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DESIRE FOR PETTING CAUSED 13 VEDDINGS, BIGAMIST DECLARES J INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 15. Isaiah Moore, 32 years old, who is being held at the Indianapolis city prison, charged with bigamy, embezzlement and grand larceny, and who admitted rmvtng 13 wives, declares his repeated matrimonial ventures were caused by a tiesire to be "petted and babied." "I have always been subject to covers nervous disorders," he Baid. "Petting and affection eased my nervousness. I would get, tired of one woman, however, and desert her. Then I would feel the need of affection and get married again." Moore, .who Monday .admitted having been married 11 times, yesterday gave police the records of two other marriages. In neither case was he able to give the police the name of the woman he married, nor the data of the marriage.' He declared certainly that he had married no other women, and that he, had been married only 13 times. Only Thirteen Wives. "I have kept pretty good record of them," ho said.4 "There are only 13." In a signed statement made yesterday to Detective Houlihan and Englebright, Moore said he was married to a woman in Denver. Colo., under the name of James Vaughn. Using tno; namo of Henrv Forbes, he said, ha married another woman in Ridgeway, Md. Wnmon whom lie had previously i fnnfescspYi marrvtne were Miss Harriet 3 Evans, a high school teacher at Mex-j ico Ind Laura Hertzberg, Peoria, 111.; 1 Irene Hale .Chicago, iieien xiarufcit.a. . ATipniRtA Kaji . norence Johnson, D;i-J, vid Citv Neb.: Laura Shields. Spokane Wash.i Gerturde -, Findlay, i Ohio: Bessie Whitson. Wilson, N. C; Sue Harris, Houma, La., and Amelia Werner, Detroit. Mich. All these, Moore said, he had married in the last 1& years, after deserting his first wife, who was Miss Flora Dolf, Wyoming. Pa., which was Moore's home. His first wife has a daughter about 11 years old. Embezzled, Charges. Operatives of the National detective bureau were put on Moore's trail after he had deserted Miss Evans, his last wife, in an Indianapolis hotel, taking with him a check for $512 belonging to her. Moore also took $1,500 from Miss Hale, and la said to have embezzled $700 from Miss Johnson. When arrested in Minneapolis, Moore, who was going under the name of Howard Johnstone, had engaged himself to Miss Alma Kofahl, of Beckre, Minn., and was to have married her today. . Most of his wives. Moore 6aid, he met while singing with them in church choirs. Believed Condition Is Feigned. Detectives, while admitting Mooio has been through enough to be nervous,, believe his continual twitching and jerking, is somewhat feigned. Moore also admitted in his signed statement, made after he had waived hearing in city court and been bound to the grand jury under bond set st $5,000, that he had spent two years in the house of refuge near Philadelphia, when he was 13 years old. Hr. was unable to remember why he wa3 sent to the correctional institution. j Miss Evans, who was in Indianat"olis vesterday morning, appeared before the grand jury and is said to heve told her story of married life wifi Moore, which lasted less than a week. She rafused to comment on the cape other than to admit that Moore, whom she had married as Melrose, had not been nervous as long as she knew him. Before leaving Indianapolis, she signed affidavits against him, charging bigamy. She also filed suit asking an annulment of her marriage and a decree of absolute divorce. The plaintiff says she lives in Vincennes, and was married to Moore Nov. 30, 1921, and was unaware at that time he was married to Flora Dale, of Wyoming, Pa. ' Photographs and Bertillon measurements of Moore will be sent to police departments in all the cities he is sail to have been married, in an effort to obtain evidence against him. Funeral For Mutschler To Be Held Thursday WITT'S STATION, Ind., March 15. Funeral services for Frederick Mut schler, who died Tuesday afternoon at his home at Witt's Station, will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Burial will be in Elkhorn cemetery. Friends may call at any time. Taste is a matter of tobacco quality We state Jt as our honest belief that the tobaccos used in Chesterfield are of finer quality (and hence of better taste) than in any other cigarette at the price. Liggett ZJNjttrj Tobacco C.

