The day book. [volume], February 07, 1912, Image 29

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HOW THE MORSE "DYING"
. DEAL WORKED OUT'
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 7. Those
unbelievers who refuse to admit
the possibility of the resurrection
"are requested to turn their eyes
toward this city and regard the
convict banker, Charles ,W.
Morse.
Three' weeks ago, Charles W.
Morse only had ten days to live.
This was swqrn to by reputable
physicians, and on the strength
of their oaths, Mrs. Charles W.
Morse secured from President
Taft a commutation of the banker
convict's fifteen year sentence to
'Atlanta penitentiary.
And did Charles W. Morse die
at the end of the ten days? Not
on your wrecked bank !
The same Charles W. Morse is
up and about now, contemplating
a trip to Europe, and his friends
are going to ask that his citizen
ship be restored.
Also, those same physicians
who were ready to sign affidavits
as to how soon he would die, now
have cheerfully guaranteed that
he will live for several years.
A telegram from Washington
today declares, that President
Taft "suspects" that Morse never
was dying. It does not explain
what has aroused the chief exe
cutive's suspicions.
Taft is going to hear more
about Morse in a day or so. His
friends are planning to have Taft
or congress remove the felon's
stigma which he bears.
At present Morse is merely a
convict whose sentence has been
commuted. His friends want a
special actiof congress passed, or
a full pardoV given by Taft, which
would restore Morse his citizen
ship. Meantime, Morse's family are
planning the details of that Euro
pean trip.
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A-LA-SHAKESPEARE GETS
GOMPERS INTO TROUBLE
Washington, Feb. 7. The ad
miration Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation
pf Labor, holds for the'writings of
Shakespeare, got him into trouble
for' contempt of court, according
to the admissions of the labor
leader this afternoon.
Appearing before the judges
who on a previous occasion sen
tenced him to jail for contempt in
connection with the famous anti
boycott suit of the Buck's Stove
and Range Co., Gompers'declaral
that Shakespeare, or Bacon, he
wasn't sure which, was responsi
ble for his prosecution.
He swore that he did not in
tend the usual construction to be
placed on the sentence, "Go to
with your injunction," which ap- '
peared in the Federationist, the
organ of the federation, but was
fond of Shakespeare, and, intend
ed to parody the immortal bard's
language, "Go to a nunnery."
He said he disobeyed certain
court orders of Justice Wrigh
because they infringed on his con
stitutional right of free speech
and a free press.
New York wants a farm for in
ebriates. What for, to raise their
own rye r
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