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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-22
BY BERTHA KRAUSER
Eighteen Year-Old Sister of Wal
Ter Krauser

ter hrduSer.
If your brother and playmate
were under sentence to be hanged
it wouldn't be hard for you, per-
haps, to open your heart in begging
the courts and the governor and the
whole world to spare his life.
It is that position that | am in
now.
My brother, Walter Krauser,
just two years older than | am, IS
at the county jail. Nearly three
years ago he was mixed up in g
foolish, wrong attempt to rob a gro
Gerry. There was a scufle with q
policeman, the policeman was killed
and Walter was conyincted of muir
der.
The sentence was death.
We appealed, and the supreme
court still is considering the cas-.
But it already has passed upon the
appeal Of Bernard Grant, who was
sentenced in the same case, and 1t
ordered Grant be hanged on the
18th of next month. It is hard TO
hope since then.
Just now we are thinking most
ly about the Leopold and Loeb boys
who had all the advantages at Their
trial that money could buy AMI
whose lives are safe, now down at
Joliet.
We can not think my brother,
whatever his fault, deserves a pen
atty more severe than the law de.
handed from those two. On the
other hand there are a great many
things to be said. for Walter,
which / think might have influence
ed the jury to mercy if fine,
lawyer had said them.
The grief we have had makes MS
sympathetic. We are glad the lives
of the Loeb and Leopold boys were
spared. We are glad their fami-
lies are spared the grief Of the
horrible death sentence. ButI
that dosen't relieve the horror
by the stockyards dream of Wall
ter on the gallows.
Walter and | went to school to-
gether to the Fallon school Moth |
er was working out, for her health
was good then and she helped sup
port the family. And after school
we played in front of the house and
did little chores.
Walter got into fights for me.
Once the kids started calling me
Mary Pickford because of my yell
low hair. 1t teased me and made
me cry, and Walter fought the
whole bunch and made them stop.
/ quit school three years ago be-
cause father was out of job and
Walter was just a special delivery
messenger mail boy and wasn't
making much money. He brought
every cent home to mother, though,
1t wasn't long before one Of my
fingers was crushed in a punch
press. The factory gave me $3.50,
and / was out of work a long time.
But we saved the money.
That money has gone now, of
course, with everything else we had.
We didn't have a paid lawyer at the
trial. The judge appointed one.
The money went for the papers and
the lawyers work in making the ap.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-22

peal to the supreme court.
I'm getting SIS week now,
learning to be a bookbinder. Thai
goes to Walter. Every week We
take him things to eat and tob-
acco, to make him as comfortable
as possible while he is in jail. He
fares better there than the family
does here.
But we are glad to DO it. It's lit
tie we can do.
The family has got over being
because Walter is in
in jail and sentenced to hang. No
thing makes any difference now ex-
cept trying to save his life and
help him live. Aas long as we live,
Wen do anything for him.
1t is not much we ask-just to
have his life saved. He is only 20
now-just a boy.
Why not mercy for us, too?
More people would be good if
being good was interesting.
To the pure all things are pure,
and to the crazy all things are
,razy.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-09-22
Bertha KrauSer Asks Aid In Her
Fight TO .Sape Bs.0rber from Gallons
Begs "Whole World" the Courts
and Governor TO Save 20
Year Old Brother

Bertha Krauser, 18-year-old
factory girl, sums up, in the fol-
lowing story, the fight she and
her family are making to save
brother, Walter Krauser, from
the gallows.
She has written this article
exclusively for NEA Service
and The Times-Recorder.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
GARBAGE INCINERAToR

Plans for a garbage moderator
for automobile, tourist camps, and
other camps, adaptable also for use
ON farms. and by establishments
where there is no provision for the
disposal of garbage, have been pre-
pared by the Bureau of Sanitary
Engineering of the State Department
of Health. The incinerator is made
of brick and concrete. and can be
built at cost Of from $40 to $50
according to size. Blue prints
drawn to scale. with specifications as
to size and material required can be
obtained from Mr.. Abel Wolman
Chief Of the Bureau of Sanitary
Engineering. State Department OF
Health 16 w. Saratoga St.. Balti-
more.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Made II Fifty-Fifty

