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Great Excitement, But the Goat Was Serene WASHINGTON Thid is about a lawyer and a goat. Not the lawyer's goat, but a rpal Hilly that belonged to a boy. All the lawyer had to do with It was to tell what happened to show the serenity of a goat when nubjected to excitement. And as a serene goat

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- street. And he wouldn't budge. The conveyance to which he was hitched a box on wheels, 1914 model was crowded with sections of six small boys-whose legs were dangling outtide. They urged and beseeched, cajoled, threatened and whacked, but the goat calmly chewed his gum and stayed put. Tn re s never any telling what goes on under the horns of a billy goat in the brains we don't concede him. I'erUaps he had a hunch that his one best way to get rid of hauling six boys was to refuse to haul one. So he stood and stood and stood, until The composite banker, broker, corporation lawyer and early bird capitalist canned in his nifty machine had blocked the asphalt, and the street was fringed with mere everyday humans, who will have to walk until they acquire wings. No reference whatever to airships. Then a blue cloth guardian of the law breezed into the foreground and Cot his goat.

Call Him the Story Teller in Chief to the House ONE funny story in one ten minute speech, by all tradition, unwritten rules and precedent of the house of representatives, is amply sufficient. But tnce thi administration has set its face against following precedent, Tom Heflin. r preservative from Alabama

and story teller in chief to the house, has started out loyally to upset tradition. He has taken to telling two stories instead of one in the time mentioned. Here are two samples Mr. Hefiifl recently interjected into debate: "A fellow had lost an eye, and he Raid to the surgeon, 'Doc, I have just naturally got to have another eye, and I don't want any glass eye. I want a

flesh eye-' The doctor replied, 'I can Put a cat's eye In for you.' The man said. 'All right, just so I can see with it.' "So the surgeon very skilfully transplanted the cat's eye in the place of the one the man had lost. In about three months the surgeon saw his patent and said. 'Bill, how is your eye?' Hill replied. Well, Doc, it is all right, I guess. The only objection I have got to the darned thing is that it is aluay looking for crickets and mice." The second one: "On one occasion a dyspeptic preacher went home with a member of his church for dinner. The good wife had prepared a feast fit for the gods. There was fried chicken, round, robust biscuits, red ham swimming in red gravy and the finest coffee that ever flowed from a spout. The good lady was Justly proud of what she had spread before the parson. "Hud. the nine-year old son, with fork in hand, was just ready to do battle with the good things before him. when his mother said, 'Parson, won't you have some of the chicken?' To their surprise and the utter bewilderment of Hud. the parson replied, No; I never eat chicken. "The good lady then asked, Parson, have a piece of ham.' But the parson answered, 'No, I dare not eat ham.' Hud dropped his fork. "The good lady then said, 'Won't you have a biscuit?' and the parson replied. Did you use soda in the composition of those biscuits? Well, then, 1 cannot eat biscuits made with soda. "iuu, in wide-eyed astonishment, looked at his mother and exclaimed, with angrr and earnestness, 'Ma, maybe the darned old fool would suck araw egg ! "

How a North Carolina Moonshiner Won His Case

RBPR I : 8 K N TAT I V E E. W. ror of North Carolina tells a good one on himself. He sayn: "In my home county was a man by the name of Reaves, who was indicted for a violation of the revenue laws, and retained me to defend him. As he was regarded as a

the marshal Reaves jumped up and 0Mdt a spectacle of himself by calling out foolish statements. As the judge would have to take action, I rose and told the Judge that he could see for Blmseif that my client was not a responsible person; so the case was nolle prossed and Reaves told to go and siii no more. ' Several years later, when I was the prosecuting attorney, I found that Reaves had been up to his old tricks and was in court for trial on another violation of the revenue laws. When he took the stand I asked him the following questions: "'You have frequently beeL indicted for this offense?' " 'You ooght to know,' replied Reaves. 'You were my lawyer.' "'es.' I returned, 'but did you not go in court and play the fool to get nut of trouble?' " 'So, sir,' said Reaves, quickly. 'As for playing the fool, it was vou, sir, d.d that!"

