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MYSTERIOUS AUTO RIDE ENDS IN DIVER'S DEATH XACHINE RUNS INTO DITCH Tt1ILE SPEEDING. Women Refuse to Reveal Identity to Coroner or Sheriff, But Names are Later Ascertained. Greenville, Aug. 22.-S. A. Pruitt, of Hendersonville, is dead, and three wo men and one man, who refused to give their names to the coroner or sheriff, are iore or less injured as the result; of an automobile wreck en route from Asheville, N. C., to Spartanburg, S. C., the 'car turning turtle 17 miles from Creenville at 8 o'clock this niorning. The party laft Asheville sometime Monday and spent a portion of the night at Hendersonville. Here they changed automobiles and continued their journey toward Spartanburg this, morning. While speeding along a country road at a rapid pace the driv er, Pruitt, ran the machine into a ditch. One of the women suffered two fingers broken and her spine injured. She and one of the other women in the party are confined to their room in a farmhouse near the scene of the .accident. The other woman and the -m an departed hastily. Give Fictitious Names. It is understood that two of the wo -men are married. Nothing could be learned of the man. It is said that the people are tourists and went out for a "joy ride." One of the women was forced by the coroner to make an affi davit, in which she gave the name of Mrs. M. A. Harriman, of Georgia, the names of the others as Mrs. C. Adams, Miss Millie Wing and Mr. C. Burnett, all of Florida. That all these names are fictitious is the statement made tonight by one of -e attending phy -sicians, -who said that one of the wo-1 -men revealed in confidence, the iden-[ tity of the partT. Names Ascertained. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 22.-The cor rect names of the parties -in the fatal automobile accident which occurred near Greenville, S. C., this morning are: S. A. Pruitt, Hendersonville, N. C., killed; Mrs Rotgers, Macon, Ga.; Mrsr Hagaman, Black 'Mountain, N. C.; Mrs. Meanly, Richmoiid, Va.; and C.' P'. Barnette, Lake City, Fla. It is stated that Mrs. Hagaman and~ *Mrs. Meanly escaped with slight in juries, while Mr. Barnette was not .ipjured at all. Mrs. Rodgers is now at Greer, S.. C., suffering from a; sprained back, but her injuries are not regarded as serious. Pruett, the deceased, was the owner and driver of the public service auto mobile whic i the party engaged for the trip to Greenville, S. C., after the driver of the public machine they had previously been using declined to make the run to Spartanburg. * Wealthy Widow. Macon, Ga., Aug. 22.-Relatives here' stated tonight that Mrs. Marshall Rod gers, a wealthy widow of leading so cial prominence, is, at present sum mering in North Carolina, near Hen dersonville. Mrs. Rodgers' daughter, Minnie, 18 years old, is with her. One son, Marshall, 21 years of age, is here and has received word that his moth-1 er is 'injured. He will go to Hender sonville at once. "MONA LISA" STOLEN. Disappears Mysteriously From The a Louvre Gallery.-No Clue Left b)y the Taker. Tar'is, Aug. 22.--The art world was -~ thrown into consternation today by the announcement that Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, "Mona Lisa," or las it is popularly known, "La Jocon de," had mysteriously disappeared from the Louvre. The famous painting hung in the1 place of honor in the Salon arre and1 not a vestige of a clue was left byj the person or persons who took it to aid the detectives and police in try ing to trace it. A search of every nook 1 and cranny of the Louvre from roof to cellar only brought to light the val 'uable frame in which the picture hung; -and the glass that covered it. Those were intact on a back staircase. ~Some persons believe that a practi-! -cal joke has been played but never theless the government has set to work its entire force of detectives in an effort to recover the paintl8gi A Great Treasure. "Mona Lisa" is one of France's greatest art treasures, ranking with the scuIptures "Venus de Milo" and "The Victory of Samothrace" and Murillo's painting, "The Immaculate Conception." The painting was not missed until noon today when visitors to the mus eum, among whom were hundreds of Americans, were quietly informed that -s he.11ller wa about to be closed for the day and requested to leave. After that time no one was admitted. M. Caillaux, minister of justice, was I immediately apprised of the disap pearance of the painting and, after a hurried conference with M. Lepine, the prefect of Paris, M. Lepine set off for the Louvre, accompanied by M. Ham ard, chief of detectives. Reinforced by the entire staff o' det^!tives, they remained until night industriously searching the Louvre for the missing masterpiece. A White Elephant. The most remarkable feature of the case is that the picture appears to have been taken early yesterday morn ing without its absence being remark ed until noon today. George Benedite, acting curator of the Louvre, is inclined to believe the removal of the painting the work of a practical joker, pointing out that such a world famous art treasure would be a white elephant in the hands of a thief, as it would be utterly imposAible to dispose of it. At the same time, however, M. Benedite does not alto gether abandon the hypothesis of theft. The first searches for the painting having proved fruitless, .the under sec retary of Statie for fine arts has lodg ed a charge of theft against a person or persons unknown with the minis ter of justice, who has appointed a magistrate to immediately open an in vestigation. . Is Priceless. "Mona Lisa" is one of the world's famous paintings and is held price less. At one time it had been stated the British gover3iment offered $5, 000,000 for the work, which was re used. It is the most celebrated paint ing of a female in the world. Its striking characteristic is the smile. Da Vinci's model was the wife of Francesco De L. Giocodo, a Florentine f the fifteenth-sixteenth centuries. When Da Vinci painted her she was about 30 years old. Tie subject is shown seated in a low chair, on the left arm of which she is leaning. The gown is simple. Dark hair, hanging loosely drapes an oval face with ex-I pressive eyes and aquiline nose. A-bout the mouth is seen the sweet smile which has been the chief charac teristic in making the painting famous. [t is said that Da Vinci, in order to ob tain this 'effect, had musicians, singers, and jesters near his subject to amuse her as he painted. EXTRA SESSIONi QUIETLY CLOSES. Adjournment Brings Belief to'Weary Lawniakers.-No Excitment At-.. -tends Last Hours. Washington, Aug. 22.-The first ses sion of the 62d congress ended today and immediately the exodus of mem bers began. President Taft joined with i several hundred tired legislators h i Ihe hegira, and tonight official Wash ington, comparatively, was deserted. E2very outgoing train bore senators1 and representatives on their home vard journey, after an extraordinary session, that stretched over 121 days md set the liveliest pace of any leg slative session in years. The adjournment was featureless,! lespite the strenuous activity that had ~one before. The president vetoed the ~otton tariff revision bill, just as he iad vetoed its two revision predeces ors, the wool and free list bills. The; eto went only to the house, in ac ~ordance with custom, and there its -eception was marked by Democratic aughter and republican applause. Tortured for 15 Years. iy a cure-defying stomacn trouble that iaffied doctors, and resisted all reme lies he tried, John W. Modders, of foddersville, Mich., seemed doomed. le had to sell his farm and give up vork. His neighbors said, "he can't ive much longer." "Whatever I ate istressed me," he wrote, "till I tried llectric Bitters, which worked such voners for me that I can now eat hings I could not take for years. Its urely a grand remedy for stomach' rouble." Just as good for the liver' Lnd kidneys. Every bottle guaranteed.' )nly 50c. at W. E. Pelham's Drug store. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, - COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.. By Frank M. Schumpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Robert Y. Kibler made suit to me, to grant him letters of ad- a inistration of the estate of and ef- 5 lects of Th4odore N. Kibler,o THESE ARE THEREFORE to cite Itl and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said~ , Theodore N. Kibler, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at New berry, S. 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