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Show m r - r THE HERA LP, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1922. Writing in 4ha Sky Llillionaire, Trial Wearing, Seals Lips On Murdered -- ,i, .ai hi iuw ; JrL DOINQS OFTHE DUFFSL- - V ; ByAtLMAN wmuiii JOIN US FPR A WEEK Man's TBreat XTVk 7? - J Nj 3 1 if-is 0 M wm If HELLO Ml 1 1 AMOCMAWQ u,. mi Hill WJf 111 I ' IT 1 tf M 60C35 I'LL HAVfeTo SLEEP IN MVBATHlKKi ciinr KM ! 1 3. C Savaga uses the iky over London aa blllboanJ, writing a Major bit adyerUjemenU with amoks projected from an airplane. Word are written in the reverse so that those below may read from left to right often 1000 feet deep. Bare the pilot Is inscribing "Sky Letters are .ttrrittog- I Walter S. Ward (above), hie wife, who Is standing by him, and Clarence Peters, whom Ward confessed he shot and killed. " y i (below) j v offered Mm tfm to Ttin somebody in the Ward house." Ward's house searched following rumor that shooting of Peters took place there. Nothing found.. A private detective was arrested as a material witness on his story that he witnessed meetinr nf hlai k- mailers and shouting in Ward home. Ward resisted efforts of grand fury to make her tell bus band's secret. His father loft the state and his brother, Jtaluh, defied grand jury. Ward was indicted for Avomaa CAN A MAN SIGN HIS OWN DEATH WARRANT? The state of New York is going to try Walter S. Ward, young millionaire, on a charge of murder. Officials to date have been able to find no proof that Ward committed the murder, other than Ward's own very frank confession. Mystery surrounds the entire affair. If you were a member of a jury, would you vote for conviction in such a case, providing no additional evidence is uncovered? Do you think a man ought to be permitted to sign his ewn death warrant? murder, not pleaded guilty after spending some time succeeded in again By EDWARD M. THIERRY. freedom on bail. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Sept. 6. Can a mar. be convicted of murder on his own uncorroborated confession ? That is the paramount question in the Walter S. rard which we can all unite, no one can .our nation and will eass It on to use the personal privilege argument their friends. One of our agricultural experts against this law. Keeping withfh this law beautifies our city and from Washington, D. C, said: "If lots within the city state, increases our prosperity and !a,u ,tbe vacant 11(mltg Qf aU the ciUes jn rn wealth, develops our industry andj StateS were put to the point of civic interest, adds to our comfort ' their highest possible production. auu neaim. maKes our City a Place .there rnnld he snffiplpnt fnortmffs of inviting beauty and wins for us 'produced on them to feed half of cmr own and the At present population." of all good citizens who rent, however, they simply menace come within our gates. the beauty and prosperity of the Look over your property, your; cities. This is another "of Amer-vacalots, fence lines, ditch banks ica's prodigal wastes, and the space from, your sidewalk Hoover said: "food will win. the to the .road. Could your conditions war." We say more and better De improved Would it be better food product and more and better . dna more Peasant to you if your beautiful flower gardens and lm-- ! were ivilize and har- neighbor's conditions ed spaces w1U provefl.' Look it over, think it monis?e the world. over, put your thoughts into action. Let us stand for a city estheti. We are advertising Provo to .the cally beautiful, for a intrinsi-world- . Fifty thousand tourists will cally clean and sanitary, for a city pass through our city this year, progressive, productive, prosper-Arwe. each of us, as citizens who ous, for a city inviting to the love Provo, doing our part to make .stranger and for a home city com-good and proper impression upon fortabie and. pleasant In which to these travelers. They are looking do our