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BUILDS WALLS
OF CEMENT TO
FOIL GABRIEL
lowan Plans Grave in Which
He May Be Laid Away
‘Securely.’
SUPERVISES THE WORK
WATERLOO, lowa, July 11.—Lack of
faith in .humanity has caused William
T. Whitney, ■wealthy retired farmer and
one of the few survivors of pioneer days,
to arrange every detail of his funeral
when life, which he regards as a mis
fortune, shall have ended for him.
Whitney, for years a close personal
friend of the iate Theodore Vail, head
of the Bell Telephone Company, and of
Mark Twain, the numorist, has been a
character of no little note in his own
community because of his strange views
to both life and death.
“I wish to be laid away so securely
that I shall never hear Gabriel when
he blows his horn.” said Whitney, who
personally supervised the digging of his
own grave in Elmwood cemetery.
The grave is of regulation depth,
cemented with a layer of solid concrete
Sides and bottom to a thickness of eight
Inches. The men who did ,he work have
(seen paid and dismissed, but the boss
it the job is under written contact to
construct a cover of cement six inches in
Ihicknecs and this in turn to be over
laid with two layers of brick placed on
edge and solidly cemented.
DOESN’T WISH
TO HEAR HORN.
"I am being pieced in that hole to
s'eep,” Whitney told the workmen as
they prepared his last resting place.
“And I am not going to have anybody
disturbing me by blowing a horn
around here some day.”
. Whitney Is au unbeliever In religious
Scatters. but he isn't taking any chance*
an the biblical quotation that the angel
shall some - day come with bis horu to
iwaken the faithful
A plain white marker has been placed
at the bead of the empty grave. On top
of the stone is cut the word “Father.'
and the date of birth. 1*35. The date of
death will be cut by a workman who has
already received bis wage.
No minister shall be present when the
Itodr is consigned to it 9 last rrsting
place. Whitney has already prepared his
own funeral sermon.
►ATS LIFE. OPEN ROAD,
DEATH STONE WALL.
“Life is an open road—death is a stone
wall!” he has written in this unique docu
ment. He holds out no hope for the life
eternal but qualifies this by adding he
would not take one morse! of expectation
from those who hope in an eternal life
beyond death’s black walls.
Music, if any, at his funeral must b*
bright-, gay and cheerful, and there must
be no flowers.
The funeral manuscript is to be read by
ft close friend before the casket leaves
the house. The text now rests in a little
tin box at the head of his bed. the key
fastened securely around his neck with r
bit of ribbon.
When the prairies of lowa bloomed witl
the wild flowers of pioneer times Whit
ney was among the first to make bis way
west and build a home along the banks
of the Cedar river. He married early ir
life, loved his wife dearly and when a
son. whom he christened Arthur, was born
his happiness was complete.
Ills wort often led him long dls
taoces from his dwelling, but he was
happy in his labor, for it was one of
love.
HXSHINF,
f ROM Ills LirE.
Then one day the sunshine went out of
his life. He returned to bis home unex
pectedly and found his wife in the arm*
of ahother man, a neighbor he had
trusted and to whom be had ojered at
all times the hospitality of his home.
A terrifle battle was waged with:n
his heart for days. Honor won the fight
and f.r the sake of the little son the
husband and father forgave the wife,
who had broken faith with the man she
had vowed before God to love, honor and
obey.
Then the final blow which, made of him
a hopeless wanderer for years, fell as a
thunderbolt from a clear sky—the little
ton was found dead In bed—he had
smothered to death beneath the bed com
forts.
Whitney, broken hearted, • discussed
things with his wife. He built her a
little home within the city of Waterloo,
provided her with cash, got a legal sep
aration and. then set out for the then
little known W.-st.
Hia team finally brought him to an
Indian settlement on the eastern slope
of th“ Rocky Mountains. The Indian
chief lorded it over an area of about 400
square miles. Whitney became a friend
of the Red Men, lived their life for years
and nearly forgot the past. Nearly—but
not quite.
MOEXTAIN FEVER
COMES TWICE.
