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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-11

and ate two pieces of cake. He
refused a drink of wine.
He died smiling, his face Lit up
with an ethereal light.
'Jesus have mercy" he said. in
a voice that, although low, reached
the very ends of the courtyard.
On the scaffold, the handsome
youths blonde head was raised to
catch the morning sun and the
black hood.
Prayer On Lips.
The prayer was on his lips when
the hood was adjusted.
There was a grating sound. Then
a swift, downward rush-and all
was ended.
The drop broke the youths neck,
making death instantaneous.
Before he died, Muir addressed a
letter to the sheriff of the district,
declaring he did not have a fair
trial.
IT did not intend to kill any one
there was no generalization. for
give ALL"
Several doctors examined the
body. Ten minutes after the trap
was sprung Muir was pronounced
dead.
The body was cut down and car
ried into the corridor Of the Jail.
The coroner's jury held the formal
inquest and returned the usual YER
dict.
The body will be taken. tonight to
hnraA ~ FV1fvp
182nd street, New York city.
Not since the famous Shorts muir
Ger case in 1899 has such a wave
Of public feeling swept over this
section of Canada. The entire town
turned out to see the prisoner en-.
route to the gallows. A last legal
effort to save Muir failed late yes.
terday when a petition for a stay
OF execution was denied in practice
court.
Muir's case attracted wide interest
and no little sympathy. The
Duchess de Richelieu and other
prominent New York women in.
terested themselves in his behalf,
and the case even went so far as
to be put up to the State Depart
ment at Washington for interven-
ton.
Lavielette was killed during q
drunken brawl. Both men, accord
ing to testimony, were drinking.
Muir commended he was trying to
protect a cripple. Because Of the
apparent lack of deliberate intent
and Muir's youth, the Duchess de
Richelieu and others interested
themselves in the case.
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COP
WHIPS 8 AND
TAKES ONE
Donohue Proved a Serious
"Mistake" to Attack, Trio
Quickly Learned

Be 1t known by all these presents
that Policeman M. P. Donohue, six
foot-two Irishman on Major Daniel
Sullivan's staff Of law enforcers,
was at one time heavyweight cham.
pion of the army.
It was ignorance Of this little de-
tail that put Cornelius Alexander,
colored, in a dilapidated condition
in Georgetown Hospital today, and
brought two of his militant friends
to an almost similar fate.
Donohue patrols a section of the
city which includes Potomac and
Prospect avenues northwest. He
was passing the corner of the two
streets early today when he saw
Alexander Keeling and staggering
about.
Donohue clamped an iron hand
on Alexander's collar and ordered
him to the police box a short dis
lance away. Alexander went peace
fully enough at first, but suddenly
turned on his captor and began
fighting. Two friends Of the negro
ran up and joined the rumpus. The
hefty cop floored his three assail-
ants several times during the scuf-
fle and he was master of the situa-
lion most Of the time.
When it was all over, Alexander
was still the captive Of Donohue.
The other negroes had made their
getaway, but not without collecting
some lifetime marks.
At Georgetown Hospital today
Alexander is wearing a turban of
bandages. His face is patched with
court plaster. Donohue was treated
at the hospital for bruises to the
head and a bite on the nose. Alex
ander is charged at the Seventh
precinct with assault and battery
and being intoxicated.
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CHARGES 7 v D
THIEVES GOT
HIS $3.50
Beaten and Left SenseIess,
John c. Auth, 50, Watch
man, Asserts

His face streaked with blood from
cuts on his forehead and nose,
sixty-nine-year-old John C. Auth,
brother Of Nick Auth, Of the Auth
Provision Company, was found in a
semi-conscious condition early today
on the platform of the company's
warehouse at 539 D street south
west.
Found by Policeman Alec Fried
berg, Auth was rushed to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition is said
not to be serious.
Was Robbed Of $3.50.
Police say that Auth reports he
was knocked down by two men and
robbed Of $3.50. His story is being
investigated.
The injured man is EMPLOYED az q
Waterman at the plant
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The Teeming Times
BY TINY TESSIE.

