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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Federal Officers Return

H. A. Skeggs, United States marshal, and George Brown. deputy marshal. have returned from Anamosa, Iowa, where they took 30 women convicted in the United States court at Anniston. They enjoyed stay of two days in Chicago on their return and speak in glowing terms of the windy city.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
TEMPLE EMANUEL
 SUNDAY SCHOOL

pr. Morris Newfieid of the Temple Emanu-El, announces that owing to the holiday season. the regular sessions of the Sunday school will be dispensed with today and next Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
The Ulster View

London November Editorial Correspondence )An at tempt has been made by the American editors study the Irish question Irish soil They have made Belfast the stronghold of Ulerm and they have interviewed representa- tves of all classes official and unofficial labor employer and employe and they have heard the and independent Ireland pleaded by the becos generals captains of Sim Fenism The Ulster will be in this letter land the Sim Fein later
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22
Order Your Indiana

Go see him or phone him now.
 The following are the present prices of all Indiana models, F. o. B. Marion, Ind: 1-Ton, $2150; 1h-Ton, $260O; 2-Ton, $2S0o; F Ton, $3450; 5-Ton, $46O0; the lowest prices at which absolutely depend able trucks can be built
 Write. us for our Hauling Cost Book it is free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

Go to our Indiana dealer today and order your truck.
 twill probably make you money as an investment to order at once-and we know 1t will make you money Ss an earner.
 Every Indiana dealer is authorized to give you that guarantee in writing at the time you order your Indiana.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

We have protected you throughout the war. We have built Government Trucks and thus used part of our production fa- cilities to win the war-but have hot taken advantage whatever of the situation to in flate prices.
 Now say to you that you are abso- lutely protected in your Indiana Truck pur- chase against future reductions.
 We absolutely guarantee Indiana Truck prices up to and including June 1st, 1919.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

and we protect you thus against loss in the event of reduction in price of materials
 97 per cent of your truck is labor
 Labor has not come down.
 And the United States Steel Corporation. the worlds largest employer, says it viii not.
 The whole world today bids for material for reconstruction work :
 We expect that Indiana Trucks will stay at present prices for some time in view of these facts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-22

(COntinued on Page Ten)
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

ing. wife OF the Secretary OF State
! led in funds raised in the first days
drive, with $1s,51O. The next best
effort was by the team OF Sidney
West, which reported S11,122.
Campaign At Keith'S.
B. F. Keith's Theater started the
weeks campaign by collecting $1.672
at two performances The drive at
Heiths was ushered in.by a "baIly-
hoo" performance by the Camp Meigs
Military Band, directed by Sergeant
Deming, formerly Of the Damrosch
Orchestra
The Red Cross bazaar in the
promenade lounge was opened at T:3O
o'clock last night. Frederic J. Has
kin officiated at the Chinese auc-
ton"
Henry White, former ambassador
to France. was the speaker at the
evening performance
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

found by the police lodged IN the
plasterinE OF the walls.
The policemen who surrounded the
house included L!eUtenants Bremen
man and Conlon, Detectives Wright,
Beckley, and Policemen Trice, Kenny,
Flaharty and Waller. All OF the po-
liccmen fred at the negro, but most
Of the shots went wild.
Copeland came to Washin gtOn IN
January from Kansas City. Mo. He
was born in South Carolina He
worked until several weeks ago for
Austin Brothers at Indian Head, Nd.
Sought ~ Witness.
Deputy Sheriff McParIan came here
last night to get Copeland to return
with him to Indian Head to appear
against another negro employe, who
was to be tried there tomorrow on
the charg eof obtaining money by
fraud. II is said that Copeland knew
OF the other negro alleged pecula-
tions. and was considered an i'm
portnat witness.
PraIse fer Victims
Speaking OF the untimely death Of
the two policemen. Commissioner
BrownIow said:
Both Lieutenant Dunigan and
Private Conrad wer faithful serv-
ants OF the city. brave men and true.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

Reaching the house on CarroiburE
street. the home Of hts half brother
Arthur Sond. Copeland shouted L.
Bond 10 let him Iu.
"A man with badge came 4, mo
and ] refused To 20 with him" said
opeland. He then went FOR n po-
Hccmsn and when the police man
came I shot him
In the oNchanE" OF shots that were
fred. the back windows OF the Louise
WUTe SpIlntered and bullets were
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
TIMES REPORTER
TELLS CONFESSION
MADE BY DENTIST
fcontinued ION - Par,.l

