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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal VQL. XL LONE TRAIN BANDIT. DYING IN HOSPITAL. -■ SOUEJM GANG x Howard B, Edwards Tried a ’T Single-Handed Job on the '/ L& N. and Got Knocked in the Head ' .' Oy Ara*cdif4 Vraas.) ’ NEW ORLEANS. Sept. s.—The lone bandit who last night held up and robbed the New York limited train on the IXMitarttle and Nashville railread near Mlcheaud. twelve miles eaat of New Orleans, and was later felled by a blow ©ver the bead by Engineer Baer, waa brought to New Orleans on a spe cial train from Bay St. Louis. Miss., this morninc and plseed tn the charity hos pital Ths man gave his name as Howard E. Edwards, and said hta family lived at Jupiter. Fla. He gave the police in formation which la expected to lead to the early capture of three other mem bers of a gang which are believed to have been responsible for a series of sensational train robberies in this sec tlen. . . ’ Edwards la in a precarious condition pad attendant* at the hospital this morning Stated It was doubtful if he would recover from the injuries inflict ed by the engineer. . ATTEMPT WAS PARING. Following so cloa<H spon the heels | of tbs robbery of the Cincinnati south-' bound passenger train dn, the same road at almost the same spot the night pre vious. the work of Edwards is consld- J ered most daring- He is believed to have | boarded the engine . ot the New York I limited last night st Lee Station. about | three miles from the point where the three bandits Tuesday, who had planned the robbery of the Cincinnati train, held, up by mistake a freight traifl CRAWLED ON ENGINE. Edwards crawled aboard the engine and covered Engineer Baer and the fire man with two revolvers. He carried a email valise in Which he had dynamite and nitro-giycerine. The train was stopped and with the engineer and fire man preceding him at the point of a re volver. Edwards rifled the mail car of, oil registered mail and then relieved the mala passengers in five Pullmans of thsir cash. " . ■War chivalrous. He deeftned to take jewelry and did not offer to molest Women. He secured almost ll.Ofig in cash, then marched the engineer and Amman back to the engine and ordered them to proceed. HIT WITH TORCH. After riding on the engine for about Si miles. Engineer Baer caught Ed wards off hie guard and struck him a tsmfie blow on the head with a brass torch, fracturing the base of the skull. I Edwards fired one shot as he fell which 1 went wild. Engineer Baer proceeded rain blows with the torch until he had the bandit unconscious When tbe Wain reached Bay St. Louis. . jiios. 4hs robber was taken off and 1 placed In the charge of the railroad surgeon until police officers and detec tives from New Orleans arrived there 1b a special train. Although Edwards was unconscious at Intervals through out tbs night, he gave the police* val uable information concerning bis “pals" ; and Inspector Reynolds, of the New Or- I leans force today said he hoped to make ! some arrests within the next few days ’ BANDIT DESCRIBED. Edwards stated that he had a broth- j er in Oklahoma City and another broth- I er In Meridian. Misa Edwards is a small man. only 5 feet 6 Inches in height- and weighs but 130 pounds. He appears to be about 30 years of age. Superintendent Marshall, of the New Orleans division of the Louisville and Nashville, who was a passenger aboard the train stated that but one man on j the train had a revolver but could not 1 css It because the robber kept the train men in front of him when he passed through the cars Conductor -Rabon hurried through the train as soon as it came to a standstill notifying the pas sengers of the presence of a robber and telling them to hide their valuables. This resulted In it*ny of the passen gers contributing only small amounts to the yawning valise of the bandit. Mwwever. A. E. Simon, of Alexandria. >** , delivered over a purse containing HOKE SMITH IS PRAISED BEFORE FARMERS’ UNION Georgia Senator Lauded By Duckworth in National Convention, CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Sept. I—A -mid sensation was created in the meet- ! Ing of the Farmers’ union hem today when R F. Duckworth, of Georgia, in speaking of the efforts of the national legislative committee to secure legisla tion effecting the farmer’s Aiterests. after saying some very complimentary things of Senator Hoke Smith, of Geor gia with regard to bis activity end as sistance in numbers of instances, stated. -Three times has he passed a Sill for the establishment of a bureau of marketing, through a Republican senate only to see it each time killed by a Democratic house.” While the Farmsr's union has never and will nev er engage in partisan politics, it seem ed to bo the consensus of opinion that the delegates agreed with Mr. Duck worth that the members are