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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

ITO dlsarm the Morelands so that
when the enemy comes they will have
nothing with which to defend them
selves?" Dale didn't know much
about these hill feuds. NO. Miss Lit
tleford can't say that ! think II was
a kind thing TO do"
Miss Littleford arose and faced
Dale. Her cheeks were flushed.
HAS the inemy conner" she de-
manded icily.
mo, but--"
"All right" the young woman broke
In sharply. III tho inerny hnln't come.
what're You a-kickin' about?"
Her brown eyes were full of nre.
They dened, ana they wlthercd, ana
Bill Dale suddenly felt that he was
smaller and of less account in the
scheme of things than that uneducat-
ed, wildly superb creature that stood
before him.
81 beg pardon" Dale said evenly. II
didn't mean To offend, y'know."
His quick contrition struck the girl.
Her mouth quivered. She dropped
her fishing-rod, and began to toy alb
sently with the end of her long, thick
plait OF brown hair.
I've seed so much o. this fightln',"
she murmured TREMENDOUSLY, that IL
makes me go to pieces. / ought TO beg
yOre pardon, mebbe, and / DIDO.
I've seed good many fine, strong
men brought home dead or a-dyin'
from the Moreland bullets And the
Littlefords has killed Morelands, too.
One side about as many as tother,
reckon. I'd be glad to give my life
10 stop it,"
IN help YOU, if l cam Dale told
her perhaps we can make friends
Of the M0relands and your people"
You don't know what "a hard thing
it'd be- she replied tearfully. The
two sets has hated each other ever
sence can rickollect And you won't
be here very long. 1 reckon"
II may be here for the rest OF my
life said Dale.
rs it the coal?" inquired Babe.
"rartly-yos, IFS the coal. I'm go
ing TO develop it for the Morelands."
Babe looked at him with tiny her
aid of hope in her eyes. Before she
could speak again there came from
somewhere back ia the meadow the
sound of her fathers voice
Babe Ooh. Babe -
Comm !" cried the girl, half turn
ing. Wen try to make 'em friends
Wen try. Old Major Bradley, he'll be
up here afore long to spend the sum-
mer, and hen help US. He's a mighty
good man; you're shore to like him.
lie genally stays with us when he's
here. You 20 easy with John More
land! But when ye git him, yen have
em all. I'll work on pap. The amt
no danger o trouble right now, any.
ways. G0odby Bill Dale"
"One moment, Miss Lttleford," and
he took a step after her. Are you
sure there's no danger right now?"
Babe halted, faced about nervously,
and smiled a little.
Dont call me Miss no more" said
she. 1T makes me feel old. CAN me
what everybody else calls me, eff We
don't mind. Why. every one O the
Littlefords lost their rifles last night
the same as the Morelands did. Meet
me here at SHUTDOWN, and I'll tell ye
about it. Goodby. BIZ Dalew
"Goodby, Babe" he smiled.
Continued next week.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

STATE OF MICHIGAN The Probate Court
for the County of Gratiot
At session OF said Court, held at the
Probate Offce i'm the village of Ithaca. ia
said County. on the 9th day of .iarch. A. d.
1929.
Present Hon. james G.. Kress. Judge of
Probate In the matter of the estate Of
ANDREW J. O'BOYLE. Deceased.
Jennie OBoyle having filed in said court
her petition praying that the adniinstra.
ton Of said estate be granted 10 Philip W
Creaser or 10 some other suitable person.
II is ordered. that the 10th day of April,
A. ID. 1922 at ten o'clock in the forenoon.
at said probate Office, be and l. hereby
appointed for hearing said petition;
10 is further ordered. that public notice
thereof be- given by publication of a copy OF
this order. once each week for three success
sivc weeks previous 10 said day of hearing.
in the Alma Record a newspaper printed and
circulated in said county.
true copy.
(Signed) JAMES G. KRESS.
MILDRED +. TAFT. Judge OF Probate.
Register of Probate. 43-4w
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

