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YOIgaw AA- &?? IIB1 $ & 3 g jM n F
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OFFKKS $2000.00 A YIUU
XKT FOK WATKU'DKPT. T.KASF.1
City AVator Department Now Costing
City Almut 91000 n Year Iawo
Plan Will Menu That Tlic City Will
Hop 9.1000 to tho Good 0cr the
1'rCMMit Plan.
An IndlvldURl with ntnplo moans
to mako his contracts good hns made
Mayor Ynrbrough a proposition to
leasoTtho city water department from
tho city and furnish water to tho
consumers In the city at not more
ithanfton cents per thousand gallons
nnd to pay the city $2000 a year as
leaanltiionev on dm nlnnli mill p nil In
menWnnd keop tho plant In g5bdre-
palr.fnnd pay Interest to boot.
Mayor Ynrbrough made theao
statements to a reporter for tho
Newstoday but did not divulge Hio
nnmojof tho' party making tho prop-
osltloji. According to Mayor Ynrbrough
tho city water department Is now
running at a loss of about $3000 a
year.Jfnnd by accepting the proposi-
tion made tho city will not only savo
$3000 a year but will have a not In
comoTof $2000 from tho lease of tho
plantj-making tho city $5000 a year
tictter off than at present. Mayor
Yarbrough expressed himself as ap-
proving such stops judglnr by Jlrst
appearances and will probnly pri-
ent lhc matter to tho City Council
nt an'early mooting.
V 
CADDO WANTS TO HKNKW HKIt
WjATKIt CONTIIAOT WITH CITY
l'r-.cnt Contract Cnll for lJnt Hate
of ftOO a Month Kvphvd July."
. Committee Appointed to Confer
With Caddo People.
p '
A pjunch of Caddo people compris-
ing John IJoland Arthur Manning
TV". FDodd Hargrove. Konry Chiles
nnd others were befons tho City
Counfcll Tuesday night nsking that
tho contract Caddo has with Durant
lor tho furnishing If wnter to that
city lib renewed on Its present basis
-whenjjthe contract expires July 6th
this year. . . . w 
Tho presenl' contract calls for a
flat gito of $100 n month which
Caddo;pays Durant every month and
it Is e'nld by persons who havo ;ono
Into the matter that It costs Durant
nboutthree times this much to car-
Ty outfits end of tho contract. A ou-
ple of years rtgo .there w;et;o(mpmT
hers of tho Council who woro In fa
vor of repudiating tho contract but
it was not done tho others of tho
Council standing pat for carrying out
every contrnct that the cltyliad nutdo
oven though It were causng a loss.
A committee comprising tho Mayor
tho Water Superintendent and the
Water Committee of the Council was
nlected to meet tho committee from
Caddo at tho pumping station next
Monday and go over tho matter and
try and arrive nt a rate for another
contract with Caddo.
XOTHING DOING IN
TUB I'OMCB COUHT
Mayor Yarbrough reports that
there-has not boon' n oase in pollco
court this week up until Wednesday
night while last week sovornl cases
woro up for trial ovary mornln-j. 'o
nrrosti) have bopn made for failure to
clean up alleys and back yard al-
though R few have not complied with
the ordor to clean up at once.
AliTKlt HOG TAX
Mayor Yarbrough has caused tho
dogs or Durant some little Inconven
lence that Is. those dogB whoso own
ers have failed to pay tho annual
prescribed dog tax of one dollar per
dog per year. The Mayor' proclama
tion Kivon out last week was thought
effect that all dogs upon which no
tax had boen paid by Juno 2nd
would be Impounded and the pound-
Veoper has been busy gathering thorn
in since Wdnosdny morning.
IIKTUHV TltOM FIIU-1 MKBTING
Flro Chier Huhor and Will Pottitt
nsslstnnt chief have returned from
Sapulpa where they spent tho bettor
part of a weok attending tho State
riromon's Convention nnd report a
fino tlino. DIfforont displays and
congests of firomen with fire appara-
tus were nulled off and over two
thousand dollar In prlzos wero dlfe-
riDuted to the best managed depart-
ments. Durant ras not had delegatos
at tho convention for sovornl years
nnd lloricb was not eligible to con-
test. JUKV .'.JJBSSinv IN JUIA'
ago Josse M. Hatchett announc-
ed yesterday that thoro will bo a jury
sotting of the District Court hold In
Durhnt In Jjuly tq.'try iJvIl i'aes.vt)ie
Jury settlnr comjng no soon as pos-
sible nttex tho completion of-thenon-Jury
-jotting this month.
