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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
GERMAN DAY WILL BE
DEVOTED TO PRAYERS
No Patriotic Celebration This Year
in Washington.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-German Day
in Washington this fall will be observed
as day of prayer and all Germans in
Washington will gather in churches. This
announcement was made today by Martin
Wiegand. president of the United Ger
man Societies. The Willingness of the
Germans to meet exactly the spirit of
President Wilson's request for observance
of strict neutrality in this country led
to the abandonment of the usual patriotic
celebration.
President Wilson is much gratified by
the nationwide response to his proclama-
ton designating. at the suggestion of the
PUBLIC LEDGER, Sunday, October 4, as
"a day of prayer for peace"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
Church Greatly Improved

during the summer the Temple Presby-
terlan Church, Franklin and Thompson
streets has been greatly improved The
interior has been repainted and decora-
ted' and the greensboro walls on the out
side have been completely refaced with
tnree tnree coatings Of patented cement that
slNes the edifce the appearance of a
brownstone structure. The Rev. DIR. Will
Iam Dayton Roberts. pastor announces
mat the autumn work is Starting hope
luIIy' and he anticipates busy and sue
eesstul winters labor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
E. H. BERKHEIMER

GETTYSBURG, Pa, Sept 19.-Emanuel
H. Berkheimer. Register and Recorder
of Adams County, was found dead in bed
yesterday. A cripple for years, he slipped
and fell OH the Icy pavements last winter,
suffering additional injuries from which
he never recovered. He was elected
Register and Recorder In 1911 on the
Democratic ticket without opposition. He
was 81 years old and leaves a wife and
two children
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
DIR. MATTHEW G. FARRELL

DIR. Matthew Comar Farrell, a dentist,
died yesterday at the home of his
brother, Bernard w Farrell. 1929 South
5sth street, in his 3Sd year. DIR. Farrell
was graduated from the Pennsylvania
Dental College six years ago, but for
the last two years had been too III to
pursue his practice. His death came as
the result Of q nervous breakdown that
was first brought on by overstudy when
at college. His widow survives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BAPTIST CONVENTION
Young Peoples Union Preparing for
Meeting in October

Plans are being made for the second
autumn convention and rally of the West
District Baptist Young Peoples Union,
which will be held on October II. The
board of managers Is to decide on the
place for the meeting tonight.
Lloyd Parkinson, who represented the
district at the national convention in
Kansas City this summer, is to make his
report at the rally. Plans for increased
interest among the young people Of
West Philadelphia in social service will
be discussed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BRINGING MRS. CROKER HOME
Body Of Former Tammany Chieftain's
Wife on WAY Across Atlantic.

ROME, Sept 19,-The steamship Tomaso
di Sayoia sailed from Genoa ON Thurs
day with 400 passengers, mostly Ameri-
cans, including Mrs. Thomas ]. Preston,
Jr formerly Mrs. Grover Cleveland) and
party; Mrs. w. ii. Bissell and Howard
Croker and his sisters, who are taking
the body of their mother to New York
for burial
Mrs. Croker was the wife of Richard
Croker, formerly the Tammany Hall
leader in New York. She died recently
In Austria.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

In anticipation of the visit of "Billy"
Sunday, the baseball evangelist, to this
city during the early part OF 1915, the
Rev. James Ramsay Swain, pastor of
Inc Woodland Presbyterian Church, 42d
and Pine streets, is TO preach series
OF sermons on Sunday evening ON "The
Revivals of History"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
"GoD OF THIS AGE" HIS TOPIC

The Rev. Clarence Larkin. Instor of
Bethany Baptist Church Fox Chase, Is
preaching a series of sermons on Timely
Topics on Dispensational Truth" His
subject for tomorrow is to be "The God
of This Age" The special sermons are
TO be given at 1880 o'clock in the morn
lngs through the remainder OF this month.
october November and December
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
MARY VIRGINIA sAeENpoRpH

Mary Virginia Sasendorph died yester-
day at her home in the Covington Apart
ments, after an illness lasting through
period of five years. Burial will be
at Claverick, n. Y, her former home.
She is survived by her husband, f. e.
Sagendorph
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
FUNERAL OF MRS. A. A. CLOUD

The funeral Nof Mrs. Ada A. Cloud.
widow Of the late Albert A, Cloud, was
held this morning. lnterment was in
laurel Hill Cemetery, with the Episcopal
Church service at the grave. Mrs. Cloud
was T2 yeaTs old. She disd Last We'd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
SEES BLESSING IN WAR
The Rev. DIR. Charles A. Eaton Ex-
pects Good to Flow From Conflict.

