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Germans 'Preparing for
Breakfast When British
Force Storms Beau
mont Hamel Lines.
English Suffer Slight Losses
While Sending Over 4,
000 Prisoners Back to
Cages.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Nov. 13 via London, Nov.
14 The German were apparently
completely surprised by this morn
ing's attack In the valley of the Ancre.
An evidence of this was found In the
fact that the garrison of the trenches
around Beaumont Hamel were pre
paring for breakfast at the very mo
ment when the British infantry storm
ed the petition. The British, after
partially .clearing the underground
galleries and rounding up 700 prison
ers, proceeded to eat their prisoners'
breakfast, telling the captives that
they would be fed when they arrived
within the British lines.
Send Back Prisoners.
A total of nearly four thousand pris
oners has so far been sent back to the
cages, including a regimental com
mander who was captured in a dugout
with a major, an adjutant and a num
ber f other officers. The majority
of the prisoners are Silesians and, ac
cording to the British officers, very
Inferior fighting material. The Ger
man higher command depended ap
parently on the supposedly impreg
nable character of the old front line
and its strongly fortified villages rath
er than on the stamina of the troops,
.j. The British officers believe that the
Germans withdrew'their'besf men fbf
service elsewhere on the British front
where the new and shallower posi
tions to. which the defenders have been
forced 'demand greater resisting pow
er on tha part of The Infantry.
British Losses Light
The British losses were unusually
light owing to the unexpectedly feeble
character of the German machine gun
fire at Beaumont Hamel and St.
Pierre Division. Large numbers of
German dead were found strewn in
the wrecked trenches of the original
main line. This line consisted of four
parallel roads of trenches, the last
being flush with the western face of
Beaumont Hamel.
For some days past the sector at
tacked today and the area behind have
been subjected . to successive bom
bardments which rose to a record
Continued On Page Twelve.
AMERICAN MONEY
MUST BUILD SHOPS
ABROAD AFTER WAR
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. If American
manufacturers desire to retain their
position in English markets after the
war they may be under the necessity
of building plants in England, in the
opinion of Pierce C. Williams, United
States Commercial Attache at London
who is conferring with business men
lure at the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce.
"All indications are that a protective
tariff will be in effect in the United
Kingdom after the war," declared Mr.
Williams. "Sentiment in favor of a
high tariff is growing all the time in
England and has the backing of in
fluential . interests. British labor
tieems rather favorably impressed with
the idea of a tariff wall, the argument
being that Buch a measure will lessen
competition and very likely tend to
maintain higher wages.
"Should a high tariff be enacted In
England, its probable effect would be
to curtail the sale of American manu
factured articles in that country."
NORWEGIAN BOAT
VICTLM OF SHELL
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14. The Mor
f rnbladt, says that a Norwegian tor
pedo boat has fired upon a German
steamer which refused to stop when
passing Stavanger.
W. R. I. A. TO MEET.
Members of the West Richmond Im
provement association will hold their
second fall meeting Friday night at
Paxter school, the president, N. C.
Iletronimus. announced today. The
fate of the organization is still in
doubt. No issues for community im-
provement are in sight and without a
definite program, members are dubious
as to the chances for drawing suffici
ent attention to survive.
ASSOCIATION MEETS.
South West Richmond Improvement
association will meet next Monday
night in Joseph Moore school. A gen
eral invitation has been extended to
all people in the community. Officers
will be elected.
IMPORT OF BEETS
PASSES RECORDS
FOR PAST YEARS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Importa
tion of sugar beet seeds into the
United States in the nine months end
ed with September, 18,500,000 pounds,
broke all previous records, according
to a department of clearance statement
today. This exceeded by more than a
million pounds imports in the calendar
year 1913-1914 and were almost twice
as much as in the full year 1912.
Russia is now the chief source of
supply whereas prior to the war Ger
many held the bulk of the trade. Total
imports of 6Ugar beet seeds in the
fiscal year ended June 30 Were 9,042,
490 pounds, of which Russia furnished
6,881,946 pounds.
STAfAWAY
OR GET JOB
LAST EDICT
T0TRAB1PS
Goodwin Says Pennsy Needs
All Available Men on New
Yard Extension.
Hoboes who are opposed to work
had better give Richmond a wide
berth this winter.
