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THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
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MEXICANS ARE WORRIED.
Has the United States practically with-
drawn diplomatic recognition from the
Carranza government or is it preparing
the foundation for some such move .' is the
question foremost in the minds of many
Mexicans in the City of Mexico.
Recently the sub-secretary of foreign
' relations of Great Britain Mr. Cecil
Harmsworth stated that Great Britain
has no intention of sending a diplomatic
representative to Mexico until the Mexi-
can authorities displayed some favorable
change in their policies towards British
subjects and British interests in Mexico.
According to the Mexican press Am-
bassador Bonillas informed the Mexican
foreign office that the American ambassa-
dor Henry P. Fletcher would remain in
Washington for an indefinite time and
that the postponement of his return to
Mexico was in accordance with and in
deference to the diplomatic statement of
the British foreign office.
England has a charge H. Cunnard Cum-
mings in Mexico City who looks out
after British interests 'in Mexico but he
has steadilv refused to attend official
. functions. Recently the American consul
general in Mexico City resigned and if
Ambassador Fletcher does not return soon
the embassy will again be in charge of a
charge d’affaires as before the recognition
of Carranza. The withdrawal of recogni-
tion does not necessarily imply a sever-
; ance of relations for Secretary of State
Bryan kept a charge at Mexico City dur-i
’ ing the revolutionary period prior to the
Carranza recognition.
Carranza always kept a confidential
> agent at Washington and the question is:
“If the United States prolongs the stay of
Fletcher from Mexico City thus impliedly
withdrawing recognition from Carranza
in agreement with Great Britain is not:
' France likely to follow suit as it is re- t
ported that President Poincare received’
Pani the Mexican minster only upon the
request of President W ilson r ’
France has greater grievances against ;
Mexico than Great Britain due to the con- j
’ fiscation of the two French banks.
Will President Carranza who is a
great stickler for form and always claims
that Mexico must not be humiliated in her
diplomatic intercourse with world powers
allow Bonillas to remain in Washington
or will he also break diplomatic relations
as he did with Cuba over the Arredondo
search incident ?
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FUEL OIL FOR INDUSTRY.
There is sound reasoning in the appeal
of the fuel committee of the Manufactur-
ers’ Association to use fuel oil this year
in San Antonio industries rather than
I coal. We have the oil for one thing and’
I we have not the coal for another. Then
too due to causes not yet satisfactorily
explained wood prices are very high here.|
It is said that labor and transportation
are chiefly responsible for wood retailing;
at twelve dollars a cord despite the fact'
that there is ample wood within reason-
able distance of San Antonio. At all 1
events the oil development which came
to San Antonio early this year has had
the effect of bringing a solution of our
fuel problems if advantage is taken of its
opportunities.
The Somerset field has a present pro-
duction of about 600 barrels. Dr. F. L.
i Thomson who is president of the Gray-
burg Company and an experienced man
both in production and refining deciares
that the Somerset oil which is of high
paraffine quality is the finest fuel in the
world even after the gasoline content has
been removed. This oil commands $2.00
to $2.25 at the well but after the refinery
has removed the gasoline it is possible to
retail it at from $l.OO to $1.25 in carload
Jots for fuel.
The Alta Vista field a few mile- west of
the city on the Pleasanton road is not
producing anywhere near the capacity of
those wells at present. They can be made
to produce from 150 to 200 barrels and
BOMitfy more of the heavy asphalt uni-
MM crude which is ideal for fuel and
which several large San Antonio plants
SATURDAY.
are using today 7. This oil has a little water
in it but by “cooking” the oil whereby
the water is evaporated it becomes an
excellent fuel. The cost of transportation
is not excessive for there are good roads
to both fields and motor tank cars solve
the transportation problem. In fact oil
can be transported for much less money
than coal and it will go further as fuel.
This is certainly a solution of the fuel
problem here. W hether the high prices
fuel users are being charged are justified
by’ conditions or not the use of fuel oil
should tend automatically to lower them.
Then too oil can be stored much more
readilv than coal it produces far less
smoke and no soot and the heat generated
by oil is much greater than by the same
bulk of coal so that there is a double
saving.
The San Antonio Light which has al-
ways championed the development of the
great oil resources at the city’s door con-
gratulates the manufacturers on taking up
this matter at this time. It will assure the
local oil operators a ready market for
fuel oil and it will help the householder
secure his fuel for less or at least con-
serve the supply so that no drastic short-
age will menace the city.
