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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-30

Let us hope that the tiny revolution in
Mexico viii not induce the libretusts to
give US a Mexican musical comedy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-30

We trust the forthcoming issues of the
Congressional Record will contain more
views and fewer interviews than for
merly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-30

Daniel J. Parks. of New York, banker
and broker, is at the New Willard. Speak
ing Of politics and makers Of politics. he
said that Roosevelt's silence now Is
stranger than all his talk during the last
campaign
"Have you noticed that while the news
papers carried column after column Of
Roosevelt news after his return from
foreign lands, they have cut him entirely
since the defeat of the Republican ticket
in New York, with the only exception of
his visit 10 Washington, his lecture before
the National Geographic Society, and his
recention at the National Press Club2
Has T. r. ceased TO be good cOpy@ Has
he been relegated by the papers 70 the
rank of 'has-beens.' or have they entered
into an agreement to kill him by being
silent about him and hts doings2
Il have no explanation 10 offer for this
apparent puzzle. but it seems quite OBJ
vious that Roosevelt does not occupy
public print any longer"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
BODY FOUND IN WELL.
Gruesome Discovery Is Made in Bak'
er County, Ga.


AS a result of the fndin. of the
body of Earle T. Barksdale com
mission merchant, of Tampa, Fla,
in an abandoned well in cotton
field, near Newton, Baker county,
Ga. Sunday, Jesse and Robt. Hud-
gems, cousins. and Jesse Hudgens
step-father, Joseph Leary, are in jail
charged with murder. A warrant al
so has been issued for the arrest OF
lINrs. Leary.
Barksdale, according to testimony
at the inquest. had spent several
days at the home of Jesse HndGens,
where he is said to have gone to set
tie claim against Hudgens, whom
be had formerly employed at Tampa.
About week ago it was stated that
Rarksdale had returned to Tampa,
and nothing was heard of him until
a negro discovered his body.
There was bullet hole in the
head, the skull had been crushed
with blunt instrument, and the
hands and feet were tied together
! with 4 stout cord.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
THE CROPS ARE FIFE.
Said TO he the Best Ever Known in
This Country.

llfIS IOuultESs
The government crop report shows
that all records for corn and oats
have heen broken despite some high
total figures in the past. lndica-
tions are that corn will reach g.
tions are that rorn will reach g.
057.424.n0D bushels against a crop
of ,. az. aI;:, 200 last year. The re-
cord-hreaking oats crop is 1906
36J,0u0 bushels. compared with t.
007,353,000 in 1909. the yield per
acre being 3l9 bushels. c0mpar2j
with 50 in 1909 and 2s.j, the ten
year average.
The production Of spring wheat
IS estimated hy the Crop Reporting
Board, FOR lGlD WAS 233 i75. 900
bushels. con nparei with 800. O.S23. coo
bushels in 1909. The production of
all wheat for 1910 was C9'l ,769,-
900 bushels, compared with 731,-
$4,000 bushels in 1909. The pro-
ductiun OF barley for 1910 WIS l5S.-
13S.000 bushels, compared with
170,2Sl.00O bushels in 1899.
Incomplete return from the tohac-
co belt indicate the yield will be far
above the ten year average, Pennsyl-
vania showing a notable Increase.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
BEHEADED THIRTY THOUSAND.
Chinese Executioner Has Killed That
Many People.

Thirty thousand Cinnamon have
lost their lives under the blows from
the sword of the public executioner
in Canton, China. He knows moth
ing of the electric chair, the hang
mans moose, or the gnillotinne. The
Criminal who is condemned to death
in the Celestial empire gets short
shift.
He is directed to the place OF
death. kneels down, and ducks his
head we'll forward. The eXecutioner
who is armed with two-handed,
double-edged fiat sword, takes his
place and with one blow sewers the
criminals head.
Then the next steps up for the
same summary treatment. And they
have been going some, for the exc
cutioner is only 60 years OF age and
has been in the business not more
than half his life.
The executioner is about six feet
| four inches tall and his sword weighs
about 20 pounds. He is pround of
his trusty blade and declares it new
er takes more than one blow to KILL
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
HEAVILY PADDED
THE CENSUS IN SOME WESTERN
CITIES A SWINDLE.
1t Is Believed That Gross Frauds
Have Been Perpetrated and an
Investigation is Ordered.

