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New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
WIDOW TRAPS RAFFlES
Detective Her Proxy When he
Calls to Return Loot.
APPOINTMENT BY PHONE
After Getting Property Back She
Is Not Disposed to Prosecute
Prisoner, but He Is Held.

Mrs. Fred joel Swift, OF No. III airing
ton avenue East New York the re'
widow whose home was robbed early OF
"Wednesday morning by gentleman purs-
lar. who apolosized when he intruded upon
the privacy Of her sleeping apartment was
NOT DISPOSED to prosecute him when ne
was arralgned yesterday afternoon in the
New Jersey avenue court. lie had "ee"
arrested when he called To return some Oh
tine loot after making an appointment by
telephone.
II think the man is mentally irresponsl-
bic" she told Magistrate Naumef. lie
acts aueerly end speaks incoherentiy.
think medical attention rather than
prison sentence would be the proper treat-
ment for him
Nevertheless, the prisoner. plainly on the
border OF = nervous breakdown ana SOD
bing from time TO time. was held WITHOUT
bail for the action Of the grand jury on
charge of burglary.
Early Yesterday morning Mrs. Swift an
syered her telephone and heard voice
say:
I'm the Young man who visited your
home few mornings ago. I'd like to see
me i'm your home now or as quickly as
possible I'll return the stolen property
I'm very sorry the thing ever happened
why, OF course. IL Nou will return the
property and mean no harTn-why. ! should
be most pleased 10 receive YOU the widow
replied. But promise me not to come
armed. Come in half an hour-not sooner
Some friends whom entertained TINS
evening are still here. l would be pleased
TO have them so before you come. II
would. perhaps, be best"
Central. Central"' she called, just as
soon as she heard him hang up his tele-
phone receiver Give me Police Head
quarters"
She told her story quickly. and Detective
William Ryan was sent from the Liberty
avenue station. He awaited the neatly
dressed young man when he walked up
10 the house carrying a satcbei in which
were silverware and cutlery. some JeWelry
and other valuabes, He gave the detec-
tive slight tussle, but was quickly over
powered.
Later he led the police 20 a lonely spot In
a clump of woods near Jamaica Bay. Where
valuable bearskin rug and much other
loot had been hidden Mrs Swift identified
her property and also said the prisoner
looked like the young man who had SAID
pray, madame, excuse me for this in
trusion." lie said fast living had forced
him TO try burgiarzing as means OF oD-
tanning more money than he could earn
After close questioning hs said he was I'd
win Savage. son Of a respectable Brooklyn
Family md pmploved az q scenic artist n
the Crescent Theatre Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
LID" ON CIGARETTE POKER
Harvard Square Cigar Dealer Guilty
of Encouraging Gambling.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. l0.-The Munic-
ipal court TODAY put the lid on
cigarette poker by Harvard undergraduates
by pronouncing Harvard Square cigarette
dealer guilty Of encouraging gambling.
The cigar dealer did not defend the case
and was released on the payment Of small
costs.
Cigarettes containing pictures of poker
ards were in extraordinary demand at
Harvard Square until the Watch and Ward
Society complained to the court that
gambling was being carried OH Icy means
oi the cigarette packages
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
URGES PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
Houser Says Progressives Are Ready to
Submit La Toilette Name.

Washington. Nov. io.-Walter l.. IIousor.
chairman OF the Progressive Republican
campaign committee, has sent circular
letter TO the chairman of every Republican
state committee in the United States. urg-
ing that steps be taken to insure a Rcpubli-
can Presidential primary I'm each state by
Law In the five states where it Is provided
for by statute. and in other states by diroc-
ton Of the campaign committees
Mr.. Houser also said that the friends Of
Senator La Toilette ere ready TO submit his
name for nomination TO a direct vote OF the
party.
Denver, Nov. l0-Progrcssivc Republicans
Of Colorado to-day Endorsed Senator La
I Toilette aid the Presidential primary
plank. They also favor the recall for all
elective officers.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

