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branch of the Red Cross, and I could So they were talking and waited not meaning to lissen but being taught by granma not to interrupt.
 She said You know your uncle in- tended that money for the Red Cross and exspected you to go into the serv- ice" And he said, well, it wasn't in the will.' She said, You know how he loved the country, and the army, and how he would want you to use the education he pade for and the money he left. Just because of misteak in the will" He broke in, Am to pay for his misteak?" Which of coarse
 made me think of Mrs. X and the eggs.
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How She Helped the Cause

But then I said, "No I am not! she told me fifteen cents herself" Then I had to deside if Mrs. X ment to give me the eggs for only fifteen cents, or If she made a misteak, which really seemed more likely, Mrs. X not being the kind that gives twenty-two and one-half cents worth for fifteen cents. So if she made a misteak was it my duty to retern the money? But the objecshen to that was that if mis- teak, Mrs. x would blame the mis- teak on me, that being her nature, which is not polite to say, but true therfour put it down. Graama will not allow gosip of coarse, but the truth is not gosip.
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thinking about the wild roses, etc., could not remember twos in fourty- four. So she looked kind of funny, and she said, "Oh, guess fifteen cents.''
 I took the eggs and started homo and then the existing, part begins. Just when I got to the big elm by the corner and was looking at two robins scrapping for a wurm, I said right out loud, "Twos in fourty-four are twenty-two and one over, when l didn't even know I was thinking about that but thought 1t was the robins. well then sat right down by the tree to think it out. So my conscience said Constance Ann, you are a theafI"
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%INTY LESTER was trying N very hard to sell two hats at
 once. one to a fat woman with cross-eyes and the other to chubby young girl with a cowlick in her fair hair. The woman desired the hat the girl should have worn and the girl could not make up her mind at all, even with Minty to help her. It really looked as if neither sale was go- ing through, when a third customer set the bell over ther front door ting ling and Mrs. Bostwick came out of the workroom at the rear.
 Mrs. Bostwick was Minty's aunt. and owned the store and operated 1t with the assistance of a picked trimmer from town. Mir. Bostwick was snort from town. Mrs. Bostwick was short been listening to Minty for several mo- ments and had decided it was just about time to take a hand.
 'Now. Mrs. Slater" she smiled per suasively. i've got the sweetest hat here, which know will just suit you. And I've got one for you. too. Niva,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-16
By Joella Johnson

and got ready. to speak, but she said
 Then allow me to return this" and her voice sounded very quear. She gave him ring with a shiny stone and he said somthing which I can, not spell it and would not write it any way, because Of grs.nma. thought it was my chanse and I said Will you please give this money to the Red Cross society,"" He said "What?" so cross it scared me and I
 nearly cried. Then he said "Hear. don't cry" and she said, "Tell me all about it." So did, how I got the mon ey by misteak and my conscience said "theaf," and when said that the man
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got red, and the girl smiled a little.
 Then I finished and said, Will youa give it to them p1ease?'' t
 And he said "Why I-er-I have cf some funds for the Red Cross myself, T and I er-I exspect to belong, so :, think it will get there safely" She f. said "Ben!" and he laughed and saids "Y es, Elizabeth" and some more about
 "the least of these.' Then he gave me
 twenty-five whole cents for my sasEsz money and told me to run home, which 2 I did, remembering granma, and the,
 eggs she was in hurry for. I looked. around once, and he seemed to be giy-f7 ing back that ring. Granma is calling so must goe ..e
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JUNE 30, 1917. This has been
 very exciting day. Hear it is ~ almost two months since my twelfth birthday when began this Journal, and now is my first opportun- ity to write something really interest ing. It all happened because of eggs. This morning .granma said: Now. Constance. here is forty-four cents. You go over to MT. Ks and see if she will sell me a dozen eggs. Hurry"
 When got there he wasn't any where around, mean the dog, and she didn't have a dozzen eggs. but only half a dozzens q SG Ksafd would take g half dozzen then. and how much are they please? Because for minute
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, INTY LESTER was trying
 very hard to sell two hats at once, one to a fat woman
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-13
WANDERER INDICTMENTS
HELD UP TEMPORARILY
Police In the Meantime Are
Seeking Another Woman
In the Case.