While ell the nation listened
With radio-capped ears
To Democratic speeches thanked
BY Democratic cheers;
While women sported fancy hats
And startling summer gowns
The he-male delegates were
Wishing for home towns.
While New York. wonder city,
Poured down her burning heat
To scorch heads to brain fever
And blister tired feet.
The females consumed sodaS
And found q place to roam;
The he-male delegates sat wishing
They were home.
Now Davis IL elected,
With Bryan runner up;
The delegates among the sticks
Once more can sleep and sup;
The female of the species
Have ideas In their domes.
The he-males all are streaking
For their homes.
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ESCAPED PATIENT COMES
BACK TO ST. ELIzABETH'S

After searching parties had failed
to find him, Charles Frederick,
forty-one years old, mental patient
at st. Elizabeth's Hospital, who fled
from his ward yesterday, returned
to the institution today.
Frederick, described in reports as
dangerous" said he did not leave
the grounds, but had merely wan.
dered off into the adjoining woods
where he spent the night.
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avenue and Livingstone street
northwest. She was bruised on the
arms and legs.
Angus Hayes, colored, seven, 1910
Fifth street northwest, ran into an
automobile in front of his home.
He was not hurt badly.
Falling from his wagon, Albert
Burgess, jr., 4S4 Luray place north.
west, was cut on his left leg. His
condition IL not serious.
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CHILD IN AUTO
CRASH NEAR
DEATH
Alexandria Girl, II, Operated
Upon, Is Not Expected
to Survive

ALEXANDRIA, July 11.-With
two inches Of bone removed from
her head by operating physicians.
Eleanora Allen. eleven, lies at the
point Of death at the Alexandria
Hospital this morning as the resuln
Of an automobile accident which
occurred late last night when the
machine driven by her father was
crowded off the Alexandria-W WASH
ington highway near Four Mile
Run, Arlington county.
Harvey L. Allen, Of Oxford
avenue, Potomac, father of the girl.
was painfully injured suffering a
broken and bruised hand. Mrs.
Allen lost several teeth and the
son, Charles w. Allen. seven, sui
fered conclusion of the brain.
Father Mcdonald of Fairfax Stas
ton extricated the injured party
from the debris and rushed them
to the hospital where Doctor s.
B. Moore operated almost immedN
lately on the girl.
The identity of the driver Of the
machine which travelling speedily
forced Allen to take the ditch and
VI dSA 4uIO SAIC pOI0 HCdEUy 10 llO6
known. The machine did not stop
after the crash and occupants OF
other machines in the vicinity were
unable to distinguish the license
numbers.
Stockholders in Alexandria's new
hotel company last night met and
elected Carroll Pierce, George e.
Warfield, Benedict We'll, c. 4. Tays
lor Burke, Julian Y. Williams and
Harry Hammond members Of the
board of directors. The American
Hotel Corporation which is to opers
ate the hosiery named Stephen
n. Bobo,. J. Linfield Damon and
on the board. Directors will meet
next Tuesday to choose the other
officers.
Walter G. Willard, superintend-
emit of the Swarthmore Chautau.
qua which is in the city now, yes
terday spoke before the Kiwanis
club. praising the city manager
form of government. He declared
a bureau should be formed to give
to the citizens intelligent reports
of city happenings apart from the
usual reports in newspapers, which
he declared to be inadequate. Will
liam H. Whip, physical director
of the Racquet club of Washing
ton. spoke on the potentialities of
physical education.
Andrew Hardy, colored, husband
of Minerva Hardy, of Washington,
who was reported shot in the arm
by a bandit IN Arlington county
yesterday during az alleged holdup,
was arrested here last night and
is now in the Arlington county Jail
pending an investigation, which is
being conducted by Town Sergeant
A. F. Driscoll, of Potomac.
Mrs. Mary M. Lockwood, Of Ar
lington county, has been named as
one of the electors from the Eighth
Congressional District according TO
the list filled with the Secretary of
the Commonwealth by Joseph L.
Crupper, chairman of the State
Republican committee.
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Three Gun Pastors
Church Blown Up
By BOotleggers
BY international News Service.

