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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 4, 1916.
GOES FOR HIS OPPONENTS, DOES
GOVERNOR HARRIS IN SPEECHES
YESTERDAY IN ELBERT AND HART
[HUGH DORSEY SPOKE TO LARGE
CROWD, LEXINGTON, SATURDAY, 1
I. R. E. DAVISON TO BE RE
ELECTED OVERWHELMING VOTE
FIRM INSTALLING
(Special to the Banner.)
Atlanta, Ga., July 29—In his speech'
es at Elberton and Hartwell on Sat
urday Governor Harris paid his re
spects to Dr. Hardman and Col. Pottle
In the usual manner. He took up Mr.
Dorsey's attack on his clemency rec
ord in the following manner:
Mr. Dorsey began this discussion
of the pardoning power by an attack
on me.
In this campaign, I will try not to
forget that I am governor of Georgia,
elevated to that high office by an over,
whelming majority of the state.
I have great respect for all my op
ponents. and do not Intend to attack
the record of any of them except by
way of defense. I shall defend myself
against attacks made on me. and If, In
doing so, I shall seem at times to bo
severe or even discourteous, I shall bo
sorry of any such result, and beg my
younger friends, whoever be may be.
to remember always that he began the
performance.
If the public prints are to be trusted,
MV. Dorsey charges me with putting
the national guard, now In camp at
Macon, on a par with the reformatory
prison at Milledgeville. He intimates
that this will lower the standard of
gentility among the soldiers, because
pardoned criminals have been enlisted
to serve with them. There never was
a charge made on a flimsier founda
tion by any political opponent, as far
as I can recall.
The fa its are simply these:
On the 23rd day of June, last, ap
plication for pardon was mado In fa
vor of Earnest N. Woodruff, who had
been convicted at the June term of
DeKalb superior court of carrying a
pistol without a license and given an
alternative sentence of six months In
lail or a $50 00 One. He was a mem
ber of the national guard, and hts com
pany had been ordered to the mobiliza
tion camp. He could not pay the $50
and was In the hands of the law. The
captain of his company asked that he
be pardoned so that he could Join his
company. The prison commission
recommended It, and I granted It
and he Is in the camp at Macon.
This Is the only case of the kind—
the only one that I handled, and the
only one who was pardoned to enable
him to join his company.
Ho was guilty of a venial offense. I
called It “a gentleman’s offense."
There Is a distinction between an of
fense which we term, In law, malum
prohibitum and an offense which we
term malum In se. The one does not
Involve moral turpitude, as recognized
by the constitution, and the other
does.
Coloael Dorsey knows this dis
tinction well, or he would certainly
not be lit for either solicitor general
or governor of the state.
I am sorry that my young friend
went to the extent he did in this mat
ter. To make this the subject of a
charge, like that to which he has giv
en utterance, is to stretch a political
attack beyond parliamentary bounds.
No man In the state has a higher
opinion of the national guard than I,
' myself. My own son Is at Its head,
aad I have felt the pride of a Geor
gian, of a father, of an old soldier In
the marshaling of these boys,—the
flower of our state, who go out with
arms in their hands to defend the
honor of the American nation and
avenge the Insults to the American
flag.
To charge me with bringing dis
credit upon a gallant body of men like
this goes beyond any bounds that I
can consider with equanimity. It Is
cruel, unnecessary, founded on
sumption alone anil without a founda
tion of fact sufficient to sustain the
charge.
Now, as to Mr. Dorsey's pardon rec
ord:
SPEEGH WAS RECEIVFO WITH
CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM
AND MANY WENT FROM
THIS CITY TO HEAR
HIM MAKE ADDRESS •
(Staff Corespondence.)