Chief of Police Goodwin announced
today that every knight of the road
who wandered into Richmond this win
ter wonld be given the alternative of
working for the Pennsylvania rail
road on its yard . extension project or
getting out of town post haste.
In. former years hoboes have found
Richmond a most delightful place to
wander into because the police depart
ment has sheltered them in the base
ment of the city building and has fed
them. Last ' year aver 1,000 tramps
signed their names on the register of
the Bo-called Hotel de Bum, at the
city hall. Chief Goodwin .announced
today that the Hotel de Bum was now
a thing of the past. , . .
.. Pennsy Needs Laborers.
vXhe. Pennsy lyania . railroad .com-,
pany, wants labdrers'all the 'time for
its yard extension work and It has pro
vided a bunk house in the eastwards
whPt-A lahorers will be sheltered and
fed without charge besides being paid
good wages," the chier saw. "Any
time a bum arrives in Richmond this
winter we will offer to get him a job
Continued On Page Twelve.
AMERICAN BANK
INVADES RUSSIA
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. The Amer-
can invasion of the foreign, financial
fiolHa advanced another steD today
with the announcement that the Nat
ional City bank had obtained author
ity from the Russian government to
establish a branch In Petrograd. The
branch is-to be opened at once. It
will be the second foreign banK in the
Russian capital. As an outcome of
the war in Europe finincial and trade
relations between Russia and the Unit
ed States have greatly expanded.
VATICAN TO JOIN
NEUTRAL NATIONS
PARIS, Nov. 14. News despatches
from Rome say that the Vatican and
the governments of Spain and the
United States have decided to ap
proach jointly the German govern
ment with a view to putting a stop
to the deportation of Belgians.
PRAYER DELIVERS
LEADER OF ARMY
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. After an ill
ness of several weeks during which
"ceaseless prayer" was offered for
her in Salvation Army circles through
out the, country, Evangeline C. Booth,
commander of the Salvation Army in
the United States, is reported today,
as well on the road to recovery. It
is announced that she will be able
to resume work within a few days.
200 TEAL DUCKS
KILLED AT PITS
' Sportsmen' living in the vicinity of
East Germantown have been enjoying
wild duck hunting to their heart's con
tent for several weeks. Nealy two
hundred teal ducks which alighted in
the gravel pit pond near East German
town have been shot. These game
birds are now migrating south. A
number of teal ducks have also been
seen at Morton lake recently.
DON'T REVERSE PLAN
DURING SUMMER;
FEE LIKES WINTER
"Main street is an accurate ther
mometer," said Harry Fee, traffic
patrolman, Eighth and Main streets,
today.
"When It is hot, most of the
people go down the south side of
the street which is shaded by the
buildings and when it is cold most
of them go down the north side of
the street where the sun can strike
them. .
"I'll take the winter time for
mine," said Fee. "I can put on
clothes enough to keep warm dur
ing the winter but I have never
been able to figure out a plan by
which I can keep cool during the
usual eight weeks of hot weather
in the summer.'
TALK OF BILL
FOR CHANGING
PRIMARY DATE
Long Campaign Tells on Can
didates and Proves Tire
some to Electorate.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Nov. 14.
There is some talk of a bill to be in
troduced at the coming session of the
Indiana Legislature to change the time
for holding primary elections in Indi
ana. The present law requires that
primaries shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in
March.
Many of those who have taken part
in the 1916 campaign for nominations
as weH as for the election are of the
opinion that the time should be chang
ed, and that the primaries should not
be held until September or the first
of October each year. Some say it
would be well to make city nomina
tions in October and county and state
nominations in September, thus giving
thirty days for the city campaign and
sixty days for the state and county
campaign. This length of time, it is
said, would be ample for the candi
dates to make their canvass and to do
all of their campaign work.
Makes Two Campaigns.
Under the present law a candidate
for office is required to make two long,
expensive and wearing campaigns
one for the nomination and one for
election. Candidates for nominations,
under the present systems, announce
their candidacies months in advance
of the primaries, and they are re
quired to make a long campaign.
For instance, candidates for state of
fices start one year to get ready for
the primaries to be held the following
spring. They must travel all over the
state, or, at least, they think they
Continued Of Page Fourteen.