Staggered by the enormous groweI
shown by the re'..rns OF the new
. census for a number Of Wes5"rI cit
| les, Director Durand, Of the censn:
, bureau, has ordered an investiga'
tion, the result of which appeared
in the announcement Saturday night
that gross frauds had been perpet-at T.
ed.
Cities specifically nientione! as
being affected by the frauds, are Ia
coma, Seattle and Aberdeen. Wash
ington; Portland, Oregon; Mime
apolis, Mimi; Boise, Idaho, and Fort
Smith. Ark, but is is stated that
there are many others.
The result o. second eaumera-
stpn of Tacoma, WASH, was annnaE'
red. The city shows population
of S2,972, an increase of 45,2HS,
or 120 per cent over the populate u;
of,'1900.
The first figures turned in for Ia
coma were 116,l6S. In other wor Is
the actual population was padded to
the extent OF 1926, which would
have meant further addition of ~
per cent.
These additions we're made in 81
out of 73 enumeration distric $ in
Tacoma. In some of these districts
the number reported pro:cl to be
several times greater thu. the &C.
tual population. In ten districts the
first enumeration showed 29,753
names, whereas the correct number
was found to be 11,646.
Director Durand's statement con-
sists mainly Of letter from himself
addressed to Secretary Nagel, Of the
department of commerce and labor,
dated Oct. s, in which~the whole case
is presented.
Director Durand's letter sets forth
that attempted padding" was main
ly through the use of slips printed
by private individuals and contain
ing the census questions.
These we're debated freely on the
street corners and elsewhere and
were filled out by thousands Of peo-
pie who either had already been
enumerated or who were not perma'
nent residents of the city and not
entitled to enumeration there. 1t Is
possible that in some cases the names
were wholly fictitious. =
!. These names we're turned over by
the private individuals who collected
them, through special agent Stacey
d. Casey. to 80 OF the enumerators,
and they, under instructions of Spec
ial Agent Corwin, added the names
to the enumeration by assigning them
as ''boarders' or dodgers" to various
houses in their districts.
In other words, the director states
the enumerators deliberately made
the false statement that these per.
sons were residents at this or that
particular street number although
the enumerators knew nothing what
ever with regard to the names. :.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
BLOWS HOT and COLD
BEvERIDGE DONE MORE HARM
THAN GOOD.
Rooseveit's Inconsistencies Are SO
Potent That the Democrats Use
Them to Their Advantage.

The Washington correspondent of
The State says already Democrats OF
Indiana have begun to make use Of
the material which was furnished
them by Roosevelt on his recent visit
Ito the State. The eN-president went
into the Hoosier State for the pur-
pose of ding Albert jeremiah Bev-
eridge "a, his uphill race for the
senate. He gave Beveridge his un-
qualified Endorsement, and therein
lies the material he furnished to the
Democrats who are fghtinf Bever-
idge's reelection. in the hope Of SUBJ
stituting John Worth Kern for tine
grand young man.
In his endorsemet Of Beveridge,
Roosevelt Endorsed the action Of
Bereridge in voting against the tar
iff law. which, according to signed
editorial OF Roosepelt's in The Out
look some time ago is better tariff
Elaw than was the last one. There is
where the Indiana Democrats have
d good chance to trap the Roosevelt;
| hurrah for Beveridge in the following
particular:
1t will be recalled that the colon
els New York convention discover
ed that the new. tariff law reduced
the average duty on imported goods
about IL per cent. 1t was very
strange, Of course, that this fact had
been previously discovered, but the
colonel's New York convention was
the only genuine, official and infal-
libie authority on the subject; and
so, epen if other findings had been
made, they were of no force after
the convention of Roosevelt mad CIV
en- its idea of just what the new tar
If law had done.
In so far as the new law, accord
| ing to Roosevelt, reduced duties, so
far was it an Improvement over the
Dingley law. But Beveridge support
ed the Dingley law and opposed the
Payne law because it did not reduce
the duties enough! Yet Roosevelt
indorses the action OF Beveridge. Ia
his Outlook utterance, he declared
the present law is better than its
predecessor, but Beveridge was in fay
or of the old law and was opposed to
the new. Yet Roosevelt indorses
him.
There is no danger of the people
OF Indiana forgetting THAI 3everidge
has changed front absolutely. Kern
and the other big Democrats of the
State are not losing the opportunity
to show up his Inconsistency, as we'll
as that OF Roosevelt. The fact that
Beveridge was in favor Of high pro-
lection until he found that he could
not be reelected on such a platform!
is being worked with great energy
in the Kern campaign.
As some Of the Democratic papers
are putting it, the Kern candidacy
is based upon convictions OF Il life
time, and not upon eypedicncy for the
time being, as opposed to lifelong
convictions. Mr.. Kern is not hold
ing debate with his past speeches,
it is declareG-his present campaign
is not in reiutation of his previous
| record, as is the case with Beveridge.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Shnots His Room Mate.

