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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-15

tied, nearly drowning, because the
ropes swelled and couldn't bite them
apart and finally getting almost killed
when the tank burst and cut us up
so we had to spend weeks in the hos
pital
Z walked eight miles In a day from
my brothers house in 200th street to
42ds street TO get my hurt foot back
into shape again. i do everything to
keep in readiness for a chance of a
straight part in some piece where
there isn't tank. But never chance
or ghost of a chance comes along.
I'm proud as Punch of my movie
acting. That is better than the tank,
because / drop. off q preeipice once in
while or be a mermaid in real sea
cave. And wear regular dress,
thihky that. J, First. time Fever had a
real dress on my back on the stage.
Ny! / was proud.
She Wants Future. -
81 wouldn't mind doing dives and
rescues in a play where there's a
plot. But this eternal tank has got
on my nerves.
There's no future in it. can't go
jumping of springboards all my life
and climbing up a pasteboard rock and
jumping off again, doing back-flops
and somersaults by way of change.
MOI
when l first started that stunt, it
was novelty and loved it. Now
when I go to vaudeville shows and
see. every kid in creation dressed in
the little old black suit that i invented
doing Annette Kellermann dives,
want to run 10 miles anywhere where
there isn't any tank. Say-won't you
write play for me? Something with
an ocean in it, If you must. but not a
Tank"
The question was fired so suddenly
that we dropped our pad and pencil
We had never thought of writing a
play. We think we shall do it.
For there is much material going
to waste In Annette. Actresses tell US
hard work, persistence and ability to
feel emotion are the essentials to a
career in the legit.
Annette. has these qualities. We
have decided therefore to write her a.
play at our earliest opportunity say,
when she is released by the people
who are producing "Neptune's Daugh-.
ter" which comes to Ye Liberty the
alter on January 20. We shall then
go down to fame as having wreaked
vengeance upon the crool, crool man
ayers and Kidding Miss Kellermann Of
her tank.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-15

relief, both for Mr.. Fraser and the
audience
But Miss Oakley runs true to tradi-
ton. She is the Lady Isabel, and she
is pretty good one. 1t is part that
Is none too easy and she does credit
to it. The audience liked her in it
and showed its liking. Miss Carew
makes handsome Barbara Hare. Guy
Hitner is Archibald and he, too, does
well with a difficult part. part that
requires some talent to take the stiff
ness and priggishness out of 1t. Do
you suppose the men of three decades
ago were anything like Archibald?
The minor roles also are we'll ham
died, chiefly those of Robert McKen-
zie, Miss Van Tassel and Harold Cas-
tie.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
TELLS HOW TO PROTECT PLANTS
Bulletin Gives Physiological Studies
of Rest Periods.

A new research bulletin. "Physi
illogical Studies of the Rest Periods
of Plants" prepared by DR.. w. l..
Howard, former professor of horticul
ture here, now professor of horticul-
ture at the University of California,
will be ready for circulation soon, ac-
cordins to DR.. j. c. Whitten, profes-
Sor of horticulture.
The bulletin deals with the rest
periods, or periods of hardness" in
plants, and describes the best methods
for enabling plants to endure cold
winters. 1t shows how by proper
pruning, spraying and handling of
plants, the periods of hardness NAV
be controlled and made to extend
through the severe seasons.
For twenty years." said Professor
Whitten, 1--WE have been investigating
the causes which lead to the death of
plants apparently by exposure in the
winter. We have come to the conclu-
sIoh that the causes of the rest pc
riOds-the periods when the plants
are immune from the cold-lie within
the plant, in the cessation of action
among the engines, and not without,
as has been supposed before.
Whether the plants will enter a
dormant state sufficient to Withstand
the maximum cold of winter, and con-
tinue there, depends upon the way in
which they have been handled the
summer before. 1t is early to bed
and early to rise with plants as well
as with human beings; and if plants
are so handled that they become dor
mant too early in the winter, they
will awake from that state too early
and suffer from the frost. Late TO
bed and late to rise is the habit We
try to encourage in plants.
THE bulletin explains and proves
this theory, which We have been years
formulating; it describes the growth
and changes in the cells. We believe
that this knowledge will enable the
farmer to do his pruning and spray
ing intelligently."
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
APOP-POPS- ON WAY TO COAST
Constant Shream of MOtOrcyclists
Passing Through Columbia Now.

