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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17
Word Of Thanks.

We, the members of Martins Prairie
Grove, wish to thank the people OF
Reliance Grove and w. o. w. aud peo-
pie at large Cor their hospitality ex-
tended us, and for their assistance in
the service of unwilling the monu-
ment erected to the memory OF Sow
ereign Riley
w. G.. SMITH, Guardian.
ETHEL MIDLAND, Clerk.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17
New Trial for Policeman.

San Francisco, July 1.-THE draw
ing of a jury to sit on the second trial
of former Police Captain Michael j.
Conboy for the murder of Bernard
Lagan will commence today. Conboy
was found guilty of manslaughter at
his first trial and was sentenced TO
eight years in San Quentin prison. An
appeal was taken from the verdict and
the appellate court ordered a new
trial.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17
Revival Closed.

Rev. ]. ]. Tatum and Rev. d. b.
Waite closed union revival yesterday
at Kurten II was a very successful
meeting and there was a general re-
vival among the Christian people OF
the community. There were four ad-
dition to the Free Baptist church and
three to the Missionary Baptist
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17
BURGLARS Started Ashland Fire.
rRv Associated Press

Marshall, Texas, July 1.-THE fact
that burglars were responsible for the
fire which, on Saturday. destroyed half
the business district of Ashland was
discovered today. The loss was $4,000.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17
LET NE SELL YOUR PROPERTY

II you have land or town property
that you want to sell, see me and
will find you a quick buyer.
CHAS. PALERMO
North Main Street.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17

Wanted-Furrished rooms by young
couple for light housekeeping not less
than three rooms; must have electric
lights, bath, etc.; references eX-
changed. Address p o. Box 314.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-07-17

The Singer sewing machine Is sold
for cash or small monthly payments.
See T. A. Satterwhite, salesman.
Phone ACT.
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

be rather unpleasant II anything
should happen to him"
What do you make of this case,
pr0feSsor?' said |.
'InexplicabIe phenomenon" said he,
marvellous, truly marvellous, l hope
the fellow isn't dead He'd be con-
siderable loss to science"
He hasn't gone toward the river"
said |. Let's try the other way"
We walked, therefore, away from
the college buildings, which stand by
the bank of the stream, and toward
the higher ground. upon which are the
residences of the wealthy and the we'll
to do. We had gone but a little way
when we saw three men advancing
toward US. an unusual spectacle at 2
o'clock in the morning in d town that
goes to bed 50 early. At first they
were only a bunch Of blackness in the
shadow of some trees; then they
emerged into the moonlight, and l
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

miasmic mists of bribery rumors to
clear from its legislative halls. Now
that thr Franklin county grand jury
has taken up the task Of applying pro-
phylactics to the infection spots seem
ingly exposed in Ohlo's body legislative
by the investigative scalpel of the mas
Ter detective surgeon, William j.
Burns, the people Of the state are
thoroughly awakened to the fact that
something is rotten in Columbus.
They will demand. furthermore. that
the present invest CATION resolve either
definite proof or diSproOf of the charges
aud not vanish into thin air or prove
entirely, abortive. as inquiries in times
past have d0ne
At the outset the Investigation was
somewhat uebulOus and was generally
laughed at i'll Columbus and through
cut the state With the indictment
by the grand jury OF four state sena-
Tors Oh d charge OF soliciting Drlbes,
# three state representatives on the
Same charge and the Indictment OF
The Sergeaut-at-armS of the senate, ac.
iag III the solicitation of bribe and
acting as a go between" it mas, how
aver, crystaIized into tangible some
thing that bids fair to exhibit a mush-
room growth.
No one, not even the state senate.a
which laughed the ioudest at first. is
laughing ut the inquiry now. The
county prosecutor. directing the prob
ing of the grand jury. and Attorney
General Timothy Hogan, who was
called into action by joint leg
islative resolution. are at present the
busiest men in the state capital. with
the possible exception of the men al
ready indicted.
Those lndicted.>
The indictments returned were
against Senator Isaac b. Huffman. a
lawyer and a Democrat from the
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

