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THE ROGERS MURDER
Continued from First Page

contain a soul but the two persons,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers. He left her
there shortly after 4 o'clock and he
returned after 8 o'clock When he
opened tho door to the upstairs back
room, it struck an object on the floor.
He afterwards ascertained, after
striking a match, that 1t was his own
wife. He Immediately gave the alarm
and notified her mother, Mrs. Patsy
Young. who is cook at Hartshorn
Mcmor'a College. 1t seems, then,
that he was the last person to see
her al We and the first person to see
her dead
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FOLLOWING MURDER CLUE.

III the meantime. the detectives are
still at work, and should the threads
i evidence justify il Will make an ar
est rs soon as they deem the time
roper to pursue such a course. Mrs.
'atsE Young is Of the opinion that
yer daughter did not die by her own
land
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mate any one that could be suspected
81 the crime. All vacated the room
but the jury. and in Il snort time
they decided that it did not look like
Il case of suicide, but murder at the
hands of party or parties unknown
the jury.
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INFORMATION WANTED.

viii some one please furnish mo
with the information as to the where
abouts of Walter Perry, Colored? IL
so, address, J. THOMAS HEWIN,
Attornoy-at law, 613 North Second
street, Richmond, Va.
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tHen with her. Mrs. Patsy Young
stated that she was called to the
house, about O'Clock that Tuesday
night and when she got there Mr..
Rogers, the husband, was at the top
Of the stairs.
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A QUESTION OF A DIVORCE.

She had heard her daughter say
that she intended to find out if it
were true, but Rogers had never told
her that he had been married before
or had been divorced. The new hat
that Esther V. Rogers had purchased
FOR her own use from the Cohen Com
pany, lay on the table in the Cor
oner's room, and beside it was n blue
steel .32- caliber revolver, empty. 1t
belonged to Rogers, or rather had
been laying around the house for
some time. Mrs. Young remembered
seeing it there, she said. 1t usually
had only one cartridge in the cham
Der II was this bullet that had end
ed the life Of tue unfortunate woman.
But who fred It?
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SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION MEETING

The lRichmond Sunday School I'M
ion OF the Virginia b. S. S. Conven
ton wilt meet at the Fifth Street
Baptist Church Sunday evening, $3.50
O'Clock. Good program.
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OTHER WITNESSES.

Tho testimony Of many other wit
nesses only dealt with the fact that
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with her husband. No evidence was
adduced to show that there had been
"nv ill-fee ing between them. On the
other hand. one of tho -"'tnn""os tos-
titled that when he saw her going up
tho street, she had a box in her hand
that looked like hat box. and she
was laughing. Her husband was
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ILOVE THEE, COLUMBIA.

"~~ @~ A1~1~A9 WIZ ~@A1~AAA
NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM
dedicated to the People Of the United States)
love thee, Columbia fair land Of the west, J
BY nature with lavish hand bountcousy best
Thy streams sparkling silver, thy plains waving gold,
ny lakes heavens mirrors, thy peaks towering bold;
Where the palm leaves the
And the fruits of the West and the East ncrtwinc.
y refuge from oppression,
Thou home of liberty;
Whose starry banner shelters
Erccmcn, forever free
love thee Columbia, for patriots died
TO wrcst thee from yrants that justice denied.
Thy sons blcd to save, from disruption and shame,
Thy banner OF stars and thy glory and fame,
That still, from thy shores there may ring the sea
The watchword of freedom, the song of the free
Chorus.
| love thee, Columbia. In progress and toll,
In love for thee rival the of thy SOIL
From the lakes to the Gulf, from Atantic's wild
TO ma este lacifcs gold glistcnng shore
Were Toe thee to threaten, thy name to dcspisc
Thy SONS i'll invnciblc ranks would arise.
| love thee, Columbia, and, thee,
I'll strive for thy glory 9 land Of the free.
May Justice to ALL be thy motto SO brave,
Wherc none shall be master, and none shall be slave"
A Nation united, will stand
Our hearts pledged to thee, dear native land.
Chorus.
My own, loved country, thou the goal!
Throughout all the world spread the reign of thy soul!
g guide thou the nations, and bear thou the light
o mankind still SUIT ring i'll bondage and night
That freedom and peace with the blessing divine
Prevail DER the earth and the glory be thine!
Chorus
HENRY G. kosr, 472 T. Saith ST., New York, n Y
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WROTE WITH RIGHT HAND.

