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The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
BAILEY ON STAND
IN OWN DEFENSE
Tells of Gibbs Ranch Deal in
Detail
Made Thirty Thousand and Gould
Have Made More BY Holding
on Awhile.
INDUCED IN NO TRIoKERY

Austin, Tex, Feb. 2O--When the
legislative investigating committee
was convened today. United States
Senator J. w. Bailey was called to
the stand. Mr. OdeM of counsel for
Bailey said that to expedite the hear
ing he would question the senator
about the charges, but if he pre-
ferred to make his own statement It
would be perfectly agreeable.
Mr.. Odell read the second charge.
in which it was claimed that Bailey
had been in. deal with brotner of
Gov. Francis and other parties, JOS
eph Sibley among them, in the Gibbs
ranch transaction.
Speaking of the Gibbs ranch deal,
Senator Bailey said ne had no inten-
ton at first of purchasing 1t, but
that Mr.. Gibbs, friend of his, had
told him about the land and said he
wanted to sell a quarter to Gov. Bob
Taylor of Tennessee, Senator Chas.
A. Culberson of Texas and himself
(Baley) and keep quarter. He
told Mr.. Gibbs that only Senator
Culberson was financially able to
purchase the land, but at Mr.. Gibbs
solicitation he went to look at the
land and was greatly pleased with
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Beautiful Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
proved to be the eternal question, in
deed. aud Stanford White and Harry
Thaw each tried his own way to an
swer the question. The rest Of us are
still guessing.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

A Cairo paper tells OF a young
man who was wounded in "a remote
region of New Mexico" and died.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Personally appeared before me,
this Feb. 1, 1907, E. ]. Paxton. gen.
eral manager of The Sun, who af-
firms that the above statement Of
the circulation Of The Sun for the
month Of Jan, 1907, is true to the
best Of his knowledge and belief.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
My commission expires January
%. 1908.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

tive to the shipment OF cattle from
below the line had been made a part
Of the biil.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20

Senator Aluricn seems to have
given Ollie James a dose Of No-Tobac.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
Daily Thought.

Guessing at truth is a poor sub
auuOL
stitute for knowledge"
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
LIvely session Expected Today.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO Wall
Every dose makes you feel better. Lax-Fos
keeps your whole insides right. Sold on the
money-back plan everywhere Price TO lnts.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
Opposed Appropriation.

He said the purchase OF the Gibbs
ranch and the worlds fair legislation
were two different propositions, ana
never thought of at the same time,
and he could not recall which came
up before the other.
He said Francis and a man named
Cobbs had asked his support for the
words fair appropriation, and he
told them they we're wasting breath,
as he was unalterably opposed to APP
propriating and said he thought he
had been paired when the PROPOSE
ton for the s5.OOO,OOO appropriation
came up.
When the proposition came up the
second time he was in the senate anc
he mad resisted It and almost de-
feated it, offending his st. Louis
friends, who had thought he would
support it because a provision rela-
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-02-20
How Purchase Erected.

He said he then thought he might
sell the land for Mr.. Gibbs, who was
anxious to dispose of 1t to clear off
some encumbrances. or might get as
sistance in buying it himself
Senator Bailey said that he secuI-
ed an option on the property, which
Included all the live stock. tools, etc.
and later closed the option with the
understanding that the deal would
not be consummated until after his
campaign for senator had closed.
Senator Bailey said Gov. Francis
never discussed any legislation with
him or sought his aid for any meas
ure except the worlds fair appropri-
alton. He had never known Of any
legislation before. congress in which
Francis was interested, directly or
Indirectly except as good citizen
or Democrat, or connected with or in
terested in any Texas legislation. He
said Francis had never mentioned II.
c. Pierce to MIN except through the
letter of Introduction.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Went Into Law Office.

Harry STAYED with The pletu,a Frame
business long enough TO learn a..
about it, and then he learned some
thing more Important He saw lis
must go still higher TO amount to an
thing H babe gCod-'y TO The buSi-
ness .nd went into a law ofIice where
he was Office boy and messenger lie
was eighteen years old. and he made
up his mind 10 lose 40 time.
Through his boyhooG. during the
newspaper selling, the banana hauling.
and the frame manufacturing. hc ad
managed 10 secure good public
school education. Now he worked I'm
the iaW Office from y o'clock i'm .he
morning rnul in The afternoon
From the Office ne made a dasn every
lay 10 the afternoon and evening
classes in law i'm the University o.
Maryland. Il was a three-year term
and young Wolf n ade 81, having done
ali Lis studying iate at night and hav-
Ing saved enough money from his
earnings 10 buy al the text books
prescribed in the course.
When he was graduated-but let him
tell il in his own words. as he told IL
sitting beneath the great nigh ceiling
Of the meeting hall Of tile House or
Representatives
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

