VOL. XV. NO. 255.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 1910.
3c PER COPY
WCLTIO WIS
Republican State Chairman not
Even Advised of President's
Intention to Appoint J, J. Britt
to Important Office, t
APPOINTMENT OF MR. BRITT
RECOGNITION MAN'S WORTH
The Star, Administration Paper, Sayi
Pressure to Take Care of Various
Lame Ducks In Different
States Was Resisted.
Oaaette-News Bureau,
Hamilton Hotel,
Washington, Dec. 2.
North Carolinian here were decid
edly Interested in the announcement
that Hon. Jamea J. Britt had been
made third assistant postmaster gen
eral. The position camp hy way of
reward for distinguished legal ser
vices rendered the department.
The Star, regarded as the spokes
man for the administration in many
matters, explained that the appoint
ment was In line with the policy of
the postmaster general to promote
worthy and meritorious subordinates,
and that pressure to take care of
various lame ducks In different states
was resisted.
When a representative of The Gazette-News
called upon Mr. Britt
shortly after noon yesterday and told
him of his rumored appointment the
news had not reached him officially,
and the Ashevllle man awaited with
more or less patience the arrival of
the afternoon papers. Following the
publication scores of department offi
cials and others called to offer con
gratulations. Mr. Britt will now serve
this great branch of the government
service In an executive capacity,
rather than In an advisory position,
and the responsibilities and honors
are great
Important Position.
The third assistant postmaster gen
eral supervises the work of half a
dosen important bureaus. Including
those or finance, money orders, regis
tered malls and classification of malls.
The public la direetly interested in
this bureau, affecting as It do the
newspapers and magazines of the
country .and It was his legal wdgk In
this connection that first attracted the
attention of the president and .post
master general. Other North Caro
linians have held this position, Includ
ing Daniel Coleman, under Martin
Van Huron; A. N. EJ. Evely. Jinder
Buchanan and Lincoln, and Kerr
t'raige, under Cleveland.
While politics cut little if any jRgure
In the appointment It is considered
rather remarkable that the president
did not even show Chairman More
head the courtesy of advising him of
hi intention of appointing a North
Carolinian to a position so important
Mr. Britt was not expecting sucH pro
motion at this tim. His name had
been mentioned In connection J with
the position a year or more ago but
of late months nothing had 'been
heard of the matter.
W. A. H.
MOT PRICES CONTINUE
10 DHOP III NEW Y
Dealers Express Opinion That the De
cline Is Likely to Continue
for Some Tims.
New York, Dec. I. Meat prices
continue to drop In Nsw York mar
kets, both wholesale and retail. Deal
ers express the opinion that the de
cline Is likely to continue for acme
itme.
flood Condition Becomes Serious.
Paris. Dec. I. Flood conditions
are again general throughout Prance
Immense damage has been done as a
result of the heavy rains. The floods
will have a serious effect upon next
year's cereal and wins crops.
Uci-tpttiastlra Forbidden to Occupy
Administrative Post.
Uome, Dec. 8. Official bulletin of
holy see publishes a papal decree for
bidding ecclesiastics to occupy admin
istrative post.
Retire! Never,"" Soys Mr.
fcfc
Tillman, "TiH l"m Buried
Waahlnatoa. Dec. I "Retirl!" ex
claimed Senator Tillman, rspealng aa
Inquiry "I shall not retire until they
bury me; 1 have no Idea of quitting
the game."
The loath Carolina senator, who ar
rived oday from South Carolina, was
In his committee room at the rapltol
and appeared aa vigorous aa before
he was stricken down by a sever. Ul
naaa at the last session of congress.
Senator Tillman sxpecU to remain
ANTI-TRUST LAW
E
Coast Line and Seaboard Railways in
dicted in Georgia, Also Indi
vidualsAllegations. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 2. After hear
ing testimony since Monday the fed
eral grand Jury In the United States
District court, handed down Indict
ments this afternoon charging in
fringement of the anti-trust laws on
the part of three large corporations
and two Individuals. The Atlantic
Coast Line railway and Seaboard Air
Line railway were Jointly indicted
with the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation company for specific viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust and
Elklns law, while Harvle Miller and
Morris Miller, grain merchants and
members of the firm of L F. Miller
& Sons of Philadelphia, were the In
dividuals Indicted.