A case was recently brought into d.
vorce court, in which both parties
charged desertion, hut finally made up
their differences and agreed to try
louble harness for a while longer.
II developed that the husband had
,or years been a golf fiend, and be-
.ause he did most of his work at night
nd played golf all day, he became al
most "a stranger to his family.
Nevertheless, he took 1t for granted
that when he did get home. he'd find
his wife there, and meal ready, and
In fact, thought Of nothing else until
me night-she wasn't there.
After searching the house he found
note on his bureau which was short
and sweet, 1t read:
Dear husband, l have learned to
play mah-jongg."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

In the little island Of Tasmania trap
ping II very profitable business. The
trappers supply a market that used to
look to America and Siberia with skins
Of the humble rabbit. the wallaby. the
kangaroo and the opossum. Inexperi-
enced trappers earn $l25 week and
the old hands earn as much az $500.
according to the Washington Star.
One Of the leading fur exporters Of
Hobart states that this SUM 10 fair
average with many of his customers.
The trappers are sought after. Cara
vans 10 out into the bush for weeks
buying up skins. Before the advent Of
this industry landowners were glad to
have trappers to keep down the game
that devastated their runs. but skins
have now become 80 valuable that they
lease the trapping rights for big sums
and there ere many applicants.
The state government has followed
their lead In respect to crown lands.
Options are now held for two seasons
ahead over the trapping country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Met Misfortune With
True American Spiri,

They had shut of the largest OIL
well In America three days Eefore
There were not enough pipe lines t,
handle the flow. 1t had filed = 1000
barrel tank In 20 minutes: then, t.
prove that its performance was NJ
flush production freak. had filled tire
more tanks in exactly one hour. When
we arrived the monster was still. but
preparations were being made to open
1t up, writes Max Bently In Harpers.
They opened 1t up cautiously when
they were ready They thought they
were ready. The driller waved an i'm
periOus signal. The chief roughneck on
the rig swung lever.
"Stand back, everybody"
Gas, family blue and transparent.
sprayed thinly from the flow pipe.
With an ear-dllipg roar the oil came.
A six-inch stream shot from the pipe
against the splash box. The pipe trem-
bled. buckled, reared backward. Then
as we looked. rooted to the spot. cam.
disaster. The top Of the well blew
off. Through every obstacle that man
had assembled the ruthless monster
tore Its way to freedom. A jet-black
stream leaped cleanly upward until
1t attained height Of 200 feet. AZ
the oil began falling the deep green Of
the pine trees was plotted away. Or
the instant they were turned a greas.
black and their befoufed branches lit
orally ralned OIL
: The owner of the largest oil well Il
America had watched the prcceedin>
from a convenient hillside. Sitting
loosely In his saddle. hat pulled down.
he had idly overseen the preparation
1t meant lot to him to save that wei
but he gave NO sign. He could on
lose: 1t is to his everlasting credit thu.
losing, he lost Clearly and gamely.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Made Stable in Cellar
for His 'sNice Mules

William Conquest 30 loves his tw.
mules that he keeps them In the cellar
Of his house At Queens boulevard am
Tremble street. Winfield. Queens ant
the Society FOR the Prevention o:
Cruelty to Animals worried about then
30 that Conquest was taken before
Magistrate Doyle Ia the Flushin;
court. says the New York Herald
Tribune. L. Ray. an officer Of the socl
ETY., said that somewhere In the cast
there was undoubtedly cruelty to ami
mails, but Conquest said not.
"They are nice mules" he said. "and
they have a good time In the cellar
They like to stay there. Every time
put them In the stable they are uncom
Portable, and as soon as leave the
door open they 60 back to the cellar
"Why not put them In your dining
rcom?" asked the magistrate.
swell, might" said Conquest
"They're nice mules. But they prefe,
the cellar"
but the officer says their health /.
endangered said the magistrate.
"YOu can't hurt a mule" said Con
quest. They're JUS mules. The,
haven't any health. Mules don't get
sick. They're. Just mules until they
de-"
AS no evidence was offered to show
that the mules were other than fris.,
and happy. the magistrate dismisse'
the charge. He directed the Office
however. to keep an eye on the mule.
and see how they were treated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
CAMPAIGN AGAINST WAR