INVENTS CHAIR
WHICH PERMITS
BARBER TO SIT
When Joe Mangold had to start
wearing a corset as a result of infirm
ities resulting from fourteen years of
standing at the side of a barber chair
and from wounds received in Cuba and
the Philippines while soldiering for
Uncle Sam. 'he decided-that if he con
tinued to follow his trade he would
have to find some device to keep him
off his feet while working. -
This decision reached, Joe called in
to play his inventive talent, hitherto
unknown to him, and the result is the
first practical device which permits 3
barber to remain seated while shaving
or cutting the hair of his customer.
Applies for Patent.
A patent has been applied for and it
is a foregone conclusion that he will
receive it for there is no other device
of its kind on the market. Mangold,
his friends predict, has a fortune
awaiting for him as a result of his in
vention. The Mangold chair for bar
bers is very simple and very practical
and once it is placed on the market
there will be a universal demand for
it on the part of the leg weary wield
ers of the razor and shears.
Mangold now has a barber chair in a
cigar store on Main street between
Continued On Page Twelve.
SAYS MANN ACT
SHOULD APPLY
TO ALL VICES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Final ar
rguments were made today in the su
preme court in the white slave case
involving interpretation of whether the
Mann act applies applies to vice in
which there is no element of com
mercialism. The question is raised in
the Diggs-Caminnetti case from Cali
fornia. Following a brief concluding state
ment by Assistant Attorney-General
Wallace for the government, Ex-Senator
Bailey made the principal argu
ment for the defendant interpretation
of the law that it does not apply in
cases of "mere immorally."
"To 'restrict the law to debauchery
in commercialism alone is to make idle
the words of the statute," said Mr.
Wallace refering to the laws' prohibit
ion against transportation of women
for any immoral congress.
FOX WEDS COUPLE
In the circuit court room this morn
ing Judge Fox performed a marriage
ceremony for John N. Pritchard, 19,
Hagerstown, and Mabel Ulrich, 18, of
the same place. - The groom is the
son of John Pritchard, former marshal
of Hagerstown.
SET SCOTT HEARING
Tom Scott, colored, who is accused
of having committed assault and bat
tery upon Carter Richmond at Boston
the night of Labor day, will be brought
in the circuit court for trial by jury
tomorrow.
JOBBERS PREPARE
TRADE EXTENSION
CAMPAIGN TONIGHT
More than 30 jobbing house repre
sentatives will decide tonight at a
meeting in the Commercial club rooms
at 7:30 o'clock, the form of organiza
tion they will adopt, and what action
will be taken toward advertising Rich
mond as the logical wholesale buying
center for all towns within a radius of
25 miles.
It will be the first attempt to or
ganize the jobbers here. Retail deal
ers have been organized for several
years and have an almost perfect
credit rating system whicl. covers
practically every person who has ever
carried an account in a Richmond
store. The jobbers are expected to
take steps for a wholesale credit rat
ing book.
Advertising will.be joint and will not
exploit a particular line of goods at
first. Later general lines may be ad
vertised. Newspapers may be used to
some extent, but it is expected that
pamphlets will first be sent out calling
attention to the transportation service
out of Richmond to every town with
the circle 50 miles wide.
KLOPP ISSUES
FIRST REPORTS
OF COUNTY DAY
Preliminary summaries of the re
sults of County Sunday School asso
ciation day observed Sunday, indicat
ed that the attendance at Sunday
schools in Wayne county, including
Richmond, would be far more than
I 3,000. W. E. Klopp of the association,
had reports from 26 Sunday schools
today. '
Methodist Sunday School, Cam
bridge City, C; H. Garver, Supt., At
tendance, 87; OfTering, $2.81.
Christian Sunday School, Cam
bridge City, L. Allison, Supt., Attend
ance, 85; OfTering, $2.00.
Christian Sunday School, Fountain
City, L. B. Harrison, Supt., Attend
ance, 65; Offering, $1.43.
Christian Sunday School, Mllton.E. P.
Jones, Supt.7"Attendarice7''20r Offer-"
ing, $8.75. - '
South Eighth Street Friends Sun
Conthiued on Page Twelve
PENNSY PLACES
POPULAR TRAINS
BACK ON LINES
Retrenchment of two years ago was
recalled today when the Pennsylvania
railroad announced to E. M. Haas its
two new trains effective November 26.
The trains will be practically the
same as two popular trains which
were removed in "hard times" in 1914.
