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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
ESCAPES
NOOSE;BLOCKED
JAIL BREAK
Governor Brown CommuteS the
Death Sentence of Negro for
Heroic Conduct.

Basng his action upon the ground
of a reward for heroic conduct upon
the part of convicted murderer await
ing execution. Governor Brown today
committed from death on the gallows to
life imprisonment the sentence of john
son Webb, a negro. to have been hang
ed in Early county on Friday next
In an executive order the governor
tells how Webb probably saved the life
of his jailer and several of the depu-
ties, and certainly served to keep with
in the custody of the state not less
than fifteen desperate criminals plan
ming to escape.
The governor particularly stresses the
duty of recognizing the good work of
all persons who help in the enforce
ment of the law, and makes it mani
fest that he will reward. "as the inter-
ests of society will admit as being
proper and just" all such persons.
Good Conduct Saves Negroes Life.
The order of Communication sets forth
executive clemency significantly and
interestingly.
The governor touches lightly upon
! one other phase of the case, but he
makes it plain that Webb owes his
Communication to his good conduct. in
grave circumstances. and not particu-
larly to anything else.
! The order among other things. says:
| In the enforcement of the laws of
this state, it must be made clear
that not only will law abiding citi-
zens be protected, but that each
person aiding in the enforcement
| Of the laws will receive such re-
| ward as the interests of society will
| admit as being proper and just.
The hope of this reward should not
| be denied even to convicts who are
| under sentences and who, as In this
case, aid in protecting the lives
and officers of the law. or otherwise
preventing crime.
Reprieved at Eleventh Hour.
Webb was to have been hanged two
weeks ago, but the governor, at the
eleventh hour, decided to reprieve him
for fourteen days upon shcs'ing that
there was much to show In favor Of
Communication that had not been shown.
Colonel Jesse Perry. the governors
private secretary. had quite an exeit-
ing time getting the message of re-
prieve through to Early county in time
to head off the hanging. only placing
the order in the sheriff's hands an hour
before sentence was to.have been car
| ried out.
| Webb was convicted of killing an
other negro in a fight, and the jury try
| ing him petitioned the governor to ex-
tend cIemency, inasmuch as there may
have been a doubt that the negro was
guilty of deliberate and malicious MUIR
| der in the first instance.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
SOn-in-Law "Nick"
Not a Bull Mooser

CINCINNATI, OHIO, Sept 19.-In a
statement before the Republican county
central committee here Nicholas Long
worth, congressman from the First
Ohio district, and son-in-law Of Colonel
Roosevelt, made the following express
sion legarding his attitude in the COM
ing election:
IF the question be asked as to my
present position l reply that l am, as
have always been, a Republican, and l
shall support, as I have always sup
ported. the Republican ticket.
AT the same time I want it under
stood that as a Republican l am a pro-
gressive"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
B00TRLACK SUES FOR
$500 FOR FINDING RING

Evans Epps, a negro bootblack. today
began his plea to a jury to obtain a re-
ward of 800 offered for valuable dia-
mond ring he found at the Piedmont
hotel last March The case is being
heard in superior court
Epps asserts that he discovered the
ring and returned it to the owner. The
hotel people say he is not entitled to
the reward, as he attempted to keep the
ring.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
$1,000 REWARD OFFERED
FOR SOUTHERN BANDITS

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Sept. IA
The postotiice inspectors Office here
has been notified of an offer Of $1,000
reward for the arrest and conviction of
the two bandits who held up and rob
bed the postal cars on the Memphis
special near Stevenson. Ala, Tuesday
morning.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
ELECTRIC LIGHT GLOBES
FOR u. S. COST 100000

WASHINGTON, Sept 19-The Fed
eral general supply committee today
awarded a contract for furnishing cleo
trio globes for the use Of the govern
house and Franklin Electric Companies
Globes for every government depart
ment and for the use of the army and
navy come under the provisions of this
contract which provides 100000 for
the purpose.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR
TO US. TO BE SUCCEEDED

VIENNA. Sept. 19.-Konstantine
Theor Dumba, present Austro- Hunga
rian minister to Sweden, was today
nominated to succeed Baron Hengel-
mueller VonHengevar as ambassador to
the United States. Baron Hengelmuel-
Ter has represented Austro- Hungary at
Washington for eighteen years.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
DENY u. S. SLEUTHS ON
SENATOR DIX0N'S TRAIL