Columbia has among its visitors a
constant stream of motorcyclists on
their way to the coast.
Yesterday, r. d. Allen and Elton
S. Jones, of Winsted, Conn, stopped
here for an hour to get a supply of
gasoline. Up to date they had trav-
eled 1900 miles, making an average
of $50 miles a day in the east. Since
coming into the flood region thev
have been compelled to travel more
slowly. They travel by day only,
camping at night wherever they
chance to be. Strapped on the handle
bars of their machines they have
unique tripod attachments, which en-
able them to take pictures without
losing any time.
Mr.. Allen said he had news Of q
girl who had stopped at the different
stations just a week ahead of them.
This young woman alone, passe
through Columbia last week
Among the travellers here last week
were two ragged urchins, riding to-
gether on one-cylinder machine
They were almost without funds
managing to dine with hospitable
farmers and counting on the hay
stack for sleeping accommodations.
Mrs. S. ]. Hildabrand and her
daughter, Fay, also remained here
for a few hours. They were travel
ing on a machine with a side-car at
tached. They are on their way from
Washington, Pa, to Tulsa, Ok, whence
they will go to the coast.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23

April 26, 1913-Mary Phagan muir
dered.
April 29-Frank arrested.
May 1-Conley arrested.
July 2S-Frank indicted for muir
der.
August 22-26-Frank on trial; con-
victed OF murder.
October 31-Motion for new trial
denied.
February II, 19l4-Supreme court
of Georgia denies new trial.
Feb. 24.-Conley convicted as az
cessory to the murder.
March Frank sentenced sec
ond time.
May 5-Second motion for new trial
denied
November 14-Georgia supreme
court denies new trial asked on con-
stitutional grounds.
December S-United States SUI
preme court denies writ OF error.
December 28.-Justice Lamar grants
hearing on writ of error.
February 20, 19l5.-United States
Supreme court hears Louis Marshall
in Franks behalf.
April 19-United States supreme
court refuses writ of error.
May I0-Frank sentenced to death
third time.
June 9-State prison board refuses
to interfere.
Appeal to Governor, Franks last
chance for life.
June 2l-Sentence commuted to life
Imprisonment.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
Special $. $. Glasses for Students.

The churches of Columbia have
made special preparation for the
Summer Session students at Sunday
school. The Broadway Methodist
Church has a class for women taught
by Mrs. Turner McBaine, and one Tor
men taught by A. c. Zumbrunnen. AT
the Christian Church different men
talk each Sunday. Last Sunday DR..
A. w. Taylor spoke on the modern ap-
plication of the Ten Commandments.
Dean Walter Miller lectures to a stu
dents class at the Presbyterian
Church and Dean w. w. Charters has
a similar class at the Baptist Church.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
SCOUTS TO BE OWN COOKS
Local Troop viii Hike to Hinkson
Creek Friday.

Each member of the Columbia Boy
Scouts organization who attends the
overnight camping trip to Hinkson
Creek Friday night will have to pre-
pare his own meals. This was decid-
ed at the meeting of the scouts at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Building last night. The
boys will hike to the HinksOn and re =
turn home Saturday morning.
On account of the small attendance
last night. the election of the troop
president was postponed until next
week. The troop president is not one
of the regular officers of the Boy
Scouts, but H. NJ. McPheeters, the To-
cal scout commissioner, says that he
believes the creation of such an office
here will give the boys good training.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN
"Wednesday, June %, 1915)
VI. U. is PREPARED FOR WAR.

Almost all newspapers and maga-
zines are printing articles which IT.
some way connect the United States
with war In almost every instance
our strength is compared with that
of one of the present belligerents
That Uncle Sam would be unmerciful-
ly beaten in war is the wall of these
alarmists. In this connection it is
interesting to Missourians that the
cadet corps at this University is
ranked by the army officials as among
the best ten in this country
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
KEEPING KAISER WELL A JOB
Elaborate Precautions Are Taken to
Prevent EmperOr's Illness.