She always wrote with her right
hand. Mr.. Rogers, her husband, was
asked about 1t and he testified that
she was left-handed, and could use
ono hand as we'll as she could tho
other. Mr.. William Morris, proprie-
tor of Morris Cafeteria, where Esther
V. Morris had been employ as head
waitress, testified that he saw the
box at his place for one or two days
He started to throw it out, but found
that 1t contained furs. That day the
box disappeared and he presumed she
took 1t home with her. She seemed
to be in good spirits that day. She
was jolly. - i |
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ATTORNEY SMITH RETAINED.

Hon. II. M. Smith, Jr., was present
TO represent Robert Lee Rogers, the
husband. He questioned the Coroner,
who admitted that at first he thought
1t was n case Of suicide. Mr.. Smith
"antch TO know what he thought now.
Coroner Whitfield smiled and said
that he did not deem 1t proper for
him to say ""hat he thought of the
case now. Attorney J. r. Pollard
"as present representing tho prosecu-
ton, and endeavoring to bring out
any facts that would tend to incrim-
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THE HOLE IN THE HAT

y hole III the brim Of the new hat
showed that the ball had passed
through it while she was trying the
hat on her head, for there were no
syn of any hat pin anywhere about
th new hat No one had heard the
report Of the revolver. The location
OF the room would account for this
for the reason that the house on the
next side (East) had no opening
through which sound could travel,
and Moore Street School could be
seen from the rear window where the
tragedy is supposed to have taken
place. Coroner Whitfield stated that
he had examined a cartridge to de-
term.ne whether the powder was
b ack or smokeless There were no
powder marks in the unfortunate
woman's face and the intimation was
that left-handed person only could
have inflicted such wound on her.
self. Mrs. Young was called and she
declared that her daughter was not
left handed.
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Concluding, Senator Chamberlain
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20

Every mother realizes, after cv,,!
her children California Svrnn
Figs" that this is their ideal laysa,s
because they love its pleasant tss.1
and it thoroughly cleanses the tonds| as|
little stomach, liver and bowels vits]
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feyerish y
breath is bad, stomach sour loot \
the tongue, Mother! If coated civl
a teaspoonful of this harmless af,n,|
laxative" and in a few hours MI M
foul, constipated waste, sour bile ~
undigested food passes out Of the bov
els, and you have a well, playful chud
again. When the little system is fun 4
cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache HI
arrhea, indigestion, colic-rememhp,|
a good inside cleansing" Should Al
ways be the first treatment given
Millions of mothers keep "CalifonI1
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves a sick ehnl
tomorrow. Ask your druggist for
bottle Of California Syrup Of Fn5
which has directions for babies, chI
dren Of all ages and grown-ups prhte
on the bottle. Beware Of countehdt
sold here. so don't be fooled. Get II
genuine, made by California N
Syrup Company."-Adv.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
SPY is NEUTRAL;
SELLS TO BOTH

crossing the French was not disclosed
during the trial.
1t took eight days to try the case.
Mourgeot, French officer, was the
principal defendant in absentia. He
had escaped before he could be arrest
ed. The judge in pronouncing the ver-
dict of guilty said Mourgeot had
broken the word of honor given by
an officer when he escaped from hos
pital. He was found guilty of hav-
ing organized the French spy system
In Switzerland. He hired German de-
serters to tell him all they knew. All
this was, however, only a minor Of
fense, according to Swiss law.
Had Many Activities.
His principal crime was treason
committed against the Swiss republic.
He observed the movement of Swiss
troops near the French border and
kept the French army command post
ed about them. He hired men to
watch the transportation of cattle. He
tried to poison cattle In railroad trains
by putting poison in the cars. He or
ganiZed conspiracy to foment a strike
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
BASEBALL PLAYED BY
MANY SOLDIER BOYS
League Has Been Organized
Among Pershing's Men.
National Sport Also in Full Swing in
Training Camps on This Side of
AtIantic-Number of Athletic
Fields Increased.

