THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 1921.
EBBING TRAINS
ol,bcr Stands Poor Chance
Loot is Light.
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i"ity. Mo., Dec. 2. Robbing
,n trains is a dangerous and
: aiivo occupation, according
,u hnston. po.stofiice inspector
i.i rue of the Kansas City dis
johnston admits that regis-
viihl-ories have been in dis-
,,, -oocntly, but he insits that
11.. .VA Vi. ntiivlnnUif
quick that those who at
l.elieve exists.
, S jM I " uiiii'jtvix, iuc,y
n'kahlo opportunity to get
nt ti prison quick. Then
i,. rates that have overtaken
' ,-i inlits.
i.,t t killed or fent to prieon
run." he remarks, "and
,,i t such a very long run,
,,. mails, the veteran post
, nir says, probably will be
I, than ever since the Gov
i.. stationed marine guards
.lining- valuable mails, and
J,'. u'ts of "devil dogs" for
guards for rooms
; i- handled. The instruc
murines are very ex
, , mini's duty to know
In i.a'd to handle mail, and
rise to bundle it. It is
, Know who is permitted in
- , -where mail is handled
, one else there. It is
' r ise anyone attempts to
rob the mails, to take that person, dead
or alive, or be able to show a satisfac
tory reason why. And the reason needs
to be a good one.
"Under Secretary Denby's orders,"
says Mr. Johnston, "about the only rea
son that is considered' valid is that the
bandit has killed the marine first."
"There has been an epidemic ef mail
robberies recently," Mr. Johnston con
tinued. "I believe the reason is that a
lot of young fellows believe there is
easy money in large amounts to be had.
That is a mistake. Ordinarily the loot
obtained from registered sacks is not
easily negotiable, and the bandit, even
I if he gets away with it, gets a small
i proportion of the value of the loot."
GIRL NEGLECTED BY
PARENTS IS VERY ILL
Asheville, Dec. 2. Dolly Owenby, 16-year-old
girl who fell unconscious spv-
j oral days ago and lay exposed to fire
i some time before regaining conscious
ness, is in a critical condition, County
Welfare Officer A. AV. Rhymer said to
day. The girl was at her - home near
Azalea, when she became , unconscious
and fell into the fire. It is probably
that both legs will be amputated when
sho is brought to the Mission hospital
later In thf rlnv. llr- Urthiw ri "Wil.
i .son. countv henlth nfTioprv aai tl-io o-i i-l
' would hardly recover from the fatal
wounds in the form of charred flesh
and bone about the legs.
Parents of the girl were not recep
tive of the idea of the girl being tak
en to a hospital and a cure was being
sought, it is said, through prayer. An
order from John II. Cathey, clerk of
Superior Court, however, gave the wel
fare officer authoritv tn hrine- thf n-irt
J to the Mission hospital for treatment
in xu iiuu iu Kave ner 11.
C6Q tm MfflBlt"
THAT'S the order given to our buy-
ers-to "go the limit" in getting
style, in demanding quality, in buying
variety. Mr. A skin believes that
nothing short of the best is good enough
for customers of his stores.
THAT'S the order given to managers
to "go the limit" in attention to fitting,
in showing courtesy, in adjusting com
plaints, in granting charge account
privileges.
AND THAT'S the policy that is in
creasing our list of satisfied customers
by the thousands. Everybody in our
organization must "go the limit" in
making good. It's our orders.
YOU TOO are cordially invited to
open a
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Women s Dept.
COATS Up to the minute in
6tyle and quality and
PRICED AS LOW AS
$22.00
SUITS Beautiful suits in
every popular fabric and color.
DOWN TO
$22.00
DRESSES A lovely display
of the . softest, prettiest ma
terials and shades.
DOWN TO
$17.98
ivlen's Dept.
OVERCOATS All we can
say here is that our stock in
cludes everything that is right
and
AT PRICES AS LOW AS
$37.50
SUITS-Su perbly tailored
suits of all wool fabrics and
all the seasons colors.
DOWN AS LOW A3
$25.00
42 EAST TRADE STREET
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FRED BEAUVAIS
AIDING DEFENSE
Submits 30 Affidavits and
Several Photographs to
Defense Attorneys.
Montreal, Pec. 2. Fred Beauvais.
Indian guide, . charged by James A. j
Stillman, millionaire New York bank-;
er, with the paternity of Baby Guy !
Stillman and" named as co-rsspondent
in his divorce action against Mrs. Anne
U. Stillman, yesterday submitted 30
affidavits and several photographs to
Mrs. stillman s attorney to aid in her
defense.
