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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
WHAT SECRETARY
DANIELS ADMITTED

President Wilson thought it
best to keep a battleship feet of
from eighteen to eleven vessels
of Vera Cruz all summer. This
makes the General Board criticise
the President instead of the Sec
retary of the Navy in its report.
The inefficiency of submarine
tender ships and of hospital ships
and a shortage of oilers.
Refusal to advocate definite ex-
penditure for aeronautic i'm
provements and for increase of
the air feet.
Lack OF adequate defence on
Pacific Coast.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
BALLIN ASSISTANT
IN BIG SHIP PLAN
Woman, Disguised, Said To BE
Coming on Hamburg
American Errand.
fpr c,hln 70 The TrIbune. J

Rome, Dec. 10 (deIayedJ.-It IS re,
ported that the private secretary OF
Herr Ballin, Of the Hamburg American
Line. sailed for New York last week
charged with instructions to negotiate
the formation Of new company there
10 take over the Hamburg American
Lines ships which are lying in Ameri-
can barbors, in order to carry on trade
with South American states.
,err Ballin's secretary, who IS
woman. obtained her passage without
Going through the rormality OF acquir-
ing a passport. She posed rs the maid
servant OF an American woman who
was returning 20 the United states
and paid her own hrst class passage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
RUSSIA DECLINES
CHRISTMAS TRUCE

Berlin, Dec. IL (by wireless to Say
vile, n. Y.).-The proposal Of Pope
Benedict for truce among the warning
nations during the Christmas holidays
is said by the Official Press Bureau to-
day TO nave been declined by Russia.
The Press Bureau previously an
nounced that Germany was willing to
agree to a Christmas truce, provided
tie other nations at war gave their
assent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
$3.50 AT AUCTION
FOR KAISER'S CIGAR
(By Cable to The Tribuns.l

London, Dec. IA cigar presented
by the German Emperor to the Earl of
Lonsdale, and by him TO a gentleman
living at Hambledon, was sold by
auction yesterday, at Henley, in aid II
the local Red Cross hospital.
The cigar fetched s72 so, and is now
the property of firm of local butchers,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
FLEET WAS SEEKING THE CANOPUS.
The statement reads:


Regarding Falkland Islands. transpres
squadron, the battle with Sir Christopher
Cradocks ships the habor OF Santiago de Chill
left there less than wenyour hours for an un
destination assumed that the squadron steamed south
batteshp and the light cruiser Glasgow
Meanwhile appears from the English strong
British squadron dispatched search for and destroy cruiser
squadron by the battle
conclude however, that the Sharnorst Gnenau
Leipzig Dresden the Nurnbg succeeded
n escaping
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
Russians Check 3
German Armies in
Dash on WARSAW
GERMANS ADMIT LOSS
OF CRUISER SQUADRON
See No Hope of Dresdens Escape-Britains Loss Only
Seven Men Killed and Four Wounded-Japanese
Warships Seek Prince Eitel Friedrich.

Berlin via Amsterdam and London), Dec ia German semi
official here to-day regarding the naval battle
the Falkland Islands when the German squadron
by defeated by British
squadron under Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Studee The loss
the Sharnhor Gnnau and Leipzig conceded by the
little hope held that the Dresden and Nurn
could lnnp de
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
ALLIES LOSE, THEN
RECAPTURE GROUND
Brisk Fighting Going on
Near Ypres-Paris Says
Enemy Was Repulsed.