.1 Hit. OGIiE HBHR
Dr.)gle and family of Paris Tex-
ns arp moving to Durant this wank
and vMl occupy tho Wrick cottago'jbq-
longlng to Frank Lewis at the cpr-
nor oMFourth Avenue and Live Oak
streets) Dr Ogle commences his
work M pastor of tho local Christian
Church this coming week.
I 'tfHM.?)r.im
ROnlRTAiaiUIiLKNGIM STATB
..Thdhnobertn'hasdball team Is out
with Ji ch(Hqn-je)to:hny amntour
ball U4m In Hie i .Stnto Jo meet It on
tho diamond bo tho New'3 is author
ized t&Jsay.. A couplopf good games
woro Seen &lun6l)6rtn. -of lant week
whon fRoborta fppk v Idnublo-header
awny tfrom tho team from Achllle
tho scpros standing as follows: Ach-
illa 4-0. Roberto C3j. nqborta f.ms
claim that had It not beri for an er-
ror on; their 9atchor. they-would hay
ahut out their visitors both'gamosr '
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A GnA'A NKOIIO WOMAN
- IIUHNKI) SUIiF TO DKATH
Colbert Wonum Pours Kci-o.m'im er
Clothe and Tnttcliri .Mutch to Self.
Had TiUhI to Kill .Smalt Child In
Sntiio Way lUit'jfnlled.
JX.
Mb. J'lm Jernagfih a tnJro r6man
UUng at Colbert committed sulcldo
at her home Tuesday morniiiK W
pouring coal oil over Uer ontiiiiu.; inil
tho floor and sotting flro to It. When
aaslstanco arrived and tho door of
tho house was broken In tho wo-
man's body was burned to a crisp.
nnd HfQ was extinct. Tho wpmau was
ueiiavcu to navo 'Ueon insane Tho
tilollilrig' 6f hoc suvon nionthV old
child was also saturated with kero-
sene but the child was unharmed. It
Is believed that tho woman had In-
tended to burn her baby to death "al-
so but that Upon finding her own
olothlng aflame bocamo frlghtenod
and fnled In her further purposo.'
Tho room of the house was also in
flames but this wns extinguished
without a great deal of damage be-
ing tdoue.
Tuo" woman 'had.iStmtdior twelv
year'-old child to th6jqll for a pall
of wufbr arid as sSon as the cniid
was out of tho houHo she locked the
door nhd saturated her own clothing
also tho clothing of the babi. and tn.-
Hoor with kuioduno. It is bultoeU
that at tho tlnio she Used the kero-
sene sho was lying on the bed wttli
tho baby but had gotten up to light
it -yruich furulslies an appaioni rea-
son for the failuru to bum tho child
US Willi.
The sectioir foreman's wlfo was th.
first person to artlo on tho wieue
and hearing the agonizing screams oi
tho demented negro woman sho
broke open tho door and attempted to
pull bt-r out of ;uo ioon. Wlicn Mho
took hold of her arm the akin and
flesh pulled off and her entire body
was almost as badly burned. Her
eyes woro burned. out and ovory piece
of clothing was burned from her
body. '
Tho woman had been reared in
Colbert and ' was known to almost
every citizen In tlint section. Sho
had been thoro for thlrty-flvo years.
Sho was a niece or "old Aunt Molllo"
Wnta'on an "old-tlmo negress of that
.vicinity. " '
JATB NCWS NOTBS I'itO.M
TUB SUMMBU NOUMATi
Dig Attendance- Had Mntorl.UUed.
itulldlug and Class llooia- Aro
. Xiixed to their CaMrity tu-Acroui.
mounio mo MiKleiii.s The Uoifc
of tho School. . '
Tito big BUiumor school at South-
eastern lias materialized. Tho past
week has wltuqssod the broaktng of
all previous records with an enroll-
ment of botween rive nnd Hix hun-
dred with botwoon two and thn e
hundred to enroll Monday.
INlne counties from the Southeast-
ern district were in attendance Mon-
day when tho rogular Institute pet
lod opened closing Juno HO.
