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The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
TEDDY SEES MINERS
VISITS SILK MILLS AND TALKS TO
CHILD WORKERS.
Tried to Conceal HimseIf-Refuses
t Make Known His Plans Of Inves-
tigation.

Scranton, Pa.-Theodore Roosevelt
spent Tuesday among the workers in
the very heart of the Pennsylvania
anthracite coal region. He met and
talked with the men who dig the coal
as they came from the mines black
with CRIME. He talked with them
about their homes, their children and
their manner of living. He talked with
their wives and their children and
learned from their own lips how they
look at life. He climbed to the top of
a coal breaker and spent half an hour
there, in the sitting coal dust, SO that
he might see what the men who work
there have to do.
He spent another half hour in a silk
mill talking with the girl workers. He
visited the people in their homes and
saw how they lived. He plodded two
miles through the dust, up hills and
in all manner of places, and he re-
turned to Scranton as evening was
drawing near, black with CRIME, but
smiling with delight at his expert.
ences.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
M DENIES GORE CHARGE
Says He Did Not Offer Bride and Had
No Interest in Contracts.

Muskogee, Okla.-Jake l.. Hamon,
accused by Senator T. P. Gore, with
having offered him a $4,000 brihe to
influence legislation in congress for
the sale of Oklahoma Indian lands,
took the stand before the congress
sional investigation committee.
Hamon entered a general denial OF
Senator Cores charge that he offered
the senator $2o 900 or other amounts,
to "put through" the $~30,000,000 land
deal. He denied being himself inter
ested in the McMurray contracts. He
also denied ever offering Congressman
C. F. Greager an interest" in the deal.
He said he had known Senator Gore
for nine years, and had loaned him
money in business transactions.
did you tell Senator Gore that you
were ready to pay him $4,000 or So
900 and the money would not be mark
ed and there would be no checks, but
that the money would be clean, hard
CASH." the witness was asked.
sI never made such an offer" re-
piled Hamon.
'.Did you ever mention to Senator
Gore that Vice President Sherman,
Senator Curtis, former Senator Long,
or former Senator Thurston were in
terested in the McMurray c%ontracts?"
"T never did"
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GORE WILL REVEAL BRlBERS
Scheme WouId nave Defrauded In
dams of $3, ooo,0 o

Muskogee, characterization of
charges made in the United States
senate by Senator T. P. Gore that he
and a member of the house OF repre-
%sentatives had each been offered a
bribe to foster a scheme whereby the
Indians of Oklahoma were to be de-
prived of So, 900 profits due them
through the sale of salt lands in this
state begun here Thursday. The
charges made by Senator Gore in the
senate on June "a, and which form the
basis of the. present investigation,
are:
That j. F. McMurray of McAlester,
Okla, and his associates had obtained
10000 Individual contracts with Chick
asaw and Choctaw Indians for the sale
Of 10000 acres Of coal and asphalt
lands, and estimated to be worth from
$4,000 900 to $780, 00, 900.
That a New York syndicate already
was prepared to take over the land at
$30,0 00, 200.
That when opposition to approving
the contracts arose in congress, he
(Senator Gore) was approached and
was told that $25 1000, or perhaps $780,
900, would be available to him, and
that a like sum would be available
to a member of the house Of repre-
~sentatives if all opposition was re-
moved
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
SLUMP IN THE AUTO BUSINESS
Bottom Seems to Have Dropped Out
Notwithstanding Boosting Efforts
of Manufacturers.

New York.-Indications point to the
bottom having fallen out of the auto
mobile business. The manufacturers,
it is reported in trade circles, are
making strenuous efforts to keep up
a show of continued prosperity, but
it is also said that they are not sell
ing their product, but are storing ma
chimes throughout the country at their
various agencies to prevent the pub.
lie realizing the true conditions Of
the market.
Several large concerns are laying
off men and giving all sorts of rea-
sons for so doing except the state
ment that they are o~verstocked. Two
or three of the largest factories re-
Gently closed entirely, ostensibly for
the purpose of taking inventory, but
the workmen were not given any def.
mite time at which to again report for
work, and it is not expected that these
factories will again be in operation
this year.
A well-known automobile agent OF
this city said yesterday thai all cars
would undoubtedly be selling at from
25 per cen to SO per cent less than
present list prices within the next
two or three months. He added:
"The trouble with the automobile
business is that the farmers and peO-
pie of the smaller cities and towns
have not taken as kindly to the idea
as was anticipated. The farmers find
that the cost of keeping them. in re-
pair and operation is more than the
cost of keeping horses to perform the
same work, and while there was, for
a time, a tendency among the farmers
to invest in the machines, the demand
for Ears from this class of buyers has
practically stopped, and I venture to
say we will not again sell to the farm
ers to any extent until prices are ma
terially reduced"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
IOWA INSURGENTS WIN
DOLLIvER PERMANENT CHAIR
-MAN-vOTE 834 TO $40.
Wild Scenes of Disorder Follow When
Cries of taft" Ring From Stall
Wart Side Of the Hall.

