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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
Copyright, 1911, BY h. & Fly 90
SYNOPSIS.

Lieut.. Harry Mallory is ordered to
the Philippines. He and Marjorie New
ton decide to elope. but wreck OF taxi
cab prevents their seeing minister on
the. way to the train. Transcontinental
train is taking on passengers. Porter
has lively time with an Englishman
and Ira Lathrop. a Yankee business
man The clippers have an exciting
time getting to the train Little jim
mie" Wellington. bound for Reno to get
a divorce. boards train in maudlin con-
dition. Later Mrs Jimmie appears. She
is also bound for Reno with same OBJ
Ject Likewise Mrs. Sammy WhitcOmb.
Latter blames Mrs. Jimmie for her mar
ital troubles. Classmates Of Mallory
decorate bridal berth. Rev. and Mrs.
Temple start on a vacation. They de-
eide to cut loose and Temple removes
evidence of his calling Marjorie de-
cides to let Mallory proceed alone. but
train starts while they are lost in fare
mates in giving couple wedding hazing.
Marjorie Is distracted. Ira Lathrop.
woman hating bachelor. discovers an
old sweetheart, Annie Cattle, fellow
passenger Mallory vainly hunts for a
preacher among the passengers. Mrs
wellington hears Little Jimmie's voice
Later she meets Mrs. Whitcomb. Mall
Tory reports to Marjorie his failure to
find preacher They decide to pretend
quarrel and Mallory finds a vacant
berth. Mrs Jimmie discovers Yelling
ton on the train. Mallory again makes
an unsuccessful hunt for a preacher
DR.. Temple poses as physician. Mrs.
Temple Is induced by Mrs. Wellington
to smoke a cigar. Sight of preacher on
a station platform raises Mallory's
hopes. but he takes another train. Miss
ing hand baggage compels the couple
to borrow from passengers. Jimmie
gets a cnder In his eye and Mrs. Jim
mic gives first aid Goodness Is then
resumed. Still no clergyman. More
borrowing. DR.. Temple puzzled by be-
havior OF different couples. Marjore's
jealousy aroused by Mallory's baseball
targon. Marjorie suggests wrecking
the train in hopes that accident will
produce preacher. Also tries to induce
conductor to hold the train so she can
shop. Marjorie's dog is missing She
pulls the cord, stopping the train Con-
ductor restores dog and lovers quarrel
Lathrop wires for preacher to marry
him and Miss Cattle. Mallory tells La
throp of his predicament and arranges
to borrow the preacher. Kitty Level
Ign, former sweetheart of Mallory's
appears and arouses Marjorie's jeal-
ousy. Preacher boards train After
marrying Lathrop and Miss Cattle the
preacher escapes Mallory by leaning
from moving train. Mallory's detection
moves Marjorie to reconciliation The
last day on the train brings Mallory
the fear of missing his transport. NAL
lory gets a Nevada marriage license.
Marjorie refuses to be married by a
divorce drummer. Mr. and Mrs. Jim
mic make up. Kitty Lewellyn refuses
to return Mallory's bracelet. Robbers
hold up the train.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
Embarrassed JUDGE.

1t would be unkind to give the name
Of an eminent Massachusetts Judge
who beckoned an officer in the court
-to him the other day to inquire the
name of certain man sitting in the
courtroom. The Judge felt that he
knew him very intimately-and per.
haps ought to extend to him some spe-
cial courtesies-but, not recalling his
name. could not decide what to do
The officer Of the court returned In
a few moments with the report that
the gentleman was bartender OF
Young Boston Herald.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
Expert Says Icebergs Are Invisible by Midi

apt to be indistinguishable from
sky, and would always be so II D
stood alone out on a plain or out
sea.
I'm order to test this matter, Bot
first that it is the most nearly DO
zontal top surfaces Of a berg, sndl
roof or other white object that 1
ceive the most skylight, and con-
quently most nearly match it. Il q
lows that with the average hl9
shape of an iceberg it will be
highest expanses Of it visible no
the ships watch that are surest to
indistinguishable. These highest 4
panses of course constitute the q
tour that the watch would see Il U
berg were visible, and when these 4
come thus effaced the berg itseD
effaced.
Even when near berg Is DOL
enough to stand up against the
to the eyes Of the watch its top :
necessarily be looked at againss
most distant part Of the sea- :
this part averages, especially IN q
weather, much brighter than
nearer water; and a sky-ma'eDl1
berg top could not often he as'1
guished from it any better than u
the sky itself"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
One Bachelor in President Wilson's Calm

