The times dispatch. [volume], April 13, 1912, Page 2, Image 2

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WESLEY EDWARDS
ASKED FOR PARDON
His Petition as to Old Jail Of?
fense Still "Pending"' Be?
fore Governor.
TROUBLE WAS AT BOX PARTY
Ben Owen Insisted <>n Defini?
tion; Then Lost Interest?Kd
wafds Pleaded Penitence.
Thai curiosity which Is an Inherent
part of tho nature of JJea Owen, sic
rotary to the Governor, has resulted in
ati Interesting sidelight oil one of. tho
two members of tho Allem clan who are
stilt ut large?Wesley Edwards. Said
curiosity was exercised last autumn,
?when no one dreamed o:' the tearful
tragedy to bi enacted in the illila
viiic courthouse.
Looking over sonio old papers yes?
terday, amid, the l.UOu or so applica?
tions lot pardon which arc always
''pending*' in the Governor's uilieo, Ben
Owen found the Wesley Edwards ap?
plication, with his own part therein,
.lie laid tho papers before Governor j
Mann, who perused them with interest.
Tells or Trouble. |
Wesley l'dwards.'s application for
executive clemency was In connection
with iiia original offense, which at last
brought about lhu murder as a cor?
relative but not primary cause. lie
wrote a letter to the. Governor, setting
forth certain facts. H~ stlld he' hue
atluuded a box parly In Mil}', 1911, anil
ltad sour; v. Ol lis vMtii Robert Thomas.
No dlsturbuucu occtirrc\l at tho time,
but on the way homo that night Hier?
was sonic slight argument, in which
possibly some bones were bruk-.-n and
iiotno skulls cracked or othur mlnoi
?iuris inflicted. Rut the next day, said
Wesley, tho light was renewed with
iiais and stones and slicks. This. It is
to bo supposed, was at lira services
being conducted by Uov. Garland Alien.
for the latter offense, .said Wesley
Edwards, he was fined *$Gu ami costs
Unable to pay, lie went to Juil for sixty
days. Then hv was triad, according to
his own statement, for the original
row with Thomas, and given sixty
days more, with a lino of $5U. This
?lxty days he claimed to bo then serv?
ing when tho application was written,
and he. said that unless relieved from
the tvne he W uuld be in for ninety days
longer.
With the letter were petitions sighed
by several hundrjd citizens ->f Carroll
county saying llriy believed the pun?
ishment hod been sulllclent and asking
lor pardon. Among the names appciir
many of persons well known to those
v ho have recently visited Carroll as
friendly to the Aliens.
No mention was made by W'jsley id
disturbing public worship, and it Is
probable bis statements regarding Ins
punishment wore a little mixed,
11 hill Is, i? Uox I'nrlj ;
Secretary Ben Owen answered Iii? .
letter. Ho confessed with frankness I
thai he did not know what a box party
was. and professed a deep yearning
to know. Also lie wanted more .letalis
Replying, Wesley Fdwards said that
a box party was an affair at which
liiere a me young girls who had pre?
viously cooked luotlisollii meals, which
thoy placed In boxes. Said boxes were
sohl for a consideration to young men
?who attended, the money going to the
furniture or library fund of a school
house or Sunday school. The purchasei
<>f a box selected one at random and
had the privilege of eating the con?
tents with the girl who packed it, and
whoso name was contained therein.
Iiis thirst fot knowledge* satisfied;
Ben Owen kjciiis not to have made fur?
ther answer. The papers laid unno?
ticed until yesterday. Wesley Edwards
served his term In Jail.
Ills twenty years of life have btVsn
Mied with lights and escapades and '
?with evil deeds which bring successive
Heelings of disgust and of curdling of 1
blood. Vet In his petition he rcpr?-j
Henlcd himself as an unfortunate vie- i
um of circumstances and as desiring'
to reform and to lend a better life. <
This sort o*L -Vlay.. commuh to the Al?
iens, hasjtocn maiT- even moro recently I
from the depths' of t!..- Rounoko jail.
Berry's for Clothes"
Aro yon ready to take the
plunge from high shoes to
oxfords?
Wo always have special at?
traction for the "plungers."
At five dollars here's a Berry
enamel leather low shoe, mod?
eled for style, cut. for comfort,
made for satisfaction.