A non.partisan nation wide cam
paign reaching black to the grass
roots" to show Americas desire to CO.
operate with the rest of the world will
begin July 26-27. the tenth anniversary
of the outbreak of the world war, ac-
ording to plans announced by the
National Council for Prevention of
War.
With both National Republican and
Democratic platforms endorsing Go
operation" in foreign affairs and with
sentiment for cooperation constantly
growing in America as leading Euro
pean governments give promise OF a
new era of friendly international
undertaking, leaders here in religious,
civic, educational, farm, labor and wo-
mans organizations are enthusias-
tically renewing thier efforts finally to
eliminate Isolation" as the foreign
policy Of the United States and to es-
tablish Cooperation" firmly in its
place.
The campaign for Cooperation"
will be waged concurrently with the
political campaign from July rs to No
vember II. All nominees for Presi-
dent, Vice-President and Senator will
be asked the question, "Mr. Candidate:
How Far Will YOU Cooperate for
World Peace?" The keynote of the
campaign will be "Stop War! Cooper
ate!' In futherance of this slogan, the
presentation of all plans for coopera-
ton is urged as the surest method Of
registering the opinion of the Ameri-
can people on the best course.
State and local committees to carry
on the campaign are now organizing in
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Maine, California. Indiana,
Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota, Vir-
ginia, Montana, and elsewhere
throughout the country. Public meet
ings, parades and other forms of DEM
onstrations are planned for July 26.
50,OoO ministers in every demonina-
ton will be asked to devote the Sunday
service July n, to world Co.
operation.
A million posters and filters stressing
the necessity of world cooperation as
the way to permanent peace will be
distributed through the churches and
the national and local groups that are
participating in the demonstrations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Lee Statue Gigantic

The height of the Goddess Of Lib
erty Is Ill feet; 1914 feet to the ex-
tremity of the torch. The figure Of
General Lee on Stone mountain Is to
be 14O feet from the top Of his hat to
the bottom Of the horses hoofs. 1t is
said that a man standing on the gem
erals shoulder would need steplad-
der to reach his ear. The sculptor
says: 'The distance from the horses
knees to the top of General Lees hat
is 120 feet. The depth of the relief
on the extreme point will be about
20 feet. While the average depth Of
stone to be removed over the whole
sdrface-S00odd feet In length. By
about 200 in height-will be about 4
feet"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

We are in receipt Of a handsomely
bound copy of the History Of the
Studebaker Corporation. This inter-
esting volume covers the period from
le founding OF the wagon business by
the Studebakers in 1852 to the present
immense automobile plant at South
Bend, Indiana.
The Studebaker brothers, and their
father before them, were blacksmiths,
woodworkers, and wagonmakers by
trade. Stretching over period of two
generations, they developed and ex-
banded the Studebaker horse drawn
vehicle business until it reached world
wide proportions. Frugality, industry.
self-denial and honesty characterized
their lives and built the foundation:
upon which the trade name Studebaker
rests today SO securely. These men
are dead, but their spirit lives in the
present management.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
VOLUMES OF NEW LAWS

Americans are q unit in agreeing
that the country is being burdened to
death with useless laws. No one de-
mics that all departments of govern
ment have hundreds Of unnecessary
employees. No one could possibly doubt
that taxation is exorbitant and mount
ing higher every day.
Practically every candidate for public
office denounces extravaganza in gov
eminent, demands early relief, and
pledges his service to a policy OF re-
duction. Every election is a paper
victory for the forces Of economy and
entrenchment.
Yet, in spite Of it all, the public sees
each succeeding administration spend
more money than its predecessor, Gre
ate more offices and bureaus, enact
more statues ian average of 10, 600 new
laws annually, and lead the country
deeper into the wilderness of confusion
and profligacy.
Only those men holding public Of
flee who, when casting their votes, OPP
pose extravaganza, should be re-elect-
ed. Unless the people pick men whose
record for honesty and sincerity is UNI
improbable, unless they elect the best
men to serve them, we shall have more
and more extravaganza and bureau
cratic government.
Unless the people show sufficient
energy to select better congressional
and. legislative material, then the
peoplel will have no relief and will
deserve none.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
FRIDAY, JULY III. 1924
SAFEGUARDING THE PUBLIC

