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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
BANK BANDIT SOON is CAUGHT
Terror of Southern Part of Florida For
Years Found BY Pursuing Posse

West Palm Beach, Fla, Feb. 26.-
After terrorizing several counties in the
southern part OF Florida for more than
three years, John Ashley, who on Tues
day morning with members of his gang
robbed the bank of Stuart, Palm Beacn
county, of $4,000, was taken Yesterday
in the Swamps three miles west of
Hooe Sound by members of Sheriff
Baker 5 posse. Ashley was found in a
oddly wounded condition, blinded in
one eye by shot which had passed
through the left side of his Jaw to his
right eye, hence his tame capture. The
wound was made by "Kid' Lowe. one
OF his own gang, who was with him in
the automobile belonging to the tlnk
cashier in which the bandits eseanad
from the bank, and was supposed to be
accidental. Although as "kidl Lowe
and the other Ashley brother concerned
in the bank robbery have not vet heen
located, 1t is Thought that it may have
oeen Intentional.
Among other exploits of Ashley since
MS Indictment foI numbering a Semi.
mole Indian have been several hold.up,
and he has disarmed and SLAPPED in tine
face two deputy Sheriffs VINO have
traced him down in the woods. The
posse is still searching for the other
bwo desperadoes, who have escaped
with the loot. Hundreds of persons were
hned up before the county Jail all dav
mere after the word was brousht of
Ashley S capture and were still tHere AZ
nlght when the wounded prisoner was
Drought in. The fire department was
put on duty to keep the crowds in or.
der. '-' u
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

HIS D0NTS SICKEN WIFE
He Orders Her to Climb Stairs Ten
Times-Seeks Divorce


New York, Feb. 26.-" Don t ask
me to do anything.
don t ask me to let you do any.
thing,
Don t say: Can't we turn over a
new leafs'
Don t fail to step lightly.
Don t say you intend to.
Don t remain silent when forced to
hear me describe what has evidently
been torture to me.
Don t argue with me or contend
with me in the slightest degree on any
thing under the sun, no matter what
the provocation.
Don t be afraid to pretend for my
benefit occasionally. If you cannot
agree or accommodate me honestly, at
least pretend for my sake occasionally.
'Don t forget that man returns
battle-scarred and weary at night. If
in poor health, he cannot stand much
more. -
These are a few don It's which Charles
f. Leach is alleged to have imposed
upon his wife, who is suing her husband
for divorce.
The wife declared that the culminat-
ing act which forced her to leave home
occurred at 3 a. m. September 1, 1911.
her husband forcing her to run up and
down stairs ten times under threats
to kill her if she didn't obey. She
said she ran up and down until ready
to drop from exhaustion.
Leach, whose place of business is at
169 Broadway, has brought a cross suit
on the grounds of desertion.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
PIIOToPLAY
Uncle Toms Cabin

The bloodhounds that are to be seen
with "'Uncle Tom s Cabin at the Ma.
Jestic this evening were brought from
the South and are a part of the pack
used by prison contractor at his con.
Wet pen in Georgia, and are used in
the scenes where the escaped slaves are
followed and, with their deep.mouth
baying. add impressiveness to the es-
cape of Eliza and George Harris.
There are also horses, donkeys and
ponies and altogether the live stock ex-
hibit is extensive. The scenery is a
special feature of the production. Some.
OF the most notable scenes include the
humble cabin of Uncle Tom and an old
southern road, SINNERS tavern, the
ice-gorged Ohio river by moonlight, the
home of Phineas Friend, the wild, rocky
pass in Southern Ohio and the trans.
formation called 'The Holy City,
Adv
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
BISHOP ". II. FOUlKE Calls
FOR Spirit OF revival
East Pennsylvania United Evangelical
Conference Is Now in Twenty-first
Annual Session at Bethlehem
Bishop Swengle Present