At $a.BO and $4, the B?rry
oxford in any fliiish desired.
Tho Hannn for those who
are satisfied with nothing else
? $6 and $6.50.
The Berry shoo for hoys is
ma Ising a proud record!
Some parents have told us
that it's str?ngt; good solid
, leather shoes like these hadn't
been available before ? $ c2 to
$3.
We're specializing on a silk
finish sock at 135c?3-for-a
dol la r.
They're great value!
I Guaranteed by US.
Scholarly Address Before Y. M.
C. A. Convention by Dr. Henry
Louis Smith.
LSpccial toTlieTimes-Dl8pate.il,]
Kuanuke, Va., April 12.?or. HenryJ
Louis Smith, president-elect of Wush-'
lugton and Leu University, delivered
a stirring address on "The South in
Transition anil Its '.'all to This CJeh
eratl?n" at the. First Baptist Church
this morning, before tho ilolegntes to
ihu :-iatc (Convention o>l thu Virginia
young Men's Christian Association;
Dr. Smith's address was couched in
scholarly language, nnd delivered in
a wily that belli the attention of all
within llio a?ditoi'iuhi as ho'pleaded
eloquently for the preservation of the
standards of i lie old South by the
young men of iho new South that is
heilig formed in this period of material
development und business awakening.
Dr. Smith's address was the principal
speech of the day.
a luncheon at Iho Motel lloanoke,
at which 1'resident Johnson presided i
as toastmuster, way among the many
Interesting events of the day. Nu?
merous undresses were made!
This afternoon the convention heard
the discussion of various mailers pcr
lulnlng to association work.
The following program was carried
out this evening;
r-:3u P. M.?Annual convention ban?
quet. Theme: "Opport unity." Toast
master, Luciuti 11. Cook?, Roanoko; in
vocation, the Rev, Samuel T. Scute:',
"The Railroad Department as nn Assel
in Successful Railroad Operation." L.
Ii, Johnson) president of the Norfolk
and Western Railway; "Vlrgln'li's
Place in a Croat Program," Dr. Ohas.
Vf. Kent, University ?I Virginia; "The
Vorth American Association?Its
Achievements, Pollclct and Future,"
Dr. ,T, a. MacDonald, editor Toronto
Olobo; "The Significance of tho Asso
clat Ion's Foreign Policy," 13. T. Collon,
X.nv York city.
To Work for Free l.ltirurr.
The executive committee of tho
Richmond Rdticatlon Association will
s<-nd a delegation to the Council
chamber on April ^?, when tho ques?
tion of establishing a free. library is
taken up by the Commlttco oh Ordi?
nance, charter ami Reform, Atten?
tion was also called to the nnniiul
met tiny of the association, which will
be held nt the John Marshall High
School auditorium on the evening of
May V.
es
Gasoline, Kerosene or Low-Grade Oils
f/r.
For All Power Purposes
Size* 1 to 500 H. P.
Horizontal and
Vertical Type?
Slow speed, conservatively
rated, 4-cyclc engines that arc
simple, reliable, economical,
durable. Absolutely Guaran?
teed as to material, workman?
ship and power.
Now is tlie tin-.c to buy these cnginet.
Call and see them, or write for Catalog No. NF l-'!"1
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
FraaVltn ,*t Qovornor St a ,
Richmond, Vs.
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OPINION AFFECTS
TRADE IN FUTURES
Contracts Made With Bona-Fide
Dealers Upheld by Cir?
cuit Court.
NEW BERN COURT IN ERROR
Decision Reversed in Case of
Eure, Harris & Co. Against
Sabiston.
An opinion handed down yesterday
hy ihc United Suites Circuit Court of
Appeals will have tin important bear
i :i o upon future suits k roiv I tig out of
the failure on liiu pu;l ui persons,
firms or corporations to comply with
contracts binding tliem to deliver cei -
tain commodities at souio luturu date.
The opinion is by Judgu Jeter C.
I'rlUhard, and reverses uio Judgment
of the Circuit Courl ai New Liern, .N.
