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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-31

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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
MRS. GRACE
NOT GUILTY
Sensational Society Trial Comes
To An End at Atlanta With
Acquittal Verdict.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 1.-With her
husbands face leering at her from the
pillow of his cot, Mrs. Daisy\E Grace
today related herStory to the jury.
81 did not shoot Mr.. Grace and he
knows it; as God is my judge that is
the solemn TRUTH she exclaimed dra-
matically and Grace's lips rarted in a
cynical smile. 1t was remarkable
story, told in calm, even voice, with
out pause as though it had been we'll
rehearsed. Grace was revealed in black
colors as a creature who had rewarded
wifely love and generosity with the
grossest cruelty and infidelity.
Mrs. Grace occupied the better part
OF an hour in It's telling and at Its con-
clusion she left the stand and the de-
fense rested its case. AS she did not
make the statement under oath. the
prosecution was denied the privilege
of cross-examination.
Mrs. Grace's story of the shooting:
"He sprang out of bed and grabbed
my left wrist with his right hand and
my right wrist in his left hand. We
struggled and he backed me over
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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
TRY TO WRECK
AUTOMOBILES
Some Persons are Running Risk
of a Trip to the Pen
itentiary.

Some one, on mischief bent, is run
ming the risk of trip to the peniten-
tiary as the result OF repeated efforts
to injure automobiles by placing OBJ
stacles on the road.
On Saturday James Black, while
driving with a party of young friends,
had a narrow escape from very serious
accident when his machine suddenly
come upon huge boulder which had
been rolled onto the track, ard it was
only by narrow margin that the
front wheel missed the. object but the
rear rim and tire was wrecked.
1t is nothing uncommon for boulders
and boards with nails in them to be
picked up by the automobilists and as
there are an increased number of ma
chimes here now, seventeen in num-
Der, it will not be long until the
guilty parties will be punished,i If they
persist in their effort to do damage to
the machines.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
five WORDS
cost $1,000
NewJersey Prisoner Made Threat
to Judge and Gets Thousand
Days Additional.

Patterson, n. j., Aug. 5.-It costs
Perry Weinburg 5000 word to say
"I'll get even with you," when he was
arraigned before Judge Martin today.
The court had sentenced him for steal
ing $40 from Lee Potter, his employer,
to not more than three years and not
less than eighteen months in prison.
AS Weinberg was being led away
he turned upon Potter and made the
little speech about "getting evcn."
II overheard your remarks said
the court, 'and now in addition to
your States prison sentence, / will
impose fine of 81 900 in your case"
The fine will keep Weinberg in
prison for 1000 days longer, if he
works 1t out at the rate of dollar a
day
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
BOOST FOR
COUNTY FAIR
President Finley in An Address
Says the County Fair is a
Most Important Factor.

The president of Fair Association
in one of the progressive counties ira
versed by the lines of the Southern
Railway Company has suggested that
l write an article for newspaper publi-
cation on 1.-THE Advantages and Bene-
fits of the County Fair"
1t gives me great pleasure to comply
with this suggestion for the reason
that, in my opinion, the county fair
can be made most important factor
in the progress and development of
the locality in which it is held.
At the county fair the visitor sees
what his own neighbors are doing
where the conditions of Climate and
soils are similar to those on his own
farm. The men who have attained
che best results and carried off the pre-
miums are known to him. He can
talk with them, visit their farms, and
learn Just how they have succeeded.
A county fair thus becomes most ef-
fioieuf educational institution. This is
especially true where, as at some of
the fairs in the Southeastern States,
lectures are delivered by experts in
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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
BULL MOOSE PARTY IS
LAUNCHED IN TENNESSEE