William c. Redfield, secret,,,
commerce, and Mrs. Redfeld b.1
married daughter and a SON ii
phrey Fuller Redfeld, who is y
dent at Amherst college.
Franklin K. Lane. secretary A..
interior, has a l6-year.old son n
lin, Jr., and a daughter. Nancy !
eral years younger. Mrs. Lane /,
college woman, but thoroughly An,
tic.
If ever AN actual anti-race sia
organization is established anon,
families of the cabinet officers i
William B. Wilson, wife of tho ,
secretary of labor, will be at It's i.
by right of achievement. She
nine children.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife Of,
secretary of the navy, also has ,
eral children.
There are three children in the i
lily of David Houston, secretary d,
riculture.
Miss Mona McAdoo will ORA
over the Washington home Of
father, William G. McAdoo, the ,
secretary OF the treasury. She n,
her debut a short time ago. There
two other daughters, one married
three sons.
The only bachelor in the cab,
which is why he is mentioned las.
Attorney General McReynolds,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

WV Observation-Disclosures OF sta
w tistics who have been compiling
Iacts about the new Wilson cabinet
announced with satisfaction the other
day that it's members are simple.
home-loving and by example. active
antl-race suicide propagandists.
OF all the cabinet families, only that
of Secretary Of War Garrison is with
out children.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan is
lawyer, like her husband, but she has
found time amid her professional du-
ties to rear two children, Mrs. Richard
Hargreaves, Jr., and William j, Bryan,
Jr., whose wife will make her home
in Washington with the family.
Three daughters call Mrs. Albert
Sidney Burleson, wife Of the postmas-
ter general mother One OF the
daughters, Mrs. Richard VanWick
Negley. has son about six weeks
old.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Of the New York state governna
at Albany. The employe confess
to post Office inspectors that be
mitted to the stamp broker from
to $50 a week in stamps stolen ID
the state.
The department redeems pod
cards from original purchasers al
per cent. of their face value. AID
weeks ago a member OF congress =
a former deputy commissioner OH
lice of New York City requested
third assistant postmaster-genersl
redeem more than a million cards
a constituent of the representa-
Inquiry by inspectors developed
fact that the cards were the prope
of stamp broker, whose business
declared by the department ohci
to be clearly illegitimate.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

be great among the nations ano
every place incense shall be que
unto my name"
On the eastern face of the aus
this inscription;
This landmark is set up ID
cathedral close in memory OF Ase
sion day, A. D. 1906. in the ele'.'
year of the episcopate OF the =
Bishop of Washington"
Some of the names carved %
altar sides are Theodoras %.
Myers, 1S21-1S88; Catalina Jws
Mason. 1826-1905, and Cassie aa'
Myers. Julia James, Frederick JAZZ
Edmonia Phelps, Sidney Mason,
phonso Sidney Mason and Cslna'
Kobb.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
(TO BE CONTINUED
plan to Make Rome SEAPORT.

