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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-10

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Charleston while working at the mill. But
the detective searched Charleston IN rain for
such man and such q qDife Is it probable
that Postmaster Hancock would have forgot
ten that Franks, a stranger at small place,
got teo0 letters IN one aoeok?
And how could Franks wife have known
where he was?
He had come to Bostwick through the conn.,
try; and he had not sent any letter or message
to Charleston. lie Immediately joined Hutch-
lns and Gunter, as though they qce4e old
cronies.
The Warren county Franks went to live at
Langley; Kstch.ns and Gunter were both
from Langley.
Why did Hutchins gi0e to "Tom WEIGH"
the textures, the accent, the Jeecish look, the
teN-tole sco1' and stiff fingers Of FranAs, TIE
WIFE KILLER?
Why did Hutchins decrbe this dangerous
man In such a way that he could have APP
preached me without exciting my suspicion?
You will remember that Hutchins in his
first story, described Tom Welch and Willie
Rosh as being Jews
It is fact, as reported by the detective.
that Irving Gunter described Franks to the
detective, in exactly the same way that Hutch
ms pictured ''Tom Welch" to me-
L quote from the report: "He (Gunter)
described Franks as 5 feet 6 inches, medium
weight, black curly hair, and black eyes,
gold filling in one or two upper front teeth,
wore slate or drab color suit, and black
derby hat black shoes, all we'll worn. Gunter
said he (Franks) talked with a foreign ac-
cent and looked like a Jew, but if called a
Jew, he vigorously denied it,
very peculiar detail is, that Gunter said
Hutchins was advised by Price (who lived
with him) that lit would have been better if
he (Hutchins) had gone to Thomson to 90 to
work on one of Mr.. Tom Watson's farms, as
Mr., Watson is also rich and good to poor
people. Hutchins agreed to this, saying that
Price was right"
1t was my business for twenty-five years to
study the intricacies of circumstantal evil
dence; and [ got to where there was no tangle
OF that kind which I could not unravel; but
must confess that Hutchins battles me COM
pletely.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1911-08-10
o See What They've Done to
Peerless!
CONCLUDED FROM PAGE ONE.)

lie is bald, and alas paunchy. He has lost
his shape. His mouth tells the secret of
greed; his eye and nose reveal the type of
Yankee that we don't love. He has made
himself cheap and common, by running all
over the country to address small audiences
Ror money.
Everybody knows that he is rich, and ev-
erybody sees that his appetite for wealth
grows on him. lie carries no message to the
poor, the doaO1a-6roddeo, the despo7ao2ent He
SPEAKS TO THOSE WHO GAN PAY.
In this country the people soon catch on, to
man like that
So it has come to pass that Bryan has
played out. He has overstayed his time on
the stage
He bolted his ticket in Nebraska, last year;
and got the wax beat out of him. He had
the astonishingly bad judgment to put his
business manager in the race for y. S. Sena-
tor, and got the wax beat out Of him.
Following all this, Bryan started out,
bright and early this year, to select the Dem
ocratic candidate for President-with a men
tai reservation in favor of himself.
AS If that were not enough, in the way of
Bossism, he went to Washington City, as he
had often done before, and laid down the law
to the Democrats in Congress. His presump-
tious intermeddling with the work of Con
gress In 1898, gave us the treaty Of Paris,
Imperialism, the Philippine elephant, the
Friar Land scandal, and world of bloodshed
and expense that might never have cursed the
country, had Bryan remained in camp at
Tampa.)
But this time, when Bryan issued his or.
ders to the Democrats in Congress, he found
them in a rebellious temper Times had
changed. And Bryan's relations to the times
had changed.
He was no longer the idol of the people, the
arbiter of political fate. If he possessed any
real sagacity, he would have been conscious
of this fact. But he had been Dictator so
long, that he imagined his title thereto ripe
by prescription.
So it came to pass that when Hon. Oscar
Underwood, of Alabama, brought out from
the Ways and Means Committee as good
q tariff measure as 1t qcas possible to har-
monte Democrats and Insurgents on, but
which did not conform to Bryan's practically
impossible demands-the once ilnpeT turable
Bryan, that no one could ruffle lost his tenn
per, and made an outrageous attack upon
Underwood. Not content with harshly de-
nouncing the committee BILL Bryan attacked
Underwood, personally, accusing him of du-
plicity, of friendship to 'the interests" Of
wearing mask, &c. 1t was just such fierce
assault, as no man of courage could endure
In his attack on the Alabama Congressman,
Bryan named the Hon. Caud Kitchin of
North Carolina as a witness to sustain his
charges.
What happened in Congress after Under
wood read the Bryan arraignment, is graph
ically described in the following extract
from the n. Y. Sun:
at was apparent from the beginning that
the House was entirely in sympathy with Mr.
Underwood. For five minutes after he had
risen to his feet and announced that he in
tended to answer the Bryan charges the big
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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31
virginia Debt summary.