WASHINGTON. Sept 19.-Omcial
denial was made at the department Of
justice today Of charges by Senator
Dixon, Colonel Roosevelts campaign
that agents of the DEPART
ment were spying on the senator and
Modill Mccormick. one of his chief
lieutenants
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
GELS PANAMA POSITION

JACKSON, GA, Sept 19.-John r.
Foster formerly of Dalton, but now To-
Gated at Jackson, has accepted an inn
portant position with the lighting COM
pany at Colon, Panama. He will sail
about October
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
MISSISSIPPI BROTHERS
KILL MAN GIRL ACCUSED

JACKSON. MISS, Sept 10 Percy
and Louis Dennis brothers were ar
rested for the murder Of Mamie Wat
SON, whom they say they Killed because
ne wrouged their sister
Louis has q record of hilius hye men
Ho recently was pardoned while sery-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
Clue no HAve aARnecuE.

Arr ng ments have been completed
for the entertainment ana burpoeu, of
th' Georgia Athletic club tonight Tine
committee ~ arrangements have pro.
Atf. I..t. trt .. sttn.- .r ~rsra
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
KILLED ON WAY TO RACES.

MILWAUKEE, WIS. Sept 19.-Har-
~ S. Wendell, of SussexviIle, on his
way to see the try-outs of the Van
derbilt cup race, was killed today. The
automobile he was driving was over
turned.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19
GDV. WILSON PUT.
|NANAN|AS CLUB
BY ROOSEVELT
Not a Particle of Truth in State
ments About Moose and the
Trusts, He Says.


proarassive platform at Sioux Falls, in
nbich the govetno" charged that it
.,oved into the hands of the steel and
harvester trusts. The ex-president
orgri1v asserted that the two trusts are
s,nnorting Mr.. Wilson and that the
nemocyatic and Republican platforms
r.t1er. than that of the P.ogressives
,,,e~ to the crooked corporations
.ur. Wilson should lr above mis-
sta-ing facts in order to bolster up his
arguments. MI Wilson has an entire
rish- to defend his own platform if he
feels bold enough to do so, ana an en-
tire right to assai the Progressive
n,atform, but he should confne himself
II telling the facts as they are" said
Roosevelt
"In his speech yesterday he stated
tha, the method now proposed by the
Progreysives TO regulate the trusts was
sngcest d by Messrs. Gary and Perkins
bef7~- TIC committee of the house Of
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mot Particle OF truth IN statement
Neither of these statements is in
accordance with the facts and five min
utes' inquiry on Mr. Wilson's part
would Rave taught him chat there was
not one particle of foundation for the
truth of what ne was saying.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-19

French Vanderbilt, by whom he had
one child His marriage to Mrs. Nc
Kim took place last year
Provisions of the Will.
This sum which he will get on Octo-
Der 30 represents the half of Wander
bits patrimony willed to him by his
father, Cornelius Vanderbilt. The sew
enteenth provision of the remarka BILE
document. in which the then head of
the powerful family of American mil
lionaires cut off his eldest son, or
nelius, Jr, with a "paltry" $4,000
read as follows:
Seventeenth-AIl the rest, resi-
due and remainder of the estate.
including all lapsed legacies and
the principal of annuities, is given
to the executors in trust. to hold
and invest and reinvest and collect
rents. incomes and profits for the
use-of his son, Alfred G., and to
pay to him the net income as re-
ceived until he becomes 80, when
he is to come into possession of
one-half of said estate, the in
come of the balance to be paid to
him as before until he becomes 80.
when he is to come into full pos
session thereof
On october 20, 1907, A. G. Wander
bilt came into possession of $4,000. 900
the first half of his patrimony He will
therefore, on October 20 next be COM
plete and outright master of $50. OOO. 900
together with his surplus income, which
is estimated at several millions more
Thus this smooth faced. young Amer
lean will possess a fortune approx
mating that OF the Phlppses. the
Moores, the Reds, the Goulds and the
Archbolds, whose fortunes range from
$5o,OOo,00o TO Sl5o,0OOOOO.
Not in the First Rank.
Mr. Vandcrbilts fortune. however
can hardly be placed in the "stupen-
dous" class According to figures re-
Gently compiled by Boston economies
the leading nine fortunes in America
rank AS follows:
John y. Rockefeller. o.. 81. 900. 600 600
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
WILL TRY ALLEN
At WYTHEV|LLE'
Change Of Venue Agreed to
at HilIsyilIe.
SEES WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Chief OF the Carroll County Band Of
Outlaws Pleads Not Guilty 10
the Charge OF Numbering
Judge Massey.

