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PART IT
DO POLITICS ON
GOVERNMENT TIME
Bureau Chiefs Wage Hot Cam
paign for Appointment of
E. W. Parker
MAKE CONGRESSMEN GASP
Write Telegrams and Letters
Galore, but Avoid "Official
Business" Frank
. WASHINGTON, July 23.—Dozens of
telegrams urging that pressure be
brought to bear on President Tart to
appoint 10. W. Parker as chief of the
bureau of mines h,ave been sent out of
Washington to prominent men over
the country in one of the hottest bu
reau campaigns which has ever been
waged here.
Unusual as the brlnging-pressure-to
bear suggestion Is, the feature which
has made the older departmental heads
and members of congress who are
still in Washington gasp when t they
learn of the methods used In the cam
paign, is the fact that the elegrams
are signed by a bureau chief of the
department of the Interior, the full
name and title "George Otis Smith,
Director, Geological Survey," appear
ing at the end of each message.
Whllo th? good time of public offi
cers is being used up in the campaign
in writing telegrams and letters ga
lore, yet It should be said in Justice
to all that the telegrams are not going
out as "official business." Telegraph
franks are being conserved with a
vengeance. Director. Smith, however,
, has not told anyone whether the tele
grams were paid for by himself or
Mr. Parker, his candidate. ;
Members of congress who are inter
ested in the conservation movement
think that It is not exactly the proper
; thing to make a football of President
■ Taft'a best piece of conservation legis
lation In the game of bureau politics
and that the policy of forcing the in
dorsement of a candidate on the presi-
X dent through the means of a tele
graphic campaign such as Is being
■ waged is almost going the limit.
Three men are prominent figures In
the bureau campaign, and these are
Director George OtU Smith, Dr. Joseph
A. Holmes, former chief of the tech
nologic branch of the geological sur
vey, which became the bureau of mines
in accordance with the act of congress
on July 1, and E. W. Parker, statis
tician in charge of the division of min
eral resources, a subordinate and friend
of Director Smith in the geological
survey. The lines of. the fight have
been closely drawn, with the field
against Dr. Holmes and with the sur
vey forces working hard for E. W.
Parker.
Holmes Is now technologist of the
bureau of mines and Smith Is the tem
porary head a/id hi* superior, having
been appointed by President Taft to
organize the bureau on July 1. Holmes
has been In charge of the line of work
of the geological survey which is now
performed by the new bureau for
some years, and in view of his ex
perience in mine and fuel investiga
tions and study for the prevention of
mine accidents, he naturally has been
the leading candidate for the new
: place from the beginning. He is op
posed, however, by Director Smith,
who Is understood to have the sym
pathy of Secretary Balllnger, his su
perior. Holmes has received indorse
ments from practically everyone else
having an interest in the mining In
dustry, including both the mine oper
ators and the miner? themselves, and
these have long been in the hands of
President Taft, along with a petitloil
from sixty-two senato.-s, asking that
he be appointed.
So far as the present campaign is
concerned, Parker i 3 still In it, and his
only opponent is obliged to rest on his.
oars and take no part in the active
work. Owing to the fact that Holmes
Is now a subordinate in the new bu
reau, which has only a temporary
head, he must maintain a dignified
silence, for any activity on . his part
would be disloyalty to his present
chief. Director Smith, as permanent
head of the geological survey and
temporary head of the bureau of
mines, however, considers himself free
in his dual position to continue cam
paigning for Statistician Parker. The
latter, because of th« friendliness and
. 'activity of his chief, finds there Is no
need to work for himself, and is also
able to maintain a dignified silence.
Meanwhile, the work of bringing in
fluence to: bear on ' President Taft is
going merrily ■ on.
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TAKES SOCKS MADE BY
MOTHER TO HIS GRAVE
Fred Flanders Treasures Little
Gift of Loving Parent y
Until Death
SWAINSBORO, Ga., July 23.—Tears
ago, yet during the lifetime of Fred
Flanders' mother, she was always In
love with her children and was ever
looking to their comfort. She knit for
her son a pair of white socks and as
she handed them to him she imprint
ed on his forehead a motherly kiss.
"These, will keep your feet warm,"
she said.
"No, they won't, mother dear," he
replied. "I'll just keep these/socks as
long as I live and when I die I will be
buried in them."
After Fred Flanders was married he
put those socks away with great care
and wouldn't allow them to be tossed
around without caution. As time went
by his determination to be burled with
those socks on his feet became known
to his brothers.