JOLIET, ILL, July 1.-THE
bomb which this morning
wrecked the church of the Rev
erend Henry E. Rompel, Joliet's
"three-gun pastor" known
throughout the State for his
activities in prohibition enforce
ment was hurled at the instiga-
ton Of the county's bootlegging
fraternity, police investigating
the explosion declared. The
blast, which shook the entire
town, caused damage estimated
at nearly 100000.
Mr.. Rompel and his wife are
on a European tour and only a
caretaker was in the parsonage,
adjoining the church. He was
unhurt.
The church, the Ottawa
Methodist Episcopal, is in the
heart Of Joliet's business Sec
ton.
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4PERSONSHURT
IN TRAFFIC
M|SHAPS
Policeman, Directing Vehicles,
Is Injured When Auto
Strikes Him

Traffic accidents resulted in injury
to four persons yesterday.
Policeman John r. Leach, of the
Traffic Bureau, suffered cuts on
the left leg when an automobile,
operated by Raymond B. Myers,
SO r street northeast, ran into him.
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He was dire TIN g
traffic at the corner
Of Seventh street and
Florida avenue north
west, when the acct.
dent occurred.
Elizabeth Jone s,
colored, was getting
on q street car when
she was knocked
down by a machine
at ConOactic,1 =
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"Hey. Skinnay!" The Times offers
boys between 10 and 16 q full
weeks vacation In q tented camp
as a reward for getting only 10
new subscribers
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Daily Traffic Calendar
FINES AND COLLATERAL FoRFEITUREs

Total for year 500, O9
Total for yesterday 45i
Grand total JOB 81!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE

~N7OTHING" says Riley Marshall of Indianapolis
IN Vice President undermines representative Gov
eminent speedily and surely than corruption IN high
places Weakness grows corruption increases In
Governments to resist assault from without
or treason within is destroyed
The little irresponsible fellow the soap box raises his
more against of feature element
system Government and what happens9 Nothing at all
except speaker finds himself headed for prison depor
either home grown traitor alien enemya
low brow to be spurned and scOurged.
highup gentleman society prince trusted official
representative citizen lie and steal and bride and employ
pull the orderly lawful of Government and
happen9 Nothing much brief period of
of deportation Only incidentally is there
suggestion brief and soft prison would be approp
ate but it is employed infrequenty.
hgh-up gentleman is thousand times greater enemy
government than the little box fellow and
thousand times destructive and to be ear@i
Indeed the greatest know But ndier
his devtry private although below empty against
open do do the thing that will make him
and and feel the heavy penalty that his reachery
and betrayal
When gnats strain nightly Beyond that,
pably ineffective 1t wonderful that Government
lives in spite of us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
TK<OM SIMS
= = Z Says

In Lancaster, Ohio. a man left $l6,-
0e0 to the United States because he
liked the Government The really
strange part is he was farmer.
President OF University Of Maryland
may have his pay cut. perhaps be-
cause he makes enough to live on.
Man in Baltimore has been arrested
six times by the same cop. Such a
habit must be nerve wracking.
Forgetting is a virtue you are
wise In selecting what to forget
There are 544.671 United States en-
ployes, which is a lot OF people to be
suspected In one oil deal.
Miss Affleck Of Winchester. Va,
hasn't missed Sunday School in thirty
years. 40. of course. she doesn't play
golf
The only reliable substitute for good
sense is silence.
Lizard skins viii be used in mems
spring footwear which, Of course,
will be worn by lounge lizards.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
Science

Science has discovered many inter
esting facts about ants and Is con-
tinually adding to its store of knowl-
edge of this intelligent insect.
The queen ant, uqe the queen bee,
has no duty to perform in the colony
other than to lay eggs. She has a
separate living apartment for herself
and is cleaned and fed by the worker
ants, who also act as nurses for the
young. 4A3 soon as the eggs are laid
the workers carry them off to the
nurseries. There they are carefully
watched and kept at an even tempera-
ture until Matched. The nurses
then carry them out into the air, If
the weather is fine, bringing them in
again, later, to be fed.
Some authorities believe that, next
to man, the ant is the most intelll.
gent of all living creatures. In many
respects ants have solved social prob
lens toward which man is working,
but which he has not yet achieved.
Ants work for the well-being of the
community and individual selhshness
apparently has no place in their lives.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22