London, Dec. 1l.-Hard fighting is
going on in the neighborhood of Ypres.
IL is evident that the Germans attempt
ed an offensive at this point with a
view to checking the advance which the
Allies have been making in Flanders.
The French say that this offensive was
almost completely repulsed.
The official French report of this af-
ternoon admitted that the enemy had
captured one trench, but the night re-
port announced the recapture "of
trenches" by the Allies. The claim is
made that the Allies gain in Flanders
is perceptible and continual. The Ger
man official report, received by wire
less from Berlin, claims, on the other
hand, that the German army in that re-
gion has made progress"
Reports that the Germans are making
elaborate preparations for retreat
through Belgium continue to come from
refugees who have crossed into Hol-
land. II is not believed, however, that
this retreat will be undertaken at the
present time. Reports say that the Ger
mans are sending fresh troops to Ar
ras, which again is indicated as a prob
able point OF attack.
Further south. in the Argonne, both
sides claim gains. The only point Of
agreement in the French and German
reports is that there has been contin-
ration of artillery fighting. The capture
of a railway station at Aspach, in AL
SAGE, is announced by the French.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12

DR. Charles f. Bolduan, director Of
,bes bureau of public health education
Of the New York Department of Public
Health. said 20 the writer:
Cline as cure for tuberculosis is
one of the numerous cruel frauds that
arc being perpetrated on these unfortu-
nate sufferers from consumption. Some
one observed at one time that workers
in lime ouarries were almost free from
,.,i.sumption. This was made public,
and Immediately quacks arose. In one
Of these establishments a room was fit
ted up with chairs on which con-
sumptives sat. The attendant beat a
bag containing lime, which was sus-
ncnded from the ceiling. This filled
the air with floating particles OF lime,
which the consumptives breathed. Need
loss 10 ssy this treatment was of no
value. Neither is Eckman's Alternative
as a consumption cure"
The advertising campaign conducted
bv Eckman's Alternative three or four
wears ago was made chiefly on lies di-
rect Then the claim was made that
consumption was cured by Eckman's
Alternative. Now the method has
slightly changed. No longer is the lie
direct used. The lie with circumstance
has supplanted It.
Reading any Of these advertisements
Of Eckman's Alternative one would in
fer that "The Journal Of the American
Medical Association" and other leading
medical journals had indorsed Eek
mans Alternative. The truth il that
these honest medical journals-for
there are some dishonest ones, as ply
sicians will tell you, journals main
tained by the patent medicine men
have denounced Eckman's Alternative as
fraudulent consumption cure.
Eekman's Alternative advertises as
GanlInned .lu r,axn a column 8
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
IBy Cable % ne rrIbune. !

London, Dec. 12.-"The Daily News"
prints the following dispatch from a
correspondent "in France" under yes
terday's date:
"At a dozen points along the front
the enemy has already shown discom-
fort at the increasing pressure of the
Allies. One might get the impression
that we were advancing inch by inch
can assure you that we are doing
better, Dut whatever the gain-and il
is much-it acts like tonic on the
allied troops and sows dismay among
the Kaiser's forces.
"The programme OF sapping right up
TO the enemy's trenches and then blow
ing them sky high continues. IL it is
dangerous work for our sappers, il is
disastrous for the Germans, who have
occasionally retaliated. For more than
two hundred miles the Allies have been
carrying on this kind Of subterranean
and invisible warfare, but when the
Continued on page 2. eoinmn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.

The Standard Railroad Of the South.
4 Ltd. Trains Daily 20 Florida, Cuba,
South 9:ij AN. .3:5i, s:3oP.M 12lSB'way.
--Advt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
Eckman's Alternative, AL
legged Consumption Cure,
Shown To Be NOstrum.
MIXTURE ONCE USED
AS HORSE MEDICINE
Now FOisted on Human
Beings at So a Bottle of
Only Nine Ounces.

In this. the fourth Of The Tribune's
articles in its crusade against the pat
ent medicine evil and its fight for the
enactment of municipal, state and ma
tional legislation curbing the quack-
cry, the fraud in Eckmans Alternative
will be exposed.
Eckman's Alternative is conducting
a strenuous and costly advertising
campaign in the New York newspapers
to obtain the money Of consumptives
for a sO-called patent medicine which
will not cure consumption.
DR.. s. S. Goldwater, Commissioner Of
Health, and his entire department, with
other forces throughout the country
working for the betterment of the pub
lie health, are doing all they can to
prevent people from purchasing these
quack nostrums, which depend to
large extent on testimonials, some of
which are from persons who wrote to
the makers of these patent medicines
that they were cured Of consumption
and later died from the disease.
Eckman's Alternative is perhaps the
most potent factor among these patent
medicines which. by their misleading
and lying advertisements in newspa-
pers, do more TO hamper the work of
honest men and women who are fight
ing the white plague than almost any
thing else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
Calcium and Cloves.