The European war is going to be a
blessing, in the opinion of the Rev. DR..
Charles Aubrey Eaton. pastor Of the
Madison Avenue Baptist Church, Man.
haitian New York. In his sermon on Sun
day Doctor Eaton said
"This war is the greatest blessing.
When 1t Is ended the world will be bet
ter and more enlightened than 1t has
been since the days of Jesus. This Is the
end of the world of hypocrisy. The age
OF selfishness and bigotry Is gone, and,
when I think of those thousands OF boys
who have been shot that this might be
accomplished, 1 feel they have found a
good place for what they have done
toward it. Lift up your hearts, the dawn
is breaking"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
EDWARD BROCK

Edward Brock, a Republican worker.
died yesterday at his home, 3615 North
22d street, from an attack Of heart dis
ease. He was 6S years old and had been
i'll for nearly two years His widow
survives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
DEATHS OF A DAY
J. E. SULLIVAN BURIED
Many Mourn AS Late A. A. U. Sec
retary is Laid at Rest,

NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-More than 1Oo,-
900 schoolboys stood in line and flags at
all schools in the city were at half-mast
today, when the body of James Z. Sull-
van, late secretary of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union. was taken through the
streets of New York. After services were
held at the Catholic Church Of St.
Aloysius. the body was taken to Calvary
Cemetery for burial.
The Executive Committee of the A. A.
U. attended the funeral in body. Mes
sages of coincidence poured in upon Sulli-
vans relatives by the hundreds.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
CATHARINE G. KEILE

Catharine c. Keile, g. years old. died of
diphtheria at her home, 1917 Filbert
street, yesterday. She is survived by her
husband, a teanlster, 1906 Filbert street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

nesday at wildwood, N. J. She was the
daughter Of the late Congressman John
Hickman She was born at West Chester,
but had lived most Of her life at New
York city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
ELIzABETH G. LLoYD

Elizabeth Gibbons Lloyd died yesterday
at her nome. s24 Clinton street. She was
the daughter of the late John and Esther
b. Lloyd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

THE WANAMAKER STORE
Announces for Monday
The formal opening of Fall and Winter millinery, i'm
cludng am extensive collection of brilliant new
hats from the great ateiers OF Paris
c0dF floor
he opening of very precious collection of Paris gowns
for young Wor1er===exclusive i'm America
10000 books i'm cearaway at 15c 25c SOC and 75c being
the gathering up of all the odd lots and left
overs from number of special sales
Over 5000 books marked at l5c
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19

1900 sample shrtwasts: many samples i'm d verv ur-
usual disposal going at ST to S385
25O standard quality brass beds i'm disposal ait Z5 10
5l-3 per cent. below regular price
Floor
200 wonderful sample suits for women and young
women at half price i'm the LowerPrice Store These
suits are made of imported materials, finely
tailored, and marked SIS and $40 each
(S~y Floor
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
GAME
Government Makes Grant of Elk to
State Game Preserve.

Pierre, Nov. 24.-The state game
department has received notification
that this state is entitled to fifty elk
for the state game preserve from the
government reserve in Idaho. War
den Hedrick expects that these an
imals will be secured late in the win
ter or early in the spring, according
TO the snow fall in the mountains.
The state secured twenty-three OF
these animals last spring, and with
he addition will have a good herd.
The report of the game warden
shows that there were issued for the
two years of 1913 and 1914, game
licenses to the following numbers:
Resident small game, 1913, 25,-
e32; 1914, 26,221.
Resident big game. 1913, $50;
1914, 4S6.
Nonresident small game. 1913,
323; 1914, $50.
Nonresident fishing licenses, 1913.
204: 1914, 157.
The largest number of small game
licenses for any county in 1913, were
1861 for Minnehaha county, and for
1914, 1890 for Brown county.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
LIFTED