The latest project to make Rome
a seaport is to lay out port IS feet
deep near Castel Fusaro. formed by
running two jetties out into the sea
for soma distance. as at the rort Of
Ymuiden, Holland. From the port will
lead a ship canal Is miles long and
200 feet wide and q feet deep. At
Rome shipping accommodation will
be laid out in the river below ths city.
and this will be connected with the
navigable part Of the Tiber ~ sys
TEN of locks II will cost about SIS.
100000 to carry out the project. op
ponents of the idea claim it will not
pay. but the promoters affirm that
when once the city Is connected with
the Mediterranean there will result a
great amount OF traffic.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A BOOT H. THAYER, an artist
n who has given much study to the
question. discusses the invisibility of
icebergs at night in the last issue of
the bulletin of the photographic Of
fee. He writes, in part:
THE Titanic and the Arizona ran
into icebergs Because of the universal
notion that white shows at night even
against a clear sky Until this i'm
preston can be corrected the world
will continue at the mercy of the
chance of more ice accidents.
IA steamer may be close to an ice
berg on a clear, moonless night, and,
as stated above, often on moonlit
night. without the slightest sight of it,
Any observing person who has lived
in the country knows perfectly we'll
that snowy roofs on such night are
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A Chicago magistrate makes auto
speeders take the pledge. The idea Of
putting offenders on their honor is
new only In this particular respect.
but If temptation proves too strong
pledges and pedestrians will have to
take their chances
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28
CHAPTER xxxvilI.
Hands unI

All this time Lieutenant Mallory
had been thinking as hard as an OF
ticer in an ambuscade His narrowing
experiences and tncessant defeats
the past days had unnerved him and
shattered his selt-confidence. de was
sct afraid. but intensely Disguised. he
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A Brooklyn Judge ruled that a
broomstick is not a deadly weapon.
An irate woman can WELD it just as
effectively as a bludgeon, is the gen.
eral belief.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

The era of superstition seems to
be weakening when steamship com
pany makes its day for sailing on Fri
day. But it is not averred that even
the big company can make passen-
gers occupy staterooms numbered Is,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A Denver legislator proposes to
compel surgeons to exhibit the al.
legged diseased appendices they re-
move, and II there is nothing wrong
with any Of them, send the expert
menter to Jail. The doctors regard
this as hostile legislation, calculated
to interfere with prosperity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Boston is using a new word. "fud-
gy," to express team work. We place
the wrong construction on 1t If we
said that the ball club showed great
"fudgy."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A projectile has been invented in
Germany which will not only pierce a
war balloon but will actually set it
ablaze, high test for results.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Even II the boast OF the Chinese
that China is overtaking the rest of
the world is justified, China need not
feel entitled to any sprinting medals
on that account.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Wives should take note Of the fact
that If the operation of grating a
dogs brain onto mans head proves
successful, they will have regular
Preside companions.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

The married cadet at West Point
will not be allowed to stay This is in
line with the usual army policy of not
allowing divided command over Its
members.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Nothing recalls the mind of the
married man to the joys of single life
so wildly as to find that the baby has
been eating crackers in bed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Bow-legged men have just cause to
be peeVed over the report that fash
ion ordains men to wear garments Of
clinging variety.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Some of the popular magazines will
have to be printed year or two ahead
in order suitably to advertise the ad.
vanced styles in automobiles.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Even If cockroaches do not produce
Cancer-a German scientist says that
they do-Whv should anybody cult
vate them?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A philosopher says: "Whistlers are
always good-natured. Everybody
knows that, 1t Is the folks who have
to listen to the whistler that gets
ugly.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A Harvard professor has discover
ed that domestic pigeon leads an
intellectual life. Then why can't it
talk pigeon English?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Intimation that lion attempted to
eat up a moving picture actor sug.
gests the need of laws for the protec.
ton of cinematograph heroes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Why do the advertisements for
southern resorts depict people sitting
IL perambulators? Is something the
matter with their legs?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Next year the Tooth anniversary Oh
the treaty of Client is to be celebrated
with five minutes of silence Glorious
and unique!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

The young woman who says she
prefers death to a kiss can scarcely
qualify as an expert, since she admits
that she has tried neither.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

One of the biggest questions con-
fronting the hotel men of the country
Is running a hostelry to suit every
patron.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

China, it is now reported. is going
to have an aeroplane feet for po-
lice use. This will put the force in
the air.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Bricks are now being sent by par
Gel post. but this will not increase the
facilities of those people who are
fond of throwing them.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

One OF the new dances is called
the Jelly wabble." Perhaps you learn
1T out of the cook book
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

Seems as though nobody was to be
safe. 1t is now proposed to take the
tariff off lemons.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

