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TOO MUTCH DEADWOMA New York, Sept. 24.?Shot and wounded three times by her former chum, who then ended her own life with- a bullet, Miss Mildred E. Hanan, daughter of the late Alfred P. Hanan, shoe manufacturer, tonight hpvered between life and death in a Brooklyn hospital. With the outcome of the girls' injuries still in doubt, police took up a back trail from the scene of nocturnal tragedy into the world of "high life," blamed by Miss Hanan's accumulated misery and heartache which impelled her to take her friend's life. \ "The pace is too fast and the liquor has driven me crazy," she had written in a letter addressed to her mother. Still another possible motive for the deed, that of jealous rage over the attentions of a man who was with Miss Hanan when the shooting occur'' red, is being scrutinized by detective who are trying to clear up many unexplained points. For more than three hours this man, John S. Borland, importer and exporter, was questioned regarding details of the affair, as well as the 1 circumstances of his acquaintance , with the two women. A further complication developed when San Francisco newspaper men reported they had located and questioned Mrs. M. E. Dittmar, to whom calling her "mother darling," Mrs. Lawes had addressed a letter found among her effect^. Mrs. Dittmar at first denied any relationship and then told her questioners she was a sister of the dead woman and volunteered the information that jealousy was not the motive of the killing,, ' N This information was at variance with both the solution of the "mother darling" letter and the contents of v. another addressed to Mrs. Birdie Williams, a former nurse in the Hanan household of which Mrs. Lawes had also been a member for youf years. if aacv for mxr rfarlinor mnt.h er," Mrs. Lawes had written in the second letter, which began with a request that her body be sent home to California and cremated.' The stories of the tragedy and the events preceding it told by the in' jured girl and Borland, a Dartmouth graduate, coincide closely. With, Miss Dorothy Gottschalk, Miss Hanan told j detectives she and Borland had dined at her home in one of the most exclusive residential districts of Man1 hattan. At 11 o'clock last night, she said she and Borland drove Miss Gottschalk to her home in Schermerhom street, Brooklyn, where they stayed until shortly after 1 o'clock. "^e had just emerged from the vestibule v len I saw Mrs. Lawes step i from another building," Miss Hanan ! MAY DENY SACRAMENT ta iuuamct nsrcorno a W IITUUWM I VXV&fWWi^AJ Notice in a Montr**! Cknrch Warm ' - % Womm A|tiaM Um of Transparent Material. Montreal, Sept. 23.?An intimation 'that the sacrament might be re- < fused women who dressed immodest-!I ly was contained in notices posted j today on all doors to the Church of ] the Gesu on Bleary Street. The no- i tices, nailed up after Archbishop ( Bruchesi recentlv had L<wn?d ? do. cree to combat modern feminine \ fashions, read: ' , "Out of respect to our Saviour, ( present in the tabernacle, and for < the edification of our neighbors, we ] beg women to appear In church on- < ly in dress of irreproachable modes- t ty, collars closed and sleeves suffi- ? ciently long. We draw specially to your notice the abuse of dress, of i transparent material. We earnestly ^ hope that we will not have to resort r to drastic measures to enforce this, t such as the refusal of sacTH.rent." v Exnlainine the notice, thu Rev n : 0. Plamondon, prefect of the church s said: v "Modern women's clothes are <i sin ^ and a shame. It may be the fashion, but it is certainly an unreasonable j one." v He added that he had already re- t fused several women interviews on account of their clothes. s Insects cause an annual loss to c American agriculture of more tran t $1,500,000,000. 