j. B. Oglesby, a young Atlanta
chemist, went home late Friday night
and was shot in the thigh by John
CASTOR, a boarder. who thought his
friend was a burglar. The wound
will not prove fatal. The two men
had been rooming together at the
home OF Oglesby's mother, and were
the best friends. The accident was
deproed by all connected with it,
hut nobody blamed either of the
young men. as it seems to have been
unavoidable.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18

gan. In every state battle had ragged
net tTeen the two wings OF the party
and every inch of ground was con-
tested.
In New Hampshire the Progress
i've had overthrown the old machine
at the open primary, nominating Mr..
Bass, Il Republican not representing
the railroad interests, for governor.
In New York state, Theodore
Roosevelt. aided by many officials.
defeated the Vice-Presidcnt for tenn
porary chairman Of the Republican
state convention, dictated the plat
form, and named the ticket. thus
scoring a strong point for the lin
surgents." Beveridge has won in In
diana, another 'insurgent' point.
The Progressive Republicas We're
beaten, however, in Ohio. The "old
guard" OF Republicans practically
lwon out in Missouri. and West Vir'
ginia Republicans have backed III
Senator \. b. Scott, seeking re-elec,
ton. The insurgents were rOut2d
, in North and South Dakota and il
Nebraska, Maryland and Delaware
Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, con
sidcrel radical, were now inbGencet
in the conservative Republican line
as far as combinations were concern
ed.
This sums up the critical politi
cal situation in a nutshell. Ther
are three great factors, Democrats IS
old-line Republicans, and "insur
gent Republicans in the fgh: fo
the next House, WIKI the odds favor
4 ing the Democrats.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Young Actor browns.

Robert Barton Pahr, an actor, was
drowned Sunday while surf bathing
at Wrightsville Beach. near Will
mington, N. c. He was caught in
heavy undertow. and though several
men made desperate efforts to save
him, the young actor was swept lout
to sea. His body has not been re-
covered. He was leading man in
The Sins of the Father company,
which is now making Southern
tour
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED.
Two Men Confess to the Numbering
: of Another Man.

One of the most gruesome and
mysterious murders on record in New
Orleans was cleared up Sunday by
the complete confession, according
to the detective department. OF TWO
men held in the parish prison for
the crime. They are Eugene Bazan-
con and Francois Rodin, middle-aged
Frango-Americans. Their alleged
victim was Herman Reidel, watch
maker, whose dismembered body.
sewed up in sack, was found foat-
ing in the old basin last Tuesday.
The two men, the police say, con-
fessed that after telling Reidel and
finding that they had killed him,
they cut up the body, placed it in a
sack and threw it into the canal IN
an effort to conceal it.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
TEACHER FIRES FATAL SHOT.
Discharged Teacher Shoots and Kills
School Committeeman.