part of the great world's for the good and the beautiful of work. in obtaining and jail his j WEEDS OR ? FOOD ? self-respe- park-Mrs- c e a murder mystery, which is no nearer solution now than it! was more than three months ago when the millionaire son! of the president of the Ward Baking company made the sensational admission that he had killed Clarence Peters as the climax of a blackmail plot. By EDWIN 8. HINCKLEY. These two other questions focus attention : Chamber of Commerce. If Ward stands trial with a plea of sejf defense, will he Secretary It was a pleasure, and very endisclose his secret? couraging to read the excellent il article over tine signature of our Who, if anybody, is he protecting in the mayor. O. K. Hansen, on the weeS mystery? in our city. Provo is cer Ward's lips have been locked ever since his confession. situation a fruitful Westchester county authorities have spent thousands of dollars trying to solve the mystery; but they have not shaken Ward's story, nor have they uncovered a shred of evidence to corroborate his con- - We have productive, city, and weeds, if unmolested, will take posession of all uncultivated areas. CHAPTER IV. With the sheriff, deputies and detectives Ward toured Broadway caDarets in ew iorK. searcnmg ,or "Charley Ross" and "Jack." He called one a race track gambler and fession. . Meanwhile Ward is free on $50. - the otner 8 ired gunman. Youn8 Mrs. Ward said: "I'm 000 ball "Charlie Ross" and "Jack." have nnt wltn my hUSDana. tin moil l hlarVmnllero Allen .R. Campbell, Ward's lawbeen found. The case is supposed yer, said he had a package of blackto come to trial this fall. This is the story of the Ward kill- mailing letters. He refused to say whether a woman was concerned in ing: the plot, but admitted it started at CHAPTER I. The body of a man wag found a race track. Ward was held for the grand May 16 on a lonely road near Ken-elcWhite jury and released in $10,000 bail. reservoir, between CHAPTER V. Plains and Port Chester. There in his chest. Ward admitted that Sensation. was a bullet wound ' Tracks of one automobile were six weeks before, he took poison seen. A bullet was found imbedded and narrowly escaped death. The 'in a tree. The map was roughly doctor and Mrs. Ward said it was dressed. In the pockets were dice, accidental. Said Mrs. Ward: "There is no a pack of cards, cigarette and $1.06. - "Four days the body lay in the woman in the case. I have absomorgue, unidentified. Then exami- lute confidence In my husband and nation of navy records showed by know he will be entirely cleared." Ward is said to have confessed fingerprints the slain man was Clarence Peters, of Haverhill. Mass., the entire blackmail story to his a sailor during the war. and recent- wife immediately after the shootly enlisted In the marines at Paris ing. Ward's father, who returned froth C. Island. S. ' CHAPTER 11. Europe the day of the shooting, reThe 'day following Peter; identi- ported to have refused his son's last fication a lawyer phoned Sheriff appeal for blackmail money, say; - for Werner lhat Walter . S. Ward, 31. iiug; "1 II not spent! a vice president of the Ward Raking blackmail, but any amount to Jail company, living in the neighboring the plotters." Said peters' father: "Ward's auDurb of New Rochelle, would sur render as the slayer of Peters. The story sounds fishy." CHAPTER VI. sheriff waited from Saturday to Criticism became rife against dis- ' "Monday. . Ward' surrendered. He said he trict attorney, sheriff and coroner, Coroner Fitznerald had shot Peters in self defense as puzzled by the culmination of a blackmail plot, disappearance of Peters' pistol; he oiie said forced found he to pay In which he had been otily discharged to hell at the scene, in spite of the $?,n.O0O In gums of from $1.0no 3 also harrace Ward dscrit)Pd; secret they knew about." He re- - found tracks of only on car and j fnaprl tn tpll thp sprrpt hut