Poston, III, b. Anderson, John HI. Nc
Dowell, T. G. Barnes, William +. Om-
burg, S. f. Calender, A. J. Fletcher,
John G. Ramsey, r.. g. Stewart, Sam
Barrel, N. Dickson,R r. M. Copeland DR..
ID. A. Nun, j. Lovel, j. g. Barton.
About two hundred delegates were
present when State Treasurer, G. T.
Taylor called the body to order, about
twenty-five being negroes. Harry b.
Anderson OF Memphis was chosed tenn
porary chairman over Judge H. +.
Cambell former republican candi-
date for governor, for the place.
In his keynote speech, Mr.. Anderson
declared the movement was one to
launch new party and tear dow n the
structure erected by special priv ileges,
the watchword to be liberty, fraternity
and equality. The speaker criticised
Gov. Hooper for remaining neutral in
the recent presidential contest. In re-
gard to Woodrow Wilson, the speaker
declared him an experiment. Mr..
Anderson was made permanent chair
man.
Col. Poston is lawyer aud widely
known in state and political circles.
During Harrison's administration he
was district attorney for the western
district of Tennessee: in 1900, during q
split in the republican party in Ten.
nessee, he was nominee for one fac
tion for governor, Withdrawing when
the differences were finally patched
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
HOOPER SEES SAME OLD
LINEUP With McMILLIN

"Every sinister influence in Tennesss
see politics is now drawn up ready to
charge the forces of progress, reform
and law enforcement. The Comp
trollers's back-taX machine, the law
less saloon and the enemies of an hon.
est telections are all in line.
"With Patterson for Senator, Nc
Millin for Governor, Dibrellfor Comp
troller, John /. Cox for Speaker of
the House and Parks Morley of the
Senate, the machine will make des-
perate effort to regain power.
"Without laying claim to any pro-
phetic vision, predict that this whole
gang will be routed at the polls. Hav-
ing gone forward, the people will not
turn Backward
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
CHARLEY ALIENS HOME ON
JONES' HILL IS BURNED

A fire, the origin of which is shroud-
ed in mystery consumed the home of
Charley Allen, one of Uncle Sans
Rural mail carriers, Monday night
about o'clock.
The house, located on Jones Hill, in
one of the most thickly populated
sections of the town was seen TO be
ablaze by neighbors at few minutes
before o'clock. No one had been in
the house for hours, Mrs. Allen being
away on visit with her parents in
the country and Mr.. Allen was down
town where he had had supper at his
fathers home.
The flames, apparently shot forth
from the dinning room roof and the
roof was quickly mass of flames.
Neighbors were enabled To save much
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08

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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
HOOPER'S ADDRESS

Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 2-In his adj
dress to the Roosevelt convention,
Gov. Hooper said
"In politics, as in the popular song,
Every Little Movement has Mean
ing of its Own The little movement
here today by those self-constituted
leaders who have apparently taken
out patent rights on Col. Roosevelt's
candidacy has very apparent mean
ing. They are the same gentlemen
who have fought my administration
from its reception, at the dictation of
the liquor interests and the Demo-
cratic m machine. They care nothing for
progressive principles, and would not
give three whoops in hades either for
Taft or Roosevslt. They merely seek
an opportunity to serve the same mas
ter who has heretofore claimed their
services. They know that the rank and
file of the Roosevelt voters of this
state are as loyal to me as the Taft
voters, but they seek to grind their
little factional axes at Roosevelt's
grindstone.
So far as my position in national
politics is concerned, / have never
sought to deceive any man, nor shall
| do SC now. From the time was
nominated two years ago have de-
voted myself entirely to questions af-
fecting the government of Tennessee.
| have had neither time nor the dis
position to interfere in national poll
tics. have held myself aloof from
old time factionalism and tried to give
this state broad, non-factional ad-
ministration. Whether or not i have
succeeded you gentlemen know.
"When thecontest for the presiden.
tial convention came>on kept hands
off save to insist that my Taft friends
give the Roosevelt men square deal
in the state convention and that nv
Roosevelt friends demand nothing
more. AS result of this, our state
conventions were harmonious. For
what occurred at Chicago am in no
sense to blame. There may be a few
extremists both among the Taft and
Roosevelt people, who would sacrifice
me in the interest of their candidate.
but such an effort will react to the
ruin of those who attempt it, for the
people of Tennessee are for me, and !
am going to win.
CAT the same time, desire to be
perfectly frank as TO the position L
shall take in this campaign. have
never intended to make myself even
an elector for any presidential candi-
date. | expect to confine my atten-
tions to the discussion of state issues
that are of vital Importance to the
people of Tennessee. These issues are
set forth in my platform and no ma
tional issues are discussed in it. They
are of sufficient number, magnitude
and Importance to require all my time
and it is to handle these questions
that am commissioned by the people
who stood behind NE in this state. 1t
is no part of my business TO discuss
thetariff, the trusts and the money
question, but it Is my business TO agi-
tate those considerations connected
with the government of this state.
"Iwas nominated by the unanimous
vote of a republican convention, COM
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08