Unlike Pulmonol, which has already
been exposed in The Tribune, Eek
mans Alternative is not exploited by a
physician Can NJ. d.. but by a horse
doctor, one T. T. Eckman, of Phils-
delphia. An analysis made by the
chemical laboratory of the American
Medical Association showed it to be a
mixture of alcohol, calcium chloride
and cloves. The State Board of Health
of New Hampshire also made an OK
animation of this nostrum with the
same result.
A nine-ounce bottle Of Eckmsn's AL
terative sells for 50. On the at
tractive red container is the insidious
statement that Eckman's Alternative is
for diseases of the throat and lungs,
such as consumption, bronchitis, etc.
Now, the fact is, as voiced by every
physician with whom The Tribune has
talked, excepting men like DR.. A. V.
Payne, who is responsible for Pull
monol, branded by the American Med
ical Association as a vicious and
wicked fraud, that there is no drug or
drugs or anything else but fresh air,
pure food and rest that will cure con-
sumption.
Eckman at first administered this
medicine TO horses and cows. He did
little harm until he began to urge
through misleading and insidious ad-
vertising that it was good for consump-
ton in human beings.
In this city at the present time the
makers OF Eckman's Alternative are
making a bid for the money of un-
fortunates through advertisements in
some Of the New York newspapers,
notably "The World" and "The Jour
nal" They allege that the lime in it is
good in the treatment of tuberculosis.
The fact is that lime as remedial
agent in tuberculosis was long ago dis
carded as of no general value. More
over. the amount of lime in 81 bottle
of Eckman's Alternative is so small as
TO be next 10 valueless if lime was Of
anv value at all The amount of lime
found in one of these bottles by the
chemists in the laboratories of the
American Medical Association was ex-
actly S.93 grams. The lime is calcium
chloride.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12
GUARANTEE

Your Money Back
If You Want II.
C.. Editorial Page, First Column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-12

Continued on page 3. column
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23

Mr.. Il. (faintiy): Then. Of course
In spite Of its being made Of IRON
the-the iron boat-ths iron boat
we'll It FLOATS. you see, and-weli.
In q nutshell. that's the idea!
Mrs. X: oh. how wonderful! I
must try TO remember 1t word for
word 30 I can tell the other members.
Darling. you DO have such q clear
way OF explaining things. You make
me feel 90 ignorant by comparison.
Mr.. X. (modestly): Not at all, my
dear. It's only the masculine power
Of deduction. A power that even the
wisest woman can't hope to-hops
To-
tHe psus vaCsiy pushed By Nm. Ks sI-
cseBaoa. BE tnss 70 uansiab this expNAOa
.,a ' s :SsSS II: saf.. F R 'H IN man:
ias. snd NHss stEoaehoh- -<se)
Mr.. K: oh. what's the use of try
Ing to explain anything to a woman!
I'm going out!
Mrs. X. (gently); You don't need
70, Percy. We have an encyclopedia
- eur eva bookshslvss.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
Letters From the PeOple\

making q mixture OF tea to sell at
Sc cents pound. using as q basis
teas worth 81, so. rs and 80 cents a
pound, would say that one third OF
pound each OF the 60 and 75-cent
qualities. IA OF pound OF the so
cent quality and one-flfth OF a pound
Of the 81 quality. mixed. should give
the mass desired. The value Of the
tea then mixed would be 20+ a5 ! 20 : 20
cents. or performing tho operation
indicated) we get IS cents "A pound as
a result. or course. other divisions
Of the different teas may be made,
and when added give the same re-
suit: but the foregoing appeals to me
~ being the simplest method.
c. W. PETERSON.
Sunday, Feb. ~. 1sOD.
To ths Editor OF Ihe Evening World
On what day OF the week was Abra.
ham Lincoln born? A. c. X.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
Hits From Sharp Wits.

