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I All Physicians 1
Must prescribe some of the In*
gred loots that are contained In
Hood’s Sarsaparilla -for all trou
bles of the blood, stomach, kid
neys and liver.
They inclode sarsaparilla, stillingia,
yellow dock, gentian, wild cherry bark,
». mandrake, dandelion, juniper berries,
combination and proportions are
our own formula and give power to cure
beyond the reach of any other prescrip
bon or substitute. That's why it is
vise to get Hood’s and only Hood's.
NAVAL STORES MEN
PLACED ON TRIAL
SAVANNAH. Ge, April TT.-ln the
United States court this morning began
B the taking of testimony In a < ase which
t promises to be one of the most famous
•ver tried In Savannah. It was that of
» the government against the officers of the
, so-called naval stores trust. They are
P the officers of the American Naval Stores ■
t' company, which has headquarters in Sa-,
K vannah They Include Chairman of the,
Board of Directors S. P. Shotter and
President Nash. There are among the
other defendants the secretary and other
. small fray together with the representa
tj ttve of the company in New York.
A jury was secured with the dispatch
usual with the United States court, and
* by noon eventhing was In readiness for i
the taking of testimony. Among the first I
(witnesses to be called will be Mr. Thomas
Gamble, editor of the Weekly Naval (
Stores Review. a publication which, it Is
” alleged, was used by the defense to in-
I.- fluence the natal stores trade throughout
the naval stores belt.
The defendants are charged with vio-
the Gherman anti-trust act. When ,
thsdad*eiDivnt was read to the Jury each '
r , of the defendants entered a plea of not
guilty.- The trial already attracting the!
greatest attention and the court room was
I filled when the case was sounded on the 1
I,’ docket
EL Judge Sheppard, who is presiding, will I
push the trial through as rapidly as pos-!
stale. and ft is thought the case will be (
t concluded in from 'two to three weeks. ,
t There ary fully a hpndred witnesses here-
I for the government.
, The government Is represented by rep-,
reeented by Assistant United States Dis-1
- trict Attorney Ackerman and by Mr. W >
p M. Toomer. of Jacksonville, who has been j
employed in this Case especially by the
-i gevernmen' The defense is represented
i by Messrs. Adame A Adams. W. W. Mac
kall and Messrs. Garrard A Meldrim.
Messrs. P. W. Meldrim and Judge Samuel
B Adams, the leading members of their
firms, have it personally in charge. This
1 shows ths seriousness of the charges
which must be met and answered.
SHELLED CORN JOKE
MADE GOOD IN COI RTS
A serious matter was brought to the
attention of the recorder Monday morn
. tag. Saturday night a man in a dark
alley tried to sell two detectives a flat
bottle Wrapped up tn a newspaper.
E?. "It's a bottle of corn.” he told them In
‘ a hoarse whisper.
F ' Being out on a hunt for blind tigers
they took him in hand as sure game and
j led him to police station. There the bot
tle was unwrapped and found to be filled
b with shelled corn.
One of the officer* said in police court
Monday morning:
"This is a serious matter. Such things
may cause murder. I hear there are
lots of -people go in' round town sellln'
bottles of shelled corn for show 'nough
comfortin' liquor. Suppose a thirsty man
gets hold of a bottle like that, he's apt
to find the man that told it to him and
> beat him to death.” i
J. ■' "Or he might go to lake a dram and
get enough com in his gullet to choke
Min. said the recorder.
"So he might." said the clerk.
The tesimony was that seventy-five
cents had been asked for the bottle, and
I J. C. Fleming was arraigned for trying
to *ll It. He said that the matter was
all a joke and the case was dismissed.
“STAR SPANGLED BAN
NER” IN BALTIMORE
WASHINGTON. April 27.—The origins!
I manuscript of the "Star Spangled Bsn- 1
■er" has been located by the Francis ,
I Scott Key Memorial association, whlcn j
la endeavoring to secure possession of it
While it is improbable that the owner
oi thia preciou.. relic, a Baltimore wo
man. wil! consent to permanently part
with it. the association hopes to be able
to borrow the manuscript to place on ex
| Mbit ion nt the old Key mansion tn
r Georgetown. D. % C.
Resolutions endorsing the work of the i
I aaaoclation which is composed of about
45.000 patriotic Americans and which is
about to begin the work of restoring
many of the personal belongings of the
composer of the soul-stirring song, were
adopted at the closing session of the re
cent congress of the Daughters of the
American Revolution in this city.
FELL THIRTY-FOUR
FLOORS INTO STREET
» NEW YORK. April 26.—Falling three
' hundred and fifty feet from the S4th story
ot ths Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany's Sky scraper on Madison square to
day, Thomas Mortimere, 42 years of age.
was'instantly killed.
Wbhtfmerc. who was foreman of,ths
riggers at work on the building, was su
perintending the erection of a scaffold
four floors above the big clock on the
b 24th street side of the tower.
Hundreds of people In Madison square
were watching him at work and saw him
faM to the balustrade of the balcony about
the dock. Here the body poised for a
moment and then fell.
LEARNING THINGS
We are all in the Apprentice Claes
When a simple change of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield. 111.,
aays:
"After being afflicted for years with
nervousness and heart trouble, I received
a shock four years ago that left me in
such a condition that my life was de
ft' apaired of.