Lexington, Ga., July 29.—An Im
mense crowd greeted Hugh Dorsey,
candidate for governor, here today,
to hear him discuss the issues of the
I trust he .does not mean to leave I campaign—the Court house being
the Impression that I think he was Jr-scked for an hour before the speak-
wrong In the recommendations which I er mounted the platform and bun-
ho made to me and upon which I act-1 dreds being unable to gain entrance
ed in granting pardons, commutations I to the court room. Oglethorpe county
and paroles. The wonder Is that his I generally was represented and Ath-
memory is so Bhort that- he did not I ens, Crawford, Arnoldvllle, Maxeys,
recall any one of these cases. He crltl-1 and other points sent delegations,
clses me for want of memory, but I The Athens Dorsey Club sent eight
shows the most monumental Instance I or ten automobiles loaded with
that has ever been known In public I friends of tho Atlanta man and there
life, perhaps, In his own case. I were candidates for Judge and so-
I agreed with him In his rccommen-1 Heitor of the Northern circuit, for
datlons, and his explanations only I senator from the district, and for the
serve to show the necessity of a par-1 legislature for several counties,
don board and a governor In order to I Friends of Dr. Hardman stood at the
correct the injustice often done in I court house door and handed out clr-
the courthouse by both judge anil I culars announcing his speaking date
Jury. I for Lexington next week.
Our administration of law can never I Mr. Dorsey was Introduced by Hon.
be perfect. All judges do not y*eo I John Jarrell, who alluded to him as
things in the samo light; one will sen-1 "the next governor of Georgia," and
tonee a prisoner to the full limit—I a man who stands for law enforce-
ten or twenty years—while another, I ment.
on exactly the same charge and upon I The features of the speech were:
almost Identical facts, will sentence I The generous attitude toward the oth-
to two or three years. The Juries, I er candidates, with the possible ex-
llkewlsc, do not act on the same I ceptlon of Mr. Pottle, to whom he
plane. One jury will And a verdict I devoted a large part of his time and
of acquittal whero another will con-1 designated as “his windy friend
vlct with exactly the same state or I from MUledgevllle;” a brief outline
facts. A whole community may bo de-lof his own platform; and an analysis,
colvod. I have known of cases wncre I criticism and reply to the platforms,
a man was sought to be lynched for I advertisements, and public records of
what appeared to be a moat heinous I his opponents; and the explanation
offense, and the Jury, under the pres-1 of the charges made against him of
sure of strong public opinion, convict-1 having requested executive clemency
ed him. Afterwards, facts were de-1 for "fourteen convicted persons in
veloped that showed he was entirely I one year."
Innocent of the charge, and the gover-1 Outlines Platform,
nor pardoned him. I "AH of my opponents are eminent
There must bo some reviewing pow-1 Georgians,” he said, “and I presume,
er even over the courts and Juries, to I either would make a good governor.’
prevent Injustice and wrong from be-1 He f\' Q said that he would outline
Ing done under the forms of law. I his own position and compare It with
I have no quarrel with Mr. Dorsey the stands taken by the other*,
that he has made these recommends-1 In the matter of education he
tlons to me—It was his duty to lot the pledged all that a governor can do
governor know hts Impression of the I to wipe out illiteracy and bring Geor-
case, examine any subsequently dls-1 gla up to the standard sot by other,
covered facts, or even consider the I older and newer, states In the Invest-
whole case again, and give the gover-1 ment In education of their children
nor his honest lmpresilon as to what I He advocated It not free text books,
was right and ought to be done In I certainly books at cost for the school
the premises. I children.
