Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1918 — “13” IN ACTS OF PRESIDENT [ARTICLE]

“13” IN ACTS OF PRESIDENT

Unlucky Number Plays an Important Part in Transactions of Chief Executive, Washington. —Another reason has been discovered for the eerie air of mystery that always cloaks the number 13. In the latest report of the attorney general concerning pardons granted federal prisoners by the president the fateful figures predominate. For ■lnstance. 94 persons were granted permission, upon serving their sentences, to enjoy civil rights again. The combination of 9 and 4 makes 13. The president also restored the rights of citizenship to 13 deserters from the army and navy. The total number of pardon, applications granted by him was 328, and these numbers if taken separately and added combine into the old and gloomy 13. Now then. If one still has doubts concerning the fatalistic features of the number. It might be added that the president denied 31' applications. Reverse that—and what have you?