"I could get no relief from doctors nor
from the numberless heart and nerve
remedies I tried, because I didn't know
that coffee was dally putting me back
», more than the doctors could put me
ahead.
"Finally at the request of a friend I
left off coffee and began >he use of Pos
tum and agatast my convictions I grad
! aally improved in health until for the past
• or 8 months I have been entirely free
from nervousness and those terrible sink
ing. weakening spells of heart trouble.
"My troubles all came from the use of
coffee which I had drunk from childhood
and yet they disappeared when I quit
coffee and took up the use of Postum."
Many people marvel at the effects of
leaving off cofee and drinking Postum,
but there is nothing marvelous about it—
only common sense
Coffee is a destroyer—Postum is a re
builder. That's the reason.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book. "The Road to Wellvilie.”
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
pre genuine, true, aud full of human
interesu
CHICAGO CONVICT
FORGER FOR YEARS
PETER VAN VLISNENGEN, <I.OOO,-
000 CHICAGO FORGER, NOW
CONFESSES CRIME EXTENDED
BACK FOR YEARS.
CHICAGO. April 27.—Peter Van Vila- !
singen. whose confession last winter to I
the forget^ 1 of mortgages to the extent ot I
H.tOU.UOO caused a great sensation in Chi- I
cage, where he had been known for twen
ty years as a leading real estate man. I
expioaeo a bombshell in the bankruptcy j
court here today when he stated that hie i
confession a few months ago was ante- |
dated by four years by a confession made
privately to men who held S4OO,(XM) of his
spurious paper.
Van Vliaaingen's confession and his
conviction on a plea of guilty last win
j ter. all occurred within 24 hours. He was
brought back to Chicago from prison to
day to testify before Referee in Bank
ruptcy Frank L. Wean, who is attempt
ing to locate the valid assets of the pris
oner.
Van Vlissingen declared that in 1904 he
was compelled to confess to Maurice Ros
enfeld. at that time a director of the
i now defunt Chicago National bank, and
' Bernard Rosenberg, a real estate dealer.
I that the mortgages held by them and
.valued at $400,000. had been forged.
I "They discovered some Irregularities of
the paper In that year.” said the witness,
"and came to my office for a conference.
I admitted the forgeries and said: 'I will
go before the state's attorney, tell him
just what 1 have related to you gentle
men about these wholesale forgeries, plead
! guilty and go to prison like a man.'
'"We want our money,’ they said.
I “'I can get It,' I told them, 'but I
! must dupe others as 1 have duped you
1 men.' ”
Paid Back £250,000
"We had another conference soon
I after," continued the witness. ."Final-
Ily I proposed to settle with them. I
I promised to pay them from SI,OOO to
! 15.000 a week. Altogether ultimately I
i paid them approximately $250,000.”
“What became of the forged papers
I wijlch were held by these gentlemen
and which you cancelled?" was asked.
I "I locked them in my safe."
"Did you re-sell them?”
"Yes, not all of them, though."
"Did they promise not to expose !
you?'
"Tney canje to my office regularly
tor the installments, but said nothing
more about my going before the state's
attorney. I paid them interest at times.
I also agreed that I would sell my real
estate and give them the proceeds.
Finally 1 told them that if they did ex
pose me there would be no way to repay
iuem.”
“ 'We want our money.’ and I was
getting it as fast as I could raise it.
•"We don’t want to know how you
get the money,’ tney told me at one
conference held in December, 1904.
Maurice Rosenfeld is a well known cap
italist and real estate dealer with offices
at 171 I-a Salle street. He has been en
gaged in the real estate business in Chi
cago since 1887. He was a director of
the Chicago National bank and the Home
Savings bank, two of the John R. 18 alsh
institutions which failed some years ago.
He was vice president of the United He
brew Charities and a director of the Chi
cago Relief and Aid society. In 1900 he
served a term as county commissioner
and is a prominent member of the Stand
ard club. ,
Pale and Haggard
Van Vllssingen's face was pale and his
hands trembled as he told his story on the
witness stand. His every act plainly
showed the strain under which he labor
ed. His eyes were bloodshot and his tips
twitched ax he faced counsel and recog
nised former friends among the specta
tors in the crowded court room.
The witness stated that his forgeries
had continued for twenty years, but that
he did not know the extent of them.
"I was always afraid to ait down and
figure Just how much they amounted to,”
he said.
"Will they aggregate a million dollars?”
"Surely.”
“And may be more?”
I "Yes."
Asked when his marriage occurred,
’ tears came to his eyes. "Only two years
ago.” he said.
The wltnes brought the story of his
misdoings down to last November when
concealment was no longer possible.
■‘Then.” continued witness, now talk
ing rapidly. "I knew I was done for. This
was November 14. 1908. The next day,
i Sunday. I called several of my clients Hi
and went over the records with them.
On Monday they left me. That was the
end.”
"Have you any property or other as
sets not accounted for at present?”
“No, except my clothing. I had about
$l5O when 1 reached the prison at Joliet,
but I sent that back to my wife.”
At the mention of his wife the witness
Burned on the verge of collapse, but with
great effort managed to control himself.