Des Moines, IOwa.-After a day OF
bitter factional controversy, marked
by Kisses and cat calls for United
States senators and ex-congressmen,
the Iowa Republican convention came
to a close Wednesday only when the
insurgent leaders threw open the
throttle and SEN the steam roller
over the insistent stalwart leaders.
crushing with them the resolutions be-
speaking an unqualified Endorsement
of President Taft and the tariff law.
The 600 stalwarts, headed by ex-
Congressman Peter Hepburn and John
F. Lacey, early opened a fight in the
convention with the sole purpose in
view of securing an Endorsement of
the national administration. In the
resolutions committee they fought for
this for three hours in vain, and on
the floor of the convention demanded
a roll call of their minority report
putting the insurgents on record. In
the midst of this roll call Mahaska
county responded in favor of the mi
nority resolutions by raising a large
picture of President Taft, while they
stood on their chairs and shouted.
When Webster county was called it
retaliated with a negative vote and
received a mammoth picture of Roose.
welt. When ex-Congressman Hepburn
read the minority report he was pre-
vented from finishing by the boots and
calls.
At the last name the great coliseum
resounded with cheers. AS they SUBJ
sided ex-Congressman Lacey shouted,
"Why not Taft, too?" The speaker
shook his head and a volley of Kisses
followed.
The discord started in the morning
session, when Senator A. B. Cummins
as temporary chairman referred to
the Republican party as that of Lin
coin, Grant, Garfield, Blaine, McKin-
ley and Roosevelt.
From this on the stalwarts stood
an army of protests. When the in
surge 8 presented the name of Jona-
than z. Dolliver for permanent chair
man the stalwarts offered opposition
in ]. G. Maby of Abba. Deliver was
named by a vote of S34 to $40
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
BLOODY GEORGIA FEUD
DEADLY BATTLE AT coNFEDER.
ATE VETERANS REUNION.
Violent Uproar Following Shooting.
Mutterings of the Friends OF Vic.
Tins Cause Alarm.

Macon, Ga.-The feud spirit blazed
SO fiercely Friday afternoon at Gray's
Station, fifteen miles from here, that
two companies of militia were hur-
ried to the little hamlet to prevent
further .bloodshed. Two men, s. E.
E~theridge, and his brother, Morris,
were shot dead in their tracks, and
the men with whom they had quar-
relied, Luther Morton and his broth
ers, Will, Sam and Tom, were cooped
up in their mothers house by a posse
with the double intent Of preventing
their escape and of protecting them
from vengeance threatened by the
kinfolk of the slain Etheridges.
1t was during a reunion of Confed-
crate veterans that shots rang out.
The firing came from opposite Gray's
Station, from which the celebration
was held, and crowds of t~ownspeople
and visitors streamed toward the
sound of shooting. They found the
Etheridges lying dead in front Of Lu.
Their Morton's store.
The sheriff and his deputies already
had hurried the Mortons to temper.
airy shelter, but knots of men talking
of revenge caused uneasiness. The
situation grew threatening and troops
were asked for, two companies leaving
here at Sheriff Brooks request.
While everyone else was at the bar
becue in another section of the little
town, the two Etheridges and a cous'
in, VIII Kitchins, rode up to the store
kept by Luther Morton and an inter
change of i%nvectives followed which
terminated in Will Morton leaving
the house and he and Clayton Kitch'
ms engaging in a fist fight. The fight
waxed warm and almost simultane.
ously shots rang out, nine or ten fol-
lowing in quick order. When the
smoke cleared away the two Ether
idges who were standing between the
fighters and the door of Morton's
store, were lying on the ground. Halt
Of the older mans face was shot away
and his brother, Morris, was shot
through the heart.
Luther Morton was standing in the
doorway with a magazine shotgun In
his hand.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