for the union first, last, and all the time. HOKE SMITH (NO BACON WILL SOON TAKE STUMP They Are Formally Named; Members of National Demo cratic Advisory Committee BT RALPH BMTTK. NEW YORK, Sept. 5. —Senators Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, and A. O. Bacon, cl Macon, have been named as members of the Democratic national advisory committee. The announcement was made this morning by acting Chairman William G. McAdoo. The committee ■ will consist of two members from each I state. In so far as possible the cam- • palgn committee will select men who j are familiar with national politics. Mr. McAdoo stated today that he ex i pected both of the Georgia senators to ; render invaluable service to the national i committee, not only in the capacity of i advisers, but also on the stump. , Senator Bacon will takp the stump i upon his return from Europe. Senator Smith is expected to make an extended tour as soon as the speak ers’ bureau works out an itinerary for him. Senator Bacon sailed yesterday on the George Washington. WATSON LEAVES SPEAKING WHEN CALLED A BOLTER John T, West Drives McDuffie Sage From Court Room With Criticisms. . (Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.) b THOMSON. Ge.. Sept 4—J. J. Brown, candidate for commissioner of agricul ture in the late primary, spoke during the noon recess of McDuffie superior which Is in session here. His I speech had been advertised in tbe Pru- I gressive Democrat, one of the Watso.i ‘ publications, the same issue carrying i an editorial by Thomas E. Watson un ‘ der the heading. ’The Treachery of tbe I McDuffie Delegation” in the Macon | convention.” In thia editorial. Hon. ' John T. West and Hon. J.- H. Boyd, Mc i Duffle’s delegates, were severely con , damned for voting for Price on the sec j ond ballot and the suggestion made | that a mass meeting be held during ' court week at the courthouse for the [ people to express themselves on the : subject. These announcements caused consid- . erable interest to be taken in tne drown speech and the court room was filled at the appointed^hour. Mr. Brown's speech was conservative but whan in the course of it he Con demned the. McDuffie -delegates" for their action in the convention, Mr. West arose to defend their position. Upon which Mr. .Watson inquired if Mr. West were to be allowed to break up the meeting which called forth strong lan guage from Mr. West The excitement • was intense and several times during I the meeting an outbreak seemed Immf -1 neat.' , At the conclusion of Mr. Brown’s speech, La which lie announced his can didacy for commissioner in the next primary. Mr. Watson addressed the au dience. He made the statement that the McDuffie delegation led the Asser tion tn Price and called on the audience to express an opinion on their action. When Mr. Watson concluded. ‘Mr. West aroua to reply to both Brown and Watson and was doing so in vigorous terms, when Ms. Watson left the court room, accompanied by most of his sym pathisers. ‘•'He wm invited by West to | remain and hear him out. but Mr. Wat . son did not do so. Mr. Watson Was I characterised by Mr. West as a ’’bolter” and as such was not entitled po be «on ! suited as to delegates to a Democratic (convention. Mr. West made a vigorous ! defense •of tbe delegation’s action in i voting for-Price after the first ballot. Mr. Watson included in his remarks jan arraignment of the Catholics- DEMOCRATS GAINED OVER 25 PCT. AT VERMONT POLLS (WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt., Sept. 4.—A more accurate idea of the strength of the Democrats snd Progressives in yesterday’s state election was to be had today from almost complete returns of the 344 counties and towns. With only six small towns to be heard from the vote for governor stood: Allen M. Fletcher. Republican. 25,561. Harlan B. Howe, Democrat, 19,787. Rev. Frasier Metzger. Progressive, 15,- 546. Clement F. Smith. Prohibition, 1,516. . Fred W. Suiter. Socialist. 1.054. The six missing towns cast a total vote two years ago of 1.178, of which the Republicans polled 789 and the Demo crats 364. Returns for. senators and representa tives from three-quarters of the cities and towns showed that the Republicans will have no difiicelty in seating their candidates for governor and other state officers when the legislature is called j upon to elect, there having been no ma jority in yesterday’s balloting. # Democratic and Progressive leaders declare the presidential election in No jvember will be stubbornly contested. It Is expected that the Republicans will have a substantial majority in the legislature, altjiough there are nearly eighty-one towns yet to report on the vote for representative. Tbe strength of the Progressive vote was the feature of the election. The Democrats increased their vote over two years ago. The falling off in the Republican