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VOL. XI.
TOURISTS GET W
FOR CHARLOnE RUN ;
■ MANY CARSAfiE GUT
Out of 64 Contestants That
Left New York Saturday
Only 17 or Possibly 18 Have
Perfect Scores
*T W. T. WATHI, J*.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C-. Get. 13—The
official bulletin posted at headquarters
here at 8 o’clock this morning showed
that only 17 or possibly 18 of the 84 con
testants started from New York
still oi.ve their perfect scores, and that
eight of the <4. aU of which started
from Roanoke at 11 o’clock yesterday
morning, were not yet in at that hour.
The tour started on Its run around Wtn
stpti-SaJem ac o’clock this morning,
to rt4urn to the Zinzendorff hotel and
check out after a few minutes later.
Fifty minutes were allowed in the day’s
schedule for this and other stope at
Greensboro and High Point The sched
ule for the day caliled for 20. 18 and M
miles per hour over the average of good
roads between here and Charlotte, the
night control, via Salisbury, the noon
control.
HAVE PERFECT SCORES.
The IT cars that still have perfect
scores are the No. 1 factory Maxwell,
New York team; No. 2 factory Maxwell,
same team; Gov. Hoke Smith's Max
well. Inman Gray's American Traveler.
C. H. Johnson’s Stevens-Duryea. L. C.
Brown s Mitchell. J. Epps Brown’s
Thomas. Claude Nolan’s Cadillac. Craw
ford Wheatley’s Stevens-Duryea. H. P.
McNeil’s Cadillac, E. M. William’s Ford,
I. O. Teasley's Ford. R. S. King's Cadil
lac. The Athens Motor Car company s
Columbia, No. 54. Flanders of the De
troit team. City of Cordele’s Olsmobile
and the Winston-Salem Board of Trade’s
Mitchell.
No. 8 Maxwell of the New York team
was marked on the bulletin “Subject to
penalty." None whs stipulated. No. 60,
the Athens Banner Maxwell, withdrew as
a contestant, according to Starter Fergu
son at the checking station below Rocky
Mount yesterday afternoon, but got in
here all right and is continuing with the
run this morning.
The eight care that were not in that
■hour of the bulletin were as follows:
Mayor Coartland S. Winn's Flanders
(Mayor Winn was hero but his car had
apparently not checked in); B. M. Grant’s
Marmon. No. 17 Met*, of the Waltham
team, perfect until last night; The Grif
fith Implement company's Schacht. D. P.
Deberry's Halladay, C. A. MoCardle’s
B. M. F . No. * Flanders, of the Detroit
team and the Krit factory entry. Start
er »slessen egatbd teavjln Mesa- wm
passed by him on the road late last
night with a broken wheel south of Mar-
RnsviUe. - ,
The Schacht has a broken crank case
10 miles south of Roanoke as the result
of a collision with a rock in the middle
of the mountain road. Mr. Debarry’s
Halladay was on the road south of Mar
tinsville with a stripped pinion in the
differential. Mr. McCardles* E. M. F.
was down with a broken axle, its second,
near Ellisboro. The Marmon sustained
a broken spring and arrived at 4 o'clock.
No report was at hand on either of the
Flanders or the Krit. y.
SOUND AND WELL.
No casual:ie* or personal accidents
were to be marked against yesterday's
sheet. Everybody was sound and well.
There is now not a team in the run with .
a perfect score. The excellent reqords :
of the Me(z and factory Maxwell teams,
both of which were perfect until last
night, have black marks against them
now. The whole Helu of competitors for
the Glidden trophy must fight it out now
on points. /
T!>e following penalties were shown by
-the bulletin;
Maj. John 8. Cohen’s White Gas, 7,,
total 7.
E. P. Ansley's Pierce-Arrow, 12, to-,
tai 12.
W. D Alexander’s White Gas, 152. to
tal, 1,113. \
No. 16 Meta 130. total 130.
*. No. 16 Met*. 57. total €7. \
r St. Elmo Massengale's Garford 10, to
tal >7O.
. Atlanta Ad Men’s Corbin, 23. total 23.
Anderson 8. C- Mitchell 81, total 81.
, J. H. Marsteller’s Chalmers’ perfect for
the day. total, 13.
t D. H. McMillan s Cadillac perfect for
the day, total 4.'