Then the mountain fever struck him
twice. He feared a third attack would
Rrove fatal. He decided to leave that
part of the country. When the Indian
chief learned of his decision he paid the
lowan a visit. He offered him valuable
concessions to stay and ordered that on
a certain day every Indian of his tribe
would be brought together. Whitney
was to have his choice of any squaw on
the premises upon this occasion to be
his wife.
Again a battle was waged within
his being. He hated his former asso
ciations because they rer3*nded him of
those things he wished above all to for
get. He hated his former home be
cause cP the heartaches he had ex
perienced there —and he had come to
like his red friends.
Then, as he was about to accept the
easy road toward the future, one night
he remembered the words of a former
friend: “Never mix the blood of your
ancestors with that of another race,"
the friend remarked. Whitney's horse
that night carried him still farther into
the West and a week later he was In San
Francisco and had engaged a berth on
a ship bound for Panama.
“Durine my many years In the West
among the wlid animals,” says this man
who has always been a ciose student of
things In general, "I hare observed their
habits and methods of living. 1 hare
never seen the male of any of these
animals engage in a fight with the
female of the species. It Is only man
and woman, the highest order of crea
tion, that fight and quarrel.”
NEAR VICTIM
OF MONITOR.
Whitney's life ic Panama failed to
satisfy him. He decided to return to
his native country. He shipped north
on a vessel during the civil war when
the Monitor was the terror of the seas.
The vessel had a run-in with the .Monitor
but escaped through possession ot
superior speed.
He eventually returned to Waterloo.
At 58 he met and marled another woman.
She was 30 years younger than he.
“■south and old age can never mate.”
he remarks. “I was too old to rear my
children when the time came for them to
be born. I would have It taught in every
school in the Nation that there can never
be anything in common between an old
man and a young woman—springtime and
autumn have nothing in common, it is one i
of nature’s laws; the first Is the building
of anew, a vital life filled with tremen
dons possibilities; the second is but the
passing of a wornout hulk of that which
has been, but which can never be again.”
Whitney is a student of the masters
of literature. Os these Shakespeare Is
his favorite, although Lowell is also
keenly relished by the oil man who reads
propped ap ic bed.
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY WILL NOT LET HER DANCE
much, li l .aid , - _
Shall Policewoman
Use Costly Car as
Men Cops Flivver?
Shall a woman police coplain ride
aronnd In ft>lo In a $1.07,*) Waring car
or *hll sh* flivver In tt 9500 or *o con
▼cranco like the men cop*. u*e?
City Furcfia-inj Agent Dwlglit S. Hit
ter it* weighing the delicate question.
A requisition for a #1 075 touring car
for Miss Clara Burnsides, captain of po
licewomen. las* on Ills desk. It ha* been
the enstom. however, to fumi-h flivvers
for police captain* and Mr. Hitter Is
holding up purchase of the car until he
investigates why it I* that the woman of
ficial wishes a car that costs twice as
much, it Is said.
TT2RRK HAUTE BOV DROWNS.
TERRE HAUTE. July II -While stvira
ming in the Wabash river, near here.
David Wells. 1(5, was drowned Sunday
evening. The body was olcat*d in a half
hour and all attempts to resuscitate the
youth failed.
Black Flag Has Followed
in Wake of Great Wars
Mystery of ‘Disappearing Ships' Recalls Some
Noted Sea Rovers of Past.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—The theory
that pirates are again infesting Atlantic
waters has been put forward lu connec
tion with the grounding of the Caroll
Deering and the mysterious disappear
ance of three other American steamships.
“An epidemic of piracy his followed
in the wake of nearly all of the great
wars. Rren as recently as 1915, rcsflr s
souls who had smelled the blood of bat
tle and felt the intoxication of danger
become loath to settle down into the
peaceful ways of men and commerce, and
. chose the wide seas as cn asylum be
I cause they refused to live under the
| law." *ays a bulletin of the National Geo
graphic Society from its Washington
headquarters.