of the household goods including a
kitchen range and the furnishings in
the two front rooms of the house, but
they were unable to get into the din
ing room where the fire apparently
had started.
There had been no fire in the house
for nearly ten days.
The Jones Hill fire apparatus car
ried a small stream to the blaze and
prevented further spread of the flames,
although the preasshre was exceeding
ly weak, and when the house was
about half consumed second line of
hose was brought from town and it,
too, was used in eXtinguishing the
flames, but not until the house was a
total loss.
The dwelling was owned by Mr..
Allen and was partly insured.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 5.-Gover-
nor Hooper made the following state
ment concerning the primary results:
"The primary vote is surprisingly
light, considering the boost that was
given it by the regular election and the
large number of active aspirants for
the gubernatorial nomination. The
returns indicate that theindependents
held aloof and the regulars themselves
failed to enthuse.
"The lineup for November is now
easily discernable. The result today
was great victory for the old ma
chine whose misgovernment of that
state was brought to an end two years
ago.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
Roosevelt Republicans, How
ever, Get Into a Hopeless
Middle and a Bolt and Two
Separate Conventions is the
Result, One of the Conven-
tons Naming a Candidate
for Governor While the
Other Endorsed Hooper.

Nashville, Aug. 2.-Rooseveltian re-
publicans of Tennessee got into hope
less muddle today and the convention
called to organize the state for the third
party movement resulted in bolt and
two conventions.
The endorsement of Gov. Hooper
was the rock upon which the Roosevelt
supporters split. When the original
convention named w. +. Poston of
Alamo as candidate for governorin OPP
position to Gov. Hooper, thirty OF the
Hooper delegates bolted and organized
a seperate convention, which was ad-
dressed by Governor Hooper and gave
him enthusiastic endorsement.
Governor Hooper said in his address
to the bolters' convention that he
would vote for President Taft, but
would not 60 any further in his sup
port of.Mr. Taft. He said he entered
upon his duties as governor with the
determination that he would take no
part in republican factlonal fights and
that he intendsto to live strictly up to
that determination. The bolting con-
vention was enthusiasticin its appluse
for Colonel Roosevelt.
The Hooper convention called upon
Judge HI. B. Lindsay and w. j. Oliver
to assume leadership in the state and
named new state committee, which
will inturn namedelegates to represent
the faction at the Chicago convention.
This convention also endorsed HI. B..
Lindsay and III. 7. Campbell as electors
at large and passed resolutions de-
nouncing State Treasurer G. T. Taylor
and John Houk, the Roosevelt leaders
who are opposing Gov. Hooper. Sam
Edwards of Putnam county was the
presiding officer at the boilers conven-
tion.
Delegates named to the Chicago con-
vention by the third party convention
presided over by State Treasurer G. T.
Taylor were:-
First district-F. p. Robinson, Ma
jor Paul e Devine, f. G. Wallen.
Second district-C. f. Milligan, II.
H. Herring, Fred. G. Houk.
Third District-T. g. Smith, John
G, Herring, Walter A. Woods.
Fourth district-John +. Oliver, John
ID. Patton, John Morgan.
Fifth district--W. r.. Smith, w. IL
Crowell, H. G. Turner.
Sixth district-C. M. Joseph, James
Morton, w. A. Lewis.
Seventh District. s. Shapiro, E. J
| Boynton, William III. Holener.
Eighth district-G. III. Parton, j. J
Lazier, William Moss.
Ninth district-Hal Taylor, J. G
Burkick, Jr., j. Il. Hazelwood.
Tenth dist:ict-George Neuhart
John A. Fisher, II. B. Anderson,S. b
Anderson.
State-at-large-Dan Swab, j. c
Houk, J. T.. Ellington, w. w. Taylor
w. M. Barker, &. T. Taylor, w. F
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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08
LITTLE CHANGE
in FIGURES
Plain Talk Covered Election
In It's Last Weeks
Issue.
ONLY One CHANGE MADE