Dr. Henry S. Curtis delivered hfx
lectuios the opening week on organ-
ized play and playgrounds wh'rh at-
tracted unusuul interest and response
Dr. Curtis organized games on the
enmpus ln.olloy ball and long ball
which tho summer students and tin
touchers havo promptly adopted and
are praoticing.avory day on the cam-
pus. A tournament Is being organ-
ized nnd a pennant or cup will Ijt- of-
fered by tho Norniul School during
me term.
Thursday afternoon Dr. CurtU ad-
di eased tho faculty in special tailed
Keaaiou and tho same ulght delivered
an Illustrated lecture to a packed
house at the First M. U. Church
south.
Rev. T. Wyche will appear in xt
Monday .June 7th for three days. He
Is tho "king of story tellers" and will
delight tile teachers with methods In
tho effective use or story-telling in
teaching.
Tho i-resbyterian College will of-
for room and board to the ladies of
tho Normal bogtnning Monday at
$3.50 per weok. Transportation to
tho normal $1.00 por woek making
a toini oi i.6u pur week.
Tent City is organized nnd giving
perfect satisfaction. There are avail-
able tonts yet at $3.00 for the teim
of ton weeks.
Debating clubs aro being organ-
ized and Club A rondored Its first
progrnm Saturday accoiding to Ira
Xlaker ono of tho Southeastorn's pre-
mier dobating meu
Doan-A S. Faulkner or tho train-
ing school delivered tho commence-
ment nddross at Kiowa nnd Prof. A.
LInscheld delivered tho address ut
Antlers.
President Canterbury Is highly
gratUled at tho response of the citi
zens of Durant in their endeavor to
nccommodnto tho summer teachers.
which-means much forthp city nnd
mo mturo or tne institution.
Tho depai Intent of biology has
been tho scene of crowds whero tho
teachrs commntd most favorably up-
on the extended Improvements slnen
lBstypart. f . 2 - r
iV' The "dcrpartipcht has Wi In ro-
cipr omht)" following" "sriecimonsr
tFrnnkllq's ijuJI JCLar.uH rrangllnll)
C. P. MoDflnnentAnbstro(!oii pisci-
vorous Dowoy Dcick Oryllbtalpa bo-
roalls. Homer Hall; maldreporlte co-
ral exhibiting sea action; and an ex-
cellent spoclmon of slllclflcd wood
exhibiting roso and iqllky quartz by
i'roi. u. w Heoley
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fink iiomk uKtea nuirr
The 'fine new homo of W. M.
Hynds which Is holng erected on tho
lot ftlCing east on Elchth avoniin -and
tldltlg on Elm Btroot Is fant nenrlng
completion the foundation! Anfl the
walls being nearly' fltllshed. Th6
house wIlLhe onpqf.tha flnent.in-lho
cltyitAd will-dOBt uiiwdrd1 6f"$?:0D0'
OFFICLYTi NKWHPAVKK
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I'UJl.ta I WIVU.UUMtA'
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SAVB GItAIN KOIt KAIlt
Farm AhoiU I.. H. Fnsh who Is Ru-
pernltendent of tho agricultural de-
partment of the -ounry Fair re-
quests that all fammr who havo n
tileo field ot grow-.ifi onts whoat
barley or rye gather a select bundlo
of their grain arid' bring In for exhi-
bition 1U tho County Fair lo bo held
this fall. Tho Idea as advanced by
Mr. Fash Is' that tho farmers should
;ut qui n nlca bundlo by band before
tho binders are turned In tho field
to savo breaking tho straw exhibits
should be left at Mr Fash's office.
ROUHItTSON HBADS OFF
-j FKIXOWS
nyAthordenlh recpndy lof Judgo
Robrjrt T. .ilAnlol Grand Slri oCtlfo
Sovereign Grand l.ftdge IndepMidont
Ordor of Odd Fellows. Judg J. H. A.
Ilobortson of Oklahoma City be-
comes exalted to that position This
brings the headquartdr.- of the qii-
tire Odd Fellows orgnmrallon to OK-
lahonw which Qklahom.t Odd Fel-
low consider to b? a grmt honor to
the State
Our Good Clothes
Are Not Costly
Considering the quality you'll rind our chhIi prices the Iowent
we't had them In many seasons
Some people who linve Ix-on so piofonndly Impressed with the
ItiRli grade of clothes shoes and ru-'H-hlngs. tlmt thoy think
"Mlghlj Fine (lollies at Meruautlle but I Can't Afford Them."