y HIS is the story OF tile Youngest
member OF Congress. the baby
Of the House" who is Harry 3.
Wolf OF Baltimore. representing
the Tmrd Maryland district Through
the story there runs. like golden
chain. "A tale OF achievement and tri-
ufnph tha. sounds Ike legend of the
fairies Always before this youth
there has been opened al his call the
giittvriuE gate OF opportunity. Con
tua'3lly he has conquered and gone
forward ard upward oI, the rising ,id-
"i .appy circumstance.
some people ne tells You. "caH
this sort o. thing luck call it on
portnnity. II J had not had the op-
porunidcs I would not he in con
gross today"
Back of his explanation OF oppor-
tunities there lie the two great char
actcistics, ambition and untiring in
dustry. This man has worked since
he was seven years OF age. He has
tpiie1 night and day lie has been
an engine worked 10y ambition. The
engine has never broken down. and
the moving spirit of it mas always
driven toward higher things
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

@"nsress. The old Democrats went
u his OFFICE in p group. and natted
him on the shoulder. saving:
You're a goce boy. Harry. bur
You're TOO vounc. Wait few years.
and 90 TO Congress later
But the ambition that ~ q gent him
from uewsbcydom up the ladder 70
iore IN the law was urging him still
higher. THE young man an,wered:
II don't want 20 wait. I went 20
20 TO Congress now. and I'M going
They shook their heads. discourag-
ing him. hut he never faltered. The
Third MARYLAND district taxes in the
vharves. where he had Hauled the
bananas Also il includes in its vot-
ing lists a number of tie men who
had worked in the picture frame
shops And Wolf knew the votes of
the wharf men and the factory men
were his for the asking.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

would have the opportunity. 7 made
Up my mind 10 get here"
IN The primaries for the Democratic
domination. he haA three opponents.
lie beat them. an6 one OF his friends
ca the wharf said the next day:
Them aiso-rans wuz sorry dey
hadn't been scratched FUN de cyard.
But The dgnt was NOT half won. He
hao the Democratic nomination i'm a
district that was normally Republican
by good many thousands His oppo-
nsut on the RepG5Ican ticket was W
NJ. Johnson. a former police commits
siorer and a power in Republican poll
ties IN the city But Wolf got very
busy He made a campaign Of ora
tory tnat left thc older man far be-
mind Governor Wliyte who had lost
thai h.g case TO hhu. spoke for him.
And, to make thirss sure. Wolf met
AID knew every voicr and pretty much
every family in BIZ listrict./ When the
vote was counted ne had carried for
himself. Democrat. a normal Re
publican district and had piled up
majority OF SS6
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Clothes We're Borrowed.

1T was good thing to walk on.
too ne added. smiling My shoes
were so thin could feel he cracks
in the floor through the soles. and my
black cotton trousers had not cost me
much more than 81. The Tuxedo coat
and vest ] wore were borrowed. And
when came away from the court Of
appeals a few days later with my
license to practice I had the great sum
Of 20 cents in my pocket"
Right away the gltterlns gate he
calls "Opportunuy' opened for him
As soon as ne had obtained his license
he went down TO he wharf to stand
treat" for anything "the fellows
might propose. But they turned down
the offer Ito treat" and said all they
wanted was that rt dtfend one OF their
number who was "up on "a llrcens
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
10fcOriC Rise
OF poor BOu
Through I
Hard WOrR
to OdpOSitiOn
of Honor as
OLGgiSIOtOr

always done. Success has not t1rrnes
his head This stoclcily built. ard
some fellow OF twenty-siK years puts
on no airs. arrogates nothing 70 him
self. He has a seat IN a good Ioca-
ton IN the House. and there ne opens
and reads HIS constituents letters
every morning. making careful ammo
tations on them that mean he win
attend 10 the various requests tney
contain.
Democratic members are already
growing TO love him. and the Mary
land delegation drifts up 10 MS desk
every morning and pats him on the
back They regard him as what ne
really is-a wonder.
In Baltimore he has a uagnlfcAat
home. where he resides vita his vyife
and Two little boys And Harry Wolf.
who as a boy, drove a miserable nag
20 q banSna wagon. row keeps four
Iuagnlnce--4 driving horses
knowing the story or mis- lie. ths
magic narrative OF all that ne has
wTuns out OF so few years on earth.
mis- interviewer asked aim 10 tell how
ae accour ted for his success. Il v-az
then Jhat he replied.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Has Tried 5000 Law Gases.