C, in ttio cusii of Cure, Harris Co.
uguinst C w. Sublslou.
in tiiis action tho plulutlfC company
brought suit tu recover damages for
the nondelivery of Z~o bulbs oi cotton,
which Subtstou bound himself to de?
liver /.nun i ilvu separate contracts.
One of the lawyers tor tlie defense In
ihe lower court wus former Ouvcrnoi
.'hurtcs U. Ay cock, of North Carolina,
who dieti suddenly in Birmingham last
weit.
invokes Law AutiliiNt t'uuircs.
The ueicnsu set up the claim that
all contracts for thu delivery of the
cotton were void because of section
1U8? of tho Rcvisifl of North Carolina,
Which regards such agreements us
wagering or gaming contracts, ami
therefore void. There was no intcii
tlon on the part of tho defendant to i
deliver the actual cotton, it was con
tended, nor did the complainant com?
pany expect such delivery. They were
executed, it was claimed, merely as .1
matter of form.
Protection was sought under the
North Carolina law ugdiust gambling
in futures, which delincs a transaction
coming within the meaning of the
law us one in which one parly
nominally contracts to deliver to
another at some future date a stipu?
lated Quantity of any commodity
without actual iuicnt delivering]
thu commodity, hut intending merely {
io pay the difference If any between 1
thu prleo of the product at ihc time
of oxeculing the contract, and the
market price at the time or the d< -
livery date. Such a transaction, Ilm
defense claimed, was the one in
uucstiom
Verdict for Defense.
The jury in t!io lower court sus?
tained the contention of the defense
ami tho court entered a verdict for
Sabiston. Tiie plaintiffs brought the
case to the Circuit Court of Appeals
on .1 writ of error. Out of a large
number 01 assignments of error the
court deemed only one iieccsdry for
consideration. This on'1 took excep?
tion to the refusal of the lower court
to submit to the jury the eleventh
Issue tendered by the plaintiff:
"Were the plaintiffs at the time of
making such ? contracts Wholesale
.dealers in the purchase and sale of j
cotton as a commodity, and w^s m< h !
'cotton required in thja? ordinary coli-I
' duot of 1 heir business V"
The plaintiffs. Bur,-, Harris ? Co.. I
declared thill they wenj bona. Ilde j
dealers in spot cotton, mild In ho
sense dealers In futures. They In- I
voked in their behalf the last clause
of tho North Carolina law against j
gambling in futures which stipulates
that H ".shall not bo construed to ,
apply lb persons, firms or corpora?
tions In the business of Inantifactur
'mg or wholesale, merchandising, in |
thu purchase or sale of the necessary
commodlt'es rorjuired In the regular
conduct "f their business."
Reverse? Limor Court.
In Us opinion yesterday Cue Cir?
cuit Court of Appeals reversed tllcj
judgment of the lower court 611 tho!
ground that it declined to give the
plalli tiff company nil opportunity lo j
prove that it was legitimately engag?
ed In the cotton business under lite:
meaning of the law. The evidence,
according to thu opinion, tended to
show thai the plulnliffs were, bona Ilde
deiilors in spot cotton und iho refusal j
of the lower court to .submit the k?
Blle to the Jury "was prejudicial to
the rights ol the plulntiff."
In support of its opinion ordering n
reversal ami new trial, the court limit?
ed from a decision bunded down by (lie!
Supreme Court of North Carolina, In!
November, 1011, in the case of Alex?
ander Spr?ht Sous unaiiist May. The
opinion had not been published at the
time Judgment tvsta rendered by thci
New Ucrn court.
On the mooted point ".ho Ninth Caro-i
Una decision say.-.; ".v le.,ia tide wiiolc-l
sale dealer in spol cotton, who pur-!
ehasej the same in thii orderly con-j
duet of his business, is not liffccicd byI
this lav.', but is entitled lo havo his!
cause tiici and determined under tlio]
rub- which generally oblnins, that one:
who asserts that an ordinary business;
contract, valid 011 its face* is unlaw?
ful, is required 10 prove, |t by the!
greater weight ol the evidence."
Young Owen Enraged Because
Miss Turner Declined to
Marry Him.