Read Mt. 1S:29-35. Text: 1885. Sc
shall also my heavenly Father dc
unto you, if We forgive not every one
his brother from your hearts.
God and man are by their very
natures meant for each other. A bad
man is a man who works against. in
stead of with, good God. lie fails
to fall in with God in the mighty
subtle push of Gods will for an hon.
est and friendly world. Since the
point of Gods impact is In the depths
of the mans being, in his heart, 1t Is
in his heart that resistance is made
and the badness centers."
+ MEDITATION: God has not put
upon us the responsibility of judging
our brethren. Yet we realize that
the things of men ofttimes do grieve
the heart Of God because thcy inJure
some Of his other children. A wrong
done one person by another brings
the deepest anguish to the human
soul Evil deeds done to others are
the results Of an evil heart-a heart
set at cross purposes to the loving
win of God.
Personal QUESTION: Am I in.
different at the waywardness OF an
Other2
PRAYER: Almighty God, strength
en- us that we may be used of thy
spirit to turn many into thy ways
Let us feel the burdens and the sor
rows of thy children that we may be
intercessors at the throne OF grace
Give us power through calm conf
dence in thee, in Christ's name
Amen.
Copyright, 1924-F. L. Fagley)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
CURIOSITIES

~7AY, what has become Of the
ID grind organ man who ground
- out his tin-panny tune? And
where is the monk who amused you
when you were a kid? There once
was the day when you gleefully ran
to greet this duet. every June. But
you don't see them now as, so
often, you formerly did.
And whore is the buggy and finely
combed horse that mother and dad
used to drive, the famed one-horse
shay and the rickety, slow moving
hack? Just relics of old that have
travelled their course and in mem'ry
are barely alive. They've been here
and gone and we know they will
never come back.
Recall from the bygones the old
hitching post that stood In the center
Of town, with crude little carvings
and iron rings that hung on the
Slue. anu where are the states OF
which Riddles would boast and the
curfew that gained much renown?
Through progress these relics of old
days have gradually died.
How true is the saying, the world
moves along. how quickly the
changes are born. We have-and give
up-and there's nothing that seems
here to stay. What's priceless today
we will sell for song and shortly
we hold it in scorn. Now what would
YOU guess will be missing ten years
from today?
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service. Ino1
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
SULLIVAN FOLKS EXCITED
OVER HAYS SUBPOENAE
Maybe Well Find Out What WINS Income Is, Think Home
Town NeghborS of Movie Gar

ten times as much as any other son Of
Sullivan ever made in a year.
Others say it's only "a hundred
thousand a year" as the papers had
it, and some say it can't be that much.
VIII. when he drops off between New
York and Hollywood for a Sunday
with the home folks. laughs and says
reports are greatly exaggerated by
the movie publicity agents.
VIII Only Laughs
Will Hays wife. who is an invalid.
stays here most Of the time.
Likewise, his brother, Hinkle, who
IS the other Hays in the law firm OF
Hays & Hays. Prosperity has smiled on
Hinkle. too. lately. judging by the
new $50, 900 house he Is building. It
IS almost finished, quite the finest
place in Sullivan. Blinds alone cost
$1,000, and the furnishings ordered for
the place are of the best.
"Hinkie Hays hundred and fifty
thousand dollar home" is what folks
call the new mansion.
OF Modest Means
The Hays brothers and their law
partners of whom there are six, In
Guiding VIII and Hinkle. have been
folks of very modest circumstances,
at least. until quite recently.
The father Of the Hays boys died
about five years ago, having accumu-
lated during his lifetime an estate val
ued at 100000.
That was considered a right fine
fortune in Sullivan, but folks here
exclaim. "WiI makes that much and
more every year!''
Before his spectacular plunge into
national affairs as director Of the
Republican campaign in 1890 VIII
Hays held a number Of local and
State offices. He entered poll
tics when he was 81 as a precinct
committeeman. He is an elder in
Presbyterian Church and quite a fig
ure in the Sunday school movement.
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is SURVIVAL
OF FITTEST
Inheritance and Variation
Theories. Were Preached
by Darwin,
BY DAVID DIETZ
Science Editor of The Times