R H. Hall's Cadillac, perfect for th*
* .day, total 946.
Capt. W. J. Hillman's Cadillac, 243,
total 249.
- H. B. Race’s Cole, 13, total 100.
* Owens Auto company’a Halladay, per
fect tor the day. total not stated.
'C. E. Fryer's Halladay. 228, total 228.
* P. D. Sandlin s Cadillac 3. total 8.
* Frank Hardart’s Winton, 88, total 54.
J Carolina Portland Cement company's
Ford, perfect for the day, total 125
f Jacksonville Metropolis, 42. total 46.
’ L. C. Denmark’s Cadillac, perfect so
the day, total 23.
J. R Sandlin's Cadillac, perfect for the
day. total 13.
J. H. Brennan’s Packard, perfect for
jhe day. total 14.
No 55 Flanders, one of the factory team,
perfect for the day, total 416.
. J. M. Downing’s Marathon, 153, total
not stated. \
, Dr. R. L. Dozier s Marathon, perfect
Jor the day. total 210. .
Dr. Vernon L. Hutton's Marathon, 34,
total 43. . -
Martin and Rees' Cadillac, 60, total 66.
Cordele Chamber of Commerce Olds
xnoMle. H, total 85.
E. M F.. Atlanta company's Flanders,
perfect for the day. total 72.
Decatur board of trade Flanders, 104,
Total 104.
E. Rivers’ Pierce-Arrow, 106, total 106
. The ■ Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,
Stevens-Buryea, 9, total 19.
I. M. • Powell's Oldsmobile, perfect for
the day. total L -<
Greensboro, Ji* C-, Case, 117. total 412.
‘ John Kpliey’* Haynes. 17. total 17.
Dr. W. M Stinson's Cadillac, perfect
for the day, total 8.
SPEND NIGHT ON ROAD.
President R- A. Hooper, of the A. A.
A., spent the night with his car at Mar
tinsville and will comuon through this
morning, taking the short cut from Wins
ton-Salem direct to Lexington.
The Lozier tire car with R. 8. Ireland
sales manager of the Ajax Grieb Rubber
company, aboard, spent tile night on the
road north of Martinsville with a broken
spring, and arrived at 9 o'clock. %
The Jteo pilot car got into trouble by
pglllng Its crank shaft out of gear jus:
north of Martinsville yesterday afternoon .
The Velis and Chalmers pre** cars came
ci. rough la una shape. .
BLIDOEN TRAVELERS
GIVEN BIG WELCOME
AT WINSTON-SALEM
North Carolina City and Every
thing in It Is Offered Travel
ers After a Hard Day’s
Run
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IT W. T. WATIM J».
'WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Oct. 19.
Winston-Salem's welcome to the Glid
den tourists Wednesday night almost
effaced all recollection of the arduous
roads those tourists had traveled to
receive it If the idea had been to con
ceive something to wipe out all the un
pleasant features of the tour nothing
better could have been devised than to
arrange the arival at Winston-Salem
with the worst of the reads behind and
with smooth sailing from here on the
Florida line at least.
NO ONE IS HURT.
At 11:30 o’clock Wednesday night 20
of the contesting cars had not arrived.
Late comers were reporting the missing
ones as strewn all along the road from
Rocky Mount, south, battling with all
kinds of trouble, but there waa a rift in
this cloud of gloom because none of the
reports told of an/body having been
hurt. All flie trouble was with the
cars themselves. *
Governor Smith, of Georgia, made his
first speech before tbe tour Wednesday
night in Winston-Salem in the lobby of
tbe Zlnzendorf hotel, where tour head
quarters were located. The governor
did not begin speaking until 11 o’clock,
but even at that hour it seemed as if
the evening had Just begun.
The lobby of the hotel waa packed
with ladiea and gentlemen of this most
hospitable of cities. Brilliancy ana
beauty were everywhere. The'ladies of
the tour had emerged from their rooms
transformed in glorious garb. The male
tourists had washed the mud from their
faces and brushed some of it from their
clothes.
Their arrival and their toilet and
their dinner had taken the whole even
ing and others were at that moment in
their rooms or at the dining tables or
just arriving. The evening waa young
and fresh when the governor began his
speech just an hour before midnight.