The Declaration of independence
was signed by every member of the
Continental congress that made IL.
mere were three signers from New
Hampshire, five from Massachusetts.
two from Rhode Island, four from
connecticut, four from New York,
i've from New Jersey, three from
Delaware, nine from Pennsylvania.
four from Maryland, seven from vir-
glnia, three from North Carolina, four
from South Carolina and three from
Georgia.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Story of
|: Our States
By JONATHAN BRACE
KNEW HAMPSHIRE
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&~ r A SHIRE falls
NV m kEgH5 the honor of
WSXxf3SA $l3 casting the
, ~ xI3s. WI vote which
800, E:zY a finite ely
G forme q the
United States. The Constitution
was to formally take effect when
: nine states had ratified IL and on
June IL, 1883. New Hampshire
rounded out the necessary quota
of the states. This beat Vir-
ginia for the deciding vote by
only four days.
The beginnings of New Hamp-
shire lead back to Captain Ma
son, who had been governor of
Portsmouth in Hampshire, Eng
land. Thus was the name of
the colony derived and also that
of its first city, Portsmouth. AS
! reward for Mason's faithful
ness TO King Charles he was al
lotted a large territory north of
the Merrlmac river. The first
settlements We're started in 1923
in Rye and Dover. Shortly after,
theological dispute arose In
Boston, led by Mrs. Anne Hutch
insOn, which resulted in her be-
ing banished. Some of her fol-
lowers went north and founded
Exeter, not far from the towns
of Portsmouth and Dover. Short
~ after the town of Hampton
was settled by Massachusetts
people. AS Captain Mason died
soon after this. these four towns
in 1641 joined themselves TO
Massachusetts. In 1879, however,
King Charles III separated them
again and formed the royal prov
I ince of New Hampshire.
The present area of New
Hampshire is 9.341 square miles.
From the rugged aspect Of its
White mountains has come the
name Granite state, by which II
is often popularity called. The
population Of New Hampshire,
warrants an electoral vote of
four for president.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

STATE OF MIcHIGAN-The Probate Court
for the County Of Grstiot. Estate of
ANN w. WRIGHT. Deceased.
Willis T.. knowlton and Lester A. Sharp.
surviving executors Of said estate. have filed
in this Court their Annual Account and the
same will be heard at the Probate Office on
the 18th day Of April. 1922, AT ten o'clock
in the forenoon.
All persons interested are requested 20 be
present that day and show cause. II any,
why the same should not be allowed.
Dated March 18th. 1922.
(Signed) JAMES G. KRESS.
Attest: Judge of Probate.
MILDRED T.. TAFT.
Register of Probate. 43-iw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

The caterpillar has no nose yet he
does a regular a No job of breath
ing. lie has a mouth, but nature has
SO arranged It that he can utilize this
organ exclusively for feeding and
doesn't have TO breathe through II. lie
does all his breathing through special
apparatus consisting OF nine holes on
ezch side of his body.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30
Estate OF Marilla Mckinney. Deceased
HEARING CLAIMS


STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Probate Court
for the County Of Gratiot
At session of said court, held at the Pro-
bate office in the village of Ithaca in said
county, on the 9TH day of March. 1929.
Present, Hon. James c. kress, Judge OF
Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of
MARlLLA MCKINNEY. Deceased
The above estate having been admitted 70
probate and Clyde Waldo appointed Admins
TRAITOR thereof.
1t is ordered that four months from this
date be allowed for creditors to present their
claims against said estate and that such
claims will be heard by said court on
Friday the eth day Of July 1922. at ten
o'clock in the forenoon.
1t is further ordered, That public notice
thereof be given by publication OF this
order for three successive weeks previous to
said day of hearing in the Alma Record. a
newspaper printed and circulated in said
County.
(Signed) JAMES G. KRESS.
Judge of Probate.
MILDRED f. TAFT.
Register OF Probate. s2-iw
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-30

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Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
Bill No. 2 Passes House; Aims
 To Rouse Competition in Bids

