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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-23
.CONFESSES PERJURY
AGAINST LEO FRANK
Mcknight, Witness for state,
Swears He Was in Plot
to Hang Prisoner.
HE MAKES AN AFFIDAVIT
Accuses Attorney for Prosecu-
ton Of Promising Reward
for False Testimony.

ATLANTA. Ca. Feb. ga sensational
under sentence OF death for the murder
OF fourteen-yea Mary Phagan. came
to-day when Albert Mcknight. a negro
who gave damaging evidence against
Frank at the trial. made an affidavit that
his evidence was false and that he had
been used In "a plot 10 hang Frank"
Albert Mcknight is the husband Of
Mineola Mcknight. who cooked for the
Frank family, and his testimony regarding
Franks conduct on the night after the
against the defendant
Mcknight when on the stand said that
he had seen Frank on the day OF the
murder that Frank had come home from
the factory about l 80 o'clock In the
afternoon, and had returned without eat
ing anything that Mineola, the witness.
wife, had told of Franks coming home
drunk on the Saturday night OF the crime,
and of Franks remark to Mrs. Frank that
he was In trouble and that he didn't
know why he should murder a girl"
Mex nights Affidavit.
Mcknight in his affidavit says that he
was induced to swear falsely by X. L
General Dorsey to get evidence against
Frank. Meningitis affidavit is in part a.
follows:
"Deponent says that he did not see Mr.
Frank at all on April rs and that his evil
dence AZ the trial of Mr.. Frank was the
result of a plan perfected by T. l.. Craven
and others 10 collect the reward offered
for the arrest and conviction Of the muir
derer of Mary Phagan.
'Deponent says that he told X. l..
Craven that he did not want to tell any
lies on Mr.. Frank, but Mr.. Craven told
him to go right ahead ana do what he
told MIN TO do and that he would get the
reward and hs was weak enough to do as
Mr.. Craven told him to do
"Deponent says that he 10 sorry for all
the wrong he has done 10 Mr. Frank and
that he wants this true statement ~ facts
placed Ia the hands of l. T. Rosser TO be
used BY him with the hope that the same
can In some way undo the great wrong
he was led TO do by the white people he
was working with at the store OF Beck A
Gregg.
"Deponent again says that he did no,
see Leo VI. Frank at any time or place on
Saturday. April rs. 1913. and that he will
SO testify when called upon at any time :"
AHidavi' Volunteered.
Mcknight furnished the affidavi, TO
Capt. C. w. Burke. who is employed BY
Arnold and Rosser. attorneys for Frank
Capt. Burke says the negro came TO him
voluntarily and confessed that he per-
1ured himself at the trial OF Frank.
MIR. Craven tried to make mo think I
would get part OF the reward" Mcknight
said. II didn't really believe that would
get any money, but ] thought that Mr..
Craven would be good to me II I said VIVA,
he wanted ms to say"
Mr.. Craven, who procured McKnights
evidence for the State, says that Mex n igh,
is liar. He declared that Mcknight
volunteered the damaging evidence agains,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06
ASH WEDNESDAY.

Few of the younger genera
tions are the students tf histori
cal facts they should be, and
not many of them could give
al explanation of Ash Wednes-
day if called upon to do so.
They probably would say it is
the first day of Lent, and that
would be all the information
they could give. February 25th
is Ash W ednesday this year.
The connection Of the day
with ash, or ashes. seems tU
have heen that ashes which had
been blessed. were sprinkled up
on the heads of worShippers in
the sixth century. The form
of cross, too, was traced with
ashes upon their foreheads, the
main object apparently having
been to remind them that their
bodies were but ''dust a n i
ashes" Onthis day, also. noted
sinners protesting penitence had
to appear in church, clothed III
sack cloth, and, with tears,
solicit absolutiona From this
custom came the phrase we heal
even to this day, ''in sack cloth
and ashes"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06
NOTICE OF CONTEST.


Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office. Roswell, New-Ml exico, Feb.
5, 1914.
To George w. Hutchinson of Midway, n. NJ.
trecord address, Contestee:
You are, hereby notified that Richard y.
Wilson, who gives Dermott, Scury County
Texas, as his post Office address, did on Feb. 3.
1914 lille in this Office his duly corroborated
application to contest and secure the can
collation. of your homestead entry Serial No,
O2l5O0, made February 2lth. 1911. for SEA; BN
SWA; NWif SWA Sec. 8, SWH SWA Sec.q.
Twp. Is south. Range IS f. N NJ p. Meridian.
ana as grounds for his contst he alleges that
lentryman has wholly abandoned said home.
stead and changed his residence therefrom
for more than six months last past and since
making said entry. And that said tract is not
settled upon, cultivated and Improved by
said party as required by law.
You are, therefore. further notified that the
said allegations viii be taken by this ONCE as
having been confessed by you and your said
entry will be cancelled hereunder without
your further right TO be heard therein either
before this Office or on appeal. if YOU fail to
| file in this office within twenty days after the
FOURTH publication OF this notice. as shown
below. your answer. under oath, specifically
/ meeting ana responding 10 lueSe hueEuJlOnS Oh
! contest, or if YOU fail within that time to file
| in this ONCE due proof that YOU have served
Il copy of your answ err on the said contestant
either in person or by registered mail. If this
service is made by the delivery of copy of
| your answ er TO the contestant in person, proof
of such service must be either the said con-
! testant's written acknowledgment of his re:
ceipt of the copy. showing the date of its
receipt. or the affidavit of the person by whom
the delivery was made stating when and
where the copy was delivered; if made by
| registered mail, proof of such service must
consist of the 0nidavit of the person by whom
the copy was mailed stating when and the
post office to which it was mailed, and this
affidavit must be accompanied by the post
masters receipt for the letter. You should
state in your answer the name of the post
office to which you desire future notices to
be sent to you. II. G. Tillotson, Register.
Date of first publication Feb. 10, 1914
" second " Feb. go. 1914
third Feb. 27, 1914
| fourth Mar. 6, 1914
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06
CERTAINLY LOOKED THAT WAY

CERTAINLY LOOKED THAT WAY
A westener who had never
seen the ocean was standing on
the beach and he ask the beach
guard:
Say, mister, do you fellows
sell this water in case folks want
to take a sea bath in I h e i l.
roomsH"
The beach guard thought he
would Jolly" him along and
told him it was fifteen cents a
bucket, or two buckets for a
quater.
The man seemed to think that
was too expensive and w e n t
away. When he came around
again it was low tide.
Great Scott said he, "but
you've sold a lot since morning
haven't you?"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06
HUMOR OF THE CLOTH
GOOD STORIES THAT ARE CRED.
IrED TO PROMINENT DIVlNEs.
The Late Bishop Potter as Remark
able for His Wit as for His Elo-
Observation-Disclosures Magee's
Humorous Appeal.