Winston-Salem has had many experi
ences with scout cars and pathfinders
and with two National Highway tourc.
From the lessons, learned it knew that
it must prepare for all contingencies
in its plana to welcome the tour.
When the word came that 11 o’clock
Wednesday morning waa the hour tt
the tour’s departure from Roanoke, Win
ston-Salem simply shoved the program
ahead a few hours and went ahead very
philosophically. That it omitted noth
a
every tourist, man or woman was ready
to vow with hearty emphasis Wednes
day night. Even the very smallest de
tail. everything had been thought but
in advance and arranged, but that which
above all else made the welcome mem
orable was the spirit of Its giving.
AH of the best men in Winston-Salem
and their wives and daughters Joined ac
tively in extending ft. Each one was
a committee of one charged with the
comprehensive duty of seeing that no
-tourist wanted anything without receiv
ing it.
GIVEN ALL OF CITY.
Together they turned the city of Win
ston-Salem and all within it over to
their visitors From brass bands to bou
quets. nothing was forgotten.
The day's run led up almost naturally
to the grand climacteric at W!nston-Sa
lef. Beginning at Roanoke the whole road
was one long gauntlet of acclaim. The
start waa made from Roanoke at 11
o'clock, after the officials of the tour
had satisfied themselves that the roads
ahead were passable.
The tourists left that hospitable city
in a lafie between two solid walls of
people and cars. All down the road bou
quets and fruits were thrown tato the
cars by pretty girls. Roekymouirt and
Martinsville were filled with people gath
♦red to see the tour go through. Not
even when darkness obscured the road
did the acclaim cease. Local Inhabitants
built fires at the forks and crossroads
and stood around them while they watch
ed and eheered the passing phantoms of
the Glidden. In North Carolina every
turn in the road had its squad or watch
men, all ready to guide the runners
with lanterns into their right road and
to warn them of had places immediate
ly ahead. Kernersville, nine miles out
from Winston-Salem, reduced its speed
limit to two miles an hour, according
to a banner proclaimlag because "We
Want to See ’You.’*
GONGS AND PANS.
From there on into Winston-Salem >h*
cars were greeted by the beating of
gongs and tin pans and a bedlam of
other sounds. Through all of North Car
olina the tourists were given a clear
road and everything was done to facili
tate their quick and safe transit. > The
day was a strenuous one. Two bad fordt:
had to be crossed, some difficult feet
hills had to be climbed. Miles of mud
had to be negotiated. The tourists pushed
up hills and gulled through fords with
enthusiasm The worst of the fords, one
near Roanoke, was under the personal
supervision of C. M. Armes and other
gentlemen from that city.
SUFFRAGETTES HAVE
AN “OLD COLLEGE YELP”
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—" Votes. votes,
votes!—Votes, votes, votes!—Votes, votes,
votes!—W. 8. P.”
This U the new ’’official yell” of the
Woman Suffrage party as officially adopt
ed by the annual convention of the party
!n this city. Miss Helen Griffith, one
of the party’s district leaders, proposed
the yell.
“We women need some method of ex
pression.” she declared. “They know
how to do at men's conventions hut we
only give a dainty little clapping. 1
move that we adopt this official yell.”
They passed the motion on the spot
and tried the call but without practice it
sounded a little anaemic.
HOBBLE SKIRT BOOSTS
SHOE BUTTON PRICES
I’OBTSMOVTH. JC- H.. Oct. 19—Tbe bobble
<klrt Is proving an important factor in an tn-
Itttrla! boom hi thia city. To tbe increasing
■ogtdarity of tbe feobble la attributed tbe
argaly Increased use of fancy shoe buttons and
he vastly Increased business of tbe button
artoriea here. This city is known as tbe
->rtd’» shoe button center and all tbe fac
>ries engaged In this ngrtleular line bare
een forced to double tbrtr working staff and
.o employ day and ulghr shifts In order to
keen un with Uta JemamL r * u
RIVERS OF CHINA '
ARE RUNNING BED
IN MM BLOOD
Frightful Slaughter of Man
chus in Wu Chang by Rebel
Troops Most Horrible Mas
sacre in History of China
BHANGHAI,Oct. 19.—Six packed steam
ers arrived here from Hankow today,
carrying refugees. The steamers Bel
gravia was occupied exclusively by for
eign passengers, who were given free
accommodations at the direction of the
consuls in Hankow. The ship was so
crowded that many of the passengers
slept on the''floors of the hold. Most of
the foreigners were Russians employed
In the tea factories and Belgian iron
workers employed in the steel works, the
Han Yang arsenal and on the Peking-
Hankow railway.
