian church He has just return
ed from Chicago where he has been
taking a special course in chorus
leadership and personal work. Mr.
0od will arrive Friday, and desires
l. neet large chorus of singers at
the hurch Friday evening for re-
heal ;. Mrs. Brown, the organist,