It was anticipated yesterday that
indictments against the corporations
and Harvle Miller would be present
ed, the rumors coming from an au
thoritative source, but no expectation
existed In connection with Miller. Dates
aro given when the individual defen
dants is is alleged made shipments of
grain over lines named at rates less
than those on file with the Interstate
commerce commission.
mm offices
Offices ol Board of Trade and Retail
Merchants Have Been Moved To
Be Fixed up in Day or Two.
The hoard of trade and lletail Mer
chants association will have nice
Quarters In the Temple court building
when the present repair work Is com
pleted. The offices have already been
moved and It is expected to have ev
erything in good shape In a day or so.
The rooms are being kalsomlned,
scrubbed and painted. The two bod
ies will have two very attractive rooms.
The larger room will be used by the
secretary of the board of trade and
the secretary of the Retell MerchuntB
association. It has n seating capacity
for some 1 OA people for the meetings,
conference etc. The other room will
be furnished with a large table and
several chairs and wll be retained as a
private conference room where any
member of either body may come with
their, .'riends and business associates,
traveling men, etc., and talk over pri
vate business matters freely without
being disturbed. This Is quite an at
tractive feature of the new rooms a,nd
It is hoped that considerable use will
be made of It.
The large signs over the present
quarters will be removed to the Tem
ple court building at once.
GRANT ROT CANDIDATE
FOfl FEDERAL OFFICE
Congressman John a. Grant, who
has been in this section for a few
days, left this afternoon for Washing
ton to be present at the opening of
congress Monday. Before leaving, Mr.
Grant, according to friends, denied
that he was a candidate for the posi
tion of collector of Internal revenue
for the western North Carolina dis
trict, to succeed Collector George H
Brown. It will be recalled that the
appointment of Harry Reynolds failed
of confirmation by the senate and that
Mr. Brown ha- held on since that
time. The same report that had Mr.
Grant an applicant representing the
Morehead wing, also had Congress
man Cowles an applicant representing
the Duncan wing of the party.
Minister's Character Failed to Pass.
Editor of the Oasette-Newa:
Elisabeth City, N. C, Dec. t.
Character of L N. Booth failed to
pass North Carolina conference. He
left the work of the Chowan circuit
without notice, taking off $160 of
church money. He paid none of It
back, giving no Inclination to do so
Freeilng Temperature In Florida.
New Orleans, Dec. S. Freeslng tern
perature wn reported this morning
, lar south as northern Fionas, kiii
Ing frosts at Jacksonville and Mobile.
At ft recent meeting of the board of
aldermen, and upon petition of the
residents of the street, the name of
Border street was changed to Wash
ington road.
here here four or five day. He re
turns to South Carolina next week but
counts upon coming back to Washing
ton In January, wheii the real business
of the session begins. He said he felt
In goo I condition for work, but would
not apply himself so asstdloualy as
formerly. Senator Tillman attributed
lils restoration to health to work on
his plantation. He saya the work ben
efited Mm by giving him somethln.
to Uilnk about besides himself.
VIOLATED
CHARE
First Woman in
Wireless Room
Miss Grayr elia Packer Now on
High Seas Ticking Off
Messages.
GKAYNPI I A, rx-c-E
New York, Dec. 2 The first wo
man In this country to enter the field
wireless telegraphy Is now on the
high seas, ticking messages through
the air as well as Sny man.
The woman is Miss Graynella Pack
, 22 years old, and the steamship is
the Mohawk, of the Clyde line, which
now is on its way to Charleston and
Jacksonville.
Miss Packer expresses pleasure at
being the pioneer of women In a field
activity hitherto occupied exclu
sively by men, but she Is quick to as
sert that she has no sypamthy with a
recent statement of Dr. Sargent of
Harvard, who declared it to be a
scientific fact that women are grow-
ng more like emn and men like wo
men.
JACKSON MAN FROZEN
TO DEATH III OREGON
!
Augustus Peek, Attempting to Go from
One Point to Another, Caught
in Raging Blizzard.
Special to The Gazette-News.
Sylvia, Dec. 2. News has been re
ceived of the tragic death In Oregon
of Augustus Peek, a former resident
of Jackson count)'. It seems that Mr.
Peek, who was 30 years of age and
married, was attempting to go from
Austin to Greenhorn in Oregon, on
the night of November 29 when he
was caught in a fearful blizzard and
evidently becoming exhausted fell to
the ground and froze to death. Mr.