The predicament of two men with
their wives who were held into the
night off Chicago by the failure OF the
engine of their gasoline launch, and
who were rescued only after the wom-
en had sacrificed their skirts as
torches, should recommend the laeh-
ing of sweeps on the decks of such
craft, SO that men a help themselves
In emergencies. A pair of muscular
arms applied to a sweep would soon
~re-establish confidence after accident
by giving the disabled craft motion
enough to creep toward shore.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

the body of that hall to listen to q
sermon on "Templarism" delivered by
Rev. DR.. George H. MacAdam OF Madi
son, Wis, in the absence of Sir Knight
George C. Rafter of Cheyenne, Wyo.,
very eminent grand prelate of the
grand encampment. The music was
in charge of the grand organist OF the
grand commandery OF Illinois. the
choir consisting of several male quar-
tets belonging to the order in this
state. The Grand Encampment OF the
United States marched to the hall es-
corted by sir knights Of the various
communicates of Cook county, COM
manded by Benjamin 8. Wilson, chair
man of the escort committee. In many
of the leading churches Of the city
special services were held which were
attended by visiting knights and their
families.
Monday was devoted mainly to the
receiving of the grand and subordinate
communicates and escorting them to
their hotels. It is estimated that fully
100. 900 visitors came with the knights
and that about 100000 other excur-
sionists have focked to the city this
week in consequence Of the conclave.
OF course every hotel was thronged
and thousands of the visitors found
quarters in private residences.
On Monday evening all the local
and visiting communicates kept open
house at their respective headquar-
tiers, and many of the visitors found
their way to the various amusement
parks and the theaters.
Parade Of The Knights.
The grand parade" of Tuesday was
the largest parade Of Knights Templar
ever held. The preparations were
elaborate and Michigan boulevard was
most deliberately decorated. The sir
knights formed in line OF march on
the boulevard south Of T~hirty-first
street. and signal to move was given
by the guns of Battery B, l. N. G.. the
detachment for the purpose being
composed Of knights Templar all of
whom are members Of the battery.
The same detachment fred the salute
to the grand master.
Marching northward In Michigan
boulevard, the parade passed. near
Hubbard court, beneath an entrance
arch built in the form Of an ancient
battlement with It's towers and tur-
rets. This was intended to represent
the entrance to the city, and as the
column passed under 1t, buglers sta
toned on its heights heralded the ap-
rroach of each grand division
Next the knights came abreast OF
the first grand stand. one,half mile In
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

low spirits, melancholia, distorted
mental outlook, faulty assimilation
and disease.
The opposite effects iow from the
northwest winds. The west ana
northwest winds keep the mucous
membranes Of the body in good work
ing order. The coating Of moisture
which is always present with the east
wind disappears. Absence OF any
wind II long continued has 2 bad ef-
feet on the human body and mind.
A prolonged calm NEAR lack OF ven
tilation on q great scale. The winds
serve to mix in normal proportions
the gases which compose the atmos-
phere and in this way they are con
ducive to health up to . certain
noint. Beyond about 20 miles an
hour their influence begins to be I'M.
favorable.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
THE WIND AND OUR NERVES
whv the Cool, Pure Northwest
areexes Are Moro invI0oratIng
Than Those From the East.

The east winds hug the earth more
closely and gather moisture. dust and
bacteria. They are cold and humid.
altogether forming an enervating In
anence on human and animal life and
rendering it susceptible to the dis
case germs which the winds carry
and disseminate.
The cool. pure northwest winds
.,ome from a region Of dry. highly
electrified air where ozone exists In
comparatively large quantities. They
are lnyigorating. The framework OF
nerves in the human being is like q
delicate electrical apparatus, the
nerves being the wires and the brain
and sanglia receiving and distribut-
ing centers.
Every one knows that q telephone
works better on q clear. dry day than
ON 4 wet, muggy ne. The moist at
mosphere lessons vitality. The nerve
wires grow faccid and heavy. The
messages become confused. Hence
NE
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Won't Run for Governor.

