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Evening star., 1922-04-02


BTaNes o D o 90 {"
Nationals 3 0 o o . 1 KS
Twc-bnse hits-Judgc. Rudolph.
Ihree-base hits-k0pf. Judge, Powell,
BOeckei. Gleason. SacrIHccs-Goslin,
narr,s. Double plnys-BoeckeI to
Ford TO H0lke; La Motto to Harri. to
Judge; Ford to kopf to Holke: HoIke
Z" hopf; Gleason to La Motto to
judge: Harris TO La Motto to Judge
ttwice): BOeckei TO Ford to HcIkc.
Left on bnses-W nshtnEtOn, 3: Boston,
). BaSe on balIs-OG Mogridrc, =:
Rudolph, 1; Gleason. I. Hits-OH
Rudolph, . in innings, OF MoSrjdyc.
4 in fnninEs: Oft aIarquard. 4 in 4
Innings; OF Gleason. in 4 innings.
struck Out-By Mosridse, =; by Ru-
dolph. I: by Marquard. I: by Gleason.
J. Wild pitch-Mogridge. Winninr
pttchcr-MOEridEe. Losing pitcher
aooo!ph. Cmpfres-Mes~rs. Walsh
ana hart. Time of Eame-I hour and
80 minutes.
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Runs-3archet (2l, Harris (2). Rawlings,
Eeimier, Dnrgip, Psganucci GU, Burdette.
Groves. Errors-Hederman t2l. Peterson,
Paranucci, Pollock, Moran (a,. ShrideI. !.
Three-bsse hft-Neimier. Sacrifice hits-Pe-
terson. Burroughs. Stolen hases-Barchet,
Harris, .Niemier. Alexander, Paganucci. Bases
on bolls-Oh Shrider, 3: off Peterson. /. Struck
out-By Shrider. 6; by Peterson, 5. Hit by
pitcher-Semlef. Passed ball-Durgin.
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SOME CHANGE THEIR TUNE
AS TO RUTH.MEUSEL CASE
BY GEORGE B. CHADWICK.

ERIIY the of Ruth Meuse
base ball When the players lifted of the
ranks by Commissioner Lands his
being mnisy and what the deserved
trying
commissioner himself hoping
drelen aft being
Evening star., 1922-04-02
HILLTOPPERS LATE RIMS
OVERWHELM DARTMOUTH
Five Tallies, Registered in Last Two Innings After
Visitors Change Pitchers, Give Blue and
Gray 9.to-5 Win.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

- IL JEFF lESREAU erstwh National hngng star
OF the dartmouth nlne tried slip the
1901 Trick III the base ball clash
hooh out the home the With
Inc score Standing 4-al at the
took out Of the Tracey ghtandd pitcher and sent soun
70
heathy total OF
the hesl
OF oto-5 --'-toPPNiS
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Miss Stirling Practices.

NEW YORK, April Miss Alexa
Stirling, former national golf cham
pion, has started her 1922 practice in
a specially devised net on the elev-
enti1, floor of New York skyscraper.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
Sargent Changes Mind.

Joe Sargent. member of the Detroit
Americans last year and who was
sent to the Portland club of the Pa
cifc Coast League in trade, has come
to terms. He had been baking.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
MARYLAND "12n ROUTED.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 1.-Nayy's
lacrosse team turned a real April
trick on the University of Maryland
srickmen here this afternoon. de-
feating the College Park twelve,
16 to O.
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COLLEGE BASE BALL.