Peek was the son of Montgomery
Peek of Montgomery township, Jack
son county, and bore a splendid rep
utation. The body will be shipped
from Austin to Sylva for burial.
COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT
General Fund for .Month Kndtng No
vember 30 shows Deficit of $H.
058.10 School Fund Deficit.
County Treasurer T. M. Duckett's
report of the county finances on De
cember 1, shows deficits both In the
general and school funds. This Is ac
counted for by the fact that the peo
ple are more than usually behind
with their taxes and by the further
fact that the disbursements were very
heavy during November. The report
follows:
Balance on hand Nov. 1..$ 2,156.27
Receipts during November. 11,065.94
Total ... .
Disbursements
Deficit
School fund
S1S.879.S7
.121.879.37
8.058.16
Balance on hand Nov. 1....$ 141.00
Receipts during November.. 1,020.60
Total
Disbursements
Deficit
It, 161. 60
.$2,307.19
. 1,146.(9
Fatal Freight Elevator Accident.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 2. Two
persons were killed and two Injured
today when a freight elevator fell in
a factory here. Prank Anderson, 22,
and Joseph Atback, 16, crushed un
der the wreckage.
Mother and Baby Found Dead.
Traverse City. Mich. Dec. I.
Frank Ruthardt, a prominent far
mer, found the bodies of his wife and
baby In a deep well on his farm to
day. It la believed the mother threw
herself and child In the water.
H. D. Pollard Rrelgna.
Macon Qa , Dec. I. H. D. Pollard
superintendent of the Macon division
of the Central Georgia railway, re
ilgned to become general manager of
the Brmilll... railway In Brasll. E. H
Daniel succeeds him.
Man Pros to Deal h In Georgia.
Augusta. Qa., Dec. 2. Temperature
records for the season were broken
this morning when the mercury
dropped to II. Sandy Stuart, an
aged negro, waa found f rosea to
lith.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN
10 SEETHE BIRDS
Poultry Association Decides to Send
Them All Tickets for ths First
Day of the Show.
VOTE FOR OFFICERS OF STATE
BRANCH OF A P. ASSOCIATION
Final Business In Preparation for
Tills Year's Show Transacted by
the Association Lost Night.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Aahevillc Poultry and
Pet Stock association, held last even
ing In City hall following a regular
meeting of the association, a motion
was made and carried that the asso
ciation set aside Thursday, December
8, the first day of the 1910 show, as
"School Children's Day." This Is the
first time that the association has
adopted a policy obtaining in other
associations, notably, the Guilford as
sociation, and while some of the
members of the Ashevllle asso
ciation were Skeptical of the result,
the majority believed that such a
move would attract much attention
to the annual show, especially among
children, who, in a few years will be
come chicken-raisers and more than
probably members of the association.
At any rate the association last night
decided to experiment with "Chil
dren's day" and A. I Stockton was
distributed through the medium of
the various principals of the schools
and the teachers of the grades, to the
white children of the public schools
that they may have an opportunity to
attend a chicken show free and pass
judgment on the many fine birds that
will be shown at the annual exhibition.
The free distribution of tickets will
include all the white children of the
public schools of Ashevllle, the young
ladies of the Normal and Collegiate
institute and the Home Industrial
school. These tickets of admission
will of course be good for only ono
day the first day which will be
Thursday and which the association
has decided to Set aside as "School
Children day.
Supt. Tlghe of th
ity schools, when
Informed this mo
g that the asso-
elation had voted
n the doors of
the show tu all-
hlte children of
the public schools, expressed his ap
preciation of the association's action
and extended his thanks to the as
sociation personally and on behalf of
the several thousand school children.
Mr. Tighe will distribute the tickets to
the various principals of the buildings
who in turn will give the tickets to
euch of the grade teachers for distri
bution among the children including
the klndergartner.'.. Mr. Tlghe said
that he believed that the association
had made a wise move In admitting
the school children and that he was
certain the inspection of 1000 to 1200
thoroughbred chickens by the child
ren would be In the nature of an ed
ucation The meeting of the poultry associa
tion last night was for the purpose of
attending to any and all business mat
ters before the show dates. It was
a well attended meeting and harmo
nious. The final vote for officers of
the North Carolina branch of the
American Poultry association was tak
en with the result that the Ashevllle
association cast its vote for J. S. Jeff
reys for president and Mrs. C. R
Campbell for secretary; Harry E. Cain,
who was at one time In the race for
secretary, withdrawing.