Bethlehem, Pa. Feb. 26.-Declaring
revival church and that the revival
spirit should always be foremost, Bishop
w. H. Foulke, of Napierville, ILL.,, called
the twenty-first annual session of the
East Pennsylvania conference of that
church to order yesterday morning.
In his annual address, the Bishop
said the church had made splendid
progress in the last quadrennium and
spake at length on the spirit of evan
the United Evangelical Church, but over
the whole country
The Rev. A. J. Drummer was re-
elected secretary of the conference and
chose as his assistants the Revs. G. D
Drehr, G. Z. Marquardt, A. E. Sanger
and s. P. Erisman.
Professor G. w. Sanville, of Phila.
delphia, was elected the official con
ference chorister. Virtually all of yes.
terday's session was spent in getting
organized. with the important business
to begin to-day.
Last evening the mass meeting was
under the auspices of the Conference
Reform and Temperance Alliance. The
Rev. DR.. Charles F. Swift, of Beaver
county. made an address.
Presiding Elders f. L. Erdman and
w. II. He'll were reelected at the first
business session. The presiding elders
were assigned as follows: Reading dis.
trict, the Rev. j. w. Hoover; Allentown
district, the Rev. +. f. Erdman; Har-
risburg district, the Rev. w. +. Hell.
Reports of the presiding elders show.
ed gain of 2,40S members during the
conference year.
Among those clergymen who will re-
F. 5. Borkey, Trinity church, Allen
town; S. N. Dissinger, Boyertown; w.
H. Egge, Mahanoy City; |. s. Guinther,
lH. P. Hagner, Cresswell; !;
w. A. Hartzler, Meyerstown; C. w.
Heffner, Palmyra; j. S. Heisler. sun
bury; c.. D. Huber, Lebanon; II. NJ
Jones, fremont; |. d. Kistler, Tamaqua;
III. j. Kline, Akron; Thomas S. Knecht,
South Allentown; II. D. Kreidler, Beth
any church, Lancaster; d. P. Longs
dorf, Kutztown; +. s. Longsdorf,
Schuylkill Haven; f. l.. Ramer, Wico,
nisco; j. M. Rinker, Millersville; H. F..
Schlegel Mt. Carmel; w. Fl. Snyder,
j. H. Stermer, Emaus; s.
s. Woodring, Seibert church, Allentown;
5. A. Heckler, Palmerton.
At the opening of conference this
morning, Bishop Foulke presided. Bishop
w. F. Swengle, of Harrisburg, was also
present
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Thurston, the Magician

In the realm of magic and mystery
Ihurston, the magician, who will appear
at the Majestic thFee days, starting
Monday, March l, now stands without
competitor. He has established him
self In the hearts of local thearegoers.
and his innumerable devotees this sea.
son will gladly welcome him back. with
the new repertoire his advance notices
promise. Among the many new mys.
teries presented by Thurston this sea
SON are THE New Woman" ''Noah s
Vision, "The Evolution of the Ne.
gro, Balaam and His Donkey. >
" Aerial Fishing Animated Sketch
es, "The Chocolate Soldier and
Creation. Adv.
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FRANK Case IS NOW BEING
ARGUED IN SUPREME court
Final Fight Begun to Save Life OF Man
Convicted Of the Murder Of Mary
Phasan, Georgia Factory Girl
VIII End Tomorrow

Washington, Feb. 26.-The Supreme
Court of the United States yesterday
/ gave hearing to counsel for Leo NJ
Frank, now under sentence of death by
a Georgia court for the murder of Mary
Phagan, a factory girl, in Atlanta in
3, in his appeal from the denial by
a District Federal Court of his petition
for a writ of habeas corpus. Louis Mar.
shall. of counsel for the appellant, be.
gan his argument, and it is expected
the State of Georgia will end not later
than Saturday.
The Supreme Court has already de.
clined to review the case on a writ of
error.
Mr.. Marshall discussed the right of
the accused to be present throughout
the trial, particularly when the verdict
was rendered, and the alleged mob
spirit manifested at the trial. Chief
Justice White and Justice Pitney ques
toned Mr.. Marshall as to wherein lay
the denial of the right to be heard in
the absence of the accused from the
court room when the verdict was rem
dered, after he had been in the court
room.
The right to be present is con-
stitutional right, said Mr.. Marshall
1t is part of the right to be heard. Ii
would not have been proper TO let
| Frank fit in and out of the court room
The right to be heard includes the
right to be present at the final stages
of the trial, as well as the earlier
stages.
justice Pitney asked Mr.. Marshall
whether the right to be heard was
treated as a State or a Federal right,
and Mr.. Marshall replied that his con.
tention was that the right was part
of the fundamental law constituting
due process of lhw
1.-The question involved here is what
is the right to be heard as applicable
to a criminal trial, - said Mr.. Marshall
"unless the right to be present is a
part of the right to be heard, the court
might at any stage say Il do not want
you to be present any further We
can proceed with this trial without YOU
Certainly Legislature cannot say a
trial can 90 on without the presence OF
the accused. -
Mr.. Marshall said that the crowd
was permitted TO hang over the jury
box and whisper in way to be over,
heard by the jurors. He told of a con
ference before the jurors between the
presiding Judge, the chief of police and
the colonel of a military contingent
both known to the jurors as tending t
emphasize in the eyes of the jury the
danger of mob violence supposed tc
threaten them.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Veteran Fireman Celebrates p,r+,s.. =,