At Georgetown. 9i
Dartmouth, 5.
Al Norfolk, va-catholio u. III
At Annapolis, Hd.-Navy, 2, Mary
land, 4.
At LynchburH, Vn-LynchburE Col
lege, "A; Hamden-Sidney, 2.
At Atlanta, Ga--Auburn, =, Georgia
Tech, @.
At Athens, Ga-GeorEia. 9, Mercer
I'll fnnings).
At Columbus, Ga.-U. 8. Infantry
School. 5-1, OElethorpe. ~.
, At WinstOn-Salem, N. C-TFinity,
Q, Davidson, o.
Hopkins, 2.
At Raleigh, N. C.-NoftA Carolina
State, 8; El0n, O (afternoon).
At Chapel Hill, N. C-North Caro-
linn, 8; Farmnn. 0.
At Wake Forest. N. C-Wake For
est IS; Elon, o (morning).
At Charleston, 8. O. II. h. D.
Charleston Is. ~. 10 /
Batteries-Dodson. Coz and Callahan. Lake
Hammock, Lucas. Culp and Benton.
sgss..sS";s ss ssaasnss.. 9: 4. i i
At Winston-Salsm, N. c. r. n. ~
Baltimore Unt.) .).......-..........12 IL II
Newark unt).........
Batteries-Ogden, Thomas. shuler, Tillis
and McAvoy and Egan; Barnes. Baldwin,
Kneisch, Gordon and Ross.
At Charlotte. N. c. r, 81. b.
Charlotte Is. A. A.l...,...,.......
Bufalo tIotJ observation-disclosures -
Batteriee-Fisher, Werre. CfandaH and
Benough. Dempsey; Donaldson, Wilson. Hig
pins anu Nav. Donaldson.
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TpOo Days Kept Busy
Packing for Return.

Three days brought US back
the familiar way through Mai ia
Moto. the streams Of boiling
water, and along the Ruchuru
river to Ruchuru, where our por-
ters were already ordered to take
us out Of the Congo.
For two days camp was a furious
activity Of packing, casing the
gorilla skins in waxed cloth, and
winding the skeletons with straw,
listing trophies and ivory for the
obliging customs, and seeing to the
sealing Of the guns, for we were
going east into British territory,
where we had no license to hunt.
The Belgian officials were more
than kind in helping US off: they
were amused at our lack Of time,
the commodity which is so univer-
sal in Africa, but their hospitality
did everything in their power.
We were much impressed by the
fine type Of official we found; their
sense of responsibility toward the
native and the seriousness Of their
colonization.
Far from perpetrating "atroci.
ties." the Belgian government Is
now considered to err on the side
of ienienoy, fsvoring the black
against the white.
Toward us their hospitality was
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The killing was planned and exc
cuted with a cold-blooded caution
that nearly. permitted the slayer
to escape. Young Padrick, who
bad been preaching in another
part Of the State. sent a letter ask
ing his wife to meet him in the
family automobile and promising
her a little surprise.
He met her and her mother, Mrs.
Bryon Dixon, who is still youth
ful in appearance and handsome.
at Clito and drove with them to-
ward Dover. After the car had
crossed the Ogeechee river, he
killed Mrs. Dixon, who was driv-
ing. and then slew his wife, who
was sitting beside him on the rear
seat.
Then the young slayer fled.
When a passing automobile party
discovered the abandoned sedan,
Mrs. Padrick was still breathing
and managed before she expired to
tell the name OF the killer and some
of the facts thar led to the shoot
ing. Mrs. Dixon was dead.
FEARED MOB VIOLENCE.
Sheriff Griffin arrested the youth
at Dover. while he was preparing
to take a train. He still carried the
deadly revolver. but he offered no
resistance. He only suggested:
You'd better rush me to the
Richmond county jail at once. un-
less you want a mob after US. My
wife and mother-in-law have many
kin in these parts!''
While the car streaked over the
country roads the slayer deliber-
ately told the story Of the killing.
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AUGUSTA, Ga, July 22.-Calm-
" confessIng 70 double murder
over the dead bodies of his girl
wife and her mother, Elliott
Padrick, a twenty-year-old Meth
odist minister. said:
'I went to prayer and pleaded
with God to restrain me from this
foul act, but I fear that I sinned
against the light"
The youth, whose father and two
brothers are also ministers Of the
same faith as he breaches, ap-
peared completely unconcerned
over the dual crime. He even in
dicated that he does not believe
he will swing on the gaIlows for
the deed.
And the young mans dramatic
defense is that he killed May, his
wife, because he loved her and to
save her soul while there was yet
. chance for its salvation. She
was untrue to him, he asserted,
and she had admitted promiscuous
infidelity. He bore with her, he
explained. while God gave him
grace to do so, but ultimately. the,
burden Of grief and shame and
humiliation became too strong and
he took the only way that he
could reason out to solve the prob
lem.
The death of his mother-in-iaw,
he insisted, was purely ac-
cidental" because she got In tho
way Of a bullet intended for the
girl wife. but he showed no regret
that she, too, had been killed, for
he held her responsible for his
wife's waywardneso
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WENTY-YEAROLD GEORGIA MINISTER KILLS HIS WIFE AND
HER MOTHER ITO SAVE THEIR SOULS FROM THE Dew