When Fred Flanders was on his cool
ing boards one of the brothers in the
room with the body thought of the
socks his mother had knit and of his
brother's desire to be buried In them,
He recalled, too, that all the household
goods were over In Thomas and regret
ted that his brother's desire could not
be carried out.
But when the body was being placed
In the coffin it was found that those
socks, his mother's last; gift, were on
Fred Flanders' feet.
And with his feet in them he was
burled.
THE REAL PLACE
Will not some lover of science put
up a prize for an aviation trial from
Escjpus, N. T., to Palrvlew, Neb.? —
Omaha Bee.
No use in from either nlsce to Wash
•narton WjJ *'-'?; .■• ■' ; ...
Three Leaders In Mining Affairs Who
Are Campaigning for New Mine Bureau
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MAN'S DUPLICITY
RELATED IN COURT
Deserted Wife and Children in the
Old Country to Marry'
Over Here
CONFESSES TO SPOUSE NO. 2
Revelations Made in Delirium Give
Clew to Past of Swedish
Bricklayer
KANSAS CITT. Mo., July 23.—A
story of human Interest was told In the
first division of the Wyandotte county
district court, when Alexander Ryd
bom, a Swedish bricklayer of 505 Scott
avenue, Kansas City, Kas., testified to
his own duplicity in order that his wife,
Clara Rydbom, might get her marriage
annulled. Rydbom, according to his
story, left a wife and two children in
a little village near Stockholm, Sweden,
twenty-four years ago, and came to
America to make his fortune. He had
bjeen here only a few months when he
became infatuated with his second
wife, who hailed from Sweden. He
forgot his wife and two babes in the
fatherland and married the woman
who yesterday divorced him. She
k^new nothing of his former marriage
until, as she testified yesterday, the'
fact was revealed to her, she said, in a
dream.
Mrs. Rydbom still speaks with a
Swedish accent, and It was difficult
to understand her story as she told it
yesterday amid sobs. She and her hus
band lived in Chicago after their mar
riage. For five years they lived hap
pily together, until a little girl was
born, who early showed signs of im
becility. The mother worried with that
sorrow until one night she dreamed of
seeing a blue-eyed boy with curly hair
and a little girl with long golden
tresses. She testified yesterday that
the Lord appeared to her at the time
of the dream and told her that the chil
dren belonged to her husband. She
awoke frightened and aroused her hus
band to tell him of it. He denied any
knowledge of it, but she was not satis
fled. The dream worried her for three
years, but each time she mentioned It
her husband tlew into a rage and de
nied any knowledge of it.
The couple moved to Kansas City,
where the husband was stricken with
a fever. In his wandering spells he
mentioned the name of a little town
in Swede* and some of his old ac
quaintances. Mrs. Rydbom was quick
to catch the clew, and she addressed
letters to the church dignitaries and
offlcjals of the town, asking about
Rydbom and whether he "had a fam
ily when he left. After weeks of walt
ingr the letter came which contained
the full story of her husband's dupli
city and a picture of the little girl
with long tresses and the boy with
curls and blue eyes, which had ap
peared in her dream. The letter gave
the address of Rydbom's wife.
When her husband came home for
supper that night, Mrs. Rydbom
watched his every move. She had
placed the picture under his dinner
plate. She said yesterday that when
lie raised his plate that night he gave
one exclamation and then almost faint
ed. She then told him of what she
had learned, and he confessed. The
wife In Stockholm was communicated
with, but s-he said she had no desire
to see or again live with her husband.
She asked, however, that the boy,
whose nnme was Martin, and the little
girl, Edith, be taken by their father
and foster mother 1c raise. This the
unfortunate second Mrs. Rydbom
agreed to do, and the children were
sent for. The eoup'.e raised them and
they have drifted far away.
Following the story Judge E. L.
Fischer granted an annulment of the
marriage The pair left together, and
were at home together, when a re
porter called at their little cottage in
Armourdale last night. Both of them
objected* to telling their story, and
neither seemed to know what the
other would do, no* that their bonds
had been severed.
"I feel so sorry for Alex," Mrs. Ryd
bom said last night. "He is not strong,
and I cannot turn him away, even
though he Is not married to mo. Sinoe
I learned years ago that he had played
me false, we have occupl<_<<l different
rooms. But I love him, and I don't
know what to do with him. I am go
ing to live here, and I suppose he will
have to go. His first wife, though, has
dogged me, and I pot the divorce to
ease my conscience "
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1010.