The things he has done make up
marvel lie has tried more than 2.OOO
law cases. Ir one Of them he. single
banded, won great victory over Gov
'rnor Whyte. thu grand old man OF
Maryland. after a fierce legal battle
o. threc days he secured the ac-
qriual of Mrs. Josephine Kelly. who
was accused of the murder Of her
sister lie saved from the bars DIT
Bliss. whose trial under the charge Of
he,nS a sneak-tiief was one OF the
Dlg sensations Of Baltimore. Begin
ming with less tlan half a dollar. ht,
now has an income every year va
riously estimated at from SllU00 70
$500 per year, all of IL coming from
his law practice
When Harry Wolf wis seven years
old. his father had suffered business
reverses. Every cent counted in the
family's financial arrangements. 1t
was then that the boy took route.
for an afternoon paper in Baltimore.
the city Of his birth and made a
record fer selling papers thar still
lives in the business ohlce Of the
Journal for which nc worked Today
tie man has a letter which was writ
ten To the boy expressing the man
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Opportunity, Not Luck.

some people call this sort OF thinT
luck ( call IL opportunity. II had
not had the opportunities. 7 would not
be IN Congress today"
And he added. modestly explanatoryi
her was very young, ] EoI 10
into my head that / was going TO be
something 1 wanted to amount 70
something IN the world. and 7 waa
persuaded nat would accomplish my
desire. Now. millions Of other vounar-
sters have had The same desire and
conviction How many thousands Of
men, with greater industry and far
greater ability than 1 have ever had
have not got on very Tar ia the tvoridf
The difference between them Gna
me is that opportunities came my VVay.
! am the sTeatest believer in oppcr-
tunity you ever saw II the oppcr-
tuniues had not come 10 me. where
would / be today2 Nowhere. II
had not won that first larceny case.
where would I be-
'After I graduated. I had nothing
10 pay my office rent with I par-
suaded the landiadY from whom
rented the Office 70 give me sixteen
days OF grace I hadn't a cent. but
somehow Z felt 7 would have IT. And
sure enough. at the expiration OF those
sixteen days I marched up and pafd
her for the entire months rent Ever
since .hen money and success have
come 10 me
You may say it's luck. I cali II
by another name-opportunity. And
m thankful that I've had II.
Harry Wolf is the greatest imper-
sonetion Of success one may hnG in q
days travel. His broad shoulders. a
legacy from the banana punches -
ever ready glad hand" " HIS cordial
ity, his cheerful iEduBtry-these thin-S
mark MIN as man who does not fan.
And there's another thing
His constituents, his fellow-memberE
Of Congress. his friends in the fae-
tory. "tRe fellows" on the wharf. aad
his business associates have long siItbs
voted HIM 70 another hiEh ofhce-ffe
possession az that rare quality ruqn
call good fellowship
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
His Own STORY.

The night ] graduated. he said.
his face wreathed in smiles at the re-
membrance. why. that was the great
est night OF my life. 1 was talking
the thing over the other day and I
decided that my graduation night was
The biggest thing I have ever known.
] was not quite twenty-one years OF
age.
The graduates had the r names
read out ard their diplomas handed 10
them in the alphabetical order IN
which their names carte. Mine was
the last Up in the gallery there were
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Then They Hauled Bananas.

Then They Hauled Bananas.
Arrived at the age OF fourteen.
Harry figured il out that he could
10 more than sell newspapers. He
and his brother Charlie got posses
sion Of a wagon that was more serv-
iceable than beautiful and horse
whose youth had been left behind
Then they went down 20 the wharves
where the banana carg1es were put
ashore For the price OF % cents per
load, they hauled the bananas 10 the
stores TO which they had been con
signed. and in this way they collected
what looked like a good income 70
them.
Although handling the heavy
bunches OF banas.as improved The
muscles OF the lads. they conclude.
that they wanted some employment
which held a promise OF advance
ment. Like all self-made men. Harry
haG discovered that the use of the
brains was the only path To- better
things. So the demonstrating nuSi-
ness was abandoned. Harry taking a
place al s. "A week m picture-frame
manufacturing establishment and
Charlie. VINO was e!ghseen vars his
senior. going into a drygo0ds estab-
lishmenL
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
HARRY 2. WOLF,
Youngesr Member Of the House of Renresentatives