8. but that | would come to the shop
shortly after 4. This / did, but found
the shop closed. A folded piece Of pa
per fastened to the door with tack
bore my name and proved to be a note
requesting me to 90 to Haywards
home.
The carpenter. as ! have said, lived
in a house of double tenancy, his part
of it being reached By an exterior
stairway. For years he had lived
there alone, cooking bis own food ex-
cept when he ate at the inn.
AS / began to ascend the stairs some
one twanged a banjo in Hayward's
sitting room, and presently rather
thin tenor voice struck into song,
one of the foolish popular songs, all
so tiresomely similar, that distress the
ear in these degenerate days. Eich
would not have had such music" In
his house, where the piano was COY
cred with the tuneful and heartfelt
compositions of his inspired country
men.
Hayward. his grave face much dis,
furbed let me IN and conducted me
10 the sitting room. where his nenhew
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

Ironten; Senator Edgar T. Crawford.
merchant and Republican from Car
roll county; Representative George B
Nye, physician and Democrat from
Pike county. living at Waverly; Rep
resentative Andrew Clark Lowry, phy
sician, Republican, from Lawrence
county, living at Ironton; Representa-.
tive j. Owens. merchant, Democrat.
from Stark county, and Andrew j.
Diegle of Sandusky. sergeant-at-arms
of the senate He is a Democrat and
was formerly hotel manager at Put
Inlay. All gave bonds.
The penalty is drastic. the maximum
being Eve years in prison or a $500
fine, or both
David R. Major. professor of psy
chology at the Ohio State university.
is acting as foreman of the inquisito-
rial body.
Prospect of a joint legislative in
quiry into the bribery charges does
not seem imminent at this time While
Governor Harmon is not opposed to a
legislative investigation. he desires it
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

THE DUAL :
MR.. STERLING
Story of the Uncover;ng of
Two Clever Rosues
By Howard Fielding
Copyright by American Press Asso-
alton. 1911
By Howard Fielding
Copyright by American Press Asso-
alton, 1911.

was eating a bit of luncheon in the
garden of the college inn when l was
accosted by q man named Samuel
Hayward, a carpenter who lived in the
upper half of n two family house
which stood at the rear of the grounds
street
LAS a doctor and a college profes-
sor''- he began.
Instructor, not professor" said l:
Would you be interested in queer
case?"
Naturally l asked him what it was,
and he told me that his nephew, who
had recently come to live with him,
was an example of what is known as
a dual personality.
Sort of Jekyll and UydeP' said l.
YES" said be. 1--WE read that book.
It's like that, only in this case one of
'em is no worse than the other-sort of
foolish and queer, but not bad, so far
as can see, and it doesn't change his
looks very much, not so that you
wouldn't know him easy enough; but,
by jingo, it gives him different eyes.
That's what | can't understand. When
he's himself his eyes are blue; when
he's the other fellow they're brown.
What DO you make of that?
I'D like to see him." said l. and he
asked me to come with him to his
shop. where the young man was at
work.
when he's himself he's a good car
penter." added Hayward; when he's
not himself he can't do anything but
play the banjo and sing
| had no acquaintance with Hay
ward. but had once asked who he was,
having remarked his intelligent ap-
pearance and grave dignity of deport-
had replied to my question that Hay
ward was very ordinary fellow.
AS soon as | had finished my lunch
con | went over with Hayward to his
shop The nephew was at work there
and in his proper character, but when
/ drew him into conversation | per-
ceiYed that his nerves were not in
normal condition. He would start and
hitch up his shoulders without appar-
ent cause. and a fieeting pallor would
blancb his cheeks and even his lips.
In appearance he was very ordinary
fellow, of medium size and weight.
with rather dull blue eyes.
Turning from him for a moment, l
saw look Of anxiety on the counte.
nance of Hayward, who presently
beckoned me outside the shop and told
me that the nervousness which was
observable in his nephew was an indi-
cation of the approaching change in
him.
81 wish you would stay" he said.
81 hate to be alone with him when
this thing happens. I'd like doctor
here mighty we'll"
/ told him that l had lecture at
the college at 2 o'clock and another at
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