The trains will have 20 hours and
52 minutes running time between New
York and" St Louis. No. 32, east
bound, will leave Indianapolis at 11:40
o'clock in the morning and reach
Richmond. about 1:35 -o'clock in the
afternoon, departing for the east via
Piqua and Urbana. No. 19, west
bound, via Urbana and Piqua, will
arrive about 5:05 o'clock in the after
noon and will reach Indianapolis at
7 o'clock. The exact schedule has not
been worked out for Richmond.
The installation of the two after-4
noon trains again is the result of de
mands made by E. M. Haas. Secre
tary of the Richmond Commercial
club, Piqua Chamber of Commerce
and other commercial organizations
along the route.
REACH BEST RATES
LONDON, Nov. 14. A Reuters des
patch from Sydney, Australia, reports
feverish excitement at the wool sales.
The best rates of t the season have
been recorded.
DIVORCE IS GRANTED
On a charge of Cruel and inhuman
treatment, Emma Gard was granted a
divorce from Joseph Gard by Judge
Fox in the circuit court today. Mrs.
Gard was given permission to change
her name to Emma Shafer.
Weather Forecast
For Indiana by United States Weath
er Bureau Fair tonight and Wednes
day. Colder in east portion tonight.
Temperature Today. ,
Noon 23
Yesterday.
Maximum .46
Minimum ; .... .29
For Wayne County by W. E. Moore
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Con
tinued cold. Temperature falling far
below freezing tonight.
General Conditions The cold wave
now covers all the United States ex
cepting the Atlantic coast Record
breaking temperatures for the season
occurred over the "west. Twenty-six
degrees below zero at Cheyenne, Wy
oming and 20 below zero at Helena,
Montana. General snow throughout
Texas. An area of low barometric
pressure is moving south from Canada
and will probably cause somewhat
warmer weather the latter part of the
week.
COLLECT DATA
FOR CONTEST
OF NEW CASE
Federal Agents Start Probe
of Misuse of Money in
Election in This State.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. A sena
torial investigation of alleged misuse
of money in the presidential campaign
was announced today by administra
tion officials. Preliminary plans have
been made and a resolution providing
the machinery for the inquiry is ready
to be introduced soon after congress
convenes next month.
Investigation Into alleged attempts
to colonize illegal voters in Indiana
and West Virginia particularly was be
gun several weeks before the election.
In those states Democratic leaders are
planning to contest the election of
United States senators.
Evidence is "being gathered upon
which to base contest in the election
of Harry S. New and James A. Wat
son as senators from Indiana and Rep
resentative Howard Sutherland as sen
ator in West Virginia. New, on the
face of the Indiana returns defeated
Majority Leader Kern and Watson won
from Senator Taggart. Sutherland in
West Virginia defeated Senator Chil
ton. RIDICULOUS, SAYS HAYS
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 14 "Ridicul
ous," declared Will Hays, Republican
state chairman when informed that
the election of Harry S. New and
James E. Watson for the United
States Senate probably would be con
tested "Everyone who knows anything
ahnnt ' th rarrmaien and election in
Indiana," Mr. Hays added, "knows they
were absolutely tree irom iraua or ir
regularities whatsoever. We evidently
hear the wailings of defeated gentle
men who cannot take their reversals
gracefully.
BRITISH TAKE
STRONG LINES
LONDON, Nov. 14. The capture of
Beaumont Hamel, which was reported
unofficially yesterday, is announced In
today's statement.
GOOD SPANKING
NEEDED INSTEAD
OF A LICENSE
"A good spanking would have done
both of you much more good than a
marriage license," Judge Fox said to
Joseph and Edith Moss when they
came before him in the circuit court
today in a divorce suit.
Mrs. Moss, who, when she was fif
teen years old, eloped with and mar
ried Mr. Moss, who was then seven
teen, is asking for a divorce. The hus
band is fighting the suit claiming that
he loves his wife and that for the sake
of his young child, he does not want
to be divorced from her.
Judge Fox withheld judgment in the
suit
DEMOCRAT LEADS
RACE IN ALASKA
JUNEAU. Alaska, Nov. 14. Re
vised returns . from all of the four
judicial divisions of Alaska, with
twenty-four precincts missing, today
give Charles Sulzer, Democrat, a lead
of 52 votes over James Wickersham,
Independent-Republican candidate, for
re-election as delegate in congress.