Chicago. nIly is~.Deiay IN preSentA.
tion OF the two grand Jury indictments
voted against Carl wanderrr was se.
cured by police today 10 permit further
investigation OF Wanderers motive foi
shooting his wife and the unidentified
stranger he had hired for a fake rob-
hery.
The indictments will he brought up
before judge Grove later this week,
police said and meanhwiei they are
seeking another woman In the case and
attempting TO Identify tho hired rob
ber."
The mental test taken OF wAnderer
soon after the murders will be used In
court In the event that at the trial
he makes plea OF lnsanity at the time
Of the murders. police ssid.
The physicians who examined him
said they had not fully concluded their
test. but had decided 40 far that Wan
dorcr Ia sane and that hts motive for
tho crime Ia stllI unknown,
Police gerst. John Norton said that
throughout tho inquiry into tho murdcra
they were confronted by Wanderers
love for money and his desire to return
to The army
Police today shifted their attention to
tho eX-lieutenants letters From those
and from his friends, police say thoy
learned that he had many friendshipA
with girls. some OF which ran concur-
teutly with his married HE, Among
them appeared the nbms OF Grace
Horne. q glrl whom he knew before his
marriage. according to his sisters. Mrs
Hattie Roth and Laura Wandefcr, and
Pearl e. Pearson u cousin. They tod
the police Miss Home may be able TO
shed some liRht on the cosc,
II believe that Carl Is Insane, Mrs.
Roth said "Oar noiher killed herself
after having been intnnc for ok Years |
and Carl once tried to throw hurrcli
from fire escape al tho county hof |
pitnl while confined thore with scarlet
fever lie must have hsen on ~ his |
mind when he killed Ruth hut tha n
no reason why he should no, pay the
penalty"
Among the letters found nv the polio"
wa one of puEElinr neture, signed
couched In crdcnrlrs |
terms.
wandcrey declared he could toll ~
motive for the crime other than MS
desire 20 return tn tho army
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LABOR SIDESTEPS
IRISH QUESTION
Resolution Proposing British
to Withdraw Troops From
Ireland Defeated.

London, July 1s.-The proposal &c
employ direct action II necessary to
force the government to withdraw Its
troops from Ireland and cease rhanu-
featuring munitions for use in Ireland
and Russia was defeated today IN the
special trades union congress called TO
consider labor's attitude on the Irish
question. +sf
Eight hundred delegates were pres
ent. representing 100000 workers The
resolution in favor Of direct action,
which was proposed by the leader OF
the locomotive men. was defeated by
a majority OF 10000 votes.
The congress later adopted resolu-
ton introduced by the miners fedora
ton demanding the withdrawal Of all
British troops from Ireland and the
cessation of the manufacture Of NUM-
tions to be used in Ireland and Russia.
The resolution recommended general
strike II the government refused the
demands. but the question Of direct
action is left to ballot Of the MEM
bers of the various unions.
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LABOR PLANKS
| CAUSE TROUBLE
48'ers Refuse to Accept Them
in Conference, Though
Delegates Willing. !
FARMERS ON LABOR SIDE
{ey oEoReE SsS e 3. HoLMEs,),

I III
Chicago, July l3.-The merger OF tn,
committee OF forty-eight and the Amer.
ican labor party taking with them int
third party half dozen small polittca
groups. hung In the balance here to.
After sitting all night, the confer.
ence committee on amalgamation ad.
lourned Just before the twin conven-
tions got under way The committees
had been fighting all night over the
matter of a name and the platform.
Robert Buck, chairman OF the con-
terence committee. Immediately went
neiore the labor convention and an
reached on the platform, with the ex-
| ception OF three labor planks which
| the forty-eightcrs absolutely refused to
take. These. he said. were:
plank providing for the nationaliza-
| tion of mines. '-
controlling the railroads. ;l
tax.
Immediately after making this state
nlent Buck moved that ARRANGEMENTS he
made to receive the credentials Of the
Delegates to the forty.eicht convention.
The hall was thrown into furore and
his motion was passed with n roar
The confusion was further increase
when representatives of several farm
organizations began to file into the hall.
shouting:
We're with you. labor"
Meanwhile. at the Morrison hotel
where the forty EIGHT convention was
under wav, many OF the delegates were
shouting for an immediate amalgama-
tion with labor, regardless of differ
ences. .
Swinhurne Hale Of New York. in
trodr"ed a resolution to this effect. Be
fore II could he voted on. manv sneak
ers clan'ored for the floor and got t.
The sentiment appeared to he veering |
toward an immediate union on anv
terms, when Robert Morse Lovett, OF |
Chicago, gained the floor and said
THE conference committees are trv-
ing to effect a union. let's not stampede |
Them" He asked that Hale's resolu-
tion be laid on the table and It was
carried.
William Rurrford. a nonnartIsar
lear,,e leoder Of South Dakota, appealed
to the labor convention TO go through
with IT," l.5.es
"class Struggle"
"It's Glass truggie." he shouted.
Let's 70. to victory or to. defeat as
lass people" M
When the furore had died down. va
rious speakers were recognized. "A. G.
Q.Neil, Of Boston. and T. ]. Holan, of
-eveland. addressed the convention on
,ehalf of the single takers, appealing
Tor unity on platform and candidate
lmong all liberal parties.
Delegate o. r. Fuller. of Pittshurg.
poke Of $50 900 railroad workers. who
,e said, were nov. on an OUTLAW
'rhoods and declared their doom is
Iealed.
Others counselad Patience.
Working men can't wait on n lot Of
iighbrows." was one expression heard
hout the hall.
Others. however. counseled patience.
an omen split comes many Of the
'hor delegates claimed thew could take
he forty-eiGht crowds vote anyway.
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SENATOR LAFOLLETTE
WILL BE THE NOMINEE
This Is Tip Of Leaders of Pro-
posed Third Party, if There
Is to Be Such a Party.