tain woman who SENATOR ANDREWS.
is seen frequently about the state
house asserted that she was in the en-
ploy of the Liquor interests lobby" as
an entertainer" at parties given to
members of the legislature.
Certain solons who have taken part
in these little pleasure jaunts are said
to be in dire fear and trembling lest
their constituents at home LEARN how
they spend their leisure hours and in
fer that their duties as representatives
of the people are but avocational-"
The habit among legislators of bor-
rowing money from omnipresent lobby
lists with pockets stuffed with the
ready necessary is said to have been
common at Columbus
Several measures have been men
toned In connection with the search
for alleged corruption. among them the
public utilities bill. the per cent tax
alton measure, bills to abandon por-
tions OF canals, bills for ship canals,
the optometry bill and that requiring
examination of civil service mining en-
gineers.
The Denouement.
The denouement in the bipartisan
alleged corruntien and bribery cases
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
OHI) LEGISLATURE
L0D|NER SCANDAL
Wine and Women Were
Employed as Well
as Money
~~~~~~~~

grand jury and stories current in law
offices Interested IN the investigation.
These lobbyists. it is stated. liked moth
ine better than to guide some soIon8
along the local ''primrOSe path OF dai-
lance and in return for money spent
by them in showing the lawmaker
good time expected his influence and
his vote.
Midnight orgies at downtown cafes
and roadhouses on the outskirts of the
city figure in some OF the testimony.
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

they accuse of
being corrupt,
taken down at
t h e conferences
in their rooms AT
a hotel. An in
strument called
tn e dlctaphone,
which transmits
the sign t e 5 t
W b | S p eF. was
employed q u d
hidden under a
c o U b IN the
room where the
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

u bath" to which tine governor is said
to have constitutional aversion. Coun
u Prosecuting Attorney &. c. Turner
Is also against this popular procedure.
although William j Burns is said to
have suggested that a few baths b..
given in the hope of procuring addI-
tiouahevidenee.
How the Lobbyists Worked.
Many and devious were the wiIes the
small army OF lobbyists that make Co
lumbus their headquarters sought 70
exercise over some legislators, accord
ing to the testimony gwen before the
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
How TO Order Patterns.

Patterns described in The Caucas-
an are supplied by the May Manton
'attern Company 1872 West 9th
freet, New York City, ana Masonic
Pemple, Chicago, Ill. Forward order
eith name and address to the New
fork or Chicago office with &C for
aeb pattern: they will be mailed
ireg to you.
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

onelegislator COM
planned OF ia wing
a bottle of beer
poured into his
pocket by a wom-
an leaked out,
much as the beer
had done. There
has been a story
in the Offices Of
tn e HAntI-saloOn
league to the ef-
feet that a Ger"
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

cafe by lobbyists working for the pas
sage of a bill that had passed the SEN
ate following reconsideration of vote
BY which the measure had been defeat
ed. The entertainment lasted until
daylight although the scene of 1t
changed to roadhouse in the country,
where, the solons had surfeit OF ev-
erything they desired
The next day. when the services OF
tailor were demanded, the story of how
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

One joint affidavit signed by Nye
charged Bailey and Barry with pay
ing him $10O on April Is on the nine
hour bill. Harrison, Bailey and Barry
remained in Jail overnight and then
sprang their coup on May 1. when
they announced that they were detec-
tives in the employ of the W. j. Burns
agency.
The Burns operatives have a Ver-
batim report Of the conversations be-
tween themselves and the legislators
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

Fourth district,
living at oxford;
Senator George
e. Cetone. com
mercial traveller.
fruit grower and
Democrat from
the Third district,
living at Dayton;
Sena tor L. r..
Andrews, lawyer
a Ii d Republican
from the Eighth
diStricf living af
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

deferred. be says.
until the g ra n d
jury has fnis he'd
The governor IA.
Vors delay in com:
mencement of an
inquiry by t b e
general assembly
for ar t b a t
were the accused
brought before a
friendly Iegisia
ii We committee
some might re
ceiye the much
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

hIeddy y l. ~
cious legislators failed TO find it. A
stenographer in an adjoining room
took down their words in shorthand.
The grand jury has declined to in
dict The detectives for bribery of the
legislators. Expert legal advice has
it that they are immune from prose
cution, inasmuch as they committed
bribery Ia order IN yet avidanra
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

lE Bu"Eevp State
is in tnt thr0rS vi
a disqulS1'iDn a'-
ready reptete with
sensation and i'd
enlng IN scope
each day into leg
iSlative corruption
charges the Sna ME
of which may yet
rival Illinois with
her LOrlner scan
dai. The whole
state is looking
Colum bus ward.
waiting for the
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

Some assembly,
men are known
to have been en-
tertained nightly
by Legislative
agents" which is
a eunh mism in
the majority OF
cases for men
who would bribe
on the slightest
provocation.
1t was only re-
Gently that some
twelve legislators
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

came on April
20, when Rep
resentative Nye
N a d e pu blic
charge that two
$100 bribes had
been offered him
by E. S. Harri-
son, David II.
Barry and A. Z.
Bailey, who, he
declared, w ere
lobbyists, with a
$4,000 corruption
fund in their
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04
DEBB|GBERY 0F TBE
RIVALS ILLINOIS
Army of Lobbyists Took
Over Business Of
Making Laws