“Besides the broad oceans which of
fered infinite chance for escape there
have always been the sland-dotted areas
which furnish excellent lurking places
from which these exponents of absolute
freedom might direct their efforts and
to which they might take their quarry
for examination and long division among
them. The Greek Archipelago, the Rar
bary the East Indies, the China
shores and the Spanish Maiu, within the
shadow of our own doors, have been
pirates bases for centuries and given to
the world a wealth oAstories of brath
less Interest.
i “In ancient times these sea robbers off
the coast of Greei-e, Italy and Asia Minor
with their thousands of light, swift ves
sels. or 'sea mice’ as they were called,
‘taxed' merchant shiptiing so heavily that
they lightly and rightly termed their base
of operations the ‘Golden Gulf.’ They
Shunted their black-flag in the face of
mighty Rome. Which remained impotent
against them until l’ompey with almost
unlimited resources at his command
curbed their operations.
BANISHED MOORS
STERN AVENGERS,
i "Ferdinand and Isabella unwittingly,
in their decision to drive the Moors from
i Spanish soil, let loose upon the world,
and particularly upon Spanish shipping
then at the height of Its pride, a fearful
! horde of daring jtnd unscrupulous aveu
: ger*.
GIRL SCOUTS FOR WORLD PEACE
■
Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, national director of the Girl Scouts, will attend the
International Conference of Girl Scout Organisations in London. Mrs. Rippin de
clare* that the organization is a world peace movement and that it does not
breed militarism, as some critics have claimed.
' V
Miriam Battista, eight years old and a
probable star of the future, whose won
dr-rful darning set society awbtrl, can no
longer da lice behind the footlights until
she becomes of age. Little Miriam began
her career as an actress when she was
"In the early days of Moslem power
one of the Kalifs wrote to his General
and asked him what the -a was like The
General answered. ‘The sea is a huge
beast whit h silly folk rifle tike worms on
logs.’ Consequently, the Kalif gave order?
that no Moslem should voyage upon it.
but they soon learned that they must
i conquer it if they were to hold their
on u among other peoples, and they sub
sequent ly furnished some of the most au
dacious and picturesque of the pirate
figures.
“Two of the most daring and ingenious
'of these were the Barbarossa brothers.
Red Beard’ terrorized the Medlterianean
world from Coustantinoule to the pillars
of Hercules. The excellent harbors and
the Island hiding places made it possible
for aim to defy the fleet* of England
Iraly. Spain and Holland, to levy tribute
on all th vessels passed over the
highway, to capture the richly laden papal
galleys bound for Home in Moslem de
fiance of Christendom and chain the
I'hristians to their oars. In 1510, at that
time notorious and immensely wealthy,
he changed the base of his operations to
the Island of .Terba, ofl' the coast of Tunis,
where the Fates ceased to smile so kindly
upon him. After many hard-fought bat
tles and vicissitudes of fortune he fell be
fore the forces of rharb-s V of Spain near
Trent izan on African soil. He had actually
escaped but upon learning lh.it his faith
efii followers were close pressed, he re
turned to die with them. The career of
his brother, lvbeyr-ed din, is scarcely less
romantic.
QIEKN ELIZABETH
AIDED Rif CANKERS.
“Piracy on the American coast among
the French aid Spanish navigators began
before the days of the English colonists
Queen Elizabth is said to have covertly
countenanced as well as helped expcdl
tions by buccaneers, and In the West
Indies the trade restrictions placed by
the various mother countries led to ac
ceptance by many island governors of
wares brought by navigators whom they
knew to bo freebooters and whose
methods they could not afford to ques
tion.
"Perhaps the most unscrupulous and
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, JULY 11, 19ZI.
three years of age. starring with Maude
Adams. Alter oe-> of her performances
officers of the Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Children intervened and
whisked her off the stage. Miriam was
sad. but she started acting for pictures.
LADY ASTOd CHATS WITH JOCKEYS
U- ——
Lady Nancy Astor. M. P., chatting with Jockeys Brennan (on left) and
Lane, who rode Lord Aster's Pompadour and Long Suit 111 in the Oaks,
the great classic for fillies, at Epsoui Downs.
wily of the perverted sea kings was
Henry Morgan of the Carlbbees. lie was
n magnate, an indomitable ruler, a
crafty strategist, and a commander of
geuius as well as a pirate par excellence.
In fact he flirted with one danger after
the other, always to come out on top.