Top—JOSEPH A. HOLMES at left of E. W. PARKER. I^iwer, GEORGE OTIS SMITH.
ALLEGE VAN LIEW
LIKED HIS BEER
Former Student Testifies He Saw
Instructor Drink Beer
Two Years Ago
[Associate Press]
CHICO, Cal., July 23.—When J. B.
Cogshill testified at the hearing of Dr.
C. C. Van Liew today that after dis
cussing the instructor with about a
hundred people he had decided his
reputation was bad and then refused to
give the names of the persons with
whom he had talked, he started a live
ly wrangle, in which attorneys, trus
tees and the witness mixed. At one
time threats were made to have Cogs
hill haled before the supreme court in
order to elicit an answer from him.
Finally Dr. Van Liew's attorneys de
cided to drop the matter, and the hear
ing proceeded.
Further testimony was given today
regarding Dr. Van L,lew's alleged
drinking habits. J. G. Martian, janitor
of the normal school, said while he
never Jiy-d seen the instructor drink,
he had seen him when he suspected
he was under the influence of liquor.
The witness told of buyhig whisky for
Dr. Van Liew when the teacher .said
he was ill.
Miss Lfivina Ksuill, a member of the
normal faculty, related a story about
the prosecuting- witness, Miss Ada
Clark's, veracity being questioned at
one time.
Elmer Ranker, a former student, who
testified yesterday that-two yours ago
lie .saw Dr. Vnn Liew drink several
glasses of beer in a local cafe, was
cross-examined. It developed from the
cross-examination that Ranker hail
been dropped from the rolls Of the nor
mal school on account of deficiency in
scholarship. It was admitted by the
witness that Dr. Van Liew had written
a letter which he threatened to send to
the mother of a young girl student
with whom Hanker kept company, and
that when the letter was read to the
girl she promised to deny Ranker the
privilege of her company.
Counsel stated that this evidence was
brought out to show a revengeful mo
tive on the part of witness.
Ranker further testified that he had
seen Dr. Van Liew com* out of a place
used as a gambling room.
The hearing will be continued Mon
day. _
NON.ROYAL HEADGEAR
One of the att ch'es of the American
embassy at London tells a story where
in Micheal Joseph Barry, the poet,
who was appointed a police magistrate
in Dublin, was the principal figure.
There was brought before him an
Irish-American charged with suspicious
conduct. The officer making the ar
tated, among other things, that
the culprit was wearing a "Republi
can hat."
"Does your honor know what that
means?" was the inquiry put to the
court by the accused's lawyer.
"It may be," suggested Barry, "that
It means a hat without a crown."—
Harper's Weekly.
INQUIRY IN RAWN
CASE ANNOUNCED
President Brown of New York
Central Declares Against
the Suicide Theory
[Associated Press)
CHICAGO, July 23.—The results of
the secret investigation of the death of
Ira G. Rawn, president of the Monon
route, began within a few hours after
he died Wednesday morning from a
bullet wound, became known today.
The investigation was made by private
detectives who had been employed in
the Illinois Central investigations, and
two men are said to have made a care
ful examination of the premises and
the servants without making them
selves known. There were four ser
vants- sleeping in the house the night
of the death, according to the report of
the detectives. Of these, three slept
on the second floor, above the room
where the shooting took place. None
of these heard any sounds until the
death of Mr. Rawn was known to his
family. Johanna Solberg, a maid who
Blept on the third iloor, declared she
was awake at 1:30 o'clock and that she
heard one shot fired.
The two detectives declared the al
leged "jimmy" marks on the screen
door of the Rawn home, which the in
truder was supposed to have made
while gaining an entrance, were on
the side of the door.
William C. Brown, president of the
New York Central lines, who reached
here today, In discussing the death of
Rawn said:
"Ira G. Rawn was a fearless man
and one who would not take his own |
life to avoid personal danger ou, trou
ble. I have known him since boyhood."
Stains on the cement sidewalk near
the Rawn home were declared today
by chemists to be caused by some col
oring matter in a watery solution and
not bloodstains of the supposed miir- i
derer, as was believed by the slain i
man's relatives and friends. This dis- j
covery weakens the theory of murder
held by the relatives of Rawn.
Ira L. Rawn, a nephew of the de- j
ceased, has offered a reward of $5000
for the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties who, relatives believe,
killed Rawn.