Wickersham's campaign managers
contended that the unreported pre
cincts, four of which are in the first
district, will give Wickersham a plur
ality, or so cut down Sulzer's lead
that the official canvass will be neces
sary to determine the result.
IDAHO ELECTOR
IS RULED OUT
BOISE, Idaho, ' Nov. 14. Because
James E. . Pincock, one of the four
Democratic presidential electors chos
en in Idaho, also was a candidate for
the state ; legislature from Custer
County and was elected, Idaho's elec
tor vote, instead of being four for
President Wilson, is likely to stand
three for Wilson and one for Hughes,
it was reported here today.
The law disqualifies any presiden
tial elector who is also the holder of
a state position, and Pincock's eligi
bility probably will be tested political
leaders here say. If he is disquali
fied, the highest republican elector
may cast his vote.
BUILD 968 SHIPS
IN U.S. IN YEAR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. The de
partment of commerce today announc
ed that 968 sailing, steam, gas and un
rigged vessels - aggregating- 406,894
gross tons were built in the United
States during the ten months ending
Nov. 1. In addition there were, con
structed for foreigners 36 wooden ves
sels of 372 gross tons and 11 steel ves
sels of 25,418 gross tons. Of the total
tonnage 284,658 tons were steam craft
ALLIES PREPARE
TO SELL NOTES
FOR LARGE SUM
NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Participation
of the French government as well as
the United Kingdom in the sale of the
short term treasury notes In this coun
try, reaching a possible total of $100,
000,000 is expected by bankers here.
Arrangements for the sale, it was
learned today, have virtually been
completed by J. P. Morgan and com
pany, financial agents for both govern
ments. The British notes will take
the form of 4 per cent exchequer
bills running from thirty to ninety
days subject to three or four renewals.
The French treasury notes, it is be
lieved in the financial district will take
a similar form.
CITY ENJOYS
FIRST REAL
.GOLD SNAP
OF WINTER
Fall of Snow Marks Passing
of Season's Activity for
Wayne Motor Club.
Vibrating fenders and smoking radi
ators of automobiles, steamed windows
and chesty pedestrians, the propag
anda with which . King Winter make3
preliminary announcement of intended
raids, followed close on the heels of
Richmond's awakening today, when
the city found itself under a light co-
er of the alleged "beautiful white."
It is estimated enough power was
expended by the few automobilists
who ventured forth today; in cranking
cold engines, to have run their' auto
mobiles all morning without gasoline,
could their energy have been hitched
up properly, . , Cranks were attacked
, Continued on Page Twelve
MAYOR TELLS HEADS
OF ALL DEPARTMENTS
TO REDUCE EXPENSES
At a meeting of the mayor's cabinet
last night Mayor Robbins warned de
partment chiefs to cut down expendi
tures to a minimum as the year is
near its end and, as usual, the mu
nicipal funds are running low.
Eighty-four new patrons were se
cured by the city electric plant during
the past month and the plant's Octo
ber business amounted to $17,000, a
report showed. Detailed reports for
the past month from various depart
ments were received.
FRENCH CHECK
GERMAN DRIVE
PARIS, Nov. 14. A strong German
detachment made an attack last night
west of Auberive in the Champagne,
the war office announces. The as
sault was checked by the French.
South of the Somme in the vicinity of
Pressoire there was active artillery
fighting.
ASKS RECOUNT
IN COUNTY VOTE
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 14.
With the announcement by J. B. Hand
land, an attorney of Wheeling, that a
recount of the ballots cast in Ohio
county November 7, would be demand
ed on behalf of "President Wilson and
Senator Chilton" and that similar re
counts would likely be demanded in ev
ery county of the state, interest today
centered on the disposition of the bal
lots. Here in Charleston, it was said,
about half the ballots cast in one pre
cent were missing, although officials
said they might be found in a safe,
mixed with other ballots, where they
had been placed after the election.
COLD WEATHER
HOLDS UP WORK
ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 14. Work
on the new $273,000 Y. M. C. A. building-has
been temporarily stopped by
the cold weather which struck this
city yesterday, but the contractors in
charge expect to resume operations
in a short time. - The contract states
that the building be fully completed
by Sept. 1, 1917, and at present the
walls for the first floor are being
erected. . ,
A large delegation from , this city
is planning to go to Marion to attend
the state convention of the Y. M. C.