a,, .A.
"" "e'oo" vs. e"S NV va
M. H.. 100 vi ,r ''o''
~ bussostou fo'o'"o We'o ~
Sou 40 o.. n.,, 90 i,,;rr WHi-
49,, Yo,srv WIN "
pa"S 'our"~''
The COOK says beating q DAD eRY
uoesht make II petter'-Co""erci
Appeal
rocks every young chap is a member
OF tho geological survey.-Columbia
state.
vher -, man soys he odmires n good
uor ha NAV hs flottoriny hinAelf :.
49,, raIa,ra,h
'""''' '"'"
The air or Importance grows on
some men IN proportion 10 'hs Gus.
lance they tr've' from hon'e'--Maeo"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
A D,.sA.s-sAt Suggestion.

4 OPea1nOaght sugges6son.
- ths Editor Il T,s Evsnans world;
think the United States Govern
mAnt ought TO ut the super dread
nousht New York with three four
ten inch guns TO each Of her Ave
turrsts Of the main battery instead Of
With only two each. Then. l think.
sho would b the most powerful bat
tleship In tho whole world. II not the
largest, and all our new ships should
- Patterned after her. A. I. r..
March ~, 1890.
b - ulaes q n p~ninS Word;
Kindly givs the date OF the Windsor
HotAl fire. M. @.
Tee q % Cents.
- - Bd1tos a Tss EvsninS Word:
In answer to Eugene RS query A
- how the merchant should 90 about
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
Mrs. X. latter a tense pause)-Wsli.

Mrs. X. latter a tense pause)-Well.
I'm listening, dear.
Mr.. X. (valiantly)-You--you 500.
the angle Of dislocation-the volume
of water displaced by-by-
Mrs. X. (after another pause)-I fol-
low your reasons perfectly. thus far.
Go on. dear.
Mr.. X. lighting for breath)-Ths
scientific fact that the iron 10 heavier
then specific gravity-that the water
V thicker than air-the boat BEING
placed on the surface Of the stream
and tts iron sides being-being-
Mrs. K.-Yesf Yes? >Oh. I'm be.
ginning to get the idea beautifully
now. Go on.
Mr.. X. (encouraGed but waxing de-
lirious)-It thus becomes q simple
problem In physics. Chemistry tells
us that an--an irresistible-stratght
line being equal TO tho sum OF the
hypothsnuse--
Nss. K.-Yssf OF counsel And
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
EXCHANGE or DUTIES

You think that women ought TO
be allowed to do mems work7'
YES" replied Miss Cayenne, ~
they want to; although I can't 500
why a wife should want to put In
the afternoons In . shop or an once
while The husband V out dancing the
nnnOor@Washington Otas.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
"COnsolidation" for Uncle Sam.

SSXVIE read this morning in the
w paper that 1t was the jubi-
lee celebration Of the ANAL
gamation Of the Northern and South
srn States Of America, at Gettysburg.
last July I. says Sir Francis Champ
neys. the historian. FIFTY years have
elapsed since, In 1858. the victory at
Gettysburg took place. 1t was cru
cial period Of the war, and after that
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23

the United States was formed. (!) Il
is interesting to remember that, and to
remember that II has taken nifty years
not only to amalgamate. but to con.
solidate. the United States. which 10
another thing. And the proof Of that
Is that the present President Of the
United States 10 the first Southern per-
son to occupy that position since long
before the civil war.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
CONSCIENTIOUS CARE.