* The conversion of power plants from
coal to fuel oil burners is a small matter
financially or otherwise and the plants
that have already’ been remodelled are
saving many times the cost. The Alta
A'ista field which has been more or less
inactive because it had oil with a heavy
base and small production can now re-
sume development with assurances that a
steady market at a fair price awaits its
crude. The heavy development now in
progress at Somerset and in 'prospect for
this winter can be undertaken with the
knowledge that there is a market here for
every’ barrel of oil turned out. Moreover
some of the North Texas oil that is filling
storage because of a lack of pipe line faci-
lities can be utilized here and in other’
Texas cities if the various organizations:
interested will follow the lead of the San|
Antonio manufacturers. The crude oil I
available in Texas definitely solves the
fuel problem and the sooner it is adopted
the better.
CATS AND KINGS.
A correspondent of a London news-|
paper who visited captured towns in Rus-
sia after the Bolsheviki forces had been
dispersed sends a gruesome but amusing
story’ of life in Russia these days. He
states that in many of the areas which
are under Bolsheviki domination cats
and dogs have come to be scarce for the
reason that the Reds were driven to eat
I them for meat.
Cats especially he says have become
•very wild the few surviving felines in
some of the villages evidently having
j come to the conclusion that the only way
to escape the pot is to turn to the fields
land forests where they slink about like)
‘hunted beasts half starved and pursuing
la never-ceasing search for food.
Many pictures have been painted of life
in Bolsheviki communities of Russia but
probably none better portrays the effect’
jof the ruinous doctrine promulgated by the;
Reds than this one. During times of siege
I soldiers in embattled cities have been
’known to eat dogs and rats but only when|
I they were facing the last stages of starva-j
; tion and when the fate of nations depend-
ed upon their fortitude. Yet here we have
’ a set of men reducing themselves to eat-
I ing cats as a substitute for meat rather;
than comply with the laws of nature and:
go to work.
It will be remembered that when the
Russian government was overthrown the
Russian people were promised freedom
equitable division of landed estates and
other reforms. Before any of these prom-
ises could be carried out the Bolsheviki
element which appears to be nothing
more than an extreme group of radicals
I some of them quite well educated after a
I fashion gained the upper hand and an-
I nounced to the world a proposal to revolu-
tionize society. It would appear this ele-
ment has made good after a fashion.
j From a hard working comparatively
’happy and independent people the Rus-
| sian masses have been reduced wherever
IBolsheviki rule holds sway to terrorized’
idle and starving nomads without a coun-i
try. without a home and without a future.;
’ It is a long cry even from czarism to eat-;
ling cats for existence and thus the Rus-’
’sian people have found their last state
I more terrible than the first.
The imperial rule of Russia had .out- *
lived its time. It fell more by reason of
its own weight than by the courage or re-
volt of the men who now dominate Rus-1
. ’ sia. They were a cowardly lot and they
I remain a cowardly lot today. Ihe rule of |
I the Romanoffs was doomed to go. It
.[would not long have outlived the end of
J the war had it been allowed to exist until
11 hostilities ceased. But the Russian people
-1 have paid a very high price for the seeds
; I of anarchy sown among them by the radi-
) | cal leaders who so long plotted the dc-
I struction of the Romanoff government.
J While pretending to strike only at the
i; despotism of a worn out monarchial form
I of government these disturbers were in
f I effect threatening not the czar’s govern-
-11 ment but all government.
f; They would could they have their way
: do in other nations what they have
11 wrought in Russia. Fortunately however.
-1 we people of America are too enlightened
11 to accept such vicious doctrines and we
j I have too real a conception of true freedom
and of governmental function to be
swayed by such radical urgings.
Then too we as a people do not care
much for cats. We keep a few of. them for
the sake of the mice they are supposed to
destroy and now and then we have a con-
tented old house cat basking in the sun by
way of a domesticated pet. But as a part
of our daily menu we have never gone in
for cat fried boiled or stewed and we
probably never will. Thus the more we
learn of the true results of Bolshevism
the more convinced we become that we
do not want any of it here.
WORMS ARE TURNING.
The worms are beginning to turn. Here
only a few days ago a bunch of stock-
holders had the temerity to address a
New York corporation to the effect that
because of the high cost of living they
desired an increase in the dividend rate.
Why not?
The labor unions all over the country
claim they are entitled to an increase of
payment because of the high prices that
are a scandal and reproach to our system
of government and the enforcement of our
laws. It is they who have by theij de-
mands partly decreased the probability of
dividends. Why should not the poor down-
trodden stockholder have his rights.'
