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JOHNSON CITY, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, I9II.
Whole Number 1393
FAMOUS
DETECTIVE
PiNKERTON
TALKS OF -
LOGAN'S ARREST
01 ANNUAL INSPECTION
The World-Famous Sleuth, Whose
Name is a Holy Terror to
Criminals Talks on Cases
Chattanooga, March 10. The
world-famous detective, Wra. A.
Pinerton, chief of the National
Pinkerton Detective Agency,
whose name is a terror to bank
and train robbers, was here a few
days ago in the interest of the
Pinkerton Bank and Bakers' Pro
tective Association, of which he
is the head. The association
numbers over 3,000 bankers
throughout the United States and
is still growing. "Every bank
in Chattanooga is a member of
the association," said Mr, Pinker
ton. "For a great number of
years we were members of the
American Bunkers' Association,"
said the chief, " but a short time
ago we pulled out and have since
been running this association
ourselves."
" Do you know," said the great
detective, "that not a bank that
is a member of the Pinkervon De
tective Association has been rob
bed or attempted to be robbed by
burglars. I guess they are afraid
of us because they know that we
have the most complete informa
tion and picture gallery of thieves
in the world and with these pic
tures and information we are able
to run down all the noted crooks."
"You know, as a general rule,
bank robbers always walk around
in and out of a bank in the day
time, before robbing it at night.
In a place somewhere in the bank
is posted the sign, "This bank is
protected by the Pinkerton Bank
and Bankers' Protective Associa
tion." This sign probably saves
a lot of banks from robbery or at
tempted robbery. We are also
employed by Jewelers' Protective
Association, which protects the
jeweler and jeweler drummer
from robbery. We have had
charge of this agency for over
thirty years.
"Yes," said the detective, "I
am a son of Allan Pinkerton,
probably tho greatest and certain
ly the most famous detective in
the world. When he died my
brother, Robert A., and I took
charge of the business, but since
Robert's death his son Allan and I
have been running it. We have
twenty-seven different offices
throughout the United States
and employ about 20,000 men. I
am going to Gainesville, Ga.,
where the local officers have un
der arrest old Bill Miner, perhaps
the most notorious bank and
stage robber in the world. Some
time ago a bank was robbed in
.Gainesville, and the local posse
captured three men. The pictures
were sent on to us and wc recog
nized one of them as Bill Miner.
Miner was serving a life sentence
for holding up a stage and rob
bing it of $35,000 in Canada,
when he escaped by digging out
of the penitentiary. Since then
nothing has been heard of him.
I am of the opinion that the two
men arrested with him are the
two that escaped from the Cana
dian prison at the same time he
did."
" What was the most famous case
you ever worked on?" the chief 4
MILITIH OFFICERS IF
' SOUTH MAKE OFFERS
Washington, March 11 large
number of officers of the national
guard in the sonthem st:ites have p
plied to be allowed to participate in
the maneuvers of the regular troops in
Texas. The war department officials
will not make public the names of the
new applicants but say that propor
tionally they have more applications
from the south than from any other
section. As accommodations are very
small only a limited number of nation
al guardsmen can be furnished with
quarters now. Later when additional
quarters are provided other officers
will be rceoguized in their turn' Ex
penses will be paid by the United
Stales governmeut out of mditia funds
President Harrington, Peoria.
The word of a prominent and respected
business man should be listened to. F. M.
Harrington, president of the Harrington
Manufacturing Co., Peoria, III., writes that
he was for years a constant sufferer from in
digestion and constipation, which nothing
seemed to relieve, and he had almost given
up hope when h began to take Dr. Cald
well s Syrup repsin, ana macie a new
man of him.
It is absolutely guaranteed to do what is
claimed, and if you want to try it before
buying, send your address for a free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell
BUie.. Monticello, III. It is sold by all
dealers at 50c and $1 a bottle.
Truth's Great Power.
He who has the truth In his heart
need never fear the want of persua
sion on bit; tongue. Ruskir
was asked.
" Well," he replied, " I guess the
old Molly McGuire case. You
know the Molly McGuire society
was formed in one of the dark coal
regions of Pennsylvania and proba
bly perpetrated more outrages on
the community than any other band
of murderers and thieves in the
world- We worked on this case
and when we had finished twenty
seven people were hanged and nine
ty sent to the penitentiary. This
absolutely determinated the gang.