Omaha, Neb.-W. r. Patrick has for
warded to the secretary Of state his
withdrawal from the race for the CUB
ernatorial nomination by the Demo
cratic party. Mr.. Patrick is an advo-
cate Of county option and has been
supposed to have the backing Of VIM.
j. Bryan. Richard L. Metcalfe, editor
Of Mr.. Bryan's paper. Is supporting
Gov. Shallenberger for denomination.
This, in connection with the with.
drawal Of Mr.. Patrick, Is believed to
indicate that Nj. Bryan intends T.
come out IN faydr Of the governor.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

The discovery of defective armor
plate on the battleships Utah and
North Dakota after the ships had been
commissioned has caused agitation in
the navy department favorable to a
plan for the inspection of the plating
of every ~battleship in service. 1t is
fair to assume that If two battleships
could be provided with faulty plates
without discovery until the ships were
In active service there may be other
ships with poor plates that may have
escaped detection.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
TEMPLAR HOLD
TRIENNIAL IN CHICAGO
Great ConcIave Presided Over by Acting Grand
Master Melish--- Wonderful Parade Through
deliberately Decorated Streets Is the
Most Spectacular Feature.

Chicago.-Marching to the music OF
forty-two bands and the almost equal
" melodious cheers of hundreds OF
thousands Of their relatives. friends
and admirers. some $4,000 Knights
Templar took part August 8 In the
greatest parade ever held by the or
der. Their waving plumes and n
uniforms were fttingly set OF by The
beautiful decorations of the streets and
buildings. and the scene was one that
will not soon be forgotten by those
who were fortunate enough to witness
It.
This magnificent parade was the
climax, in a spectacular way, OF the
thirty-first triennial. conclave OF
Knights Templar, which opened here
on Sunday, Aug. I. In accordance
with the time honored custom OF the
grand encampment. the doings OF the
week began with divine service.
Begin With Divine Service.
The sir knights selected Orchestra
hall for this purpose and entirely filled
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
scent New Illinois Scandal.

Springfield, nl.-Three witnesses in
the legislative probe were before the
grand jury and the states attorney
held conferences with four other men
who are supposed to have knowledge
regarding the bills before the forty
sixth general assembly, and which are
said to have met their defeat through
the powerful influences of the now
famous Jackpot" States Attorney
Burke said the foundation had been
laid for disclosures that will create
new sensations in the Illinois political
upheaval.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
RESTORES HER SIGHT
Delicate Operation Performed by a
philadelphia Surgeon.

Philadelphia, Aug. 5.-One of the
most delicate and dangerous opera
lions known to modern surgeons was
performed at the Medico-C hirurgical
Hospital, when a portion of the cor
nea, the transparent film enveloping
the eye, was trephined from the eye
ball Of a mar employed at the Baldwin
Locomotive Works. His eye had been
permanently destroyed, but. the cor
nea was uninjured. The ~trephined
piece was transplanted to the eye OF a
woman who had been blind from in
fancy. One of her eyes had been re-
moved, and she could not see with
the other, it being affected with noon
atorum, the cornea becoming clouded
and absolutely Opaque. The only pos
sible way in which her sight could be
restored was to remove the cornea
and transplant some transparent sub
stance in its place.
This was done by the operation
above described. She can now read
ily distinguish objects a few feet
away, and the surgeons believe her
sight will gradually become stronger.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Champ Clark , Renominated.

Montgomery City, MOTOR the
ninth time, eight times without oppo-
sition, Champ Clark, Democratic mi
nority leader in the house Of repre-
sentatives, was nominated for con-
gress in the Ninth congressional dis
trict. Judge R. E. Roy of Troy was
nominated by the Republicans. Mr..
Clark states that he will now give al
most his entire time to his party, try
ing to elect the ticket and redeem
Missouri.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Pxthian Sisters March.

Milwaukee, Wis.-The subordinate
lodges of the knights Of Pythias' pa
yade Wednesday attracted as much at
tention as did the uniform rank dem
onstration Tuesday. Added interest
prevailed by reason OF the Pythian
Sisters participation In the formation.
They were conveyed in prettily deco
rated carriages and handsome floats.
The entire body, twelve divisions,
headed by the Illinois and Ohio lodges,
was in command OF Chief Marshal
Thomas v. DAILY. Rain interfered with
the competitive drills.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

The poor should be remembered this
hot weather. for their sufferings are
considerable. Ice often means health
to the sick and pure milk life for ba-
bies, but these are luxuries for which
the. prisoners of poverty must look to
their more fortunate brethren to sup
ply them. There should also be gen.
erous public support of the various
fresh-air enterprises which do so
much toward ameliorating the condi-
ton of the poor in a large city during
the heated term.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