Stevens, the negro held on suspicion
because of alleged threats agr.inst
Rawn's life, was released, this after
noon on orders from Assistant Chief
Schuettler. The police have returned
to the theory of suicide 'as the only
explanation of the shooting.
SOME COLLEGE STATISTICS
Of this year's class at Harvard approxi
mately one-fifth will fro into law, and less
than half as many Into medicine. The min
istry will claim five men. Into "business."
engineering, banking and brokerage will
pass 150 of the graduates, almost half of
i ss. These facts of intention aiv In
ItM with those of recent years. BhowinK
how complitily the college outlook has
changed with the times. It Is rdCPffnUmd
pretty well In these days that culture neeu
not be less the gainer when the fruits of
the higher educated are carried Into com
merce, Industry and finance, instead of Into
life professions held "polite" In the olu
conservative view.— New York WorM
BELIEVE CRIPPEN
ABOARD STEAMER
London Police Think They Have
Doctor and Leneve Woman
Located at Sea
FALSE EYEBROW GIVES CLEW
Couple Said to Be En Route to
Canada Disguised as ■
Minister and Son .
(Associated Press]
LONDON, July 23.—The belief is held
by Scotland Yard that Dr. Hawley H.
Crippen and Ethel Leneve are on. board .
the steamship Sardinian, which sailed
from Havre for Montreal July IS. It
Is variously stated In the newspapers j
that Inspector Dew sailed for Canada :
on the steamer Laurentic, the steamer |
Caronia and the steamer Baltic, but t
the police refuse to divulge which of
these is carrying the inspector as a
passenger. .
According to a circumstantial story
from Havre two hours before the de
parture of the Sardinian two passen
gers who were registered as the Rev.
Mr. Robinson and son boarded the ves
sel.
The former was attired in clerical
garb. He wore spectacles and had a
short, straggling and apparently newly
grown beard, but no mustache. The
most noticeable feature- was the man's
heavy projecting eyebrows. The new
comers engaged a second class cabin.
No suspicion attached to the couple
until the steward noticed that one of
the Rev. Mr. Robinson's eyebrows was
slightly separated from the forehead.
On further watching the steward was
convinced that the alleged son was a
girl.
The captain of the Sardinian sent a
wireless description of the two to the
French police, giving it as his opinion
that the couple were really Crippen
and the Leneve woman.
The French police communicated
with the British authorities, who are
of the opinion that Crippen and his
companion, after fleeing from London,
separated in the south of France and
rejoined each other at Marseilles, trav
eling together from that place to
Havre.
CANADIAN POLICE WATCH
FOR CRIPPEN AND WOMAN
MONTREAL, July 23.—The police de
partment of Montreal is watching every
incoming steamship for Dr. Crippen,
the much wanted London murder sus
pect. Thus far their efforts have been
without success. Officers made a thor
ough search of the Allan liner Sicilian,
which arrived at this port on Thurs
day from London and Havre. The
Sicilian left London on the day of
Crippen's disappearance. No one was
discovered aboard the vessel in the
least degree answering Crippen's de-
scription.
The local police say they are ham
pered in their investigation in not hav
ing an actual photograph of Crippen.
The newspaper portraits have varied
greatly.
WOMAN AGED 65 YEARS
SLAYS HER SON-IN-LAW
Declares Physician Struck Her!
and Beat Wife
SANTA CRUZ, July 23.— During a
quarrel between Mrs. Mary Wood and
her son-in-law. Dr. George Dresbach,
at Vine Hill, near here, today, the
woman shot and killed the physician.
Her defense is that Dr. Dresbach had ,
struck her and had beaten his wife.
Mrs. Wood, who is 65 years old, told j
the police the trouble started when
Dr. Dresbach became very angry over j
a trifling matter. When attacked, she ;
said, she backed into a bedroom, ob
tained a revolver from a grip and then
shot her assailant.
Dr. Dresbach fell with the first shot,
which penetrated his lungs: As he lay
on the floor Mrs. Wood shot him a ;
second time. Mrs. Wood exhibited an
injured eye to the police. She assert
ed it was caused by tbe physician
striking her while she was wearing
her glasses.
Dr. Dresbach, who was an osteopath,
had practiced in Seattle and Palo
Alto. He was marriei in Palo Alto j
four years ago and hai two children.
His wife and mother-in-law believe he
was slightly demented. Mrs. Dres
bach witnessed the shooting.