It Is sbsurd beyond conception for I He advocated the continuance of
an Intelligent man to argue In those the appropriations for pensions, and
days that there should be no exercise a » the men who wore the grey pass
of clemency or no pardoning power In I away, the apportionment—up to
the executive. Sometimes a great mis- reasonable maximum—of ttye fund to
take Is made, but one or two mistakes I keep the aged veterana In comfort,
will not Justify the destruction of a I -He said that, though one of the
•ystem that cam* In with the estab-1 candidates Is from the city where the
llahment of the Commonwealth and I state sanitarium is situated, he him-
has been followed through all the de-1 self had been the only candidate to
cades since that time. I urge Increased fsclHtles for caring
The absolute prohibition, through Uor the state's wards there,
fomented public sentiment, of all clem-1 He stated that be waa In favor of
ency amounts to a hysterical ferocity. I retaining the W. A A. Railroad; and
Mr. Dorsey seems to be trying to In-1 waa disposed to favor the extension
culeate the sacredness of verdicts of lot the road from Tennessee south to
Juries and the verdicts of courts, and I Cumberland Sound—the development
yet he, himself, la a shining example I of that port and tha enforcement it
of those who try to correct errors I the law prohlbltng the paralleling of
claims to have done,” said Mr. Dor-1 non. r. e. Davison, chairman of the
st y, "he has served the state suffl-1 prison commission, will be re-elected
ciently already and ought to be re-1 t,y one 0 f the largest majorities
tired on a pension and a monument I candidate has ever received at the
erected In tribute to his labors.” hands of the voters of this state. The
Talked About Pottle. I reason for this assertion is, because
A considerable portion of the hour I he has done hts duty and'done it well,
was devoted to Mr. I’ottle, who, he I Mr. Davison spends his entire time
declared was put out by a caucus I performing the duties of his office, and
held In Macon on a platform written I there is no official in the state who
In Atlanta, for the purpose of de-1 has proven Ills worth and ability more
resting him (Dorsey) and that the I than has Bob Davison,
method of Pottle and his friends I in addition to the duties of the
was to go into the convention and I office In Atlanta, he spends a great
steam-roll Dorsey and over-ride the I deal of his time supervising the V*
wishes of the people of the state. He | farm at Milledgeville and Inspecting
quoted from Mr. Pottle’s Warrenton
and IJncolnton speeches and made
reply to numbers of points—effective
ly emphasizing these replies with apt
the camps throughout the state and
looking after the condition of the
I roads.
He has established a modern and
and applicably anecdotes, which the I up-to-date bookkeeping system both
crowds cheered heartily. I at the farm and in the office of the
-He declared that he was In favor I prison commission at the state cap-
of the enforcement of the prohibition I Itol. The state auditor, that is the
law and would place bis j-ecord as so-1 special auditor employed by the state,
Heitor general along side Mr. Pottle's I Charles J. Metz, speaks In the highest
or any other solicitor. He said he | terms of tho affairs of the prison com-
was opposed to changing the present
prohibition law or tinkering with It—
unless the people at the polls ex
press their opinion as favorable to a
change.
The Matters of Pardonf.
The remainder of the speech was
devotod to a discussion of the pre-
mission over which Mr. Davison pre
sides as chairman.
While there are some mentioned as
candidates for this office, still It Is
not believed that the opposition will
prove formidable at all as the people
are satisfied with the administration
of Mr. Davison, who has demonstrated
his ability and worth In this office to
the people of Georgia.
Mr. Davison Is a splendid farmer,'
having spent a greater portion of bis
life on tho farm and having conducted
a large mercantile business In connec
tion with Ills farming interests, he is
peculiarly fitted to fill the office which
he holds to the satisfaction of the en
tire people.
No man, who does his duty, can
hope to make friends of all citizen*
but there is bound to be some who are
disgruntled and peeved over some
trivial matter which may cause them
to criticlso and misrepresent, but af
ter all the services Mr, Davison has
rendered the state will overbalance
any petty dislike and opposition.