Probably one of the prettiest COM
pliments ever paid to the fair sex WAS
that contained in the answer made by
DR.. Potter, bishop of New York, who
was once asked by a lady why, in tho
many pictures and studies of angels
exhibited, the angels were always
depicted either as women or as young
men without boards or moustaches.
Everyone knows" replied the bishop,
that women naturally inherit the
kingdom of heaven, but men only get
in by very close shave"
This story is related by the Rev.
T. Selby Henrey, vicar of st. George,
Brentford, whose little volume, enti-
tied Attic Salt" provides many an
illustration of the fact that wit and
appreciation of humor are not the
least prominent characteristics of lead
ing divines. He tells story of the
late DR.. Creighton, who one received
book from a second-rate author, to
whom he replied by return of post, Il
thank you very much for forwarding
to me your book, and / promise you
faithfully that will not lose any time
in reading it,"
Another gem is the story once told
by DR. Gore, bishop of Oxford, at his
own expense. In Birmingham" he
said, Il once overheard two street
arabs discussing my appearance. AT
last one said to the other, I tell you
what, Bill-he's a Highlander what's
caught cold in his legs"
1t was Archbishop Magee who was
credited with the well-known saying
when waiter dropped some hot soup
down his neck: SIS there any layman
present who will kindly express my
feelings?" while the following is one
of the best stories told of Archbishop
Temple. A lady of position, sitting
near him at dinner, asked him, in a
most insinuating voice; my aunt was
prevented at the last moment from
sailing in that ship which foundered
last week. Would you not, bishop,
call that a most providential inter-
position?"
Cant tell. Didn't know your aunt"
Temple said, in his Characteristic,
blunt manner.
There is, by the way. an amusing
clerical story in Lady Southwark's
"reminiscences, lately published. A
Somersetshire rector inquired after a
sick child who had been very Ill.
"Oh, Agnes has recovered" replied
the woman, very casually. "but"-in
heartrending accents-'1ve lost my
pig"
ooh. how thankful you must be
that your child has been spared"
condoled the visitor.
''Oh, don't know about that. Lit
tie Agnes might have been a blessed
angel in heaven by now, but pigs ia
q dead loss l"-London Tit-Bits.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
UNIQUE CYLINDER BLOCK
ON THE CADILLAC EIGHT

The design of the cylinder block
castings of the new Cadillac Eight is
unique among motor cars by reason of
the fact that removable water jacket
plates are fitted at each end of the
block.
Thus an entirely new scheme for
the casting of cylinders en- bloc has
been put into operation in the Cadillac
foundries. The usual practice pro-
vides no opening into the water circu-
lation space that surrounds the cylin-
ders.
The new Cadillac practice affords
several advantages. One of these is
that it permits the cores to be an
chored before the casting is made,
which prevents slipping of the cores
and insures uniform thickness of the
cylinder walls and uniform space for
the water, both of which are neces-
sary to efficient cooling of the motor.
Another is that, through the open
ends of the water space, INSPECTION can
be made to be sure that webs of metal
have not formed which would inter-
fere with the free circulation of the
cooling water-for such interference
is likely to have serious results.
The third advantage is that the user
of the car can detach the plates and
remove any sediment that may have
been deposited by the water used in
the cooling system. The removable
plates are amply large to permit close
inspection of the water space.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
BIG IMPROVEMENT
IN THREE SEASONS
Studebaker Mans Summary of Re-
suits of Automobile De-
signers' Efforts

"It happened lately that 1 was called
on to hold the wheel of a 1912 model
car during a half-day's touring" said
j. Robert Barr, manager of East End
Auto Company, local dealers for Stude-
baker cars. LAS all my driving ex-
perience for some time had been limit
ed to our own current models of 'FourS'
and 'SiXes,' l found that every driving
operation implied a bit of comparison.
Aside from the inconvenience of en-
trance and egress, | found no diff
Guilty with the right-hand steer and
control features, although the hand
cranking at the start was a duty l
handn't faced in years. The spark and
throttle control bothered me a little,
for they were under the wheel on the
steering post but L got along pretty
we'll until 1t began to rain.
Then everybody had to step out into
the mud while we raised the top, dug
out the curtains and fieXed everything
In place. / resumed driving but had
off the windshield. A little later, two
of us had to get out In the mud to
light the gas and kerosene lamps.
Now this car had originally cost
more than $4,000. Yet, at less than
half this figure, cars are now being
marketed with conveniences like cleo
tric lights and starters, up-to-date con-
within, windshields adjustable for rain
vision and ventilation. and an array OF
similar improvements which, when the
1912 model was new, were either un-
known or untried.
"The 1912 car was noticeably slug
gish. 1t was heavy. 1t wasted power
in driving its now obsolete magnetic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
AUTO LICENSES
CAN Be TAKEN NOW
State Has Arranged For Prompt
Distribution of the Tags
During December