Hillsville, Monday morning at
o'clock Sidna Allen and Wesley Ed
wards were arraigned before Judge
Waller r. Staples in the Carroll Coura-i
ty Circuit Court on the charge Of par
ticipating in the courtroom tragedy OF
March IA. Attorneys for the state
and for the defendants advised the
court that they had agreed to q
change of venue and Judge Staples
announced the Wythe county court
house as the place, and October 20 as
the day to start hearing the evidence
The trial Of Edwards will be the
first on the docket. He will answer
the specific charge of numbering Com
monwealth's Attorney Foster, while
Allen will be tried on the charge Of
killing Judge Thornton L. Massey.
Both men pleaded not guilty to the
charge
Mrs. Sidna Allen and her two small
daughters spent part OF the night with
Allen in his cell in the Hillsville Jail.
Sidna broke down and wept bitterly
when he saw his wife and children.
The two prisoners were returned to
the Roanoke city Jail and will remain
there until taken to Wytheville to
stand trial.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
A0OKWORM War SUCCESSFUL
American Health Association, In Con-
vention At Washington, Says the
Disease Has Now Passed Medical
stage--Dr. Blue Praised ForWork.

Washington. A living comparison
of the efficiency of the fight being
waged in the South against the hook
worm disease was presented to the
American Public Health Association
by DR.. Charles w. Stiles, in charge Of
the work being done by the Rockefel-
Ter sanitary commission. Luther Nc
Pherson, frail, thin and waxen of hue.
suffering from a severe case of hook
worm, was placed on the platform by
the side of Selma Ellis, strong and
hearty looking, but who looked like
post.mortem material, of which was
badly in need when we discovered
him. said DIR. Stiles. The question Of
Kidding the South of the hookworm,
he declared, has passed the medical
stage and has become sociological
problem
AS an example of cooperation be-
tween state and local health authori-
ties and social workers, highest praise
was given to the battle against the
hookworm by John NJ Glenn, general
director of the Russell Sage Founda-
ton, and by DR.. w. F. Snow, secre-
tary of the California Board of Health.
The latter paid high tribute to the
efficiency as a health administrator Of
DR.. Rupert Blue, of the Public Health
Service.
Good health administration is
worth more to a city than low tax
rate" declared Mr.. Glenn. Zone hum
dred dollars spent in health admins
tration is easily of $4,000 value in
practical benefit to the community.
The public should be taught to know
that the health department is as i'm
portant to welfare and progress as any
other branch of government The
health Office should be well paid and
free from political influences and
change
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
Wyoming Is Finished.

Philadelphia. Pa.-The battleship
Wyoming was turned over to the gov
ernment at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard by the Cramp shipbuilding Com
pany. The Wyoming. which is a sis
ter ship to the battleship Arkansas
will be under the command of Capt
F. L. Chaplin. will be placed in com
mission next week and viii take part
in the naval review in New York har-
bar next month.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
Steel Trust Dissolution.

Philadelphia Hearings in the suit
of the government for the dissolution
Of the United States Steel Corpora
tion will be resumed in the Federal
Building at Pittsburgh on October /
before Henry P. Brown, of Philadel-
phia, the examiner appointed by the
Federal Courts to take testimony. The
hearings in the suit. which was in
stituted on October 26, last year, were
begun at New York on May 6, and
continued until June q. when they
were suspended for the summer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
More Trouble in China.

Washington.-The American Con-
sui at Foochow, China, reports the
situation as extremely critical. 1t is
reported that the Peking government
is sending large force to remove
from office the chief of police at Foo
chow, who. defying the authority Of
the central government. threatens to
destroy the city in case he is attack
ed. The Consul reports unrest in the
country districts around Foochow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
PROFIT IN PAPER MONEY.
Millions Of Dollars Outstanding Ac-
cording To Report.