ELL W
'If
Schloa
rme
'dothrt
MiVrn
Oilumws tnj New YmV
ii i' ii iiif 1 1 j
0n
NOW WHEN IT C0MES.T0 MENS HATS
Shirts Neckwear Sox and Underwear
We are hero with THE GOODS.
tlie Kind that is up to date tho kind
that embodies correctness comfort
and genteel good looks.
No Numo Ktrmv llut. J?ii.rt J:i.(
u. id :' no.
Sport Hats and Caps in Silk and Mil-
en rstlc to !St.OO
Silk Slilith Soft Collnml Jlilrt with
1'ivncii fuirs iij ifii. no .511
Kl.ni) and ijn.OO.
WilMMi Hns.' Hmt JjH.OO and $l.no
Slilit Mmlu
Other SIilitH as low as noc
h. k W. and Itedman Cbllars 2 for
5c.
Sllvnr'oft Collars at Iffo and 3.
.Holeproor Sox nt 26p. B0c and "Be.
Flberknlt Silk Sox. all colors 26c
Munslng 1-4 sleovo -t log Union
Suits nt ?1.00 $1.50 and ?2.60.
1). V. D. and Athlotio Union SuIU at
60c $1.00 and J1.50.
Latest Wash TIos Silk Hatwlng and
Four-In-Hands at lOo to 5Qc
 . A"rf cv? ?i Ay f '
'  n-s m rrz:w
Many qJ Rubber sdje-rPkl'm-Beach anH bansj
Sport shoes $1.00 to $4.00. - - "-- -
To be fitted fn our sipe Dep't. is to be satisfied!' '
Most Complete; Line of Ladies and Childrens. Oxfords
and' Pumps. ' ' "
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Sox
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HUIIrtV UMi4 1010. it
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COIjIiINK CASK AFFIItMBI)
- The State Supremo Court lins af-
firmed the Judgmet or th. District
Court or llrya" Countv In irlvlnrt Pot-
or riilllns Judgmonl ngnlnut the M .
O. k (I. Ity. Co.. for .R0U pprsoiml
injures. Tlie testimony when the
ensn v- tried showed Hint Collins
was at tho compr-tM losdlng cotton
Into a car who nn M.O. . 0. switch
engine backed Into the onr. thruwliig
Collins to tho floor and throwing a
bale of cottoh on him.
MOIti: COUNT! KM IN
TUB UAI.IiAS DIKTIllCT
IJ. A -McKlunpy orjtliln city direc-
tor "of .the Federal flnsorvo Hank of
Dallas received) S jelegram from
Washington to the effect that the
Federal Koiervo Hoard had placed
tun counties or Conl Johnston and
Atoka back In the Dallas district
from which thny .were recently de-
tached This makes n tbtnl of eight
Oklahoma counties now In the Dal-
ian district with an aggregate ot
forty hfinki
You Can Afford them
You'll be agreeably surprised at our
very moderate prices- -for selling for
cash- buying for ensh cutting nil
unheces'-ary expends and do SOU for
less.
Palm Beach and Mohairs
r$7.50toi$15.60'
The genulno Palm Iloach at that. Wo
have several different and new pat-
terns fiom plain to fancies soma
dark-colors all cool airy and neat-
' .
If you want to pay more
of course you can get them
the best at
$15. $18 $22.50 & $25.
1
Low Cut Shoes
Are an Important
factor in your
Summer Comfort
I'd win Clapp Oxfords
ljW.50 and $0.00
Illoii F. Reynolds nt
' WW' "
.T. K. Tilt nt
$ft.5() anil $1.00
B. V. D.
a"DAtrr OVXA.y
Underwear
'T-
&!!$' ?
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1
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i'JTHB UNlTlli) STATUS MAY
1 iff? "V  - 1 - ....y
5V lNTBUYHNlS IN MIWICO
w .
I'lrolitetlt WIImiii Wains llio Wiui'fntt
J'notlouH 'I'lnil I'nlws AKi'veineut
w l-iiclricitl'ii U Itcuflu-il 'I hit
Gmeriiiueiit Will Adopt Measure-
j
1P..nl.lrt1 t'll...... I. A. II. I- I.
tiffed the thrco principal liond.i of tho
warring factions in Moxlev that un-
less these factions can unit in one
force lo paciry the country or un-
less hoi e one of Mien cm le in.idj a
lrtj)ler (Hid adopt ( coiisliutlonal
government In Mexti.o City that the
government of thn United Slate will
take It upon horsolt In bring peace
iodine artucioii uouutry.