Continued rom First PaEsl
him prepare a series Of statements
for the press"
At this juncture Harry Smith q
Johnson's counsel questioned Gill a.
length as to why he did not print tire
statement
Gill replied that johnson had prom
ised to send a telegram releasing the
statement for publication and that II
never came"
II produced It at this trial only
after the commemorative attorney
had ordered me to do so. he said.
Attorney Smith asked Gil. You
were prepared to go the limit to get
a scoop weren't you:T
"No. / wouldn't say I would 20 the
limit for a scoop, the witness an
swered-
To Get n Scoop.
Smith continued hammering away
at the witness along the line that hs
had come to Richmond TO get a SCOOP
for his paper"
"I did get some scoops, and print
ed them, too" Gill said.
Finally Gill was alloYed to ten
what johnson told him were his rea-
sons for doing awav with his wife.
He told me that he had been tarp-
ped by Alice knight into marrying
her. Shortly before he came to Rich
mond to marry her he said that he
had received from her three tele-
grams in one day telling him there
were imperative reasons why he
must come here and mary her.
johnson told me that he tried
again to commit suicide rather than
mary this woman when the girl n
really loved was Ollie White.
After the marriage in September,
Johnson returned to Middlesex, y. G,
his home, and three days later he
said he received a letter from Alice,
his bride, saying that she was all
right physically.
johnson said that this informa-
ton made him almost crazy. He said
that he was separated forever from
the girl he loved by q woman who
had deliberately deceived and trapped
him
'It was then that he determined TO
end his own life, because the witness
said he would rather be dead than
point to Alice Knight as the mother
OF his children
should Net PrOat.
johnson told me that he ha4
$4,000 in insurance, and when he
thought Of suicide he decided that the
woman who had wrecked his life
should not get his insurance and
profit by what he had dona
johnson told me that he had promised
his seven-year-old brother an education
n he would stop smoking cigarettes He
said that had Alice liver she would have
claimed his insurance money and robbed
his brother OF an education
when asked by the defense whether
Johnson had told him. how. when. and
where he gave the poisoned capsule u
his wife. GIL replied that he was not In
or not johnson was innocent or guilty.
terested In those details. but in whether
Those, matters" GIL said. were to b
dealth with in subsequent statementA
Counsel for the defense has asked
that a NE OF The Washington Tines
with all articles written By GIL b
produced in court Some OF theSs
will be used as evidence.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

I va sgre9tIy shocked BY the nsws
OF the tw okiutngS The bsreaved
families have, an sure, the deepest
sympathy of all the people Of wash
ington."
Major Pullman. superintendent CT
police, said that Lieut. Dunnigan and
Policeman Conrad had made . su-
preme sacrifice in the faithful perfor-
nance Of their duty.
TO them" he said, -ths city NAV
well accord the same honors which
are given to the men who go down In
the battlefield in the performance OF
military duty"
Mrs. McParlan was called to
Washington this morning BY officials
OF the Austin Construction Company.
She lived with her husband at Indian
Head. where he was traffic chief for
the company. Mrs McParIan was not
informed OF the tragedy until her ar
rival here. She was prostrated.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
HALF OF QUOTA
IN RED CROSS
DRIVE WILL Be
RAISED TODAY.