I special!., The Times-Dispatch; 1
Bedford city, Va., April 12.?While
rotuinllig In a buggy rrom an enter
lalnmeiit ai Hi- home of Miss Motile
?M.ieh. ii. ui ib.- extreme southern pan'
01 in.- oouilly a lev.- nights ago. a:
voting man named Owen shot Miss
*"'l,.' .1. and prob.iblv bell, vim,
t,,n< hi had killed her tinned the
WCIlpOn upon |,,mself and blew out his
!'.''?""""? The tragedy occurred hear
I'aitnos Church.
. 1 '" "?ins mo.. Die young man had j
m-en paying marked attention to Miss
luriier nnil ,t j:, ,..-,1,, whllo returning
i" ih,. home of the. young ivomnn Im
begged her to mail", him. and upon.
0 r refuHal he hcciiinc so ? enraged
1 bat ho drew a pistol Hltd shot her.
riimu several times. she was shot]
in Hi- bond, ..ii, ,?<-,. t^is dorttfovedl
',","' 11.Iber Injured. Owen then:
blew <oit his own bruins, dying In?
stantly. Miss Turner royled, and al?
though very seriously Injured, then
. '? !.RSlhlllty thai she may live.
1 Bo l b of the voting people were b<
?Mtellcpi family connection. Miss
I >' I? IMc daughter of Mr." und
Mrs. Charles Turner, who live near
aImos 1 luireh, ami young Owen was
1 uu .oit oi Pci ton Owen, ol LrfouUurg,
To the
(Blues Armory? Next Thursday)
On Sale Here
All citizens, whether member
of a commercial organization or
not, arc invited.
And while you arc in the store
let us show von the wonderful
$15 to $200
We will play any Records you
care to hear with pleasure.
SucfcniHirn Coble I'limo Co,
Mon. 728. 213 Ii. Broad.
HOUSE CATCHES
GO1
Almost Certain That Bill Will'
Be Passed at This Session
of Congress.
[Special to The Tlmcs-Dlspatch;] j
Washington. April 12;- congressman
.lolni Lamb ami other members of (ho
Virginia delegation in the House to.1
day signed a petition handed to them,
by congressman Ijyrncs, of South
Carolina, und other.-: uslcing iho Rules
Committee of tho ilouse to bring In
a ruler to tile- eltuet th.it the lends
bill just reported from the House Com?
mittee on Agriculture, I? voted upon
us pan ot the posi-ollloo appropria?
tion bill.
A f?\v weeks nco the House caught
the good roads' fovor, and woi'k Is
belli? done now as liovef before. Last ?
weeti iho subcommittee of iho House
reported a bill which divides all road?
ways lulu throe classes. It is. a con?
solidation of all auch bills now pend?
ing in Congress. It is provided Hint
when the United States snail use any
highway for the transportation of
inrul mail, compensation shall be made
at the rate "t }!I0 per annum toi1
highways of <i">s A; ?-u tor class, B,
and $10 for class C.
Those who an behind this moyc-j
ment believe that they have al last1
found a way not only to avoid ull con?
stitutional barriers, but at the same
fine provide Federal aid Without the;
necessity of giving tho i-'odcrul au?
thorities any more control over the I
Stales than that now possessed in the
transportation of the rur-i malls.
It tb..- present movement retains Its
momentum a good roads bill will be,
passet! at tit's Congress after years of
effort on the par tot its advocates. Cap?
tain I,noil, and the other Virginians
who signed tho petition think the
time never was bettor for good roads i
action. I?. rr. MvG. i
?list: for \ Irglnln?Showers Sat?
urday nud probably Sunday.
For .Vnrlli CnrolIiia-^-Thtiiiilrr mYiimv
crs Miiurdii.% nud probably Sunday.
Special I.in i)Hin f?r Veailerdi
12 iioou temperature .
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Normal tcinpc-riiturd .
KxCesa in temperature .
Deitolfiicy in temperature since
.March 1 .
Accum, deflcifi ? in temperature
since .iunuarv 1 .. IIS
Excos* in ml in a 11 hIiiOC March !.. 3.1t!
Accum, excess ?, rainfall sin.-.
.Itiutinry i. 3.1.1?
l.oeul Observation > i*. M. Vesteruay.
Temperatur.. ,?;;
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Wind, d<r< < t lein .South
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m.MA'rl ICR ALMANAC.