Prevent EmperOTS illness.
By United Press
AMSTERDAM, June % (By Mail to
New York; The Kaiser's health is
being safeguarded these days with
characteristic German thoroughness,
according to information reaching
here from Berlin.
The most elaborate precautions are
taken to prevent his even catching d
cold. Whenever he goes to either
of the fronts he is accompanied by a
small army of physicians and nurses
whose first duty is to ascertain wheth
er there is any epidemic prevalent in
the district, whether the air is SUIT
able for his majesty's lungs. and
whether the humidity is such as might
cause rheumatic pains.
IT, in spite of all precautionary
measures the Kaiser acquires a cold,
he is Immediately put to bed, all visi-
tors are refused admission, he is
swathed in all sorts of poultices, takes
an enormous quantity of pills and
powders, and exacts thousand and
one cares.
Meanwhile special sanitation work
is pursued. His temporary home is
disinfected, both inside and outside,
score of times daily. The room
where he reposes is constantly
sprayed with special chemical pre-
parations, and those of his suite who
cough, or have been i'll even some
time before, or who use a handker-
chief too frequently, are not permit
ted within hailing distance of the
room.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
Imprisonment.
By United Press.

Imprisonment
BY United Press.
ATLANTA, Ga, June 23.-The
shadow of death hung over Leo Nj.
Frank for two years before his SEN
tence was finally commuted to life
irlnrisonment. He sought to escape
it by every means, nothing in law or
criminal procedure being overlooked
that would prevent him from going
to his death. Court appeals were
taken so that three times he has stood
before judges and heard them pro-
noumce the death sentence. He has
been in court rooms of every descrip-
ton and has spent his days in prisons,
and city jails.
Resides the efforts made by his
relatives and friends, there has been
a nation wide spectacular appeal in
his behalf. Bulky petitions have
been returned from every city of i'm
pCrtance in the country bearing the
la.nes of thousands asking that he
he extended clemency. And these pc
;itions were not passively circulated.
Newspapers gave publicity to them.
Sneakers took them and passed them
around after street corner meetings.
Meetings were held in auditOriums
at which able orators presented his
case and then asked that the petition
be signed.
Frank is a Jew. Foremost in his
behalf have been the Jewish people
Of the United States. They have work
ed for his release, in many ways, pro-
viding funds for his great legal fight,
throwing the sentiment Of their strong
organizations in his favor and making
a unanimous appeal that he be spared.
Always Declared His Innocence.
Not the least spectacular incident
of the long fight has been the con-
tnued insistence of his innocence
made by Frank himself.
Il am being made blood sacrifice"
he declared dramatically, when he
was sentenced the second time. "The
state of Georgia wills that my life be
taken as blood atonement for the
poor little girl who was ruthlessly
killed by another" Frank has main
tained at all times that he did not
kill the girl.
Franks birthplace was Paris, Tex.
His father and mother moved to
Brooklyn, n. Y, while he was still a
baby and he was reared there. He
was graduated from Cornell Univer-
sity, and moved to Atlanta six years
ago. He married a Jewess two years
later and made a permanent home.
He became prominent in Jewish
church and social life and was at one
time president of the Society of B'nai
Birth.
He is of slight build, with dark
hair and eyes. He wears large glasses
and appears to be of studious dis
position. AS superintendent of the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23

his lecture to the needs of the COM
munity he visits.
This is the first appointment of one
man to devote a regular amount of
time to this work of the University
Extension Division. In other years
lectures have been given at intervals
by members of the University faculty.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
Y. W. c. A.. Adding to Membership.

Y. W. c. A.. Adding to Membership.
Thirty-seven applications for mem-
bership in the Y. w. c. A. have been
received and others have expressed
their intention to join. Programs are
being arranged for regular weekly
meetings to be held at Read Hall.
At the first meeting, tomorrow might
at o'clock. the Rev. NJ. A. Hart Of
the Christian Church will speak.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
HANDMAN IN EXTENSION WORK
Sociology Teacher VIII Give Hall
Time to Outside Lecturing.

