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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-06-09
Mr.. GODWIN'S STATE
MENT OF HIS SERVICES. A"

Congressman Goodwin has issu-
ed a statement which purports t.
set forth what he has done since
he has been in Congress. This
statement would take up close to
three columns in The Robesonian
and in it is fair it to assume that
Mr.. Goodwin puts his best footfor-
ward and makes the best show
ing he possibly can. Nobody
blames him for that, of course.
He is a candidate to succeed him.
self and he is going to put the
best face possible, as is his right,
upon his record. But the point
is, judging from his own state
ment, there is very little upon
which to base a claim that thee
trict would be doing the best
possible for itself by returning
him to Congress.
1t seems to us that, like the
lady in the play, Mr.. Goodwin
protests too much. About nine.
tenths of the statement is made
up of what he thinks would be
good for the district, what it
would mean if these things were
accomplished, etc., and a scant
one-tenth is devoted to what
has actually been done. In the
first paragraph he justifes his
method Of setting forth his claims
by the statement that he has
been so busy staying in Washing
ton where he could champion
the cause and watch over all
that affects the veal or woe of
my people," that he has been un.
able to get out and mingle with
his" people as he could wish.
In the next paragraph he tells
what he made up his mind tt
concentrate upon when he went
to Congress. In the next he says
that, possessing a full knowl.
edge of the labor and tactics es
sential to carry on to completion
the matters now pending, h
feels that he could be of mucl
value in accomplishing things il
the near future if the peopl
would send him back. Not a wor
yet about what has been accom-
plished. Next he touches upo
swamp drainage, good road:
rural free delivery, farm demon
stration work, deepening o,
rivers by dredging, etc., ar
rather naively seems to imp
that he started all that bushes
No word yet, however, abo
what he has done. Everybody
in favor of these things al
every other candidate mig
dwell upon the same things wi
the same propriety.
In the next paragraph n
Goodwin directs attention to
fact that in the matter of sec1
ing appropriations for rivers a
harbors and public buildings, Ell
they are not secured at the
hest of any one man, and he S;
that with the hearty co-operat
Of our two Senators he has b.
able to secure the following
preparations: For the lower c.
Fear river, $3.50, 600; for the
per Cape Fear river (authorize
$615, 900; for new lightshi]
Southport harbor, $115, 600; f
New dredge boat, 100000;
to navigation, better lights, {
for the Cape Fear river,
600, new customs house for
mington. $500, 1000; public b,
ing at Fayetteville (additior
$40, 200; surveys for drai,
districts, 50, 230; farm DEF
stration work, S3,617; soil
veys and maps. So, TAI; sup
teding construction object
son roads, 81, O33.91.
That is the sum total of
he can claim, and those who
familiar with those large az
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
UNI0NISTS GAIN
OVER LIBERALS
The Latter, However, Will Remain In
Control Of the British
Parliament.

London.-The lection returns con
tinue to show losses for the Liberals,
yet they will be enabled to form the
next government
Veteran politicians say they would
surely have been defeated were it
not for the popular clamor against the
power of the press, which was the
main issue of the campaign, following
the repection by the house of lords Of
the budget passed by the house Of
commons.
The greatest animation prevails at
the clubs and other rendezvous of pol
iticians, and results were excitedly
discussed from every point.
Although both sides preserve SAN
guine air of confidence, it was evident
that the Conservatives have abandon
ed hope that their party will form
the next government. The utmost they
dare to expect is that the Liberal
majority will be so reduced in the
next parliament as to place the Lib
erals at the mercy of the Nationalists.
1t must be remembered that Mr..
Balfour in commons sumo days ago
said that the great political issues
now in question would not be settled
by one general election, and perhaps
not by two. Clearly the ex-premier ac-
curately measured the situation, and
the hopes of the tariff rsformers must
now be centered upon some future
general election.
An estimate made after careful cal
culation by well-informed Unionist
givs the Liberals and Laborites a
clear majority Of 80 or 100 over all
parties, which would provide the Lib
eral government with a good working
majority.
Many OF the Unionists, however, are
less Respondent. They do not be-
lieve that the Liberals will finish the
election with so good a record as this.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
ISSUE WARRANTS FOR FIVE
Prominent Pittsbureers Are Charged
with Conspiracy and Bribery in
Connection with Graft Scandal.