The message points u it that thfl
masses ot the poopio wnllo hot ac-
tually I'ticntril In the war are tlui
sufferers; that tho crops am either
devastated or rot plnnlwl; their
stock requisitioned and thoy the n-
seUes forced 'to flee for tholf lives.
while the country at laiko facen a
fahllno. v
It is reported that Did Villa fac-
tion Is willing to nccii sucli a plan
while the Cnrrartza faction ! nort-
coinmlttttl.
('OVKItNOIl WILLIAMS IN 'I OWN
(ocrnor Itnliett I.. Williams was
In town for awhllo Wodliwdny even-
ing and Ttiursdny morning en route
to Hoswell wlt.ro lis had soma bus-
Inets lo attend to He will return to
Oklahoma City in t'me to he -(hero
Monday morning.
i)i:ii:(j ti:s ski.kctkd to
COLNTY . H. CONVENTION
Twenly-Slv Sundny Sciiools st'inl"l)l.
egates to Affair lU'ln): Held nt Hen-
nliigtoii Tliui-Mlny and l-'rld.iy.
The Pounty Sumlay .3Miool Conven-
tion now being held ut Heniilugton Is
probably the biggest event of Its
kind over held In tho county and Is
being attonded by delegatus from
twenty six Sunday Schools of tho
county Ileuulngton has provided
entertainment for nil delegates and
tho visitors and a great tlino Is b-
Idr fehown nil Who go theie. The list
of dolegates nn furnished tho News
lsiH follows : Achllle: Mrs. Ida Hoi
land T Thillnns W. Webb Metho
dial.
Mrs.
Armstrliiif Mrs J II Ornen
i C ralvoit Mrs Lewis Miss
uderson MIbs May Snil h
In Presl vterlan luffalo II
LnI-"'UwnMii..'iKll- a
Mrs A
Hulil Anderson
ciirlStlnn-Pre
C Thompson
nallns. Union. Hray: Will jAunion;""'
J E Jrnus Will Hrnv Mm Frf Nnui nni1 V10 Jury returned a vordlct that
Mr ilZy KiK'vX iKii?nr i0 QC'c"onH pm'
noil' Mrs. Huth Oreenwav. MIhr Fit
ecu Kljard Union. Ilennlngton: Mr
Parish; T 1) Haynos Mrs. Heed C.
C IVifsiv Haptlst. Mrs. Will. Slienror.
Mrs. W O. Fleming Mrs. J. Alexan-
der Mrs Jno. Hulsey Christian.
Oeo H rcKlnley II. M WW Pros-
byteriiin Mrs. K. H. Iteeder James
inn"
cociunu w T llanos.
Mothodlst.
t yprps Miss Lstiior Kniorson. Lttln
Paxton. 1 iiinii Collm.i .1. M llursl.
J T Davidson. Methodist T. H. Mc -
Cad-
iu -
Kinney Hosn Padgett Haptlst
j' C. Hrnrrnnce
do: ii I; JoliiiHon
Mrs HIonhIuk
ii... r-uu.ii r
McCoy. F S. Mnrkham. Carroll r?U "Ch ' V.r0lM1oT Mw lP ilm"
FrankB. Ilorlii-rl Worl..y..Mrs D. M. !Hll)''''" w'n alive She was rormsr-
Wllson. Methodist. Durant: Mrs. J l' iU? pfM" """ t w J'-
L AUMtln. Mrs 1. S. Hlnshnw. Mm. v"wiI ""'' ""l ho' l1M"H.n mn'
(' K KiiRlnnd. Miss Ola Human. J. V. ft"'"1'. Mll"vn n0e at. Uer
fonnoll. Mrs. A. P. Hlnckwell nu-l1"'"" '" he oilhi.-if pari of town
live Sleiihoiwon. Shnlby Hootes. Ar-!Rt '1P 'n'Tf '"r '."r"h  x .
Miur Hewitt Houston Tyree. Rllsa-L. 8"1U 1ih" "r '"'l
i. ..ii. u...... M..11.. a. ..ii.. A - -.. Mrs. .Iln Low Is or Amen a Oicla
"rni i '"i' "ittiur tuimiii uwni 'll-! . .1... ... .ia  i .
tain.. niaaclic Fontnlne. Jo Cru- "u ' "' ""'inril l..im-liiiy Bpd
dip Mliuile Collins. Methodist. Wsl."nyoa " ;''"'"Jr '" lh"W
lr Lambert. Karl Ward. Miss Kffle r "" "M"'n'"
I.bUhoii MIhh Hnll Ttittti V.ii nt Ward
O race Methodist. Mrs. Perl Hewitt.