Food is no cheaper to him than to others.
Whv should he allow his capital to work
for less and less and constantly less?
There is no reason why he should. The
right to strike is the free inheritance of
every American and the stockholder is
fully within his rights in presenting his
demand for more money. His chance is not
especially bright because he came to the
cupboard a little late in the game but he
is surely within his rights in demanding
that he be paid more money.
The stockholding worm is one that has
turned. Here is another. He happens to
be the telephone-using worm and all our
hearts go out to him in one great throb
of sympathy for we have all suffered along
with him.
Do not all of us recall the story told’
of William S. Hart the famous “movie”’
actor? He had been performing strenuous
stunts out in the desert and as a natural
consequence became exhausted and thirsty.
He went to a small town in the desert and
asked if he could get a drink of liquor.
One of the inhabitants told him:
“We haven’t got any real liquor but
we have something we call ‘telephone
service.’ You might try that.”
“Why do you call it that.'” asked Mr.
Hart.
“ ’Cause the more they charge for it the
poorer it gets.”
The worm in this particular case is a
member of the well-known firm of gun-
makers Parker Brothers of Meridenl
Connecticut. Mr. Parker devoted the I
greater part of one afternoon to the effort!
to communicate by telephone with hisj
wife who was at his summer home at I
Woodmont Connecticut. She was waiting
for the call but it never came. Not being
able to ascertain whether his wife was at
home Mr. Parker was compelled to re-
main all night in New York. The ne>t
day he sent to the telephone company a
bill for his night’s expense including two
meals of $10.05. He also sent them the
following letter:
•'Thlu expense indicates nothing more than the
actual amount I have been forced to lay out since
yesterday afternoon and has no bearing upon the
matter of inconvenience to which I have been
placed and which is impossible to estimate.
"I shall appreciate your check for this amount. .
and if the check is not forthcoming no further
payments will be made by me to you until this
amount has been liquidated; and if there is any
suspension of service at my house due to non-pay-
ment you can look for immediate legal action
and if such action is necessitated damages will be
added to the amount mentioned above. A copy of
* this letter is going to the Merchants' Association
and to The New York World.”
If a few more people would follow the
example of Mr. Parker possibly the tele-
phon^» service throughout the country
which has been so poor for the last few|
years and which has been especially;
wretched in New York City will be forced
to improve.
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Food prices are so high in some in-
I stances as to create a suspicion that food
[is being retailed by bootleggers.
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The cost of the war is now estimated
at 374 billion dollars. Almost any ulti-
[tnate consumer will accept the figures
| without question.
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[ One explanation of the Cevallos street
I ghost which seems to have been ov»r-
-! looked by the ghost hunters is that the
[spectre is the spirit of the late John Bar-
। leycorn looking for a beer saloon.
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“Long Return.
iGw. fellers! I'm goin’ home I
< 'Tho I didn't pull off any hero stuff.
। Still I think that we've called old Heinie’s bluff:
For we charged hl* trench with our Indian yell
। And we paid him off wkh our shrapnel shell
1 And gas and fire and general hell;
Now I'm goin* home '
Gee. fellers' I'm goin home!
’Tho it ain't as I thought before the scrap.
When I came to Europe to change the map.
And the mugs of the Kaiser’* hosts to mar
And relate the horrors of this here war
For 1 didn’t get even a tiny near.
Or chevron or cootie or shoulder-bar;
But I’m goin’ home!
Gee fellers! I'm goin* home!
Tho most of our friend* are gone with flu.
And father is feelin’ pretty blue;
And my purse like a cast-off bandoleer
• And I’ve lost my job and there's no more beer
And I ain't a wearin’ a war-cross here
And my girl has married a jmrfiterr;
There me mother's pies and her heart o’ cheer
। And I m goin’ bume!
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
DECLARES L S.
SHOULD SETTLE
PIH DEBTS
Wood Thinks Delay Hurts
Our Prestige in South
America.
NATIVES NEED MONEY
King of Spain Supreme Ar-
biter Knows Nothing
of Conditions.
By JIMIS B. WOOD.
Special Correspondence of The San Antonio
Light and the Chicago Dally News.
PanamA City Panama July 27.—
About 5000 citizens of this Republic de ’
Panama have a grievance against the.