At the outbreak OF the Civil War
the Commonw wealth OF Virginia, of
which West Virginia was part, owed
bonded debt appreximsting ts4, Geo.
600.
In 1871 the Commonwealth Of vir.
g:nia issued refunding certificates on
the basis that Virgiaia should pay
two-thirds OF the debt and that the
other third souli be referred to West
Virginia for settlement.
march 6, 1904, the Virginia General
Assembly authorized appointment Of
the Virginia Debt Commission.
Early in 1904 suit Was formally In
stitued In the U. s. supreme court
against the state OF West Virginia for
the recovery of the amount claimed to
be owing by the state.
October, 1906, attorneys for West
Virginia filed demurrert to bill OF plain
tiff
October, 1907, counsel for West vir-
ginia filed states answer to bill Of the
plaintiff.
May 4, 1908, U. :. supreme court
entered decree OF refernoe, followed by
the appointment OF Charles Il. Little.
field, of Maine, as special master in
chancery to pass upon the items and
report.
March II, 1909, Special Master Lit
tleiield reported adversely to West
Virginia.
February 1911, West Virginia senate
defeated resolution declaiming against
the legality OF the debt, and referring
it to the federal congress for payment,
on the grounds that the West Virginia
legislature had no right to anticipate a
decision of the supreme court.
March 8, 1911, w. =. supreme court
found against West Virginia in the
sum Of ,s7,ls2,000, leaving the ques-
ton Of interest open, and referring it 10
the Iltigants with the suggestion that
they should be able to adjust it.
Attorneys who have Inquired on the
West Virginia side Of the case are the
late John q. Carlisle, who was secre-
tary of the treasury under Grover
Cleveland; Senator John G. Spooper,
Of Wisconsin; Charles Edgar Hogg,
dean Of the law department of West
Va. University Mollohan, Matthews
Il McClntic, Of Charleston; the late
Clark w. May, attorney general Of
West Virginia when the suit started
William G. Conley, present attorney
general, and William Nj. o. Dawson,
special COUNSEL
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31
Special Commissioners Sale
Of valuable
Real Estate

The undersigned special commissioned by
virtue OF the authority Vested In him by q de
cree of the Circuit Court Of berkeley County,
West Virginia, made on the 18th day 'of Janu
ary 1911 In suit In chancery therein pend
ing in which Z b. Kettering, Sheriff. admins
TRAITOR, was plaintiff and Julia Barthlow and
auction at the front door OF the Court House
OF Berkeley County, on
Saturday, April l, 1911,
com mencing at o'clock r. NJ that certain
tract ofland Of which Eugene Barthlow died
base OF North Mountain, In Gerardstewn Dis
trict, Berkeley county, West Virginia, con-
taining
One Acre,
more or less. improved by:a
Frame Dwelling House
in good condition and being the same real es-
tate which was con veyed to the said Eugene
BarthIow by deed from William Wason and
wife, bearing date the 2nd day OF February,
1880 ana recorded in the office OF the clerk OF
County Court OF said County In Deed Book
No II, page 49, This land Is Of good quality
and is well adapted for trucking purposes,
growing berries or other small fruit.
Terms.
One-third Of the purchase moaey cash and
the remainder in two equal pay ments due In
one and two years from date respectively the
payments with Interest from date and the title
10 be retained uaLil all of the purchase money
has been paid.
e L. Luttrel, Special Commissioner :.
l. /. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk OF the @lrcuit
Court, OF Berkeley County. do hereby. certify
that z L.. Lutireli, the special con- mi ssioner
above mentioned has compiled with the ter rs
Of said decree by executing his bond, with
rood security, in the penalty Of three hum
dree. dollars as required by said decree.
L Dew. Gerhardt, Clsrk.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31