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 24.-The house today unanimously passed House Bill No. 2, by Representative kImball of Tucson, a measure en- dorsed by Governor Campbell, to ing.
 The bill was favorably reported by the committee of the whole and should have come to a vote yester- day, but it was held up at the request of supports of House Bill No. 6, by Representative Stewatr of Yavapai county, a measure intended to curtail paving competition.
 When City Manager Thompson of Phoenix, addressed the house, urging that a five-year guaranty provision be attached to the Kimball bill, Kimball rose and declared:
 We had expected this. This is only another way of trimming the bill. To put in the guaranty clause would be to offset the effect of the provision by which we propose to amend the improvement act, to promote compe- tftion. Many contractors could not se- cure a bond covering a period of five years and few contractors would care to enter into any such arrangement. There no need of such a provision.
 The Tucson chapter of the Amer ican Association of Engineers, con- sisting of men who are competent to pass upon this question, has declared that the five-year guaranty clause is neither necessary nor desirable. It defeats competitive bidding"
 The house received Senate Bill No 4 from the latter badly, concerning the payment of irrigation district taxes It was given its first reading. The only other business of the house was routine
 The greater part of the senate ses-
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sion was spent in consideration by the committee of the whole of Sen ate Bill No. 6, by Senator Saunders of Apache. It amends existing irriga tion district legislation by providing for the inclusion with irrigation dis tricts of lands irrigated from works already constructed, with the assent of owners of such lands or majority of the members of the association or corporation owning such works. 1t also provides for investing irrigation districts to be organized under the act with power of draining lands with in such districts A similar bill by Representative Baxter of Maricopa, is pending in the house.
 Two new bills were introduced to- day by Senator Lines of Graham county, as follows
 Senate Bill No 22, authorizing board of supervisors every two years, in July of election years, to revise salaries of county officers and Gt- taches, to be effective during the terms of the officers who go into of flee on January l of the following year.
 Senate Bill No. 23, an amendment to the constitution, the same as the much-discussed House Bill No. 93, with the exception that it contains no provision fixing the date for its sub- mission to the people. It also changes the limitation of the indebtedness of the state for the purpose intended from per cent of the taxable valuation.
 The rules committee today pre- pared a new rule for the creation of judiciary committee to which will be sent all measures which are out side the governors call. President Wilkinson appointed as members of this committee Senators Elliott. Eddy, Morgan, Stoddard and Woodward.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
HOUSE PASSES SUPPLY MEASURE
Appropriation Bill Carrying $25, 100000 Passes House;
 Amendment Rejected

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Without an amendment of consequence the an amendment of consequence the ap propriation bill carving approximate ly S25,300, 900 for the departments of commerce and labor, was passed to day by the house. It was the seventh of the 12 annual supply measures to be sent to the senate this season.
 Of the total, S1S,500.0OO is provid- ed for the commerce department and ss,S00,000 f"r the labor department. The measure went through practical ly in the form in which it was re. ported by the appropriations commit. tee.
 The amount carried for promotion of trade with Central and South Am erica is s170,65O, or s1O,65O more than the appropriation last year, but S43,00O less than the amount recon. mended in budget estimates. Repre- sentative Connally, Democrat, Texas, who has been advocating recognition of the Obregon government, offered an amendment, which was rejected that no part of the amount appropriat ed for Central and South American trade development, should be spent in Mexico. He took the position that if the United States wished to devel. op trade in Mexico, it should recog. nize the Obregon government.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
Captain Marburg's Body, Sealed In Casket, on Way to Baltimore

MORALES, Ariz., Feb. 24.- Rest ing in a sealed metallic casket. the body of Captain Theodore Marburg, aviator. who died today of bullet wound suffered a week ago at Mag dalena, state of Sonora, Mexico, to- night was awaiting transportation to Nogales, whence it will be shipped to Baltimore. Md, for interment.
 A verdict of accidental death was returned late today after an inquest In Magdalena. Marburg was shot through the head when a revolver slipped from his hands. struck the floor and was discharged. He was quoted as having gasped. My foot slipped" He had lost a leg while serving as an aviator in France
 Friends of the young man will not be permitted to view the body when the funeral is held in Baltimore next
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
PACIFIC TREATY IS SLATED FOR FINAL ACTION
Girl Quits Witness Stand and Kills
 Defendant

WACO, Tex, Feb. 24. Miss Marcine Matthews. IT years of age was in a local charitable home here tonight as the result of kill ing in a court room here today, when she shot c. s. Crosslin, a real estate dealer and former minister.
 She was taken to the home fol lowing her release on bond of $4,- 900, which was furnished by prom inent local residents.
 The shooting took place during the second trial of Crosslin on charges of having attacked the girl.
 Miss Matthews fired three shots at Crosslin as she left the witness stand. He died instantly.
 He disgraced me, ruined my health and deprived me of an ed ucation, but he will never ruin an- other girl," she told officers and newspaper men after the shooting She posed smilingly for photogra- phers.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
SOCIETY WOMEN
 HEAVILY PLUNGE; LOSE S600,000
Women, Prominent Socially, Are Alleged Victims of
 Missing Broker
LEADER IN CIVIC CIRCLE
Quick and Fabulous Profits Was Bait Used to Induce
 Women to Enter Pool