That bitter taste in the mouth expe-
rienced IN first arising In the morn
ing, say an authority, may be re-
moved by taking a little nux vomica
mixed with water. Should the expert
menter, however, desire to remove all
taste from his mouth permanently,
this can be accomplished by adding
more nux vomica.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

DR.. Wiley, the celebrated health and
germ expert, says there Is nothing
very dangerous about kissing. The
doctor probably means to have 1t un-
derstood that danger is eliminated
when the kissing Il done BY those
who are not legally handicapped.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
IncreasA in Offcers.

Washington.-A net increase of A.
259 new officers and employments in
the governments machinery resulted
from Legislation enacted In the sixty
first congress. This statement was
made in the annual book on appropri-
atoms and new Offices, which were
issued today by Thomas P. Cleayes
and James G. Courts, chief clerks, re-
spectively, of the senate and house
committees on appropriations. The
increase in the number Of new off,
cers and e~mployments resulted in Z
net increase IN cost q $4,46s.872-
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

The dean of Norwich Indignantly
denies that King George ever had a
morganatic wife and adds: king
George is a man who, with a wife of
like disposition to himself. has been
wont during his leisure to sit In his
garden with his young children round
him, just the same as any of us might
do in our own patch of garden" Also
the dean might have told us how
the kings tomatoes are coming IN.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

It is estimated that over 100000
words were spoken during the recent
session of congress. All honor should
be shown the stenographers who
stayed at their posts and listened to
every one of them.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

And now they say that either a pho
nograph or a pretty singing milkmaid
furnishing music in the stall makes
a COW give more milk. The cows
artistic discernment is apparently not
highly developed.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

University of Chicago professors
claim to be able to change the spots
on the potato bug. But as It does not
appear that the spotiess bug has less
of an appetite for the growing potato
crop, 1t is not clear how far we are
ahead for the feat.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Driven out.

Bacon-I bought my wife q horse
and carriage. and she drove me out
every day.
Egbert-Well. ! bought my wife 3
piano, and she drives me out evory
day-Yonkers Statesmen.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

An expert at the National Educa-
tional association convention In Bos-
ton says that children are naughty
when they are i'll. Will the old say
ing have to be revised to read Spare
the castor oil and spoil the child?"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

And now a Torrington, Conn, man
is planning to walk to California.
Isn't it about time for some ambitious
California citizen to set out to walk
east to New England?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12
Forest Fires Spreading.

Washington. The current year
threatens to be one of the most disas-
trous to the national forests from fires
in the history of the country because
of the drouth conditions in the West.
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural
department, who is in the West on a
tour of inspection of the forest re-
serves has expressed a willingness,
according to reports to the forest serv-
ice, to incur a deficiency, If necessary,
in the appropriations made by con-
gress to fight the fires during the pres
ant wear.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

The northern Michigan dairyman
who claims to have discovered that
music sweet and low from a phono-
graph wooes milk from his cows,
might try for ice cream by giving his
devoted animals the "cold shoulder"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Music an aid to dairy manage
menti" That's an old story. Was there
ever a comic opera without a varia-
ton Of the merry. merry milkmaid
chorus?
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Bowling has been introduced into
England. 1t will now become popu-
lar at Newport
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

An airship passenger service be-
tween London and Paris Is being
talked of. People who expect to take
that route should go to the trouble of
first learning to swim.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Regarded merely as a peril, 1t is
much easier to dodge a coming aero
plane than 1t is to dodge a motor
cycle.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Since the comet has departed peo-
pie have to charge up to sun spots
whatever they cannot understand.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

1t is said that a substitute for ra-
dunn has been found. Some druggists
to the contrary, a substitute is not al
ways something "just as good"
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Keep cool and be cool. The mental
attitude has much to do with physi-
cal condition.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

Last year Great Britain cut I'll
liquor bill $54. 000. 900. yet nobody dice
of thirst.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

There are few joy-riders back Of the
lawn mower or moving machine this
year.
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The noblest study of mankind IL
weather.

Evidently the law of gravitation has
been repealed.
The Tupelo journal., 1910-08-12

For so cents now you can buy either
a melon or a dozen lemons.