q will be easy. for It lows Into The
Yukon. and that's as good as a rail-
way line. Well make raft and float
all the way down to Saint Michaels
with no trouble at all. The gold we
have with us will be enough to take
rs down to Vancouver, and there we
ran charter a ship You take command
of her, and we go north through the
straits again that very summer-next
summer that will be. of course. We
20 back to the harbor where we left
the yacht. You can figure out the
rest for yourself. guess"
Yes" said Planck. TITS all very
velI-only won't there be a good
many to trust that sort of secret tor"
Roscoe looked at him with savage
sort of grin. Come, you're improving.
But that hike across the mountains to
the upper tributaries of the Porcupine
Is hard trail. There aren't likely to
be many of us left by the time we
get started floating down open water
When we get to ths Yukon it won't
be surprising # there isn't anybody
left at all, but you and me-"
Planck caught his meaning quickly
enough, indeed, a duller man could
have read 1t in Roscoe's savage light
blue eyes; and the thought made his
teeth chatter He would have felt a
deadlier terror, perhaps, could he
have read the thought that lay at the
bottom of Roscoe's mind. The gold
hunter was not much Of a sailor, but
he felt confident that on the broad
! stretches of the Yukon he could navi-
! gate raft alone.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31
Order Of Publication.

The State of West Virginia:
At rules held in the Clerks Office OF the CIR
cult tourt tor the County OF berkeley, on Mon
day the 9th day OF March 1911.
W. Rimei, Painuh.
vs.
Sarah J. Rimel, Defendants
The object Of tins suit is 10 obtain decree
for absolute divorce.
And affidavit having been made that the
said defendant Sarah j Rimel is a bon-resi-
dent OF this State said defendant Is re-
quired 10 n ppear within one month after the
date OF the first publication of this order, in
what is necessary to protect her interests
IL is ordered that a copy OF this order be
forthwith published once a week for four con-
secutive weeks in the atesman- democrat
newspa per printed in the town of Martins
burg, in the county of Berkeley. and be post
ed at the front door OF the Court House OF
Berkeley County at least twenty Gays oefore
Judgment or decree is renaered.
t. Dew. Gerhardt, Clerk.
D. w. snyder, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31

In Dublin, Ind, there is bull dog
that boasts of gold teeth. He is the
property of Frank NJ. Cantwell, and
has taken many prizes at dog shows.
Recently the dogs teeth began TO de-
cay, and the owner took the animal
to a Peoria dentist who filled the
cavities with gold, the bill for the
work amounting tc
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-03-31
KILLS A MIrRpERER.

A merciless murderer is Appended
tbs with many victims, but DR.. Kings
New Life Pills Kill i ty prevention.
They gently stimulate stomach, liver
and bowels, preyenfiGg that clogg'ng
that invites appendicitis, curing Con-
stipation, Headache, Biliousness,
Chills, Zoe at All Druggists. mo.
Stop itching instantly. Cures piles,
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives
herpes, scabies D5An's Ointment. At
any drug store. ma.
Mr.. Christian Laniz Wash ngioA,
spend several days i'it eis3.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
HITCHCOCK TELLS
HOW DEFICIT HAS
BEEN WIPED OUT
Done BY Extending Service
Along Profitable Lines,
He Says.

The postal deficit of over seventeen
and a half millions inherited by the
present Administration has been prac-
tically wiped out. This statement was
made today by Postmaster General
Hitchcock, who has just received from
the auditor for the, Postofice Depart
ment a final report for the first six
months Of the current fiscal year, show
ing that the revenues for that period
amounted to sl1S,573,S17, and the expen-
ditures to s11s.614,SS0. or a difference Of
only s4o,Se3.
In explaining the methods Of reduc-
ton in detail Mr.. Hitchcock said 1.-The
wipfng out in less than two years of the
largest deficit in the history of the
department has been accomplished not
by curtailing postal facilities. out by
extending the service along profitable
lines. Since the opening of the Admins
tration 3,06s new postoffices have been
established. delivery by letter carriers
has been provided in l42 additional
cities. and 2,124 new rural routes, aggre-
eating $3.50 miles in length, have been
authorized.
THE force of postal employees in its
several branches has been increased by
S.274 men. The employees have been
most literally treated in the way of
compensation. The annual amount ex-
pended for salaries has been increased
by $11, I06,0II In the two years. When
the Administration opened the average
yearly compensation of postoffice clerks
was $979: 1t is now Sl,051. City letter
carriers were receiving an average COM
pensatfon Of 81. .025; they are now getting
S1,070. Rural carriers are to receive
largely increased compensation during
the coming year; they are now getting
an average salary of $S1 as against
1863 two years ago The average yearly
salary of railway postal clerks has be q
increased in the two years from s, III u
S1,lS5.
THE enormous savings made have not
been at the expense OF the employees,
but have resultd from improved meth
first six months of the current year the
per cent, as against an average annual
increase of over per cent during the
last decade.
owing to this marked reduction In
expenditures It. was possible to wipe
out the deficit in spite of the fact that
the increase in revenues fell below the
normal. dropping to So per cent for the
six months, as compared with l05 pei
cent for the corresponding period of the
preceding year. Had the revenues con-
tinued to show a normal increase, the
auditors report just received would
have shown a considerable surplus"
Mr.. Hitchcock is confident that by the
close OF the current fiscal year such a
surplus will be reported.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
STATUS IS RED
FLAG TO ANGEREO
HOUSE MEMBERS
Word Used BY Meyer to Ex-
plain Snobbery Adds to
Resentment.