CCpSA lShL Ny AdNAQ D4OiA
- HARLES DARWIN arrived at
III his theory Of how evolution
worked in 1858. He called it
the theory Of natural selection" 1t
| is interesting to note that Alfred Rus
sell Wallace independently arrived at
the same theory in the same year.
Darwin published his Origin Of
| the Species" in 1859.
| According to this theory there are
great many more creatures born
than there are room for on earth.
Accordingly, there is a struggle for
existence.
Darwin noticed while there is in
heritance at work, the force which
tends 10 make offspring resemble
their parents, there is also second
force at work This force tends to
make for individuality. 1t makes off,
spring vary from their parents so
no two creatures are ever exactly
alike in every detail This second
force is called variation.
Weaker Died on
AS a result, Darwin believed that
in the struggle for existence there
was Survival of the fittest." That
is, for example, in cold climates the
animals with the heaviest coats Of
hair tended to live while the others
died Off
Through inheritance the animal
which survived passed on their char
acteristics to their offspring. In this
way. Darwin believed, new types OF
creatures were gradually evolved
through the course of ages.
The whole process, Darwin called
natural selection"
The term "Darwinism" is fire.
quently heard today. But, unfortu-
nately. it Is used in a conflicting
way. Sometimes it is used to mean
evolution At other times It Is used
to mean the theory of natural selec-
ton.
Darwinism, meaning evolution, Is
more strongly entrenched.
Many biologists believe today the
theory of natural selection is not
sufficient to explain the whole process
OF evolution, and that other factors
deserve more attention than Darwin
gave them.
Freaks Are Produced
It has been pointed out, in addition
10 ordinary variations in offspring,
there are often great marked changes.
So.called freaks are produced. The
scientific name given these large
changes to distinguish them from or
binary variations Is mutations"
According to the school Of thought
founded by Prof Hugo De Vries,
these mutations are responsible for
the rise Of new species.
The world of science Is also begin
ming TO know more about the way in
which inheritance works. Our knowl-
edge OF how heredity works began
with the experiments OF GregOr Men
del, an Austrian abbot, who carried
on his experiments at monastery,
publishing the results in 1855. But
the full significance of his work was
not realized until the present century.
Expansion Of his work, notably by
Prof. August Weismann, a German
biologist, who died in 1914, tends %
show heredity is governed by minute
structures called chromosomes in the
germ cells from which the 0ganism
grows.
Next article in series: A Closeup
Of Man.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
r. ULLIVAN, Ind, March "a
Folks in Sullivan, VIII Hays
LS home town. are excited be-
cause VIII has been subpoenaed by
the Teapot Dome committee in Wash
inston sto tell whether or not he
bought and sold Sinclair Consolidated
OIL stocks.
Now maybe Wen find out what
WINS income is! his former neigh
bors say.
That WIN Hays salary has been a
moot question in Sullivan, ever since
Win left the Cabinet and joined the
movies.
Some Sullivan folks. who knew VIII
when he wore knee pants. say VIII
gets salary of quarter a million a
year from the movies. which is about
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-03-22

Their boat was drifting. idly. the
sun shone above and the sea was Sc.
rene; while she was sitting snugly.
Then be proposed.
From the opposite end Of the craft
she gazed at him calmly. Then she
said -, ia 80 M
LAS a matter of common sense,
realizing that we are in this boat, on
water more than fifty feet deep, and
if you we've. going to act as you Should
act if 1 accept you, we would be cap
sized. will decline your proposal at
this moment--but,, George. row as fast
as you can to the store and ask me
again. - Boston Gilobs.