While the soldiers of Uncle Sam are
handing a solar pleXus to the Germans,
the men in khaki back of the front and
the thousands in training in camps on
this side of the Atlantic are enjoying
the national sport to the limit. A
baseball league has been organized
among Pershing's men, and at each
cantonment in the United States, the
great sport so popular in America is
in full swing. Because of the marked
interest in the game among the Ameri'
can soldiers, the commission on trains
ing camp activities of the war depart
ment, has decided to increase the mum
Der of athletic fields.
Camp Lewis, Wash, probably heads
the list for baseball fans. The sol
diers in this large western cantonmeni
have 16 diamonds and are clearing
games have been staged, with the co
operation of the major leagues, whicl
have brought in large gate receipts.
More than 10000 baseballs and 3,00t
bats have been sent to the American
camps. Large quantities of gloves
masks and chest protectors have beef
given to the sport-loving soldiers. Tht
government is determined to keep tht
fighters fit for war. The primary pur
pose in keeping the men Systematically
engaged in athletic activity in tht
training camps, is to educate the sol
diers to be better fighters. Incidental
ly, Of course, there is a recreationd
value to athletics.
Men just out of the mud-soaket
trenches of France, after nerve-rack'
ing days amid flying bullets and burst
ing shells, instinctively turn to ath.
letics for much-needed diversion. 1t il
a big task to organize the vast army OF
Uncle Sam, but the problem is being
solved, and at the rest periods between
strenuous days of fighting cover there
and between training "over here" the
Sammies have an opportunity TO par
ticipate in all kinds of sports.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
RABBITS HELP
HOMESICKNESS

pathized with them and would help
supply them with garden tools and fur
niture and to get work for them.
Reducing housekeeping to it's very
lowest terms, the American Red Cross
delegates decided that each family
must have beds enough for everybody,
table, chair apiece, stove. some
thing to hold water and something to
cook in (there Is a wonderful French
utensil called d "fait-tout," in which
you can pretty nearly make every
thing), fork apiece, a plate apiece,
and one knife for the family. These
furnishings are lent to the poorer FAM
lilies. Those who can pay, buy furni-
ture on sublimated installment plan !;
$1.25 down and small payments ac-
cording to income every two weeks
until two-thirds Of the cost price is
reached, when the furniture becomes
their own.
The delegates may be able to cure
the physical needs of the refugees, but
they have to contend always with the
terrible hOmesickness Of an uprooted
people. More than anything else in
the world these homeless people want
to return to their own firesides; and
for the time being, that is tragically
impossible. They must be made as
contented as possible in their new
communities. Furniture offers one
means, gardens another, rabbits a
third. Many of the people have been
farmers on a small scale so that a
few feet of ground on which to raise
soup vegetables or potatoes makes
them inordinately happy The village
furnishes the garden and the Red
Cross supplies tools and often seeds.
But rabbits are the crOwning glory.
They represent almost the only form
Of meat these people ever have; they
can be kept in very small quarters, fed
on grass gathered by the children; and
they multiply with pleasing rapidity.
Where it seems that q rabbit will be
specially appreciated, the delegate
gives money enough to buy it to the
mayor of the village and asks him to
do the purchasing.
SO 1t goes. Sometimes the gifts OF
a spade or hoe or some wool or
stockings; sometimes hundreds of kilos
of potatoes sent to a mayor to distrib-
ute for the spring planting, dozens Of
blankets to cover the people when they
first arrive and are housed Of neces-
sity in schoolhOuses or town halls
hastily converted into temporary bar.
racks.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
ENDED SHOW FOR THAT NlGNj
Midget Performers Scented Danud
When They Heard the Ringing n
Police Patrol Gong.

Two little colored bards from New
alley were giving a concert la cart
before a Washington hotel. ~
crowd which gathered was larger ths|
any that ever regarded a soapbox Orl
tor. The boys sang, the dimes fled
they paused, and sang and danced som
more. The two kids wove In witt
lines as they went, and really mad
the thing a vaudeville act. Byt fnalI
they decided it was about ime for I,
intermission.
"We're goin' away" announced Y
larger, who was perhaps eight yea1
old.
"Aw, don't do that" admonished \
crowd.
''You didn't treat US right; tha4
ALL"
Dimes flew again. Tie boys starta
to sing. They saw that their audlanl
was growing to capacity crowd p
they started up on the last tune.
Somewhere out on the East 9
some one had had an argument
else an automobile had tipped oG9
for an ambulance was hurrying ~
to the city hospital, changing It's q
The performers heard 1t. UP LOOK
the youngest.
"Um, policey" he yelled to MS ~
partner, and the two Of them scurpI
as quick as lightning down the near
alley. The crowd went on 70 ils
vfes.-Indianapolis News.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20