NEW YORK, Feb. 24-Ten women several prominent socially, who claim to have put more than $6OO, 900 into a mythical pool" promoted by Alfred E. Lindsey, broker, with a palatial home at South Nyack, today were summoned to appear before SUI preme court grand jury Monday and help piece together the details of a remarkable story Of "high finance on which Assistant District Attorney Murphy will seek 1indsey's irdict. ment.
 The list of alleged victims of the missing broker, is headed by Mrs Lillian N. Duke. divorced wife of James B. Duke, tobacco king" with claims that she trusted $325,OOO to the engaging Lindsey.
 Others on the list with their con. tributions to the pool, include:
 Mrs. Dorothy Atwood. s97,0OO: Miss Catherine Adams. S40,O0O; Miss Charlotte Nillson, actress, $2O,OOo; Mrs. w. H. Arnold, S3O,O0O; Miss Margaret Bogart, S1S,0OO; Mrs. Hel- en Burnett. s31,0OO; Mrs. Arelaide V. Rice, $25.00O; Mrs Josephine A. Cornell, $20,000, and Miss Florence James, $5,00O.
 Siren songs of quick and fabulous profits induced the women to dis pose of securities they held and put their cash equivalent in Lindsey's hands, Murphy said Lindsey's fav. orite story. he declared, was that he was fellow member with George F. Baker, Thomas W. Lamont, Charles B. Sabin, Percy A. Rockefeller, James A. Stillman and other giants of the financial district, in millionaire Domino Club, where the time not spent in playing dominoes was given over to planning big killings" in Wall street. This club was supposed to maintain secret rooms at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. to which Lindsey dis played a pass key.
 It was to get her money into a pool operated by these men that Miss Nillson parted with her S20,000. Mur- phy said she had told him.. Similar stories, he said. were told by the oth- CT women. The debonair Lindsey Murphy declared. was one of the "smoothest workers" New York has seen in years.
 His home at South Nyack was one of the show places along the Hudson river, and Lindsey himself was a leader in civic affairs, having taken a prominent part in the raising of Red Cross and other funds.
 But when he was on the make" all sympathy dropped out of his nat ure, according to the stories told Murphy.
 One of his victims, Mrs. Rice, is 75 years old and nearly blind, and the $25,OO0 she put into the pool was practically every cent she possessed.
 (Continued on Page Two)
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
Sub-C CommitteeRejectsSalesTa Tax
Mostly Police Testimony Before Jury; State Contends Empty Shot
 Gun Shells Belonged to Burch
Deputy Sheriff Testes Concerning Statement Made by Mrs. Obenchain; Claims Testimony Is First Connected
 Story of Conditions Leading to Kennedy Shooting

