Arizona republican., 1922-04-21
|CIOse-Ups Of
Real Life in
America

HEIHCI EUQ
When is man legally dead?
Smoking is not deIterious
Chicago moving to country
Judge sriIIs Frisco iuries
Defendant pleads own case
prunks increase in New York
NEW YORK, April pa girl whose
fiance went forth to fight for his
flag four wears ago and from whom
no word has come since the day OF a
charge in which he was taken pris-
oner by the Germans. sat weeping in
q. Brooklyn court today while law
Sers duibbled over what should con-
stitute legal proof of his death.
The girl was Miss Eleanore r.
Knapp. Her suitor was Ernest Charl-
ton Mason of the 160th United States
infantry. The cause of her presence
in court was a contest brought by
Henry r. Mason, the boys uncle,
of a verbal wish, whispered to a
comrade that If he did not live
through the charge he wished all
his estate to go to his fiance.
Attorneys for the uncle contended
that the certificate of death. issued
by the United States government, did
not constitute proof of the soldiers
death.
Attorneys for Miss Knapp argued
that there was no question of the
death. Surrogate Wingate reserved
lewiston.
BERKELEY, Cal, April 20-While
holding that smoking is not in
furious unless carried to excess.
President David p. Barrows. of the
University of California, today
warned men students that in 'run-
ming out between classes to get your
smoke they were binding them
selves in a slavery that would be diff
fieult to throw off later.
Smoking Isl for most men. not
delterious unless carried to excess,
President Barrows said.
''The majority of warnings against
smoking that go out to the young
to keep boys within bounds. The
question is not one of right nor
wrong but of moderation.
Men who are running out between
classes to get in their half hours
smoke are building up slavery
which later in life they viii have to
strive 10 undo"
CHICAGO, April 2o-Twenty-five
thousand Chicago families will
live in tents in the forest preserves
near the city during the. summer to
avoid paying high rentals. E. A. Pot
ter, manager of the Chicago Tenants
Protective league, announced today.
All plans for the tent cities have
been completed, he said, and as
serted that a family could be equip
ped to live in a tent all summer for
sSO, or nearly one months rental for
many flats.
The. campers he said. will be di-
vided into groups of 25 families each
and a chieftain will be appointed for
each group. No dogs will be allowed
in camp but there win be no limit on
children, it was asserted.
This move will be the greatest
ever toward beating the greedy land
lord" AR. Potter said in announcing
the completion Of plans, $4,000
vacant flats in Chicago all summer
win beat him to a fragile
GAN FRANCISCO, April 2o-The
whole hearted enthusiasm and
alacrity with which san Francisco
juries find defendants mot guilty" in
liquor cases in the United States dis
trict court, was the subject OF sharp
comment to a jury by Judge William
c. Van Fleet.
After a jury had been impanelled.
the defendant pleaded guilty and was
fined $500.
Gentlemen" said the court, ethis
defendant by changing his plea has
robbed you Of chance to find him
mot guilty. You are excused until
tomorrow"
OMAHA, Neb., April 20-After de-
liberating seven hours, the Jury
IN district court in whose hands rests
the fate of Otto Cole, charged with
the murder of Harry Hahn. pawn
broker. had failed to reach a verdict
shortly before midnight tonight.
Cole, who has been conducting his
own defense unaided, in two hour
argument to the jury declared that
Deputy County. Attorney Coffey,
prosecuting counsel was using s'the
dead body OF Harry Hahn as a STEP
ping stone to realize his political am
bitions"
.'Coffey hopes IL men viii decree
my execution" said Cole in his argu-
ment, 80 that he may be elected to
high position in the coming election"
County Attorney A. v. Shotwell,
who made the final argument for
the state, characterized Cole as "a
man devoid of all knowledge of social
duty, self confessed killer. a man
who actually parades before you his
own disbelief in the God you and 1
believe in and Worship
NEW YORK, April 2O-More per-
sons were arrested for intoxica-
ton in New York City in 1921 than
IN either of the two preceding years
II was revealed in advance statistics
of the police departments annual re-
port made public tonight. The num-
Der for 1921 was S,169. the year be-
fore 1904 and in 1919 it was 1923.
Drunkenness also increased among
members Of the police force. 81 hav-
ing been charged with the offense in
1921. seven more than the previous
year and 16 more than 1919.
Arrests for all crimes in 1921 num-
ber 272.751 compared with 2e6 ,749 in
1920 and 220,149 in 1919.
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