in the aluminium works at Chippis,
which were sending goods to Germany,
and tried to destroy the electrical plant
at Waldshut.
Three of his tools were French
men, who also succeeded in eluding
the Swiss law. 1t was discovered at
the trial that these men made 1t their
business to buy factories that were
selling to Germany. They bought the
factories with French money and made
an immense profit for themselves by
the transaction.
The most prominent Of the Swiss de-
PENDANTS was DIR. Bruestlein, lawyer.
Revelations disclosing his activities
created a sensation in all Switzer-
land. The court condemned him Sc
verely. Among the ether defendants
were Swiss army sergeant and an
army policeman. Both were found
guilty of taking French money for
furnishing information about army
movements.
The whole of Switzerland seems to
be hotbed of spies Espionage trials
are going on almost continuously In
many of the cities Germans, Aus
trians and Italians are implicated as
well as the Swiss themselves. The
public is usually excluded from these
trials because Switzerland wants to
avoid as much as possible being drawn
into the ramifications Of spydom
which might jeOpardize the neutrality
of the republic.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
FORMER RECTOR is HERO
Makes Thrilling Drive by Motortruck
to Paris With Five Wounded
Soldiers.

New York-With five wounded
American soldiers and as many chill
dren refugees as could crowd into his
motortruck, Karl S. Cate, formerly
rector of All Saints Episcopal church,
Providence, r. l., and how Y. M. G.
A. worker, drove to Paris from point
In the line where the Germans had
broken through, never resting in 4S
hours, it was announced by cable
gram received recently by the Y. M.
C. A. war work council.
To make room for his injured and
helpless passengers Mr.. Cate emptied
his motortruck of a big stock of ''Y"
supplies, consisting of cigarettes,
American cookies, canned goods,
chocolate. gum and candy. Abandon
Ing the supplies because it would
look mighty poor to see a Y. M. G. A.
truck returning with saved supplies
phen the road was crowded with
sounded and refugees" he told the
american soldiers TO help themselves,
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
censor SCIENCE news
Popular Articles DivuIge Secrets
to the Foe.
Even French Academy of Sciences In
nocentIy Gives Facts Useful
to Enemy.

Paris.-How popular science dis
cussed In the daily and magazine press
conveys information to the enemy and
how even great national institutions
like the French academy of sciences
sometimes innocently divulge secrets
which the enemy finds useful is told
by a writer in La Liberte, who protests
against the indiscriminate propagation
Of technical information. The writer
comments on the fact that the acad-
erny of sciences has suggested that the
censorship be rendered more effective
by the addition of few savants who
will be able to recognize valuable sci
entific information when they see it.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
Play Important Role in Making
Repatriates Contented in
Strange Surroundings.
RED CROSS IS Chief AID
Cares for Friendless and Homeless
People Whom Germany Dumps
Back From the Captured
French Hamlets.

Bourg, France.-All repatriates are
homeless, but some have friends in
France who take them in. Those who
are friendless as well as homeless
when Germany dumps them back from
the captured French hamlet are sent,
according to the plans Of the minis
try of the interior, so many to this
department, so many to that; and the
departments divide them among the
villages, two families here. three there.
All over the west and south Of
France you find them. these people
imbued with a love of their own fire.
sides which the nomadic American
can never understand, torn up sudden
ly by the roots and transplanted to
an utterly strange community, with
out anything in the world but little
baggage they can carry and the franc
and half a day allowed by the French
government. The father of the family
is dead, or missing or prisoner, or
at the front. The daughters and the
sons who could work are still in Ger
many. Those in France were sent
back because they We're too old, too
weak or too young to work-useless
mouths to the Germans. They are
the repatriate problem in which our
Red Cross is lending hand.
Care for Repatriates.
The department of the Ain is typi-
cal. Bourg, its principal city, lies near
enough to the Swiss border so that
when six hundred people were expect
ed, the Red Cross delegates could go
to Evian and journey back with the
conveys.
When the delegates met the re-
patriates on the train, they gave them
an order which assured to each family
q little of the coal which was so
precious in France in cold weather. A
printed letter stated that the Ameri-
cans knew their sufferings and SYM
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
kinble Swiss Gets French and
German Money, but Lands
in Prison.
IS CONVICTED WITH OTHERS
Republic Anxious to Keep Out Of Trou.
BILE, but Is Nest of Plotters-Es-
pionage Trials Daily
Occurrence.