"a .ot Of my ola friends. the fellows
had known down on the wharves. the
mcn had known in the factory Well
When / walked up to get that diploma
they broke loose. They chaercd and
yelled and beat thcir hands together.
You can imagine that I walked ont of
there on air
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

charge. Harry took the case-and
won it, From that day on the oppor-
tunities came looking for him all the
time.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
He Wanted Prestige.

why die YOU want to come to Con
gress?'' he was asked
II wanted prestige he answered
quickly. and 7 wanted to do srcater
things saw that in Congress L
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Strong Personalifr.

one great reason -Of this rs the per
Sonahty OF this baby or .he House
No one can shake his hand and fail to
know his true worth. His big brown
eyes. sympathetic as a woman's his
chin and jaw. set for strength. his
smile, winning in its these
things have brought TO the man
great measure OF his wonderful sue
cess His friends never go back or
him. He makes new ones every dav
A man. who knows him well. said:
There's an endless stream of people
INTO and out Of Harry's Office in Balti-
more every day. In Il are men and
women. young and old. Always ii is
d chorus of. An right. Harry: fix IL
up or I.n leave it 10 YOU. Harry
People trust the man. They say IN
Baltimore that Harry Wolf never failed
a friend
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

His Head Not SWelIed.
In CONGRESS he works now as ne has
The Washington times., 1907-12-22
Ambition,
OpDOrtunitV,
and LUCK
Brought
This Man
Success
seven years of age he
sold newspapers
AT fourteen he hauled
bananas at so cents a
II

al twenty he received his law
diploma, and had 20 cents as his
all.
At tWenty-Six he was elected to
Congress, carrying into the Demo-
cratic column a district that had
gone Overwhelmingly Republican
for twelve years.
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

agenent srdJihcaJun 80 tFe v,s
be had distributed papers along th-
streets which made up his tertitory
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

Told Him He Was Too Young.
Whom hc made np his mind TO run
The Washington times., 1907-12-22

December 22. 1907
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
DESCENDANTS OF BETSY Ross
Five Of Original Family Settled n
diana In 1917.

Jamestown-The fifth annual fe-
union OF the Ross family was hel Al
the home of Frank Ross. near MS
place. The members OF the Ross fam
lily are direct descendants of Betsy
Ross. who made the first American
flag. The enrolment at the reunion
was 1926. Five OF the Ross family
moved from Ohio TO Indiana iu 1877.
The children now living OF these five
pioneers include Frank Ross James
town: Lando and Daniel Ross. Boone
county; Mrs. Emma Barnhil CraW-
louisville. William and Ezekiel Ross.
Wabash: John and Seth Ross Avon.
Andrew Ross, cambridge and Ava
Ross. Danville.
Visitors from a distance included
John Bennett. Delphi Alfred Drake.
Flora and Frank Ross. Joseph Yeasier
day and Julia Hybren. Indianapolis.
Officers elected are. Presideuf io
seph Yesterday: secretary. Ross
Yesterday. The next reunion win DE-
held at the Yesterday home lu1ln
apolis
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
JAPs ATTACK U. S. SOLDIERS.
Four Marines Have Narrow Escape
From Mob.

Toxic. Japan-While the United
States cruiser Chattanooga was al
Hakodate. on her way here from
Vladiyostok. four Of her men had a
thrilling experience and a narrow es-
cape from serious injury at the hands
Of a japanese mob
In a dispute over prices one Of the
American sailors struck a Japanese
shopkecper 4 mob was quickly
formed. armed with clubs and started
after the assailant and his three com.
panions Two OF the sailors were
forced 70 jump from the dock and
swim to sampan The others We're
rescued by the police who took them
aboard the ship.
investigation by the ships officers
showed that the attack upon the store.
keeper by the sailor was unprovoked,
and NE Japanese We're GENERATED
The Chattanooga visit TO Yokoha-
ma has been marked by the usual ex-
change Of calls With japanese officials
Full shore leave has been given TO the
cruisers men. and there were no I'M.
toward occurrences there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
win Demand Indemnity.
To Probe Frisco Condition.