Pittsburg, Pa-The storm which
has threatened Pittsburg politically
for more than year, has broken with
fury. Since the first arrests of graft
ing councilmen December %, 1908,
there have been deep rumblings about
the "men higher up" Warrants
were issued Friday for five of the
most important men in Pittsburg as
follows:
Max G. Leslie, county delinquent tax
collector and right-hand man to State
Senator w. NJ. Flynn, charges con-
spiracy, perjury and bribery; $4,000
bail furnished by Senator Flynn.
Edward II. Jennings, millionaire
president OF the Columbia National
bank of Pittsburg, president of tthe
Pure Oil Company, president of the
Colonial Trust Company of Pittsburg
and head of the E. H. Jennings Bros
Company. Conspiracy; $4,000 bail
furnished by brother.
Frank A. Griffin, former vice-presi-
dent and cashier of the Columbia Ma
tional bank of Pittsburg. Conspiracy;
$4,000 bail furnished by brother of
President Jennings.
Frank F. Nicola, head Of the mon.
ster North Bros interests, consid-
cred the biggest business man in
Pittsburg, and many times a million
aire. Conspiracy.
Charles Stewart, busines man and
former member of Pittsburg coun-
ellis. Conspiracy; $4,000 bail fur.
nished by William Schempp of Pitts.
burg.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
TROOPS TO FOIL LYNCHERS
GOV. DENEEN ORDERS ILLINOIS
SOLDIERS TO VIENNA.
Race Riots Feared as Result Of Muir.
der or Rural Carrier by
Negroes.

Springfield, Ill.-Gov. Deneen Tues
day night ordered out Companies D.
F and K of the Fourth regiment l..
n. G., and Company 1 of the Fifth
regiment with instructions to pro
ceed to Vienna, ILL.,, upon receipt of
an appeal for help from Sheriff John
Mathis of Johnson county.
Race riots are impending at Vienna
due to the death of Allen Clark, a
rural mail carrier, who was shot on
a train by group Of drunken negroes
Saturday. Hazen Tayborn, Harry Tay-
born and Alexander Jenkins were ar
rested and are held in Jail at Vienna.
Following Clark's death residents
of Eldorado and Harrisburg began
to move on Vienna declaring their in
tention to lynch the negroes. Gov.
Deneen instructed Sheriff Mathis to
arm a force of men to protect the
prisoners, wired John P. Maloney, su-
perintendent of the Cairo division of
the Big Four railroad, to move no
trains from Eldora and Harrisburg
to Vienna and ordered the troops to
the scene.
Company D is from Paris, Company
F from Mount Vernon. Company K
from Cairo, and Company l from
Danville.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
NATIONAL BANK
CLOSES DOORS
Alleged Bad Loans Cause of Failure Of
Citizens National Bank of
Evansville.

Evansville, Ind.-The Citizens Ma
tional bank, located at the corner of
Main and second streets, that has long
been regarded as one of the strong
est financial institutions in this part Of
the country, is in the hands of J. C.
Johnson, national bank examiner and
the following notice is posted on the
front door of the bank:
This bank is closed temporarily by
the order of the directors pending an
investigation of it's affairs. 1t is the
opinion of the directors that the de-
depositors will be paid in full. The
affairs of the bank are now in the
hands of ]. C. Johnson, a national
bank examiner.
The closing Of the bank is the result
of an investigation of the loans made
by the bank by Examiner Johnson,
who went over the banks record sev.
eral days ago.
1t is understood that the examiner
found that the bank had made
several bad loans of long standing
and of such an amount as to impair
the capital Of the bank.
It is expected that the shareholders
will be assessed heavily, but it is now
the opinion of those connected with
the bank that the depositors will be
paid in full.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
PINCHOT ISSUES STATEMENT
Special Interests or the People
Shall Rule.