Chicago. July 13.-d. N. S.)-Sena-
tor Robert M. La Toilette, Of wiscon-
sin, will be the third party's nominee
for the presidency, probably by accla.
nation. II there is third party.
II 1t is not La Follette-that is, II
tNs senator from Wisconsin will not
accent the nomination-it may be
Henry Ford, the automobile manufac-
turer. He will not refuse to run II
drafted. it was stated here today.
Ths automobile manufacturer, IL Is
understood, has made no direct reply
to the unofficial queries sent out from
conventions here, but Charles II. Hoff-
man, OF Michigan, was informed by
Ford's secretary, speaking for Ford,
that while the latter was in no way
to be considered a candidate for any
office whatever, II in spite of himself
he should be nominated, he would feel
obligated TO accept and run as a mat
ter of public duty
Senator La Toilette. however, for the
present looms well nigh as a certainty
providing the two big conventions--the
committee Of forty eight and the labor
party-can enter into a real combine
and gather about them the other adj
vanced parties--the Non.p isan
league. the American constitutional
party, the single tax party, the Ameri-
can party of Texas, world war veter-
ans. Private Soldiers and Sailors
league, and so on
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I, 300 Mexican Troops
March onNuevoLaredo

hfly miles OF their objcctives, which Ia
scheduled to he attacked at sunrise
tomorrow.
There Is alo reported at Nuevo
Laredo, where customs guards are said
to have refused TO surrender their
arms to the garrison commander.
Forded Rio orande.
san Antonio. July lS.--Reynaldo
Garsa forded the Rio Grande near
Laredo, Texas, last night at the head of
sevonty-hve fllhusterers, according 20
advices received by military authorities
mere toay. He is expected to Join In
the expected attack on Nuevo Laredo.
GuaJardo Routed.
Eagle Pass, Tex, July ls.--Forcos of
the new provisional government routed
Jesus Guajardo In an engagement near
Saltiilo. driving him into the noun
tains after number OF his men had
been killed and wounded, according 70
reports reaching here today. Some OF
his followers were captured pablo
Gonzales, Jr., met similar fate near
reaching here, H-.
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els Dillon. of Indiana, and Dndle,
Field Malone, of New York, were cred.
ited with having turned the tide agains
the radical element
speaker after speaker in two hour,
OF hectic debate asserted that the
"lntellectuals" leading the forty-eight,
ers had no real control over the mas.
OF their followers and that an appea
from the labor party would bring the
privates of the 4S movement into
the labor ranks. Delegates freely urged
that IN elahor party forgot all about
the forty. eight leaders and go after the
farmers In their convention"
Deep. seated DIstrust.
AT the height OF the arraignment of
the rival party. Chairman John H.
Walker, president of the Illinois Fed
Grafton of Labor, took the floor TO voice
philanthropists. lowyers and profess
| sional men who endeayor to solve the
problems of the working people without
| themselves being members of that
| class" He said he did not really be-
| lieve It was worth while to try to go
! any further with the forty Fighters. and
| that the labor delegates. already restive
| under prolonged oratory, might he kept
there for three weeks waiting for the
lawyer-leaders of the other party to
and with phra seology which covered up
its real meaning"
Opposition OF the conference commit
tee of forty Fighters to the use of the
name farmer-lahor as the party desig-
nation proved the first big stumbling
block in the way OF amalgamation Dif-
ferences on the definition of demo
cratic MANAGEMENT of railroads and
essential industries, government opera
ton of which both parties favor. were
not so easily compromised.
The views of the forty Fighters or the
~ a A.
on the other were at Wide variance and
may ultimately be the direct cause OF |
a break 80 1
While the labor convention fought out |
the question of whether the hour had |
arrived for a definite break. the forty /
Fighters marked time with a continued |
flow of oratory, which. in both conyen- |
tions. consumed the greater part OF the |
day.
Meanwhile, in a third hall, the single |
tax party was framing an appeal TO
Premier Lloyd George. OF Great Britain,
urging that his government adopt
single tax policy for Palestine. The
platform and possibly nominate n pres
idential candidate, in the event the
committee of forty.edght nominee |
proves unsatisfactory TO them. They
specifically agreed that they would not
Join the now party should the nominee
be Senator Robert M. LaFollette.
Disputes Before ccnventiOn.
The joint conferences toHreconcile diff
ferences between the committee OF
fortnight ard the labor party broke, up
today with decision to place all tho dis
puted points before the delegates OF
both conventions In open session.
The conferees say the disagreements
were about a name for the
party and over the degree OF
of industry to be rec
in the platforms. Labor
party representatives favored carrying
further than did the
of forty -eight.
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COX AT WHITE
HOUSE SUNDAY
Franklin Roosevelt Also to Be
Present at Conference
With Wilson.
EARLIER THAN EXPECTED