He marched Into Puerto Principe In the
heart ot Cuba and took it despite every
resistance. He outwitted with uncanny
cunning the officers at Forte Bello in
Panama, one of the strongest cities near
the Caribbean shores, and the storehouse
for the riches which had been brought
by Spanish galleons ntid tuule packs
from the Interior. He escaped with an
Inestimable amount of gold and jewels,
ingeniously employing a fireship against
the Spanish to accomplish lU* escape
when he was bottled up In Maracaibo
Lake. Finally he took and sacked the
city of Panama. Then leaving hts com
panions in the lurch, he slipped away at
night with all tlir% booty to Jamaica, In
gratiated himse'f with the Governor,
and was clever enough to get himself
into the graces of the English king, who
knighted him and made him Lieutenant
Governor of Jamaica for his ‘long expe
rience of that colony.’
CAPTAIN KIDD FAMED
IN STORY BOOK.
“In our boyhood, stories of Captain
Kidd were frequent. The subject of the
narratives was really a respectable sailor
in the merchant service with a wife and
family in New York when he was Com
missioned by the English King in 1 GOO
with power to seize and destroy- off the
American coast all pirate ships. Having
been given ships and crews to accomp
lish the purpose, he gayly set sail across
the Atlantic, around the Cape of Good
Hope to Madagascar and the Red Eea
to ravage East India waters and convert
to his own tmses his captures. Then he
hied himself so the story goes to West
liulia waters and buried his superflous
treasures before be finally went to Bos
ton. where he was captured, sent to Eng
land for trial, was executed and his body
left to dangle in the wind for years as a
warning to sailors.”
Vigo County Faced by
Milk Famine in Strike
Special to the Time*.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 11.—1 Igo
County is threatened by a milk strike.
Milk distributors refuse to meet with
producers to set a scale of prices and
Mayor Hunter refuses to appoint a milk
commission. It is reported farmers will
call a meeting immediately to call milk
from the market.
Logansport Gets
Insurance Bureau
Special to The Time*.
LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 11.—This
city has been selected as one of the seven
substations of the war risk insurance bu
reaus of Indiana, according to announce
ment made by Dr. C. H. McCuily, acting
assistant surgeon of the district, who has
just returned from headquarters at Cin
cinnati.
Two physicians, it is said will devote
their entire time to the restoration of
disabled soldiers.
SHRINE PLANS
THREE OUTINGS
Special Train Engaged to
Franklin Next Sunday.
Members of Murat Temple, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, are making arrange
ments for three big outings, when the
Arab patrol will picnic at Turner Park
next Thursday; observe Shrine day next
Sunday at. the Masonic home at Frank
lin. and hold the annual Shriners’ basket
picnic at Broad Ripple Park on Friday,
Aug. 5.
Arrangements hare been made for a
special train for the trip to Franklin,
and the railroad company nas granted a
apecial round trip rate. The train will
leave the I’nion Station at 12:30 o'clock,
and returning, leave Franklin at 4
o'clock. Special parking arrangements
have been made for those who will make
the trip by automobile.
The hand equipped through funds con
tributed last April by Murat Temple, to
aid in the musical education of the
children at the home, In addition to the
musical organization* of the temple, will
provide music. Judge Arthur R. Robin
son will be the principal speaker.
John E. Mllnor. chief raiiban of .\l%rat
Temple, ha* gone to Chicago, where he is
to Join representatives of other temples
on a trip to San Francisco, where the
next imperial council is to be held. Mr.
Milnor will make arrangement* for good
quarters for the Murat organizations that
will attend the couucll. Mrs. Milnor
accompanied him.
Additional Pay Is
Denied Assessors
Special to The Times.
SHELBYVH.LE, Ind . July 11 At a
special meeting of the Shelby County
council, held here Saturday for the pur
pose of determine appropriations on
emergency claims which have been pre
aented, the council refused to grant the
claims of seven township assessors for
payment of additional sums for assess
ing. The refusal was bused on the as ;
sertinn that a sufficient appropriation j
had been made.
Among the items for which appropria
tions were made was that of the special j
election on Sept. 6, when the vote is p
be taken for the acceptance or rejection j
of the constitutional amendments, for
which a sum of SI,BOO was appropriated. j
The total amount set aside iu appro j
prlatlons was $3,930.51.