Lebanon, Feb. 26.-Yesterday marx
ed the eighty-seventh birthday anniver.
sary OF Theodore P. Frantz. vetera ,
nreman and one of the oldest residents
OF Lebanon. He continues in viuorons
nealth. Mr.. Frantz had planned +,
FOLLOW his annual custom of partic;rat'
ing IN horseback ride about fine eitv
Miss Eleanor Green, superintendent Of
the Lebanon Sanatorium. who alway.
accompanied Mr.. Frantz on this r;ia
found 1T impossible to accompany him
later. Until
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
At the Colonial

A corking good vaudeville skit, one
that is nifty and clean cut and con-
tains much merit, is that of the Five
Romeros, who are offering one of the
Keith hits at the Busy Corner during
the last half of the week. The squin-
tet comprises two men and three young
women and their offering consists of an
original potpeurri of songs, dances and
music. A rich comedy sketch on the
same bill is entitled, 'Isaac. You Tell
Her. that James Koran and company
are presenting Billie Cree, dainty
songstress, and Joe Morse, a popular
singing comedian, complete a bill that
is certainly smart for popular priced
theatre. Interesting moving pictures
are also included in the program.
Adv
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
GIRL STUDENT A SUICIDE
English Language Made Young Nor
wegtan s Work Difi,nlt

Minneapolis, Feb. 26.-The BODY of
Miss Evanhild Amundsen, who had
been missing from the University nj
Mlnneso since last Thursday. was
found in the SUBURBS late Yesterday
on the bank OF Minnehaha creek. Tho
hhders sad they were satisfied she took
her own life. Her parents in Norway
have been notified.
Miss Amundsen was freshman den
Isl student. After her disappearance.
PRESIDENT Vincent, of the university is,
sued a statement saying there was no
known cause why she should worry
except that her work was difficult dne
10 uhlamiliarlty with the English Ian.
guage IAN
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

has met with such hattering eluogies as
this quaint story of New York s cradle
days, affording as it does such abund-
ant opportunity for the display of his
undoubted talents. The action of the
tale abounds in surprising situations
that entertain greatly and, interspersed
with catchy songs, form a combination
that pleases immensely.
The new songs are entitled ''When
| First Met You,r ''When the Roses
in Spring Bloom Again" "Moon-
Moon-Moon and ''Mr. Bear and
have been voted the best numbers ever
sung by this talented artist. Adv
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
FOUR DIE IN RUSH OF ICE
Ten Others Badly Injured in Clearing
Railroad Tracks

Lisbon. n. H., Feb. 26.-Four men
were killed and ten others badly in
jured in rush of ice and water in the
Ammonoosu river yesterday.
The accident occurred while a wreck
ing crew was trying to remove ice from
the flooded track of the Boston and
Maine railroad, in the meadows a mile
above this town.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
sunbury Woman Badly Burned

Sunbury, Feb. 26.--Getting too close
to bonfire a. her home here Mrs. Will
Liam BearEart's dress eaceht fire and
s;he ran pillar of fire, screaming into
the house. Neighbors wrapped rugs
around her and extinguishei the fire.
Doctors hurried her to the Mary Packer
hospital where it is feared she cannot
recover
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Al II. Wilson

The many admirers of Al H. Will
son, the celebrated singing German dia-
lect comedian, who will be seen at the
Majestic tomorrow, afternoon and
evening, will be delighted to learn that
ne is presenting his greatest success.
"When Old New York Was Dutch. -
with new embellishments and singing
numbers. Probably no offering hereto.
fore given by this favorite comedian
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
1.-THE Trail of the Lonesome Pine,