The refugees declare that the whole
Yang Tse valley from Hankow to Shan
ghai is in the hands of the rebels, with
the possible exception of one or two of
the larger cities to which provincial of
ficials have retired with their available
troops. It has been insistently stated
here that Klu Klsang 15 miles below
Hanxqw is under revolutionary control.
This Is denied, however, by the govern
ment officials.
Accounts of the revolutionary attack on
Wu Chang as given by the refugees to
day emphasizes particularly the massa
cre of the Mane fa us in that city.
AWFUL MANUHU MASSACRE.
In the slaughter neither age nor sex
was regarded and it is doubtful, the ref
ugees say, whether a single representa
tive of the Manchus were left alive there.
Similar slaughters of she Manchus fol
lowed the Hankow and Han Yang when
those cities fell.
Copies of the Central China post, which
arrived on the Belgravia, describe the
early progress of tbe revolutionary move
ment. » ’
“The revolutionary leaders," the paper
says, “displayed secrecy, promptitude
and thoroughness qaulitles seldom
shown by tha governing classes in China.
But the massacre of the Manchus in our
three cities is a ghastly blot on the repu
tation of the revolutionists."
The run on the Imperial bank here still
continues, but the officials appear to
have apple resources. They are now pay
ing out for the first time the newly
minted dragon design dollars from the
mint at Naklng, the provincial capital.
Their large reserve of Mexican dollars,
was (mmpletely exhausted by the demand
early* in the week.
A Red Cross organization has been
started here. At Hankow and Wu Chang
Chinese women are serving as Red
Cross volunteers ths .first time in
ktsaeu
HOTBED OF RESOLUTION.
Shanghai is a hotbed of revolution,
and rumors of plots and counter-plots
sre numberless. A formal appeal, issued
by the revolutionary agents here today,
says:
"We appeal for the co-operation of our
brethren throughout the world. Those
with money should contribute funds;
those with wisdom should devise plans;
those with physical prowess
mount steeds and Join the ranks; those
with information should secretly report
the enemy’s condition? We expect that
our movement will succeed. If it fails,
the ten days* massacre of Hang Chow
and Kiating, when the Manchus subdued
China, will be repeated.
"It is hoped that our patriotic breth
ren will respond from aU directions and
with unanimous minds will turn this
universe about.”
A proclamation, credited to the revolu
tionary leader in Hankow, is as fol
lows: ’
"I come to save the Chinese people. I
have no idea of acquiring personal profit
or preference, but aim only to pull you
out of the fire and cure your cankering
maladies.* Heretofore you have been bit
terly oppressed. You have been drowned
in a sea of misery by a government of
aliens. Your rulers have treated you
like bastards, not like children.
“Let whoever is animated by patriotic
sentiment come quickly and Join our
ranks. With us he will obtain unending
glory by delivering his country from the
Manchu barbarian who hitherto has eat
en our flesh. From now on we, shall
sleep in his skin.
“Yet let us be mercffttl, even to our
enemies. Our soldiers must be careful
not to recklessly kill the Manchus. Let
us give them an opportunity to surrender
themselves, uniforms and weapons, if
they do not then, and continue enemies
to the revolutionary movement, they
must be killed."
Wild Rumors Sweep
Over Chinese Capital
PEKIN, China, Oct. 19.—The court offi
cial announcement this morning that tel
egraphic communication with Hankow
has been interrupted since sunset last
night, caused consternation throughout
the capital today'.
The wildest rumors of reverses to the
imperial srms.spreAd like wild fire. al-,
though no definite facts to uspport them
were available. Much significance was
attached to the fact that the govern
ment has refrained from issuing any of
ficial announcement of a victory in yes
terday’s engagement with the rebels.
Among the foreigners, who may be re
garded as impartial observers, it is gen
erally believed that the situation at Han
kow has not been appreciably improved
by the events of the past 24 hours.