Fame Like Bombshell
Van Vllssingen's statement concerning
his private confession to Rosenfeld and
Rosenberg occasioned the greatest sur
prise in the court room. No hint that
such a condition of affairs as he alleged
, with reference to private settlement had
ever before reached the public.
”1 am serving a term in prison for my
b crime.” said Van Vllssingen. "and it is
| right and Just that I should. It feels
( ' good to have the whole thing off my
| heart, and I will tell the truth, no mat
ter who its affects.”
KEPT ON FORGING
TO PAY UP DEBTS
■ CHICAGO, April 28— Peter Van Vlis
singen. the former real estate man,
brought back from prison to testify in
the bankruptcy court and who caused a
sensation yesterday by stating that hts
i forgeries were known to two of his vlc
! time four years before his public con
fession last winter, gave additional de
tails of his story in court today.
, Rosenfeld Was Desperate
I “Did Mr. Rosenfeld ever ask you what
i you did with the forged papers he gave
■ back to you after you had redeemeo
them?” asked Attorney George H. Peaks,
representing the trustees of the - Van
> \ itssengen estate.
r "No, sir, he didn't ask. but I told
II him Just the same, and we arranged our
» transactions accordingly,” replied the
witness.
[ "And they pressed you for money?"
"Yes. Shortly after the failure of
. tne Chicago National bank, of which
t Rosenfeld was a director, he came to
!I me and told me of his losses in the
. crash. He was desperate, he said, and
highly excited"
r “I’ve Got to Have Money.”
I He said relatives for whom he han
t died business would lose confidence in
. him unless he made good.
f i " 'l've got to have money—lota of it—
,|and it's nothing to me how you get it.
Ihe told me.
"I arranged to pay $4,000 a week." con
tinued the witness, "but Rosenfeld press
led me so hard that it became difficult for
,' me to sell any more of my spurious pa
* per. I told him he would drive me to
.{exposure. I gave him the names of a
! number of clients who had already taken
rimy forged mortgages.”
j Witness gave their names to the court
land continued:
I Roaenfeid said he was in dire distress.
THE ATLANTA BEMIWEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 80, 1909.
iHe said he was so hard pressed that he
had thought often of the cold waters
I of Lake Michigan as a refuge. I told him
1 was so deep In the mire that I couldn't
I make forgeries fast enough to pay off
|the dehts and obligations that were press
ing. Rosenberg also pressed me and 1
told both of them that 1 was in so deep
{that 1 never expected to get out, but I
j thougiit I'd fight it out for a while. I
thought possibly some piece of good luck
might come my way, but it never did.”
♦ COOPERS ARE NOT TO
GET NEW TRIAL
I NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27.—Judge
1 William M. Hart today overruled the mo-
I tion for a new trial of the case of Col-
I onel Duncan B. and Robin J. Cooper, re-
J cently convicted of the murder of former
United States Senator E. tX. Carmack..
I The defense at once gave notice of an ap-
I peal to the supreme court and waived
; the formal sentences of 20 years in the
I penitentiary.
j The defendants were in court early.
I Mrs. Lusius Burch coming in with her
father and brother. The colonel was at
tired in a new black suit and appeared
In excellent spirits. Robin was pale and
ill at ease.
Judge Hart's opinion was brief and
clear. He said:
"The motion in the case of the state
against D. B. and Robin Cooper is now
before the court. After giving due and
careful consideration to all the reasons
assigned in the motion, the court is of the
opinion that there is no ground for set
ting aside the verdict ot the Jury and
therefore the motion Is overruled.”
"We will pray for an appeal to the su
preme court." said Judge Anuderson and
valve formal sentence.”
"It is granted.” retorted Judge Hart.
"We ask for time to perfect our appeal
and that the bond be fixed.” said An
derson.
"The bond will remain the same,” an
nounced the court. “About the time to
prepare a bill of exceptions, I suggest I
that as the term ends next Saturday, you ■
have the bill ready then.”
The defense objected and demanded
thirty days. After a wrangle, the court
said:
"Let us put it over until next Satur
day and take it up then. Adjourn court.
Mr. Sheriff, until next Saturday.”
The same bondsmen again qualified. |
After court adjourned. Judge Hart com
mented to some friends upon the fact that
the killing of Ike Morse this morning,
by a young woman who claims, he had
abandoned her, was the tenth murder In
this county since the Cooper trial began
on January 20th, and makes 29 murder,
cases now on the county docket.”
{CASTRO “EVIL GENIUS”
SAYS PRESIDENT GOMEZ
PARIS, April 26.—The correspondent of
the Journal at Caracas has cabled from
Willemstad. Curacao, an interview with
President Gomez, of Venezuela. The pres
ident, in the course of the conversation,
described Cipriano Castro as the evil
genius ,of Venezuela.
“Venezuela should be grateful to the
powers,” the president continued, "for
not confronting the country with that i
111-omened man.” President Gomez then
said that the entire policy of the new ad
ministration would be to secure peace and
security in foreign relations. To this
end congress would meet May 23, to
consider a liberal revision of the consti
tution and a series of laws modifying the
position of foreigners tn the republic.
