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ARREST AFTER DEMAND
THAT FORD PAY $25,00<
Edward Gordon, Charged Witl
Threatening Manufacturer'*
Life, Is Taken
Detroit, July 31.?One of th
boldest attempts yet made to fore
Henry Ford to pay money on pai
" 1 J n-pf OY
01 aeam was uext:iii,eu mis
noon, it is believed, when after tw
weeks' work by detectives and Pos
Office Inspectoi's from three State
local officials arrested Edward Goi
don, 22 years old, at 420 Dix Ave
nue.
The first letter was sent to Mi
Ford about three weeks ago. It de
manded that $25,000 be sent to Ed
ward Warren, General Delivery, De
troit, and said that refusal to de
liver would result in the death o
Mr. Ford and Edsel. The letter wa
turned over to Mr. Fraser ,wh
ordered all clerks at the Geners
Delivery window to deliver no ma:
for Edward Warren without fir?
notifying him.
No one called for such mail, bu
within a week Mr. Ford received
second letter announcing that th
sender was aware that detective
had been placed on his trail, makin;
it impossible for him to call at th
Post Office for the money and de
manding that it be sent in perso
to "Edawrd Gordon, 420 Dix Ave.
A dummy package was fixed up t
be sent to the name and addres
given, but before it could be de
livered Mr. Ford received a thiri
letter, even more threatening tha;
the first two. This afternoon th
dummy package was delivered b
the regular mail carrier and imme
diately afterward Gordon was ar
rested.
According to Mr. Ford, Gordon ex
pressed great relief at his arrest. H
told the police he was formerly em
ployed as a newsboy on a train, bu
that he had not worked altely.
He was arraigned before J. Stan
ley Hard, United States Commis
sioner, and his bail was fixed at $3,
000.
BOY BURGLAR DIES IN
SING SING CHAII
Ossining, July 31.?Elmer Hyatt
said to be the youngest of the 16!
f_
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hn
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jg twined in the h*e:
Eg TURE That We
jij BED ROOM!
Mj A Pleasant Nigl
K NITURE That I
jfi You Wives T1
gfi lect Some New !
jjj the Home. Yo
ffi Small Prices W<
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W. A
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ypj Home Furnishei
murderers who have been executed I
) in the Sing Sing electric chair, was T
put to death in the execution cham- li
k ber at 11:30 o'clock tonight, after j
his mother, sister and brother 1j
made fruitless efforts to get Gover- b
nor Smith to spare his life. o
e Hyatt killed Policeman O'Brien \
e in Rochester after he had commit- I
n ted 15 burglaries. He said he was ?
- seventeen and one-half years old j
0 when he committed the murder. |c
it Governor Smith was informed I
s from other sources, however, that c
- the youth was about nineteen. No-|
body has ever been executed in the^
Sing Sing chair, it is said, under!
f. twenty years of age.
!"j Talking with Rev. Dr. A. N. Peter- ^
son ,thQ Protestant chaplain, Hyatt
said tonight.
>. i
' ' "I hope overnor Smith gives me a
chance for life. If he does I'll make *
S good." I
o, r
1 | As the hours wore on he waited
^ vainly for a favorable report from j
t Albany, where his brother, H. C.
Hyatt, was pleading with the (iov- j
t ernor to commute Elmer's sentence 'c
to life imprisonment. I
3 ,
e! Before supper Elmer's mother, a
s Mrs. Thomas Doughty his sister and'r
^ his brother, who had come from I j.
e Rochester, visited the condemned ]
youth. Mrs. Doughty had circulated };
n a petition to the Governor asking f
" clemency for Elmer. It was signed j
0 by some of the jurors who convicted (
s the youth. 5
Dr. Peterson accompanied Hyatt'a
j on his walk to the execution cham-1
n ber. There John Hulbert ,the execu- s
e tioner, was waitnig at the death j
y switch, and Dr. Amos 0. Squire. 'v
chief prison physician signalled for1
.. the current. Major Lewis E. Lawes, I
Wov/lan nn+noeeo/l DYO/'ll- !
.. tion with a dozen other spectators. I
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_ LARGEST MOONSHINE i
~ STILL IN GEORGIA IS I
StlZED BY OFFICERS c
a
Albany, Ga., July 31.?Two stills, t
one of 500 gallons capacity, and n
one of 400 gallons capacity, run in c
conjunction with each other, with s
the usual accesories, believed by k
t raiding officers, to be the largest c
moonshine still ever raided in
;, Georgia, was destroyed this morn- f
3 ing by a posse under command of e
amiaiaraiaizraiaiiuaiaii^
ity That Is Sb
and
th That Is B(
F THE MASTERPIECEriod
Suits of DINING R
Have in Stock Awaiting ^
SUITS Jhat Make Homes
it, and LIVING ROOM ai
Make a Man Love His Hoi
iat Love Your Husbands C
Pieces of Our Furniture to
ur Husband Doesn't Mir
e Ask For DeDendable Go(
. Calvert S
5 To His Majesty?The Ai
'ederal Prohibition Officers Garnetl
V. Saye, of Albany, in Lee countj
ast night.
In addition, one automobile and 2
arge truck with the name of an Aliany
manufacturing firm paintec
>n its sides were seized. The stir
iras located at Blue Springs, or
'ope's Run, four miles northeast o1
Jtarkville.