April 13,
BECK'S ESTIMATES
ARE EXCESSIVE
Members of Hospital Commit?
tee Think Figures as to
Cost Arc Too High.
NOW SEEK DEFINITE FACTS
Dr. Johnston Offers to Secure
Preliminary Sketches Front
Architects.
In order to get more accurate and
definite Information u:i to the cost of
converting1 the Memorial Into a mod
j orn und complete city hospital, Hie
' special joint committee from the Coun?
cil Committees on Relief of the Poor
and Finance yesterday afternoon de?
cided to sycure architects'' sketches
and proposals from builders en ihc .? >st
of probable extensions, it hciiiK h< Id
by several members and 1>> several
physicians that the estimates submit?
ted by Building Inspector 11.?. k wer-,
excessive.
Mr. Heck reported that after exami?
nation of the Memoria i he was o| opin?
ion that to convert It Into a complete
city hospital for all purposes It wiiuld
he necessary' to main: expenditures as
follows: Alterations ami repairs to
present building, ""0; acquisition Of
adjoining property 011 Uroad Street.
(25,00,0; erection oh same of a dupllculo
of the present hospital, as ,1 hospital
for negroes, to cost 1100,000, and
equipment for same, $10,000; acquisi?
tion of adjoining property' on Ooveruor
street and remodeling of residences
Into a liursjs' home. (25,000, making
with tho (lu.oou debt on the prcscnl
Memorial Hospital, a total outlay ol
$315,000. Mr. Beck said hi was in?
formed that a modern, up-to-date hos?
pital, fully equipped, could be erected.
With tho Sttnio capacity as the Memo?
rial with the proposed annex, for not '
moro than (250,000, and he suggested ?
as a possible site tile Clark's Spring
property, hack of Ilollyw iod Cemetery,
at the south end of Harrison Street, j
belonging to the city, and once USi u
us a site for the city smallpox hospital, j
Can Cut t ust in llnir.
Or. Csorge Hen Johnston, head oft
tho visiting stall or the City Home
Hospital, expressed the opinion that
.Mr. Beck's tlgures could be reduce,1
one-half. It would not be necessary
to duplicate the present hospital build-,
ing, he explained, slip 0 In the present
building would remain ihc heating
plant, laundry, kitchens, operating
rooms, otllccs, Internes' quarters and;
all olhsr departments having to do
with the administration of the build?
ing. The building Is not yet 111 lie I
years old. and he believed could be
lakftn over without the driving of 11
hull. As to the annex, he said, It j
Should be similar 10 the pr.-enl east-!
cm wing of llyi Memorial, which it ;
would iidhdn?simply a succession ol
large wards, one after another, of lip -
proof construction, and containing its
many llooi'H as wer..- desired, possibly
with contagious wards on the top lloor,
or with quarters there for nursjs, and
with provision f'.-;- a public dispensary
in tho basement and ambulance quar- '
tors in the rear. It would not bo hoc-I
cssary to duplicate any of the cxpen- !
stvc administration Uttings ?r Operal- [
Ing room otilllt.
The discussion by the commilloe was'
Informal and general, and with a desire
Id gel all the light possible It muh de- j
elded to accept the offer of Dr. John-j
sion that he would scour?, without cost i
to the city, preliminary sketches *?f '
such an annex bunding as lie would
propose. After these havo been up- I
proved by the Building inspector, Hires j
builders Will |>e Btfked lo submit esti?
mates of the cost, and competent real !
estate men will be asked lo apprulse, '
tlu value of the adjoining property,
which Is in litigation and can only be
acquired by condemnation. it was ,
agreed that with tin:, definite Informs
tl?h In hand, the committee will be in1
a better position to formulate an Intel- 1
ligent report.
TO HEAR DEBATE
tOqinil Suffrage I.elltuc liMllcd by
Randolph-Miicon s luden is.
The Equal Suffrage League of Vir?
ginia has received an Invitation from I
the Franklin Literary Society of Han- 1
dblph-Macoii College to attend the an- <
nual debate of t.ie society on Friday
evening, April 10, at 8:.10 o'clock. 'f\ia :
d bate will be oh suffrage, and will
take place in the college chapel at '
Ashland. The question for debate is:,
"Resolved. That the free use of the',
ballot by women would he hcncllclnl
to our country."