Berne.-A remarkable spying feat
was executed by a Swiss citizen named
LuginbuhI. He succeeded in getting
paid from both sides, the French as
well as the Germans, receiving profit
able favors from both, and finally
landed In the meshes Of Swiss law.
Luginbuhl was one of twenty-One de-
PENDANTS In celebrated espionage
case just concluded in a local court.
With one exception all were found
guilty, including Luginbuhl. Sentence
was deferred.
Luginbuhl was anxious to buy wool
waste in France. He wanted to sell
it in Germany where he could get an
immense price for it. To get the wool
permission from the French authori-
ties. He got into touch with French
agents and spies doing business in
Switzerland, who afterward were his
c0defendants In the trial, and upon his
promise that he would make a trip
into Germany, find out certain things
the French spies were anxious to know
and report back, he would obtain per-
mission to take the wool out of France.
To sell the wool in Germany Lugin-
buhl made his trip into the kaisers
domain, as promised, but he did more
than he had promised. He told Ger
man officials all about the deal he had
made with the French spies, where
upon the Germans were kind enough
to write a report which Luginbuhl took
back to Switzerland and handed over
to his French friends, who paid him
$3.50 for it. Luginbuhl at chat time
already had in his pocket the hand
some profit he had made on the sale
of French wool in Germany. What
the Germans had paid him for double
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20

In the view of the academy the
press has been allowed, more by neg
ligence than ignorance, to print much
scientific information the Importance
of which escaped the editors and
which should have been kept secret.
The columns of matter relating to the
German long-range gun form a case
In point. M. Charles LIE Goffic, a sci
entific writer of note, writing on this
subject, says that the press has in
dulged in a veritable orgy of details
concerning the experiments in prog
ress in France to extend the range of
the heavy artillery. Plans of shells
and guns, he alleges, have even been
published
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
PALM-LEAF FANS ARE SCARCE
High Freight Rates Cut Down Impor-
tation of OId-Time Sum-
mer Solace.

Washington.-Among all the threat
ened famines brought about by war
conditions, palm-leaf fan famine is to
be expected, according to a report from
Consul General George e. Anderson,
Hongkong, China
zone of the lines of export of Tome
moment from HonglIong to the United
States which has been temporarily de-
stroyed by high freight rates and the
high exchange value of silver is lhat of
palm-leaf FANS" says Mr.. Anderson.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20
DOUSE STACKER IN PAINT
Stands in Way of 100 Per Cent Red
Cross Contribution and Fellow
Workers Act.

Pittsburgh, Pa.--Andy Tomko, an
Austrian, stood in the way of 100
per cent contribution to the second
Red Cross war fund by the Edgar
Thompson Steel works employees. He
would give nothing, he said. A del
egation met him. took him by the
heels and soused his head in a barrel
of red paint; then they turned him
around and put him in feet first. His
time" was given him minus Il days
pay for the Red Cross and then he
was discharged. The plant is 100
per center.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20

Baird reached and touched third base,
but thinking the ball had been caught,
started back toward second. After
going back about twenty feet he was
wised up by the coaches and cut
across the diamond to the home plate
and scored Umpire Rigler ruled that
after a player had once touched third
base he was not compelled to retouch
it. Olson protested the decision and
was fred out of the game. The game
was won by st. Louis 10 to u.
The Bolivar County Democrat., 1918-07-20

"Only 157 packages of these fans were
exported to the United States in 1917,
as compared with 5,02S in 1916 and
1851 in 1915. The common fans are
simply the trimmed leaf and stem Of
the ordinary small palm which grows
wild in most districts of south China,
but usually for the fan trade is grown
in low-lying grounds in the San Wui
district of the Pearl river delta.
ut requires about seven years to
grow the palms to the size necessary
for good fan leaves, and after that they
furnish an annual crop indefinitely,
the Chinese stating that the trees live
for hundreds of years, producing their
annual crop.