STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 15, 17 January 1914, Page 17

STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS.

.'■'.;' ".' " ■ . ; .'a>.s"j ALLEGED WTTCHCRAIT. "• That his belief iv witchcraft allowed Mrs. Maggie Plleon, the supposed witch, to secure from him about £1200 in eighteen years is the allegation of Xapolcon Morln, of Crandon, Wis., in his suit against Mrs. 'Pileon and her husband. "tfdrln alleges .that he believes in withcraft and that Mrs. ■Plleon claimed powers as a .witch. When the Pileons came to Crandon eighteen years ago they had nothing, attorneys for Moriu I allege, while.Moriu was rtheu well to do. I Now he has less than £ 200 and 'Mrs. Pileon is worth £4.400, they claim. ' OUTDOOR SPOKT ON SUNDAYS. Dr. Myron T. Scudder, of New York City, •iv the final session of the annual meeting of the New Jersey Sanitary Association, on December 6, electrified the more orthodox of his 250 hearers 'by promulgating the •belief that in a decade or so (ministers of the Gospel would after their sermons lay aside their vestments and he found umpiring 'Sunday baseball games.* His paper on the necessity of open schools and playgrounds was one of the striking features of the meeting. He said he was absolutely convinced- -that orderly' outdoor sports on 'Sunday were proper, and expressed the opinion that the Church and other religious institutions would In the near future not only sanction but promote them. —l CONVICT'S - GENEROSITY. A German convict, who is undergoing In the prison of St. Jacob, at St. Gall, a long sentence for burglary, has just been left £1000 by tbe will -of a relation, and is naturally overjoyed. He wants to spend the money while in prison and give a good time to all the warders and fe!low ; prisoners. On learning the good news the convict, invited the governor to dinner, an invitation that was, of course, refused, as well as his other demand's for facilities to spend his legacy. The money will be placed in a bank, and. banded over to the convict ou his release. The prisoner considers that, "as a man of wealth," he is being treated harshly by the authorities." HALF OF A MAN ARRESTED. Declaiming in a loud voice that he was '•king" of both Illinois and Indiana, an. unidentified man straddled the monument in South Chicago which marks the division between the two States. Patrolman Peter Johnson wauted to arrest the man, but doubted his authority. "Half of him is in Indiana, and I can't take him out of another Statej" the policeman told headquarters on the telephone. "Arrest the half that's In Illinois," was the Instruction from headquarters, "and if the rest of him wants to come it ain't your fault." The "king" will be held for a mental examination. ' MODEL CHURCH " TO BE BUILT Combining with a church auditorium a hotel for men, a gymnasium, baths, open air tennis court and recreation equipment, the Trinity Methodist; Episcopal, Church South, said to be the world's most modern church, will be erected at Ninth Street and Grand Avenue, I.os Angeles. The cornerstone was laid on; November 20th. The building will be nine stories high. The six upper stories will be used as a "men's home." The 330 rooms will have sleeping porches, with shower baths. A huge outdoor auditorium is to be erected ou the roof to accommodate openair meetings. The church auditorium occupies the whole of the first floor arid will seat approximately 2,500 persons. The organ will be equipped with echo, chimes and harp.

A SENSATIONAL TRIAL.

An extraordinary trial commenced on December Ist at Shelbyvillc, Indiana, iv the arraignment on the.charge of murder of Dr. William B. _ Craig,; dean of the>

Indiana Veterinary College.. The charge has reference to the mysterious death ot Or Helene Knabe, a talented " German woman, who was found in her rooms on October 4, 1911, with her head nearly severed from the body. 'The original hypothesis was suicide, but suspicion was eventually directed against Dr Craig, the theory being that a love affair existed between the two. Mr E. P. L. Inman, tho famous Western criminal lawyer, declared that he expected to prove that the prisoner murdered Dr Knabe duriug a quarrel following upon the announcement of his intention of breaking a promise of marriage to Dr Knabe. One of the witnesses for the prosecution is expected to bo Kathcrine .Fleming, of Avon, Indiana, an heiress whose charms, according to the prosecutor, caused Craig' to break his promise to marry Knabe, b crsclf a woman of rare physical perfections.

DIVORCE MADE. AGREEABLE. |

So that her husband. Lieutenant Gilbert R. Cooke, of .the United States Army, stationed in Tesas, may marry the girl he 'loves, Ms wife, Mrs. Mlgnoa (Sharp Cooke, save him up and obtained a divorce. They were married two years ago as the.', cut mia.-i.tion of a romance begun at "West Point. Cooke received rhis commission after the marriage, and was sent to the Texas army post, while his wife remained in Cleveland, Ohio, with "her parents. A few ■months ago lieutenant Cooke wrote and told his wife he had found-a girl whom he loved more than her, and asked to be released. Mrs. Cooke, after discussing the matter with Judge Vickery and thinking it over. Anally began action rfor divorce, and on December C received her decree. She will receive £1 per week aHmony for a year. ■'What else could I do?" she asked. "I still love him, but what is the lore of one against that of twos"

AIT EMBARRASSED BACHELOR.

Fred "(V. Anhe-user, (lawyer and city prosecutor of Omaha, has had 800 proiposals of ■marriage in two weeks, and his office is swamped with letters. The rush is due to the fact .that Aniheuser's uncle died about a month ago and left rbim £10,000 provided he married and settled down within the next two years. A Perry (Iowa) girl says she doesn't give a rap for the £10,000, hut has fallen desperately in love with his picture she "seen in the newspapers." "T_row the money at the birds ond come over here after mc," she advises. A girl in Lewis (Iowa) modestly tells Anlhens_y "I have pretty lips and a naturally >c«y complexion". I am handsome and I have a string of heaux over here longer than the "EMver-to-Kiver 'Road." "I don't sec-what the old man wanted to get mc in this fix for, anyway," grumbles Anheuser. ' "And I've got a girl of my own, too." Arid" the letters axe rolling in at the ate 'of fifty to seventy-re a day, ".;<.""-"■'■' ; •'■'',.'-" i " ; ""',-..'