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yOL. 25. No. 253
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Murder ' Planter
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Militia Machine Gunners, Arriving Dur-
ing Night, Surround Prisoner When Sen
tence is PaseqV-Jury Deliberated Brief
f Timer Judge Calvert Warns Spectators
Demonstration Will Not Be Tolerated
, March 9 Date Set fpr ExecutionGood
T Order of Crowds Calls Forth Commend
ation From Court, But Authorities Take
No Chances With Possibility of Flare
: Up of Violence
"James Miller, stand up and hold up your right hand.
"The jury has just returned a verdict of guilty of first de
gree murder against you for the killing of John Sutton, on
Friday night, September 29, 1922. Is there any reason why the
court should not pronounce sentence upon you?"
"Judge, if I ever told the truth in my life, I told it when I
taid I killed that man because he jumped on my wagon and
grabbed me," answered the prisoner.
In pronouncing sentence, Judge Calvert said :
"The Sheriff bf Lenoir County, who has the prisoner in
custody, will forthwith transport and deliver you, James Mill
er, to the warden of the State penitentiary at Raleigh, who
trill, on Friday, March 9th, cause to pass through your body a
current of electricty of sufficient force and voltage to cause
your death, and to continue until you are dead. The prisoner
is in your custody, Mr. Sheriff."
This was the substance of Judge Calvert's words in sentenc
ing James Miller to the death chair at Raleigh as the penalty
for the murder of John Sutton, well-known farmer of Lenoir
County. :.
When Superior Court convened
Friday morning Judge Calvert de
livered his charge to the jury, and
me case was delivered to them at
9:52. In his analysis of the evidence
and explanation of the law, I Jud ge
c'ulvert instructed the jury that they
fimld return eiher one of four ver
dicts: Guilty of murder in the first
degree, murder in tiis second degree,
manslaughter, or not guilty. An
.neemcnt came from the jury room
at 10:14 that the jury ha dagreed
and was ready to present its ver
dict to the court. This was just af
ter the beginning of the' hearing of
the case against Bert Jones, color
ed, charged with illicit distilling and
with sheltering and harboring Jim
Miller following his killing of John
Sutton on the night of September
29 last. Hearing of this case was
temporarily suspended.
Judge Calvert ordered the aisles
cleared, and notified the spectators
that the court would riot tolerate
any outward approval or disapproval
of the jury's verdict when returned.
He commended the crowds of Thurs
day for their orderly demeanor, and
expressed the hope that the same
spirit of order Would prevail at the
conclusion of the case.
Under command of Captaitr Mich
aux, a detachment of thf Goldsboro
machine gun company filed into the
court-room and formed a cordon
around the bar.
Abyssmal silence permeated every
Jioc' of the cou'HUroom when the
Judge announced that the court was
ready to receive the verdict. The
jurors filed into their box siolem
visagcd and pale, markedly conscious
of the tremendous responsibility and
solemnity of Wie duty they had per
formed as citizens of the Common
wtalth. Each man's countenance
was stern and set, and radiated no
Rood cheer to the close and tense
scrutiny of the prisoner's gaze. The
jury, was poled as to each man's
decision in reaching the vsrdict, and
in reapo.ise to the call of Clerk' Jesse
1. Heath, eacbm an firmly announced
Guilty of murder in the first de
gree." Not a sound or move from the
yast throng of spectators. A whis
Per could have been heard at a dis
iKeL moment was solemn,
the hour had come when a man a
creature of God with hops of his
foul's salvation should answer to
I he people of th is Commonwealth
his life, his libety and all that
fie hold dear and sacred, for unjustly
taking the life of a fellow-man in
violation of man's law and the di
ti11eIow of 00(1 that "Thou s"lt not
Shortly after the court had pro
nounced sentence upon the prisoner
, j Sy Jonn D"1011- counsel for
we defense, announced that an ar
Peal would bj taken to the Supreme
J-ourt In behalf of the prisoner as a
Taupe without bond, and tfhat h
jouid wile the necessary papers
daring the da v.