News has been received from Way
nesville, n. c., OF fatal shooting,
which occurred at Hemphill, on Jor-
athan's creek Tuesday. when Allen
Birchie shot Larkin eagle through
the kidneys. According to the re-
port Birch6eld went armed to the
schoolhouse, where eagle was and
called him outside, and then shot
him. It is further reported that
Birchfeld made his escape with pis-
tol in hand.
II is said that there were several
eye witnesses to the tragedy. Ply
sicians attending eagle stated at the
time that there was about one chance
out Of ten for recovery. eagle died
later. According TO reports the
cause of the shooting was on account
OF Birchfeld having lost his position
as school teacher at f!emphill. eagle
being one OF the school commissions
ers in that district.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Nearly Proves Fatal.

In passing a plate of cakes to her
husband, Mrs. Charles Miller, of Lo-
gansport, Ind, said: do you feel
like a doughnut tonight, The
thought that he could feel like a
doughnut touched Mr.. Miller's funny
bone Just in time to start him eating
and laughing. He swallowed peach
seed aud came near choking TO
death.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
OUTLAW DlETz QUITS
AFTER A FIGHT OF FOUR YEARS
HE sURRENDERs.
Showed White Flag When He aud
Son Were Shot and His Wife
About to Collapse.

:.
After four years of conflict. John
Deitz, the outlaw of Cameron Dam,
/ Wis, has surrendered to the United
STATES authorities and the unique
struggle Of this one man and ais
family has come to an end. the
| last scene in the drama was euacied
last Saturday when, after holding of
100 deputies amid vertiable rain
of bullets for over l2 hours. Dietz
sent out his little daughter with g.
white flag, and the surrender Of the
fearless Wisconsin Settler followed
Immediately. Both Dietz and his
son Leslie, were wounded, and in
addition Mrs. Dietz was in very
delicate condition, and this led 10
the end Of the unequal struggle. On
the side or the authorities one depu-
ty had been killed and about dozen
wounded before the battle ended.
Game to the core. Deitz made a
desperate struggle. before he ac-
knowledged himself beaten. When
an order was issued for his immedi-
ate arrest last week, the outlaw let
it be known that he intended resist
ing to the last, and it was not unit:
Saturday that determined effort
was made to capture him. Then 100
deputies with Winchesters, were sent
out from Winter to attack the Deitz
fortress at Cameron Dam.
!; The attackers, creeping stealthily
through the dense woods. surprised
Dietz and his family, who were all
outside their log home. Amid hail
of bullets from the posse the family.
ran inside the house, but the first
volley mared the beginning Of; the
end, for the bullets had wounded
Dietz in his right. hand and crippled
his son. in the leg.
From that time on. until. nearly
nightfall the beseigers kept up a
desultory firing on the cabin, and
Dietz, fearing harm to his wife and.
younger children, finally sent out a
white flag. Together with his fam
lily he was promptly placed under ar
rest and taken to the Jail at Winter.
There they will be held, as Mr.. and
Mrs. Dietz and their oldest SON are
charged with murder. -.
=, Dietz came into tie limelight
about fourn,years, ago. when he de:
Tended Cameron Dam, on 'Thornapple
apple river, against one of the :larg-'
est lumber companies in the state.
He claimed that dam was on his
property and tied up several winters
cuts OF logs, valued at thousands Of
dollars, by refusing to allow them TO
pass the dam without paying toll.
He was fought in the courts by the
lumber company, but defed the or
der of judges and held off at the
point OF a gun all officers who at.
tempted to serve papers upon him.
DietZ~won.,
The last controversy between Dietz
and the. authorities Of Sawyer county
dates from Sept. 6, when Dietz shot
and seriously wounded Bert Horrel
in Winter. Wis, in a wrangle, it is
said. over. rent Que. on a school
house, :DieE first quarreled with c.
G. ,O'Hare, president of the Winter
School board, it is said, and Horrel,
taking O'Hare's part, struck Dietz.
Dietz then shot and he's since claim
ed it was in self-defence.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Sleeps With Lions.

Afraid to face his wife when he
returned TO his tent at the fair
grounds in Detroit. Mich, James
Swenson. lion tanner, crawled into
the cage with his lions and slept.
There his wife found him. and prod
ding him with tent poll, declared
he was the biggest coward she had
ever known.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
For Two.Cent Theft.