Washington. There are millions of
dollars. of currency outstanding, lost,
destroyed or being preserved as
souvenirs which the Federal govern
ment never will be called upon to re-
deem, according to a compilation of
figures by the Register of the Treas
ury. This indicates that the govern
ment makes a big profit on It's issue Of
paper money. At the present time
s15, ,093 is outstanding of the issue
Of fractional currency notes during the
Civil War, Familiarity known as .'shin-
plasters." The total issue of these
notes was nearly 1888, 00O, 900. 1t is
known that many people are saving
samples of them as relics and it Is
probable that very few of the out
standing $15.000,000 ever will be pre-
scented for redemption.
OF the nearly $1,000,000 600 worth
of gold certificates issued during the
Civil War about $4,000 is still out
standing. There is also outstanding
$1.O95,00O of the $1s9 100000 issue of
gold certificates of the series of 1888.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
HOLD UP in NEW YORK.
Auto Bandits Rob Merchant In Broad
Daylight.

New York.-Two auto bandits black
lacked and robbed John Pepper,
wealthy merchant, senior member Of
the firm of Pepper, Gray & Co., on one
of the. busiest streets of New York,
securing $500 in cash and $1,000 in
negotiable paper, and escaped in
large, red touring car. AS they sped
away Patrolman Martin gave chase,
and the bandits opened fire on him
with automatic pistols, finally disap-
pearing from sight in one of 1.-THE
crowded side streets.
The robbery took place at the tor-f
ner of Seventeenth street and Ninth
avenue. A policeman stood on fixed
post not 80 feet away, a trolley car
was passing, and hundreds of persons
were walking up and down the street
Pepper was on his way to make his
weekly deposit at the New York
County Bank.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
The Midland Journal
hlsINa SUN. MARYLAND
THE RATS SHOULD GO.

A single rat that ~ suspicious LOOK
sng" among many examined ZOE Signs
Of plague is nothing alarming II ap-
pears. however, sufhcient reason ior
taking precautions against imported
rats. The DuDonic plague has appear
cd ct several points IN the tropics ana
vessels which came here from those
points may bring injected rats
Where the disease - known sncn yes
sells wiz be quarantined and presum-
ably the rats VIII be killed, says the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
THE REBELLION wEAkENs.
Report From u. s. Army officers on
Mexican Conditions.

Mexican Conditions.
Washington. Further evidence of
the weakening of the Orozco rebellion
is conveyed to the State and War De-
partments in the latest reports from
army officers and consuls of the move
ments of the various rebel leaders
operating in the north of Mxico.
These movements are SO irresolute
and indeterminate Of purpose as to
satisfy the officials that no longer are
the various generals acting under any
common leadership.
Officials here say the reports show
that nowhere do The rebels feel dis
posed to meet the government forces
in action except where they can at
tack some small town or mining camp
garrisoned by a force very much
smaller than their own. 1t is expect
ed that this sort of warfare may be
kept up for several weeks or even
months in view of the superior
mobility OF the well mounted rebels,
who are living on the country and
free from heavy equipment or artil-
lery
Col Pasqual Orozco. ST.. and other
rebel officers captured by Captain
Mitchell at Presidio, Texas, have been
turned over to the United States civil
authorities at Maria.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27

Every student Of economic condi-
tons in the United States knows that
more farmers are needed to make ag-
riculture keep pace with other indus
tries. The project to divert to the
farms immigrants coming to Chicago.
by establishing on the lake front near
Twenty-second street an agricultural
and industrial exposition building with
special features for the instruction OF
the newcomers In the possibilities Of
country life, 10 one that should inter
est the public greatly. Too many OF
our Immigrants, even those bred in the
country and capable of becoming i'm
mediately useful on farms, settle in
our large cities. The country districts
need them. the cities do not. says the
Chicago Record Herald. In the CITIES
there are now few chances for them
compared with those that existed q
few years ago, The newcomers can
better themselves and the nation by
becoming producers instead Of consum,
ers of farm products. Immigrants who
are sound physically. mentally and NOR
ally, win be valuable to the United
States for a long time to come, IL they
can be turned to supplying the real
needs Of the country. The problem Of
thus placing workers where they are
needed is rightly receiving much at.
tention.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
WORLDS BUMPER CROPS.
Preliminary Estimates Of Acreage
Production.