Washington. "The conservation
of natural resources and the conserva-
tion of popular governments are both
at stake. The one needs conservation
no less than the other"
This statement epitomizes the for
NAL announcement made public by
Clifford Pinchot, who was recently re-
moved as chief of the forest service.
The former official declared the great
moral issue that now faces the coun-
try is not the loss of natural resources
so much as whether special interests
or the people shall rule.
The statement in part, is as fol-
lows:
"At this time l have no comment to
make on recent events. Whether in
or out of the government service
propose to stay in the fight for con-
servation and equal opportunity.
Every moment and measure, from
whatever source, that tends to Ad-
vance conservation and promote gov
ernment by men for human welfare,
shall try to help.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
BIG FIRE AT GRAND RAPIDS
Furniture Exchange Building, Newspa-
per Office and Two Other Establish
ments Burn-Loss 100000.

Granu Rapids, Mich.-Fire which
originated in the upholstering depart
ment of the Young G Chaffee Furni-
ture Company, resulted in million
dollar confagration here Wednesday
night.
The Daily News, Shepard building
and Furniture Exchange building were
soon a mass of flames and were entire
ly destroyed. The Exchange building
is a seven-story structure and was
filled from the basement to the top
floor with furniture samples on exhibit
ton for the semiannual gathering of
buyers who come to Grand Rapids
from all over the world.
The flames spread so rapidly that
Fire Chief LEMON ordered the PENN
sular club closed and 200 of Grand
Rapids elite were ordered out into the
street from an elaborate dinner that
was in force at that time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
SMART MAN LEFT PoNDERINe
For Once He Had Asked Question
and Received Answer That
Floored Him.

He was regular patron of the res.
taurant. Perhaps that is why he felt
justified in making clever remarks to
the Mattresses, remarks which they
were puzzled how to answer. One
day, however, the smallest and tiniest
girl happened to be serving this irri-
tating customer, and it fell to her to
answer him in kind.
"I'll have some steak" he said, COM
ing in late for dinner, "and some
squash, and some-got some baked po-
tatoes, fine, brown, baked potatoes?"
Baked potatoes are all over," said
the girl.
He leaned back in his chair and
gazed at her quizzically.
Baked potatoes all over, are they?"
he repeated "All over what?"
with" she replied, simply.-Youth's
Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
"a DROWNED IN SHIPWRECK
Steamer Czarlna Goes on Coos Bar
Near Mansfield, Ore.-Two of
Crew Saved.

Marshfield, Ore.-Of 81 men on the
steamer Czarina, which Wednesday
night struck on the Coos bay bar and
was wrecked, two have been rescued,
and there is a possibility that five
others, including Capt Dugan and Har-
old Mills, will be saved. Harry Kent
zell, first assistant engineer, was
found unconscious in the breakers,
and j. Robinson, second assistant, was
washed ashore.
Several hours after Kentzell was res.
cued he regained consciousness and
said that Capt. Dugan and Mills, the
only passenger, had been bound to one
of the masts. Robinson added that
when the forward mast to which he
and five others had climbed, went by
the board, the master, the first officer,
Miller, and two seamen, were alive in
the after rigging. These were the
only ones left on the ship.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
PASS WHITE SLAVE BILL
House Adopts Drastic Measure Which
Will Go Far Toward Breaking
Up Infamous Traffic.

Washington.-Rep SABBATH
of Chicago scored against Represen-
tative Mann when the Bennett-Sabath
white slave bill was passed by the
house Wednesday. That action, in
effect, sends the Mann bill on the
same subject to the house waste
basket.
The Bennett-Sabath bill is perhaps
the most drastic measure of the kind
ever adopted by any state or nation,
and if it is passed by the senate will
go far toward breaking up the white
slave traffic. 1t makes it felony to
import any person for immoral pur-
poses, and then provides that any
alien found in any disorderly house,
or profiting in any way therefrom,
may be deported.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
MANY TOWNS IN DANGER.
eackwater from Gorge in ohio River
Threatens Widespread
Destruction.