In an age of artificial ice is 1t not
wasteful to keep on discovering
poles?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A noted New York Physician advo-
Gates open air schools for all chill
dren. Not bad idea by any means.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

History has never recorded an In
stance where the world has failed TO
mourn the loss Of brave men.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

How much prettier woman looks
when photographed in the act OF
skating than when committing golf!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-03-28

A good many women would rather
Join a suffrage hike than wash dishes,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
DUEL IN DARK BY
BURGLAR AND
DETECTIVE
Negro, Caught Robbing Safe,
FIees After VOIIeys Are Ex-
changed-Arrested Later.

The details of a pistol duel between
a Pinkerton detective and burglar
in the Troy Laundry, 30 Houston
Street. were made known Sunday aft
er the arrest of Herman Butler, a
negro, living at 80 Rondeau Street.
A volIey Of shots, which startled the
aeighborhood, was exchanged between
Fred Farris, the detective, and But
Ter when Farris discovered the latter
rifling the safe in the laundry Satur-
day night after all of the other en-
ployees had departed.
The laundry proprietors had missed
money and other articles from the
building several times. but were IN
able to find the thief. Finally they
notified the Pinkertons.
Farris hid in the building Saturday
night Soon after the lights were out
the detective saw q man approach
one of the house telephones. The in
truder using the instrument. ascer-
tanned that no one was on the other
floors of the building. Then he pro-
ceeded to unlock an old-fashioned
safe with a key he had.
The burglar was interrupted by
Farris' command to throw up his
hands. Instead of complying, Butler
drew a revolver and began firing IN
the direction from which the voice
came. Farris returned the fire, but
Butler, backing away. managed to get
to the rear door and escape without
being hit.
Not suspecting that his identity had
been learned, Butler remained at
home Sunday He was arrested there
by Detectives Coker and Gillespie.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Artist Reveals Dream of Happi-
ness-Hopes Mutt and Jeff
Will Survive Long Time.

Bud Fisher, creator of our old
friends Mutt and jeff, and his bride,
formerly Pauline Welcr, are spend
ing week in Atlanta while on their
way to the southern part Of France.
Neither Bud nor Mrs. Fisher knows
when they will reach France and take
up their abode in the chateau they
have in mind, but both are looking
forward to it. Bud says it will be
swell and easy" while Mrs. Fisher
declares it will be great" The fact
that they are going was kept a jeal-
ously guarded secret until they
reached Atlanta and told it to a Geor-
gian reporter to-day.
Bud Fisher and Pauline WEIGH ar
rived in Atlanta at o'clock Sunday
afternoon and registered at the Pied
mont. They are booked for a weeks
engagement at the Forsyth Theater,
beginning with the matinee to- day.
Bud will draw cartoons. while Mrs.
Fisher, or Pauline WEIGH, has an act
of her own.
Just Draws Mutt and jeff.
Just pictures of Mutt and Jeff and
caricatures of people in the audience.
all pantOmime-that's all l do" said
Bud in describing his act to the re-
porter. But Just pictures of Mutt
and Jeff is enough to elicit several
thousand laughs a night from any
audience; also to deposit several
thousand simoleons per annum in the
Fisher and. Welch exchequer.
Mutt and Jeff are six years old
now" said Fisher. But l hope they
will become a great deal older, as old
as | do, l trust"
Il never told anybody before, but
Atlanta is about as good a place to let
it out as l can find" he replied.
when / get enough money, I'm GO
ing to the south of France and buy
me a chateau and live easy in the
summer time; then come to America
for four or five months every winter
and appear in vaudeville.
The southern part of France beats
California, for 81 there goes as far as
$40 in California. I can have a man
making champagne for me, get a
chauffeur for IS a month, a butler for
the same and a whole army of at
tendants for 500 a month. The next
best thing to having a bunch of
money is to live where it goes a long
way. Me for the southern part of
France when Mutt and jeff grow
stale. But l hope that will be many
years yet"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
MOROS ROUTED IN
MIDNIGHT BATTLE
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MANILA. p. L. June 16.-In a night
attack on the remaining defenses Of
the rebellious Moros on the Island
of Jolo the American troops and their
native allies. under Brigadier General
John ]. Pershing, L. > A. routed the
rebel Filipinos with the loss of six
men killed and seven wounded.
All the American soldiers killed
were scouts
News Of the engagement was re-
ceived by the military authorities to-
day in a wireless message from Jolo.
The radio said the rebellious natives.
after deserving their trenches. fled into
the mountains, pursued by Americans
and the onstabulary.
Desultory fighting between the rival
forces has been going on for severd.
days. The entire casualties on the
American side were 80 killed and
wounded. The native loss is believed
to be much heavier
General Pershing is warm in his
praise OF the gallantry OF the Ameri-
cans.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Dynamite in Rescue
Work Causes Strife

