A few outsiders are wearing? the
old hats, but only after a struggle i
with their better selves and the hat- i
ters, who charge about $2.50 more
for derbies than a fairly good soft
hat.
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
BROCKTON. Mass., Sept. 16.—Wil
liam F. Bowen of Hast Bridgewater, !
one of the persons questioned in con- 1
nection with the death of Mrs. Alice
M. \\ olschendorf of that place, parts
of whose body were found floating
In the Merrimack river at Tyngsboro
in two suit oases two weeks ago.
swallowed poison and slashed his
throat with a razor today. Ho }s 4l?
a hospital here, hedieved to l»o dying.
Hr. William M. Ilobb of Boston was
arrested Friday charged with per
forming an illegal operation on the
woman, causing her death, and Dr.
Dalva Swope of this city, wat»
charged with being an accessory.
CURB FULLS
CITY FIRST
Troops Mobolized, Police Au
thority Taken Over By Na
tional Guard And Regula
tions Being Prepared
EVIDENCE' OF WALTON'S
MARTIAL RULE IS SCARCE
Creek And Muskogee Coun
ties, Centers Of Contro
versy, Have Yet To Feel The
Check Of Governor
OKLAHOMA CITT, Okla.. Sept. 3 6.
(By Associated Press.)—State-wide
martial law took a definite form to
night when Oklahoma City, leading
the way for the remainder of the
state, passed under the virtually
complete control of the military.
General orders embodying: the es
sential regulations under which the
state capital will live during the sus
pension of civil authority, were Is
sued by Lieut. Col. W. S. Keys, in
command of local troops.
'With the exception of Oklahoma
City, the entire etate awaited the
first evidences of the coming of
military rule, proclaimed by Gov.
