The day book. [volume], February 07, 1914, NOON EDITION, Image 12

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PHYSICIAN SWIFT TO PUNISH
ARDENT MUSIC-MASTER
Pittsburgh, Pa. Swift, sure and
terrible was the punishment which
Dr. Martin E, Griffith says he meted
to A. M. Robertson for an alleged at
tack upon Mrsv Griffith.
Dr. Griffith is the most successful
physician in Monessen, a small town
on the Monongahela. Robertson was
a music teacher, with a clientele
among the rich. Among his pupils
was Mrs. Griffith, who is 45 years old
and the mother of grown children.
According to the story told by Dr.
Griffith after Robertson had been
taken to a hospital, he returned home
unexpectedly, heard sounds oi a scuf
fle and found the music master at
tacking his wife. He is said by the
authorities to have first beat the as
sailant and then mutilated him. Rob
ertson makes no statements from his
hospital cot. He is 58 years old. The
physician is 50.
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SWEET POTATOES
Sweet potatoes are vastly differ
ent.from white potatoes.
They are harder to digest and lack
nutrition; contain less starch and
more sugar and are much harder to
prepare properly. If the skin is brok
en when boiling they absorb much
water and are soggy and moist. If
they are of good size and are baked
in the skins, there is nothing better
for a simple dinner if served with
beeksteak.
ON STRIKE PROBE
Representative John J. Casey was
a steamfitter before he became a
congressman. He is elected from his
own state, Pennsylvania, where ho
was born in 1875.