New York-Aikujiro lshii. the d.
rector Of the commercial bureau
OF the Japanese foreign office. who
was involved in the anti-Japanese riots
at Vancouver. came 10 this country
10 investigate and report on the re
cent anti-Japanese demonstrations in
San Francisco.
While this was given out as the spe-
cihc object OF his visit. IL is generally
understood that his mission was TO
make a thorough study Of the whole
Japanese question in this country and
to ascertain the cause and extent OF
whatever prejudice may exist against
the japanese. He spent some time in
San Francisco and, after travelling
through the country went 10 British
Columbia, where the conditions arising
from the recent inflow OF japanese and
Hindus into the Northwest has caused
q serious disturbance of labor condi-
\ tons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
STATE TO HOLD FUNDS.
Indiana 10 Be Recognized In Distribu-
ton Of Deposlts.

Washington. ID. C.-While treasury
officials decline TO indicate where or
when government deposits are to be
made In accordance with the plan re
Gently announced by Secretary Cortel'
YOU. IL may be stated upon authority
that in the distribution OF public
moneys with view 10 anticipating the
tension in financial and commercial
circles that usually comes about crop
moving time the national banks OF
indianapolis and elsewhere throughout
the state will be handsomely recog-
nized
There is good reason TO believe that
deposits in national banking institu-
tions in Indiana have already been or
dered. Secretary Cortelyou plans
wider distribution OF the public funds
than has been made in previous ad-
ministratiOns OF the treasury. and. az
already announced. deposits Will be
made gradually, the intention being TO
place approximately $4,000 "A week
for a period of several weeks instead
OF waiting until the last moment. as
was the practice heretofore. Ohuel
strict orders from Secretary Cortel-
YOU treasury officials will not disclose
In what cities the funds now about TO
be distributed will be deposited. The
distribution will be made without any
publicity.
On May 20 last, when the national
banks made report TO the controller
of the currency as to their condition
there was on deposit in institutions In
Indiana banks the sum OF s4.64O,l3S
OF this amount 81 .35s.s2S was i'm
pounded in the national banks OF In
dianapolis and the balance in national
banks outside OF that city. Public de
posits in Indiana national banks VII
be materially increased as a result OF
the recent order Of the secretary OF
the treasury.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
SAYS OIL MEASURE is SHORT.
Indianapolis Inspector Asks Help r
Fight on the STANDARD.

indianapolis. II In pursuing Bis
determination 10 make the stand
ard Oil company give honest measure
Isadore Wulfson. city inspector ~
weights and measures. has appealed
to the authorities in Washingt0u Tor
aid.
Mr.. Wulfson relates his efforts 70
trap the Standard people, and tells q
the trial and conviction Of driver for
giving short measure. He calls aten-
ton to the fact that the comqaus ;
cans are filled by machinery and that
this is causing complications. and says
In conclusion:
Il am determined that this company,
just like every other dealer shall
give fun measure, and | would appreci.
ate Il If you will send me such intor.
nation touching this question as you
have been able TO obtain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13
TUBERCULOSIS IN LIVE STOCK.
Farmer Loses Heavily in Trying TO
Prevent Spread Of Disease.

Richmond-A few days ago when
% out OF % hogs sold 20 local
slaughtering establishment were found
TO be victims OF tuberculosis and We're
condemned by the federal inspector,
DR.. Waggoner, the farmer who had
sold the hogs, w. II. Druley. OF Bos-
ton township. suffered the loss and
made no complaint. Instead he called
on DR.. Waggoner. drove him TO his
farm and asked him to clean UP the
place" II there were diseased animals
there. Two valuable bulls were killed
simply to ascertain whether tubercu-
losis had invaded the cattle herd. and
one animal on post mortem examina-
ton. was found to be victim.
Druley. who is wealthy, and who IS
a successful i've stock breeder. has
never suffered from the ravages OF dis
ease among his animals prior TO this
year. He has agreed TO stand the loss
OF all animals sold to Strengthening es
Establishments that prove diseased and
the remainder of the season Will be
spent by him in preventing the spread
OF the malady
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-13

Anderson Joseph f. Hennings
has received commission from
Grand Exalted Ruler John ; Turner
of the Elks order appointing him TO
the position 81 deputy grand exalted
ruler for the district Of central Indi.
ana The district comprises the largest
number Of lodges OF any division IN
the order. there being SO including
those at indianapolis. RI. Wayne. Lo-
gansport. Lafayette. Munoie. Kokomo
and other cities OF the territory