II
The valuable service rendered by the
National Board of Fire Underwriters
through its arson department is about
as little understood as the work being
done by the United States secret
service.
In its annual report just published.
special agents of the Board are shown
to have investigated during the past
year, 942 losses of suspicious or. incend-
larry origin.
During 1923 data was compiled con-
corning arrest and conviction for arson
of about 500 persons and complete in
formation was accumulated respecting
more than 5000 cases of arson success
fully brought to trial by. local author
tiles during past six years.
OF 412 persons arrested last year on
arson charges, 1913 were convicted.
This work for the protection of the
public is carried on quietly and without
any great hurrah, but the criminal
whose mania is burning down buildings
finds a hard task master when he be-
comes entangled with the arson invest
igators of the National Board and the
program of insurance companies for re.
ducing the fire hazard in America home
and business life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Oxygen BlosOpips Used
for BREAKING Up Metal

The breaking up OF large. solid
masses of iron or steel. for the pur-
pose Of remelting. has heretofore been
such a slow and costly operation rs
to be seldom INDUCED In. and many
blocks Of metal OF this kind have
therefore been abandoned 40 worse
than worthless. The oxygen blowpipe.
a cheap and simple apparatus and
quick In operation. has wonderfully
changed all this, says the Compressed
Air magazine.
For example. we can have eylin-
drical mass OF metal. technically
known as q 'ladle SET" more than nix
feet in diameter. Of equal length. and
Weighing more than forty-dve tons. A
most hopeless case. A long piece Of
one-quarter-inch iron pipe II connect
ed by flexible hose with q "bottle" of
oxygen. The free end Of the pipe Is
made red hot and the oxygen slowly
and carefully turned on. The end Of
the pipe begins to burn with intense
heat and when thrust against the block
1t begins to bore a hole right into the
mass to a depth Of three feet or more.
The hole will be. say, an inch In diam
eter, and the molten metal win Pow
out Of 1t In little stream. In this
way a considerable number Of holes
are quickly burned. These are charged
with gelignite and fred all at once
after the block has been placed in q
special pit.
Thus IL obtained q mass Of pieces
that are generally as small 40 re-
, Quired.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
DRIVER FLED FROM
"MESS or WIDDERS"
Possibly Remembered Tony
Wellsy's Warning.

In certain old New England sea.
port the toll Of the sea throughout
many years left % many widows that
they formed an important part Of the
population. Some Of them, resident
upon Q street that though It possessed
another name was never called any
thing except Widows lane, even took
curious pride In their estate and
rather resented the intention Of new
ly married couple to build house on
the one remaining vacant Lot.
"Being 90 we're all widows on the
lane, n don't seem suitable" one OF
them explained 70 the bride. sand,
lookin' fos'ard. your husband not be-
ing Q seafarine man. there's no reason
70 think you'd be left q widow any
more likely than him to be left
wsdowes. Still. II you're really oct on
coming. wen try and make You feel
a. II you was one Of a."
Strange to cay, It was that kindly
oiSer which induced the bride to select
site elsewhere. She did not wish to
feel like Q widow; abe never became
q widow nor did she ever dwell IN
Widgws' lane.
Kats Douglass wiggin In her recent
"reminiscences relates that there was
at the time she FIRST took up her resi-
dence In Hollis a singular lack Of men
10 the society OF the village. says the
Youths Companion. sAlmost all the
men had died In the Owl war, gone
West or left the little village for towns
where there was more lucrative work
to be found. remember leaning out
Of my bedroom window one morning
On hearing the sound Of heavy truck
and saw that II was filled with split
pine boards cut rounds and stick
lns.' :
~ think you have mistaken the
house. said. for we have ordered no
WOOD
".Ain't there widder in this houssi
They told me to bring this wood down
to q widder In Salmon Falls.'
s'oh. yes,' I replied. The vidders
are ali right: tie only the wood that's
wrong. am the Wilder Wiggin; my
mother 10 the Wilder Bradbury: the
lady who owns the house 70 the Wild
der Akers; but we don't mead wood
s'would It DO for the house dowa
the road 4 piecer
"'very likely; the Wilder Penneil
lives there. and the Widdef MacLeese
at the end Of the bridge: or. II you 60
up the street. the Wilder Sweet lives
In tue white house. and the Wilder
Dunn across the way In the brick one.
Shalt make q list and throw It out
Of the Window
Island, no. he grunted. Y don't
want no list OF widders. I'll take the
wood back to Clark's mills. get the
right name and have somebody else
haul u over. A man amt safe In such
a mess Of widders.'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Suited the Presides,f