~~~~-,~>-~~~~~-aS
The Caucasian., 1911-06-04

The denouement in the bipartisan
alleged corruptien and bribery cases
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
WHO 0H LIKE 4 uIe uL L7le OLOlLC7IOOuTu
The Telephone Girl Who
Heard the Wires Hunt Down Her
Brother AS Murderer! A Telephone
Girl Who Beat Racing Flood!

for disobedience to the laws Of
Rome.
Yes, 1t was a terrible experience"
she said. 81 would rather have died
than gone through it, | wonder that
did not die or go crazy while ! SAT
at the board listening to the men
who could hang my brother"
But you could have saved him."
Yes, could have tipped him off
at his boarding house. | knew the
number. / even called Chicago. But
when ] got Chicago just couldn't
Do you know what saved me, kept
me steady, made me do my duty? 1t
was Just like voice whispering over
my shoulder, text 1 learned at
Sunday school, Thou God seest
me- I knew that if no one else
knew 1t He knew. l am glad. For
l did my duty"
Lena Buckley played the role OF
Fate splendidly at Austin, Pa.
Harry Davis, the engineer, called
her:
THE dam is breaking. For Gods
sake warn as many as you can"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

BzE!' challenged the board again.
"Bzz!"
Yes; who Is Il? The sherihp
Yes; Wait a minute"
Again the shaking hands refused
their office, After all he was her
brother, Maybe he was innocent.
Blood was thicker than water, had a
stronger claim greater than justice,
Should she warn himg She knew
the telephone number OF his board
ing house In Chicago. A few words
from her and he could have 1--WE
hours start of his pursuers.
"Bzzl Rial" The telephone was
showing the anger and impotence OF
the person at the end OF the line.
Rilla Webster paid no attention,
She reached for another plug. She
shifted A. Her voice came almost
in a whisper.
That YOU. Chicago? Get me--no
don't A mistake, Pardon me-
"Bzz!' shrieked the switchboard.
Yes. Mr.. Sheriff. Yes, l can gel
YOU the States Attorney. He tele.
phoned from his club a little while
ago"
Temptation again threw It's black
shadow across her path, shutting out
the light OF duty. She could fail "a
locate the States Attorney. II
would be 50 easy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

low mel" screamed the hello girl,
a Paul Revere afoot.
Many heard, and, hearing, fol-
lowed
THE dam is broken!' she shrieked,
leading on her flying battalion up
the hill of safety on North Main
street.
When she had reached the top OF
the hill she turned TO look back.
From where ! Stood" she said, the
water seemed fifty feet high. There
was a big cloud of white spray above
it. Houses were tossing about in 1t.
The noise was like thunder"
All of the group that reached the
top of the hill owe their lives TO
Lena Binckley--Fate at the switch
board.
She had no thought of reward
but her employers, the telephone
company, have announced that
Lena Buckley will hereafter get
double pay-and may hold her job
for life, If she wishes.
In a Western city a telephone girl
sitting in telephone room quiet at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

train. Want you to assist in the
Identification. Goodby."
"0OOdby"
The slim, black figure at the
switchboard swayed, Her trembling
hands fell To her lap and shook
there as leaves are tossed In q hol.
low by a wind. Rilla Webster was
but nineteen. Every one said she
looked young for her age" Now.
with drawn white face she looked
ten years older.
"Bzz," rasRed the board,
"Bzzz! Bzz!" Like angry bees
aswarm.
"B-z-z-zl Bzzz! Bzl Bz, BE-! II was
the profanity peculiar 20 the tele-
phone. The girls eyes were big and
black and wild. She pressed her
shaking hands 10 her temples. What
should she do? What should any
one do In any instance but her duty?
She lifted her hands TO the plug.
That you, Sheriff? Pardon me,
You want, whatg The Coroher's
ofiee2' Her shaking hand was sns-
pended. Il seized the plug.
"Yes. The Coroner's ofice az
home. Yes There. MIR. Sheriff.
She sank back In her chair aud
clasped the hands that we're so
troublesome
20, Cod" she breathed. 20, God!"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