Another case of ours that attracted
world-wide fame was the recovery
of the Gainsborough portrait of the
Duchess of Devonshire. We recov-
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ered tnis portrait twenty-nve years
after it had been stolen.
" You will remember," said Mr.
Pinkerton, this picture was cut
from the frame. We recovered the
picture in Chicago, it had been
stolen by a gang headed by Adam
Worth. After we recovered the
picture and returned it to its owners,
it was bought for $225,000 by J.
Pierpont Morgan.
" Another one of our famous
cases in which James McParlan
made the arrest, was that of Harry
Orchard, the man who killed Gov
ernor Steunenberg, of Idaho. This
murder was the sole result of labor
organization, pure and simple," said
Mr. Pinkerton.
" A case of later date we worked
on was the TJr. Crippen case. We
furnished all the" evidence from this
side on that case and received a let
ter from the London police, which
stated that but for the evidence and
witnesses we sent forward they nev
er would have been able to convict
Dr. Crippen."
" By the way," said Mr. Pinker
ston, " do you remember the Harvey
Logan case, where a Montana train
was robbed of $60,000 of unsigned
bills and later Logan was captured
by the Nashville police but got away
from them in an ice wagon and was
later arrested in Knoxville and got
out of there by some sort of way. It
always looked sort of shady to me
the way Logan got away from the
Knoxville authorities.
" Well, we Jreceived word not
long ago that Logan and two of his
pals, Harry Longbough, alias " Sun
Dance Jim." and "Butch Cassity"
were in the Argentine Republic.
The three have committed so many
depredations down there that the
Argentine government has asked
Uncle Sam to come to their rescue."
Mr. Pinkerton said that there was
alwa5'S a cloud of mystery thrown
about the life of . a detective but
there was no use in it, that they
were just plain, ordinary business
men. Mr. Pinkerton travels from
coast to coast and is just on one of
his annual inspection tours.
MEXICO
CI KEEP
PEACE
WILL RESENT
INTERVENTION
Mr. Taft's Explanation That Mob
ilization Is For the Purpose of
Preventing Filbustering
Washington, March 11. Mexico will
resent intervention by the United
States or any other country for tne pur
pose of protecting the lives and prop
erty of their citizens resident in Mexi
co. In a statement today Senor de
La Barm, Mexiean ambassador to the
United States, declared that Mexico
believes herself fully competent to pro
tect all interests in that country, not
only her own, but those of foreigners.
The statement made by the ambas
sador follows:
'The cenditions in Mexico are nor
mal with the exception of a small por
tion of the state of Chilhauhau, where
a little body of seditious men are car
rying on a guerrilla warfare that I
hope will be ended in the near future.
"The Mexican government is fully
strong enough to protect properties
and lives of'its own countrymen and
those from foreign countries and to
maintain peace. .
"The best element of Mexican citi
zenship are in favor of maintaining
peace and order and that explains why
the seditious movement has been re
duced to the guerrilla warfare in the
northern section of Chilhauhau. Re
ports published about the growth of
the seditious movement have been ex
agerated.
"The constitution of Mexico prohib
its the government officials, whoever
they may be, to permit foreign troops
entering Mexican territory without
tho consent of the senate. My govern
ment, patriotic and strong,' never has
and never will entei tain such an idea
or thought with respect to the United
States because the relations between
the two countries arc very sincere and
frank and the policies of the two gov
ernments are founded in the sentiment
of siucere friendship and of respect
for justice." '
EFFECTS 10 TENNESSI
Federal Bill
Courts
L.
Consolidating Two
Fffects David
Snodgrass
Washington, March 10 David L.
Snodgrass, clerk of the United States
circuit court for the Eastern district of
Tennessee, and Dan F. Klliotte, clerk
of the United States ciicuit court for
the Western district of Tennessee, have
legislated out of life positions by a bill
which passed congress during the clos
ing days of the session. The depart
ment of jnstice has just received cop
ies of the bill as it passed and the mat
ter is being gone over to see what
change it makes.
The practical effect of the law is to
abolish abolish ail United States cir
cuit courts. Thejudges are not remov
ed but remain as judges of the district
courts, the district courts being invest
ed with all the powers the circuit court
had before. But with the abolishing
of the courts the offices of the clerks
ill also be abolished, except where sa
t the casein (he Middle district of
Tennessee the clerk of the district
C'.iurt has also been the clerk of the cir
cuit court and in that case he will not
be removed. The law becomes effect
ive Jan. I, 1012.