Washington. Crops generally
throughout the world this year are
bumper. This is shown by figures in
cablegram received by the Depart
ment of Agriculture from the Interna-
tionai Institute Of Agriculture at
Rome, Italy, giving the preliminary
estimates of the acreage production of
wheat, rye, barley, oats and corn.
1t is estimated that the production
will be as follows:
Wheat France, 335,974, 900 bushels;
Roumania, 89,417, 900; Canada, 206,-
033,000. Total production of the fol
lowing named countries, 5000. 100000
bushels, or 6.7 per cent. more than
last years production: Prussia, Bel
GUM, Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain,
Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Luxem-
burg, Switzerland, France, Norway,
Netherlands, Roumania, Russia, India,
Japan, Egypt, Tunis, Canada and Unit
ed States.
Corn--Roumania, 113,676,000 bush
els. Total production in the follow
ing named countries, 100000
bushels. or 40 per cent. more than
last year: Hungary (not including
Croatia and Slavonia), Bulgaria,
Spain, Italy, Roumania, Russia, Swift
erland, United States, Japan and
Egypt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
CHILD APPEALS 70 TAFT
Rebellion Is WeakeningThe Various
Generals No Longer Operating
Under Any Common
Leadership.

Los Angeles. Fearful that her
grandfather will fall into the hands
Of President Madero, Of Mexico, which.
according to her reasoning. would
mean his death, Elena Orozco, the
seven-year-old daughter of General
Pascual Orozco, Jr.. leader of the-revo-
lutionists in Northern Mexico, and
granddaughter of Pascual Orozco, Sr,
now under arrest at Maria, Tex, sent
this letter to President Taft:
Dear Mr.. President Taft: My papa
is not a murderer. He is brave sol
der lighting for his country. Please
don't let the American soldiers give
my grandfather to Mr.. Madero, for
Mr., Madero would shoot him and that
would just kill poor grandma"
Mrs. Orozco, mother Of General
Orozco, is seriously i'll from nervous
breakdown at the Orozco home here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-09-27
COST OF LIVING
ALWAYS HIGHER
Constant Upward Trend for
Past Ten Years.
BUREAU OF LABOR's REPORT.
During the Past Ten Years the Price
Of Potatoes Changed
Most and Sugar
Least.

4 Washington.-Th most marked up
ward trend of the cost of living is dis
closed in the Feedral Bureau Of La
boris report OF an investigation Of
prices for the past 10 years conducted
In the important Industrial centers Of
81 States
Fifteen most important articles of
food, as well as coal, comprising two
thirds of a workingman's needs, were
Investigated In many cities the in
vestigators gathered statements Of
merchants on the cost of living and
specimens of these are published in
the report.
On June 15, 1912, the report shows
IA of the is articles of food were
higher than year before, and 10 had
advanced in the past 10 years more
than SO per cent over the average re-
tail price for the 10-year period from
1890 to 1899.
During the last decade prices Of POI
tatoes changed most and sugar the
least Their advances were ff1.9 and
8.5 per cent, respectively. During the
last year bacon, which. decreased just
one-tenth of per cent, was the only
one of the 10 principal articles Of food
that showed decline in price, while
8 of the IL advanced more than 10
per cent, varying from "a per cent.
for milk to 1876 per cent. for round
steak. OF the Is only eggs, butter,
milk and sugar were lower, but the
price Of three Of these four is nor
mally lower during summers than dur
ing winters.
This was the showing made for the
food prices in the last year, accord
ing to the report on the foods inves-
tigated:
Decrease in price, smoked bacon, 1
per cent
Increase in price, fresh milk. "a per
cent; smoked ham, 81; hens, 3.S;
graduated sugar, 6; Irish potatoes,
7.6; wheat flour, 10.7; pork chops, Ill.,.
pure lard, lib; strictly fresh eggs,
lis; cornmeal, 1877; creamery butter,
1853: slrloin steah Ill; rib roast, IT'S,
and round steak, 1876.
The advance during the decade, com
pairing the price June Is last with
the average for the 10 years, was as
follows: GRADUATED sugar. 85 per
cent; strictly fresh eggs, 26.1; fresh
milk, 1923; creamery butter, 3d.
wheat -four, 1873; pure lard, 55.3;
hens, 81; sirloin steak, sos; smoked
hams, 61.3; cornmeal. 63.7; rib roast,
63.S; round steak, "a; pork chops, Sc:
smoked bacon, 96.7; Irish potatoes,
1119.
Coal also advanced considerably in
some cities. The price on April Is,
as compared with year before, was
higher in Pennsylvania anthracite.
stove size, in Is out of 20 cities from
which reports were secured, and there
was no change Of price in the remain
ing four cities.