vote was marked. Indications were that a great part of the deflection, went to the Progressives, although the Democrats also rained and a few of the Republican votes went to the Prohibition ticket. Comparison of returns from five of the counties show that the Demo crats carried Caledonia county aud the Republicans were successful in the Grand Isle. Orange, Washington and Lamoille counties. JUDGE N. 1. MIS TAKES THE STAND IN JUDGESHIP FIGHT • He Answers Charge About the Telephone Conversation, Showing That He Was Seek ing Information About Gilmer Testimony in denial of the charge that Judge N. A. Morris telephoned to a supporter to “make Gilmer county safe,” was introduced Thursday morning at the hearing by the state executive committee of the protest by H. L. Pat terson against the result of the contest for judge of the Blue Ridge circuit. Counsel for Mr. Patterson closed their testimony Wednesday afternoon, and counsel for Judge Morris Thursday morning began the introduction of tes timony. Indications are that the hear ing will consume the entire afternoon. Judge Newt A. Morris was called to the stand by his attorneys to testify in his own behalf, Thursday morning, im mediately after the state committee re convened at 9 o'clock to resume its hear ing of the Patterson-Morris contest over the Blue Ridge judgeship primary in Gilmer county. Judge Morris began with an emphatic denial of anything that could be criti cized in the tsiephono conversation in the Marietta court house, election night, about which J. P. Henry, of Cobb coun ty, testified Wednesday afternoon. Judge Morris declared that the “BUI” to whom Henry heard him talking was Will Rich ards, of Jasper, and that he was talking to Richards not to tell him the vote, which he had heard estimated only, but to ask him the vote of Pickens county and of Gilmer county, the wires to the latter county being down for some rea son. He denied that he asked anybody to help him out in Gilmer. Gilmer county’s Democratic voters are always overwhelmingly for him, said Judge Morris. The Democrats there all vote one way. “I told Colonel Patterson that I would be glad to join with him in contesting both Pickens and Gilmer counties. He said he would phone me. I heard noth ing further from him. I learned several days later that he had gone up to Gil mer county to gather material for a fight on me.” Judge Morris read the detailed vote of Gilmer county. No votes were shown for J. H. Hall for governor. A COMPLIMENT, SAYS HALL. “I consider that a compliment to my Democracy,” retorted Mr. Hall. * mem ber of the committee, and the committee laughed with htm. Oscar Perkerson w’as called to- the stand. He testified regarding Judge Mor ris’ telephone conversation, which he heard. Judge Morris was trying to get information from Will Richards and did not tell anybody to “make him safe in old Gilmer.” , / Will Richards was called to the stand and testified that Judge Morris phoned him in Jasper, saying he himself couldn’t find out anything from Pickens and Gil mer. He asked him to phone BUI Butts (former representative) An Fannin and find out how that, county Avent. - W. A. Dupre, of Marietta, beard the phone conversation between Judge Morris and Richards. His testimony corroborat ed what had gon£ before. He said the phone service was bgd. Asked for a rea son, he said the phone company was fighting Judge Morris. _ R. L. Manning, of Marietta; John Howell, of Jasper, and J. M. Austin, clerk of the superior court of Cobb county, corroborated Judge Morris; Mr. Howell, who heard -the telephone con versation ih which Judge Morris was alleged to have urged a supporter ”to make Gilmer county safe,” denied that Judge Morris had said anything of the sort. - - ’ J. M. Haney was the last witness in troduced by- Judge *Morrts' counsel in rebuttal of the testimony of J. B. Henry. He told of the telephone con versation. W. B. Sitten, of Gilmer county, man ager in the Ridgeway district, told of the consolidation of the returns in the Gilmer election. He declared that all who were entitled to vote were allowed to do so. HAD NO MESSAGES. Bart Cox, of Ellijay, who. Attorney Burtz on Wednesday said, drew a gun on him at the Ellijay court house, proved a strong witness for the Morris side. He declared that he had had no messages from Judge Morris on the night of the election and had not talked with him. Mr. Cox told of an encounter with Attorney Burtz at about 8 or 9 o'clock on the morning after the election. Burtz knocked on his office door, said Cox. and demanded to know the result of Ihe election. Cox replied that the returns had not been consolidated and that he knew nothing. ...nrtz then demanded to be told the results and wap pushed from the threshold of tnc office. Cox stated that just outside the office door he saw two of Burtz's friends with guns and he rushed back after his own gun. Burtz and ills friends then left he said. ... The witness testified that the Ellijay voting box had been’placed in such a position that any dne'whb so desired could see all that Was going oh. Burtz and his friends occupied positions that gave them an unobstructed View of all that happened, he state. On cross-examination, the witness went into the details of the election held two years ago. With a view to showing that the lines were drawn between Morris and anti-Morris factions rather than Repub licans and Democrats, Albert Howell, one of the committeemen, asked Cox a ATLANTA. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1912. ON THE RUN - . ' 1 l 1 i/z f -' 1 ' HOW IT LOOKS TO A KAN OF A TNBK. SENATOR BACON AND TY COBB ARE INTERVIEWED FOR WILSON Georgia Statesman and Geor gia Baseball Player Express Their Views as to National Leaders (By- Rai&h Smith. f NEW YORK, Sept. s.—Senator A. O. Bacon and Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the baseball champion, have given inter views to the Democratic committee, and they arc being used to good effect to boost-the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson. Senator Bacon was in national headquar ters yesterday and volunteered his serv ices to the committee. He will go on the stump the latter part of this month and will make a number of speeches in doubtful states. “I have been through six presidential campaigns,’/ said the senator, “and I have never entered one with as much confidence as now inspires me.” Senator Bacon will take a short ocean voyage before engaging actively in the campaign He feels the need of rest- after the long session of congress . “It is going to be downright pleasure,” said Senator Bacon. : “The contest this year is one of edu cation and the people of this country are at last awake to real merit ot De mocracy. "This third term movement !s goind to fizzle out. It is nothing more or less than a bridge by which the members of the Republican party will join the Democratic party. There can only be two great parties and the Democratic party cannot die. It has stood the buff ings and assault of years. The men who believe in Democracy have nevjr failed, and today they are about to reap the series of questions. The witness main tained, however, that it was strictly a Republican and Democratic fight. PAPERS NOT YET FILED. In an effort to show that it is not customary in the mountain districts to adhere strictly to the letter of the law, W. C. Allred, clerk of the superior court of Pickens county, was called. Mr. Allred testified that none of the papers in the last primary had yet been filed in his office. J. F. cook, one of the election man agers in the Tails Creek district, testi fied that only one voter, John Buckner who was one of Thursday's witnesses, was turned down at the polls. Buckner was not allowed to vote because he had not registered, the witness said. Other election managers from various districts strengthened the Morris testimony. W. T. Fankey was the first witness who lias declared flatly that he has never voted other than the Liemocratlc ticket. His declaration caused a rip ple of excitement in the committee room and one of the committeemen de clared that he would like to shake the witness’ land. Mr. Pankey said that Buckner had told him some time ago that he never expected to vote for another Democrat. VV. J. Miller, a member of the board of education of Gilmer county, and one cf the subcommittee appointed to purge the election lists of all except white voters, declared that no effort had been made to exclude any white voters. Mr. Miller stated that he had fre quently been in conference with other members of the subcommittee. Mr. Ayres and Mr. Parks, also members of the board of education, and that every effort was made to perfect the list of voters. rewards of their long and tireless ef forts. ... "I am not so sure but what Democ racy owes Roosevelt a vote of thanks. He became dissatisfied with his own head workers and has tried to destroy them. In this he will.folk but bei.*il| dglvn enough people wf’o’f ’RrafcbttdA ranks a’fid iflf» the fSftlW Unnocrsdy to make the party of Jefferson ti e bul wark of the country.”