POVERTY IS HER PLEA
IN ALIENATION SUIT
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 23.—Jes
sie Livingston Forbes, wife of the avi
ator, A. Holland Forbes, swore sol
emnly before Deacon Bae<»n Wakeman,
a justice of the peac* in Fairfleld, that
she owned no more than $17 worth of i
personal property besides her clothing.
She was allowed to take the poor
debtor's oath, hoping thereby to avoid
further litigation in the alienation suit
brought u gainst her by 10a Rowley j
of New York, and wife of her former
chauffeur, Ernest Rowley.
This unusual proceeding- was shown
when Mm. Rowley applied to the su
perior court for a writ of error on the
ground that Wakeman had made a
mistake in granting Mrs. Forbes the j
privilege of taking the poor debtor's j
oath.
Forbes stood by his wife from tha
inception of the litigation, declaring
the whole thing a blackmail, scheme.
Mrs. Forbes entered no defense when
the case came to trial, and Mrs. Row
ley handed Judge Curtis several dozen
letters purporting to be endearing
epistles from Mrs. Forbes to Rowley.
Mrs. Forbes allowed judgment to be
entered by default, and Judge Curtis
estimated the value of Rowley'ar affec
tions at $3750.
Mrs. Rowley sought an execution of
the judgment, and finding no property
in Mrs. Forbes' name, a sheriff seized
her and took her to the Fairfield jail,
where she was held for several hours
until her husband negotiated $500 bond.
This freed her of the jail limits, which
at that time happened to be Bridge
port's city limits.
Soon after Mrs. Forbes' arrest the
jail limits were extended so as to in
clude the towns of Fairfield and Strat
ford, and Mrs. Forbes returned to the
Falrfleld residence, where after a fort
night she took the pout debtor's oath.
COLQUITT NOMINEE OF
DEMOCRATS IN TEXAS
Republicans Select J. 0. Terrill as
Candidate for Governor
DALLAS, Tex., July 24— Oscar B.
Colqultt, anti-prohlbttionist and nnti-
BUbmlMlonlst, will be next governor
of Texas, if belated returns from yes
terday's Democratic primary do not
favor another ;if the I'mir contestants
for the subfrnat.ori.il nomination over
whelmingly. At the same time the
proposition to submit to popular vote
the constitutional amendment looking
to prohibition has been carried. This
much la Indicated at 1 o'clock this
(Sunday) morning, but the returns
are still far from complete. It i.s esti
mated tint approximately 1,860,000 bal
lot s w ere ( ast.
In the congressional contests Con
gressman Randell anl Congressman
Beall have been renomlnated.
Cnitrd States Benatoi Charles A.
Cultierson had no opposition.
The Republican precinct conventions
also held, selecting J. O. Terrill
( : San Antonio as the nominee for
governor. Thp Democratic nomination,
however, Is equivalent to election In
T.-xas.
TICKLED HER FEET
AS SANITY TEST
Woman, Piqued at a Humiliation
in Hospital, Sues for
Divorce
ST. LOUIS, July 23.—That Mrs. Rose
Fornoff does not love her husband she
admits. That this is a symptom of in
sanity she vigorously denies. It is one
of the points of contention to be
thrashed out in the divorce court,
where her suit is pending.
"My husband told me in 1908." said
Mrs. Fornoff last night "Just before
this series of trips to asylums for the
insane began, that he could not un
derstand why I did not love him. He'
said girls with some sense liked him
and that if I didn't I must be crazy.
No one but a crazy woman, he said,
would want to give up a comfortable*
homo like ours."
The suit to divorce Louis J. For
noff, who lives at 6139 Berlin avenue,
and is a real estate cashier, followed
Mrs. Fornoff's fifth Imprisonment -for
observation, she says, in which she un
derwent the foot-tickling test. This
was the last straw.
As told by her, it happened thus:
"I had an engagement to go out with
a girl friend the evening of June 2S,
and as I left the house I met my hus
band. He pulled me back into the house
and I telephoned for the police. As
soon as they got there my husband
told them I was somewhat demented
and that he had been compelled to put
me into asylums several times. So I
was sent to the city hospital by way
of the dispensary.
"At the hospital two young doctors
received me. They told me to sit on a
table. I did. They told me to take off
my shoes. I obeyed. Then each of
them took a toothpick from his pocket
and began gravely tickling the sole
of my foot.