2 "HIGH LIFE" N'S MESSAGE continued. "The next thing I heard the shots. I dropped to the sidewalk and when I got up I saw blood running from my arm. "I ran for a hundred feet and collapsed. I then heard another shot fired." It was this last shot that ended the life of Mrs. Lawes. One other person witnessed the tragedy. A neighbor of Miss Gottschalk said she was at her window and saw Mrs. Lawes sit down on a nearby stoop, take a cup from her handbag, drink something from it, and then dash the vessel into the. gutter. Searchers later found fragments of the china, and in the dead woman's bag a phial labeled with the name of a drug. Borland, while admitting that he and Mrs. Lawes had quarreled over Miss Hanan, emphatically denied that any feeling concerning himself had led to the shooting. He said the motive was "positively not jealousy," expressing the belief that she.was temporarily deranged mentally. Mrs. Lawes was related to Miss Hanan by marriage and lived with the Hanan family until two weeks ago, when she moved to an apartment at the Vanderbilt Hotel. She was divorced several years ago from her busband. Edgar E. Schmidt, and resumed her maiden name of Lawes. The letter to Mrs. Lawes' mother read: "Mrs. M. E. Dittmar, 316 Walnut % V Street, San Francisco, Cal. "Mother Darling: You never can understand what I have been throueh here. Don't try to learn. It is past. I am too tired and ill to try to overcome the great obstacles I have placed in my own way. t "Too much high life. The pace is too fast and the liquor has driven me I crazy dear. Forgive and forget and remember, pray for my soul. Love to all and think of me as I always say to you, a good, sweet daughter. "Lovingly, "Grace." t The second letter, adflressed to the nurse, asked her to notify Walter Dunnington in this city to take care of her affairs. > "Send me home to California cremated," continued the letter. "Make it easy for my darling, sweet mother. Don't let her know the truth, dear. f.GTi'-f cfan/J fincnl lifo anxr VUU W OVUtiU villU JViUlUj V4?4gVt 1UV OUJ longer. . . . "Forgive me, Billie, all my mistakes and remember me as sweet and clean as I was. . . . Been too much liquor and conversation on all sides." After adding that she had sent a "ruby ring to John Borland," the letter added: "I drew almost all my money out j of Harriman National Bank. Did have j $600 in my purse." j 1 JURY EXONERATES j YOUTH IN MARION i ' j Whit* Bojr Slew Negro Girl With j * Hoe?Struck ia Self Defense, i Siti Tutimonv. I Marion, Sept. 23.?After an inquest had been held over the body of Rebecca Wright, negress, a verdict of justifiable homicide was rendered and Benny Watson, charged with inflicting a wound with a hoe which caused ieath, was exonerated. According to the testimony which Ntis given at the inquest Rebecca ind her mother, Victoria, and some >ther negroes were fixing a bridge lear the store of J. C. Watson in; 3ritton's Neck. Benny Watson, neph;w of the proprietor and a clerk in he store, went down to the bridge ind had some words with Rebecca. It was stated that she used insultng language and picking up a light vood rail struck the yourig white J nan once on the arm and was in j j he act of striking him a second timejl vhen he picked up a hoe and hit heril n the head. Victoria, it was also j I tated, armed herself with a rail andj vas in the act of assaulting young 2 Vatson. | The wound became infected an^j| tebecca was taken to the hospital j! vhere she died some days later from!" >lood poison. ! Young Watson belongs to a sub- . tantial family in the Britton's Neck J ommunity and his exoneration' from J he charge of manslaughter was I ;reeted with approbation. ^ ? THREE NEW NATIONS ADMITTED TO LEAGUE i . Esthonia, Letvia and Lithuanii Granted Places by Assembly at Thursday's Session. Geneva, Sept. 24.?Three addition al nations were admitted to the league of nations yesterday. The trie comprised Esthonia, Letvia and Lithuania. Membership in the league was voted them by the league assemblj at this morning's session. Esthonia was the first of the states to be admitted. The vote in her favor was unanimous. The Jugoslay and Czechoslovak delegates were absent. Letvia also was elected nuani mously. Ten states, including Jugoslavia, did not vote. The election of Lithunia likewise was without opj position in the assembly, the Polish j delegation, which in committee had I opposed Lithuania's admission, not | being present when the vote was taken. The Czechoslovak delegates' also abstained from voting, jj? j! ORANDS ji ^ of qua j] standards of | j such brandf |i wise becausi S j It is suei i I For it j $25 | | ?and the kne j price! Their sty 1 their quality all | Styleplus Qlothes J men and younj I clothes at modei j ticularly, made 11 conditions of se offers you excep lar prices. Mak ?there's great patterns, and un i PoJ i A IU J eianuaiiUBfiUBiiUiuaiBiim 9 HOHENZOLLERNS GO TO OOORN < l . .. .