Dissatisfied with the explanation Of
fered by the Navy Department OF tie
Beers incident, several members OF
Congress are today In the mood TO de-
mand a Congressional investigation OF
the snobbery said to exist at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
The prospective investigators DO not
believe that the affront to MISS Beers
who was declared by some unnamed Of
cause she, worked for a living. should
be dismissed with q mere apology 10
Miss Reers and her father. the latter
professor Of English at Yale.
Representative Korbly Of Indiana,
Department. and who now declares
that the explanation does not explain.
is determined that this question shall
rs an estimable girl. talented and aG-
navsI dances merely because she has
accepted the position OF governess In
private home"
Members Disguised.
Members of Congress profess little
patience with social customs of this SORT
1t is recounted that the Naval Academy
is an institution supported by Govern
ment funds. and that the young men
attending the academy are receiving
free education. That any Of these fu-
ture captains or admirals should have
become so exclusive as to associate win
none except those in a self-appointed
set, is not in accordance with the Way
many members Of the House believe the
academy should be conducted
The Secretary Of the Navy has written
Mr.. Korbly that the affair was the re-
suit of a misundeTstandlng ding ,a1a OF the
ton, says the Indiana Representative,
only tends to aggravate matters. because
1t apparently confirms the belief that
social status" plays too large a part
at the Naval Academy.
Wants Details.
Mr.. Korbly will ask Secretary Meyer
for a more detailed explanation, and II
this is not forthcoming the House prob
ably will ask for the official correspon-
dence in the Beers case. Thus pure
ly local ballroom incident probably will
assume national proportions.
The Secretary Of the Navy, in the
hope that an apology would close the
regrettable affair. has directed Super
intendent Bowyer, OF the Academy, to
direct an apology to Miss Beers, and
also her father, Prof. Henry Beers, OF
Yale.
Official snobbery was the subject of
conversation in clubroom, hotel Hobbies
and homes today, following the vir-
tual confirmation from the Navy De-
partment that Miss Beers had been
snubbed at one of the Academy hops,
solely because she had accepted employ
ment as a governess in an officers
home.
Miss Beers had always been a social
fayorite at the Academy hops until an
officious young cadet hinted to her es-
cort one night that the young woman s
presence was displeasing to some Of the
gold-braided youths attending.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. PAYNE
Being HELD TODAY
Remains of Representatives,
Wife to Be Taken to Au-
burn, N. Y, for Burial.

Burial in Auburn, ". Y, will follow
funeral services to be held here this
afternoon. for Mrs. Gertrude Knapp
Payne, wife of Representative Serene
e. Payne, who died yesterday in her
apartments in the Burlington. Her
death came on the thirty-eighth an
niversary of her marriage to the vet
eran Representative.
Mrs. Payne had been i'll for about
two years, her condition having be-
come serious about six weeks ago,
when nervous exhaustion set in.
On Friday her physicians gave up
hope Of her recovery, and she sank
steadily until early yesterday morn
ing. Representative Payne, Mr.. and
city, her son and his wife, were with
Mrs. Payne when the end came.
Mrs. Payne was born in Auburn, N.
Y, I'm 1S45. Her father was o. F.
Knapp, proprietor Of the Auburn Ad-
vertiser. In 1878, she was married to
Serene e. Payne, who was then dis
trict attorney for Cayuga county, n
Y. Ten years later she came to WASH
ington with her husband, who was
then entering Congress, and became
prominently Identified with the Of
DR.. s. H. Greene, of Calvary Baptist
Church, will officiate at the funeral
services this afternoon in her apart
ment in the Burlington. The body
will leave tonight for Auburn on the
8 o'clock train. Interment will be
made in the Fort Hill Cemetery In
Auburn.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Mother Protests the
Mcnamara Brothers
Are Falsely Accused