Government officials continue to pro
fess the utmost optimism. They declare
that the severance of telegraphic com
munication for a period of only 12 or 18
hours over a line 650 miles long is no
ground for apprehension. They insist that
the 21,000 troops and 70 guns which have
left Pekin for Hankow, and most of
which are now en route should 4>e suf
ficient toJmmp any revolutionary at
tack. Some of the rumors current today,
however, hint at disaffection in the army.
An imperial edict today places all naval
and military forces in the region of the
Yang-Tse-Kiang the control %of
Yuan Shi Kai, who is directed to inflict
rigorous punishment upon the rebel ring
leaders and to appeal to “the misguided
and coerced rebels" to renew their al
legiance to the state. v
Yuan Shi Kai Is expected to start to
morrow for Hankow to assume the vice
royalty of the district formerly known
as Hu Kuang province, but now divided
into the provinces of Hu Peh and Hu
Nan. The movement of troops southward
is proceeding smoothly.
Official circles minimize the Importance
of yesterday’s fighting at Hankow, de
scribing it as a preliminary skirmish
which forced the rebel to retreat. Na
tives of Hankow claim that the rebels
are deserting.
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POLICY OF ROOSEVELT
WILL BL OIL OF SILENCE
Former President Will Keep
Quiet in the Next National
Campaign »
(By jMsoci&ted Frees.
RICHMOND/ Va„ Oct 19.—The part
which former president. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt will take in the coming na
tional campaign will be one of silence,
It became publicly known today through
a letter which he wrote to Congressman
J. Hampton Moore, of Pennsylvania,
president of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways association, declining the honor
of addressing the association at its con
vention here. Colonel Roosevelt emphat
ically declared:
"From now on I wish to avoid mak
ing any speech that I possibly can
avoid." t
Concluding his letter Mr. Roosevelt
said:
1101 '
or an? kina or sor% now."
These portions bf the colonel’s letter
were taken by the waterways delegates
to mean that he wished to refrain from
giving utterance to any opinions which
possibly might be misconstrued in con
nection with the presidential campaign.
No other meaning could be deducted from
his refusal to be a speaker at the wa
terways convention. It Is apparent from
the colonel's letter that he intends to
remain silent throughout the entire cam
paign, which already has begun with
President Taft’s swing around the circle
through the west.
The letter to President Moore begins
with Colonel Roosevelt saying;
"I -felsh It were posslNe for my
friends to realize my position, not for
my own sake, but because then they
would understand just why it Is that I
cannot accept all the Invitations which
come to me.”
While he greatly appreciated the in
vitation, he was very ..sorry he could not
accept.
PROGRAM IS PREPARED
FOR BANKERS’ MEETING
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19,—Soclal
features and festivities incident to the
annual convention of the National Bank
ers’ association in this city November
20. will begin on the evening of the first,
business sejsiop of the financiers ana
will continue throughout their stay
here. Chairmen of 1 the various commit
tees last night reported satisfactory
progress jin arrangements which will in
clude banquets, firewonu
and illuminations, automobile rides, boat
trips, a game of polo and ending with
a grand ball at the French opera house.
A vklt to Kenilworth plantation is
also being arranged and timed so as tu
have the gueste view the cane grinding
and sugar making operations. The last
day of the convention, November 34,
will be marked by a gala performance
of the French opera.
The bankers will then go aboara
United Fruit company’s steamships foi
a visit to the Panama canal zone.
TUBERCULOSIS GROWS
IN NEW YORK CITY
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NEW YORK, Oct. 19-Tuberculosis ts
Increasing in New 'York city, despite
evefy effort against it, according to the
anual report of Leopold Plant, presi
dent of the United Hebrew Charities.
“Notwithstanding the propaganda
against consumption,” the report says,
"the number of those who have applied
to us for aid because of the disease has
Increased 20 per cent. Our only hope
lies in a radical change of working and
living Factories must be made
sanitary; tenements made habitable;
children must have room to play and
men and women must not be overworked
and underpaid. Otherwise society |n all
Its strata w|ll have to pay the penal
ty." ,
OLD WAfTrECORDS ARE
LOCATED BY COMPANY
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 19.—The rec
ords of the battalion of Washington
artillery of a period before the civil
war have been located fn Lacrosse,
Wls., according to an announcement
made at the regular meeting of that
command last night by Maj. Allison
Bowen.