In 1.-The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine, which comes to the Majestic
next Thursday, afternoon and evening.
! Dixie Compton has caught unerringly,
in her study of June, the various phases
through which the mountain girl passes
from her barefooted days of romping
about her mountain cabin home until
she realizes that she is leaving all be.
hind in going down to the valley school
OF the foreigners in the Gap. The play,
which is in four acts. is dramatization
OF the book of the same name by Eu.
gene Walter Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

About year ago this gentleman said
- was u, for SONS time and thought
l never could be helped. l can truth
Iully say Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
has done me lot of good-more good
than any medicine | ever tried before.
1T is surely medicinal whiskev and
worthy OF all that you claim il to be. -
he IS even more enthusiastic over
Duify's good qualities to-day. In re.
cent letter he said,-'I am still using
Dnify's; my health has improved and I
nave gained l5 pounds. | appreciate
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey and bless
the day | started to nse it.'-Wm.
Anderson, Sr., 2S3 Prospect St., Perth
Amboy, N J.
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Fulfilled

Mrs. Gnaggs-" Before we were mar.
ried you used to say you could listen
to my sweet voice all night,
Mr.. Gnaggs-'fW Well, at that time I
had no idea I'd ever have to do it,
Judge.
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A Moving Raasnn

Why should take an.
qther chair, Geraldi Don't YOU think
m comfortable heref"
Gerald-" Yes, granma, but I'm
AFRAID my little kitten isn't She :
there, too. London Opinion.
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Not a Bout Winner

Tramp was well known as
wrestler, num-
Eady-'' And do you wrestle nowf,
Tramp" Only wild poverty, mum. -
New Orleans Times Picayune.
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Light Work

understand your son has light
Yes; he reads gas meters. '-Ex.
change
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Giant Locomotives

At present the largest locomotive re-
ported to be in use in n huge compound
engine which measures 120 feet over
all and weighs $4,000 pounds. 1t is
an oil burner and carries 1000 gallons
of oil and 10000 gallons of water. 1t
cost $43,3S0 to build. These giants
have reached point where one loco
motive is so long that it is hinged in
the middle with flexible joint so that
it can turn a curve without upsetting.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
Duffy's Pure
Malt Whiskev

is made for use in the home, hospital
and sick room-frec from the harmful
elements of the ordinary beverage whis.
Key. 1t can be depended upon for re-
lief in stomach troubles, coughs and
colds. 1t strengthens and stimulates.
Don't say PERHAPS | shall feel better
to o-morrow-"Get Duffy's and Keen
Well'' to-day.
Sold by Pennsyl- ~
]: j j Il. /; 4 /; : ! ] !
vania trade Full AA
Quarts s1.25 per MtA IA
Bottle; Commercial M - IA
Quarts 81 90 per yA III
Bottle. If they can't NAR ~
supply you, write ANy/
us. Medical booklet NS9Z/
Free ek r.
The Duffy Malt Whiskey Co.,
Rochester, n. Y.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26

Comparison more than reality makes
men happy and can make them
wretched.-Feltham.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
MAJESTIC
oRPHEUM

Every afternoon aud evening. high
class vaudeville.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-26
COLONIAL

Every afternoon and evening, vaude
vile and pictures.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-21

SOUTHERN JUDGE PROTESTS AT
INDICTMENT OF WHOLE STATE
A few days ago the W. G. N. print
ed an editorial about the Frank case.
Southerners felt insuIted, They were
accused of countenancing the lynch
ing. The Tribune also stated that
the south needed better blood"
On Wednesday morning, the same
day the editorial was printed, Judge
Alvin Douglas of Birmingham, Ala,
arrived in Chicago, making a tour of
the courts of the country.
He read the Tribune editorial and
wrote a reply, which he handed per-
sOnally to the city editor. The Tri-
bune refused to print it.
Here it is:
LEO M. FRANK
please allow a few words from a
soUtherner who feels keenly the at
tack you made on the south Wednes-
day morning in an editorial published
under the above head. l live in Biz
mingham, Ala, and was in Atlanta
just after Gov Slayton committed the
sentence of Frank. Many people
thought Gov. SIayton made mistake
but they were submissive to the law
and the action taken by Slayton. It
was a rough, lawIess and rOwdy ele-
ment that, at the time, would do viO-
lence to the governor, and who bru-
tally murdered Frank. The good peo-
pie of Georgia and the south do not
approve of lawlessness. l am sure /
do speak for the south when l say
they do condemn and disapproVe of
such acts of lawlessness.
There may be fault on the part of
the authorities at the prison; there
may have been fault in lack of or
ganizatiOn; there was fault and bad
spirit in the breast of the mob. but
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-21