"when I received the letter from
. my wife asking me to come TO sed
her, I did not know whether TO ac1
oept II in good faith or not. for bel
fore leaving my homo I was in the
Kitchen when ! overheard my fathI
er-in-law say as he raised an OBJ
ject from off the refrigerator-i{
sounded very much like a knife:
"'Here's something you can se}
rid Of him with"
'T believe that my father-in-Iaw
did that to please his witch wifeI
MY sin Is black enough TO mako
hell dirty, but In the eyes Of tir|
just and mighty God. who will ren|
der to me Judgment according ID
my deed, and to his merciful car@
). and to that Of . law-abiding citizen
ship commit my life and spirit.
"why all this has happened al
the start of my youthful cared
I do not know.
DESCRIBES KILLING.
"I do believe that the same Coo
who forgave David for murder for
gives me and will aid me in my
trial, and that the light Of heaven
and peaceful Joy Of full salvation
will at some time be my constant
privilege and enjoyment.
when the shooting took plac}
the car was at a standstill. I wed
on the ground. ] did not intend h
kill my mother-in-law. 1t was dr.
accident that she was shot.
II do not understand how NIB,
wife's clothing was torn. or hel
hair down. Why her arm should b,
broken 1 do not understand. a.
was on the ground when the shoot
ing occurred and did not put M
hands on either OF them.
! II intended to go to oklahom
after the shooting. l arrived on tn
train to Clito with a pistol in m
pocket. the one used to do III !
shooting with"
When asked what part Mr}
Dixon took In the difficulty pr4
vious to the shooting and what |
rect incident led up to the shootin |
Padrick declined to reveal, sayin}
slowly:
Il guess that I have said enough
for this time"
The boyish slayer was formerly
pastor Of the Greencut Methodist
church. but was suspended at the
last South Georgia conference,
Mrs. Dixon, his mother-in-law. wa
a daughter of D. J. Dixon and q
sister Of Fully Dixon. of sylvania
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boro. Ga, stating that my wife's
conduct. according to report, was
unbecoming. and should look into
the matter. That Is, should go
to her and try to assist her.
"In the same mail I received 4
letter from my wife asking me to
go to see her. As result Of this.
I left my work at another town
and arrived at Clito. Ga, Monday.
where she and her mother met me.
I was all worked up over the fresh
reports. I had been brooding over
the matter for some time"
STORY QUESTIONED.
Right here Il may be said that
witnesses have asserted that the
young minister greeted his wife
affectionately and kissed her and
her mother as well as he climbed
Into the sedan, which Mrs. Dixon
was then driving. But his own
story puts 1t this way:
"On my arrival found that she
and her mother were dressed in
clothes that neither Mr.. Dixon nor
myself could afford to buy for
them. knew that they did not
get them as they should have
that Is, buy them with their own
money.
Tho dress and hosiery Of my
wife was the most immodest j had
seen I'm some time.
"It seemed that they had only
one desire. and that was to accu-
mulate wealth. and they had an
uncomfortable passion for fine
clothes and display. Fashion was
their all-consuming desire. Circum-
stances had proven that they had
started on the wrong road to gain
their desired ends.
IT discovered after my marriage
that my mother-in-law had urged
her daughter to marry me believ-
ing that had money. and In this
way she expected to get some Of
the things Of life that she most
craved.
"As soon as she discovered that
I was a poor boy that whole family
turned on me and caused my wife
to hate me. was as helpless as
David before Saul. 1t was at this
time that the difficulty reached
the point where my wife threaten
ed my life. and I pleaded with her
to give her heart to God and to
help me in my life's work. This
appeal fell on deaf ears!
''It was a laughing joke and a
halfway boast of Norton Mitchell.
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Water Was Scarce
In Beautiful Country.