W. S. Dcyorlo and II. f.. Hain have
the affirmative side of the question;
C. I.. Copley and l'. C. Pope the nega?
tive. League members are. of course,
much Interested in the outcome of th
debute.
Mifl. Valentine and Miss Johnston
gave talks before the leaoliers of llcl
levue School Thursda) afternoon. Tile |
ine tine wns well attend.Ml and most
interesting, several new members j
being added to the Ic.lgUO.
State Official III. |
Slate Dairy and Pood Commisstoher j
William D. Saundera bedtime alarm-1
Ingly HI yesterday nt his ofilee in the
Stute Library building. Physicians
were summoned, and he soon rallied.
His recovery wiis rapid, and it wn
stated last night ht the home of R. A. '
Lancaster, Jr., where be was eon
veved. Unit he would probably lie at I
bis desk again to-day.
Sloan's Liniment is a great rem?
edy for backache. It penetrates
and relieves the pain instantly.
is also good for sciatica.
Mr. Fr.ETCHKn XonMA*, of tviilttler,
Calif,, Write*l?'11 I had my back hurt In
lhenoerw.tr. I tried all kinds of dopo
without Miceess. Two wcek-i nco I pel 11
bottle of Sloan's Liniment to fry, The
first application caused Instant relief."
80I1I by >U tMlari. FrlctlBc, 00c. i: SI.00.
Dr. Earl S. Sloan - Boston, Mass. H
AI)V JSKTISIA'O TU/t l 1'ILLH.
Wo have 111011 In our offlco who "can m.nk?
?dvertlihiK i'upy . fairly bristle with selling
uolntsj ntlie.r men who netuatly "rhlnlc In
nlclures," Experience has taught iheni how
to prod'.ico advertising that will "'got th?
tuiKlncsa."? Our orgunUuiinii I? ai?your ser?
vice AUvlco tree. ?
lPir-'.MAN ADVERTISING AO BN CT. INC.,
Mutual Building.
Richmond. .. .. ?? Virgin"-*,
'Phone M.ii.jv" :<1J
Style 170
style ?dssumnce
wear msurauce-go
In eack p&w <of
Crossetts*\
This new russet is mado of one of
thr. finest of colored leathers. It
keep* its lustre and color; polishes
easily and the polish lasts; is very
?oft to the foot. High heel and
toe on the TropSy last.
MAKES LIFE'S WALK EASY
TRACK MARK
A to ?6 everywhere Lewis A.Crossett. Inc..M^ker
North AlmiiMon, Mass.
WOMAN PERMITTED TO
SHAPE LEGISLATION
Silc Als?j Solicits Money Er?ni
i 'coplc Pressing Claims
Before Congress.
CHARGE IS MADE BY MANN
Minority Lea.ler Scathingly De?
nounces Members of Commit?
tee on Expenditures.
Washington, April 12.?A scathins
den in< lution >>f members of the House
Comnillteo on Expenditures In the In
terior Department was delivered on tiio
House iloor to-day by .Mr. Mann; of
Illinois, the minority .cader. tic
charged thai Mr. tirahniu, of Illinois,
chairman of tin- eOmmlttCo, had per?
mitted :i woman lo be In the employ
of person^ pressing claims before the
committee, to shape legislation.
Mrs. Helen Pierce dray, of i^'lniu
ftota, was tho woman nUined by Mr.
ilann, and he charged thai for v111?*?
mouths she .lad occupied a desk In the
illlce of the Commissioner of Indian
ait.ilia on the- strength of her relations
?villi Hi.- Hons,; conimlttee. During
.hat time, said Mr. Mann. Mrs. Gray
find solicited and had received tees
?m?hillltlg to several hundred dollars
from Indian claimants before the gov?
ernment.