Why John Sharp Williams Never Joined the Army SENATOR JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS was never in the Confederate atmy. But the fault is not his. He started with the best intentions, as well as with a knapsack filled with a good lunch. The war was at its height when he wt.s a big boy of eleven, and as

his father was in the army, and dozens of friends and relatives had gone forth to battle against the dreaded "Yank." John harp one night decided that his country called him to arms. The fact that he was only eleven, and about the only road he knew was that to ti e candy shop, did not deter him. Out in the" darkness of the night the "call" i his country sounded as loud as tbe dinner horn to hungry hands u the harvt-bt fi'ld.

So young Williams arose and set forth down the road in the early dawn. And as he tramped down the lanes of dust, past the still farmhouses over eiloh hung the early smoke from the kitchen chimney, he dreamed dreams ! how he would come back on a prancing charger covered with glory, gore and gold lace. Then suddenly behind him he heard the lope of an approaching horseman. 1-ooking back, he saw it was old Uncle Zeph on the blind mule. Incle Zeph pulled up the mule with a jerk beside his young master. John, your maw says as how you better be gittiu" back home in a hutry. She ain't er goln' ter stand fur no b! h goia'i otl!M explodtul Zeph. "You Jest cum up here hind me on dis mule and he'll tote us home ter breakfast:"

isn't an everyday affair, here goes: Scene, Massachusetts avenue as it inters Srott circle. Hour, about I 15, when bankers, brokers, corporation lawyers and capitalists of early bird habits were whizzing downtown in their limousines, touring cars and what not which means any vehicle above a street car until they came to the goat. He was on the wrone side of the weak-minded man, the judges were disposed to be lenient, though the evidence was conclusive as to his guilt. "I told Reaves that he must act as foolish as he could in order to help his case. So on the day the case was tried Reaves appeared in courtit was a roasting summer day wearing a heavy overcoat buttoned up to his throat. "When the court was opened by

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Mutes Follow the Motions of the Actors' Lips. Not Always Safe to Indulge in Pleasantries, Though the Majority of the Audience, of Course, Would Net Notice Them. Marjorie Wood, who plays the part of Rose Qaythorne in "The Third Harty." confesses to being a movie fiend. When she is not rehearsing or playing she may be found at some one of the nearby picture shows devouring the luric melodrama of the western plains. Miss Wood is a philanthropist in her own way, and when at home in New York she frequently takes girls from the deaf and dumb asylum to the movies. These girls, as a rule, have been taught lip reading, and can tell by watching the muscles of one's face what is being said. Naturally Miss Wood was rather surprised when one of the girls wrote these words on a pad of paper and handed It to her: "What do you think that man in the picture said to his sweetheart just now?" Miss Wood wrote her reply and handed the pad back to her companion: "That he loved her, I suppose." The mute girl's reply was startling. It read as follows: "Darling, please remember that the firm pays me $150 a week to make love to you. You don't suppose I'm doing this because I like you, do you?" Miss Wood was interested immediately, for the acting was so sincere that no thought of guying had entered her mind. "What did she say?" she wrote on the deaf girl's pad. "You wait till I tell my husband how you've insulted me, and he'll beat your ugly face to a pulp." Upon inquiry among her deaf and dumb friends Miss Wood learned with astonishment that the conversation p? the actors in the pictures invariably had nothing whatever to do with the scene depicted. For actors who are fond of guying sotto voce she recommends the movies as a field for their pleasantries. HAS WON PRAISE OF CRITICS Francis X. Bushman One of the Mcst Talented of the Stars of the Moving-Picture Films. Francis X. Bushman, leading man, is a handsome chap and has had wide experience in all branches of theatrical work on the legitimate stage. He is adept in the art of make-up, and his remarkable versatility in portraying character studies has won him instant recognition from the most critical of critics and keen observers. Bushman is an all-round athlete and an expert swimmer, wrestler, boxer, horseman and swordsman. Personally, Francis X. Bushman. Bushman has a wide circle of acquaintances with whom he le extremely popular for his many natural charms of manner and his capacity for friendship. Mr. Bushman will be seen in such forthcoming features as "Shadowe," "The Three-Scratch Clew" and "Mongrel and Master." Not AM Fun for Photoplayer. 'The life of a moving picture villain grows somewhat strenuous at times," says Joseph Levering. "Not long ago I was forced to climb cut of a fourth story on a wire cable, have a desperate combat with one of my kind in midair, and fall to the ground be1ot. I did well for the first two times, but I gradually lost my enthusiasm for the occupation. Because of a ruined negative the scene had to be repeated each time. On the third and last time I was to be dashed into the waiting blanket below. But the waiting blanket had ceased to wait, and I had a chance to find out how hard the ground is." Hackett In "Monsieur Beaucalre." James K. Hackett will go to Europe early this summer with a cast to make a motion-picture production of "Monsieur Heaucalra." In the exact scene of the story.