Max S. Handman of the sociology
department of the University. Will
spend half of his time next year in
extension work lectures ON sociology
and related problems. He will adapt
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
Frank Closely Questioned.

Frank, being the last person to see
the girl alive, was closely questioned.
Then Conley finally declared that
Frank killed the girl on the second
floor of the factory and finding him in
the building. compelled him to dis
pose of the body.
Conley was cross-examined by able
lawyers, but his story was never dis
credited in court The defense held
to the theory that he had killed the
girl himself and implicated Frank i'm
order to save his own neck.
One interesting incident of the case
was the investigation made by De-
tective William ]. Burns. Burns de-
clareI his belief in Franks innocence.
There was much indignation aroused
at the methods which Burns and his
operatives are said to have employed.
They were charged with intimidating
witnesses and framing evidence.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-23
LEO Nj. FRANKS FIGHT FOR LIFE
Shadow of Death Hung Over Man Con-
victed of the Murder OF Mary Phagan
for Two Years.

National Pencil factory he was re-
spected.
Mary Phagan, the murdered girl,
was IA years old, but advanced in
development and considered extreme
Iy pretty. She was employed in the
factory where Frank was superinten-
dent. She was the step-daughter of
]. w. Coleman, her father having
died and her mother remarked.
She had a sister and a brother.
Principal Witness a Negro.
The principal witness against Frank
Vas James Conley, a negro, employed
as a sweeper in the pencil factory.
Cooley told the story that Frank had
compelled him to help dispose of the
girls body after he had seen Frank
knock the child unconscious and
slrangle her. Conley was convicted
of being an accessory and served
one year in the Georgia penitenti-
arN. Conley declared Frank was a
degenerate.
During the first trial public senti-
ment was so aroused against Frank
that it was feared he might be lynch
ed. This fear led to the arrangement
being made that he would not be
brought into the courtroom when the
verdict was returned. And this ar
rangement formed the basis for his
appeal to the higher courts on the
ground that he had been denied one
of his constitutional rights-that of
being in the court room at every stage
o; TIC procedure.
The verdict of guilty was followed
by a monster demonstration which
was participated in by thousands of
persons
Then came the long fight through
different courts and at the end failure.
The murder, whoever committed it,
was brutal one. Mary Phagan left
her home on the afternoon of Satur-
day, April 26, 1913. The Confederate
Memorial Day was being celebrated
and the child expected to participate
in the celebration. She went to the
factory to collect a small sum which
was due her for work there, not
knowing that the other employees had
been notified to call the previous day
for their pay. She arrived at the
factory shortly after noon. Accord
ing to Franks story he gave the girl
isnr money and she left.
But she did not return homs- that
night and her body was not fornd
until $3.50 o'clock the following MORN |
ing. Newt Lee, night watchman,
found the girls body in the cellar of
the factory. She had been beaten |
about the face, her clothing was torn
and cord was wrapped tightly around
l.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
SOAP CRUSADE ON NOW
DR.. Goldwater Wants II Used
in Public Schools.

Health Commissioner Goldwater
made public yesterday a letter 10 the
Board Of Education urging the In
stallstion OF wash basins, soap and
towels in public schools.
Discussing the spread OF disease
through uncleanliness in recent pub
LEGATION DR.. Bolduan, Of the depart
ment's bureau Of public health educa-
ton, advised teachers to see that pu-
pills washed their hands with soap and
water. Investigation has disclosed that
the Board Of Education failed to sup
ply towels and soap and that wash
basins had not Deen placed in schools
since 1900.
1--WE wish to urge that in the budget
Of your department for 1916 provision
be made for wash basins and for paper
towels for use in connection there
with" wrote DR.. Goldwater. This IS
a legitimate item Of expense and we
do not believe that objection TO 1t, II
made, can be successfully sustained.
Considerations of health and OF com
mon decency demand that the existing
defect should be remedied."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
FIRE RECORD.