Mr. Mann said Hint a dissatisfied In?
dian had filed a protest with Chairman
? ?I'aliUm, and that In- had told the wo?
man lo "keep the money," Mrs. Cray1
in H"js brought charges against In- ?
dian Arreni Reynolds, aliening that
while she was on the Crow Indian
reservation writing syndicate articles j
.'he had been thrown Into jail and
threatened with Incarceration in a
cell with a mal- Indian. The charges
were nlrrd for u number of weeks lie
for tin- Schale Committee on Indian Af
ralrs. ' j
The storm broke in the House to
daV, w hen Representative llhihum'c |
committee asked for the adoption of H
resolution providing for an Indian In?
vestigation in New Mexico. . n oppos?
ing it. Mr. Ma nil said:
"The Democratic Investigations .tavo
cost the government more than |l6o,
COO." He shoo'.t Ms clenched fists at
the Democratic side as he added i
"TllOy have uot disclosed any scandal
so great as that of a committee of the
Hons.- retaining within its scope a
person who solicits and receives money
to use Iiis or her inlluencc in forcing
legislation through for the benefit of
clients."
Mr. Mann demanded that Mis. Cray
he summarily shut out from the com?
mittee and the Korean of Indian Af?
fairs.
Representative Hill, nt Connecticut,
Republican, also protested ngalhst the
appropriation of any money for n fur?
ther Inquiry lute. Indian an ?Iis. He
denounced the proposed trip to Now
Mexico as a forerunner of other* "tin
til Ho) or l.V.i Hlibcoinmlltcs of investi?
gation are wandering around the
country training their olfactory sens...
in trying to smell out something to
Investigate."
Mr. t'Sfnh'flhl made no reply to Mr. |
Mann'? charges, und the resolution wusi
adopted. 01 to II.
TERRIFIED FOLK
Had Main Street on Edge From j
Fifth to Fourteenth, Where
Wild Race Ended.
A gb?ci deal of excitement was cre?
ated in Mam Street yesterday after?
noon about i o'clock, when a fright?
ened horse ilattiied down tin. hill trotn
Fifth Street .drawing behind him a
wagon, which careened on three
wheels, leaving In its wake several
slightly Injured persons and nearly a
ilOsi n more or less damaged automo?
biles, trucks und street cars. The ani?
mal was llnully stopped in its mad
gallop at Fourteenth .Street by Ofllccr
Uary,
im,, of the wheels of the vehicle,
w.hlch was owner by .1. l-\ Kigns, of
318 Ka-ii franklin Street, and urlvcu
by Wesley Lec( colored, af <??? 7 North
First Street. Came oft at Fifth street.
The Jolt frightened the hors.\ and it
at r.nee started <>n Its wild run.
At Seventh Street, when crossing the
car tracks. Deo was thrown out ami
badly bruised. The vehicle then grazed
an automobile standing risar the. cor?
ner, and at Eighth Street collided with
a second mao.nne. In the meantime
it had scraped consldt rahle paint from
the sides 61 street cars.
At Ninth Street tho runaway smashed
into an automobil-' owned by D, II. ;
Register, bciitllng a fender and break?
ing a lamp. At Tenth Street it bumped
into a wagon owned by W. D, Beiitley
and driven by William Johnson, col?
ored. Johnson was thrown out and
slightly hurt.
After barely mlsslnt? numerous ve?
hicles und streit cars and striking a
few. the hot"** began lo slow Mown
near Fourteenth Street, and when al?
most wenlfrrd In between a trolley
and a wagon was stopped by Police?
man Hary.
! The horse was bsilly cut and bruised.
That more, damage was not done was
I considered miraculous.
I,c was able lo pick himself up and
follow tho course of his team, and
claimed if a few minutes after It had
I been stopped.
Deliver Addresses, in Which
They Explain Why They
Should Be Elected.
Candidates for the Hoard o; Aid r
men hhd Common Council from Clay
Ward, In addresses last nluht before
members of the Henry Clay Social
Club, at the cluh house Hi Spring
Bin >??,, deplored the fact that control
of the Police, Fire and H. allh Boards
were not Included under the now Ad?
ministrative Board Ii. U Peters,
president o? the Common Council;
George Mel). Blake, now member of
thi: lower branch, who sechs election
to the Hoard of Aldermen, and Coun?
cilman Clarence A. SsktOli, all declared
that If elected they would seek to
have the ordinance creating the new
board so amended as to eliminate tili)
three small'r bourds and place all of
fie affairs under one head.
in creating tho Administrative
Hoard. Mr. Peters said, the Council
did not go fur enough; It should liiiyo
placed the, Fire, police and 11 allh
Uopartmuiits under Its control. "You
?nl never get what is fair." he said,
"until you y.a?.e all departments under
orn, head."