* WHAT TY SAYS. Chairman Josephus Daniels, of thJ pub licity committee, values the interview that has been given to him by Ty Cobb, and he is giving wide publicity to the baseball favorite. He says that Cobb en joys the respect of persons throughout the country and his words are calculated to help the Democratic ticket. Here ia what Ty has given to the national c. in inittee: “While I am a baseball player and I can talk baseball, I am not fooling my self into thinking that I know anything about the other game,” said the great Ty. “I have met all three of candidates, and there is no finer man than Mr. Taft. It looks to me, though, that ndtner he nor Mr Roosevelt has any chance. Every where I go the people I meet’are talking Wilson, and he looks to me dke a sure winner.. "I am just sizing things up fr&n: the bleachers and I do not pretend t.iat my judgment is worth a cent, but around Detroit and In Washington and Chicago, it looks to me like Wilson is way in the lead. It looks as if he was sure to car ry Michigan. He is a fine man and he talks straight. "Judging from what he has done in Jersey he acts straight, too, and he looks to me like he will make a great president.” Gasoline Tank— " Cigarette Butt— Fare You Weill (By Associated Press,) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 5.—A lighted cigarette thrown carelessly into a tank containing 15 gallons of gasoline caused an explosion in a cleaning and dyeing establishment here late last night that may cost four lives. Nine men were at work in the shop when the explosion occurred, four of whom were so badly injured that physicians say they cannot recover. Defeated Candidate Succumbs to Apoplexy (Special Dispatch to Tile Journal.) GREENVILLE, S. C.. Sept. s.—Super visor J. P. Goodwin is dead at his home in this city, and his sudden demise is directly attributable to excitement of the recent campaign, in which he was a candidate for re-election. At one of the county campaign meetings two weeks ago the supervisor, while making his ap peal to the people, was howled down by a crowd of Blease supporters, who knew the official to be a Jones sup porter. in his attempt to be heard by the crowd the supervisor over-exerted himself and was stricken with apo plexy, dying in ten days after the stroke. His defeat in the primary prob ably also hastened his end. FIHMLBS (GUN NAME BIRHETT 15 PUMNT Georgian Re-Elected Head of Union by a Unanimous • Vote, (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 4. Charles S. Barrett, of Union City, Ga., again heads the National Farmers’ union. His election came at 11 o’clock this morn ing by a unanimous vote, no other can didate opposing him. When Delegate Babb, of South Carolina, placed Mr. Barrett’s name in nomination, it was seconded by a delegate from each state in the union. J. D. Brown, of Oregon, was placed in nomination for vice president, and was elected by acclamation. He succeeds W. R. Callicote, of Colorado. Alex C. Davis, of Arkansas, was unan imously re-elected national secretary - treasurer. All of the present board of directors were re-elected with the -exception of Hon. W. A. Morris, of Alabama. Mr. Morris on account of his health, was not able to attend the convention, and ft was at his urgent request that he was retired from the board. / _ . • Mr. C. T. Douglas, of Missouri, was elected to succeed him. The national board of directors now consists of: P. W’. Cox, Washington; I. N. Rhodes, Tennessee; O. F. Dornblasser, Texas; C. C. Wright, North Carolina; T. J Douglas, Missouri. * A report from C. C. Wright, chair man of the standing committee on gen era! welfare, was adopted today, which recommends that a chair on marketing and rural economics be established in the colleges of the country. On account df space, the National Farmers’ union began holding its ses sions in the auditorium of the chamber of commerce this morning. ‘ KNAPP MEMORIAL. Following the appointment of a com mittee yesterday afternoon, at the sug gestion of R. F. Duckworth, of Georgia, to confer with Thomas A. Early, finan cial agent for the S. A. Knapp memorial with regard to the union’s co-operation, it is expected that the committee will make a favorable report and that tt:e national union will get squarely behin !• the proposition. The purpose for which this fund is to be raised is to erect a building at the Peabody school at Nashville. Tenn., in honor of the late Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, the founder of the bureau farm demonstartion in department of agri culture and to the time of his deatn ■ about ot»e and one-halt’ years ago hac charge Gt the bureau. The convention Las been harmonious throughout in every particular and .t appears will continue to be so. ‘>f course tnere are differences cf opinion on various questions, but when the proposition is put squarely up to th* delegates as to what is best and whJt is not best for tiie farmers’ union and the farmers of the country generally, they are a unit, and if some one dele gate’s plan is proven to be better than some other they will indorse and vote for that plan. No si>ecial favors are shown. Chaviz Gets Decision (3y Associated Press.) TRINIDAD. Col.. Sept. 3. —Bennie Chaviz, of Trinidad; was awarded the decision over Monte Attell. of San Fran cisco, on a foul in the tVelft’n round of a gruelling tight here. Delivery of the foul caused wild excitement. Spectators crowded into the ring and the platform collapsed, but no one was injured. FOHITEM J AND DIRECT VOTE. FMOEWE National Union Wants Natural Resources, Coal, Water j Power, Etc,, Reclaimed by the Government (Special Dispatch to The Journal * CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. Sept. s.