and the other to the Nineteenth Ward
Bank. signed by X. l.. Smith. yice-presi-
dent Of the Carnegie Trust Company.
the letters which, according to the con-
struction Of the prosecution. connned
the use Of the money lent by these two
banks to paying off the Van Norden
loans and saving the collateral.
The Loan Is Made.
The Nineteenth Ward Bank hnally
le Cummins and his associates, CON
don. Reichmann and Moore. only fi4o'-
OOab of the s21O.O00 voted. The dsy they
received it the four men met and agreed
that Michael J. Lyman, Cummings con-
fidential man. should he custodian OF the
stock purchased with It. Cummins ssid
he told Martin that Lyman was 10 De
custodian and that Martin acduieseed.
He and Martin had another conference
the first week in May. the witness tesu-
fed. at which Martin complained that
the Van Nordens were angry because
their loans had not been paid ard the
banks were still Fostering them. Cum
minis said he explained that the van
Nor6ens had borrowed more money or
the stocks OF the Nineteenth and Twelfth
Ward banks than he had agreed to pay
for them. and that he was having diff
culty ip retiring these loans and at tho
same time saving any money for the
general situation.
Il told him" he continued. that Rol-
Inns and Williams had gone back on me
and were causing all the trouble they
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
MAN KILLED IN RIOTS .
Continued from Hrst page.

where Tor such services. 1t was all use
less nose men were bent on making
the officials and people OF this city knuckle
down 10 Them The householders OF this
city VIII bear any Inconvenience before
they VIII allow that. II is the meanest
and most arrogant piece OF business ever
known. The city IL paying these men
wages far higher than they can get elee-
where. and we also had pension bill
passed Tor them last winter. And yet they
turn around and do this mean thing This
ny VIII knuckie down to nobody. but will
treat everybody Justly
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
EXCLUDES Conspiracy Suggestion.

Here Justice Davis stopped The Wit.
ness and, after considerable argument
an tho part OF counsel, decided to exclude
further testimony concerning the alleged
conspiracy which Max d. Steuer. counsel
for the defence, outlined as part OF his
case in his opening. He excluded from
the record also the letter written 10
cummins by Rollins announcing that
tho writer would no longer act as Big
Bifs' counsel.
Cummins went on to explain how he
paid the Van Norden loans In part in
cash. and had substituted for the ball
ance in each instance fresh note. guar
anteed by him and his associates, and
secured by stock In which his crowd"
had good equities. He told Bradley Mar
tin. ir.. all about these transactions. he
said.
"Did Bradley Martin ever tell you that
vou had made an improper use OF the
money!" shouted Steuer
Never in his life."
"Did he ever say to you that he un-
dorstood the money was TO be used sx-
clusiveiy to take up Van Norden losps?"
Never in his life ,--s
"Did he ever say TO YOU that the
money was to be held by the Carnegie
Trust Company
Never in his life.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

= per cent sold mortgage bonds OF the
United States steel Corporation.
Mr.. Carnegie has been at home only
about three weeks, but characterist-
cally he set Immediately to pcrfecting
the details of his newest arrangement
after he left the gangplank sf the White
Star Liner Celtic on October ~. Inc
bill for the Carnegie corporation was m
troduced in the Legislature ON March -
BY Senator Frawley. and was signed D!
Governor Dix on June 10. Mr.. Carnegie
was still in Europe at that time.
senator Root said last night: There IS
little to add to the statement given out
at Mr.. Carnegie's home The purposes
of the corporation are defined in the act
OF incorporation The fund will not be
used for any special thing at present
but its income will he applied to the
various things which Mr.. Carnegie has
established"
Since he retired from active leadership
in The world of steel Mr. Carnegie has
sDent most Of his time in philanthropic
activities. and although he is remarkably
hale and hearty. even with his seventy
seventh birthday due on the 25th inst'' IL
is said that the enormous responsibilities
which he has shouldered in connection
with these charitable enterprises nave
made him feel the need of some relief
and thus he has given over the ac'iNe
20 oil
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

oo,,Id. and he said he couldn't under
stand IT, because Rollins had been With
mc so Constantly and had praised my
associates and me to him. told him
tho rea son was contained in the fertilizer
deal wa, formulating when I came 10
New York lie told me to tell him all
about IL. that he wanted to describe II
IN Mr.. phlpps. his father rin-law-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
Gifts placed at s2oo,ooo,ooo.