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Irene Warfield Began Her Professional Career in Stock Companies at the Age of Seventeen. Miss Irene Warfield, a beautiful leading lady of a prominent eastern stock company, was born in ew Orleans in 1890. She entered upon her theatrical career when she was but seventeen years of age and played with dramatic stock companies at Memphis, Bt. Louis and Louisville, Ky. The last three years have been spent in playing leading parts with Miss Irene Warfield. Dustin Fainum in several of Cohan & Harris productions, such as "The Aviator," "Within the Law" and "The Common Law." Miss WTarfield is es- i pecially fond of horseback riding, tennis and football. Queen Victoria in the Film3. A new moving picture spectacle entitled "Victoria, Sixty Years a Queen," which for some time has been on view in London, is now in this country. This elaborate picture not only embraces the main incidents in the life of Queen Victoria, but illustrates important events in England's history during the sixty years of her reign. It is given in seven sections, comprising two hundred and eighty-nine scenes. These scenes include Victoria's notification, when sixteen years old, of her ascension to the throne, her coronation at Westminster abbey, the meeting with the prince consort, her wedding, the christening of the prince of Wales, the attempt on her life in Hyde park, the Indian mutiny, the death of the prince consort, the wedding of the prince of Wales, the queen's meeting with Charles Dickens, cabinet meetings presided over by Benjamin Disraeli, General Gordon's last stand at Khartum, his death, and other events up to Victoria's death in 1900. Three actresses portrayed the queen at different stages. For Federal Censorship. The Christian Science Monitor of Boston, which wields a wide editorial influence, is in favor of the proposed federal censorship, because it believes that it is "a step that would make for centralization, compactness, and fixed responsibility." MosT likely such a step would be, as the- Monitor continues, "welcomed by all respectable film producers and motion picture houses" if, and the "if could well go in capital letters, there could be any assurance that a federal board would retard the mushroom-like growth of censor bodies all over the country. Hut we are afraid the federal idea is somewhat late in its birth; too many small boards have already tasted the joys of minding other people's morals, too many legislators are ready to create new Jobs, while making good campaign material. No, there will be ninety-and-nine censor boards whether there is one labeled "federal" or not. And meanwhile the poor picture straggles along its trouble-beset route. Demand Is for Youth. "One of the greatest fears that a person of my profession has is that of old age," says King Baggott. "Tlie motion picture camera is heartless. It allows no deception, for the arts of grease paint cannot be used to conceal. If a man is fifty he looks fifty or even older. The high lights and shadows accentuate the wrinkles in the face. It is worse for the leading man than it is for the comedian. For the comedian looks happy always, ar.d happiness gives the appearance of youth, while the face of the hero, in showing seriousness or pathos, looks older. For the heroes of the movies there la an element of tragedy in the demand of the public for a youthfjl Idol." Demand for Artistic Work. "The motion picture art is experiencing a rapid change," says Mme. Alice Blache, woman director. It seems perfectly safe to say that the days of the inferior photoplay productions are numbered. Already the carefully staged offering marked by the hand of true genius is seen occupying the same theater for many consecutive days, to the exclusion of dozens of photodramas formerly considered good enough to givo the public at the rate of five or six a day. Tue changed condition of affairs marks the triumph of the production of aitibüo worth."