" - ----- ---... ..uv..t ........ ...
Mrs Klik. Miss F.tliel Orlffin W A
agoner Cast Hiilo Presbyterlnn. V.
11 Monlson Mrn. W A. Wagoner
Inhii MohIi-v. Uev Herman Jones
Mis r A Itlsner. Cecil Harnett. Miss
M.'iulii'iii MUs Mnbol Atoll. Miss
Cnlllo Davln. First Presbyterian.
Hugh Cox Miss Anna Shannon Mrs
M i: Hampton. C Y. Donatio.' Mlns
Hooding. II F. Story. Mm. W. a.
('reagnr. f" P Abbott. Mrs. W. C.
r'audlll. Christian 11. M Fowler J.
n Gondii) M. L. Taylor. Mrs. Agnes
White. Xazereno. Franklin: W O
n-ck MIsh Lola Heoves Mr. nnd Mrs.
Loo Woods. Kim Vlow: Miss Corn
Tlinmns. Miss Fva Coker Haptlst.
High View J H. Kvatts. Miss Par-
ton Noal Union 'Konoriok: Miss
Mary Cornett Miss Hester Snod-
grass. Miss LeFlore Haptlst. W. K.
Strickland Mr and Mrs. J L. Mor-
ris Mr and Mrs. J. M. Miller. Meth
odist Kemp- Mrs. Maud Hall J A.
Fnrnsworth Mabel Ilodlno Mrs.
Fnrnswortli Mothodlst. Mntoy: Mr.
and Mrs J. N. Thomas O. N. I fork-
yy. Union Mead Lula Troutt. Mrs.
Altoo Thonms .Toff Johnson Union
Mulberry R. W. Morrison I. M.
Turnot. Union. Onk Grovo: Miss
Lllllo btephons Miss Ira Sauls. Sam
Jones Ilobertu; Dave Tnckett Mrs.
Dnve Tackett Miss Woodward J. M
Hollnmv Unlpn Salem: Miss La-
zona Oauger. Melvln Hubbard. E. N.
Gardner Leonard Spears Hoy Dar-
noii 'Presbyterian. veach Orovo:
Prof 'O.iw- Poeloy Miss Francis
Veach. Tlrowfn: J H. Ilrown A C.
"Bradley Wolf Creek' Forrest FJah-
oj Pfjqar Orirrin Union.'
i"'JTVBNFIJWOHTiW. ..
Mr. nnd Mr( L-jwJtf A.. Austin 1ito
roturtiod froirt d ttjn duyB trip thjru
mo morin wneretney visuouipuaio
ma Olty Kn'!n PJty. ntnl-St Jfifjcph
Mr and Mrri. Aiisfln will Wat 1 brat
Wal
Nlaln
liorao
nt their houso on W"oBt
Bircot
j . .
ff';liBtln wjisjfltinprlyjn Lgla
i' i i ' f
 Wir.IiAItD.TOTfrGHX
Jess Wlllard tho hoavy weight
champion who Is now with ono of
the big Miller Bros 101 shows says
thalihje -will meet' Jack Coffar. tha
Jpopular'New York fighter Labor Day.'
NU.MHUlt TWIJNTY-TWO
arr:-ar-r-arrr:r-r--:-. -Jl
AMIilllCAN-tililt.MAN SITUATION
HTII.1i Itl'.MAlNH UNHlrlTl.lJI
I'lvtldenl 11ns Iliiit--Md Umii 0r.
many that the l'. S. Is Pieparl lo
Act Hnfqly nf Am itcans Flint.
Ilelnlls I'liter. v
1h- first replv of Cm many to tho
note of the United Htatos msru-
Matlsfnctory. in Unit tho CerMHU rolily
soomed to evndo the Imiinrtnnl Issue
tun' nttompt to -itnrt o c.)itrovrj-y
owr admitted facts. The 1'n-nldetit
!!. cdlntely notified tWrirtitt ' offl-
cnli that the L'nltod Siuto is pro-
psred to act as well as speak In thn
iMofmlnatlnn to protect '.ve rlr.liU ft
neutrals '4tn'clally AiliOrrtulus'.t ha
the High Th's ana reltoihtd IhS iln-
maud that suhmnrlne w.ttfste bo
cvitflned to belligerent is.-h of war.