OBJECTED TO TirKI.ING
"After a time they told me to take
off my stoekjngs. I objected, but they
were insistent. Then they applied the
toothpicks again. I learned the next
day that this was to determine whether
there was anything wrong with my
brain. If there had be<jji paralysis I
would not have been sensible to the
toothpicks.
"But I decided I wouldn't stand for
that sort of thing again and as soon
as I was released as of sound mind I
began preparing to sue for divorce.
"The first time I was sent to an asy
lum was in 1908. It was then that my
husband began to be jealous of me. He
sent me to the Missouri Baptist .sani
tarium for ten days and then at the
asylum at Farmington, Mo. I was
there three months, but had the lib
erty of an attendant. Later he sent
me to the Baptist sanitarium again,
then to St. Vincent's and then to the
city hospital.
The Fornoffs were mn fried in 1900,
when she was 17 years old. They have
two children. 8 and 9 years old.
Mrs. Fornoff says that once when
she was automobiling with a friend of
her husband and herself, Fornoff had
the machine driven up to the Missouri
Baptist sanitarium, but that they re
fused to receive her there.
MADE HCSBAND PAY FARE
"How my husband found out who
the chauffeur was I ilo not know."
Mrs. Fornoff Bald, "but as we returned
from a spin in Forest park we rushed
like mad along Lindell boulevard and
circled up to the sanitarium. There at
the door stood my husband and a group
of nurses and about 100 other persons,
My husband and another man caught
hold of me and tried to drag me out
of the taxicab, and my friend advised
me to hang on tight. I guess they
would have got me, anyhow, If the su
perintendent had not recognized me
and said that it was no use, as they
would not take me in.
"But you should have s"on my hus
band when my friend told the chauf
feur to collect the fare from Mr. For
noff, as we had not ordered him to
drive to the sanitarium And Mr. For
noff had to pay it—s4. He stood glar
ing ot us as I waved gopdhy in speed
ing away.
"Once when I was walking on La
clede avenue near Euclid with a girl
friend and a young man we both knew
my husband suddenly appeared and
pitched into the young man. He
knocked his hat off. stamped on it and
hit the young man in the nose, so that
it hied. The poor boy didn't try to fight
back, but just picked up the wreck of
the hat and ran away as fast as he
could.
SAYS nCSBAND .JEAT.OVS
"It really is remarkable how jealous
a man can get. Now, my husband fol
lowed me once when I started to Xv-
Sville, 111., on a visit. Hi- had an
i that I was going to meet some one
the station. There was just one
-looking young man in the station,
husband saw him. ■That's the man
are going to meet,' he vowed, And
[ had never even scon him before!
"Once my husband was with me
when a young man. evidently mistak
ing me for some one hi 1 knew, lifted
his hat to me. T knew it was n mis
take, because there was nothing dis
courteous in the man's manner, noth
ing flirtatious, you know. Hut my hus
band was furious. He said T was try
in? to flirt right. In his presence "
Fornoff told a reporter it was on the
ndvlce of physicians that he had his
wife sent to sanitariums. Hi- denied
that he had ever mistreated her in
any way.
It's as easy to secure a bargain In a used
automobile, through want advertising, at It
used t(i be—and »UJ> '«-to secure a hone
anil carriage.
PAWNED CLOCK TO
PURCHASE DRINK
I Blind Woman Relates Experience
with Man She Crossed
Country to Wed
WIFE ASKS FOR PROBATION
Didn't Mistreat Her. She Says,
and Welfare Board
Grants Parole
KANSAS CTTY, Mo.. July 23.—"Fa
pole for Clarence R. Jett, applied for
by -Mrs. Jett." called the clerk, reading
from a much-thumbed slip of paper.
The board or public welfare, in ses
sion in the building of the United
Jewish Charities association at Har
riaon street and Admiral boulevard,
turned polite attention to the door
leading to the women's waiting room.
There wm an uncertain shuffling of
feet and Mrs. Jett appeared. Her eyes
were closed and she held her hands
in front of, her, weaving them back and
forth in the manner of the blind.
Mrs. Jett is about 53 years old. She
wore an old, flat hut and a well-worn
pongee suit that did not fit. A black
edged palm-leaf fan hung from her
right wrist and oscillated freely as she
groped her way to tin 1 nearest chair.
But Mrs. Jett figured in a romance
in this! city last March. For three days
she waa in the public eye because she
seemed to be another victim of unre
quited affection.