! = want you 10 b particularly care
III, n saiA Senator Sorghum.
sYou mean with this speech ?" asked
~ stsnographer.
THAT isn't . spsseh; its . lecture.
\ sDesch may nseeiy kin time. but .
lootve y szDsstsA 70 - The real
cDnnGf0 WUtA-VEhGh1nStsa Otne
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
The Nay Manton Fashions

A LII MILDLY ef-
~ fects are be-
coming to little
girls and they are al
ways In demand.
This one Is quite
new, for the blouse
is made with kimono
sleeves and only .
short opening at the
front. while a wide
belt holds 1t In place.
AS 1t is shown here
the straight skirt 10
made Of colored
linen. the blouse Of
white and the trim
ming Is OF embroi-
dered linen with
bands of color. but
the suggestion made
in the back view u
somewhat simpler
and equally fashion
able. while there are
other ways in which
the frock can b
finished. White or
colored linen or pop
lin used for both the
tunic and the skirt
with tho edges Of the
belt, collar and cuffs
scalloped W o u ! q
make a pretty effect.
or. II something OF
lighter weight II
wanted, the entire
dress would be
pretty made Of blue
cha mbray with trim
ming Of white linen.
For the 8 year size.
the blouse will re-
quire 2h yards of
material q. 2 yards
SO or A inches wide.
with / yard OF all
over material IL and
" yard q for the
bands for trimming.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
|Some Historic Word Pictures]
Eramples Of Descriptive Powsr By Great Aushors
No. I6-The Fate of Marie AntoinetteFr0m "The french
Repo.xthon" bv Thomas CARLYLE.
0sVUa61A ~
- - m Pu1e1u11n0 O
~ usv Tea Dv01no Wa1D

Monday. the Fourteenth OF October. 1913. cause
the Paisis do Justice in the new Revolutionary Co
those old stone walls never witnessedthe trial Of
tonette The once brightest Of Queens. now tarnisf
forraken stands here at Fouquier- Tinville's judgm
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
A Storm
and IN Escape.


O Switze rland.
Certain
believe n he ale Of his exploi
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23


furnished defaced
Tinvlles Judgment bar an
night To such
changes
Marie abandonment and hour OF extreme
her the piano
nights OF
counsel
OUT mt of death.
a feeling OF
of had
mpera Made has became worn os
Of before her time THIS the ss
ended oeau"s
foo'
the Paas de Justice to the Place DC IA s S
hrty
under At II Marie Anto,nste vas
She led to the place OF
ordinary criminal bound on cs &c
These the double row OF troops
"vvs IL Repub-
all
teolor
lively
Al
amid
vse0al iens.eoadnusd cries Of WV \ 1apuhHaue"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
ID O m e site
ial os u e $
BIZ Alma Woodscard.

portrSy~d on De nth mon. the last page Of his
beloved evening pspr. nsesHsd 70 rspv'
Mrs. K.-Yes. indeed. 1t was Just
splendid. / felt SO proud Of being a
woman!
She pausss, siowins, Mr.. K. vaguely svsrs
that CONS form q verbal ri~rtss Y s.t,s;tsa o.
a e. lli.i "a wSis.. ioas ;SsrsA e :nm,:':
tas oiibwN phrsse tS MerT S"s"''
Mrs. K.-Yes. indeed! You may
well say so. Prof. Won Nozit proved
to US so clearly that 1t II fallacy
to say woman hasn't the Same pow
ers of logic and deduction that q
man has. He proved
Mr.. X. (roused from the tale Of
Wolsast's battles by the need Of
battling In tho endless Holy War for
self supremacy)-Rot!
Mrs. K.-The professor told US that
children and savages are the only
Illogical humans; the only people In
capable Of deducing. For example.
.. ... - nov zee African savages were
amazed because explorer Staniey's
| iron boats could stay afloat on water
instead Of sinking - iron generally
does.
woman Of you could explain why an
irNn Loaf will floati Contsss. now!
| Mrs. K.-Y-yes.
Mr.. K.--Thorc! what did sayi
Now, any nah
Mrs. K.-Yss, I suppose ~. dear
But-but WHY DO the iron boat
noatf
n, K.-0oodl I'm clad one woman
n honost enough - come b Q MAJ
- kn0Wiod0o IDeea oAs0lu11V.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23