NEW YORK. June ia hot con
.troversy over the use Of explosives in
the search for the last two bodies Of
the ten men killed by a cave-in of
granite in the new Lexington Ave
nue. subway Saturday night has
caused bitter feeling between Cor
oner w. II. Holtzhauser and Chairman
E. E. Mccall, of the Public Service
Commission. The bodies were reCov-
cred.
The Coroner forbade the use of dyna-
mite, and Mccall opposed MCCall's
authority won. Three separate in
quiries are under way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
barrow May Never
Face a Third Trial

Los ANGELES. June 16.-The re-
naming charge against Clarence OAR
row, noted labor attorney, which grew
out Of the Mcnamara trial here. like
ly never will be heard. The case has
not been entered on the court calen-
dar
The District Attorneys Office has
refused to indicate whether barrow
will be tried a third time on a charge
Of being party to the bribery Of pro-
spectivc Jurors.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Railroad Strike Is
Result Of Discharges

louisville, PA. June 1.-Two
hundred repairmen at the shops Of
the Reading Railway at SchuylkflI
Haven and a number at the repair
shops at Palo Alto and St Clair went
on strike this morning on orders from
officials of the International Car
Workers Association.
The strike was brought on by the
discharging of several repairmen. be-
cause, as the union officials claim,
they were too active In forming
unions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Stations Client Is
Fined for Ignoring
Court S Injunction

while it would be a difficult mat
ter to insult me personally you can
get into trouble pretty easily by in
sulting this court" said Superior
Judge John T. Pendleton Monday
morning when he fined Edward Flod-
ing $50 for contempt Of court, and
threatened him with a Jail sentence
Of "a hours. Floding's attorney was
Governor elect John NJ. Slaton.
Flooding is proprietor of the Flod
ing Relagia Company. After he pur-
chased it, the former owners OBJ
tanned an injunction restraining him
from using that firm name.
According to the court, he disre
garded the injunction.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Star in Eight Bells
Is Ordained a Priest

ALTOONA, PA, June 16.-MichaeI
]. Byrne, one of the famous Byrne
brothers who starred for years in the
old comedy, Eight Bells" was or
dained into the priesthood at st.
Johns Cathedral this morning by
Bishop A. f. Garvey. Father Byrne
is "a years of age.
Five years ago his wife died and he
gave up the stage and entered St
Francis College, Loretto, where he
prepared for holy orders.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Black Handlers Hurt
By Their Own Bomb

LOS ANGELES, CAL, June IS
An attempt to destroy the home and
kill the family Of J. d. Trapani, a
wealthy fruit dealer, to-day resulted
in the serious injury of two young
Italians who threw the bomb.
Trapani came here from New Or
leans two years ago. He declared
the Black Hand haTassed him for
nine years in New Orleans. The last
demand received from the Black
Hand, he said, was a demand for
$500, 900.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-16
Strike Big Gas Flow
In Abandoned Field

COFFEYvILLE, KANs,, June 16.-
A $1,000, O0O-foot gas well. the great
est in years, has been brought in south
of Wann, Okla, by the Kasigan Gas
Company.
The well has rock pressure of $50
pounds. The field is an Nd one long
ago drilled up but all wells had stop
ped.