Backache is a heavy burden;
Nervousness, dizziness, headache.
Rheumatic pain; urinary ills;
All wear n out.
Often effects of kidney weakness.
No use to cure the symptoms,
Relief is but temporary If the
cause remains.
If it's the kidneys, cure the cause.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for kidney
ills;
Read about your neighbours case.
Here's Madison testimony.
The kind that can be investigated
Mrs. l.. ID. Crow, 1905 East Sew
enth street, Madison, says II gave
a statement in praise of Doan's Kid.
ney Pills some years ago for the rea-
sol that l found them to be a good
remedy and one of true merit.
have W. had a sign of kidney
trouble during all the years since the
cure was made. am pleased to
have the opportunity of giving
Doan's Kidney Pills a second en-
dorsement."
Price soc at all dealers. Dom
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same thai
Mrs. Crow had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
BADLY BURNED
Sioux Falls Lady Has Painful Exper-
fence with Hot Lard.

Sioux Falls, Nov. 24.-Mrs. f. A.
Sherman narrowly escaped more Sc
rious injuries from burns Saturday
afternoon. While engaged in cook
ing a small quantity of lard in a deep
kettle caught fire on the stove. She
succeeded in removing the kettle
without injury to herself to the &C.
ment walk outside.
Thinking to extinguish the fire
and standing at what she supposed
was a safe distance, she threw cold
water into the kettle. The result
was an explosion which enveloped
her in burning lard. Her hair was
scorched and one side of her face and
neck b%listered. but the burns here
were not deep. The back of her
right hand, the wrist and arm, were
badly burned and will carry perma-
nent scars. She was alone in the
house at the time, but succeeded in
reaching a physician by telephone
who was quickly on the scene and
administered a powerful opiate tC
allay the excruciating pain. She i,
getting on comfortably, but will car
ry an invaded arm for some weeks
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
FARM TRAGEDY
Edmunds County Man Murders His
Brother-in-Law.

Aberdeen, Nov. 23.-Chris Leid.
holt. a farmer residing south of Ros-
coe, Edmunds county, shot and kill
ed his brother-in-law, George Ruff
in a quarrel at the Leidholt home late
last night. Leidholt came home in
toxicated and assaulted his father
Phillip Leidholt. The brother-in-law
was called in to subdue the young
man when the latter drew a gun and
fired six shots. one passing through
the heart and another through the
neck. Ruff dying instantly. There had
been i'll feeling between the two foI
the last three years, owing to an al
tercation over some stock.
The coroner's inquest found that
Ruff had come to his death by means
of bullet wounds inflicted by Leidholi
with murderous intent. Leidholt
was seen at Bowdle at loon today,
but disappeared then and has not
been apprehended.
Ruff leaves a wife and five chill
dren ranging in age from s to is
years. Leidholt was married two
years ago and has a wife and 1-year-
old baby.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
BOYCOTT THE ENEMY GOODS
Recommendation 81 German Consul n
San Francisco.

Recommendation 81 German Coneui N
San Francisco.
San Francisco. Nov. 14.-Barcn =.
II. Won Shack, imperial German con.
sui. urged Germans throughout Amer
lea to boycott goods manufactured by
nations hostile to their country In IN
address at a benefit for German
wounded soldiers. widows and orphans
1.-THE allies" he said, always en-.
vious OF Germans commercial pros.
perity. have utilized the present occa.
sion to Islander German industry. with
cold blooded contenet OF oil CONNER
cial treaties and Of their own laws
they are s~uppressing German conner
cial houses within their own countries
and are now annulling, or plainly
stealing, German and Austrian patents
OF inventions.
Here In the United States are H..
000, 900 Germans or German.Amsricans
You should buy articles Of German or
Austrian make II you cannot obtain
American made wares"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
(BUY FROM DEALER OR sENn losSTAMps TouS

sells. The Holmes. which passed down
early Friday. reported she had not
sighted the Sinolo since shortly after
leaving the Head Of the Lakes.
The Nipigon is owned by ". ]. Har.
low of Toledo and the Nike by the
Hines Lumber company of Chicago.
All three ships may be In shelter.
but unidentified w~reckage has increas
ed anxiety as to their fate in the
storm last week.
Eighteen bodies have beer reported
recovered from the Curtis, Marvin
and Peterson, which foundered In the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
BLANco FRUsTRATEs PLOT
Carranxa Desired to Let zapata Occu
py City Of Mexico.