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Turns Out Lights 6n Radical Lecturer (By Associated Prs) WORCESTER, Maes- March 15. Dr. Wallace Atwood, president of Clark university. Invaded a lecture before the University Liberal club where Pror. Scott wearing, sociologist, was speaking last night and after three times ordering the lecture closed, caused the lights to be turned out. The audience of 300 filed out, hissing their disapproval. Prof. Nearing, who was dismissed from the University of Pennsylvania because of radical views, was criticising government, society and churches In general, and universities and colleges in particular. THINK CIRCUS OWNER FEARED ATTEMPT ON LIFE BY HIS WIFE (By Associated Press) RIVERSIDE, N. J., March 15. County authorities today were in possession of a letter said to have been written by John T. Brunen, circus proprietor, slain at his home last Fri day, In which he told of an attempt on his life . by his wife, Mrs. Doril Brunen, and of his intention of mak ing a will cutting her off with one dol lax. He said that he had been living in rear of his lire ana expressed: tne belief that he was "being framed" by his own household. The letter, dated Feb. 20, was ad aressea to urunen s sister, Mrs. naizabeth Jaesche, of Gary, 111., and was turned over to the authorities by her yesterday after she had attended her uiumci d iimcmi. i iuocvuiui ovjuj.than Kelsey. said that as a result of the letter one arrest and possibly more would be made today. "I think Doty (Mrs. Brunen) is fig uring to do away with me," said the letter. "She wants to get money. For all she cares is a good time." Mrs. Jaesche expressed the belief that her brother had been killed by hired assassins. "And," she declared, i "I think I know who hired them and why." Harry Mohr, of Pittsburgh, brother of Mrs. Brunen, declared that- aside from occasional "little family squabbles," the circus man's home appeared to be happy. . Brunen's estate is estimated to be worth more than $100,000 exclusive of life insurance. MINE WAVE (Continued from Page One.) follow the lead of the big concerns. The miners also met in the forenoon with President Lewis acting as chairman. At this meeting it was expected to map out proceedure in presenting the demands and explaining them. Sixth Conference. The present is the sixth general wage conference held in the hard coal fields since the award of 1903 of the anthracite coal strike commission appointed by President Roosevelt, as a result of the long striker in 1902. As an Indication of the possible length of the present negotiations, re cords of former Joint conferences all of which began about the same time as the present one, show that in 190 an agreement was signed on May 7, in 1309, on April 29 in 1812, on May 20; in 1916, on May 5 and n 1920, on Sept. 2. There was a suspension in 1906, when the mines were idle about five weeks, and in 1912, when there was a cessation of production for six weeks. In all other years the miners remained at work while negotiations were in progress. The principal demands of the miners follow:' A two-year contract. A 20 percent Increase In the contract wage scale. A $1 a day Increase to all labor paid by the day, and that differentials existing between differoat classes of employes prior to the 1920 award be restored. A uniform wage scale In all collerles for occupations of like character. An eight-hour day for all employes those working under ground to count their hours from the time they enter the mine until they leave it. A standard check off "provision. That where coal ia paid for by the car the system be changed to a ton nage basis. Travelers leaving Spain are required to pay an exportation duty of 100 percent ad valoreum on antique and artistic articles. The duty applies to all art objects over 70 years old.

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PAINT IS SPOILING BEAUTY OF U. S. WOMEN. HE SAYS Shaw Desmond. "The war paint' of the American woman is her biggest menace," in the opinion of Shaw Desmond, Irish author. The noted novelist says that American women are literally cutting off their noses to spite their faces. "The beauties are painting beauty out," says Desmond. Desmond declares that when the American woman eschews paint and powder, when she creates and wear3 American instead of Parisian clothes, that day will ' reveal her to the world as the vorld's most beautiful woman. RECEIVE 25 SLIDES FOR PICTURE CONTEST Twenty-five lantern slides have been received at the Community Service office for the Famous Picture contest and are available for use by local organizations lor Famous Picture entertainments. These slides were received from the John Herron ait institute at Indianapolis. Miss Caroline Heitbrink, chairman of the exhibition and entertainment committee, i3 arranging a schedule for various organizations to use these slides and people wishing to obtain them should get in touch with Miss Heitbrink immediately. More slides are expected to arrive here by the end of the week from the art Institute at Chicago. With the arrival of these slides from Chicago the Community Service will have a complete list of the pictures in the contest in slide form. Local picture and art dealers have secured supplies of these pictures in print form and can be obtained for a small price. The entire set can be supplied. These pictures should be in every home entered in the contest so as to give every person In the family a chance to get acquainted with the pictures. One enterprising group In the east part of the city have placed a complete set of pictures on exhibition and many people are taking advantage of this opportunity of seeing the pictures. Expedition to Hunt For Gold Buried By Pirate (By Associated Press) SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, March 15. A trasure hunting expedition headed by Miss Jane Sands plans to sail from here today for Cocoa, 545 miles weptsouthwest of Panama, in an attempt to recover the gold supposed to have been buried there by the pirate, Morgan, n 1820. Cocaa Island, which has been searched for trasure many tmes by various expeditions, was the locale of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Newspapers In Russia cost 2000 rubles a copy. POTATOES, per bushel $1.60 CLOVER LEAF GROCERY 603 Main Phone 1587

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