>v * Doom, Holland, Sept. 17.?The i strong feeling against the UltraConservatives in Germany which has manifested itself since the recent murder of Mathias Erzberger is >be- < lieved here to (be the cause of sever> al members of the Hohenzollern fam ily leaving Germany and coming to > Doom where they are expected to r remain with former 'Emperor Wil- . liam until they consider that condii tions in Germany are favoraible to their return. ' The ex-emperor's daughter, formerly (Princess Victoria' Louise, now the cluchess of Bruns-1 wick. accomnanieH 'hv thp TIiiVa and I ^ j their children, arrived here yester- t day. With them also was former 1 Pince Adalbert, third son of the ex- j v ruler. Former Princess Eitel Friedrich and Oscar are expected here 1 | shortly, it is understood. Alexander the Great is said to have J | been buried in a gold coffin. v * that come to yc ility and satisfacti ?mrl n\ 5?the faith that e your satisfaction j standard merchandise t $30 >wn value at mediur les always splendid an t-wool and guaranteec make a great appeal t y men who want re< fate cost. For Fall pai inder the most favorabl :veral years, this bran >tional clothes at popt :e it a point to see ther variety of models an< tusual values. iter & GIANT BUCK CHARGES AUTO , AND SHOVES IT TO ROADS ID! Pittsfield, Mass.. Sept 23.?A giant buck, estimattu to weigh 400 pounds, leader of a herd of eight deer, attacked an automobile owned and operated by Walter C. Rochelo of this place, on the Richmond Road, West Pittsfield, early today, smashed both headlights bent a mudguard and shoved the machine to the side of the road. Rochelo was proceeding toward Pittsfield when he saw the herd of deer in the road. Four bucks and hree deer jumped to one side, but :he leader snorted, and with horns owered leaped at the auto which vas going slowely. The impact stop)ed the touring car, and stunned the iuck which lay u^on the ground for a few minutes as if dead. It then iumped up and led the herd, into the voods. BBBHfflBBHRBBffi 4 STANDARD eCHANDI 4 inith Q-harinl IVIKI mrf/wvivtl on Fall V( i \ >u with outspok ion must live i F value. You h tells you your ] is assured. hat you will find at th / / America's kn olus mediu $35 " These are our St , Wilson Brc 1 1 IT U ana unut 0 Walk-Over 1 Stetson H Howser C ^ Finck's O G Interwoven d Arrow Co I- With such reputab you neither guess n You know you ar d ity, value and sal believe you want Re SPELL IT 0A1L EIREANN S CALL IT MDWOLL ERIN" . New York World. In answer to numerous inq:uries, The World herewith prints the following information on the Dail Ei, reann: 1 How it is spelled?Dail Eireann. How it is pronounced?Dwoll Erin. ' What Dail means?House of representatives. What is it?The Irish house of commons, meeting place for the eigh! ty-five representatives of Sinn Fein Ireland. It is now held in Dublin, but can be held any place designated by the members. In Easter week, 1916, it was held outside of Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, when the members assembled to read the Constitution of the "Irish Republic." By the way, Sinn Fein is pronounced "Shin Fane." ( One variety of cactus always points south. v: ranifiurjiiiEn^^ ij i I; 1 1 ISF 1:1 ' |i I Empasis |] dues jl | 1 ip to high ij ave faith iii dj purchase is i] .i is store. % own clothes of ' j J m price > j ii $40 j| andard Brands I jj >s. pnirts gj 5rwearv i ] Shoes. [ 1 ats. I j laps j | veralls. 2" Socks. i j liars. 11 , ?le merchandise i; nor speculate. | j e safe on qual- z ] :isf action. We S to be. j| iese 1 | iLfiimjnifiiiiirardjariininin