President Coolidge's economy In
words continues to furnish good copy.
Here is the latest:
At a recent political pow-wow q
newspaper editor sat next to Mr.. Cool
idge. After carrying on q one-sided
conversation for while he began to
grow restless under the Presidents
monosyllables. "Mr. President" he
said, II think 1t is time was giving
some one else the opportunity to talk
with you; I'd better move on"
Without turning his head the Presi-
dent in an undertone commanded:
"Stay where you are" Having got
used to his conversational partner he
had no intention Of breaking in an
other.-Portland Oregonian.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Mining the SiRhts

Senator Underwood said In q discus
sion of spiritualism at dinner party
There is one sure thing about tn.
spirits raised by Sir Oliver Lodge alt
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle-they talk Il
light way about heaven.
"The details that these spirits give
rs remind me of the little girl who
rummaging In drawer. exclaimed:
"'There! Grandma's gone I,
Heaven without her spectacles r"+
Los Angeles Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
A REAL HELP TO ELDERLY
PERSONS

Constipation should be carefully
avoided by elderly people whose
advancing years make them less able
to resist the poisons it pours into
the system. Chamberlain's Tablets
overcome constipation, give good
appetite. sound digestion, an active
liver and an easy regular movement
without gripping or nausea. Small
cost, only rs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
The Pie and the Peri

"This is hardly the pie for third
PRICE" complained the chief judge at
ter tasting 1t.
did you see the girl who made itr'
asked the judge who had done the
judging.
mo"
There she Is"
THAT dazzling bl0ndeT
''The same"
"As was saying" resumed the
chief Judge. this Is hardly the pie
for third prize. 1t should have first
prize."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
csylon's Tea Exports

Total exports from Ceylon Of both
black and green tea during 1928 were
1Ss, 501 1923 pounds. az. against Ill.,
S92, 249 pounds in 1922. The exports
were, however. approximately 6.00o.-
600 pounds below the average for the
last ten years. The United Kingdom
was by far the leading importer Of
Ceylon tea. taking 121. 010.0S3 pounds
in 1928. against 1lT.2s1 .922 pounds in
the previous year. The United States
was the second largest purchaser Of
tea. taking 14.956.508 pounds during
1928, an increase Of 10000 pounds
over 1922 imports Of Ceylon tea.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Woman Wins Honor

When the degree of Bachelor Of
Commerce" is conferred BY the Univer-
sity Of Toronto this year for the first
time one of the seven recipients will
be q. woman-Miss @. A. McCubbin.
whose home is In the city Of Chatham.
Ont. Ill.,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
FRIGHTENING AT NIGHT

A cry in the night, gripping pains
in the vitals. cramps. weakening
diarrhoea. whether child or adult,
there is immediate comfort and ease
from pain in Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Pays to keep 1t
always on hands.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

The great trouble with the man
who knows he is a good talker is that
he is so often poor gutter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

When a woman gets a divorce Is
her husband justified in complaining
that she has taken his name in vain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11
Seen and Heard

Usher-Pardon me for disturbing
you, mister, but your snoring is wax
ing up the rest Of the congregation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

Many a girl thinks she has q
broken heart when all she needs in
a liver pill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-11

You never can tell. A man ma!
be ungainly and still win out.
The Washington times., 1924-04-12
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
BANK OF BRIGHTWOOD

At washington, In the District Of CO.
lumbia, at the close of business on
March 81, 1924