JEALOUSY OF BAILEY -
MAY DEFEAT HIM.
Columbia, S. C, March 1L
Senator Tillman said today the
democratic leadership in the sen
ate ought to be conferred on Sen
ator Bailey, for whose ability he
had considerable admiration, but
there is. as he expresses it, a cot
1 rie in the upper house which is
jealous of the Texan, and it is not
likely that the honor will go to
bim.
GEO. L GARTER MADE
GOVERNOR OF CONGRESS
Atlanta, March n.-rThe Ten
nessee members of the board of gov
ernors of the southern commercial
congress tor the ensuing year are
Leland Hume, . of Nashville, and
George L. Carter, of Johnson City.
The chief officers elected are :
President Senator D. U. Fletch
er, of Florida.
First vice-president John M
Parker, of Louisiana.
Second vice-president General
Julian B. Carr, of North Carolina.
Managing director G. Grosvenor
Dawe, of Washington.
Secretary E. L. Quarles, of
Washington.
E
AT CAMP IN
SAN ANTONIO
MARCH IN AND PITCH TENT
Signal Corp Will Construct Com
plete Telephone System
Throughout Camp
San Antonio, March 11. The
boom of thirteen guns today an
nounced the arrival of Major
General VV, H. Carter. The gen
eral, who was accompanied by a
numerous staff, proceeded imme
diately to the camp and assumed
command of the maneuvers divi
sion.
Gen, Carter was welcomed by
Gen. Duncan, commander of the
department of Texas, and the two
inspected the camp. Gen. Carter
congratulated the department on
the arrangements made.
While the visit was being made
the Eleventh cavalry detrained
and marched in. Their horses
followed. They pitched their
tents half a mile from the Seven
teenth infantry. Company D
Signal Corps is camped near the
hangars. Their first work will
be the construction of a telephone
system throughout the camp and
connection vith the barracks.
Col. D.'E'. McCarthy, quarter
master of the department of Mis
souri, has been placed in charge
of the railroad yards. By a clev
er arrangement he is able-to keep
the yards cleared up as fast as
freight is discharged.
BASEBALL PARK
TSATI
0
The committee that is looking
out for a baseball park for the
coming season has recently exam
ined the grounds at the Soldiers'
Home, but was somewhat disap
pointed at the present condition
of the outfield. Considerable
work will have to be done to put
it in order before the ground can
be used.
HYDER BARR'S BROTHER
IS SIGNED BY BRISTOL
Bristol, March II. C H. Barr,
brother of Hyder Barr, is the first
Bristol boy to be signed fcr a place
on the Bristol club of the Southeast
ern league and be will be given a
try-out as soon as practice begins.
He expects to make good. His
brother, Hyder Barr, is on the New
Orleans team of the Southern league
and is one of the best ball players in
the country. Young Barr is hope
ful of making a bill star.
GENERAL
GARTER
IS TIER
CIPH
FOR PLACES
II ROUSE
WALLACE
BASSFORD
IS SPEAKER'S SECRETARY
Ex-Representative Trimble,
of
Kentucky, Probably Will
be Clerk of House
Washington, March 11. "Who's
who ? '' in the next organization of
the house is being gradually framed
in the interim between the passing
of the Sixty-first congress and the
convening of the extra session of the
Sixty-second with the democrats in
control. Speaker-elect Champ
Clark has been all but formally
named speaker, and his present
private secretary, Wallace D. Bass
ford, of Missouri, formerly a news
paper man and for years associated
with Mr. Clark, will be the secre
tary to the speaker, succeeding L.
White Busbey, a former Chicago
newspaper correspondent.
An active campaign has been
waged" by candidates for office in the
new house staff and their friends.
This is the net result as to the
more important patronage plums.
Clerk of the house, at $6,500 per
annum; former Representative South
Trimble, of Kentucky, virtually as
sured.
Sergeant-at-arms, $6.soo: candi
dates. Former Representatives Wil
liam H, Ryan, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
urged by the Tammany oraniza
tion; Stockes Jackson, of Indiana,
chairman ot the democratic state
committee, backed by the Indiana
and other delegations to congress;
Clyde fi. lavenner, a newspaper
correspondent of this city, who may
effect a combination with one of the
other two candidates and may be
placated 'with the office of cashier of
the serjeant-at-arms' office at
$3.000.