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20

Fifteen girl members of the senior
class at Curtis High School were Wills
pering together about their stolen RAIN
coats, gloves and fountain pens when
Miss Bessie Armstrong was arraigned
before Magistrate Joseph b. Handy IN
the New Brighton, Staten Island, police
court yesterday morning. Nervously
tossing to her father a red rose with
which she had been toying, she walked
resolutely to the clerks desk and took
her stand beside the complainant, Mrs.
Marie H. Young, a Brooklyn detective.
Two minutes later, accompanied by
Miss Butler, a Salvation Ar-ly worker,
the girl left the courtroom, ran down
Lafayette Avenue and caught trolley
car for her home, 1852 Richmond Ter
race. BY agreement OF Mrs. Young
Principal Daniel Feldman and Frederick
W. Clifford, the girls lawyer, she was
exonerated Of all guilt and the charge
of petty larceny was dismissed.
Magistrate Handy insisted that the
reasons for thus settling the case be
read into the record.
1.-THE youth of the defendant" die
tated Assistant District Attorney Nor
ton; circumstances surrounding the
alleged crime and the attitude of the
various persons intimately concerned
with the case"
"I'm glad that the case has been dis
posed Of in this way" commented the
magistrate with kindly smile at the
youthful defendant Her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William X. Armstrong,
thanked Mr.. Young and Principal Field
man for arranging to have the charge
against Bessie dropped.
rf-I E.tL~-
az shall have her consult a specialist
on mental diseases as soon as she gets
rested after this ordeal" said Mr. Arm
strong after court adjourned. There's
no doubt in my mind that Bessie was
demented when she took those things.
She was sick for six months in 1913
had a complete nervous breakdown
and was in bed, attended by two doc
tors. She has been working very hard
10 make up the work she lost at that
time, hoping TO graduate with her
class. She would have taken her final
examinations and received her diploma
next Thursday if this charge had not
been made"
Both parents insist that the girl was
able TO smuggle things into private
closet In her own room without their
knowledge. "She must have done it
like a crow" exclaimed her father.
"She did not want to sell the things,
and she did not feel the need of more
spending money. When she was grad
uated from Public School IS gave her
A piano. She has had everything q
girl could wish"
"She was charged with taking two
marked dollar bills from a handbag
iaf, in the coat room by the detective,
Mrs. Young" said the lawyer. at is
true that she took the money, but she
tells me that she intended 10 deposit
IL with the principal. She was afraid
that il would be stolen II left in a con-
spicuous place in the coat room. Before
she could get down to the principals
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
Girl School Robber Set Free;
Will Have Her Sanity Tested
Court Exoneraes Her of All Guilt and ohe flans e
Resume Studies in Fall-"She Got On
Easv" Some Classmates Say

Office to explain her action the detective
caught her. That explains the speclhc
charge which was made against her"
Several of Bessie's classmates who
refused to testify against her were IN
court in response to telephone sum
monses from Principal Feldman. They
identified their property in the collec-
ton of stolen goods found at the girls
home. One of the girls declared that
she had a dispute with Bessie over the
ownership of a pair of white tennis
shoes. They are mine and she knew
il all the time" she said, as she pulled
from under her arm q bundle contain
ING the shoes. "But even to-day, now
that it is all over, Bessie tried to say
that they belonged to her."
May Go Back to School
This anecdote served TO create a
slight revulsion Of opinion against the
Armstrong girl among half dozen OF
her classmates who were in court. she
got off easy and she knew what she was
doing" they said, in spite Of the album
dant evidence to show that Curtis High
School. as a whole, stands by Bessle's
story. Most OF the students feel that
the loss OF a diploma TO an unusually
bright student like Bessie is SUFFICIENT
punishment. .
Mr.. Clifford gave out a statement
last night saying that Miss Armstrong
would re-enter Curtis High School IN
September, continue her studies and
graduate in February. He said that
She had not been expelled from school
and that she was entitled 70 enter Cur
It's or any other school taking girl stu
dents. Principal Feldman said FRIDAY
that her re-entering Curtis would de,
pend on the action Of the board OF
superintendents.