Evansville, Ind-Widespread de-
struction from the ice and flood of
the Ohio river is iminent at Leaven-
worth, Ind, few miles above here.
Appeals have been sent here from
the alarmed city, asking assistance in
dynamiting the huge Wolf creek
gorge, which is holding back the water
and threatening inundation of tho
town.
The citizens of the town will appeal
to Gov. Marshall, of Indiana, and Gov.
Wilson, of Kentucky, asking them
to provide for the relief of the situa-
ton out of the emergency funds of the
tv o states.
Great alarm prevails also at Alton
and Mauckport, Ind; Hawesville, KY,
and other points between Louisville
and Evansville.
With the river at Leavenworth ris-
ing and mountains of ice looming up
over the water front of the town,
Leavenworth faces the dual peril of
having its lower district flooded with
water and the buildings along the
river frontage ground down by glgan.
tic cakes of ice, some Of which stand
20 feet above the ice-covered surface
of the river. Some of the families
in Leavenworth living on the river
front moved out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
.LAMPHERE TOLD ALL
BEFORE DEATH HE CONFESSED
HELPING MRS. GUINNESS IN
WHOLESALE CRIMES.
DETAILS OF TRAGEDY TOLD
How the 5orgIa Lured Victims to
Death Told by AceompIIee-con-
fesses to Killing of Arch Murderess
and Three Children.

st. Louis.-According to a copy
righted story in the Post-Dispatct
Thursday Ray >Lamphere, who diet
recently in the Indiana penitentiary
at Michigan City while serving term
for setting fire to the home of Mrs
Bella Guinness, at Laporte, Ind, did
not carry the secrets Ci the charnel
farm to the grave with him.
The confession was made to Rev
DR.. E. A. Schell, formerly pastor OF
the Laporte Methodist church, now
president of the Iowa Wesleyan uni
versity at Mount Pleasant, Ia, and
held by him inviolate as a secret OF
the confessional.
The Post-Dispatch says Rev. Mr.
Schell would verify, if he would con-
sent to break the silence, the confes'
sion it publishes. The Post-Dispatch,
however, says the confession it pub
fishes was made to a man of unassail-
able character.
Lamphere, according to the contes-
sion, had a guilty knowledge of the
murder of three men in the Guinness
home during the time he lived there,
about eight months in 1907 and he as
sisted Mrs. Guinness in disposing OF
the bodies of the three men.
He said he thought he had not re-
ceived as much of the profits of the
transaction as he considered himself
entitled to, and he went to the farm
house at night with woman, chloro-
formed Mrs. Guinness, her three chill
dren and Jennie Olson. He and the
woman then searched the house, find
ing between $50 and $40. The light
they used was a candle, and they left
the house without knowing they had
left behind a spark that soon burst
into flames.
Mrs Guinness method Of killing her
victims, Lamphere said, was first to
choloform them as they slept and
then if the drug did not itself kill, to
sever the heads with an ak. Each
time man was to be murdered, ac-
cOrding to Lamphere, she sent him to
purchase chloroform. Lamphere said
he saw one of them killed and aided in
burying all three. These men were
Andrew Helgelein and probably Ole
Budsberg and Tonness Petersen Lien.
Lien. Lamphere thought, was the
third husband of Mrs. Guinness. At
the time of the Lamphere trial it was
thought Jennie Olson had been killed
by Mrs. Guinness. Lamphere, how
ever details how Mrs. Guinness had
secreted her in the house after she
returned from a visit and she was
choloroformed by Lamphere and his
accomplice.
A few nights after they came back
there was another burying. Lamphere
received money once more from Mrs.
Guinness, and he said he became the
trusted ally of Mrs. Guinness.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
After the Hunt.

Provided with some trophies of the
chase in the shape of rabbits, Rev.
Sanford c. Hearn, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Yonkers,
proceeded to dress them for dinner in
the parsonage cellar. His small son
watched the fathers work with inter-
est. Going upstairs, the youngster
called his mother.
"Oh, mamma" said he, what do
you suppose papa is doing?"
Il can't guess, child. What is he
doing?"
well, he's just skinning, shaving
and cutting up cats"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

Although it is we'll known that oysters
are planted, it seems funny that it is
the department of agriculture that is
to inspect all the oyster beds and the
stations from which the bivalves are
shipped. The yearly output of oysters
on the Atlantic coast is valued at
nearly $2O,O00,OOO. A very great part
of the trade being interstate, the traf-
fic becomes subject to federal regula.
tion and inspection. We may expect
to see the oyster swell with pride and
become more cleanly than ever in his
person and surroundings as a special
ward of Uncle Sam.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

Dayton, XIV H. Green, state in.
spector of labor was in this city and
Bellevue, relative to the enforcement
of the child labor law. He has inau.
gurated vigorous campaign against
all persons who employ children under
IA years Of age.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
TO PENSION MRS. CLEVELAND
Senator Root Introduces Bill Granting
Widow of Former President
Customary $4,000.