, Jny of .th spectators left the
court-room immediately after sen
tence wag pronounced. The trial had
n conducted on a high and digni
wed plane, and members of the bar
iI! unammus in their commenda
;VL0f Jud?e Calvert's methods of
trw&;i.At nt tim durin th
event. Xte bMn ""toward
vlu nd.tne general spirit pre-
Dinfdunn?Jthe trial was of
S confidence that the jury of
autT oU crtins M do their
rSt?Mly, and impartially
tkSZ' At tlme torirr the trial
m .Court-house, and ex-
2JTvZiv the W there
? orderly or
h?rl . JT??,0 P60 at trial
aer.a mans life was at stake. ,,,
Miller ...Will Die
Stolid, cold unimpressionable and
indifferent to any memory of the
tragic event of bloodshed and- mur
der revived during the trial and
which Ud to his capture and con
finement, Jim Miller sat through the
trial Thursday reserved and sullen,
exhibiting no signs of emotion or re
morse for taking th life of a man
ho "had many times been his friend.
Throughout the proceeding, which
each link of evidence drew him
nearer to the day when ha must for
feit his life or his liberty to the
State as a penalty for taking the
life of a citizen, to man charged
with the killing of John Sutton on
a Friday night in last September
remained absolutely unmoved and in
different to the fate that but f aw
men' doubted would be meted out to
Y.'m when the . 12 men selected to
sit in judgment upon his guilt or
innoncence emerged from the sacred
precincts of the jury-room with a
verdict of murder in the first de
gree. While Judge Calvert was
m-onouncing sentence Miller tremb
'inglv interacted: "Judge, if I ever
M i'he truth in my life, I killed
Mr. Suttn because I had to; he
urci on ,mv watron and grabbed
men" At this point the judge con
tinued. If Miller sensed the fate
that was to be his during tiic trial
he manifested no outward evidence
of his feelings until sentencj was
being pronounced upon him. Ho held
himself together with reserve until
sentence had been passed, when he
showed some signs of nervousness.
Many in toe court-room expressed
doubts as to whether he possessed
u full and complete realization of
tin enormity of his crime and its
nmiphment.
The prisoner remained in court
after the conclusion of the trial, and
vas" used as a witness1, -in the case
f'nst -'Bart- Jones.. " ,
The first wStness to take the stand
for the State in the Miller case Thurs
day afternoon was 'Shade Aldrulge, a
farmer, residing between Kmston and
Pink Hill. On direct examination it
developed that while driving bis team
westward on the Pink Hill Highway
on the night of -Friday, September
29, he caw a wagon coming toward
Kinston with two occupants, whom
he found later to toe John Sutton, the
murdered man. and Jim Miller. Al
dridge stated that he heard three pis
tol shots end saw the flare in the
approaching wagon, and saw one ot,
the men fall from the wagon. as the
driver UTged hrh horse into a trot.
He declared Ithat he could tell that the
driver was a negro, but at that time
could not identify him. The wagon
passed him at a trot toward Kinston,
he said, and be immediately approach
ed .the prostrate form in the road and
learned that it was John Sutton, mor
tally wounded and dying. No weapon
was found on the oody, he declared.
Troy Sutton, who was riding with A 1
dridge, practically substantiated his
evidence. ,
When ailed to the witness stand
Walter Sutton started that he was in
the automobile with John Sutton when
swtrch was being made for the man
who had stolen corn and hay from his
farm. When they accosted Jim Mill
er, who was driving one-horse wag
om with a lot of whiskey and some
com, covered with straw, the negro
denied that he had stolen' anything
from John Sutton, who examined the
contents of the wagon, Walter stat
ed that he drove his car toward Kins
ton to get an office of the law, while
John Sutton mounted the wgros
wagon and . informed hrm that he
would he turned over to the police
When be .returned with the officer
h (found Sutton lyitfg in the road
dead, and Jim Miller gone.