The Indian conferred with John F.
Brennan, chief counsel for Mrs. Still
man, and John E. Mack, guardian-at- j
law for the child, who came here . to
arrange for the taking of depositions
concerning incidents which occurred
in the Stillman Canadian lodge and
on which part of the plaintiff's case is
based.
The information gathered bv the
guide was reported by defendant's
counsel to be a refutation of a large
part or tne testimony of witnesses call
ed by the banker's lawyers from Grand
Anse, Quebec where the Stillman
Summer home is located. Most of the
30 affidavits Beauvais obtained were
from persons in Grand Anse, who were
intimately acquainted with Mrs. Still
man and her children. The photo
graphs were of the Stillman lodge.
the affidavits and the photographs,
the attorney for Mrs. Stillman said,
contradict sworn statements of Harry
Grennan, painter, and Ferdinand
Page, carpenter, that, while working
on a scaffold outside the house in
July, 1919, they saw Beauvais in Mrs.
Stillman's room.
Witnesses located by the guide, who
will also be called to testify before the
special commission, not yet appointed,
will swear the defense claimed that
there was no scaffolding on. the Still
man home during the time specified by
Grennan and Page. Beauvais declined
to discuss the case with newspaper
men. He asserted, however, that he
would go anywhere in Canada, if need
be, to get witnesses that might aid
Mrs. Stillman's defense.
MONUMENT TO MAN
WHO IN VENTED MASKS I
BY CIIAS. McCANN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
London, Dec. 2. A simple memorial
has been unveiled here to the man who,
next to the Kaiser, was cursed during
the war by millions of sweating sol
diers than any other man in Europe
and whom millions more, gasping in a
cloud of poison gas, have had cause to
bless.
The memorial, unveiled in the exami
nation hall of the Pharmaceutical So
ciety, is to Lieut-Colonel E. F. Harri
son, inventor of the box respirator" or
gas mask of which over 20,000,000 were
manufactured for British and American
soldiers, and which almost any soldier
who has seen active service will say
saved his life.
At the outbreak of the war Lieut-
Colonel Harrison was a civilian, a dis
tinguished chemist with three degrees.
He made several unsuccessful attempts
to enlist, but in 1915, at the age pf 47,
managed to get into the Sportsmen's
Battalion as a private. His entrance
into the army synchronized with the
first German gas attack at Tpres, and
he was immediately transferred to the
special branch of the Royal Engineers.
He quickly became a leader among the I
band of chemists who made up the anti- j
gas department.
After many experiments ho perfected
the box-respirator, rendering the wear
er immune from fumes of any known
poison gas. He received rapid promo- J
tion, and finally became Controller of I
Chemical Warfare. He died in Novem
ber, 1918, just at armistice time, from
pneumonia, aggravated by exposure to
gas during the course of his experi
ments. Shortly before his death he
learned he was to be promoted to the I
rank of Brigadier-General and that he
had been awarded the Legion of Honor.
DAVIDSON PLANNING
BUILDING CAMPAIGN
Davidson, Dec. 2. Following the fire
of November 28 in which the large
Chambers building on the campus of
Davidson College was destroyed, the I
executive committee of the board of
trustees met on the 30th. It was de
cided to do four things:
First: To contract at once for the I
building of a large dormitory to house I
about 115 students, plans for which
have been on hand for a year or two.
Bids on this building will be called for j
at once, as plans and specifications
have already been prepared.
Second:. To prepare plans for and to
erect at once a central heating plant.
Third: To secure through experts 1
advice and plans for replacing the
Chambers building.
Fourth: - To start a campaign for I
funds for these purposes and to add j
enouglj other buildings and sufficient
endowment to adequately care for the
number of students now on the
grounds. "
The college deeply appreciates the
many kind notes of sympathy and of
fers of help which have already been
raroivc-rl Tt is rnimt.ine- confidentlv
on rapidly securing sufficient funds to
do all that is needed make Davidson a
much better institution than it ever
has been.
CREDITORS OF PONZI
MAY GET 25 PER CENT
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Boston, Dec. 2. The trustees of
Charles Ponzi, having brought togeth
er the available assets of his defunct
quick rich scheme, announced yester
day their intention to pay a dividend
of 10 per cent to his many creditors
for the Christmas holidays. J. A. Low
ell, one of the trustees indicated that
creditors whose claims run into mil
lions, might reasonably hope to get
back 25 per cent of what they paid in
by the time final settlement has been
made.
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