Washington.-A pension of $4,000
year is due Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land, according to precedents, and
Senator Root presented to the SEN
ate a bill making the grant. The
amount is the same as was allowed to
widowed wives of former presidents.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
A DIaunosis.

How's yer 'usband after the acct
dent, Mrs. Ginnerty?"
Faith, Eometoimes he's bether an
sometimes he's wurse, but from the
way he yils an takes on when he's
bether, OF think he's bether when he's
wurse. Kansas City Journal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
Floods Cause Great Loss.

Salt Lake.-Advices from the food
er district of the San Pedro, Los An
geles, Salt Lake route filter in slowly
1t is known that SO miles of track are
washed out and that the road is, II
fact, practically washed out in lons
stretches. All trains, save four locals
nave been abandoned.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
George Refrained.

George declared he would kiss the
first woman that passed under the
mistletoe, and she was the colored
cook"
did George kiss her?"
kiss her! l guess not. Nobody
dares to take any liberties with the
cook"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
Prominent Lawyer Is Dead.

Detroit, Mich. - Ashley Pond, for
quarter OF century General
consul for the Michigan Central
railroad and famed for his con-
nection with some of the biggest law
suits in the country in the days of
his active career, died here, aged SO.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
Ex.Ranker Sentenced.

Hannibal, NOR. T. Clark, former
cashier OF the Oakwood bank, who EN-
zled $9,99S.3S few months ago
pleaded guilty here Thursday and was
sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

Fireman Meets Death In a Collision.
Duquoin, Ill.-St. Louis-Memphis pas
senger train No. 20S collided with En-
gine S22, instantly killing C. e.
Kitchen, of East st. Louis, fireman,
and painfully injuring Engineer Pope
and four passengers.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

Cleveland, O.-Cleveland women
physicians have accepted an offer from
John D. Rockefeller to build a won.
ems and children's medical and surg.
ical dispensary. A condition of the
gift is that the doctors raise $25, 900
endowment fund.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

Bloomington, Ill.-A. X. Hoover, a
trainman of the Chicago G Alton re.
siding at Mountain View, Mo-, was
killed here Wednesday while testing
the air of his train. He recently in.
herited farm and resigned. This was
to have been his last trip,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

A big batch Of members of the
Black Hand is said to be planning to
leave Europe for America. Some of
them have been expelled from coun-
tries where they have been carrying
on operations and are represented to
be seeking a more promising field
here. But our authorities have been
duly warned, the immigration officials
are keeping sharp lookout and
should the Black Handlers arrive they
will get anything but the glad hand
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
Fifty Thousand Elk Are Starving.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-Fifty thousand
elk in the Jackson Hole country in
Uintah county are starving because
they are unable to get food through
the deepest and most crusted snow
in years, according to reports re.
ceived here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
Minister'S Feet Are Frozen,

Sterling, Ill.-Rev. John Fife of
Newton, Kan, attempting to walk
through the snow to the home of his
sister, Mrs. Win Greenwalt, in Erie
township, was lost and both of his
feet were frozen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

The new administration in Turkey
has decided that Mussulman women
must not appear unveiled in the
streets of Constantinople Evidently
things over there have begun to slip
backward again.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
santo Domingo Leader Dead.

New York.-New York's Latin
American colony learned Tuesday OF
the death in Puerto Plata, Santo Do
mingo, of Gen. SWenceslao Figuereo
for many years vice-president of the
republic and for brief period presi,
dent. He was rs years old.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
SIX KILLED; FOUR INJURED
Number Of Miners Are Caught in COL
Iiery Explosion-Mine Is
on Fire.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. - An explosion
in the nottingham colliery of the
Lehigh q Wilkesbarre Coal Com
pany last night caught number of
workmen. Six were killed and four in
iured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20

A Cornell university professor has
automatically ascertained that the
average lifetime is heightened one
year each century. This does not add
much to the length of a mans life
who lives less than a century.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-01-20
A singular incident occurrod ~ ,

A singular incident occurred in New
York city the other day. when a DO.
licaman captured a supposed burglar
ant. sent a bullet through his own fin.
ger, the ball then entering the body OF
tls captive. That suggests the old
story of the gun taat could shoot
around a corner.