Attempts TO total his gifts vary, be-
cause his benefactions are so numerous,
but il is positive that he has given more
than $500. 900 for public causes, ana
his generosity has not been confined to
this country. which is studded with tes-
timonials to his munificence in the shape
of Libraries. colleges and so forth, but
has spread to England, Scotland, New
Zealand. Denmark. Germany, the West
IndieS-in fact, il has nearly belted the
world.
Hero funds amounting to more than
$4,000, 900, a S10000.000 trust fund for
Scottish universities, great buildings for
the Bureau of American Republics. the
Peace Temple at The Hague, $51.000,00O
for Libraries. $6 ,000. 600 for his native city
az Dunfermline. s21 500 900 for the teach
ers' fund. $4,000 600 for the Carnegie In
sthufion at Washington. $40 100000 for
the cause of international peace, $4,000
900 for the Carnegie Institute at Pitts
burgh--there are only few Of his great
gifts in which, by the way. he eXcels John
y. Rockefeller, who is recently estimated
10 have given away about Sl5e,090,0O0.
And about sixty years ago ir. Car
negie was only 4 bobbin boy i D cotton
factory.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11
MORE VICTIMS Of POISON v. J. CUMNNS ON STAND

Continued from first page.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-11

was knocked down and kicked f1nah9
he was rescued BY the police and sent
home. Charles O'Brien, heipe'' ~
nursing a big bump on his head wnere
he was struck with a CLUB.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
BOTH CANNERIES IN AMERICUS
IN OPERATION THIS SUMNER
LangreII Bros, viii Again Operate
Their Large Plant HerG...NeW Can
merry at Ware Orchard viii Be Com
DIeted in Time For Peach Crop.

Both Americas canning plants
among the largest in Georgia, will be
in operation this summer and expect
to handle a very considerable portion
of the peach crop, fact which would
indicate that the fruit crop, locally,
would be much larger than at one
time supposed.
Were the situation otherwise, ths
owners of these big industries would
scarcely go to the expense of starting
up for the season.
hWe viii try our plant tomor-
row, and expect to get enough peaches
in this section of Georgia to keep Us
busy for some time" said Mr.. j, D.
Langrell to The Times-Recorder yes
terday, discussing the fruit outlook
Mr.. Langrell represents Roberts
Bros, of Baltimore, and for several
seasons has successfully operated their
large plant in Americus. He has
looked over the situation here careful
ly during the past few days, and ne
thinks the peach crop will be fair
one
Last season the Messrs Langrell had
a magnificent business here, owing to
the immense peach crop at their dis
posal, and the factory output of can
ned peaches was more than a million
Probably one and half million cans
would be nearer the correct estimate
of the output.
Mr. Langrell thinks the fruit crop
this season while probably half, or
less than half, that of the bumper crop
of 1910, will be sufficient to make it
profitable to operate the plant here,
and accordingly the machinery will be
started up this morning.
This company buys largely in other
fruit sections when peaches are not
plentiful here, hauling them in car
load lots to the Americas cannery 1t
will be two or three weeks longer be-
fore the fruit will be at all plentiful
and the starting of the plant today will
be only to test the machinery.
This plant employs 300 to 400 oper-
atives during the fruit packing season
and aside from thus putting money in
circulation on the payroll basis, the
plant affords a market for thousands
of bushels peaches which can be sold
to better advantage than in shipping
The big cannery at the Ware-Pro-
gress orchard is going up rapidly and,
as previously announced in The Times
Recorder, will be ready for the peach
packing season, and the potato season
to follow
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
The BOTTOMS To MAKE
A CHANGE OF BASE
Are Going to Cotton Avenue
Shortly

Were the courthouse removed from
it's present location to Magnolia Dali,
or the ball park, it would create no
more surprise than will the announce
ment that Bolton Bros. will make a
change of base from their present store
on Lamar street to Cotton avenue.
During the twenty-eight years in
which they occupied the Lamar street
store the Bottoms have seemed to
become part and parcel of it, and
while Americus has changed in many
respects during these three decades,
the Bottoms and their store have
changed not at all. So long have
these brothers been familiar figures
there that they will seem like strang-
ers in a strange land elsewhere in
Americas. But the Bottoms have
caught the infectious spirit of prog
ress. They want larger and better
quarters, and to that end they have
recently purchased the large store On
Cotton avenue, now occupied by Mr.
Webb, and after September 18th, will
be at home in new quarters, or at least
they will endeavor to feel "at home"
on the quiet avenue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
TIMES-RECORDER PRIZES
ARE OF SUPERB QUALITY
Best Jewellers Guarantee the
Worth Of Goods

One cannot well walk past the splen-
did display of prizes in The Times-Re-
corder Contest in the window 81
Fricker's jewelry store without MOTTO
ing the elegance of design and work
manship and the splendid quality Of
each article displayed.
Every visitor to the city today will
see these prizes, for they form a
collection which is we'll worth seeing
The superb workmanship of every
piece of jewe1ry in the collection has
back of it the guarantee of two of the
best jewelry stores in Americas, those
of James Fricker and Brother and
Thomas l.. Bel
The superior quality of every piece
of jewelry displayed is attested by
the past reputation of these we'll
known firms, who are known through
out this entire section as dealers who
sell only the best and highest grade
articles IA mere sight of these prizes
is sufficient to convince any would-be
candidate for the Contest that to make
the race is worth while.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
Administrators Sale.