When tDdsy's Red Cross drive is
concluded half OF the $500 900 mini
mum quota Of Washington's mercy
dollars will have been raised, accord
ing to all signs early this afternoon.
With a whirlwind rush that swept
away all doubt OF reaching the uIti-
mate goal, the army of Red Cross So
ltcitatton had collected up to noon to-
day & total OF S33, 3,4l6.2S as the Ma
uonsl CapitaNs contribution to the
war service fund OF the batleheld's
ministering angel
S1O6,J6O9s During Forenoon.
At a meeting at noon today at the
willard of all teams which have can
vassed the city since the drive opened
early yesterday this amount was re-
ported The sum of S1O6,56O. was
collected this morning. The team
captained by Mrs. Henry r Rhea
was in the lead in todays collections
with {34,2s6 to its credit
Charles Henry Butler presided at to
days session Of the Red Cross work
era
Tomorrow night IS the time limit
set by many officials OF the move
ment for Washington 10 go over the
top with its half f-milliOn-dollar quota
Thursday the army OF solicitation will
plunge forward, determined to reach
the milllon-dollar mark, or twice the
minimum figure, by Saturday night
Earl Of Reading Speaks.
WAshington's first Red Cross drive
day had fauItless finish. At Liberty
Hut the Earl Of Reading, the Brit
ish ambassador, and Lieutant General
Bridges addressed a mammoth crowd
In observance OF British Night" the
nights. in honor Of the nations al
lies.
The Earl OF Reading paid a warm
tribute to the stamina OF Americas
lighters and praised highly the work
OF the American Red Cross In Europe.
Davis Introduces Bridges.
John W. Davis, solicitor general
for the Department OF Justice, intro
duced the British ambassador.
when a man goes over the top
and thinks he may have to lie out
on the field without attention" said
General Bridges, he will not go with
luG same spirit as ne does Wnen ne
knows, even though he may be Sc
Verely wounded. he will be back to
Q clean bed in a short time, The
American Red Cross has guaranteed
this"
- David BiBpham gave an excellent
program OF songs, assisted by Harry
II. Gilbert.
Al Muratori, the French tenor. to-
night will be at Liberty Hut, where
other features are offered in observ-
Gnce OF French night" The program
will begin at o'clock and there will
be no admission fee.
Justin Godsrt, member Of the
French Chamber OF Deputies. will be
the principal speaker.
There will be free motion pictures
on the south steps OF the Treasury
at S o'clock tonight
Contributions from a multitude OF
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

sources poured into Red Cross head
quarters today. The ItalO-American
Masonic Club sent $40. representing
the collective gifts of its members.
Henry B. +. Macfarland, chairman
OF the war fund committee, made this
announcement at yesterdays meet
ingof team workers:
81 am authorized by Bernard NJ
BRruch to state that he has decided
to contribute in all to the Red Cross
War Fund Of 1918 $4,000, OF which
he win give at least ope-hElf, or
S25. 900, through our committee, be-
lieving that. men like himself here
for war work should give in part at
least through the National Capital to
this common national cause"
The public will be kept informed
OF the progress OF the campaign, in
addition to newspaper reports, by
eight indicators showing subscription
totals. A special clock will be at
Fifteenth and New York avenue
northwest on the National Savings
and Trust Bank and a novel indica-
tor will be stationed in front OF
Lansburgh's on Seventh street, with
a figure of a Red Cross nurse point
ing to the total subscribed.
Singers At Treasury.
The War Relief Singers Club will
be at the Little Thester. on the south
steps OF the Treasury, at 4:3O o'clock
this afternoon. chorus OF thirty
five voices, under direction Of r
Mills Silby. will be heard. NOVEL;
S. Ferries will be accompanist.
Nine. Carolyn Bartlett. operate
singer, who assisted in establishing
one OF the six largest hospitals in
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
Red Cross Activities
Today

Eoon-An team workers assem-
BILE at the ballroom OF the VIII
lard Hotel 70 hear team reports
and brief speeches.
1890 and 40 o'clock Music
and speeches ct the Little The
ater." north front Of the Treas
ury.
S o'Clock-'French Night" at
Liberty Hut; Justin Godart ard
b ether French speakers will be
heard; Lucie1 MuTatore, tenor, OF
the Metropolitan Opera Co -npany,
will sing.
$50 o'CIock-Show new Red
Cross motion pictures at Liberty
Hut Of workers in France. and
also pictures depicting scenes uf
troops in ucuon on the Western
'front.' Eutire change Of program
from last night.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
IgS Gossip

AND SHE'D put on a coat.
AND PUT her hands on her hips
OR WHERE her hips were.
BEFORE SHE reduced.
AND SHE walked around.
AND THERE was another woman
WHO WOULD look at her.
AND BY that time.
MY WIFE came out
WITH A saleslady.
WHO CALLED her dearis-
AND so far as I knew.
SHE'D NEVER seen her before
AND THE suit my wife had
/ DIDN'T like it
AND THEY well all disappointed
AND THE saleslady said
IT WAS the latest thing.
AND THAT they were different .
AND THEY went back again
INTO THE little room
AND IT wa. warm.
AND WHEREVER I looked.
COULD see myself.
IN THE mirrors
AND I was sitting there
HOLDING MY wife's bag.
AND A woman looked At me.
AND LAUGHED.
AND I knocked on the door.
OF THB little room.
AND SAID:
HERES YOUR bag.
GET ANYTHING you ike
I'm GOING"
AND / went
THANK you.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