That was why the board took such
an Interest In her case when she came
before them to ask the parole of her
husband from the workhouse. Most
of the members had forgotten how love
had gone out of the window of the
Oak street apartments about the same
time as a clock, the cherished posses
sion of Mrs. Jett, had disappeared from
the mantel to repose in a pawn shop.
WAS A M.VKCH BIUDK
Early last March, Mrs. Jett, then
Mrs. Susan B. Mitchell, came to Kan
sas City from Clarkson, Wash., to
marry her present husband. She ar
rived at the Union depot without a
cent, and was sent to the Helping Hand
institute because Jett was not at the
► depot to meet her, and she had no
other place to go. It seems that she
came in ahead of schedule, and her
dance, a burly quarryman of 3137 Main
street, rMd not go to meet her at the
train until the following day. The
newspapers advertised her predica
ment, however, Jett appeared, and they
were married on St. Patrick's day.
The marriage was the wonder of all
who witnessed the ceremony. Besides
her infirmity the woman had the draw
back of being many years older than
her husband and not strong. It waa
in a thin, piping voice that she framed
her replies to the preacher. Jett, who
loomed up beside her big and strong
from his life of rock handling, boomed
out his answers. The officials at the
Helping Hand could not grasp the sit
uation.
In a few days Mrs. Jett returned to
! the Helping Hand and told a story that
j caused her husband's instant arrest.
; She said he had misused her. They
! had separated and she was selling lace
of her own making and a face cream
I i>n commission. Jett was found at 1608
Oak street. He was tried for non
support and sentenced to the work
house for 100 days on June 11.
"I want my man back." Mrs. Jett
said to the board of public welfare
yesterday afternoon. "He was kind to
me generally and I need his support.
I think it is a shame that I should be
working day in and day out to keep
body and soul together when there is
a bis. able-bodied man who might
help, I have not a relative in the world
and I am absolutely dependent on my
own resources. They are not much.
I have been blind for fifteen years."
"But are you sure he would help
you now?" inquired Jacob Billikopf of
the board.
"Yes, I know he would," was the
answer "He hasf told me he would."
"But it is said that he was cruel to
you," persisted Mr. Billikopf.
"That is not true. He furnished a
nice home and was doing all he could.
What I had him arrested for was tak
ing a clock and pawning it to buy
drink. Why, I had no money when I
v/as in Washington, and he sent me
(86 to corr.e here and marry him. That
was kindness itself, wasn't it?"
"That wasn't so bad," admitted Mr.
Billikopf.
Jett was then paroled on condition
that he take good care of his wife.
MINING KING WALSH
CALLED COLORADO HOME
Expressed Himself to Governor in
Letter of March 27
DENVER, July 23.—Thomas F.
Walsh, the late mining king, in a let
ter of March 27, 1909, to Governor
Sha'froth, acknowledging receipt of his
appointment to the Good Roads con
vention in Seattle, referred specifically
to Colorado as his "home." The Wtrr
is considered one of the m••
tant bits of evidence secureu }■ the
state to substantiate its claim
inheritance tax on the full vali
of Walsh's property, wherever situ
ated.
If it is proved that Walsh was a
resident of Colorado at the time of hia
death, Colorado will receive a tax on
all of the estate, including stocks ami
bond!, and excepting only the real
estate in Washington.
Tli." total estate is valued at about
$. r>,r.00.000, of which only $300,000- is lo
cated in Colorado. If Walsh's citizen
ship is proved to have been in Colorado
the state will receive about $100,000 in
taxes, but if it is shown that he was a
resident of Washington ttu state \w!l
be entitled to not more than Jtfuoo.
William M. Malone, secretary to
Governor Shafroth, discovered tli ■ let
ter Which, it is believed will play a
prominent part in the trial next week
in the Arapahoe county court to de
termine the residence of the late mil
lionaire. The letter follows:
'•March 27, 1910.
"Hon. John F. Shafroth, Governor
of Colorado—My Dear Governor: I ben
tn acknowledge receipt of your
termed favor of March 24. in which
you notify me that you have honored
me by appointing me a delegate to tha
Good Roads convention at Seattle next
July.
"I thank you very much for the ap
pointment and wilY be very glad to at
tend If my engagements in Colorado
will permit me to do so. I will not
know positively whether I can go or
not until I «et out home to Colorado.
If I find 1 cannot go I will notify your
excellency in time for you to appoint
a substitute. Yours ve'y truly,
(Signed) "THOMAS F. WALSH."
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