sniil a no sipns nf a scuffle; 10 persons . final payment of $75,0n0 was de- - living within 2H0 yards said they nianded the night of May 15 under hi aid no shots. Ward resigned as, chairman of penalty of death for himself, his the Nw Rochelle police commis- wife and his two small children. Pion. CHAPTER III. i CHAPTER VII. said, It was 4 a. m. May 16. Ward V OOlra ATI. I. a Artwa In hia r,unp f maot l)isfrlrt Attnrnav with nounced himself dissatisfied i Vl I3 ..peters "Charley- . Ross" and. "Jack." ... . They appeared- in a roailster. ne- - Aartrs- story, saying ne oeneveaj ( t 'V fie Mid, and Peters climbed Into his Charley Ross, and "Jack' coupe with drawn revolver. Ward, itltlnu cbxrartprs. who U jumped out to- - j Ward refused to tell his secret, ward him. seized ' hi assailant's but his lawyers showed Weeks two rlehf hand with his own right, so threatening letters signed "C. R that when the other's cun went off Peters' family hired a lawyer to tho tmllei went through the couDei prove Peters innocent of black no urew mall. i W lnaow; giuiuuwieousiy 1 Ward was rearrested and after hla nwn run with his left hand and reI I '; spending two nights In jaH was shot Peters through the chest. ned $50,000 ball. peters spun and fell dead tn the leasedtti on the sheriff two gun, one of ' road." Ward ran toward the other oyer car and exchanged eight orl nln which he said he nicked up after shot. 'iLl. nhots, he says, with th other two, PeteTS was CHAPTER VTtl. their machine and a i o The Chamber Commerce of east window. Come down and look them over. BLANKETS The Sutton Tea & China Co. Provo, Utah. By ALLMAN. You Can Save by Buying Blankets from Your Home Merchants SOME IF WANT TO CATCH THAT 1 i ni CAR l nei just received a full and complete line of DOINGS OF THE DUFFS. r are, for a bob-sled- s prices will surprise you. We carry a line of Rubber Balls, Marbles, Tops, Jumping Ropes, Toy Pistols, Mouth Organs, Baseball Mitts and a complete line of Candies for kiddies. Come in and look us over. is heart and soul back of the mayor and city commissioners in all moves to make Prov a more at tractive, more desirable, more pro gressive and prosperous town. We are convinced that a little educational propaganda against weeds and rubbish In our city will be all that is necessary to make our good citizens feels the necessity of not only upholding the law, but of making our own home town the cleanest, most sanitary, most desirable and homey town in all the intermountain region. Let us look upon the law against weeds as a prohibition law on v iust as - sample DOLLS, no two alike. The classiest line of Dolls that ever hit PROVO. We have them on display in our tainly the road. The motorless plane of Deshayes being hauled up a hill by an auto, in the International. glider contest at fSormont-Perrpnd- . Frence- start Hey, You Kiddies! murder-blackma- His young wife, sticking by him, is silent. Getting Ready For An Aerial Sled Ride ad-jo- ! - WE HAVE A FULL STOCK OF BLANKETS IN COTTON, WOOL AND MIXED, AT " ""' VERY ATTRACTIVE FRICES. - cnt Lottcn Blankets Mixed Cotton and Wool Wool Blankets 4 5 this is PrTTS I ' htri ..... k.,. - He-tur- who then itarted tba.bfd .Ivlnr In 4 Pw.fl.in""1-- " at SU.KA. SU WE GUARANTEE ALL OUR BLANKETS. tit ft." at ..... - It $175( $1.98, $2.25, $2.50, $2.98 and $3.50 .$2.65, $3.25; $3.98 and $4.50 t?-- i V HwK& r S M , . tifl . i OIWEC IS ALL ) Kt MB OPENING Rft .2S flS A Krt and fi OS KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME. ANNOUNCEMENT DrI,,f Rands wshes to announce the opening of his Chiropractic offices at 39 North University avenue. START THEM TO SCHOOL FTT-- As means of becoming acquainted, my services will be free to all children under the age of 14 during the moilth of bepterhber, if accompanied by parent. CHIROPRACTIC EVENTUALLY WHY DELAY . IT J. RANDS 39 Univ.'Ave., Over Emil's PALMER GRADUATE Ofe. Hfnr 10A2.nrAi' '"U '""r "v |