‘DEATH DEALER’ USED BY POLES
Lieutenant Lowe of the British Pie
O.” Inspecting a Polish "Tot Schlaeger,”
dispatch of wounded Germans in the Slle
the iron ball attached to the end of the
j Wayne Cos. Settlers
Will Hold Reunion
Special to The Times.
RICHMOND, Ind., July 11.—The sixty
second annual picnic of the old settlers
of Wayne County will be held at Jaek
ys<sn park, east of Centerville, Aug. 20. A
prominent. Indiana speaker will be se
cured to deliver an address. A dance
is planned as part of the program.
The meetings were held formerly at
Centerville, but for the last year or two
the celebrations have been held at Jack
son park on account of the large crowds
that, attend. Every occasion has brought
crowds numbering thousands and the
attendance on record is 500.
The’ first old settlers' meeting was held
in 1859 in a grove north of Centerville.
In early days relics of the olden days
exhibited, but of late the tendency
has been to feature the address by a
prominent speaker.
Very few old settlers beyond 85 years
of age still remain in the county. There
were 239 deaths of old settlers recorded
between the time of the 1920 meeting and
the one thkt is to be held next month.
WORLD’S FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT
Lady Surma, who objained wide recognition as the first woman Ambassador
to London from the Assyrians, in the mountains of Kurdistan. has been appointed
chief executive of 80.000 square miles of territory recently assigned by the British
to the Assyrian people. Her capital will be either in Mosul or on the site of the
ancient city of Nineveh.
Perfect Concatenation
Adds to Story’s Interest
But ’Krazy Kats' Have No Part in New Club
Formed Here.
By C AT-RINA.
Jerry loped Into our labor domicile
this morning with the airy lithesomeness
of a young giraffe and, said he to me:
"Gotta ripping story ror ya. you can
write a swell feature about it, now.
“What j a mean mo write it. why don't
cha w rite it yoursel, ! m awful busy.” re
sponded I.
"'Taint in my line." quoth he sweetly."
It's in your department and you can do
it justice, 1 know that."
••Wbi< b flattering remark caused me to
pr.t myself on the back and purr picas
antly.
“Why, Jerry, T think you really eo\i!d
write it. all, but there is no doubt
but what if I have the proper material I
can make a good yarn out of it. Hand
it over; w;hat is it?
EAT SIGGESTION
OPENS WAY TO SPASM.
• Well, it concerns u cat federation,”
said Jerry blithely, “And—
“ Suffering cats," I exclaimed wrath
fully, "do ”
“No," be interrupted quietly, "not for
suffering cats, you don't understand. It's
a federation of cat—”
"Not being deaf, I understood you per
fectly.'' 1 responded, “and if I were not
eo sweet and forgiving a disposition, I
would turn my back and parry no fur
ther with you.”
“Say. tho' a cat federation's nothing
new. There isn't a neighborhood in the
city that isn't afflicted with such an
organization, it's a choral federation.
Gotta well organized chapter of it out
biseite Mission, with a German “A. P.
which the Poles have used in the quick
sia fighting. Note the sharp prongs on
■ weapon.
- VICTIMS OF FEMALE BLUEBEARD?
W! '' ~^^l
'
' . '••j
Robert Dooley (on left) and Edward Meyers, whom it is alleged were put
to death by Lydia Southard, now held on a charge of murder In Twin Falls, Idaho.
They were her first and fourth husbands, respectively. Mrs. Southard claims that
she Is a “typhoid carrier” and that she was Innocently the cause of their death*.
In our neighborhood, the big white An
> gora cat who through the daylight hours
i walks alone, who turns up his aristo
[ cratlc nose at the sleek furred plebean
; cats in the community, leads the evening
! chorales, the common music bond seems
I to unite the alley cat with the highbrow
; feiiue, why—
“ Say- wait a minute,” interrupted
I Jerry. “This isn't that kind of a cat
j federation, this is an organized body
l of cat —"
“That's just it.' said I. "Organized:
Thoroughly organized and ono of the
oldest organizations in existence; nation
al. also, in character. There's a lot of
| possibilities, too —members cat aloged;
, suppose they call the chapter rulings
| the catechism, have their sessions under
the catalpa tree, the cat tail for their
flower; probably each chapter is called a
category. Wonder if caterpillars would
be classed in tig cat family, or the cata
mount. Catnip and Catawba could be
served nicely. Suppose the advent of a
barking dog in the midst of the song
service might he called a catastrophe.