Saw Pistol Flash. ,
C. T. Savage, who lives on the Pin
(Continued on page six) ,
for
Sutton
BIG ROAD BILL IS
PUT THROUGH HOUSE
Everett Warns That State
is Not Being Considered
So Much as Districts.
Republicans Vote' for
Measure 15 Millions
(Special Capital Correspondence)
Raleigh, Jan. 26. By 85 to 9 the
road bill passed the lower House this
afternoon with an appropriation of
$15,000,000 and increasing the gaso
line tax from one to htree cents, ibv
erett of .Durham made a strone
speech heartily supporting Mis bill,
but warning the State that .it is de
generating into a district rather than
a state system. He said the State
must make up its imind to complete
the work and that the cost will be
near 200 millions. Conner of Wilson
i declared the Highway Commission
had done its ibest and the fact that
every section felt discrimination
against it was but proof that all got
ths most possible.
Cowles of Wilkes and Coffey of
Watauga, Republicans, repudiated
Owen of Sampson as spokesman for
the minority sentiment, each declar
inv t.hp Rptoifolifjin Pnrtv n .mover nf
good roads sentiment, even the author
'and finisher so far as it could be.
Owen said he was not unfavorable
to the hill .but that he did think Samp
son got Imighty little, and his people
expected more. Quickel of . Lincoln
Jed the fight against the bill and
sought an amendment by affecting
redistribution and allocation.
' Burgwyn of Northampton asked an
additional million for the first dis
trict. .
Shipping Bill Goes
to Appropriations .
Committee in Senate
(SoeHal Canital Corresnond'ence.) '
' Raleigh, Jan. 25. The Senate
fight today rtver Governor Mor
rison's steamship bill took the final
turn of going to the Appropriations
Committee after Senator Giles,
leading the opposition, had made a
motion appointing a subcommittee
to confer further with the governor
as to amendments. A roll call vote
defeated Giles' proposal after sharp
debate by 14 to 29. No vote was
taken on the proposal to refer the
bill to the Appropriations Commit
tee. It therefore left the upper
body without any test vote as to
strength of the bill in the Senate.
In the House adjournment was tak
en 15 minutes after opening to al
low many members who are uni
versity trustees to attend the meet
ing today relative to the proposed
medical school. Charlotte sent a
big delegation here with an offer
of $750,000 worth of land and an
annual appropriation of $50,000,
which is equal to an endowment of
one million, and one big building.
Newspapermen were excluded from
the hearing, and what other offers
were made had not been given to
the public at 2 o'clock this after
noon.; The North Carolina Bar As
sociation Executive Committee,
meeting here today, chose Blowing
Rock for the convention city this
year and July 5 as the opening date
for the association. .
BURGLARS MAKE LIFE
MISERABLE FOR DREYFUS.
New Cork, Jan. 25. Leo Dreyfus,
Second Avenue drug store proprie
tor, has a continued and long-standing
tournament on with the frater
nity of burglar. Burglar alarm
wience has done its best for Mr.
Drevfus. vet 24 times in 20 years
has his store been entered and clean
ed of nearly everything easily turn
ed into cash. In the last two and
one-half months, the robbers have
made five visits and stolen $4,000
worth of merchandise. After each
burglarv, some new burglar alarm
is -added, but when the theieves re
turn, thev seem to '.have learned all
about it 'and just, how to evade it.
Missing Ships of SJav .
Refugee Fleet Are All
Finally Accounted For
(By the United Press.)
Manila, Jan. 25. The seven miss
ing" ships of Admiral Stark s Rus
sian refugee fleet from Vladivostok
were accounted for today in advic
es reaching here. Three i of the sev
en vessels which failed to arrive
Saturday when five sister ships
reached Linguayan Gulf. 100 miles
from here, put in at the Island of
Formosa. The other four were re
ported delayed but safe and en
route. .
.' Wateford, Ireland, Jan. 25.
Two more Irish insurgent were
executed today for tarrying aims. '
SENATORS BELIEVE
AMERICA SHOULD BE
HELPFUL IN EUROPE
International Situation
Coming: to Front Again
in Congress War May
Come . Out of Present
Mixup in Germany
(By the United Pres.)