THE TELEPHONE rang.
AND IT was my wife.
AND SHE said:
I'VE FOUND a suit.
WHAT 1 think l like.
BUT l don't want to buy it
TILL YOU see it.
Il WISH you'd come down"
AND SHE told me where.
AND I went down.
AND SEARCHED around.
THROUGH A lot of salesladies.
AND WAX figures.
AND FOUND her.
AND WHEREVER l went.
THERE WERE mirrors
AND ALL the time.
I COULD see myself.
AND ON the whole floor.
l WAS the only man
AND l was nervous.
BECAUSE ALL around me.
THERE WERE women
IN FRONT of mirrors.
AND I sat down.
AND RIGHT in front Of me-
THERE WERE dressing rooms.
AND ALL the time.
l KEPT looking in them.
l COULDN'T help It
AND I was embarrassed
AND CHANGED seats
AND THERE was a lady.
A PERFECT eighty-f0r.
OR FORTY-EGHT.
OR WHATEVER it was
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
CAPTAIN HALL ALIVE
IN GERMAN PRISON

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
LORRAINE. May 20 CnighD.-Capt
James Norman Hall. ofColfaI. Iowa,
who was brought down behind the
German lines May Z, is alive in a
German hospital. It was learned today.
He is wounded. but not dangerously.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
TO PROBE CITY COUNCIL.

ATLANTA. Ga. May PA commit
tee Of ave citizens has been named to
make a searching probe OF the city
council. The investigation is the re-
suit OF rumors that councilmen have
pTofted By city contracts for sup
plies
The Washington times., 1918-05-21

France. told an audience in the
and Kennedy streets northwest, last
night, OF her Red Cross work
The team led by Mrs. Robert Lans-
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
PROOF OF SIM FEM
PLOT WITH FOE AT HAND

LONDON, May 21--ofreiaI ~
denee Of completely between stnA
Feinn leaders and Germany Vin -
made public shortly. 1t was lssrRS1
here today.
The Washington times., 1918-05-21
PRIVATE YACHTS an BAD"

All private yachts would Be -
out OF commission. under an Ord0R
contemplated by the Fuel Admins
tration. il became known today.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20
THRIFT STAMP AWARDS.

Prizes donated by the Hussman Lum
Der company of Cottonwood to schools
IN Idaho county in the thrift stamp con
test were awarded as follows:
First prizes inethrift Stamps, to
Denver school, MISC Edna Mcdonald
teacher; purchased 54.75i worth of
stamps and averaged #7-3T a pupil
Second prize-S5 in thrift stamps,
won by Greeacreek school, Sister NJ.
Dominica teacher. This school pur-
chased $40 worth of stamps averaging
$3.50 pupil.
Third prize-s2 in, sshrift stamps,
awarded to Icicle Flat school, Miss Len
nis Pulen teacher This school pur-
'hascd 500 worth of stamps, averaging
'4.ll pupil.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20

formerly resided in Grangevlile, an,
have many friends here who have wei
coined them back. Another daughter
Miss Harriet, is in school in Minnesota
George l.. Esh, well-known Elk City
business man arrived in Grangeville
Tuesday night for a motor truck which
he had been having equipped here, and
in company with Alfred Franklin, the
Elk City blacksmith, is preparing to
leave with the truck for Elk City. Mr..
Esh viii use the truck in the stage bust
ness between Elk City and Orogrande
and Elk City and Dixie. Mr.. Franklin.
who is an experienced machinist. will
handle the carson the stage line. 1t is
the plan to make three round
trips each week from Elk City to both
Orogrande and Dixie. Mr.. Esh was a
caller at the Free Press office while in
grangeville and ordered big supply
Of printing to be used in the stage
business.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20

in order to reach Grangevile, which i
not more than fifty miles from his start
ing point.
Mr.. and Mrs. p E. Ellis of Site.
were in Grangeville this week visit
ing relatives and friends. Mr.. r.hi.
who is proprietor of the drug store and
telephone service in Sites, also owns
the telephone line between Sites and
Elk City. He recently was engaged in
repairing the Stites-Elk City telephone
line, which had been rendered in poor
working condition by reason of trees
having fallen over it.
b. F. Taylor, former resident of the
Boles section, and pioneer stockman of
Idaho county, was an arrival in Grange
vile Tuesday evening from Two Dot,
Mont, where he has been for the last
year engaged in the stock business. Mr..
Taylor, who still calls Idaho county his
home, will 90 from here to Boles. to
look after business interests. He owns
large tract of land across the Salmon
river and also has livest5ck ON the range
there.
j. T. Richards was AM arrival last
night from Montana, where he enjoyed
two weeks vacation trip. He visited
Butte and AIissoula and while away
tried to enlist in the II. S. army, but
was told to wait until the president signs
the bill providing for increase of the
age limit for enlistment. Mr.. Richards
also tried to enlist in AIissoula and
passed all physical tests. His age only
was against him. In Butte, Mr.. Richards
was entertained by the w. w. Bowman
family, late of Grangeville. He found
.he Bowmans well and prosperous.
Mrs II. l.. Hanson and three children.
Iomer, Hartwick and Margaret, have ar
wed in Grangeville fiona Aberdeen, Wn..
o Join Mr. Hansen, and viii make their
ome here. They are residing in the
l.. Leonard house Mr.. Hanson
ome months ago accepted a position in
ne men S furnishing department of the I
80 4 F. store, but his family remained
Aberdeen, the former home, until the b
inclusion of the school year. They il
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20
LOCAL NEWS IN BRIEF