Cattily speaking, what a cataract of
Ideas present themselves in the idea of
a cat federation: It's full of cat-cfiy
originalities. There's catsup, too, might
be served on their catnip Reckon the
bear-cat would be the Bolshevist ele
ment, and there are a thousand wild cat
schemes that—why, Jerry ”
WRITES NOTE;
VANISHES.
But Jerry had melted into thin air.
, leaving me a note, which read:
“Your instructive and deli-cat dis
i course is no doubt interesting and in
structive to cats—but I, not being feline
in character or inclination and having
work to do, am leaving. This is to tell
you that the federation is among owners
of pedigreed cats, thus.-- who exhibit
their aristocratic kats and kittens at the
shows, etc. The cats have absolutely
nothing to *ay about it. If you ever
come out of your catalepsy, type a few
Hues to the effect that the Indianapolis
Cat Club has been organized recently for
the purpose of improving the standard
of Persian cats and to work together for
a cat show here in the winter. It is af
filiated with the Cat Fanciers’ Associa
tion, incorporated, in New York. Local
officers include Mrs. C. O. Robinson,
president; Mrs. John T. Sullivan, vice
president, and Mrs. A. L. Morgan, sec
retary."
"-Which set me off on an entirely new
train of thought, the mere mention of
kitten causing me to wonder why they
don't call baby caterpillars, kittenpillars,
budding cat tails, kitten-tails, and think
ing how odd it would sound when strol
ling through the zoo to hear *omeone
query, “Have you seen the cunning lit
tle kittymounts and the sweet ducky
wildkittens ?’*
And instead of foxtrotting, it sounds
feasible that terpsichoreau cats no doubt
pussy-foot!
20,000 Strikers Riot
LONDON, July 11. —Rioting has broken
out among the 20,000 striking ship work
ers at Kobe, said a Central News des
patch from Toklo today. The strikers
held processions and carried red flags.
GLASS SALES INCREASE.
HARTFORD CITY, Inu., July 11
Window glass sales for the month of
June showed a decided increase, accord
ing to wiudow glass trade journals, and
the prospects for a resumption of plants
are much brighter.
GRAFT SCANDAL.
IN ILLINOIS UP
TO GRAND JUR^
Investigation Is Held in Room
Where Abraham Lincoln
Practiced Law.
AIMED AT GOVERNOR
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July IL—Hinois'
$10,000,000 graft scandal was placed before
the Sangamon county grand jury today.
In the grand jury room of the old court
house, where Abe Lincoln practiced law,
evidence intended to show manipulation of
huge sums of State funds for private gain,
was unfolded under the direction of
State’s Attorney Fred Mortimer.
The investigation, resulting from bitter
political feud between Governor Lien
Small and Attorney General Edward
Brundage, was designed to strike "at
some of the highest officials In the State
government. Employes of the Stafc
treasurer's office were busy early in tlm
day, carrying huge bundles of
and books showing the use of State funds
over the last six years, to the grand jury
room.
STATE TSEASrREE „ i
FIRST WITNESS.
Their chief, Edward Miller, State treas
urer, was the first witness called to tes
tify before the grand jury.
Although Milier was nominated and
elected while running on the same po
litical faction's ticket as Governor Small,
the disclosures of the treasurer are said
to bn- ■ brought about the InvesiigatioM
4B
which has bee*
local bank™
was taken to the grand Jury room. Best
information was that the box contains
evidence showing Chicago packers were
loaned $10,000,090 by the State. Only
2 per cent Interest was said to have been
obtained on the loan.
In this connection. prominent bankers
of Kankakee, th" home town of Gov
ernor Small, have been summoned to tell
what they know of the transaction. These
banks were reported to have acted a*
intermediaries in obtaining the loan.