~
washington, Nov. 24.-Plans for
an eleventh hour abandonment of
Mexico City to the Zapata forces
were frustrated by General Lucio
Blanco. according to confidential re-
ports received at the state depart
ment from its agents.
General Carranza ordered the cap
ital evacuated last Friday so that the
Zapata forces could enter, at the same
time tearing up the railroads north
OF Mexico City to check and delay
the Villa troops. An Official report
speaks OF three mediated atrocities"
and an intention to leave the capital
to be sacked. The purpose OF this
move was not disclosed.
General Obregon, according to the
ofhcial reports. ordered General Blan-
co to accompany him from the city.
but instead Of obeying his superior
ofncer Blanco took full command, po-
Iced the city and appointed municipal
officers to avert disorders.
Confidence in Blanco's ability to
arrange for an orderly entry of VIII
las troops Is felt. 1t Is ctatsd
steel Mills Resume Work.
Chicago, Nov. 24.-Two thousand
men who were thrown out OF employ.
ment early last spring returned to
work 1T the South Chicago plant OF
the Illinois Steel company when the
rail and structural mills were re-
opened. Arthur H. Young. superin-
tsndsnt Of labor at the mills. was au-
thority for the statement that the
mills would be running to capacity
within = few weeks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
WAR ON THE BLACK HANDLERS
New York Police Propose to Put End
to Criminal Acts.


to Criminal Acts.
New YORK. Nov. 24.-Roussd ~ they
have not been since the bomb out
RACES at Union square years ago. New
York police oficials have declared .
var OF determination against the
greater oity's Black Handlers.
With a record of two bomb settings
and two in~cendiary fires within three
weeks and the perpetrators still un-
known the power of the entire police
force conferred on running down the
men who set two Ares Sunday. one OF
which resulted in the death of eight
persons.
Police say the building was fired BY
Black Handlers whose demands for
protection money" were refused by
Gaetano Shambri, q tenant.
A score or more tenants were burn.
ed or injured when they jumped, from
windows and IRE escapes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
Quit Vera Cruz and
Sail for Home.
MEXICAN TROOPS AT
ONCE OCCUPY CITY
Forces Of General AguiIar Ad-
vance as Americans Retire.

Washington, Nov. 24.-American
troops. which have held Vera Cruz
since last April are evacuating the
city and sailing for home. Oficials
here expect sunset will see the Next
can flag floating again over the an.
cient fortress Of San Juan and the
American troopers we'll on their way
homeward Gro the gulf.
Dispatches from Major General
Funston and his furthest outposts
had been withdrawn at 9 a. m. At 10
troops guarding the railroads at the
approaches to the city we're with
drawn and at II the embarkation was
on In earnest.
General Funston reported Constitu
tionalist troops under General Aguilar
were taking possession OF the city.
Occupation of the Mexican port, in
reprisal for Huerta's insult to the flag
at Tampico, has cost the United State:
more than q score of lives, some In
battle and some from disease, and, &C
cording to some estimates, as much
as $4,000, 900.
No Indemnity to BE Asked.
But Mexico will be asked to pay nj
indemnity. Administration officials
want that fact to stand out as an ad
ded evidence OF the disinterestet
friendship OF the United States for hel
Southern neishbors.
General Funston has instructions Il
turn the city over to none of the
Mexican factions and thereby avoid
what might be construed as a recog
milton of one OF them. His orders
simply are to bring his troops away
and leave the city to whichever fac
ton takes possession.
The Fourth. Seventh, Nineteenth
and Twenty-eighth infantry and the
First battalion of the Fourth field ar
tillery and two sQuadrons of the Sixth
cavalry will return to Galveston. The
three regiments of marines will go t
Philadelphia.
Major General George Barnett. com
Ihandant OF the marine corps, under
instructions from Secretary Daniels
called upon Captain Walker n. Hill
now in Boston, to explain whether
published reports were accurate which
quoted him as saying Mexicans prob
ably would be burning and lootini
Vera Cruz before nightfall, II TIL
American forces left there.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
THREE MORE LAKE
STEAMERS OVERDUE