Washington, Jan. 26. The Senate
on the eve of another wide open dis
cussion of international relations.
'Definite expression of senatorial
opinion that this government ought
to no longer remain aloof seems cer
tain to be forthcoming.
Many -of iboth parties believe the
Franco-German situation should hot
be permitted to develop to its "log
ical conclusion." That conclusion,
many senators fear, will be war, or if
not that, accentuation of the present
world tunmoil which will further de
press American markets and curtail
American industry immensely.
Begin Investigation
Into Explosion That
Accompanied Big Fire
(By the United Press)
Augusta, Ga., Jam. 25. Investiga
tion into a blaze which gutted the
hew Harrison Building on a downtown
comer yesterday, with a. loss of ap
proximately $8o,000, was begun to
day. Fire department officials will
seek to determine the cause of a ter
rific explosion wweh occurred a few
mutes after the fire was discovered.
The blast shook buildings and Tattled
window panea for 'blocks. Several
f iremen were overcome by smoke and
two injured by tailing glass.
Fire at New Orleans. -
;New Orleans, Jan. 25. Fire prac
tically gutted the Tulane University
Endowment Fund Building in the
heart of the business district here
today, kroling damage estimated at
$100,000. Several adjoinArar stores
suffered losses. 'Shortly ftoer the
fire was discovered in the building,
which was vacant, three explosions
occurred, tearing the roof and blow
ing gaping holes in the sides of near
by structures. 'Two firemen and one
curiiian were hurt in a crash of deb
ris following the explosions.
Rfoyie Man Lauds and
Makes Promises; New
Films Will Be Better
(By the United Press.
Los Angeles, Jan. 26. The watch
word of -the movies for 1923 will be
"Conscience,'' according to Guy
Bates Post, of "The Masquerader"
ana -iraiar uie rentmaicer fame.
"There is every prospect and indi
cation of fulfillment of the hope
that the motion picture industry is
approaching its highest, greatest and
best phases of its mission for edu
cation, enlighenment and education
of people all over the world," Post
declared.
"The roision of the movies is to
live up to its great influence and
lHrfre scone of activity in modern
civilization. In the portrayal of
human interests, passions and ideals
the motion picture wields a power
that is so far reaching that its vast
force cannot be overestimated."
Post declared that the quality of
pictures for release (luring 1D23 will
he even excrUd by those being made
this year. The pictures are high in
artistry ami construction, and ele
vated in tone and subject matter, he
says.
Hijackers Hold Up a
Train and Take Big
Quantity of Alcohol
Peoria, 111., Jan. 25. "Hijackers"
hoild up a Chicago & Rock Island
train near Tishilwa, Illinois, today
and rolled off a hundred barrels of
alcohol worth $12,000, consigned from
Chicago to Kansas City. The train
crew wais held in the caboose.
Man Buried Alive by
Falling Wall; Narrow
Escapes for Many More
; (Special to The Free Press.) .
Lawrence, Kas., Jan. 25. One man
was buried alive and scores of others
narrowily escaped the same fate when
a basement wall at the International
Paper Mill here collapsed today. The
body of Peter Ferelli was. recovered.
Police and firemen are searching the
debris for other .possible victims.
Slayer of Family of
Five Will Pay With i
Life Electric Chair
(By the United Press.)
Elour.tsville, Tenn., Jan. 26. A ver
dict of guilty of murder m the first
degree was returned today by a cir
cuit court iury against Bern Burch
field. Burchfield was charged with
havirtig killed the other five members
of his family with an axe on Novem
ber 26. The verdict carries with it
sentence in the electric chain
Ruhr Seethes With Opposition
to French; Rioting at Various
Points; British May -Quit Zone
(By the United Press.)
Essen, Jan. 26. France today
ordered her steel ring around the
Ruhr hermetically sealed as pun
ishment for outbreaks of violence
against French troops of the occu
pied sone yesterday and last night.