'EORGTA-Sumter County.
BY virtue of an order of the Court or
of Sumter County, Georgia, at
ne May Term, 1911 of said Court, there
gHI be sold before the court house
eoor IN Americus, Georgia, between the
esaI hours of sale on the First Tues
lpsy IN June, 1911, the following lands
IL tAe estate of James E. Richards, de-
|CCeaSed situated in Sumter and Lee
counties, Georgia, to-wit:
-FOUR and one half acres off the
j ~, invest corner OF lot of land No. 45
- y 'he 18th District of Sumter County;
$50 Fifty acres, more or less, in the
N .ot,hwest corner of lot of land No. AZ
~ inc 18th District of Lee County, Ga,
~ lands being bounded as follows:
n ." 'he north by lands of H. c. Bass, on
re east and south by lands of NJ. B.
S . and west by J. H. Williams and
~ a Derriso. Terms of sale Cash.
'AiS May LIST. 1911 4-4t
H. E. ALLEN,
administrator of Jas. E. Richards.
Deceased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
Two RECORDS BROKEN
BY FIRST Shipment
Florida City Delivers the
Goods

Gambler, Fla, May 19.-What is very
probably the first car of watermelons
to leave the state this season was load,
ed here to-day by Matthews and NC
Claim The melons average twenty-five
pounds and are of the Kolb Gem va
riety This car has been bought by
j. r. Blackwell and will go to New
York. The price paid was $500. This
breaks the record here both as to price
and earliest ever shipped. These mel
ons will no doubt bring the buyer a
fancy price. They were planted in
January, and We're up when we had a
severe frost in February, but were COW
cred and saved.
They will load another car next week
which has been sold to the same buyer
for $3.50. The movement of melons
will begin in earnest by June 1. There
are $50 acres here, and the prospects
are fine. The melon crop brings a
great deal of money into this section
every year. All other crops are in
splendid shape, fine rains having fallen
in the last few days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
Administrators Sale.

GEORGIA-Sumter Sounty.
By virtue of.an order of the Court OF
Ordinary of said County, will be sold at
public outcry, on the first Tuesday in
June, 1911, at the court house in said
County. between the usual hours OF
sale, the following real estate, situated
in the city of Americas, Sumter Coun-
ty, Georgia, to-wit:
A certain house and lot situated on
tie west side of Lee street in the city
of Americas, Sumter County, Georgia,
bounded on the east by Lee street, on
the south by the property of w. A.
Dodson, on the west by an alley, and
OH the north by the property Of Ben H
Worthy.
Also one half share of stock in the
Americas Grocery Co., Americus, Ga
The sale will continue from day to
day between the same hours until said
property is sold. Terms cash.
G. S. GLOVER,
Administrator, Estate G. w. Glover
11-4t Deceased.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
TRIED TO Die But
FAILED in EFFORT
WOuId-BG Suicide is From
Savannah

Sylvania, Ga, May 19.-Physicians
today stated that the effort of Melvin
Ross, of Savannah, to end his life here
yesterday would not be successful. The
young man used a razor and a pocket
knife, cutting his throat and stabbing
himself in the breast, but it is said,
severed no important veins or arte-
ries, and will recover.
Ross came to iSylvania recently and
went to board at the same house as
Isl. Fleischman, formerly of Savan-
nah, friend Late yesterday after
noon, Ross was heard groaning in his
room. A housemaid investigated and
found him lying in his own blood
Physicians were called quickly and
succeeded in stopping the flow of
blood.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
FIRST CARLOAD OF PEACHES
Is GOING FROM DAWSON

While Americas growers will not
ship many peaches in carload lots, IA
was done last season, other towns in
this section will make a few such ship
ments. Officially, the movement Of
peaches from Georgia will start Mon
day, when car of the luscious fruit
will be shipped over the Central of
Georgia railway from Dawson. This
car was scheduled to move yester-
day, but failed to ripen properly and
the date for the shipment was ex-
tended. lit will be nearly two weeks
before the crop will start to move
with any marked rapidity.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
MULE HOISTED BY CAR
and Death IS RESULT
Automobile Hit Warbler On
Plains Road