For six days we journeyed
through beautiful country.
mountainous, though with none of
the great single peaks that we
had grown accustomed to in the
M'Fumbiro volcanoes, but a con-
tinual succession Of ranges and
ridges and valleys.
Water continued scarce. and
we guarded our precious pals Of
It in our tents, as the boys used
II with the same prodigality as II
the land were flowing with It.
Their unconcern, when they knew
the facts in the case as well an
we did. was a marvellous applica-
ton Of the Take no thought for
the morrow" admonition.
At Lubando, where water was
scarcest, saw a little black tent
boy, the boy" of one of our boys,
calmly empty out one Of the two
pals of jealously boarded water,
in order to use the pail to stand
on to arrange the bed nets.
We had heard that there was
water five miles away, and we
thrust that empty pail into his
hand and sent him forth to verify
the rumor.
Natives everywhere had been
eager for dover" Cmedicine. that
is). but on this march they were
simply clamorous, and we could
never get settled in camp an af-
ternoon before the procession Of
chiefs would begin to trickls In
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Restifution Made By
Gouernmsnf Officials.

We have an instance of the
scrupulousness OF their attitude at
Kivu. There we had been allowed
the government boat for an excur-
sion to the lava fields II we would
pay the price Of the gasoline. We
paid the presented bill without re-
mark, for the gasoline cost did not
seem excessive for the heart Of
Africa.
Nearly two months later a black,
runner brought out to US on the
Ruindi a packet OF francs from
Kivu-the chef de poste had discov-
cred that the gasoline had been
billed to them at q less price and
sent on to us the benefit Of the re-
duction. Our next experience with
gasoline, in Uganda, was less heart
ening..
New Year morning we started to
march out Of the Congo leading our
two hundred porters east on a way
that could only be vaguely out
lined by the Belgians into the Brit.
ish protectorate Of Uganda.
Some time that day. high on the
interminable mountains, we crossed
the eastern frontier Of the Congo,
and our first nights camp. by a
water hole in a plain, could be
designated only as somewhere In
Uganda.
In Uganda, for the first time,
water was both scarce and bad.
We always boiled II, and that night
we put in alum in addition, and
carried several Jars of II with us
In case the conditions were worse
ahead
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Rare Gifts Brought
By Another Santa.