. No fuel whatever will be permit
ted to pass from the mines to Ger
man sources outside, according to
French reports. '
Simultaneously with this report
ed restriction French guns, tanks
and machine guns struck a warlike
attitude about Essen and ' Dussel
dorff, cities whose people showed
signs of physical resistance to the
invasion.
From passive sabotage the Ruhr
turned Thursday to petty violence
scarcely restrained. French cavalry
Unguarded Talk Played
Part in Calling State
Militia to Court-House
Authorities today believed the call
for troops to guard Jim Miller, Fri
day convicted of the murder of John
Sutton, was justified. Feeling against
the negro slayer nad oeen strong from
the night of the crilme, September 29,
1S22. The crowds attendiiwr the trial
Thursday and Friday were orderly,
and it was possible that a second de
gree verdlict wight have been accept
ed without a demonstration.
There had been considerable ".talk,"
however. Same officials blamed the
public for the troops' aDnearance be
cause of the glibness of tongue of
many individuals, the jailer was ill
and ithe force of deputy sheriffs on
h-vnd was insufficient to cope with
any determined efifort to do violence.
It was entirely possible that "nothine
would have happened" had the jury
Kparea uie prisoner a 'iiie, but tine
authorities were unwilling to take
chances. .
The soldiers attracted comparative
ly little attention. They numlbered
20, including two officers. The de
tachment was armed with ruachiine
guns, an automatic rifle and rifles
nd small arms. The soldiers loung
ed in the sheriffs office, and broke
up the business of collecting taxes.
Long-Haired Youths .
Are Barred by Joyce
From Part in Sports
Lynn, Mass., Jan. 26. Long,' wavy
locks, such as worn by the so-called
"he-flapper" of modern days, do not
appeal to Coach William Joyce of the
in Classical. High School.
During a lecture on athletics Joyce
let it be known tha unless candi
dates fo rtrack, basketball, baseball
and football teams . had uheir hair
close, they would not be con
sidered. As a result nine youths were re
ported to have lost no time in get
n'i to the nearest barber shop to
have their hair cut "as BE1 said it
hould be." ,
COUE REFUSES TO BE
MOVING PICTURE ACTOR.
New Fork, Jan. 25. After care
fully considering all the offers made
to Aim by motion picture producers
to film stories concerning his life,
his work and! his message, M. Emile
Coue and his advistrs in New York
yesterday announced that they had
selected a sinupOe two-reel education
al story, written by Elmore Leffing
well. M. Coue rejected all cenarios
that- were basjd on fiction or ro
mance and in which he was invited
n iipnear as an actor and which
offered large financial 'benefits to
rhim personally. He approved the
educational scriut, which merely il
lustrates the outstanding points of
his theory as set forth in his lec-
" "os and his personal appeurance in
this film is limited1 to an explanation
of his beliefs. . .
Great Fire Loss in
Two Chicago Blazes;
Explosions Mark One
Chicago, Jan. 26. Fires in the
American Linseed Oil plant and an
unoccupied five-story building yester
day caused more than $4,000,000. Six
ty fire companies were called out to
ftght the blazes, which broke out
simultaneously. The fire in the oil
plant started in the roof of one of the
buildings. Employees were forced to
flee for their lives. Terrific explos
ions rocked the district as tanks con
taining oil ignited.
AMERICAN FILMS CROWDING OUT
THOSE OF BRITISH MANUFACTURE
By DAVID BLUMENFELI)
(Written for the United Press.)
London. Jan. 28. The British film
on the showing of tine past year has
been condemned, prominent movie
proprietors here admit.
' The trouble with the British film,
they said, was: First of all, its lack
of proper scenario direction; second,
tne type oi play chosen generally
a sloppy, sentimental early Victorian
drama; third,' dearth of good British
i.am actors; lourth, : poorly written
sub-titles, and lastly, bad atmos-
pane conditions, coupled with lack
of. knowledge of how to hold the
interest in a film, however dull., i
It you ell the average Englishman
that British films are "punk," . he
will argue with you. Just teh same,
it is 10 to one that tie will go to
was forced to charge a crowd at Dus
seldorff and two Germans were
trampled. In Essen last night a suc
cessions of rows occurred between ov
erheated citizens and French patrols.