today by the state was mostly that of police officials, detailing what they said they found upon arriving at the Kennedy cottage in Beverly Glen, near which he was shot. They testified 70 finding Kennedy's body on the steps leading up to his cottage with bullet wound in the side of the head, and loaded revolvers on a step near the the right hand.
 Mrs. Obenchain and Arthur Burch were across the street from the home occupied by Kennedy and his parents in Los Angeles between 12 and l O. clock on the afternoon he was killed, according to the testimony of John Taliberlo, house man for the Ken nedy family. He testified he saw both Of them at that time stop by. the drive way in front of the house and then walk on. Upon cross examination, he said he had been tcld by Kennedy shortly before to be on the lookout for Mrs. Obenchain.
 Tom Besaaty told the jury of findisg two empty shotgun shells at the base of telephone pole near Kennedy's garage the day after the shooting. It is the states contention that these shells are from Burch's gun and were fired by him at Remedy.
 c. s. Summar testified that while driving on the Santa Monica road about 9:30 o'clock the night Kennedy was killed, he stopped by the bright lights of a car standing at an angle in the road. He identified Burch as a man he saw in the car at that time. His description of the car was the same as that which the state attemp- ted to show yesterday had been rented by Burch on the night of-the shooting.
 The case will be resumed Monday
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24.-What was said to be Mrs. Madalynne c. Obenchain's own story of her relations with J. BeIton Kennedy, for whose murder she is now on trail, today became a matter of court record. R. H. Johnson, a deputy sheriff, testified concerning statement he declared she made to him shortly after the shooting of Kennedy, last August 5.
 At various stages of preparation of the case against Mrs. Obenchain and during the trial of her co-defendant, Arthur c. Burch, these matters Were touched upon frequently, but today's testimony was the first direct, con- nected story of the conditions which the state claims led to the shooting of Kennedy.
 Mrs. Obenchain said she had known Kennedy for about five years, accord ing to Johnson, but flor some reason Obenchain. At the time Kennedy was killed, she was engaged to marry him. She also told Johnson, according to his testimony, that she would have married Kennedy before, but he was unable to overcome the objections Of his mother.
 Johnson testified that Mrs. Oben- chain told him that her former hus- band had agreed to give her a divorce any time she wanted it if it would make her happier.
 The decree granting Mrs. Oben- chain divorce as rendered by the courts of Illinois on February II, 1920, was read into the record of the case today. A clerk read the record of the marriage of the Obenchafns to the jury ---,---- .,- . -t
 The testimony put before the jury
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25

week. The bullet disfigured the face.
 Marburg's 19 year old bride of a month. formerly Miss Harriet de For est Brown of Baltimore, a relative of Mrs. T. Suffern Taylor. New York society leader, arrived in Nogales to- night, having lost race against death.
 The town of Magdalena, about 50 miles from this border city. is in mourning over the death of the for mer aviator.
 The body will be accompanied east by the widow, Marburg's father. The odore Marburg, ST, former United States minister to Belgium, the lat ter's sister, Miss Amelia Marburg and by the youths business partner w. Beckford Kibbey. Young Mar burg and Kibbey conducted the Ala. mo Cattle Ranch, embracing thou. sands Of acres in Magdlena.
Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-25
ACTRESS NAMED IN TAYLOR CASE
Chauffeur in Custody Names Noted Motion Picture Star
 as One of Four Plotters

DETROIT, Feb. 24-A motion pic ture actress who ranks high in the profession was one of the four per sons who plotted the murder of VII liam Desmond Taylor, film director, according to the story of Harry M. Fields, under arrest here, Sheriff lrv' ing J. Coffin of Wayne county, an nounced late today. The sheriff with held the woman's identity.
 It was stated also that additional evidence had been had been uncov- cred here which serve to strengthen Fields story of his knowledge of the crime.
 A search of his effects disclosed receipts showing Fields was in Los Angeles tine latter part of January Among these was rent receipt TOT Q. place in Venice. Calif., where Fields has maintained the details of Taylor's staying were arranged
 Fields, according to the sheriff, stat ed that the actress was not present when Taylor was shot, and reiter' ated the only participants at the scene of the crime were the three he de srcibed as Wong Lee, Chinese, who dld the shooting; Johnny Clark, a white man, and Jennie Moore, all of whom were hired to take their parts in the murder.
 Authorities here have been unable to locate a bank book which Fields is said to have had in his possession at the time of his arrest, bearing the name of Sam Coplin," an alleged alias, showing a deposit of S1S0 in Chicago on Febraury ?, the day after the Taylor murder.
 Fields has, however, offered the ex' planation that he maintained the ac' count in Chicago for the benefit oI his daughter, and made deposits by mail, through a friend. Officers point out that this would clear up the issue that was raised by the supposed pres ence of the suspect in Chicago, the day after he claims to have been in Los Angeles. The California author ities have been acquainted with the new developments in the local inves- tigation.
 Failure to locate. Fields bank book resulted tonight in the investigation being carried to Chicago, where, of ficials here believed, 1t might be found in the possession of the friend Fields named in his statement to the sheriff.
 Tellers of the Chicago bank in which Fields claimed to have depos. ited money the day following the Fay. Tor murder will be questioned, it was said, in an effort to confirm the de DOsit either hy Fields ar his ''friend VI Should it be found in this manner that Fields personally made the de posit, Sheriff Coffin said, there would be reason to doubt the prisoner s story.