Major Bowen said the records covereu
that period previous to the war and up
to the time of the occupation of thia
city by Benjamin Butler. The records
are now in the posesslon of Frank Win
ter, whose father was an officer in
Butler's command, it is said, and wilt
clear up the title of the Washington
artillery to their valuable property
upon which their armory ia located and
which is now in dispute.
OLD BILL MINOR A LIAR
AND A DIPLOMAT TO BOOT
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Instead of Tapping Guard on Head He Seems to Have
“Finessed” His Way Out of Prison —Night Guard Blood
worth Has Been Discharged for Sleeping Too Soundly
Old Bill Minor, who escaped from the
state prison farm last Monday night,
was more than a bandit, train robber and
bad man. He was a crafty diplomat, too,
as an Investigation of the escape by
Chairman Davidson, of the prison com
mission, discloses.
Old Bill left the state penitentiary
without harming a hair on the head of
the guard. Indeed, he didn’t touch the
sentry, nor did he use a crowbar. In
fact, the only rough work in connection
with his departure was the careless
ness with which Jie slammed the door
behind him as he left the prison—and,
maybe, it was the wind and not the
Bendit that slammed the door.
And recent returns from the prison
farm indicate thatVjld Bill was not with
out a sensd of hUflbon also. Only, a few
befoA
nlty. Old'’Bill ItenS his personal assur
ance to Chairman feavison that he never
violated a confidence, and would abide
in peace within the walls of the prison,
giving the guards no trouble, doing his
work with a zest and never attempting
to escape. As he spoke these words, it
ts probable that the old bandit laughed
in his sleeve in the knowledge that on
that very night he was to depart for
regions unknown.
Old Bill also talked to the chair
man of cotton picking. He had been
working in the fields of the prison farm,
picking cotttog. and'-his comment was
that he was too old to make a success
wt such dongs, be whi had devoted his
life to tbe western plains, holding up
stage coaches, robbing trains and living
as a bad man of the frontier. In fact,
Bill said he had never seen any cot
ton until they put him to picking it, and
he Mr. Davison that if he were younger
he would devote hri life to the Invention
of a cotton picker.
Accounts conflict as to just bow Old
Bill Minor and his pals—John Watts and
Tom Moore—actually escaped, but Chair
man Davison’s investigations have pro
gressed far enough to warrant him in
the discharge of Night Guard Blood-
BEING DEAD, CHANG HOW MAY
REMAIN IN UNITED STATES
The Government Grants This Privilege to the Son of Chong
'Foh, Who Makes Baskets of Reed in a Village Near Pekin
and Lives on 2 Cents Worth of Rice a Day
Chang How, the son of Chong Foh,
who makes little baskets of reed in a
tiny village near Pekin and lives on two
cents* worth of rice a day. can at last
rest quietly in the celestial country
where he dreamed of rice enough to put
warmth in his body and perhaps a whiff
of the black smoke that begins in heav
en and ends in the land of never cease
less torture.
Chang is dead and the government has
decided that, being so, he can stay In
the United States just as long as he
chooses.
For several years before he died, nat
uralization inspectors and other well
nourished agents of the government
worked ceaselessly to “send Chang to
China where he would join Chong Foh
in making reed baskets and living off two
cents’ worth of rice a day.
Chang was accused of having slipped
SOUTHERN CORN SHOW
TOBE DECEMBER 5-3
The chamber of- commerce executive
committee decided Wednesday alter noon
to change the dates of the Southern Corn
show from November 21-24 to Dwember
6-9 inclusive.
This action was taken because the
meetings of the American Federation of
Labor will occupy the auditorium dur
ing the latter part of November.
It was also decided that one day of
the' show would be given over to a
street carnival, and that there would ud
a big parade, probably with floats.
The boys’ corn clubs throughout the
south will participate in the parade
These ‘clubs will be a big feature of the
show, as there are 90 in Georgia alone,
representing as many countries.
Among the thousands of dollars’ worth
of prltes’, wtll be prizes ,iW the best
showing made by the boys’ clubs.
At the' .auditorium there will be ex
hibits. from. Georgia, Carolina, Florida,
Alabama, Misisaippi and Louisiana.
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was ort duty at the time. The
Investigations will continue, and it ia
stated that prosecutions may follow.