Immigration would be facilitated, free
lands offered and foreigners, in the mat
ter of ownership of land, would be placed
on equal footing with natives. The ex
tort duties on coffee and cocsja would he
suppressed and foreign capital invited to
participate in the exploitation of the vast
agricultural, mineral and commercial re
sources of the country. Furthermore, the
powers would be asked to designate ex
p<\B to aid and report upon the possi
bilities of the Venezuelan developments.
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♦ STATE NEWS IN BRIEF *
♦ w
SYLVESTER. Oa.. April 28.—Judge T. A.
Parker, of the Waycross circuit. Is here holding
court for Judge Park, who is disqualified to alt
on certain cases which are to come up for
consideration at this term of court.
As has been Judge Parker’s practice ever
since he came to this office, he opened court
with prayer. Rev. J. A. Reiser, pastor of the
First Baptist church, was called upon to con
duct the opening prayer.
The charge which Judge Parker delivered to
the grand Jury has been pronounced ond of the
msot able and comprehensive ever delivered to
any jury In these parts. He said in part.
"I am ho alarmist or pessimist, but there Is
a spirit of lawlessness abroad In the land.
Mob violence is the outgrowth of the same.
Mob violence can never be justified. The man
who engages in mA> violence becomes a crimi
nal. We are not willing to turn over the en
forcement of law to such a clas sos people.
Home great student tells us that we have DO
homicides In the United States to 2 In England.
This Is the outgrowth of lawlessness.”
He said the people of Georgia used to say
that liquor could not be sold within three miles
ot a school house or church, but now the law
says it can't be sold anywhere In Georgia—
except Savannah (?). He also took a good lick
at near-beer. He said It Is only a subterfuge
for violators of the law.
lion. W. O. Dean, of Monroe, Ka.. wbo bus
been appointed Judge of the city court of Mon
roe. by Gorernor Smith, was the unanimous
choice of the liar aud people of Monroe for the
position. The testimonials filed in his favor
were in the shape of letters from the bar. inei
cliant*. uanken* and farmers of Walton county
and were of the kind to be most gratifying so
Judge Dean.
He is an able lawyer and a man of high
character. Those who know him best are sure
he will make a model Judge.
SIMMER VILLE. Ga.. April 27.—Chattooga
county camp of Confederate Veterans have Just
lit Id Its annual meeting at which thirty-nine of
the old ■ l>oya” were present. Captain 11. A.
Brownfield, wlio was a soldier In the Ninth
Georgia regiment of Tlge Anderson's brigade,
was the presiding commander and was unani
mously re-elected for the ensuing year.
Delegates were appointed to attend grand an
nual Confederate reunion to be held this year at
Memphis, and all the old comrades were urged
to go: but many of them cannot do so.
Special attention was called to the fact that
the general assembly to convene In June would.
In all probability, enact laws necessary to pro
vide a pension for that class of Confederate
soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers,
under the constitutional amendment ratified by
the people at the election of lest November.
tinder the new law pro|>osed a pension will
be paid to every Confederate soldier, and the
widow of every Confederate soldier (who were
married prim to the let of January, 1870), not
worth over $1,500. who performed a term of
military service in the Confederate army, or
of the organised militia of Georgia, and who
was honorably discharged therefrom.
i The new law will contain also a provision
; for a pension to that class of widows who
had a husband killed in the service, but who
afterwards married again and are now widows
again.
A resolution was proposed and unanimously
adopted to the effect that this entire camp
act as-a committee to ascertain the name of
every man and woman who would be entitled to
a pension under the new law proposed. It la
expected that all these names will be furnished
to the county representative, or ordinary, by
the first of June.
It Is a beautiful custom of thia camp to
S repare memorials of such comrades as may
eve passed away within the year enecedtng
each annual meeting.
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, as:
Frank J; Cheney makes oath that he it>
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City of To
ledo, County and State aforeskid. and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
DRED DOLLARS for each afid every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. ISB6 A. W. GLEASON.
J Seal.) . Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo
nials free.
F. 3. CHENEY’ & CO., Toledo, O.
Bold by al! Dru«»tate, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipa
tion.
SPEEDS IN AUTO
TO ESCAPE MOB
SHERIFF AVERY AND NEGRO
PRISONER MAKE FAST TIME
TO PREVENT A LYNCHING.
EXCITEMENT AT ADEL.
SPARKS, Ga., April 27.—The negro who
shot down Clifford Rutherford at
Monday morning just before daylight,
was captured at Adel Monday afternoon
about 3 o'clock by Chief of Police A. D.
Mullis.
The negro was seen by one of the fore
men of the Adel Lumber company coming
through the woods to one of the com
pany's shanties, and he gave the alarm.
The shanty was quickly surrounded and
the negro captured. He soon confessed
that he was the man who did the killing,
and gave up the pistol with which he
killed young Rutherford. He gave his
name as J. B. Jackson, and said he was
from Cordele.
He stole a crowbar from the railroad
section house fft Lenox, with which he
broke open three stores, the postoffiee, the
Bank of Lenox and the express office and
ticket office. He got the pistol out of
the bank with which he shot Rutherford.
He also discarded the suit of clothes and
shoes he was wearing and selected a new
outfit from the stores he entered. He was
wearing the new suit when captured, but
was barefooted. He had thrown away
the new shoes because they hurt his feet.