Following the vote for A. P. A. of
fleers the association gave considera
tion to the approaching 1910 show
which will be held In the basement of
the Klndtey company's store on South
Main street, known aa the Ashevllle
skating rink. Twelve floor managers
will be named by President Campbell
of the association for service during
a portion of the day and evening and
the other six to serve the remainder
of the time.
It Is expected that there will be on
exhibition when the show opens this
year between 1000 and 1200 thor
oughbred chickens and that the ahow
In every particular will be a crown
ing suocesn. The members of the as
sociation are all working to make the
show the "show of ths south" and
they believe that It will be a credit
not only to Ashevllle but to western
North Carolina.
The judge selected for the ahow this
year Is J. H. Drevenstedt of New
York, one of the most experienced
judges of poultry. The judging will
be by score card and every exhibitor
when the show ends will be ensbled
as a result of the score card judging
to tell exactly what defects. If any,
were found In his fowls.
The show will open Thursday
morning, December I, and will con
tinue through Thursday. Friday and
Saturday and open for the closing day
Monday. The ahow will oome to a
close Monday night and all birds on
exhibition must remain In the show
room until the closing of the ahow.
Opposition Meets Defeat.
Ottawa, Ont., Deo. 2. Opposition'
attack on naval program of the
Canadian government ended in defeat
at I o'clock this morning after a nine
days' debate.
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Vr-endling Has
Small Chance
Strong Evidence Against Man
Charged with Murdering 8
Year Old Girl.
Louisville, K, Dec. 2. "If I killed
the little irlrl no one saw me but Qod,
and He can't come down and testify."
With the testimony of Chief of De
tectives Carney of Louisville that Jo
seph Wendllng had made the fore
going statement Immediately after his
arrest In 8an Francisco, the prosecu
tion in the trial of Wendllng, who is
charged with having murdered eight
years c'd Alma Kellner, rested its
case yesterday. The words attributed
.o Wendllng by the Louisville officer
had pre iously been testified to by
Detei Uvj Sergeant Burke of San
Francisco, who assisted in the p-use-cut
ton of Wendllng. Testimony was
...-. given by Mrs. Cora Mui. n, a mil
liner of Hume, Mo., to whom Wend
llng paid court while sh . was visiting
relatives at Houston, Tex. The trial
made rapid progress yesterday but
the closing for the prosecution came
sooner than had been expected.
Joseph Wendllng was cross-examined
this morning. He appeared ner
vous and confused.
"Are these yours?" asked the pros
ecutor, holding up a bloody pair of
athletic trunks.
"They are" stammered Wendllng.
He declared he could not account for
the blood stains.
The trunks were found In the cel
lar where the Kellner child's body was
discovered.
TESTIMONY IS BEINC
TAKEN IN CRAGGY CASE
On Basis of Figures Shown to Master
the Company Cauld Pay out In
Five Years' Operation.
The hearing in the Craggy Lumber
company bankrupt matter was begun
this morning before Special Master
W. D. Turner in the United States
court room. The object of the hearing
Is to determine the value of the tim
ber the lands, plant, etc., and the
debts owed by the company. It will
take several days to complete the tes
timony Several witnesses were examined at
the meriting session but the chief wit
ness for the company which wishes to
have the plant operated by the court
wan W H. McMullen who was offered
as an expert lumberman. Mr. McMul
len said thit he was a committee of
the creditor who recently made an
examination the property. He
spent six daVs in the examination and
submitted a report which was intro
duced today showing that the compa
ny had cut over about 425 acres of the
9413 acres which is covered by a mort
gage of $87,000. The committee esti
mated the timber on the land to be
6S, 025, 000 feet; 46.000 poles, 75,760
cords cf acid wood, (,468 cords of tan
bark. The lire wood and cross ties
were not esMmated. The committee
estimated the total value of the land,
marketeble lumber, plont, acid wood
railroad, etc , at $424,741. The cost of
getting out the lumber was estimated
at $14.60 and the price which it would
probably average at $23 per thousand
feet The total gross profits for live
years operation was estimated at $340.
000. whilo the total Indebtedness of
the company is about $260,000. Flgur
Ing on this basis It was shewn that the
company at the end of five years' op
erations could pay of .t Indebtedness
and have tho whole plant free as well
as the landj.