One white man and one negro es
aped in the swamp and one neg"."J
Smmett Brown, who said he was th<
Iriver of the truck was arretted.
VOMAN, 87, GOES UP
2,000 FEET IN PLANE
fells "Higher" to Pilot as He Start
Downward
Mrs. C. J. Golf, 87 years old, trie<
>ut flying yesterday at Camp Ed
vards, Sea Girt, N. J., and gave i
ler entire approval.
"Am I too old?" she asked Lieut
5aul Micelli as he presented hersel:
n front of the flier's Diane.
"Not a bit," he assured her, anc
arefully strapped her in the pas
enger's cockpit. The plane roarct
ilong the ground, shot into the at
nosphere anl climbed zenithward
it 2,000 feet the pilot turned anc
Doked at his passenger. She tolc
lim to go higher. He came down ir
ew dives and spirals.
"Was that ten minutes?" Mv3
lolf asked as she was helped out
She was assured that that time hac
,lso flown.
"Well, I'm comir.g back Sunday,'
he announced as she left the fielc
n an automobile for Asbury Park
yhere she is spending the summer.
NFORMATION OF ILUTERAC\
John E. Swearingen, state super
ntendent of education is prepar
ng to make again a study of th<
)emocratic club rolls work being i
ontinuation of that begun in 1914
nd repeated in 1916. The signn
ures of the Democratic voters fur
iish a fairly reliable index to edu
ational accomplishments in th<
tate. Mr. Swearingen wants t<
now how many men signed tlu
lub rolls with a cross mark.
A circular letter has been sen1
rom the office of the superintend'
nt of elucation to the county chair?i
rong j
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Places to Spend K
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man of each of the 46 counties. This
- circular seeks to classify the voters
by ten year periods from 21 to 29
J from 30 to 39; from 40 to 49, from
| 50 to 59 anl 60 years and upward,
j The figures thus correspond in a
I measure to those of the federal
I
| census.
I
j Mr. Swearingen, in discussing
j names on club rolls yesterday said:
I "Hundreds of names on the club
j rolls, though marked with a cross
j do not represent actual illiteracy.,
I Too frequently men consent to have
1 their names entered oy tne cierR.,
! and thus marked. The state depart-!
' ment of education is seeking to
arouse a universal sentiment which
will induce every voter not only to
learn how to read and write but ali
so to feel it a stigma to have his
name marked with a cross. Under!
this impulse hundreds will not only
gain the advantage of being able to
read and write but will also escape |
the shame humiliation and handicap
of illiteracy.
"The completion of the Demo-,
cratic club rolls will be made this
week. The cooperation of the sever- ;
al county chariman will be most
valuable in collecting this data as
to the number of men who signed
the rolls with a cross."
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tr\ PAQQ nPASTIC RILL
AND SEND MUNITIONS
!
I London, July 31.?A bill to deal
with the disorders in Ireland will be j
introduced next week in the House
of Commons and passed in all its
stages, according to an announcement
by Andrew Bonar Law, the
Government leader. Premier Lloyd
George told members of both
Houses that the provisions of the
bill would be found to be very drastic
and that great hopes are entertained
that hey will succeed in coping
with the situation in Ireland.
Whatever happened, the Premier
said, Ireland could not be allowed I
to leave the Empire. Munitions
would be sent, and raliwaymen refusing
to handle them would b'-* instantly
dismissed.
j LIONESS AFFECTIONATELY
I LICKS HER FORTY|!
FIRST OFFSPRING1
ji
j' New York, July 31.?Helen, a
j lioness, caged in Central Park, toJ/'r.v
licko'l lirr forty-first offspring
mBRiaaamRRHRa
It Slip \
SOWS Kg fa
Still Going On,
Bona Fide CASf
lg in ouf two Stc
F.verv < Artirlp
Being Sold at
'rice than you C
\
wing to Greenwc
giving you evei
ases than it wo\
tock.
New Goods bein
ly Pay More \
ANDERS I
TCfaritiZJZjajitnLninuEJZfiij
as affectionately as if the cub w.ere
her first, born. Her keepers explained
this unending maternal affection
by saying that her other children,1
save two which died' in infancy,
have all been sent away to populate
other zoos.
| Ackbar, the father, roared fiercely
when the youngster was born, but
later looked upon the event as
simply representing another lion in
the world. *1
I
I
THAT SPEEDY LAMB
I Hie smart young city feller had |
been engaged by the dyed-in-the-1
wool old farmer to help out for the!
summer, and the latter was deter-1
mined to show the durn dude where
he got off.
"Go out on the meadders and
round up all the sheep and bring
'em in," he ordered.
The city-born hick returned in
three hours panting and disheveled,
but with all of his charges safely in
tow. The farmer was somewhat
mollfied.
"Pretty good," he commented,
"but what's the idea of the jack
rabbit?" pointing to a white, furry
object that lay on the ground even
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more exhausted than the farmhand.
| "Good Lord, is that a rabbit?"
ejaculated the green hired man. "I
thought it was a lamb. That's the
one it took me so long to catch."
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genuine Aspiffri proved by millions
and prescribed by physicians for
over twenty years. Accept only an
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contains proper directions to relieve
Headache, Rheumatism, Colds,
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