He made the statement to Mr. Mullis
that a white man was in partnership with
him in his robbery, but that he would die
before telling his name.
Sheriff Avery arrested another negro at
Lenox on suspicion and carried him to
Nashville jail. The suspicion was not
sufficiently strong against him to arouse
much excitement.
Adel is 10 miles from Lenox. The negro
Jackson was immediately hurried out of
town towards Nashville through the
country by Mullis and was safely landed
In jail at Nashville.
By 4 o'clock fifty to one hundred men
from Lenox and surrounding country had
reached Adel, under the impression that
the negro was being held there, determin
ed on lynching him. The crowd were in
an ugly mood, and had the negro been
there it would have been impossible to
save him. At this hour the excitement is
running high and it is believed if the
negro is held in the Nashville jail that
he will be lynched before morning.
Clifford Rutherford was a young un
married man about twenty-four years old,
and was from a very prominent family in
thia county.
It was reported by telephone from
Nashville at 6 o'clock that Sheriff Avery
had Just left there with the negro Jack
son in an automobile In the direction of
Douglas. It is the impression that he
will change his course and take his pris
oner to Valdosta or Waycross.
The county officials promise that an ad
journed term of court will be held within
ten days to try the negro if the people
will make no further effort to lynch him.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
A trip to the Alaskan-Yukon exposition, to
he htld at Seattle. Wash., next summer, will
be given teachers in public schools. Five dol
lars per day for Incidental expenses will be
all'wed. For particulars, address G. L. Rock
well, Publicity Director, I. lOtM) North Grand
AVe., St. IjOuls. Mo.
TREASURER MIST
DAY FOR STAMPS
Governor Smith has declined the reques'
of State Treasurer Park for warrants to
cover the expenses of the state bank
bureau for postage stamps amounting to
between S3OO and S4OO. The chief executive
rays In his letter that he cannot pay
the account nut •of the contingent fund
Governor Smith says that the law es
tablishing the bank bureau names the
state treasurer as state bank examiner,
and provides that his salary as state bank
examiner shall he $2 500 a year, and tha'
the salary and expenses are to be prorat
ed and collected from the banks accord
ing to the capital of each.
The governor's letter follows:
"ATLANTA, Ga., April 10, 1909.
“Hon. R. E. Park. Treasurer, State Cap
itol, Atlanta, Ga.
"Dear Sir: I have received your several
letters in which you ask for warrants to
cover the expenses of the state bank bu
reau for postage stamps amounting to
between S3OO and S4OO.
“The law establishing the bank bureau
names the state treasurer as state bank
examiner and provides that 'his salary
as state bank exminer shall be $2,500 a
year. This salary and expenses to be pro
rated and collected from banks according
to the capital of each as hereinafter stat
ed in section 24 of this act.’ The law
also gives you the right to employ as
slstants and names the salaries of these
assistants, for which it provide again,
‘The salaries and expenses to be prorated
and collected from the banks according to
the capital of each as hereinafter stated
in section 24 of this act.’ Section 24 fixes
the fees to be charged the respective
banks for each examination made by the
state bank examiner or his assistants of
such banks.
"The language Is too clear to admit
of doubt. Your salary, the salaries of
your assistants and the expenses of
the department are expressly made pay
able from the money raised through the
fees charged the banks for examina
tions. While the act provides for the
payment of a salary of $2,500 to the
state treasurer as bank examiner In
addition to hfs salary of $2,000 as state
treasurer, my construction of the act Is
that this $2,500 could only be retained
by the state /treasurer as bank exam
iner if he has saved it from the fees
after paying all the expenses of the bu
reau.
"Your last statement shows that you
retained $2,500 as bank examiner as
your salary, and the shortage tn your
expense account is due to this fact.
Your statement also shows that Mr.
Holllnshead, your first assistant, oniy
received $1,648 for his services when the
law authorized him to receive $2,000.
"Under my view of the law I could not
pay the stamp account out of the con
tingent fund, thereby enabling you to
retain $2,500 as a salary when the fees
from the banks did not pay the ex
penses of the bureau and leave $2,500
for your salary. I do not regard this
as the kind of expenditure the contin
gent fund was intended to provide for.
"Besides, the legislature has been in
session since this condition of affairs
arose, and If it was the purpose of the
legislature to make your $2,500 salary
good even if you were unable to meet
the expenses of the bureau and also
retain $2,500 for yourself, it is my
opinion that the subject should have
been brought to the attention of the
legislature and a direct appropriation
asaed from tnem.
"Very truly yours,
(Signed) "HOKE SMITH,
“Gvernor.”
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a tad influence on their children who are
apt to be Imitative.
One woman declares that on returning home
late one evening she discovered their dog run
ning about the house with her husband's dress
shirt, collar and cravat dangling from it*
back.
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WOMAN KILLS MAN WHO
SPURNED HER LOVE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 27.—Isaac 8.
I Morse, a well known young business man
■ of this city, was shot and almost instant
ly killed shortly betore 8 o’clock this
I morning by Gertrude Douglas, in the
office of the American Dry Cleaning com
pany.
In the excitement that followed the
shooting the young woman made her
I escape and was arrested an hour later in
i the office of a doctor.