For stealing a two-cent whistle
from a store in Boston, George h.
Harrehan, Of Charlestown, Mass,
was sentenced to spend seven months
in prison. He told the court that
he wanted the whistle for his child,
but when it was found out that he
was not married the heavy sentence
fnllnEQ6
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Death in Shirt Bosom.

A stiff shirt bosom and neckband
caused the death of Frank AmIei
Johnson, Of Hartford, Conn. He DE-
came i'll and tainted and while his
head was pitched forward on bis
chest he strangled to death.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
CAEERED BY CROWDS
WALTER WELLMAN AND CREW
START GREAT FLIGHT.
May Prove Epoch Making Voyage
Across the :Atlatic Ocean in Huge

Sailing into thick fog that hung
low over the Atlantic Ocean early
Saturday from AtIatnic City, n. J..
Walter Wellraan, with crew of FIVE
men, is believed to be on epoch
making voyage to Europe in the
huge cigar-shaped airship America
Starting from the beach near thu
inlet few minutes after eigh,
o'clock Saturday morning, the big ali
craft was soon out of sight of the
cheering crowd. Since then DO one
with the exception Of ships at@sea
has seen the strange craft and the
only word from her came by means
of the wireless telegraph.
Numerous messages were received
during the day and the latest indi-
Gated that NVellman was sailing OIL
the Long Island shore northeast
ward. The ship according to this last
word from her adventurous crew, has
set northeasterly course with the
intention of getting into the northern
lane of trans-At tlantic liners.
The men who are making aero
nautic history in the first over-oc-
can flight Of an airship are: Walter
Wellman, commander: Melvin Fani-
nam, chief engineer and next in
command; f. Murray Simmons, nav
igator; ]. Kirwin, wireless operator,
John Albert an Albert Louisloud, as
sistant engineers.
With everything ready for the
word Lets go," the crew climbed
up and into the car hanging from the
balloon. The final 'good-byes' we're
said, to wives, other relatives and
friends and the last word to the
men: ON the ground was given. The
great ship gave a lurch, all the ropes
and cables became taut and the ship
rose, slowly at first and then more
rapidly. as it assembled higher and
encountered the gentle breeze from
the west.
On the board walk and beech were
assembled crowd estimated about
1000, The crowd stood in awe as
the America majestically continued
to rise and sail into the thick fog.
Then cheer after cheer followed whcl
they saw the craft begin slowly to
disappear in the mist. Within five
minutes the ship was out Of sight.
Those of. the crowd who. remember:
ed that. the America carried a wire
less telegraph outfit rushed from the
walk..to the, Million Dollar pi er for
news of the balloon.
( The last message received from
Wellman late Saturday afternoon
was to the effect that the course had
been laid for the north passage from
New Foundland and tha. speeG had
been cut to Is knots an hour for the
purpose Of saving the gasoline fuel.
Enough gasoline is being carried to
keep the Americas engines going for
at least; fifty days under even low
speed pressure. =
The airship is equipped with pro-
visions for thirty days and 81
foot life boat is part of the equip
ment of the expedition. If the ship
gets into difficulty in the way OF
motor trouble, she carries two 80
horse power engines and donkey
engine, the wireless will be depend
ed upon to- summon ships. Should
the whole structure collapse the crew
will take to the life boat and being
in the track of steamers. expect to
be picked up without drifting long IN
the ocean.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
digs Tn Gold CU.I.

Digging in his flower bed with a
spade Edward Casey, OF near South
Bend, Ind, came across a piece of
something yellow which turned out
to i've a $50 gold piece. a little deep
er he found and old tin can and in
1t was concealed sl.445.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-10-18
Champion Divorce City.

The marriage and divorce records
of Los Angeles, Cal, for the year
from Oct. !, 1909, to Oct. /, 1910,
show that the number of divorces
granted in that time was 1000, and
of these GAS were granted in the
last six months. This is 4 rate OF
one divorce to less than Ave marri-
ages