ENTERPRISING ATHENS CON
CERN, BERNSTEIN BROS.,
RECEIVED HANDSOME
CAR.
| Inspiring Is the Life Work of
the Late Mrs. R. L. McWhorter
One feels much stronger and bet
ter after hearing the Interesting his
rogative of the governor In extending I tory and acblevemente ot Mrs. R. L
clemency to convicts. He cited the I McWhorter. She was t splendid wo-
promise Governor Harris made the | man, and many mourr her departur
little daughter of Edgar Stripling to I she possessed beauty of soul and
pardon her father—and declaed that I character, strong lntt-Hlgence and tre-
tf governor he would not be swayed I mendous power. She possesred or
by sympathy to make such promises I developed that force which mat; wo-
-but would act as the facts and the I tr.en lack, but which nil vomen need
law warranted. He said that attacks | Her many virtues, her forceful per-
on him had confused "paroles” and
"pardons or commutations." He said
that he believed In paroles—within
lonaiity, and her subl.me courage
made her a wonderful woman
She was a young woman when tho
made by court* and Juries.
Governor Harris Makes Good His
Promise to the Little Daughter of
q m - | pointed out inai me Bxaie« owner
Stripling by Commuting Sentences Up °* **• road «*» »•*« had *$>
the state road. (He urged that ex
tension would mean much for the de
velopment of both agricultural and
commercial diversification In Geor
gia; and said that the revenues from
the road are needed by the state. He
pointed out that the- state’s owner
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, Ga., July 29.—Thomas Eld
gar Stripling, sentenced for life for
the killing ot W. J. Cornett In Har
ris county, Georgia, In 1997, and who
served four years as chief ot police In
DanvlUe, Virginia, ot the fourteen
years he was free after breaking Jail,
was granted a full pardon by Gover
nor Harris today.
The childish plea of Stripling’s lit
tle girl last summer won the pardon.
In a letter to her today the gover
nor spoke of the pardon as an “offer
Ing from tbe governor’s heart to the
love and innocence of a little child,
The letter I* as follows;
Atlanta, Ga.. July 29, 1916.
Bessie Luclle Stripling,
Columbus, Ga.
Dear Bessie:
Tbe governor has this day kept the
promise which he male to you ‘‘to
■end your father back to you some
time during his term."
I am glad he was able to comply
with this promise, having reached the
conclusion that the commutation was
lowed Georgia to obtain money when
other states found difficulty 'n float-
justified by all tbe circumstances but* I ‘ D E bonds In the money markets,
rounding the case. I 'He declared that he had severed
I know you have thought hard of I kla connection with the law firm of
me many times on account ot the de-1 his father, to which he has belonged,
lay, but this Is tbe Bret time after I and to offset the fact that he had
my Investigations were completed, I served the railroads a number of
that I could handle the case under I times as an attorney, the further fact
the law and the conitltutlon applies-1 that Dr. Hardman has been a rail-
ble to the same, as I understood It I road surgeon, Governor Harris a rail-
I have sent your father back to!road attorney for years; and Mr.
you In the belief that hla liberty will I I’ottle Is now attorney for the Geor
make yon happier and give to your I gla Railroad, leased by the Atlantic
mother and the children a brighter I Ooaat Line, that is owned by the L.
and more hopeful view of life. IAN.
It was sympathy for you that secur-1 He cited advertisements of Dr.
ed the governor's promise, but he has I Hardman In which the claim was
not lost sight of tbe criminal justice I made that tbe Commerce man has
of his state In dealing with the case, I been responsible for the legislation
and In sending back to you and those I establishing the anti-tuberculosis san-
you love the father for whose liberty I Itarium at Alto, the creation of the
you so earnestly pleaded on that July I state board of health, the vital its-
day In 1915. After all. It Is the offer-1 tietlcs law, and the child labor bill
ing from the governor’s heart to the I and from data collected by a Law
lovo and Innocence of a little child. I rcncevllle paper Indicated that more
Sincerely your friend and well wish-1 credit was given to the Doctor than
er ’ | the records of the house and aenate
(Signed) N. E. HARRIS. bore out
Governor. | “if Dr. Hardman has done all he
the conditions set by law. He denied j vvar broke out, and she knew tho
that In one year he had asked execu-1 (rage-ties of life, the tria *. the -rush-
live clemency for fourteen convicts. I | n .. responsibilities. At an ace when
He said that cases which had been I other women are Ju,learning the
drawn against him had covered sev-1 meaning of life, she saw Its most
eral years; that In seven of the four-1 tragic phases, for she was with the
teen he had been misrepresented ab-1 army In Virginia. Hers waa not a
solutely; that in five of the seven re-1 Hf e 0 f ease: she would never have
maining there had been new evidence I prayed for ease but rather for
discovered; in two of these cases the I strength equal to the taaks before
convicts were consumptives; and in I her. Hers was a Hfe of unmeasured
the remaining two he denied recom-1 usefulness and aervice.