• When seen at the police headquarters
j after her arrest, Miss Douglas at first rC
' fused to make a statement, her agitation
I being so great ihat she could scarcely
| speak. Finally she said:
I “Ike Morse has ruined me, and he has
been going with me for the last nine
I years. He couldn't throw me over and
I live. I met him in this city nine years
1 ago.”
i There were only two other persons in
] the American Dry Cleaning company of
i flee, where the victim of the shooting
made his headquarters, at the time, and
neither was an eyewitness to the tragedy.
Walter Ewing and Owen Billups, two
colored porters, were In the rear of the
store and saw Miss Douglas talking to
Morse for some ten minutes before the
shooting.
Thinking that she was a customer, they
went on with their work and only went
into the front office when they heard the
shots fired and in time to catch Morse as
he pitched forward and to see his assail
ant leaving the office by the front door.
Walter Ewing, one of the colored boys,
says that he was first attracted by loud
talking between his employer and the
Douglas woman, and heard Mr. Morse
say: "Go on and ten your business.”
“It was just a few second after this."
said Ewing, "when the shots were fired.
1 looked and he seemed to be starting
forward towards the woman. She shot
• again ahd he fell back and I caught him.
They were standing by the counter when
the shooting took place and right close
together.”
BEACH HARIGS GETS
LIFE TERM IN PEN
IRVINE. Ky.. April 28.—Th ejury In
1 the case of Beach Irargis, who was tried
on a charge of killing his father. Judge
James Hargis, returned a verdict of
guilty, and he was sentenced to life im
prisonment today.
The Jury was given the case late yes
terday afternoon.
This was the second trial of Hargis for
this crime. The first trial resulted in a
mistrial, the jury not being able to agree
upon a verdict.
The murder of Judge Hargis, by his
son Beach, occurred in the judge's store
at Jackson, Breathitt county, on the af
ternoon of February 6, 1908. Beach had
ben intoxicated, it is alleged, for sev
eral days, and on the afternoon of the
killing he is asserted to have said that
his father had ben mistreating him, and
that he was going to have revenge. He
left the place where he is alleged to have
made these therats and went directly so
the Hargis store. There he was met by
his father, who asked him what he had
been doing.
It is not known what Beach answered,
but the two clinched, during which Beach
shot his father four times, the bullets
being fired through Beach’s coat, he not
having had time, it is said, to draw his
weapon, which belonged to the murdered
father, having been taken from the store
by young Hargis.
The judge died while being carried from
the store to his home, a short distance
away, and for several days excitement
was intense in the little town.
The strong Harris faction was split
to pieces by the clamors on the part of
Judge Hargis' friends that Beach be
punished, and by the efforts to secure his
freedom by his mother.
He was placed in jail soon after the
shooting, and a day or two later tried to
commit suicide by taking a considerable
quantity of morphine. He was saved,
however, by his physician-brother-in-law.
Dr. W. P. Hogg rushing to the Jail and
using a stomach pump.
PATTEN COLQUITT TO
SATISFY WIFE
NEW YORK. April 27,-Fear that his
hold on the wheat market would be bro
ken did not induce James A. Patten to get
out of the market, nor was it that he was
satisfied with his profit. He closed out
his holdings, according to a story in Wall
street, because his wide desired him to do
so.
Both Patten and his wife are intense
ly religious and spend much time and
money in church work. Patten saw the
newspaper stories about the increase In
the price of bread and read that her hus
band and blamed for this, she realized
the sufferings brought upon the poor and
it is said persuaded Mr. Patten to close
out his speculations in wheat.
NEW YORK. April 27.—The journey
i men Bakers and Confectioners’ Interna
-1 tlonal union has issued an official denun
ciation of James A. Patten because of his
' dealings In the wheat market, blaming
■ him for the present hard times the bakers
are suffering. The protest in part reads:
“He imposed a tax on this nation which
no legislature would have dared to in
filet by purchasing all the available sup
ply of wheat and purposely holding it
' back until he could realize an extortion-
I ate price for it. This brought despair to
many a poor man's home.”
Oniy a Memory
”Ma. Is there such a thing as 'tainted
money' 7”
“No. my child. It’s all been withdrawn from
circulation.”
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SCOTT SARCASTIC IN
SENATE SPEECH
WASHINGTON. April 27.—'Mr. Presi
dent, I do not wish the senate called to
order.” said Senator Scott, of West V ir
ginia, upon beginning his speech on the
tariff today when Vice President Sher
man undertook to maintain quiet in the
chamber.
"I do not expect this argument to
change a vote,” added Mr. Scott, "and
consequently lam entirely Indifferent
whether senators retire to the lobbies or
indulge in conversation, because I do not
care whether they listen to my remark--,
or not.”
"The chair does care,” replied Mr.
Sherman.
Mr. Scott's remarks were listened to
by many senators, who gave him strict
attention. Senator Scott said he advo
cated protection not oniy because he be
lieved it was the best policy for his own
state of West Virginia, and for the south,
but also for the entire country.