A. to be held Nov. 24-26.
Y. M. I. WILL MEET
Membership of the Y. M. I. will meet
a) the club rooms Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock to nominate a list of offic
ers to be voted on at the annual elect
ion Wednesday, November 29. A full
attendance is desired.
CITY PLUNGES
INTO BITTER
CONTEST FOR
MAYOR'S JOB
Democrats Encouraged by
Showing of Party in Elec
tion in Reducing G. O.
P. Majority.
Zimmerman is Running,
While Smelser, Bavis and
FarwigiAre Groomed
for Race.
The county, state and presidential
elections now over Richmond will,
within the next six weeks, be plunged
into . a city nominating campaign
which promises to be as lively as the .
campaign which terminated with the
elections of last week.
Encouraged by the fact that the" Re
publicans only carried Richmond by a
majority of 411 last Tuesday, the
Democrats are looking forward to the
results of the mayoralty contest with
great confidence and there promises to
be a lively struggle for places on the
Democratic city ticket.
Nominate in March.
The various parties will nominate
their city tickets at a primary election
to be held the first Tuesday after the
! first Uflniliw maw. K.i i
. .. j vl iival in.rcn. Cain
didates for places on the various tick
ets must file announcements of their
candidacies not more than sixty days
and not less than thirty days before
the primary election.
Dr. W. W. Zimmerman Is, at the
present time, the onjy avowed candi
date for the Republican mayoralty
nomination but the indications are he
will have opposition. Ciy Health
Officer, Dr. 8. G. Smelser, is still men
tioned as a probable candidate against
Dr. Zimmerman. Mayor Robbins'
name has been mentioned as a possible
entry ; in the same contest but his
friends now believe he will decide not
to seek re-election."
Urges Bavis To Enter
Friends of Alfred Bavis, president
of the board of works, of late have
been advising him, for the most part,
not to seek the Republican mayoralty
nomination but to make the race on a
non-partisan ticket. Mr. Bavis, how
ever, has reached no decision in the
question.
Henry Farwig is out after the Dem
ocratic mayoralty nomination and if
Joe Waltermann, councilman from the
first ward heeds the advice of his
friends, he will get into the contest
against Farwig. There may be other
entries in this race.
It Is generally understood that Wat
son P. O'Neal, councilman from the
sixth ward, will seek the nomination
as city clerk on the Republican ticket.
B. A. Bescher, who has served two
terms in that office and has been one
of the most efficient clerks the city
ever had, is being urged to seek a
third term on the Republican ticket
but he has not yet given this matter
serious consideration.
Henry Long, who made a very good
showing this year as Democratic can
didate for county recorder, has been
suggested as a possible candidate for
the Democratic . nomination as city
clerk but Long has not even consid
ered the matter. .It is not' be
lieved Isaac. Burns, the Democratic
nominee for city clerk three years
ago, will reek re-nomination next year.
BLACKMAIL LEADER
HELD IN NEW YORK
IDENTIFIED IN GiNCY
CINCINNATI. O., Nov. 14. It be
came known today that Thomas J.
Corcoran, president of the Corcoran
Vlctor Company, of this city, recently
identified George Bush in New York
as one of three men who on October
13, 1915 obtained $5,000 from him.
Eush Is being held in New York in
connection with blackmailing opera
tions. , ,
Corcoran said that three men repre
senting themselves as federal officers
called at his place of business on Oc
tober 13, 1915, and served him with a
warrant charging him with violating
the Mann White Slave act Corcoran
Insisted that he was not guilty but the
alleged officers started to take him to
Jail. While on the way to the Jail
they explained to him, how he could
get out but that It would take $5,000,
and he consented. After securing the
money Corcoran said, "I beckoned to
an officer as I was paying over the
cash, but he stood as if he did not see
me. Before I 'could attract his atten
tion the men had fled."
Bush who is held in New York Is ex
pected to be brought to Cincinnati for
trial in the Corcoran case.
SNOW COVERS STATE
MONTPELIER, VL, Nov. 14. Cen
tral Vermont was under a blanket of
ten inches of snow today. It had fall
en during the night in the heaviest
November storm in many years.
NURSE IS INJURED
. LAFAYETTE, Ind, Nov. 14. Miss
Beatrice Compton, 20, a nurse at the
Indiana State Soldiers Home here was
stabbed and injured seriously. ft