'Stones were hurled and bloodshed
everted only by the restraint of the
troops.
Uproar at Coblenz.
lOoblens, Jan. 26. Less than 24
hours aflter the Yanks had departed
Coiblens was in an uproar. The pop
ulace, overwhelming the local police,
held two violent demonstrations
'against rumored separation from Ger
mwwiy and formation of a Rhineland
republic. A mob wrecked the offices
of the newspaper . "Rhmelander,"
which supported the republic idea, a
French plan.
Women 'Cu Cluxers
Will Clean Up West
if Officials Don't
(By the United Press.)
Oklahoma City, Jan.. 26. The
Ladies' Cu Clux Vlan" today an
nounced that new raids on boot
leggers' dens will be staged in an
effort to clean up vice conditions in
the Southwest.
The raids will be carried out in
the afternoons, so members of the
clan can return home "in time to
put dinner on," they said.
"They are insistent that the work
f purifying the country is theirs,
and should be done by them if the
authorities are unable to cope with
the situation," F. C. Barefield.
"grand miser" of the Oklahoma di
vision, aaid.
Society Shuns Bright
Colors; Fashions as
Seen at Metropolitan
By HEDDA HOYT
( Unit H Press Fashion Editor.)
New York, N. Y., Jan. 26. The
Horseshoe River of the Metropolitan
Opera this season still elitters forth
in tones of red and green. This
year's shades, however, are mere
fade-outs of the brighter reds and
ii Teens of last season. '
Pinks range from flesh tones to
an-mts and corals, but never verge
an the brilliant red of last year, and
: are of the soft bottle vertt
and dull jade variety, rather than of
emerald and kelly green. White
vstaled gowns are scattered here
and tnere and there is an occasional
gold gown, but these are entirely ob
literated by the preponderance of
g.reens and pinks. , .
The evening gowns remain sleeve
less, with rounoing armholes, and
necklines are slightly lower than
they were last season. ' Bodices are
cut simply and are long-waisted and
skirts are of the clinging type rather
than bouffant.
Kansas Wheat Crop is
Threatened Again by
Drought; Rain Needed
(By the United Press.)
Kansas City, Jan. 26. Rain or
snow today meant a hundred mil
lion dollars to farmers of Western
Kansas. Allen Logan, grain ex
pert, declared that for a second suc
cessive year drought was threaten
ing failure of nearly three million
acres in the district, which normal
ly is one of the most productive in
the country. Only rain or snow in
the next few weeks will save the
situation, Ixigan said.
Inspected Gas Car
With Torch; Blast
Kills, Missouri Man
(By the United Press.)
Kansas City, Jan. 26. J. Ilolbronk
was killed when a car of .gasoline ex
ploded. The explosion ignited five
other freight cars, which were des
troyed. The damage was estimated
at $10,000. Brooks was inspecting the
car ot gasoline with a lighted torch
when tlte vapor iirnited and the blast
followed.
Heavy Fire Damage.
Fayetteville, Jan. 26. -Merest fires
ir.Hamett County have ravaged 15
square miles and caused $60,000 dam
age. v V .
the movie which provides American
films, for the simple reason that
they are far the best.
English films never show "pep."
Thev are too slow. There is not
sufficient action and everybody
moves about 100 per cent, more slug
'gishly than they do in the films of
American and first class' continental
make. .-,' .
"The reason for this slowness," a
prominent actor of the speaking
? tage told me, "lie in the fact that
the British movie is modelled- too
much, on the stage play. While a
tea party portrayed on the legitimate
stage may be interesting and funny
if the dialogue is good, a long drawn
out tea scene on the movie, with
speechless actors, is a very dull af
fair" 1 '
BASTROP WILL BE
GOOD TOWN AMY
GET BACK NORMALCY
Sheriff Will Jail First Citi
zen Starting Anything
Klans Heads at Chicago
to Fight Order Ousting
Ku Klux Job-Holders
(By the United Press.)
