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Show BREAD ID WATER PREQES1ED DIET John Armstrong' Chaloner Entertains Party With Hi's Vonderful Discovery. By International News Service. RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 11. John Armstrong Arm-strong Chaloner, outlawed from New York as an escaped lunatic, Is Raleigh's guest for several days and In addition to a Uoatlng reception today and this evening even-ing ho was tho guest of honor last night at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Andrews. An-drews. Chaloner stood in tho group of 150 of Raleigh's bcst-ltnown men and women and entertained his party with stories of his wonderful discovery that bread and water constltuto tho predestined predes-tined diet. "I got my cue from Jesus," he said, "for ho taught us that wo arc to pray for our dally bread, not beofstedk, ham or scrambled eggs. If the doctors had taken tho cue from tho Hebrew prophets they would have-known. Elijah knew and the ravens, did." In the party wore Governor and Mrs. Kltchin. Chief Justice Walter Clark and AfiEoclato Justice arid "Mrs.' Piatt Walker. Colonel A. B. Andrews, vice president of tho Southern Railway and father of the host: Episcopal clergymon. presidents of tho university, tho Agricultural and Mechanical Me-chanical . college, superintendents of schools and members of tho bar. Chaloner chatted often with his .friends and declared that North Carolina and Virginia are the only states which do not requlro him to "IIvo as a. fugitive from justice." He was led to com here by tho recent release of Mrs. Frann Weathers from the state hospital, where she had been secretly committed by her husband. Mrs. Weathers gained her liberty lib-erty through habeas corpus. Declining to eat any of the bountiful dainties act before him. Chaloner retired to his room and ato two 5-cent loaves of bread. Tho party atleridlhg the reception was made up largely of professional men and .women. |