mending clemency. |n the famous I Miss Nancy Pope Thurmond was
Dewberry ease he saM that he had, I born in Wilkee county In April, 1832,
as In the case of others, gone before I and her parents died during her
the governor at his request and laid I childhood. She had one brother, but
the facts before him, recommending I he died when quite young. Her aunt
no clemency, but not objecting to I had married Judge David Vason, of
whatever course the governor might I Albany, and he became her guardian,
follow. Other cases he explained I judge and Mrs. Vason often came to
and In his conclusion he employed I Athens to spend the summer, and the
the declaration that be stands I nui c gj r i had many friends here,
for Impartial enforcement of the lawlghe played with Col. W. J. Morton
for all the people alike, ^pledging, ao I At the age of ten she Joined tbe Bap-
far as a governor ean effect It, that I tlst church, and when only twelve
"Justice shall not be sold, deferred, I went off to Winston-Salem to school,
or denied to any." I At that time the nearest depot was
Athena Sent Delegation. la hundred miles from the twin-city,
Following Mr. Dorsey's speech hun-1 then only a village. The students
dreds crowded about him to speak to I traveled those hundred miles by
him and shake handi with him. He I *tage. She stayed until her gradua-
loft soon after the crowd dispersed I ti ou in 1848. She could not come
tor WatktnsvlHe. to stop for a few I home on vacatolns like the girl of
minutes only—to meet the crowd today. It was tbe custom of the stu-
gathered there to tee him—and on to I dents to live In the school,—they
Monroe, where he addressed a crowd I stayed from the date of registration
this afternoon. I un (i| the graduating day.
Several cars from Athens' brought | when she graduated, In 1848, no
Dorsey followers to the apeaklng. I diplomas were given.
Among the number aaen In the com-1 February, 1849, the married Ms-
pany from Athens were Mr. and Mrs. I jo r r l. McWhorter, one of Geor-
Hatty Hodgson, Messrs. O. R. Dobbs, I gig-, best known men. He was edu-
J. D. Bradwell, Walter Hodgson. Fred Uted at Mercer, and was a prom!-
J. Orr, A. H. Moon, -Robert Davis, | nen t member of the legislature up to
DuPree Hunnlcutt. C. H. Newton, , he time of a occasion. It was a
Elmer J. Crawford, B. H. Dorsey, j happy marriage, n 1861 he organised
Young Davis, Joel Wler, H. T. Betti, I „ n d led to the war the first soldiers
and twelve or fifteen others. | f rom Greene county, and being an ex
ceptionally fine officer and leader,
MEETING OF W. A A. COM-
| he was soon promoted to the rank of
MISSION HA8 BEEN PUT OFFIogjof on t he staff of General A. R.
Wright, a position which he filled
with distinction and honor. iRealis-
Atlanta, Ga., July 29.—Announce-1
U J n *. de t0day l*? 1 V he ” eetlnc |lng the needs of the men at the front,
At, * nttc Mrs. McWhorter decided to spend as
slon, fixed for August 10 and 11 has
been canceHed. It was the purpose ot
the commission to hold a brief session
... ■ much time as she could with her be-
been cancelled. It was the purpose of I, . . . , . ..
u, „ , 77 * ® ‘ loved husband at the camp. When
. r V o. V, . ,he w “» !■ Virginia an uncle of her
here on the 10th and go to 8t. Mary’s I..... _ . ..." .
the following day to make an inspect looke f •« cr her chI ' d " n '
tlon ot the conditions and sarround-
Tbey were well taken care of, too,
ing. at that place. On acconnt of ‘ he vi fathfu ’ 0ld **“* ,erTant *
'helped him look after them.