Capt Edwards, who has charge of
the Bee Tree railroad, testified that
the cost of putting the road in good
order from Melton's bridge to Swan-
nanoa would be about $376; the rest
was In fairly good conditions for log
ging purposes.
It Is understood that during the
hearings the Coxe estate propose to
show thst the Craggy company has al
ready cut over more than 1000 acres
and that the balance will not measure
up to the estimates.
southern Adopts Goverfcunent't Plan
Montgomery, Dec. 2. Forecasting
big truffle losses If boll weevil revages
should get the upper hand the Houtn
erh railway haa adopted the United
States government's farm demonstra
tlon plan effective December on all
Southern and allied lines In Alabama
and Mississippi.
Julius French Dead.
Cleveland. Dec. 2 Jullu B.
French, aged 7$, of New York, a
member or th board of directors of
th American Locomotive company,
died today of stomach trouble.
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ATTORNEY ABEL
HASJXPLAIfiED
Telegram Incident at Raleigh Involving
a Prominent Attorney Is Satis
factorily Adjusted.
Gazette-News Bureau,
Chamber of Commerce Rooms,
Hollemoh Building,
December 2,
Ed. S. Abel, a prominent Johnston
county attorney, appeared In federal
court this morning and explained the
telegram incident of yesterday in
which Judge Connor directed Abel to
appear today and explain why he had
presented to the court a telegram
about his sick wife in order to get a
continuance of the case when no such
telegram came here. Abel said that
his daughter told him over the tele
phone the fact set out in the telegram
and that ho wrote the message on a
telegraph blank as it was the only
convenient paper he had, and that go
ing directly into the court room he
showed the written message to Judge
Connor and District Attorney Seawell
without any intention of deceiving
them as to the. message being a tele
gram. Judge Connor accepted the enplana
tion with the statement that there had
been no other Idea on his part but
that the message aa shown was a tel
egram. WIDOW OF CLOVER ON
THE WITNESS STAND
Attorneys for LeBlanc Girl, Charged
With Murder, Severely Cross-
Exam ined Widow.
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 2. When
the trial of Hattle LeBlanc, the girl
charged with murdering Clarence F.
Olover, was resumed the murdered
man'B widow waa Questioned by At
torney Johnson for the defense. The
widow was the same calm person that
faced the lawyer through the trial
yesterday. Considerable) time was
spent in goln gover her previous tes
timony in the murder case and con
test over Glover's will, but she clung
tenaciously to her previous testimony.
Mrs. Olover was followed on the wit
ness stand by one of her Intimate
friends, Mrs. George J. Freeman. Oh
the afternoon of teh shooting she ac
companied Mr. and Mrs. Glover and
Hattle In an automobile to a football
same. Mrs. Freeman returned to her
home and early that night heard of
the shooting. She went to the Glover
house, finding Mrs. Glover in evident
distress. Later word came over the
telephone that Glover was dead. Wit
ness said Mrs. Olover sat down on the
stairs, exclaiming:
"This is awful," and cried.
Mrs. Freeman said she and her
husband remained at the Olover
houso during the search made by the
police for Hattle LeBlanc. She never
saw a trace of the girl. The LeBlanc
girl was found under the bed in the
Glover house the night after Glover's
funeral.
METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH,
BEQUEATHED MONEY AND LAND
Six Hundred and Thirty Acres and
SI 0,000 Left by Dr. Simmons for
Superannuated Ministers.
San Antonla, Tev., Dec. 2 Six hun
dred and thirty acres of valuable
farm land In Oak county, Texas, and
$10,000 In cash, are left by the late
Dr. Charles F. Simons' will, to pro
vide homes for superannuated min
isters of the Methodist Eplscrpal
church, south.
Steamer North Western on Rocks.
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 2. The Alaska
Steamship company's steamship,
North Western, Is hard and fast on
rocks at Falx Bay, San Juan Island,
going on at almost high tide. Bhe
has thirteen feet water In forward
hold. May be total loss.
Defects WIU Be Remedied.
Washington, Dec. t. Defects in
the administration of the New Or
leans custom houses will be remedied
by the treasury department, aa a re
sult of criticisms by the Federal grand
Jury after Investigating importation of
laces and embroidery there.
Bishop Williams Dead.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 2. The Right
Raw. Chs .ning Moore Williams died
this morning in a private hospital,
following a two years' Illness. Dr.
Williams waa formerly an Episcopal
bishop of Japan. He was $2 years
old.