And later another runner came
from Santa Claus-this time by
way Of Luofu. where the father
superior was now with Monsieur
Flamand, the administrator Of
the Ruindi-bringing gifts from
them both to all OF us-rars
spears and upusal ornaments,
feathers, baskets and bells.
The boys entered heartily into
the occasion. Each one Of them,
down to the cook and the last
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the deputy sheriff Of statesboro.
that / was a fool for permitting
my mother-in-law and Ida Mae
Dixon. my wife's aunt to trap me
into such a marriage. Things Of
this kind preyed on my mind to
the breaking point.
II know now that my marriage
was the mistake of my life.
realized this some time ago, but
through 1T all loved her and be-
lieved that God would make her
my ideal. But all the persuasion
Of a husband seemed to be in vain.
I'VE parted several times, but
would go back together. We would
have the same kind Of disputes,
but I held to God and believed all
the time that things would come
out all right.
"She seemed bent on having the
world and the devils playthings.
Through all Of my troubles, my
love was deeper than my grace.
IT could not get the consent of
my mind to leave her to the cruelty
Of her mother. I am convinced
that Mrs. Dixon wanted to push her
daughter into an indecent business.
IT had been away four months,
having worked one month. making
$50 and my board. IS Of which
sent to my wife. The three months
while was idle I spent in prayer
II delivered six sermons In the
churches Of my father and brother.
"I wrote to my wife on several
occasions and received no answer
until she heard that I had decided
to go to Oklahoma. She wrote me
and entreated me to come and get
her and take her away. I could not
understand why she waited SO long
to write unless her mother was at
the bottom Of It.
HEARS FROM PARENTS.
Il suspected that her mother
wanted to get us back together In
order for her to be looked upon by
the people Of her community as q
respectable wife.
"In the meantime. I heard from
my parents that she had been run
ming around Statesboro with Nor
ton Mitchell. who my wife declared
to me had ruined her aunt. Ida Mae
Dixon. and as a result of this my
exhorter's license had been revoked
by an overwhelming majority.
ct went TO prayer at once and
pleaded with God to restrain me
from any murderous act. but I fear
have sinned against the light.
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But he did not tell all. It was not
until the bodies were examined that
the Turing letter was discovered.
The note. addressed to his wife,,
read:
Dearest One-Your sweet letter
to hand. Wish I, too. could have
been with you in Oliver. Say,
little grille. I have a pleasant sur
prise for you. Meet me sure at
Clito. Monday afternoon. in the
sedan. l would love to meet you
there alone. as you know we
haven't been together much. Won't
you come and prove your love?
Trust me and love me. Yours,
Elliott.
'P. s.-I win bring you some-
thing good II you will come to me.
Tell daddy and mamma that I love
them lots and to treat me kindly.
ELLIOTT"
STRANGE STATE OF BODY.
When Mrs. Padrick's body was
discovered most Of the clothing was
torn off. her hair was down, and
her am broken. The calm-faoed,
soft-spoken slayer said he could not
explain this, denying that he
touched the bodies after he fired
the shots, and he explained:
IT had intended to throw them
into the river and drive away, but
I did not dare to do So"
So collected In thought, so
smooth In speech 10 he that the
guards in the Jail are already pro-
Tossing the belief that he Is insane.
But the youth makes no such
pretense. He declares that he only
did what he had to do and is ready
to rest his case on the judgment Of
God and the community.
In his cell he dictated the follow
ing statement before he even con-
suited counsel or notified his family
Of his plight:
"I shot my wife because Of her
admitted infidelity to me. She
stated to me. that she had been
running around with the boys dur
ing my absence and had been hav-
ing q good time.
"yYhila uorking IN her fathersa
farm she threatened my life on sew.
eral occasions. She kept q gun in
the corner and knife stuck in the
door facing. and this was because
Of her unhappiness, for which she
thought I was to blame.
Shortly aftcr-I married her she
asked me what ] would do II I
found that she had been untrue to
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Second Nights Camp
Made on Mountain Peak.

The roads In Uganda were
superb, old native roads, improved
by white mans oversight. and the
bicycles would have been tre-
mendously useful II the roads had
not insisted upon a continual climb.
Our second nights camp was on
a mountain -peak-Behungi. 5000
feet UP, space swimming about
us and the solitudes of Africa
streaming out from every side.
Down went the wide road the
next morning. and then up again.
winding along the mountain sides,
through marshes OF papyrus-a
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Wealth Was Estimated
By Cattle and Wiues.