Washington, July tS.-oovernor
James M. Cox and Franklin o,
Roosevelt, the democratic candI.
dates for president and Vice.
dent Wilson sunday at the White
rouse, Arrangements for tho con.
terence were made over the Ionq
distance telephone today by dIree.
ton OF the president.
President Wilson. II was said, took
me Initiative IN arranging for an carly
meeting with Governor Cox and Mr.
Roosevelt. Early today he directed
secretary Tumulty TO talk with the
governor on tho telephone ana find out
what day would best suit his convon
lence' II had been common knowlcdEo
tnat Goyernor Cox would visit the
not expected II 10 be before August
Reports that the president and the
nominee were apart on the league of
nations question was said by party load :
ers TO have Influenced tho president TO
arrange for a speedy meeting
II was said today the president hnd
kept IN close touch with early cam
paigh developments and was anxious
70 do his part" Some administration
leaders htimated he would throw his
weight into the fight and might make
other hand. White House officials dc. /.
clhred the presidents course would ha
determined largely by the advice OF the
national committee. '"S
,Coxs Announcement.
Columbus. Ohio, July la-C;oycrnor
James NJ. Cox. the democratic presi.
aemtial nominee, announced TODAY he
VIII hold conference with President
Wilson at the white House AZ loan
o'clock next Sunday morning, The an.
nSunoement was made following a tele.
phone conversation between Governor
SpM ana secretary TumultS
10 be discussed at the conference. n
wlI be the first meeting between
Iresident Wilson and Governor Cow
since the iatter's nomination. C;oyernor
oox VIII ieavo Columbus at $50 Friday
evening He will leave WashlnEton
Sunday evening for his home in baYu
ION. He would not discuss what maj.
.ers ne intended taking up with the
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Wife OF BROKER
SHOT TO DEATH
Chauffeur Dead Near by
Leads to Theory of Muir
der and Suicide.
NO LIGHT SHED ON DEED