She spent most ot the winters at
pending legislation, however, It has
been decided that this proposed In-...
spcctlon and the meeting best be de-1 the camp °* the Thlrd Goorgla
ferred until It Is known what action I lment ln vlr * 1nla - Her presence waa
the legislature la going to take on W. I a KrelU Aspiration to her husband,
A A. bills now pending In both homes. I t0 the offlcer *- and to the men. She
One of these directs extension of the "mothered” the boys and nursed the
state road to the sea, using Savannah I *‘ c k. General W. A. Wright, of At-
as the port; another Is the Henderson I ‘ aa ta, was a courier for hla father,
proposition to go to a Florida port, I ani1 wa * zeriously wounded. Mr*,
and still another proposes broadening I McWhorter nursed him through his
the powers of the commission to the I terrible suffering, and a beautiful
Investigation ot a sate In the vent of I friendship has resulted. The recov-
inability to get a satisfactory lease. | e| Y of General Wright waa one of the
few Joya that came to Major and
As to a Matter of Economy. |“*V McWllorter those days ln
Take It year ln and year out you I vlr F lnla - Among the brave men of
will find tbit a hired girl cornea cheap-1 the regiment who fell In battle were
er than medicine and a doctor at the I his two nephews, of whom they were
A*t- Exchange. | very fond. Years after at a meeting
of the veterans of the regiment they
officially bestowed upon her the title,
which she had worn so long unoffi
cially: "Mother of the Third Georgia
Regiment."
Through reconstruction days, this
capable, energetic woman went
bravely on. While a devoted mother,
and an excellent houaekeeper, (he
was a woman of great Interests. She
and her husband were very congenial
—he waa one of the mdst active and
useful law makers during the recon
struction period, and after, serving
In both house and senate. Life
brought many griefs to her; ot her
five children, only two survive her,
Mr. Vason McWhorter and Judge
Hamilton McWhorter. Major Mc
Whorter died ln 1908.
A lover of life In the open country,
she was devoted to her home and
farm, which she managed most suc
cessfully. She supervised every de
tail herself, and was very systematic.
Just last year she directed the repair
work on her home. She was pro
verbially honest: The Idea ot owing
anybody even a dollar would worry
her. She managed to get her bills
all paid paid and to keep ahead. She
was a manager, and had that for
tunate combination of ability and
thrift and honesty which make the
good citizen.
One ot the very happy Incidents ln
her life was her return to Winston-
Salem In 1911. President Rondthaler
and the board ot trustees asked her
to come back and receive her di
ploma, and she willingly contented.
She received an ovation,—she was
tbe graduate to whom all at the com
mencement delighted to honor. At
tbe time of her graduation Winston-
Sqlem had been an academy and had
not given diploma*. The claaa of
1911 elected her president and gave
her the pin to wear. The etndente
and faculty were delighted to hear
her tell of her school days,—and she
waa a very Interesting conversation
alist. They had prepared for her the
room In which she stayed as a school
girt On commencement day. Presi
dent Rondthaler said that each grad
uate wrote a thesis. He wished to
read a letter from Mrs. McWhorter
which -he would substitute for that,
and her letter received the closest
attention from the audience. When
Miss Sallle McWhorter entered Win
ston-Salem her grandmother went
with her. What a beautiful Incident
was this, and one that will be treas
ured In memory.
Truly she was one of the world’s
workers, and one ot Its brave spirits,
too. 6he was a person of keen mind,
and a ready wit, and she found life
interesting, because she herself was
Interesting. So many people have
listened with great pleasure to her
telling her varied experiences. By
many she was known as “Mias Pope,”
and all over the state and ln other
states she was beloved.