Do your Christmas shopping early
but first send to the State Highway
Department at Harrisburg for your
1915 auto licenses.
According to q statement issued by
the automobile division of the State
Highway Department to-day. license
plates will be sent out by parcel post.
The federal Post Office Department
has not been able to devise any means
of preventing congestion of the mail
around the holiday season and for this
reason it is advisable that applicants
for licenses act promptly. License
plates applied for now will be shipped
to the holders prior to December 10
by this means delay will be avoided.
The automobile division has receiv-
ed more than 1000 applications for
next years licenses up to the present
time. Inasmuch as the law explicitly
states that the license tags for the
current year expire at midnight on
December 81, wise owners and op-
orators of automobiles and motor
cyclists are giving attention to the
hint given several weeks ago that
those who were tardy in applying
would not escape the penalty of the
Jaw this year.
1t is expected that more than $780,
900 applications of all classes will be
received for next year. In anticipation
of the rush for applications the auto
mobile division has prepared to han
die next years applications promptly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
THROUGH MUD. OVER HILLS,
WITHOUT CHANGING GEARS
New Cadillac Takes Hard, Steep
Grades With Utmost Ease

New Cadillac Takes Hard, Steep
Grades With Utmost Ease
THE Cadillac engineers deserve un-
limited praise when they can make
the United States as level as the Sa-
hara desert" is the enthusiastic com
ment made by l.. w. Grout after driv-
ing q Cadillac Eight from Buffalo,
n. Y, to Springfield, Mass
In his letter to the Cadillac Com
pany Mr.. Grout says that the first
days driving was through rain and
over very bad roads, but the car per-
formed wonderfully. Between Syra-
cuse and Springfield many hard, steep
hills were encountered. On several II
was impossible to get any sort of start,
yet there was never a time, he writes,
when 1t was necessary to shift out of
high gear.
Mr.. Grout says accurate account was
kept of the gasoline mileage, and the
figures are particularly interesting in
view of the fact that they are the first
to be made public on the performance
of an eight-cylinder car on a cross
country run of this character. For the
entire distance of 413 miles the car
averaged 1872 miles per gallon.
Other features that make this mile-
age performance interesting are the
adverse road conditions between Buff
falo and Syracuse, the mud at times
being six inches deep, and the hills on
the latter part of the journey.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21

It's motive power came from an old
STYLE motor of large bore and short
hilarating pull of a modern, long
stroke motor with a ratio of bore and
stroke in the neighborhod of 3.5 to 5.
The 1912 car got its fuel through a
long line from tank in which air pres
sure had to be maintained. The $685.
modern car drive has its tank in the
cowl and feeds by gravitation through
a pipe only three feet long.
The old car did include an equip
ment of Timken bearings almost as
complete as my car but, had l broken
a rear axle shaft on the run. a wheel
would have rolled off, for the 1912
axle was of the three-quarters floating
type.
Crowned Tenders, clean running
boards, more graceful lines and superior
hnish in the modern car made compari-
son of appearance out of the question,
Even in such fundamentals as strength
and safety did the old car suffer, for
Its braking surface was smaller, its
coarse, bulky steel was of the simple
carbon variety; it was so badly ball
anced that 1t would not hold the road
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
MILLER TIRE GROWTH
Company Buys Adjoining Factory
RuiIdinoS

Buildings
Word comes from Akron that activi-
ties in the rubber trade continue
briskly in spite of a possible shortage
in rubber If reverses are experienced
on the ocean. The Miller Rubber Com
pany, of that city, manufacturing Mil
Ter tires and accessories. reports that
contracts have been let for the erec-
tion of a two-story brick fireproof
building, 120 by 1873 feet. which will
be used as a tire building extension,
and when completed it will increase
the present capacity to over 1000 tires
per day.
This same company recently bought
the plant adjoining it's property. which
was owned by the Franz Body Works.
This will be partly rebuilt and used as
shipping department, while Tempo
rarily it serves as a garage until the
new 60X100-foot garage, two-story, is
a three-story warehouse 40X110 feet is
being built. and an addition to the
drying room 50x100 feet Is under con-
struction.
These additions will give total
factory space of 272, 905 square feet, or
about II acres, and a new power
plant of 1000 horsepower is being
installed.
Complete extensions are expected to
be finished by January 1, 1915.
Confirmation of these reports were
had by Frank b. Bosch, of the Sterling
Auto Tire Company, of this city, who
are the local distributors for the Miller
Rubber Company. Mr.. Bosch in con-
firming the reports attributes the need
of the extensions to the normal growth
in popular favor of the Miller tires
and tubes, which are fast establishing
an enviable reputation among motor
lists in general, and particularly is this
the case locally. where the service
given by the tires this season has been
of q very high average.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
NEWSPAPERMEN VIEW
DODGE BROTHERS CAR
Officials Entertain Representatives
of Detroit Papers at Luncheon
and Test Ride in New Car