| New London, July iS.-.Thc tragic
| death by shooting OF Mrs Arthur de
CordoNa, wife OF a New York broker.
hhd her chauffeur Bernard Goiesler.
on a lonely motor road near S,oniugton
today. has shocked the residents Of the
,ahhlonnble summer colonoy OF New
! Workers here and has given tho author
| ties one OF the most battling crimes
they have had to solve In years.
| Their bodies. sprawlod m the road.
Mrs de Cordova and the chauffeur were
found by James r. Brown, a farmer Of
| North Stonington.
Mrs. de CordovA was dead. Geissler
was still alive, hut unconscious He
was rushed TO a hospital here, but died
carly this morning without regaIning
consciousness.
Between the bodies when found lay
an army pistol. Mrs de Cordova had
been shot through the heart and APP
parently had died Instantly Geissler's
body was hanging across fence with
bullet wounds In his head.
Mrs, de Cordova and GeissIer are said
TO have LETT Griswold. near here, yes
tcrday afternoon In threc-passenger
sports model car, The dc Cordovas
came to Grlswold on July /, Arthur
de Cordova, the husband. returned to
New York yesterday,
Late last evening Brown. the farmer,
heard several shots and upon investiga-
ting found the bodies OF Mrs. de Cordova
dova and the chauffeur.
Geissler, who was 81 year -old, and had
wife In New York had been In the
employ OF the de Cordovas for Ave years,
Relatives and friends OF tho Decor
dova family today could shed no light
on the tragedy nor ascrIbe any motive
for It. Prosecutor Il. III. Hewitt OF
Now London COUNTY, said early today
that he In not satisfied with tho theory
that Gcissler shot Mrs. de Cordova aud
then turned the weapon upon himself
aud declared he viii conduct vigor-
ous Investigation. purse containing
$50 In money which Mrs. do oCrdoVh
had with her. was untouched.
Prosecutor Hewitt said today that he
was satisfied, after his investigation;
that the case was one Of murder and
suicide and that no third party was
Involved
AT nrEt.eI thought that inasmueh as
tho trip on which the two had started |
In the automobile. which was evidently |
70 take some laundry to be washed washed
had been committed" said MIR. Hewitt
but thorough examination Of tho
promises and the bodies has convinced
me that there Ia absolutely no evil
'lenoo to support that theory
New York. July i3.--Arthur dc Cor
Iowa. New York broker whose wife was
killed yesterday by their chauffeur near
New I.ondan, left at once Tor Connccu-
cut on lcArning of the tragedy,
'rtfe couple left their apartment here
on July | for EaKton Point, driven BY
Isernard q, uelsalcr, tho chauffeur.
After seeing his wife settled for the |
hummer, MIR do cordova returned |
lome yesterday.
Mrs. Geiasler. when Informed OF the
Ihootlng was prostreted, Members of
he DE Cordova family said they could
sign no motive for the shooting.
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Germ an Enjoys
Flee Angry Mob
Attack on TeutoniC Peace
Delegation Averted by
Strategic Retreat.
BELGlANS CAN'T FORGET
Treatment in Hun Prisons
Still Rankles-0fficer
Strikes German.

Spa. July 13.--(l. NJ. S.)--An a..
tack upon members Of the German
delegation attending tho Spa con.
ference was averteo to-day when
the 'Teutons carried out a strateule
retreat anc sped away In motor
cars. @
The trouble hegan whom geiginn
officer. whose treatment In a German
prison camp during the war slill rnr-
kled In his mind, got into an argument
with German attached 20 the Teu-
ton delegation. The Rolgian finally
struck the German with his fist. About
score OF Germans who had come into
Spa from the Germans headquarters
on the outskirts of SPA interfercd
\ crowd gathered and was menacinK
the Germans with an attack, when the
latter fed down a side street IN their
waiting motor cars and Disappeared,
No arrests were made nor did tho aus
thoritles seek the names OF those In.
volved.
Chancellor Fchranbnoh, head OF the
German delegation. made formal rro.
test TO the Belgian government this
afternoon and was promised that M
investigation would he made. Further
details OF the incident revealed that
Herr Stockhlosser. correspondent OF the
btflcial Wolff agency OF Germany, was
injured In the head, The crowd cf
Germans that had to nee included pr
Dernhurg. orc of the known pub
iclsts In Germany. and Herr Won Eek.
iardt, prominent Hamburg editor.
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CANDIDATES TO SPEAK
AT ROAD CELEBRATION
Roberts, Littleton, Moon and
Williams to Go to Copper
Hill

telephone message wBs received by
secretary TViitae, OF the chamber ~
commerce. Tuesday morning from 500.
retary Hunter, Of the Henton County
HIGHWAY association, extending an In.
vl'atioh to Chattanooga automobiIlsta
70 attend the formal opening OF the
cighteen.mile stretch Of road acroar
ihe mountain next saturday. The road
TO being built over the mountain to
Copperhiii. ana when completed will
make n complete automobile route from
Chattanooga 10 Copperhili.
secretary Hunter said Tuesday morn
ing that Gov. Roberts, CONGRESSMAN n
John a. Moon. Judge ]. V. Williams and
Jesse NJ, Littleton will he present nj tho
celebration at copperhill Saturday and
make talks. He also stated that n hiE
casion = = tsU y 7ut
! In talking OF tho road. Mr.. Hunter
remarked that when II has been com
pleted Il win be possible for tourists 10
cat breakfast In Copperhlil and get IN
Chattanooga In time for church