Cattle and wives were a mans
wealth-the cattle were q luxury
and the wives an asset, for the
wives worked.
A private citizen. II he was
sadly impecunious, could only af-
ford one or two wives and those
perhaps In succession. out
really thriving chief would have
a lot Of them scattered about his
village.
Old Rhakadiga informed me he
had sixty-five. He wanted to
know how many Herbert had.
and I, knowing my husbands
caste would live or die in my
words. made answer-and I have
never yet revealed. to Herbert
or another, just how many wives
told that Chief Herbert pos
sessed!
In Uganda you do not shake
hands, even with a chief. The
natives greet you with a cere-
monious clapping. squatting down
for greater respect.
White gowns were prevalent
among the natives, signs OF the
Arab influence, and we saw
good many Arab and Indian
traders marching along the high
ways, with their goods on the
heads of native carriers. We had
seen few Arabs In the Congo,
and no Indians are allowed to
enter.
January 10 we reached Mbar.
ara, q British post, where we had
arranged for automobiles to come
out and meet us and carry us
and our 200 loads the $50 miles
to Kampala and Victoria Ny
anza-
Our walk was over. We. had
walked a thousand miles In all.
And there were perpendicular
>miles that felt ought to he
counted as two.
We did the next $50 miles In
two days, and then we waited
two weeks for the last car, which
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Flotilla Collected for
the Return in Short Order.

1t was the southern shore Of
this lake that had been depopu-
lated by the pysmy raids, and no
natives lived there now. but here.
in the middle Of It, were little
clusters of grass huts, perched so
picturesquely on the highlands
that It was hard not to believe In
the artistic feeling Of the builders.
But inaccessibility in case Of
war counted for a great deal in
those high locations.
We had sent out for canoes
and the men padded along the
shores, sending our ringing calls
until a flotilla Of twenty-seven was
assembled. The canoes were dug
out logs and the paddles had long
straight handles and heart-shaped
blades.
We sent most Of our goods over
that afternoon and the next morn
ing we got the rest OF them and
the two hundred porters over, and
then we had a desperately hard
time getting a tribe whose knowl-
edge Of money was of rupees to
accept francs in payment. Finally
a chief mediated for us and the
francs became quite popular.
All we could learn Of the way
was that somewhere after Bun
yoni, two days or two hours, ac-
cording to differing informants.
we would come to Kabale, the
English outpost. 1t was after
two hours of the wide road that
we saw on a high hill a cluster
Of roofs against the sky and the
flutter Of red and blue bunting
the Union Jack.
On one hill was the Church Of
England mission and on another
that Of the white fathers. and on
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Little Alice Bradley Hangs Up Her Stocking i'm Wilder
and Santa Claus Does Best He Can With Limited
Facilities. Akeley Party Says Good-by to Land of
No~1M

tho middle hill the government
bona and the bungalows Of the
officials.
Commissioner Adams and Capt.
Persse divided our party for
luncheon, and in dusty khaki and
mud-stained boots we lunched
among the roses OF California and
chintz and china and silver Of
old England. then scurried for
our tents and hot baths and the
white raiment in the airtights.
The porters for whom We had
sent q runner ahead were ready
for US, and next morning after
the customs formalities were
solemn ones here, listing every
bit Of foodstuff we were bringing
into the country!-we sent them
on ahead. following at o'clock
after more sociability.
After the first downward
plunge OF the road we could ride
our wheels. and the fact that our
first days march was estimated
at twenty-six miles did not daunt
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grinning little helper in a dirty
towel. presented himself at each
tent on the first call for hot
water. each with an offering.
cluster Of the red gold flowers OF
the place thrust in a can or
bottle.
BY tho time we were through
dressing every tent looked like
a flower show, and tho boys
were expectantly awaiting the
returns.
Previous counsel had decided
upon a lump sum to each boy
from US all. 1t was given, and
the explanation that It was from
us all was pounded in, but the
boys promptly pursued every in
dividual of us, yearning volubly
for tokens.
It was our continual expert
ence that a personal gift, how
ever slight, was much more ap-
preciated by the native than any
collective generosity.
Three days later, the 2Sth OF
December, we broke camp at
dawn and started to march across
the plains, taking our last look
at the shadowy herbs whose
horns were glinting in the level