The guard declared that Old Bill Minor
and his pals overpowered him, took his
keys and pistol and made their escape.
But this story is not corroborated by
the investigation, and here is the story
as Chairman Davison learned it:
The guard room, where Bloodworth was
on duty, is supplied with peep holes, that
the sentry may watch the prisoners in
the stockade. One of the prisoners—
supposedly John Watts—succeeded in
squeezing himself through one of the
peep holes, while the guard sat at a ta
ble, ignorant of Watts’ activity. Chair
man Davison has been informed by other
prisoners that the guard was sound
asleep, and paid no heed to their warn
ings that prisoners were escaping.
mh iesp ‘wir-ttr-TYr
the Yoom wih the guard, WAtts crept
quietly up to Bleodworth, relieved him
Os his pistol and keys. Then he unlocked
the stockade door, and out stepped Tom
Moore and Did Bill Minor. As they left
the door slammed, and this awakened tbe
day guard, who sounded the alarm.
Meantime, Night Guard Bloodworth be
came active, according to uhairmsn Da
vison, through the efforts of a negro
prisoner who aroused him by poking him
in the ribs with a broom handle.
Chairman Davison was at the farm,
spending the night. He and the warden
answered the alarm. The dogs were
called and began to trail the prisoners,
who had been gone not over an hour.
Then It began to rain, tne dogs lost the
scent and the hunt was over. .
That the escape was well planned—and
planned by Old Bill—ls the opinion ot
Chairman Davison. The men had citi
zens’ clothes, and as they hastened along
the road they lost some of them. They
were found by tbe searching posse and
the dogs.
And so it appears from Chairman Da
vison’s account that Old Bill used rare
finesse and not the strong arm in gain
ing his liberty—the liberty he promised
to gain before he
into the United States in violation of
sundry wise and rigid laws, and two
years ago he was tried in Atlanta be
fore United States Commissioner W. T.
Colquitt
Finally, however, when the decision
was reached that Chang mult be deport
ed, regardless of how little rice he could
get at basket-making, it was found that
he was going into consumption. Kindly
the government decided he could stay
long enough tp die. This he did, and the
government further decided Thursday
morning, in the form of an order from
the United States court, that he can con
tinue to stay now.
Chang died in New York. Since the
amount of his daily allowance of rice
doesn't particularly concern him now, his
friends may contribute pennies enough
to send hlua back to sleep in the little
village near Pekin.
WHIPPLE PAYS TRIBUTE TO
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYES
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19-Tribute tq
government employes is written in *he
annual report of Paymaster General
Whipple, of the army, who asks for an
increase of salary and a system of re
tirement for the employe when he
reaches the age of Incapacity.
Referring to-the statistical increase of
the cost of living of 50 per cent during
the past 15 years without a corresponding
rise in pay, General Whipple says the
Increase is asked not as a reward for
past service, "but as an actual necessi
ty.” I
‘lt is apparent,” says General Whip
ple, "that under these conditions the
clerks with families. to support and c
dren to educate have been forced to
practice the utmost economy and self
denial in order to make troth ends meet,
and yet in the face of this there has
been no dimunition of their faithful ap
plication and attention to duty so far as
my office la concerned.”
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IMPORTANT POINT
MAY BE RULED UPON
IN M'NIMIBJ TRIAL
Judge Bordwell Expected to
Pass Upon Question of Eli
gibility of Talesman to
Serve on Jury
(By A«soc4at«d Press.)
LOS ANGBLES, Oct. 19.-The McNa
mara murder trial was resumed today
at the beginning of a new court calen- ’
dar week with prospects that in the
course of the session Judge Walter Bord
well would rule on two peremptory
challnges made yesterday by the de
fense on the ground that a talseman who
believes that the Los Angeles Times
building was blown up by dynamite can-
I not be a fair juror.
This position is taken because of. the
defense's position that the explosion lx.
the Times' building was caused by gas,
and that counsel defending James B. Mc-
Namara on trial fbr the murder of
Charles G. Haggerty, who was killed in
the disaster, should not be compelled to
show otherwise in order to get a fair
trial. The state contends that so long
as any Juror has no opinion as to Me-'
guilt or innocence, he may be
a fair juror.