CINCINNATI, April "a Mrs. Mary
Mcnamara, of this city, mother OF John
I. and James B. Mcnamara. under ar
rest in connection with the Los Angeles
Times dynamite outrage, today declared
she has absolute faith in the innocence
of her two boys.
II refuse to believe such things about
nv boys: my fine boys" she exclaimed
TODAY. "Jo-we always called John
that has been such a good son. Jimmy
has, too: but JOS been closer.
why he was here Easter Sunday
and he took such an interest IN things
about the house. He mean everything
10 me and to. think they say he's sus-
pected of such horrible things. You
ought 10 know Joe. He's clean and
"oh.- she moaned, III bcould only
Sundays newspapers gave Mrs, Nc
Namara the first iptfmationr OF the
trouble IN which her sons :hgure. she
refuses, to derive comfort THAT union
men are rallying TO the prisoners sup
port. = - q slS 4s-...
They have hung innocent men be-
fore, she said, wrfngfng her hands.
-God knows what will Thanpen to my
boys. and snch goodse boys TO their
mother as they are, God bless them"
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
i'BarbariSm" of Police, He
Says, Drove Arrested Man
Desperate.
FORCE CONFESSIONS
OF CRIMES NOT DONE
Awaits Official Dispatches, But
Says Federation Will Prob
ably Aid Accused.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

appeal for funds then" he said. "and
considerable money was raised in that
way"
For some time the American Fedora
ton, through the efforts of Mr.. Com
pers, has been conducting an active war
against the third degree evil. and Mr.
Gompers said this morning that the Nc
Manigal incident emphasizes his claims
that it is a common practice among po-
lice departments in all parts of the
country to harass prisoners until. out Of
sheer exhaustion, they give up and con-
fess to crimes they never committed.
Prisoners are tortured more now
than they were in the days of bar
barisn,", he said. Mr.. lGompers called
attention to the facts the Senate third
degree Investigating committee has un-
covered to show that men are not only
mentally, but are physically, tortured
by their captors. Attention was called
to cases where metal thumb screws
were applied until the flesh burst open
Mr.. Gompers believes that all the mat
tiers in the connection with McNamara's g
arrest have been a travesty. on Justice.
He could find no words strong enough
10 express his contempt for the man-
ner IN which Mcnamara was spirited
out of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Burns Hints He Will
Clear Up Mystery of
Springfield Explosion

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. April A.-lf
the statement of a detective Of the Will
liam ]. Burns agency proves to be true
the mystery that has surrounded the
dynamiting on the morning of April
of the tower of the city's new municipal
group will be solved within a short
time.
A member of the Boston. branch OF
this agency. was in this city yesterday
and announced that the manager Of the
Boston branch received a brief tele-
gram from William J. Burns, his chief,
stating that a man arrested in Chicago
In connection with the dynamittng of the
Los Angeles Times building is the one
wanted for the dynamiting of the
Springfield municipal group. 1t request
ed the manager to ascertain the amount
of reward offered in the local case. This
IS 81 600. ..- -....---
The Washington times., 1911-04-24
Apology Forwarded to
Miss Beers; Middies
Resent SnOb'S Action

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. April 4.-1n pur-
suance Of the agreement between Capt. J.
NJ. Bowyer, superintendent of the Naval
Academy, and the Secretary Of the Navy,
the former has forwarded to Miss Mary
II. Beers an apology for the action
taken by one of the Academy officers
who suggested to her midshipman
escort that by reason of her employ
ment in the family of Lieutenant Com
mander Tarrant that she was not
proper person to attend an Academy
dance.
1t was stated this morning by Lieuten-
ant Commander Wurtzbaugh, aide to
the superintendent, that the apology had
been forwarded, but he declined to give
its text, saying that probably neither
party would care to have additional
publicity.
1t is understood, however, that 1t as
sures Miss Beers that the action was
due entirely to a misunderstanding OF
her status. In connection with the
whole affair, it is fair to say OF the
BODY of midshipmen that they repudiate
the whole position apparently taken by
some of the Academy officers. The IRE
ouently expressed opinion is that a mid
shipman has a perfect right to bring
any respectable woman to a dance, no
matter what her employment or status
may be.