President Wilson's lit nnd Is for the
safety of Americans first and a ills'
lurslbn of details Inter .nJ n6 eff ut
oi- net wll be spared to (i'i-qu-dtsti
'bis purpose
The War M week has .agfl wllh
r-'tuwcd ful'oolousnefs l.i'.tn dis-
patches Indicate that tn army of a
million Oi'rniuns races utter dofent
liefote prxemyl bcfoi tin Itualuu
hordfJ". and the Austlant nr repott-
ed Ui have surrered a dlsastrou's do-
fent Jieforo the Itallaiut on the Ital-
ian frontlor.
Gorman alffrflft inade tin) long-
ftmrcil raid over London early In the
weuk dropping numerous bombs.
whloli klllj'd four Dfilpl". .lnfllfCl n
score inorc. aini iiim
datnnge to property
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1)1 Kl) FltOM KI'FKCTS OI-'
TOO MCCII CHI.OUOFOUM
Mrs. Frniicos Lewis Found Dead In
Hed by Neighbors Kail) Tuesday
Mmiiliig Hud UmmI Aune.thotlc
to Itelleve Hendaches.
Mrs. Frances Lewis who hnd been
in the habit of using chloroturm to
rollnve headaches used It once too
often Monday night -mil noigbbon
found her cpld corpae In her bed on
Tuesday morning just ns nho had
died from nn overdose ot tho anaes-
thetic and apparently without n
slrufcglo and without sufforlnK. Tho
lianas were folded ovdf Mr htonat.
n"r ciouies lay on. a uioio.iap-
w"cU-sl":' rvtUQ'l. Under her pillow
wn" n vv" nnd a purse contain
R a BmaH nniounl f on0J'-
An Inauest was held In Justlco
and her clothes lay on a tnblo.inp-
onlng.
It Is said th.C iho woman fritr-iieul
ly used chloroform to relievo linvt-
achos to which she seemed mbj9t
and that on one or two other occa-
sions she had had narrow escapes
from denth. .  "
Wljon found Tunsdny morning hrt
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p"' "oinpiBineu oi isfiing nsu-
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I'rlie untl Dlrlv Crnntiiv TuUe Shots
M .1. I.. (illlM-it and XV. II. tHiiloy
W limit etiirn Hi IV mi ItiwiH
A wit i.
A real dual wits rou-'lu on thn
" ''''' al l I10'""1 wtiere It croHi the
 iiroHi tracKs last suniiny artnioou
m which a vio;ien or i. or iti n were
fired one man slightly wounded and
a team rnu away Deputy Slinriff
MeFatrldga and Deputy Dave Wright
wunt to th scene tho samu night and
arrested W. H. Corloy and J. 15. Gil-
bert who wertj lodged In Jail. War-
rants charging assault to kill aro
issued against Dick and Prlco Crab-
tree but they have not beou' located
and It Is believed that thoy are out
or tho Htiito.
TJie story as told by Gilbert and
CoTJoy Is something Uko this: Gil-
bert and Corley woro driving west
from Hlue and saw tho Crabtroo
bos waiting Tor Hkmii In tho road
Whon they cuiuo up with tho Crab-
trees thny shopped and Prlco vnlked
to the side1 of tho buggy on wlilch
Oilbort was sitting stuck a gun !u
hU.faci) and asked why ho had boon
tnlklng about him. Gllbort made
answer nnd Prlco shot nt him. the
ball1 ttuttlng ono of tho buggy bows
haf lh two and cutting a little fur-
row; In tho front of Gilbert' neck
above' his Adam's npple  The team
scaroa at tho slfot and started W run
nnd'i Prlco Is then said to have omp-
tied his plBtol at tho fleeing lenw
and tho buggy 'and jnenivlitlhls
brother Dick'- Is said to have crack-
ed fdp.wn on them a couplo ot. times
wIMa ft shotgun. Qllbrirt .and Corley
retur-ijod the flro frohi thtfbd'ggy but
nofshPtB snvo tho first did nnv dam-
ngeliiind. that ld not; do niuch but
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i nitten by nttletunl-e i " -
ora aged tett daughter" o' Tito
Port')h a farmer Hying four miles
west bf Calofa was blttofi Sunddy
mdrijlng three times on the nrlght
fodt by av ground rattlor while In
company with a small brother In the
pasture at. the rear of (heir home.
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