Detroit, November IL, 1914 Dodge
Brothers new motor car was officially
announced TO the general public at a
luncheon given Detroit newspapermen
| yesterday by officers of the company.
Preceding the luncheon, the represen-
| tatives of the Detroit papers were
taken for a jaunt of several miles over
country roads in two of the new tour
| ing car models. A more blase bunch
of critics has seldom been taken on
the premiere of a new motor car, but
the Detroit newspaper boys exhibited
real enthusiasm at the riding qualities
and equipment of the new car, at the
conclusion of the trip.
Briefly the new car of Dodge Broth
ers is q fiye-passenger, 11O-inch wheel
base machine of ample proportions
and will sell at $7S5. In beauty of
design, power of motor and equip
ment, 1t is said to surpass the average
conception of the popular priced car,
and is acknowledged by motor experts
to have established a new standard of
automobile value for the industry.
In a short talk, Sales Manager A. l.
Philip emphasized the personal super
vision given every bolt and minute
part entering into the new cars con-
struction. by the Dodge Brothers
themselves. Mr.. Philip declared that
never before in the history of the auto
LnODlle INDUSTRY, ndu the OWneTS OIL Lne
business personally handled, examined
and passed upon every item of mater
ial in their care. This supervision and
, the decision to build car better than
just good enough" had added to the
cost of producing the car, beyond the
original estimates of the engineers.
said Mr.. Philip. But in the opinion of
Dodge Brothers, the knowledge that
tue car was right in every way more
than made up for the increased cost.
The formal introduction of Dodge
Brothers car to Detroit newspaper
men is the forerunner of similar af-
fairs in other cities according to As
sistant Sales Manager George c..
Hubbs, who also intimated that his
company was planning some original
features in the sales campaign of the
/ new car.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
Auto Doubles Worth of
Salesman's Time on Road

''The light weight runabout of rock
bottom upkeep cost is proving a
greater factor every day in increasing
the efficiency of statesmen and other
employees of corporations who have to
get about town in making their calls,
says Lawrence Moore, sales director of
the Saxon Motor Company.
"A tabulation based upon hundreds
of letters shows that on the average
statesmen are now able to cover twice
the distance formerly possible. This
means that the value of their time Is
increased 100 per cent. since they can
take care of double the business pre-
viously handled.
Statesmen owners tell us that they
not only get over more ground than
ever before but also make their calls
at less cost per mile.
"One salesman in the oil business,
writes that he has covered more than
1000 miles in six months in his Saxon,
using the car every day for getting
miles per gallon of gasoline, despite
the fact that in crowded traffic the
motor has to run idle at crossings.
Another man in a small town uses
his car in calling on customers. He
takes care of trade within 1OO-mile
radius and experiences no difficulty on
steep hills and rough roads in his sec
ton of the country.
"A varnish salesman recently wrote
in that he has tripled his business
since buying a motor car.
Not only are statesmen themselves
investing in cars but concerns, large
and small. are appreciating that the
purchase OF u dependable small car
for use by their statesmen is a wise
policy.
THE motor car gives concern and
its statesmen alike more prestige. 1t
enables them to get and take care of
more business and increases efficiency
in a dozen other ways"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-11-21
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