To Americas belongs the distinction
of presenting the first instance in the
worlds history where an automobile
killed a mule, and more remarkable
still, by striking the animal abaft the
starboard pinnacle, where it's deadly
heels could be brought into full ac-
ton on the defensive.
Instances are frequent wherein the
mule has wrecked railway trains, but
never before wherein an automobile
wrecked a mule.
At last match has been found for
the Kentucky heeled terror-the auto
mobile can kill it.
While speeding out to Plains in the
late evening Supt. Bob Christian ac-
complished this feat. The mule, a
fine animal, belonging to Mr.. Cook, a
farmer here, was being led by ne
gro farm hand along the road near
the home of Mr.. Robert Stewart 1t
was quite dark at the time of the ac-
cident.
The car. overtaking the muletic pro-
cession, bumped into the long-eared
warbler with great force, the impact
doing very slight Injury to the "E.
M. F."
Supt. Christian hurried on to Plains,
il is said, and 'phoned for veterin-
airy surgeon to attend the mule. All
effort to save it was fruitless, and
the fine mule died from the severe at
tack of peedo-automobilis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
WANTED NO LAWYER
AS Her HUSBAND
Attorney Was Told That He
Wouldn't Do

Waycross, Ga, May 18.-Ware ST.
perior court was enlivened today by
a passage between an attorney and a
witness, Mrs. Epsie Mcdaniel, of
Waresboro. She brought an appeal to
the Superior Court from Ordinary's
court, and during the trial was asked
if she were not widow. She testi-
fed that she was, and that she did not
care to have the attorney for a hus-
band. The attorney then made some
comparisons in the court room and
Mrs. Mcdaniel told whose looks she
liked and whose not. 1t kept the court
in laughter for some minutes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
AMERICAS MAY TAKE A
SHARE OF The BONDS
Uncle Sam Will Issue the
Securities

Americas investors with coin seek
ing safe investment at low rate of in
terest are glad to know that the local
banks have received a letter from the
Treasury Department inviting them to
bid on the forthcoming issue of Unit
ed States Panama canal per cent.
bonds. A number of blank forms for
bids were sent.
Any person desiring to submit a
bid for these bonds, will on applica-
tion to any of the local banks, be fur
nished one of the circular letters Civ
ing all information in regard to the
bonds, and will also be furnished with
a blank application.
The bonds will be issued in denomi-
nations of 500, 800, and $1,000.
Bids are invited for 500 or for
the entire issue. Bids for more than
81, 900 must be accompanied by a certi-
fled check for 2 per cent. of the face
value of the bonds subscribed for; bids
for $1,000 or less need not be ac-
companied by deposit.
Bids must be submitted to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury by June II, at
4 p. m.
AS stated already, the bonds will
bear interest at the rate of per cent.
a year; will be payable in United
States gold coin fifty years from the
date of issue, June 1, 1911. The bonds
will be exempt from all taxes of the
United States, and from taxation in
any form by or under state, munich
pal or local authority.
The Treasury Department will re-
quire payment for the bonds not later
than July Is this year The bonds will
be ready for delivery about July /.
The amount of the issue will be $780,
100000.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
SheriTs Sale.

GEORGIA-Webster County.
VIII be sold before the court nous,
door in the town of Preston, said
county, within the legal hours of sale
on the first Tuesday in June, TSll,
next, the following property to-wit;
One acre of land off of the west end Of
lot No. u, and south of and adjacent
to the right of way of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway, bounded as follows,
east. south and west by lands OF W. 2.
Addy, north by Seaboard Air Line
Railway, and being in the 25th Dis
trict of Webster county, Georgia. Said
property is levied on and to be SOLD
under and by virtue of an execution
ISSUED from the Superior Court OF said
county in favor of Ben Mitchell against
jamie Peeks, and sold as the property
of the said jamie Peeks Terms cash
This May the 9th, 1911. ll-4t
C. M. CHRISTIAN, Sheriff
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-20
Administrators Sale.

G FORGIA-Sumter Sounty.
Agreeably to an order of the Court
of Ordinary of Sumter county, Ga, will
be sold to the highest bidder for cash
at the courthouse door of said county,
on the first Tuesday in June next with
in the legal hours of sale, the following
property, to-wit "Lot of land Number
70 in 18th District of Sumter county,
Ca, containing 2O2 IL acres" Sold
as the property of X. M. Mcdonald,
late of sadi county, deceased. This
,Anril 26th. 1911. 11-4t-pd
BESSIE MCDONALD,
Administrative.