United States. They are persons with .
claims pending before the joint com-1
mission. Some claims have been held ■
up for years and like every other griev-'
ance the longer it is endured the more
irritated the owner becomes. It hurts
to have a tooth pulled but it stops the
ache and eventually the pain is forgot-
ten. But the irritation over an unset-
tled claim lingers.
This handful of persons in the far-off |
gateway of the tropics and the amount
of their claims trivial when compared |
to the millions in which our govern-
ment deals are small iu one sense but I
in another they are important to our:
nation’s future. The eyes of Central and
South America are on Panama for to •
the republics of these continents Pan-
ama over which the Vnited States has
assumed a protectorate is an example
of what they may exjwct if they come j
into closer relations with us. Injustice
to Panamanians arouses apprehension
mid mistrust throughout Latin Amer-
ica.
Vnited States Pays Claims.
The equity of these claims iu general
and the reasonableness of each individ-
ual claim can be argued either way. |
Then? might have been a question
whether they should be paid by the;
Vnited States or by the republic <»f (
Panama. However Article VI of the
Treaty of 1904 says they shall be paid
“solely by the Vnited States.” It is |
agreed that the Vnited States has
money and that the little republic like
an impecunious child never has ns much
as it would like to spend. Possibly for
that reason our country agreed first to
pay Panama for the right of way across
the isthmus and tlren again pay indi- !
viduals for each piece of private prop- >
erty in that right of way.
Today there is not a patch of laud ;
m.r stick nor stone of a building in the »
ten mile strip across the isthmus known ‘
as the canal zone which does not belong.
to the Vnited States. When we took |
possession fifteen years ago there were
thousands of private owners of land'
buildings fruit trees and other proper-J
ty. Some were engulfed in Gatun lake.:
other buildings were burned down and a 1
few of the best were sterilized and re-
painted and are used for < a«nl purposes. I
The several thousand canal employes of
varying colors in Cristobal and Balboa-
Ancon and the smaller villages between
all live in government buildings.
Owners Had to Get Out
The native owners have gone. They i
were told to vacate nt certain times and
there was no debate over that. They
could take what tho American govern- (
ment offered for their property or they
could mak“ a ••laim for a larger amount I
to the joint commission. But they had
to vacate at the time fixed. They could [
negotiate afterward and some of them
are still waiting. They say our govern-1
ment was mon* despotic than Russia be-
fore the soviet came.
The tract now used by the Balboa
Gun Club was privately owned. The
owner leased it out to others. When ’t
was confiscated he was paid an amount
equal t» one year’s rentals No higher
valups than those prior to 1!>(H were to'
be used in making settlements which I
It Hantens in the Best Regulated Families
seems fair. Owners however say that
even these values were disregarded.
One Panama merchant Carlos W.
Muller owned several buildings at Gor-
gone wlpch now is iu the lake. The
canal zoue government he says assess-
ed them at .$5OOO and for three years
he paid taxes on them nt that rate.
When they were confiscated the same
government valued them at $2BO. The
same owner had a number of buildings
at Culebra which cost him $32000.
When the land on which they stood
was needed for canal construction he
was allowed to move them to Empire.
In a short time they were ordered va-
cated there. A valuation of $6OOO was
placed on them and they stood vacant.
Then the government needed them for
barracks and the offer was raised to
$16000 x^hich was accepted. Others
who refused to settle until they received
a price nearer their claims are still
waiting.
What Home Owners Received.
Iu Balboa wnicb under the name of
Ia Boea bad been the port on the
Punaina side for many years there were
hundreds of private owners. In the
brush even more were living on little
clearings which had been the homes ol
their ancestors before the first Span-
iards came in 1502. Gatun was a set-
tlement when Sir Henry Morgan the
English pirate burned Old Panama in
1671. and with eggs nt four for $l
California gold seekers tasted the high
cost of living there in 1849. Cash set-
tlement for such homesteads as primi-
tive iu the twentieth as in the four-
teenth century were around $l5O. Bare-
foot natives with more money than they
had ever seen before scattered it for
gaudy clothes or a few days of fast
living in Panama City or Colon and had
nothing. It might have been better to
give them other homes in the "bosque”
and less money but that would have re-
quired settlement by the Panama gov-
ernment as ours owned no lands in
the brush.
King of Spain is Arbiter.
The joint commission to which claims
are made consists of two Americans and
two Panamanians. Frank Feuille a
Cuba-born American is .the attorney-
general. He is credited with the policy
of eviction first and settlement later.