Doorkeeper, $5,000; Joseph H.
Sinnott, a veteran attache of the
house, has many pledges and no op
position.
Parliamentarian and clerk at the
speaker's desk, $3,000, with an ad
ditional $1,000 for compiling an an
nual digest of procedents; Judge
Charles R. Crisp, of Americus, Ga.,
already directed to report to the
speaker-elect, a son of the late
Charles F, Crisp, once democratic
peaker of the house; succeeds
Asher C. Hinds, of Maine, elected a
representative in congress.
Journal clerk, $4,000; William C.
Hughes, of Montgomery City, Mo.,
son ot tormer Mate Circuit Judge
E. M. Hughes, already selected by
Speaker Clark, who will formally
appoint him April 4,
Reading clerk, two places, $4,000
each; Clyde B. Price, of Alabama;
backed by the Alabama and Tennes
see delegations and other members;
numerous other candidates.
Postmaster, $4,ooo; former Rep
resentative Robert Gordon, Ohio;
Robert Brenner, New Jersey; for
mer Postmaster Dunlop, Augusta,
Ga., and other candidates from.
South Carolina, Alabama, Ohio and
Georgia.
There is also a host of applicants
for other offices at the disposal of
the house.
MRS. HARWMAN'S TAX
TO BUILD UTAH CAPITOL
Salt Lake City.Utah March 11.
Of the $790,000 fnheritance tax paid
to Utah by the Harriman estate,
$750,000 will be appropriated by the
legislature for a state capitol building. "
The decision was reached at a re-'
publican caucus yesterday.
FAMILIES OF, EIGHT AS
ASITIOOTE FOR DIH
Washington, March 11. "In Amer
ica today it is positively hardly re
spectable for a woman to have chil
dren. Our divo rce courts will be fill
ed, our married women will be advo
cating trial marriage " and finally no
mai riage ceremony at all until we go
back to a large family."
This is the answer of Mrs. IJelva
Lockwood, Washington's veteran wo
man lawyer, to the plan advocated by
Mrs. Harriet Holt Dey, of New Xork,
for seven-year marriage lenses.
"Familes of eight would be the most
effective antidote we conld administer
to the divorce evil. Modem society
women do more to disrupt the Amer
ican home than any other factor of
modern life. No woman ought to be
permitted to marry who intends to re
fuse to rear a family. The idea of a
marriage lease is idiotic."
A Wood Beginning.
Everything in later life depends upon how
we negm it. You can not he successful in
life if you haven't good health. To insure
good health in later life it ia necessary to
start right. Many of life's serious ills are
caused ly constipation, indigestion and liv
er trouble. The best way to cure them in
old or young is, by the use of Dr. Caldwell's
ay nip repsin.
H is absolutely guaranteed to do what is
claimed, and if you want to try it before
buying, send your address for a free sample
bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell
Rldg., Monticello, 111. It is sold by all
druggists at 50c and $1 a bottle.
E. S. MILLER APPOINTED
ON MASONIC COMMITTEE
Nashville, March 11. Grandmaster
Rison, of the Masonic Grand lodge,
has named the chairman of the follow
ing committees to act during the civ
suing twelve months.
10. 8. Miller, Johnson City, accounts,
W. It. Turner, Knoxxille, appeals
and grievances. . 83'5ZZM
Henry A. Chambert, Chattanooga,
correspondence. -
Joseph T. Howell, Nashville, ways
and means.
Clark Looney, Paris, returns.
Ham Jack, Whites burg, endowment.
J I. W. Buttorlf, Nashville, board of
control, masonic home.
All past grandmasters are niamhers
of the jurisprudence committee.
MRS. LOUISE. WARLICK
DIED FRIDAY NIGHT
Mrs. Louise Warlick, mother of
Dr. N. N. Warlick, of Jonesboro,
died Friday night at 7 o'clock at her
home in Horse Shoe, N. C. She
was 70 years old. The funeral will
be conducted this morning at II
o'clock.