law take it's course.
you say: The south is half edu-
Gated. It is a region of illiteraCy, bla-
tant self-righteOusness, cruelty and
violence. Until it is improved by the
invasion of better blood and better
ideas it will remain a reproach and
a danger to the American republic
Shame on you! Do you know the
southern people? Have you ever been
south Of the Mason and Dixon line?
Some one has said: DO the best you
can with what you have, where you
are grant the south is not as high
ly educated as some other sections Of
our great country, but have we not
done well with the opportunities Civ
en- US?
Better blood God forgive you
this, the most Unkind words of all. I
know not what kind of blood
courses through your veins - and
care not. Your UnWiSe and uncalled-
for words probably burst forth from
a lack of training and education and
regard for the feelings of others
rather than from the cause of blood
Moreover, 1 challenge you to show in
this country any purer Anglo-Saxon
blood than flows through the veins
of our southern people. They are
loyal to country, true to state, ODE
dent to law, chivalrOus to women
and hOspitable to mankind every
where.
Gas the mob who Iynched Frank
does not in any way express the SEN
timent of the southern people, l am
sure your editorial does not express
the sentiment of your section of our
country. have heard expressions
this morning in Chicago cOndemning
the editorial The mob committed a
great wrong; you have erred. Do edi-
tOrials of this kind help to make our f,
common country better or worse?
You should use your brain for the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-10
cleave to it.

cleaye to it,
But not for that reason alone
They don't like the manner in which
submission is being promoted. There
is too much Perryism about it. In
stead of making this question of prime
Importance an open issue it has beeh
carefully and apparently with design
kept in the background. 1t has here
tofore figured more or less in state
politics, but last year it dropped out
of sight. The Republican state plat
form had no mention OF it. Other
platforms gave it little attention. APP
parently, local option was accepted as
a settled fact for the present. At the
very least it formed no part of the
chief issues on which the Voters
passed judgment last year. The sue
cessful party, We repeat, made no al
lusion to it.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-10
An Emerson Piano
for $275.

Did you ever hear of Emerson plan
os being sold at such ridiculously
low price OF course you never did
because its just another sample of our
price slashing campaign. We always
sold this piano for $500, but for the
month of March we will sell you n
new Emerson piano shipped direct
from the factory, style "a in either
fancy mohogany, fancy walnut, or
oak case for S275 including stool and
scarf ON payments of $40 down and So
per month. Here is piano that
everyone knows to be strictly first
class, and the Emerson Piano Com.
pany has been making pianos since
1S49, and yet this month you can pur
chase it at less price than you would
pay for an ordinary piano If you are
thinking of buying a piano send for
an Emerson catalogue to Geo. d. Jar
Wis G. Son, Burlington, VT.
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Under such conditions

Under such conditions with no
mandate from the people and no real
basis other than the prejudice against
local option that always exists to rest
their action upon, fer the members OF
the legislature to direct submission
of prohibition is hardly square deal,
in the view Of many They should at
least wait untii'it appears beyond ques
ton that resubmission would result in
something more than an ebullition.
When the people of Vermont really
want to pass on the question again,
can they not be trusted to say SO in
clear, unmistakable terms? Even the
faint hope of losing nothing and gain
ing something, held by opponents of
local option is not sufficient for put
ting this unnecessary and unasked
burden upon the state.-Randolph Her
aid and News. tssas ..li.-..A.-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-03-10

Fearing iynching the attorney
general of Delaware has asked for a
special term of court at which to try
two Lithuanians charged with the
murder OF a policeman and the fatal
shooting of another officer. Prompt
trials of persons charged with capital
offences will so further toward the
eradication of the lynching evil thaa
any corrective legislation that can be
devised.
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State of Ohio. City of Toledo, GO
Dbl. ,trao County ( %.

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Ia
senior partner OF the Arm Of T.. j. Cheney
e. Co., doing business In the city, OF To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid. and
that said Arm will pay the sum Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the tise OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn 10 before me aud subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day or December,
A. d. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON
Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and inu-
cous surfaces OF the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
r. j. CHENEY & Co Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.