Naturally owners' claims are always
high usually exorbitant. As a rule the
Panamanian commissioned support the
claim and tlie Americans oppose it ami
u deadlock follows. The umpire then
i.s the king of Spain. Never having
been to the isthmus in person the king
has a representative. At first it was
Senor Concas y Palau who. when his
decisions were not accepted went to
Washington and saw President Wilson.
He has since died ami Senor Wells v
Merino is now the king's representa-
tive. Ite has the last say unless the
claimant wants to sue the government.
ENGLISH HEIR HOST
TO OFFICIALS BEFORE
SAILING FOR HALIFAX
Canadian Premier to Ac-
company Woles on
Visit to Quebec.
John. N. 8.. Aug. 16.—After hav-
ing received a royal reception yesterday
—his first on Canadian soil—the Prince
of Wales accompanied by Sir Robert
Borden premier of Canada who will
r.ccomnany him to Quebec returned
last ni^ht to th(/firitish cruiser Dragon
iind there played host at an official
dinner before sailing for Halifax.
The royal visitors received cheers
without number from the thousands
who lined his routh. His farewell there
was without formal utterance as he
gripprsl bonds wit’: the naval and mili-
tary officers and bade them good-bye.
The day. although marred by inclem-
ent weather brought crowds from all
parts of New Brunswick to add to the
cheering hosts already here and recep-
tion lifter reception was accorded His
Highness.
Where io Go
Grand Opera House —Motion pic-
tures. Mildred Harris in •'HunbaiM>»*-
<lnly.”
I’alace—Motion pictures. Marguerite
Clark in “Let's Elope.”
tpieen—Motion pictures.
I’earl—Motion pictures./
U. S. DELAY BLAMED
Editorial in London Times Treats of
“Armenia's Peril.”
London Time* Service. .
Spacial Cable to The San Antonio Light
and the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Conyright. 1»1!». by The Public Ledger Co.
London Aug. 16.—Under the heading
“Armenia’s Peril” the Times has a
lengthy leading editorial which says in
part:
"Remnants of Armenians in Armenia
is• in danger of extinction. When the ar-
mistice came a small British army was
keeping order in Caucasus and both the
course of the negotiations and the word-
ing of mandatory clause in the League
of Nations covi nant looked forward to
the creation of an Armenian state which
under protection of mandatory power
should hold this bridge between Europe
and Asia and raise the banner of civ-
ilization and the economical progress
in these regions.
"And the mandatory power has been
chosen by the common consent but the
United States government has not ac-
cepted her nomination in the meantime
owing to thi delays and uncertainties
of the allied policy the enemies of Ar-
menia are uniting for her destruction.”
Vast American stores of food are re-
ported about to be left unguarded by the
British withdrawal scheduled for this
month. America is being urged to send
troops to replace the British.
OPPOSE JOSEPH’S RULE
Jusc-Slav Ileelare Archduke Intends to
Restore Hapsburg Dynrsty.
By the Associated Press.
Paris Aug. 16.—The .higo-Shv dele-
gation here lias issued a note elabora-
ting its message to the peace confer-
ence protesting against the recognition
of the regime of Archduke Joseph the
new head of the Hungarian government.
The notet describes the archduke and
bis supporters ns' "Magyar Chauvin-
ists” and declares that his administra-
tion would be a restoration of Hnps-
burg authority endeavoring Jugo-Slnvla
and other nations freed from Austro-
Hungarian domination.
WORK FOR NEGROES
L?ukiana Lumbermen to Offer Em-
ployment to Chicago Diacks.
New Orleans Aug. 16—A commit B
tee of four mon from Txinisiana will go
to Chicago soon to offer negroes an op-
portunity to come to this stat 3 as labor-
ers on farms and in lumber camps.
This was decided upon hero yesterday
nt a meeting of representtatives of va-
rious industries.
Harry I>. Wilson Lnuisiann ngncul-
tsircl commissioner and F Dickin-
son. representing cane go>wers were
named on the committe. Two others
ere to be chosen.
THE FLOWERS OF THE
STATES.
Nearly all the sURe- nave adopted an
official flower says the American For-
estry Association of Washington D. C.
and in those that have not the question
b up for discussion. The flowera by
states follow : -
Arizona Giant Cactus.
ArkanMU Apple Blossom.
California Golden Poppy.
Colorado. Blue. Columbine.
Connecticut Mountain Laurel.
Delaware. Peach Blossom.
Florida Orange Blossom.