Her life taught courage. One is
reminded ot those lines from Mat
thew Arnold:
“If, ln the paths of the world,
Stones might have wounded thy feet.
Toil or dejection have tried
Thy spirit, ot that we saw
Nothing—to ui thou wait still
Cheerful, and helpful, and firm.”
Reason for Old Jokes.
"Why are there so many old Jokes
cm the etage?" "Oh, they go good.
That la due to the feeling of euperi-
ority produced by the fact that you
know the answer, while the actor gink
who la being told the Joke apparently
does not’’—Kansas City Journal.
Messrs. Bernstein Brothers, local
funeral directors have received and
put into service a beautiful automo
bUe combination flower and casket
wagon.
In a few days this firm will receive
a very elaborate automobile hearse
of a special design and made espe
cially for them; it will be of tho la
test type with handsome hand carved
panel sides.
Although these cars have been or
dered five months they are some
what late In arriving, due to the very
heavy demand for automobile equip
ment throughout the country.
This Is the first automobile of Its
kind to be used In Athens and It win
be remembered that Bernstein Broth
ers was the first firm to open an ex
elusive funeral parlor with private
chapel In Athens and the first pee
pie to Install an ambulance.
This firm Is to be congratulated on
adding such equipment to their now
growing business and keeping Ath
ens up with the cities of much larger
size.
CHASE STRIKE-BREAKERS AND
ONE FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILD
KILLED BY A CAR.
New York, July 29.—After many
demonstrations tonight the carmen's
strike spread to the Third avenue
railway in Manhattan.
Cars wore stoned and the pollco
were apparently unable to control tho
situation for several hours.
Service was temporarily suspended
but later cars were run with uniform
ed policemen aboard.
Paul' Cohen, four years old. was
killed by a car operated by a strike
breaker. Tho motonnan fled but was
caught after a chase.
Policemen were forced to draw pis
tols to protect tbe strikebreaker from
the mob.
MOB WRECKS OFFICE.
A mob destroyed the business office
of the “Nil progresso" today and de
manded that the management start a
campaign to free Carlo Tresca, Indus
trial Worker of the World leader, held
In jail In Minnesota in connection
with the killing ot a deputy sheriff. It
is reported.
SECRETARY BAKER RE
PLIES JOJRITICISM
SAYS MILITIAMEN WERE TREAT
ED WELL; NO COMPLAINTS
FROM "REGULAR8.”
Washington, July 29.—MJUtiamea
are well fed en route to the border and
their trains were not unreasonably
side-tracked. Secretary Baker told tbe
house ln response to an Inquiry result
ing from criticism. He answered the
criticism that men were moved In day
coaches by saying the men were ex
pecting eleepere as a new Idea In
campaigning. He said the men were
given plenty of food and If not pro
perly conserved It was their own fault
If It ran out. They were furnished
money to purchase coffee when no
kitchen was on the train.
“Solicltlous governors who are can
didates again seem to forget the reg
ulars from which no complaints have
come,” he concluded.
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE
INDICTED IN COBB COUNT!
Atlanta, Ga., July 29.—Quite a lit
tle excitement has been occasioned In
Marietta by indictments returned last
night by the Cobb county grand Jury,
charging former Representative John
Mozely and former Representative
H. B. Moss with forgery in connection
with the recent land fraud case which
broke ln that county. It la recalled
that L. P. Weathers heretofore has
been sentenced, In the same case, to
term of five years lu connection with
Che same land fraud, the case being
based on the charge that fake lan-l
titles were being “guaranteed" ami
told by an Atlanta title guarantee
company with which It Is Bald Weath
ers was connected.
The case recently developed a new
and, It Is said, more sweeping, turn
when a negro tried to negotiate some
notes at the National Bank In Marietta
purchase money notea on a piece
of property told. It Is said the "fake
titles Indiscriminately were Issued on
property all around and ln Marietta.