Judge Bordwell. it was explained, need
ed not to rule on the pcint until the
jury box is filled with talesmen, not
otherwise ineligible for cause, from the
standpoint of the defense. But as the
. question brought up on the first day of
| the trial has been open ever since, it war
considered possible that he would termi
' nate it today.
The course of challenges, under CaL
. fornla procedure, promises much wort
ahead before a jury is empannelled re
gardless of the way the court may rule.
The defense, which tentatively has pass
>d seven talesmen as to cause, but may
return to some of them, will continue
until the quota of 12 is obtained. Thea
the state, under District Attorney John
D. Fredericks will go over these 12, to
see if any are *to be challenged for
cause.
Whenever one may is successfully chal
lenged another will take his place and
the defense woill first examine him, fol
lowefl by the state. When finally 1.2
men, all having escaped successful hbal
lenge for cause, are in the jury box. eaqli
side will have the privilege of peremp
tory challenge. Os these the state has
10 and the defense 20. The state will
chalenge first, then the defense and so
on alternatively, until the state’s 10 per
emptory challenges are used up.
This will leave the defonse with IO
replace those peremptorily re
moved.
THE LAST MAN.
In many instances, under this procedure,
the court decisions show that the pinch
comes on the last man, where all peremp
tory challenges on both sides are ei:,.
hausted and to challenge for cause is no’
allowed. All appeals thus far cited havi»
been in siich instances.
Beyond this. If at any time in the trial
reason Is found, or thought to have been
found, for challenge for such chai - *.j
lenge tfaay be made. If It is granted an- 1
other juror must be found and the wort: \
of presenting testimony begun all ovor
again. .
While new angles are developed dally*
in exatnination of witnesses,’ much of th<i
questioning has become somewhat a.
matter of form and counsel for the de
fense toole- turns today*, relieving eac h
other of the wearisome work ot interro
gating Utlesmen. .
Further examination of Talesman to
ward C. Robinson was set for toda: ■.
Robinson said late yesterday that he w»s
opposed to unions because he was op
posed to strikes.
COMFORT OF JURORS.
Efforts toward further comfort of ju
rors are being made by Sheriff Hammel.
Among other things, another shower
bath was Installed in their quarters and
enjoyed for the first time when they
arose today.
Nearly every talesman is over 60 yeari
old. One ts 68, and others ars 65 or over.
Because the trial is likely to extend to .
an untißual length, grave concern is be
ing manifested to see that every possible
aid to the comfort of these men is pro
vided. Their large lounging room is
airy and light, and the big table at one
slfle is stacked with magazines and oth<*r
literature, selected so as to have no pos
sible bearing on the trial, even Indirectly.
The brief morning automobile ride
through the parks and boulevards tea -
most an institution and brought the men
today to the court room red-cheeked and
fresh. The chairs in the jury box are
high-backed, leather cushion affairs in
which most any comfortable attitude
may. be assumed to mHi gate the monot
ony of sitting for hours. Two recesses
are granted dally.
Singing, playing cards and reading
pass the time between dinner and bed
Should the health of any talesman be
come affected in the progress of the
trial, all work done up to that point
would go for naught.
Judge Bordwell's solicitude on this
point apparently was evinced by courte
ous inquiry put to some of the older men
concerning their state of health.
ADVANCE IN PRICE v
ON COFFEE ASSURED
NEW YORK. Oet. 19.—A general ad
vance of from 2 to 3 cents a pound on
all of the cheaper grades of coffee will
be declared by retailers in this city
within the -next ten days, it was an
nounced today. No increase in the price
of tbe higher grades is expected. Several
reasons are for this. One is
that most of the higher grades are brand
coffee which the owners do not wish
hurt by advancing the price; another is
that many of the better grades' coire
from General America and are not
ed by the Brazilian situation.
HERE’S AN EXPLANATION
THAT DOESN’T EXPLAIN
ITHACA. Y.. Ort. 19.—Tbe high price >f
coffee Is th? attributed cause for tbe fa.t
that an unusually large number of young num
from Brazil are being educated at Cornell this
year. Tbe Brazilian students themselves ail
rance the idea. Cornell bad only two Brii,-
< j llians last year, while this fall there are d 5
sons of rich owners of South American coffre.
' plantations enrolled. Tbe engineering courte
.is tbe one wbicb a majority of tbe foreigner
follow here.
NO. 9.