Georgia Cherokee Rose.
Idaho Syringa.
Illinois Violet.
Indiana Carnation.
lowa Wild Rose.
Kansas Sun Flower.
Kentucky Trumpet Vine.
Louisiana Magnolia.
Maine. Pino Cone and Hassel.
Massachusetts Mayflower.
Michigan Apple Blossom.
Montana Bitter Root.
Nebraska Goldenrod.
Nevada Nage Brush.
New Mexico Cactus.
New York Rose.
North Carolina Daisy.
North Dakota Wild L’rairic Rose.
Ohio. Scarlet Carnation.
Oklahama. Mistletoe.
Oregon Orogbn Grap*.
Rhode Island Violet.
South Dakota Basque Flower.
T*xas Blue Bonnet.
Ftah. Sogo Lily.
Washington. Rhododendron.
Wyoming Indian Paint Brush.
West Virginia. Indian Paint Brush.
Wisconsin Violet.
AUGUST 16 1919.
FORMER CAPTAIN SUES
COLONEL FOR $25000
FOR ILLEGAL ARREST
Defendant in Suit Recently
Transferred to South-
ern Department.
Cclumbui Ohio. Au;. 16.—0 n the
eve of his departure for Fort Sam
Houston where lie is to become head of
the militia bureau Southern Depart-
ment. Col. Franklin O. Johnson com-
mandant at hie Columbus _ barracks
was made defendant in a $25000 dam-
age suit filed in the local state courts
by Francis M. Doyle former captain
in the Quartermntcr's Department tin-
der Colonel Johnson. Doyle alleges
false arrest.
Tho suit is the culmination of court-
martial proceedings instituted by Col-
onel Johnson against Captain Doyle
early last spring. In which Doyle was
charged with conduct unbecoming an
officer. He was under arrest at the
barracks for five months.
The court-martial proceedings lasted
from February 26 to May 11 and at-
tracted attention throughout the coun-
try. Doyle ns counsel for a private
wlio was to be tried bv n special court
demanded n general court and being re-
fused bv Colonel Johnson appealed to
the commandant of the Central Depart-
ment at Chicago. This resulted in
Doyle being arrested and found guilty
by a general court but the decision
wns reversed by Mai. Gen. Tx-on.ard
Wood commander of the Central De-
partment. _ . z
KING OF BIGAMISTS
SENTENCED; INTENDS
TO HELP PRISONERS
Gees to Sing Sing for 24
Months; Has Seven
JL ves Living.
New York Aug. IG.—Convicted of
bigamy on hi|i confession that he has
seven living wives one of whom he
married twice Charles Hugh Wilson
4S years old former Young Men's
Christain Association secretary evan-
gelist and traveling salesman was sen-
tenced yesterday to throe years and six
months in Sing Sing prison where he
announced he will take up prison re-
form work. Judge Wadhams told the
prisoner he would have given him five
years the maximum sentence but de-
ducted eighteen months the period
spent by Wilson in a Wisconsin peni-
tentiary for a felony which another
man afterwards admitted having com-
mitted.
Wilson began his matrimonial career
on January 20 1900 when he married ।
Elizabeth May Stanton of Davenport
lowa. After three children were bom
he left her and in July. 1908 married
May Bailey at Wytheville Va. In less /
than a year he embarked on his third
venture st Decatur. Ala. when* he
married Ethel (’. Moore in March 1909.
Four years later he was united Io
Louise Davis at Detroit and a yeir
afterward ho went through a second
ceremony with Miss Davis at Pitts-
burgh. The following year he sought a
New York bride and was imrrri<*«| to
Caroline K. Morris. He tried Phila-
delphia next and took Wilhelmina C.
.laggard of that city for his sixth bride
in August. 1915. His final venture wns
in New York where he married Fay
Jennette Ziff in November. 1910.
AeCording to a report by the Park-
hurst Society to which his last wife
appealed after he deserted her. Wilson
was born nt Barnesville. Mo. and is the
son of n Scotch Methodist minister.
He served as a Y. M. C. A. physical in-
structor at several cities iucluding
Kansas City Mo. and Knoxville Tenn.
Bank Robbers’ Loot Small.
Arkansas City Kan.. Aug. 16—Three
masked men late yesterday entered the
Grainola State Bank Grninoln < >kla..
held up the assistant cashier and book-
keeper both women and escaped. A
]>oKse is In pursuit of the robbers
obtained only about $BO.
By BRIGG.
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