Temptation
threw its black
shadow across her
path, shutting out
the light of duty.
She could fail to
locate the States
attorney. 1t would
be so easy. After
all, he was her
brother. Maybe
he was innocent.
Should she warn
him ?"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

ster, telephone operator, was found
in a swoon beside the switchboard
almost escaped notice. So did the
fact that Rilla Webster was the
murderer's sister.
Miss Webster was Ill for two weeks
after her brothers. arrest. From her
sick bed she told why she had per-
formed deed as heroically unselfsh
as that of the Roman Judge Brutus,
who sentenced his own son to death
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15


II EFoRE a switchboard, pulling
* out one plug, putting in an
- other, answering our "Hellos.'
fiinging back frequent Busy" sits
Fate.
She bears no resemblance to the
beautiful, classic sisters OF the
distaff and scissors, the three fates
whom the ancients believed preside
over human affairs, This one may
chew gum. She may cling to the
enormous, old-fashioned pompadour,
or the hideous rats" She may
speak in surly fashion, even through
her nose. But she Is destiny lncar-
nate. She may have the deciding
vote in many human, affairs, II she
interferes she may change the cur
rent OF human existence by simply
switching the electric current in an.
other direction,
The telephone girl may seem n
commonplace figure to the short
sighted. but around her fingers may
be twined the strands Of our future.
Like q Judge upon the bench, she
sits and ponders about our fate aud
passes sentence The sentence de-
ponds upon whether she decides upon
interference or nOn-interfcrence,
In Dixon, Ill, Miss Rilla Webster
came TO the office punctually 10 take
charge OF the night shift In the main
ONCE. She hung up her hat and
Jacket, hufled up her hair before the
little square mirror and smiled Good
nlghl" at the girl on the day shift.
She answered call for a young man
who wanted to take a girl to a NOV
ms picture shaw. She permitted a
young wife to confde to her husband
that the baby had q tooth
She heard a politician invite an
other to q meeting OF few Of the
boys Just TO talk things over. An
angry housewife gave the grocer a
protraeted piece OF her mind because
he had forgotten her order for
brown sugar. All OF these Miss
Webster heard, but did not con
sclously hear. Her fingers pulled out
the plugs and pushed them in again.
She said "Eellon and Busy" when
necessary, and her eyes looked be-
yond the switchboard. Her thoughts
travelled further. Suddenly she sat
very straight, and her cheeks went
as white as the plastered wall Of the
exchange room
"HellOl This Is the ONCE OF the
Chief OF Police of Chicago. We've
got q line on your man"
ION which man? You don't mean
Doc Webster?'
BE careful about names, Tele-
phone lines leak. Yes. He's ex-
pected at the Polytechnic Hospital at
this morning Can you take the
next trainG"
II can get the train. but I'll have
10 get the papers first"
Get the help Of the States AttOr-
ney. He'll open shop at night for
anything 20 important"
IAN right, Chief"
Walt. Hello. Sheriff."
yes, Chief"
Better bring the papers from the
Coroners once. too. They may be
needed. We mustn't let the fellow
give as the slip through some tech
nicality,"
IAN right. Chief. II l can get him
% bis once"
Thunder and lightning! OF eours,
you can get him TO the once. Us,
the telephone Don't fan 10 get th'
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

"Bzz!"
Eyes. The Country Club? Yes.
Is the States Attorney there? Please
get him to the phone at once. The
the Sheriff
No, nothing at all, thank you
q slight cold, perhaps. Can you get
him to the telephone? Yes, Mr..
Sherif-they've sent for him. There
he is"
The work was admirably done.
The Sheriff got his papers, made his
train, met the plain clothes men from
he Police Department, captured Or,
Webster, helped TO put him through
the third degree and wiring from him
after Ave hours the confession of
how he killed his wife to avoid a
charge of bigamy.
In the excitement that followed IN
both cities the fact that Rilla Web
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

that midnight hour heard harsh
voices. She stared about the empty
room.
I'm kill you'll" shouted voice
thick with anger.
You dare not touch me, you
cOward!"-- The woman never
finished the sentence. There was
scream, fall.
The telephone operator thrust 4
plug in and called: The police sta
tion. Hurry, please. Is this the POI
lice station? Please send a man to
No. 1867 Russell street. A man Is
killing a woman there. Certainly
know. They had left the receiver of
the hook, 1t was a live line"
The police caught the man as he
was sinking out OF the door carry
ing a dress suit case. his hat pulled
lew and his coat collar turned IN.
He has expiated his crime because
q telephone girl. playing fate, broke
the rules and interfered.