He said that when congress had com
pleted the enactment of the pending bill
”we will not have nearly so good a bill,
in my judgment, as the present Ding
ley law. New England, for instance,
profited in the past. Now ahe is ready
for a downward revision of the tariff anJ
for tree coal if she can get it. But the
southland sees ahead of her nothing bin
prosperity under a protective tariff. She
has developed more rapidly in manufac
tures than any other portion of ou»
country.”
He insisted that raw material and cheap
fuel still would be lying undeveloped if
it had not been for a protective tariff, but
that a counterveiling duty on coal wa*
a great injustice to the coal mining in
dustry. He declared his absolute and ut
ter opposition to a countervailing duty.
He said that if the rate on lumber
should be reduced —48 per cent of all the
lumber manufactured in the United States
being produced in the south—there would
be nothing left for the American lumber
man to do but to cut wages. Lower
wages, also, he said, would follow the
cuts of tariff rates on iron and steel pro
ducts.
He asserted with respect to the oil in
dustry that less than ten per cent of
the crude oil of the country was produced
by the Standard Oil company, and de
clared he did not propose to let any
“populistic howllngs influence me in what
I see to be my duty in regard to taking
care of the independent oil producers in
my state.”
LABOR LEADER BIFFS
COMER IN SPEECH
MOBILE, Ala.. April 26.—President An
drew Marx, of the Alabama Federation
of Labor, at the afternoon session of that
body today, said In his annual address
to that body:
”1 beg to call your attention to the
statement in all the flally papers that the
Hon. B. B. Comer, governor of the state
of Alabama, and owner of the Ivondale
cottton mills, has refused pointedly to
act upon the request of Governor Sanders,
of Louisiana, to commission delegates to
the conferertce held in New Orleans to
take steps in regard to the employment
of child labor.
Governor Comer declined to make any
appointments, assigning as his only rea
son that the state of Alabama had re
cently passed excellent laws upon this
subject, and that he could not approve
of any attempt to modify these laws un
til they had been fairly tested and found
to be unsatisfactory. His claim that the
laws of Alabama, governing the employ
ment of children by mills and factories
are good and adequate, for all purposes
is positively and strongly controverted
by a lady expert on this subject, who hae
devoted much time to its consideration
and who has visited the mills and was
present at the ‘conference held in New
Orleans.’ There are many children in the
Avondale mills of tender years—too
young for such work, and yet Governor
Comer was cognizant of this and still
maintains that the laws of the state
governing the employment of child labor
are good.
“I would urge the passage of resolu
tions approving the action of the confer
ence and condemning Governor Comer for
his refusal to commission delegates to
that conference, as he was requested by
the governor of Louisiana, and for ene*
ploying in his mills at Avondale, of
children of such tender years, and to de
nounce also the parents of thqpe chil
dren.”
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TORTURER OF GIRL
PAYS DEATH PENALTY
GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Aprh 27.-
Roman Estrada today paid the death pen
alty for one of tne mon* brutal crimes
in the history of the republic
Jealous of his sweetheart, whom he ac
cused of unfaithfulness, Estrada beat her
severely in an attempt to compel her to
confess. This proving unsuccessful, Es
trada tied the unfortunate girl to a post
and cut off one of her ea*s, then one of
her toes.
She was found dying but still able to
give the name of her tbrturer. F.straua
was captured and today he was shot to
death by soldiers.
MRS. JOHN MILLEBGE
SEEKS TO GET OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 27.—Mrs.
John Milledge, widow of the late state li
brarian of Georgia, is here, an appli
cant for the postmastership at Waynes
boro to succeed Thomas Quincy.
Mrs. Milledge has many strong indorse
ments. and In view of the facitonal dif
ferences in Waynesboro growing out of
the effort to have Selgfield Scharweiss
appointed. It is not Improbable that she
will be named by the president on the
recommendation of the postoffice depart
ment.
frankTadams dies
AT LOVETT, ALA.
WEST POINT. Ga.. April 27.—Frank
Adams, a well-known hardware mer
chant, is dead at his home in Lanett, af
ter . linf«-ring illness o‘ several teoiurs.
He is survived by one bro.her, D. L. Ad
ams, of West Point; anu four sisters,
Mrs. S. Alexander. Mrs. M. 3. Stephens,
Mrs. B. F. Cutteno, of Newntn. Ga.: i-nd
Mis. F. J. Bradley, of Minneapofix, Minn,
his wife, five sons and tw» daughters.
GOVERNOR SETS DEKALB
ELECTION FOR MAY 28
Governor Smith on Tuesday set May 28
as the date upon which an election should
be held in DeKalb county to elect a suc
cessor to Murphy Candler in the legis
lature.
Mr. Candled, it will be remembered, re
signed in order to become a member of
the railroad commission.
REFUSES TO CHANGE
PROHIBITION BILL
NASHVILLE Tenn., April 27—The
Senate today rejected, on the first reading
a bill introduced by Mr, Kelly, of Mem
phis. which sought to extend the time
when the state wide prohibition law
becomes effective from July 1, 1909. to
January 1, 1909.
MEN FROM GEORGIA
LEAD OHIO PROHIS
SEABORN WRIGHT AND GEOFGR
STUART PRINCIPLE SPEAKERS
FOR “DRY’S” IN GREAT CAM
PAIGN IN BUCKEYE STATH
CHILLICOTHE, 0.. April 28.-The
"wet” and “dry" election opened in this
town at 5:30 o'clock this morning, and
the fine weather means a large vote.