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Hoosier News Briefly Told South Bend. William, two-year-old son of Harry Brown, is dead as a result of ptomaine poisoning. The case developed about two weeks ago and turned into spinal meningitis. The coroner is investigating to trace the source of some milk which proved to be bad. Terre Haute. After deliberating for less than half an hour the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Mayor Roberts, tried on an indictment charging conspiracy to corrupt the elections of 1913. The day was marked by demonstrations in court by Roberts' friends. The trial has occupied more than forty days. South Bend. South Bend and Niles, Mich., will suspend business May 21. when 500 men from the two cities will work on the highway connecting the two cities, with the Idea of putting it in condition for motoring. Final arrangements were made at a meeting in Niles. Mayor Fred W. Keller and several officials represented South Bend. Columbus. William Hibbs, Lon Conway and William Cowan, farmers near here, were arrested by three deputy fish and game wardens and brought to this city, where they pleaded guilty to gigging fish in Drift Wood river, and were fined $10 and costs each. The affidavits were filed by Deputy Fish and Game Warden Ehlers. Rochester. Charles Delaney, R. E. Shubert and William Daly of Akron, a little town near here, attempted to paint up the village of Athens in true Western style. They loaded up on cheap whisky, drove all the people off the street and attempted to beat up several men. A telephone cajl to the police here brought the officers in autos. The men were quickly subdued and lodged in jail. Greensburg. John Bushhorn, a fanner near Smyrna, is having a Eeri'3s of experiences with hydrophobia. A dog was first afflicted. Before being killed it bit Bushhorn, who took the Pasteur treatment. Later a cat developed the disease, and bit a nephew of Bushhorn's. The latest victim was a horse. It was killed and the head was sent to the state authorities for examination. Indianapolis. A movement to raise a fund of $5,000 with which to prosecute a vigorous campaign of education with the aim of securing the ballot for women in Indiana and the advocacy of a constitutional convention to bring about various "reform" legislation, constitutes the work of the Indiana Woman's Franchise league, 1,000 members of which began a four-days' convention here. Washington The new First Baptist church was dedicated with a program that lasted all day, all churches in the city taking a part in the exercises. The dedicatory address was made by Rev. Myron D. Haynes of Franklin college. Ezra Mattingly, J. G. Allen and the pastor, Rev. S. A. Hayworth, were among those who spoke in the evening. The new church was built at a cost of $30,000 and is almost free of debt. Shelbyville. The county commissioners let the contracts for the improvement of the Wicker, Phares and Hutchins roads in Union township, respectively: William Avery, Waldron, $8,079; D. H. Fatout. Indianapolis, $6,285; Jasper Hoster, Shelbyville, $4,715. They also ordered an election for May 27 in Washington township to determine whether a road 16,306 feet long in that township shall be improved. The estimated cost of the road la $10,989.25. Lebanon. The Woman's Home Missionary society of the Crawfordsville district will hold its annual convention in the First Methodist Episcopal church at Crawfordsville May 20 and 21. The officers of the district society are: President, Mrs. Monroe Bush, Lebanon; recording secretary, Mrs. Mary JoLnso Crawfordsvilie;' corresponding secretary, Mrs. Candice V. Hartzog, 933 West Thirteenth street, Indianapolis; treasurer, Mrs. Hattie Kinney, 67 North Addison street, Indianapolis. Sullivan. Charles C. Riggs, a real estate dealer of this city, who was convicted of highway robbery at ( armi, 111., about two years ago. has been paroled by the board of pardons of Illinois. He was serving a term of three to twenty-one years. Riggs was charged with robbing a hardware store at Enfield, 111. Henry Davey of Shelburn, an accomplice, escaped from the Carmi jail and has never been caught. A petition for Riggs' parole was circulated by his wife, whe resides here. James Leonard and Sam Woodsmall of this county, accomplices with Riggs and Davey in robberies. were convicted here. Leonard Is In the state prison and Woodsmall is out on bond, pending a, retrial. Terre Haute. Joe Riska. tho third victim of John Demetro, the giant gipsy who killed two persons in a camp near here, died of his wounds. The other victims were Socca Demetro, the slayer's wife, and his son-in-law, Bob Riska. Demetro is in jail, charged with first degree murder. Princeton. Following domestic troubles, in which she charged hei husband with unfaithfulness, Mrs. Ervin Shaw, aged thirty-five, w.'fe of an engineer, in his presence swallowed carbolic acid before he could prevent her, and died in a few mln ut c She leaves two children.