—The National Farmers’ union went on record last night as favoring some of the most advanced legislation advocated in the | history of the when it j adopted by section the report of the legislative committee. There was some • discussion over a few of the sections., but each was adopted by a practically unanimous vote. The report was submitted by Dr. H. , Q. Alexander, of North Carolina, chair man: W. H. Brown, of Indiana; M. S. Knight, of Florida, and Louis Delivuk, of Washington. The report of the committee is as follows: We, your legislative corfmittee, _ I recommend: DIRECT VOTE. 1. The election of United States presi dent by direct vote of the people. 2. The election of supreme court judges by the people. 3. The election of United States sena tors by vote of the people. 4. We indorse income and inheritasteb taxes as a method of raising revenue. ’ 5. That the rules of the national house of congress be amended as to make it impossible for the speaker and chairman of committees to block Or. ■ control legislation. 6. That the banking laws be made ■in the interest of borrower aa weU as the lender. 7. That congress shall not delegate to individuals or corporations the right to regulate the circulating medium a« is now delegated to the national banks. 8. That the natural resources, iron, coal, petroleum, phosphate beds and potash beds and water powers be re claimed from corporate monopoly and be held for the benefit of all the people. 9. That the initiative, referendum and recall be adopted by tbe national government to the end that the gov ernment may be responsive to the will of the people. 10? That the policy of the government should encourage home ownership of , land and to that end. alien ownership of land /Would be pflphllHtod. 11. That corporation* should not be i permitted to own more land i» needed for the conduct ot their business and not at all for terming purposes ’- 12. That individual ownership of land .should be restricted by graduated taxes and by absentee taxes. , 't. 13. That immigration should be effectu ally restricted. 14. That legalized primaries shah take the place of political conventions. »' r•’ 15. That stringent corrupt practices act should be enacted by the national gov ernment and ail the states, making it a felony with heavy penalty for offering or receiving bribes. . -, PARCELS post. e ' ‘ 16. That a parcels express be conducted by the government for the benefit of people. . 17. That public schools should-be-con ducted not less than six months ‘ each year and elementary agriculture- and do- . mestic science shall be taught. « IS. That county agricultural high schools should be established in every county where practicable, 19. That our agricultural and mechani cal colleges shall provide a dotirse in marketing and distribution. 20. That we heartily indorse all legis- lation pending in congress to promote vo cational education. ' ' \ - STATE UNION MEETS. On account of Tennessee state unlqp hav ing called its meeting for today, the ra tional union adjourned at 10 o’clock thia morning to meet again at 1:30 having been in session only one hour. After some discussion the report of the committee on minimum price of short staple cotton was adopted. The commit tee recommended that the minimum price for cotton be placed at 15 cents for this season. This price, the members of union say, is fair and equitable at this time, for reports from over practically the entire cotton belt are to the effect that the crop is very much below average. The union believes that with a raini mum price of 15 cents per pound and with the holding faclities which it now teas in the National Warehouse company they will control the cotton situation. u*-l that no farmer will be ‘compelletf to pku-c has cotton upon the market for le>s than this price. The presidents of the various state i unions who are attending the convention [met at S o’clock this morning at th- . * I Read house and effected a permanent organization. They discussed many matters of inj-, <3 nortanee to their several state orguntaa- | tions. and after deciding that fur -*l*o’ purpose of keeping more closely ;n toucli with each, thereby assisting each itiJsr In organizing and other matters affecting the membershp, elected Dr. H. Q. Alex ander. of North. Carolina, mesident, and , fl Lawson E. Brown, of Georgia, sec-e --te ry. • ■ THOUGHT U. S. FLAG WAS GREEN. WHITE AND BLUE (By Associated Pre**,) BOSTON, Sept. 4.—A man who de clared thfct the American flag waa green, white and blue and insisted that Theodore Roosevelt was a selectman of the town of Dedham failed to get his citizenship papers today. *. J NO. 100.