Mr, Peters, in referring to tho ni>r.*
board, said that the best poaslblo men
should be elected. Ifc urged that
pood workers and thinkers uc chosen
and not good felloes
T.h* same sentiment wan expressed
by Mr. S?Mon inn Mr. hlak-. <>rd
wav Puller, candidate for the Hoard
of Aldermen, and Graf- lladdon, iTarr'/
lluber and Jacob Umlauf nl?o spoke
Charles El, Jon??, president of the
club, a: (he '-lose of the meeting, said
ih. candidates would be glve;i a s;r
6nd opportunity to address tho mobi?
le-is next Friday night.
I.er Ward Meeting.
Three candidates for the Adminis?
trative Board and rix aspirants fc-r tlio
Common Council made addresses last
night before tho Northatde Social and
I lonrv-ratlc Club of Lee Ward at Fra?
ternity Ifall. A. W. nennen. John
liirscnberg n'fld Charles K. Hl'- rtrds,
all now members of the city Council,
**dd the voters why thty shbuld bo
I elected to the new board. Those who
I desire to .'-It in the Common Council
from Lee Ward and who spoke insi
nicht were Clyde 11. Itatcllffe, A. 1..
Vonderlehr, Fred C. Powell, Claude A.
Batktiis, R. W. Miner and Larkln W.
Cla/.i-brnolt. Jr.
. THF. I.AX-FOS WAY.
' If yen had a medicine that ir?uI4
gth. . Ihc liver, the r>t',m-n'h. the kl't
rifva ami the bowelj, tn<l nt the i?;ne tlina
rnrilie you strong with a synleinte lonle,
don't you believe Jeu would soon be well?
That's "Th? J.ax-Foa Way."
Wu nik you to buy the rtrat bottle on th?
monry-back plan, and ;ou will nsk youl
drurtl't to sell you the aecond.
It keeps your whole Ins.tlS right.
There Is nothing elae mad.' !!!?<? bax-FoSt
Jrttmeiiibar tho oamo?LAX-POS.?Adv.
A QUARTER CENTURY
Before Iho public. over live million
samples given away* each year. Tho
constant ami Increasing .-ales from
samples proVc* Ihc g'1111111'! merit of
Allen's Fool-Ease, tlie antiseptic pow?
der lo he shaken Into Ilia shoes for
Corns, Bunion.-, Aching, Swollen. Moist,
Tender Feel. Sold everywhere, 28c,
Sample FltEE. Address A. S. OLM
sti:i>. Lei toy, .v. y.
Remarkable Christmas
Present
Among the curious Christmas pre?
snts of tills year will be one for a man
of national reputation, which his been
all year In th* making.
Way last January thn present was
decided upon, and a friend of tile prom?
inent gentleman requested the Burreil?
Press Clipping bureau, 01 New York,
to watch every paper In America and
j to take up every item which appeared
I concerning the man.
I The clipping bureau people followed
instructions, and now present the his?
tory oT one year in the life of this
especial man.
The history ends Just after election,
and the 1I0,6F.: newspaper Items found
Include everything from 11 three-lino
editorial mention to rull-pago lllua
lrated stories. These have been mount
1 ed on 3,200 great sheets of Irish linen
paper and bound Into throe, massive
volumes.
At tho bend of each Item Is Iras name
and date of paper clipped from, this
Information having been put In with a
000k typewriter. The words thus in
.erte.il amount to 163,252.
In actual time, a very strict record
if which has been kept, the work has
required sixty-four working days
hioughout the year, and has kept in
employment .during that lime thirty
people, as readers, clippers, sorters,
oiounters and binders. Every news
paper of Importance Is represented.
This is merely a specimen of some ol
the unique orders which get Into the
Burrelle Bureau, for the extent ta
which clippings aro used by in fTvldunls.
end by bu.dr.ess concerns seems to b?
.?cmarkttbln.
There nre many people In private ai
well as In public life who need press
clippings nnd don't know It. It might
be well for them to look up this man
Burrelle, who Is said to bo so well
known that a letter simply addressed
"Burrelle, New York," will reaoh hlca
?.-Ith no delay.