The cold says becomes less cold Spring Pretty
enact statement for poet
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23
Little Causes p
p Of Bis Wars
opshs 1914 Yorh Evening World
No. GA Feat Of Mavksnanship That Led
to War for Ltbevtv.
y Albert Payson Ter h une.

opyASh rAMhhs Yoh Evening World
No. GA Feat Of Mayksn,anship That Led
to War for Liberty.
canton Of
Uri) stood whose top Cap was tied And every man
who crossed market required by law under pain Of
and Cap.
The Austras symbol Of Austria
centuries Bully Europe And Switzerland
under buys county, OF Ur set OF
heavy had people To learn who might be the
possible had been set up In
Austrian Governor
detect the do homage the symbol
the place walked muntainee crossbow over
h shoulder his little rotng along his side AS the mountane
pole but hurried past
Austrian soldiers VINO
him the scared and weeping child nsns
- When aesser who had In
An Odd cp w %sm rs
interest For Tell the most famous marks
.poaa WITH IN t sa So Ss osed
perform . certain feat Of craftsmanship
Geser then
long apple from
tenfold
~ v s that his sr,1n an inch or so 5 S TSS
him in be
two "s
oe'sr asked Why he had hidden there Tell made
ITO kin you If my son had been harmed"
oese himself by ordering his guards Tell Lake
% tn. prison on further shore that though he had prom
was bound and tossed bodily into boat.
him take the Mer For the mountaneer sailor
ieaped out onto this ledge showing the boa, ssS vim
hi. bow he shot Ges.er dead
@~~~~S nearby forest before his pursuers could land
to another rouns the
war that .ssed long and neree and that for the
Certain wi:eaeIe. Of late have attacked
ever to believe In him and in the tale of his
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-23

I ! Q EVENING WORLD NAY AANToN FASHION
~
mall ten
I o.. &Hanps ordered
! DaaAny
Pss'ssA {As DestAss
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
PRESIDENT IS
RETURNING HOME
MUCH REFRESHED AND READY
TO TAKE UP GOVERNMENT
rs PROBLEMS.
LAY TAKE ANOTHER WINTER
VACATION TO GULF COAST.
LIKED SURROUNDINGS.

Ey Associated Press.
on BOARD PRESIDENT VIII
SONS TRAIN. WEST POINT. Ga,
Jan. 1".-PrGstdcnt Wilson today
icnrncycd homcward ready to take
up governmental problems with re-
ncwCd vigor. He looked physically
refreshed by his vacation. OF nearly
three weeks at Pass Christian. Miss
issippi, and appeared in better health
than at amy time since his inaugura-
tiun. The president told members OF
his party that hc might so To the
Gulf Coast ugain for ii winter vaca-
tinn.. His desire for isolation was
courconsly observed during his stay
there, and hewaS not aanoyed hy cal
lFrs WHO daily seek to see him at the
White lIOasc. ,n. "a rra
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-12
BRA ID L EY GIRL
DENIES SHE GED

q
MOBILE, Ala. Jan. 12.-"I was
never engaged to Horace d. Linder-
man, and the ring left on my
dresser was gift from a friend o,
two years ago which my mother
had been wearing and which i LEFT
for her to keep"
So declared Miss Delilah Bradley
today when she. read press dispatch
es sent out Saturday stating that
11inderman, a Royerstord (pal tele-
graph operator. supposedly her
fIance. was coming to Mobile 10
shoot Joel N. Foster for elopins
with her.
Foster and Miss Bradley were din-
ing in quiet cafe on a side street.
There have been many false or
inaccnrate reports of this affair, =
said Foster. ..tf i hadn't had the
nerve to stick by this little girl /
don't know what they would have
done toSher. We are convinced and
4 think all Of our friends are. too.
That we have been guilty Of no