Never Owned
Life Says Mrs. Goldstein
Denver, Col.. Dec. I. Mr. David
Goldstein, a wealthy Junk dealer's
wife, Is probably the only woman In
the United States who goes on record
LI LOOSE ON
BOARD STEAMER
Breaks Cage on Deck of the Ber
kenfels on Way from Bombay
and Kills Sailor Dur
ing Storm.
"KING OF BEASTS" WHEN
WOUNDED LEAPS INTO SEA
Thrilling Experience of Officers and
Seamen in Mid-Ocean The Storm
Rages and Lion Roars
Several Men Hurt.
New York, Dec. 2. The horror of
an hour at sea, when in a storm that
beat their vessel until it seemed each
plunge must be her lost, a Hon broke
from its cage on deck, killed a seaman
and took charge until It was driven
Into the sea by a fusllade of revolver
bullets, still lived with the crew of a
German freight steamship, the Ber
kenfels, yesterday as the vessel lay
at Quarantine with her decks In order
and her spars and houses shining with
Moap and paint.
Her crew of Lascars shuddered and
crept away when they were ssked to
tell of it as though they could atill see
their shipmate crushed and dying and
could feel the ship leaping In the
storm and could hear the roaring of
the great beast.
It was Henry Petker. second officer,
who told the story.
The Hon, with another, its mate,
was taken aboard at Bombay. The
heavy oaken cage containing the an
imals was lashed in the after well at
the break of the poop, and in the fair
weather that favored the steamship
until two weeks ago neither Hon
showed signs of dissatisfaction with
its quarters. Although they had came
to maturity in the freedom of an East
Indian Jungle the beasts seemed docile
and contented and spent their time
sleeping In thir cag or playing like
two great kittens.
Tho vessel ran Into "dirt," as the
seamen say, when two hundred miles
south and west of Bermuda two weeks
ago and? the Hons became restive. Alt
of one temnestuouR dav thev rnartut
and yeirj?d from their prison, and nod
of the day found one of them cower
ing with fear in a corner of the cage
and the other hurling his great bod
at the wooden bars. The ship's car
penter sounded the cage fastening
and
reported all well, and Captain
Frederlch and his officers forgot the
lions as they humorei th!r veswel
through big seas.
Faces Gray with Pear.
Captain Frederlch's crew above
decks were all Lascars In charge of a
native lerang who did not spare his
driving, although the faces of his man
were gray with fear.
It was while Captain Frederlch was
clinging to the bridge apron and bawl
ing Into the forward well through a
trumpet that a group of the Lascars,
who wore securing a spare chain un
der the fore-castle head, suddenly
'dropped it and fled below aft as the
last man to vanish pointed In that
direction and saw a sight that shook
all hi seaman's courage. At the
break of the poop, its body quivering
with snarls, stood one of the Hons .
above the body of a native sailor. It
required only a glance to tell Mr.
Petker that the man was dead.
Day was waning and If the Hon
were not caught or killed before
darkness the likelihood of the vessel
riding out till morning with no sea
men to serve her decks was too slight
to merit a second thought Mr. Pat
ker and the first and third officers
dashed below and cam on deck with
their revolvers. They crawled aft
leaving Captain Frederlch and a sin
gle quartermaster on the bridge.
With their breath whistling in their
teeth the marksmen stationed them
selves behind ventilators and boats
and opened Are. In the falling light
the Hon stood like a thing of steel.
Its bared teeth Just vlslbl through
the half light. If It war killed It
must be killed where It stood.
It It were to leap down Ijnto th
well and night were to descend, with
It slinking In shsdows It would presets t
no mark at all. At a nod from his
two subordinates the first officer rais
ed his weapon. Even at that moment
discipline exerted Its silent habit
Shot Causes Angry Cry.
There were three shots In quick suc
cession, sounding like taps of a pencil
above the howling wind In the cord
age. Two shots went wild and an
angry cry came from th Hon as the
third shot ripped a toe from one of
hi forepaws. Three more shots war
fired by the secend officer, but the lion
still stood there, all three bullets hsY.
ing flown wild.
Th third officer raised bis pistol,
bnt a heavy lurch of the veaeel sent
him sprawling against a transom. Aa
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Hat in Her
as never having owned a hat Is a
maintenance suit against her hue,
band the woman testified that despite
her husband Is worth $114,000, ha
would not allow her to buy a hat