Excitement is intense, as today is the
culmination of a hot campaign of four
months in Ross county. An organisation
of women patrol in front of each polling
place ta the town. An army of detec
tives is working for the "drys” to pre
vent any fraud.
The "drys” charge the board of elec
tions with being unfair in refusing to ap
point “dry” challengers and inspectors.
Every police officer of the city is in
citizen's clothes and is working for the
"wets.”
At 5 o'clock this morning carriages and
automobiles carried the "dry” detectives
to various voting precincts in the county.
Every automobile and livery rig availa
ble has been hired for action.
Rev. C. W. Eldredge, superintendent of
the Cincinnati division of the Antl-Baloon
league, who has been active in the
movement and who was recently rot ten
egged by "wets” while he was speaking
at Adelphi, was arrested this morning,
charged with violating the 100-foot limit
at a polling place, and is now in Jail.
The police have arrested several "dry"
workers, all men, on the same charge.
Seaborn Wright Speaks
The principal speeches last night were
by Rev. Smllley. of Kansas, opposing
local option, and Seaborn Wright, of
Georgia, favoring it.
Rev. George Parke, an evangelist, was
assaulted by a "wet” advocate and sus
tained a bad cut over the eye. Numerous
minor affrays have occurred.
One thousand women held a meeting in
the First Presbyterian church and di
vided Ross county into districts and
made arrangements for work at the
polls. , ,
Women Guard George Stuart
Last night one hundred W. C. t U.
women stood guard around a big tent,
while George Stuart, of Georgia, ad
dressed the large crowd. The wOmefi
took this action because they allege that
the "wets” cut the tent ropes at a big
"dry” meeting during a storm Sunday
night.
John Carper, at Adelphia, wa* arrested
at the instance of the 'drys” organisa
tion. charged with illegally giving away
whisky in “dry” territory. x<e came to
Chillicothe yesterday for "wet” goods,
held a “wet" meeting with friends last
night, pleaded guilty in court today and
was fined SIOO and costs.
: Assaulted by Police Chief
When J. D. Withgott, secretary of
the local option committee, called at the
city jail to see the Rev. Mr. Eldredge,
it is Claimed by the "drys" that Wlthgott
was refused admittance and was assault
ed by Chief of Police Pendergast. Mu
nicipal officials refuse the "drys” admis
sion to the Jail to see the "dry” Workers
who have been arrested on one pretext
and another. The "dry” prisoners will
resort to habeas corpus proceedings- R« v -
Mr. Eldredge has been released on bond.
Sheriff J. Henry Swope and Judge John
W. Goldsberry have sworn in one hun
dred deputy sheriffs to control the situ
ation. The county officers declare they
will see that the "drys” get a square deal.
Mayor Y’aple and the city officers com
pose the “wets” organization in this city.
Women Watching Bare
•Dry” detectives swore out warrants
for the arrest of five “wets,” charging
them with attempting to bribe voters.
The "wets” pleaded not guilty in city
court and each held for grand jury under
S3OO bond.
Rev. George L. Parke, of Portsmouth,
0., who was assaulted by a "wet" last
night on the street, was injured Worse
than he was at first thought to be. His
left temple bone was laid bare by a blow
with steel knuckles.
Women are patrolling the front and
rear doors of all saloons and are using
cameras. Miss Myra Powell was arrest
ed by a city policeman and her camera
taken from her.
DELAWARE COUNTY IS
IN DRY COLUMN
MUNCIE. Ind., April 28.—Delaware
county yesterday voted dry in a county
option election by a majority estimated
at 2 800. Muncie, the county seat, gave
the “drys” a majority of 218. The result
of the election in this county was await
ed with great interest, as Muncie is, so
far, the largest city to vote on the saloon
question. Eighty-two saloons will be
closed.
The next’ county option election In
which a struggle is expected Is In Tippe
canoe county next Friday. Lafayette, the
county seat, hss 101 saloons.
Up to the present forty-five of the
ninety-two counties of the state have
voted dry under the local option law,
WESTERN HENS PUT
PRICE OF EGGB DOWN
NEW YORK. April 28.—The hens of the
middle west have been working so in
dustriously during the past week that
eggs are now coming into New York at
the rate of 8,200,000 a day. As this is
Considerably more than New York can
use, the surplus is being put into stor
age for future consumption. This great
influx of eggs has sent the wholesale
price down to about 23 cents.
TWENTY-FIVE RIOTERS
HAVE BEEN EXECUTED
DIRAXGO. Mex.. April 27.-Official reports
o the recent rioting at Velardena following
the atopplng by the municipal officer* of a
religions parade, show that no lea* than 25 men
were executed after ‘uimmary trial by coart
martial for participating In the rioting. Be
sides these, sevn men were killed during tba
rioting and forty more are still in prison
■ waiting trial. ______
VARDAMAN WILL AGAIN
SEEK SENATE TOGA
MOBILE. Ala.. April 27.—Ex-Governor
James K. Vardaman, in an interview at
Selma, states he will again be a candi
date for United States senator from Mis
sissippi in the primaries which will be
held in that state in 1911.
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