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Nov. "a
The steamers Sinola, Nipigon and
Nike are long overdue and inquiries
from here concerning them brought
no information. II lost with their
crsws the death list numbers more
than seventy, 1t Is estimated.
The Sinola. owned by G. A. Tom
linson Of Duluth. left that port with
The EDWARD r HQlmea. and Other. yea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Nov. 23.-Wheat-Dec..
s1.14%; May, S1.19A; July, s1.20A.
Cash close on track: No. l hard, ST.
1875 No. l Northern, S1.15H 01.1S%;
No. 2 Northern, $1.12ss 61.16%; No.
8 Northern, $1.07%Q114%; No. 3
yellow corn, 57Q6Ohc; No. 3 white
oats, 43045c; fax, $1.4Sb.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
FEARS GOVERNMENT SUIT
Douglas Fir Sales Company. Decides
to Dissolve.

Portland, Ore, Nov. 24.--The Doug
las Fir Sales company. which for
four years past has marketed the out
put of fifteen large lumber mills of
Portland and the Willamette valley.
announced that 1t would III opera
lions and dissolve Jan. 1, 1915. The
reason given was that the manage
ment considered the concern might
be regarded as in restraint Of trade
under the new ANTITRUST law.
Mills now marketing their output
through the concern will again put
individual statesmen In the various ter
ritories to which Willamette valley
lumber II shipped.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
Chicano Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-Cattle-Beeves,
$5.75Q10.50; steers. $5.4OQ9.00; cows
and heifers, $3.60Q9.20; calves, $3.50
Gll50. Hogs-Light, S6.90Q7.50;
mixed, $7.150760; heavy. S7.00Q7.6O;
rough. $7.0O07.15; pigs. $4.5O46.75.
Sheep-Native, $5.5046.25; yearlings.
sc 406T7 Ok
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24

Some one advised me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. l had
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now | am well and strong.
81 have always recommended your
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letter will be the means of saving some
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Mrs. MARTHA SEAvEY, BOX 1144,
Unionville, Missouri.
The makers of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound have thousands OF
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obtained for love or money. This med.
icine is no stranger II it has stood the
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If there are any complications you
do not understand write to Lydia Il,
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
DECLARES WAGE
ACT is ILLEGAL
St. Paul Judge So Views
Minimum Statute.
INJUNCTION IS GRANTED
Court Holds Legislature Exceeded Its
Powers In Enactins Law, Which
ment to Federal Constitution.

Powers In Enactins Law, Which
Also Violates Fourteenth Amend
ment to Federal Constitution.
st. Paul, Nov. 24.-Holding the min
imum wage law passed by the 1915
legislature to be demonstrations
Judge Catlin handed down a decision
ordering a temporary injunction
against State Auditor Iverson and
members Of the minimum wage com
mission from expanding further mon
ey In the work of the commission
The ruling also suspends the orders
Of the commission fixing a minimum
wage for women and minor workers
Judge Catlin's order makes the
minimum wage law ineffective unit
the cas- has been tried on Its merits
His decision will be appealed to the
supreme court.
In granting the petition OF e. w
Williams, shoe manufacturer of Wi
mona. for a temporary injunction
Judge Catlin ordered that williams
be required to furnish $1,000 bond.
Might Increase immortality.
THE actual working of the law
would be apt to increase immortality
II morals are dependent upon wages
Judge Catlin asserted In the ruling
The law was held to be unconstitu
tiOnAl because 1t delegated the legis
lative powers to an ~appointive com
mission and placed In that commits.
sion q discretion as to whether there
should be a minimum wage.
Even the state cannot lawfully
become q 'pater familias' until the
form OF government has been entire,
ly changed" Judge Catlin declared
The second constitutional ground
on which the court based the decision
was the abridgement of the right Of
the individual to contract. The law
interferes with both the employee and
the employer. according to the court
The abridgemsnt of contract was held
TO be In violation of the Fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of the
United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24

could hardly walk
across the floor with
out holding on to
something. | had
spells and
my fingers would
cramp and my face
would draw, and /
could not speak, nor
sleep to do any good,
had no appetite, and
everyone thought 1
would not live.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-24
Supreme judge Denies Plea.

Washington, Nov. 24.--Justice La
maj has refused to issue q writ of or
ror to bring to the supreme court for
review the conviction of Leo M.
Frank for the murder Of Mary Pha-
ssn. . factory girl, In Atlanta, Ca.
In 1913. Frank 10 under sentence of
death.