The bankers will be asked what Inter
est their institution received for acting
as the intermediaries In the packers' loan.
This loan was said to have resulted in
Treasurer Miller making hia sensational
charges.
Miller Is reported to have Insisted 6n
return of the money or deposit of suf
ficient securities to cover the loss. The
securities were re.ported to have been
turned over to the treasurer last Marcfi
although the loan was made many years
ago. They were turned over only after
‘Miller promised exposure of the whole
affair.
QUIZ GOES
BACK TO 1913. .
The fact that the loan was not caller?
in by suceeding treasurers, caused Mil
ler to insist on the Investigation going
back to 1915.
Reports today were that evidence will
be presented to the grand Jury tending
to show that every treasurer following
the one who first made the loan. Was
forced to give a receipt for the $10,000,00(1
before the primary election before receiv
ing support of the organization.
Alleged use of interest on State funds
for personal gain by several formes
State treasurers was also to be probed
by the grand jury.
Governor Small in the first statement
since the investigation, said today:
"Character assassins" who were, pre
vented by him from looting the State
treasury by veto of several appropriation
bills were back of the investigation.
FIGHT SENDS
ONE TO HOSPITAL
Danville Mail Clerk Gives Po
lice Battle.
In a rough-and-tumble fight in aa
apartment occupied by Cora Eaton and
Bessie Clinton, 1535 Central avenue, at
2:30 a. m., Sunday, the police arrested
Frank Haines, 32. a mall clerk from
Danville. The apartment resembled a
wreck when the battle was over and
Haines was taken to the city hospital.
Haines had been calling on the Eaton
woman and when she tried to prevent
him from leaving, he is alleged to have
started to wreck the flat. Miss
called the police and Motor Policemen
Hansford and Lansing went to the apart
ment. Halts started lu to whip the two
policemen.
He got a good start and was causing
them all kinds of trouble when the police
emergency squad arrived with Sergeant
Johnson, some detectives and motor
policemen.
Haines was charged with malicious de
struction of property, drunkenness and
resisting an officer. The Eaton woman
told the police she had' known Haines
three years and that he called on her
frequently.
PUSS IN BOOTS JR.
By David Cory. '
Well, as soon as the dolphin heard
that Puss had a golden apple for-King
Neptune he swam away to the sea king's
palace, under the deep blue sea, and
told him, and in a few minutes Nep
tune came riding back in his beauti
ful seashell boat with the four great sea
horses, and said to little Puss Junior:
"'Have you really got an apple for
me?”
"Yes. I have,” said Puss, and he
showed Neptune the beautiful golden
apple.
“Then jump into my boat,” said Nep
tune, "and 1 will take you back, for my
wife will give me no peace until I give
her the apple.” So Puss got In the boj£„
and away went the four great sea liors r es,
and every time Neptune said, "Gid ap.
Tempest! Faster, Breaker! On with you.
Billow! Swifter. Boomer!” the four
great sea horses leaped forward, and by
and by, after a while, they reached the
other side of the ocean, where lived, the
poor serpent prince to whom Fuss wished
to give the other apple.
“Here is the magic golden apple.”
cried little Puss ip a glad voice, and
then the serpent ate the apple, and, all
of a sudden, as soon as he had swallowed
the last piece, i-e changed into a hand
some price, aid all his retainers whd
were snakes, you remember, regained
their human form.
And after that Fuss said goodby and
went on his way, and after a while be
came to a little house by the roadside,
and as he was tired and hungry, ha
knocked on the door. But no orie
answered his knock, so pretty soon ba
turned the knob and entered. But still
nobody came, although he called out to
see if any one were around.
“This is strange.” thought Puss te
himself, and he went into a room which
was fitted up like n nursery. There were
all sort of toys lying around—dolls and
wagous blocks and 'picture books, and,
oh, lots and lots of things. So he sej*
down in an easy-chair and began to read
a fairy story. And while ho was reading
it began to rain. And, ob, dear me.'how
It did rain! It came down in torrents,
pltter, patter, on the roof and against
the window panes, until, by and by, It
put him to sleep. And in the next story
you shall hear what happened after that.
—Coyprlght, 1921.
(To bo Continued.)