On Fishing Tfip-C. e. Krakau an'
\ 2 the Rev. H. J. Wood have gone t.
II Moore s lake on fishing trip.
WANTED - Experienced chamber
maid. Enquire Imperial hotel. 81
Son Is Born-A son was born Tues
day evening to Mr.. and Mrs. r. R
I DIFFER, of near Fem. The birth was re
ported by DR.. P. J. scallon.
e If you are itching for a new home
let us help you scratch Hussman Lum-
Der Co. Building Doctors.' 5-tf
Licensed to Marry-A marriage
license was issued Wednesday by the
} clerk OIL the district court to Otto p
Aicblmayr and Mary M. scherer, both
Of Cottonwood.
. WANTED AT ONCE Tractor engine,
10 or IA horsepower engine, Advance,
Case of Russell. Enquire of D. s. Ham
ilton, Grangeville Hotel. sis
Civil Service Exam-The Z. S. Civil
Service commission announces an ex-
animation will be held at Kamiah July
13 to fill a contemplated vacancy in the
position of postmaster at Woodland. The
office paid 1908 for he last fiscal year.
Chautauqua, Grangeville July 81.
Band Concert-The Cowboy band
rendered a pleasing concert Wednesday
evening on the pavilion at thc foot Of
the county flag pole. 1t was an i'm
promptu affair, but the band plans
weekly concerts after the chautauqua.
Friday evenings have been set for the r
concerts.
Geo. NJ. Reed buys Mortgages. 1-tf
Watch Tractor Work-Fifty farmers |
and other persons were much inter S
ested in observing the operation Of |
Trundaar tractor in a field seevral miles T
west of Grangeville Saturday after
noon. The tractor, which is of the \
caterpillar type, was used in blowing "
The agency for the tractor is held by n
T. M. Atwood & Sons of Grangeville. t,
What can we do for you today? Huss- r,
man Lumber Co. 5-tf
Fray Saie-The Albert Fray safe held h
Tuesday, was attended by what was Il
perhaps the largest number of persons W
WI have attended a public sale on Of
Oamas Prairie in years. The sale total ii
ed about $4,000, but it was felt that m
higher prices would have been realized
had rain previously fallen to insure J.,
greater crops. One team sold for 1850; d,
to 3-yearold steers, $s1; yearling g.
teers, $3.50, and yearling heifers, $40. -,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20
PERSONAL
!: :.

w. A. Jones, who successfully engi-
neered the Border Days celebration at
Boles last week. was visitor in
Grangeville this week, and was all aglow
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20

Miles S. johnson, Lewiston attorney
will deliver the Independence day speech
in Grangeville. Herewith is the pro
gram of Independence day exercises to
take place in Grangeville:
Morning.
Parade and patriotic pageant. Line
Of march from court house to Hall s
park.
Patriotic band music at park.
Special vocal quartet numbers by
Serenaders' Glee club from chautauqua
talent.
Patriotic address by Miles S. Johnson
of Lewiston.
Basket dinner
Afternoon.
Baseball game at high school park
for benefit of Red Cross. Five innings
of funny baseball between members of
the Cowboy band and members of the
fire department. Cowboys will wear
chaps and firemen will wear hose.
Game called at 1870 p. m. Seth Jones,
umpire.
Chautauqua program at l. o. o. F.
opera house, both afternoon and even
ing and grand ball in Dreamland hall
in the evening.
Arrangements for the parade are be-
ing made by committee consisting of
DR. F. E. Wood and A. J. Maugg. The
natter of securing a speaker was left
% committee headed by Mayor Y. f.