Bastrom. Jan. 26. The "hush after
the battle" held Bastron today efter
weeks of probing into the masked out-
rapes by the open court neanng, in
which the hirfi witch of passions in
this section was revealed by startling
testimony from the witness stand.
Where swarms or court spectators
and newsDaiDenmen crowded a few
days ago, only scattered groups of
men stood around the square inis
imorning, discussing in hushed tones
the 'State's charge that the Ku juux
Klan was responsible for the outrag
es which culminated in the dearths of
Richards and Daniel. "Let's get back
to normal," keynote sounded by Judze
Fred. M. Odom, was accepted t its
race value.
Sheriff Fred Carpenters announce
ment that the firat mar who starts
anything will see the . inside of the
parish jail" was heeded on all sides. '
Glux Heads at Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 26. High offieiaw or
the Ku Klux Klan are in Chicago to
fight the order by the council that
an city employes wno are nvemoens
of the Invisible Emnire must be dis
charged, A council committee inves
tigating the klan today asked the im
perial oiticers to appear and present
their case, but whether or not thev
would accept the invitation could not
be learned. Evans, imperial wizard,
headed the delegation.
One eYe and a Job; v
Damages But oN Job;
Jap Withdrew Claim
(By the United Press.) '
Tolcio, Jan. 26. Tomekichi Kimu
ra had one eye and a good iob.. He
worlced for a contractor in Osaka.
One day he had a ight with his boss,
who hit him in the rood eye and put
it put. Tomekkhi had neither eyes ,
nor job but excellent ground fpr law- '
suit, so he filed an action for. heavy
damages.' ' . -" " '' ' ' 1
; Before the suit came to trial the
sight returned to . the eye that .had
first been blind. Tomekichi was
told by expers that the. wallop in
the eecond eye, although destroying
its sight, had caused sight to re
turn to the first opic. .
Tomekichi looked around, 'and low
ed that everything considered he was
in just as good Shape as ho had
sver been.
"I want to withdraw my suit," he
told the tiourt. . r
The judge told faun he could cer
tainly recover large damages and
have his employer sent to prison, as
he offense was without mitigattng
ireu instances.
"Before this thing happened," nifi
Tomekichi, "I had one eye and a
nod job. Now I have one eye again.
If I drop this suit I will have my
sld good job, too. If my bass pays
me big damages and goes to jail, ho
cannot give me back mv good job.
I want to drop my suit."
. So it was dismissed.
Rat Yirusses Costly .
and Unreliable for,;
Most Part, Learned
(By the United Press)
... Washington, Jan. 26. Special in
vestigations regarding the effective
ness of the various rat virsuses on
the market were recently made by
the. Biological Survey of the United
States Department of Agriculture, in
cooperation with the experiment
station of the North Dakota Agri
cultural College and the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the department.
All the results obtained in connec
tion with these investigations arid a
aige percentage of reports from
isers of these products throughout
the country indicate that such viruses
are generally unreliable, and at their
best the. cost is out of all proportion
tQ the destruction of rats .that may
be accomplished by . their use. A
survey made during the year of con
litions of rati nfestation in 27 states
east of the Mississippi River show,
ed that rats and their depredations
were a problem common to all. The
blem is equally serious in west
ern states. Many local campaigns
have ' been waged - against rat '
throughout the country, and the bu
reau nas responded to innumberable
requests for information, for practi-
r otans of organization and: lor ef
fective methods of combating thesa
animals in concerted community ef
forts. Prohibition Bureau , . .
Says Legation (Jefo,,,,
Unreasonable Supply
- j "' WH II m ( ; "Wr"" ' , -f '''
(By the United Press) .
Washington, Jan. 25. .The Prohi
bition Bureau has protested the
Treasury Department against alleged 1
importations of liquor by one legation
it was learned at the Treasury JDf
paTtirrent today. The bureau is said
to bave pointed out .the magnitude of
the legation's liquor orders and tha
amall s use, of its staff,
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