BIG SURE I EARTH '
ON PANAMA CANAL
Colon, March 11. Inhere was a
big slide of earth at the north end of
the Gatum lock of the Panama ca
nal last night. The mass buried a
steam shovel and caught a gang of
workmen, killing two Spaniards and
an Italian and injuring several oth
ers. KITTY'S OPTIMISM.
Miss Kitty Cheatham, the society
reader, who is popular with the smart
set here and in New York, has several
attractive ditties, the most popular of
which runs:
Some prays fo' de rain and some fo'
de wedder,
And some fo' both togeddei;
But I's gwineto pray fo' de sun in my
heart
And nebber mind de wedder.
Boston Record.
MRS. ROOSEVELT GOING
TO VISIT YOUNG THEO.
Chicago, March 11. Mrs. The
odore Roosevelt, her daughter,
Miss Ethel, and her secretary,
Miss Lannon, passed through
Chicago late today, en route for
California, where they will visit
Theodore Roosevelt, ir. The
party stopped off for several
hours, which were spent in shop
ping and driving through the
parks. They left over the Gold
en State Limited, at 8.15 p. m.,
for California. '
LAWYERS, ATTENTION.
I will sell at a bargain thirty
four volumes Cyc and twenty-four
volumes L. R. A. new series.
Address, Ernest R. Cochran,
Knoxville, Tenn. 289tf
W NOT
GET JOB
WILSON
RETURNING
REPORTED WILL REUS
No Indication in Washington of
of Change in the Mexican
Ambassadorship
Washing-ton, March 11. As
United States Ambassador Wilson
has been directed to return to his,
post in Mexico, -;nd is believed to
be carrying- important messages
from President Taft to President
Diax, .this would seem to dispose
of the rumor, for the time being
at least, sent out from Tennessee
points several weeks ago that as
Mr. Wilson was coming" home Le
would be succeeded as ambassador
by Newell Sanders, of , Chatta
nooga. Mr. Wilson's friends here assert
confidently that he will remain at
his post, and has the administra
tion's assurances to that effect,
and that if Mr. Sanders or any
other Tennessee republican is being-
earnestly considered for a
diplomatic position he will have
to look elsewhere than Mexico
for an opening".
POSTOFFICE CHANGES
ARE ANNOUNCED
Announcement was made here yes
'terday of several postollice changes in
the First District, it is stated that
Dr. A. J. Roller has been appointed
postmaster at Uristol, succeeding Jno.
M. Fain, actiug postmaster. James 8.
Iiyrd succeeds Frank JSritton at Jones
boro and E. E, Hathaway takes the
place of Crawford Alexander at Eliza
beth ton. The two latter were remov
ed, it is stated, upon charges of perni
cious activity or irregularities in office.
They are uocess appointments at the
instance of Congressman Hells and
will be sent to the senate for confirma
tion when it reconvenes-
COLLECTOR LEACH IS
REMOVED FROM OFFICE
Washington, March 11. Charles V.
Leach, collector of customs at Cleve
land; Joseph T. Ball, his spcoial dep
uty; Miss Holla New, a clerk, and Wil
liam F. Corns, an engineer in Leach's
cilice, were all notified of their remov
al from office today. Leach being a
presidential apppintee, was removed by
order of President Taft. The other
were dismissed by the treasury depart
ment. The discharge of the four fol
lows a long investigation of the ad
ministration of Leach's office by a spe
cial committee of the customs office.
The committee reported having found
instances where importers had paid
mouey for favor arid reported other
irregularities of administration and
misconduct in office,
NASHVILLE NEWSPAPER
MAN MAY BE SECRETARY
Chattanooga, March 11. Rumor has
it, and it comes from a reliable politic
al source, that Marshall M. Morgan,
city editor of the Nashville Banner,
will get the appointment as private
secretary to Benctor Luke Lea. Those
who know Mr. Morgan know that
Senator Lea could make no abler ap
pointment than this young newspaper
man. Mr. Morgan is thoroughly post
ed as to the political situation in Ten
nessee and would be a valuable asset
to the newly elected senator. -Mr.
Morgan is widely connected through
out the south, being a nephew of the
late Senator Morgan, of Alabama. He
is also a nephew of state supreme jus
tice M. I M. Neil. There are several
other applicants for the position under
Senator Lea, but it is rumored in polit
ical circles that Mr. Morgan will be
the secretary. .
W. S. Crumley has retnrned from
Roanoke, Va.