U. S. REPRESENTATIVES

Joseph R. Lamarand Frederick W. Lehman Selected Supreme Court Jurist and S. Loj j Lawyer Will Meet With Med.ato-s in Canada May 18. Washington, May. 11. Justin Joseph R. Lamar of he United State Supreme Court and Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis, former solicitor general, will be the representatives of the United States to confer with the mediators seeking to settle the difficulty between the United States and Mexico. This became known from an authoritive source. During the day Justice Lamar lad a long talk with the President' and later he and Mr. Lehmann conferred. President Wilson received at the White House Ambassador DaGama of Brazil, the ranking member of the South American mediators who ara trying to compose the Mexican trouble. The receipt later of a dispatch from the City of Mexico stating that Foreign Minister Ruiz had protested to the mediators that several United States torpedo boats with a transport and tender had landed a party on Lobos Island, eight miles off the coast, and taken the lighthouse, was believed to have been the purpose of the ambassador's unusual visit to the White House on Sunday. The Duke of Connaught. Governor General of Canada is taking steps to have suitable attention and courtesy extended to the South American mediators and the delegates from the United States and Mexico when they assemble at Niagara Falls, Ontario, May 18. The Governor General ha3 been in communication with the British Embassy here and it is expected that the British and Canadian authorities will unite in paying suitable attention to the distinguished visitors and in forwarding the mediatory work in every way possible. STATE HOMEOPATHSTO MEET Indiana Institute Will Hold Convention Wednesday and Thursday -Big Banquet Program Arranged. Indianapolis, Ind., May 11. The forty-eighth annual session of the Indiana Institute of Homeopathy will be held at the Hotel Soverin Wednesday and Thursday. Among the distinguished men who will appear before the convention session are Dr. Dewitt G. Wilcox, president of the American Institute of Homeopathy, and Dr. E. Stillman Bailey of Chicago, one of the first men to propound the curative properties of radium, about which he will talk. Dr. Wilcox will speak on "The Renaissance of Homeopathy." Dr. C. A. Baldwin, of Peru, Ind., is president of the State association and will preside over the sessions. About 350 Indiana physicians are members of the organization, and almost all will attend the convention and participate in the round-table d; cussions. The program is divided into the departments of clinical medicine, surgery, materia medica and homeopathics. Manv of the men:'. er- v. ill !e acBV companied by their wives, and a banquet will be given at the Severin on Wednesday evening for the men. their wives and friend. Dr. V.";i. . address will follow the dinner. The convention will open at 10 a. m., Wednesday, and the annual election of officers will be held at noon, Thursday. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF. Lafayette The opening of the ba-e ball season here yesterday was responsible for two boys being badly injured. Robert MMahon, the 14-year-old son of lbs. Helen F. M -Mahon, fell from the ladder of a Lak. Erie & Western freight car west of the city and his left foot was crushed off under the wheels. He was stealing a ride to the West Side baseball park when the accident happened. IJe is a nephew of Dr. D. J. Brennan of Indianapolis and the doctor has been summoned here. Henry Snyder, 16 years old, son of Matthew Snyder, was struck on the head by a pitched ball while playing ball at Columbian Park and is suffering from concussion of the brain. His condition is serious. He has been unconscious since the accident. Princeton. Princeton high school took first in oratory and Evan-ville took first in reading in the quadrangular high school oratorical and re. ing contest held here Saturday niht. Julius Schwartz was the winning orator and Miss Marjorie Legier was th Evansville winner in reading. Elwood. Elmer Fites, 19, Ii lying in a serious condition in a local hospital with a bullet in his body, the result of two shots alleged to ha been fired by William Croutch, Croutch is said to have becor angry when Fites ordered him tr his home, where he had called to see a sister of Fites. In the midst of the quarrel the shot was fired and Croutch ran from the house, immediately followed by the girl, and the police have been unable to locate either of them. The shooting was not reported to the police until an hour after it occurred.