Whereas in the First Returns 1t
Appears That Dave Burke De-
feated Murray Stokely By One
Vote the Official Count Shows
That the Two Had Run a Tie
Race for the Office, and a
Special Election VIII Have to
Be Held.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-08-08

The official returns which we pub
lish this week differ but little from
the returns which The Plain Talk
published last week. We named
every winner in the county with the
exception of the Sixth district race,
where the official count showed that
Dave Burke and Murray Stokely had
tied at 2l0 votes each, instead of Burke
having majority of one as was an
nounced on election night. The elec-
tion commissioners had the vote of
Stokely and Burke counted three
times when the returns were opened
on Monday and it showed that a
clerical error had been made and that
the two candidates were tied for the
third magistrates place. Quite a
crowd witnessed the recount and con-
siderable interest was manifest in it.
The official vote was as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
FIRE ON LAUNCH SALIVA.
Vessel Belonging to Judge Aukam
Damaged.

Judge George c. Aukam's launch, the
SALIVA. was damaged by fire last nigh,
shortly before Z o'clock. when the ancho,
light dropped. from the mast and set fire
to the life preservers
Charles Sanford Of the Potomac Gun
and Fishing Club discovered the blaze
and hurried to the launch While he was
at work trying to put out the fire an
alarm was sounded which summoned the
fireboat and three other companies of the
fire department to the vicinity Of " ash
ington channel. at the foot of 9th street.
Sanford managed to extingufsh the
blaze before the firemen reached the craft.
Only about S. damage resulted
Steam escaping from a pipe in the
foundry OF the Thomas Somerville Com
pany, 31S 18th street northwest, last
night about o'clock, caused a fire scare
Two companies Of the fire department
went to the foundry. made an examine
ton Of the premises and learned that
their services were not needed.
This morning. about o'clock, the fire
department received call from box II.
the alarm having been sounded because of
a blaze in the bicYcle establishment Of
Wade H. Harris. 2824h Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. The blaze was caused by
defective pipe connection with the stove
In the kitchen. About $50 damage re-
suited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
ANNUAL MEETING CALLED.
American Civic Association to As
semble in Baltimore.

Invitations to the eighth annual conven-
ton of the American Civic Association. to
be held in Baltimore at the Belvedere
Hotel November 10, 20 and 81, were sent
out today from the headquarters OF the
association in the Union Trust building in
this city. The invitations are signed by
j. Horace Mcfarland. president, and
Richard 3. Watrous, secretary of the as
sociation, and set forth, in part:
The program. now we'll under way.
promises sessions rich in address and dis
cussions relating to national, state and
city parks; to city planning, with par
ticular reference to the needs Of the
small cities and towns; to the intimate
details Of town and village improvement;
to the billboard nuisance and to the
house fly problem. Distinct advances in
these various departments of work will
be recorded in the convention in addresses
by we'll known civic leaders. Provision
is being made for round table conferences,
where may be discussed freely. and to
great profit the many problems that arise
in the making of the right kind of COM
munity life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
ANACOSTIA.

The East Washington Heights Citizens
Association did not resume it's meetings
last evening, as expected. President
Henry A. Buscher said he hoped to get
the members together next Monday even
ing.
After a delay of several months the
new Randle Highlands public school
building was officially opened yesterday
and Miss Constant Newkirk, who is to be
principal of the new school, was in charge
of the arrangements of transferring the
pupils from the Orr School in Twining
City to the new building. About 100 chill
dren We're transferred, those comprising
the grades from the fourth to the eighth.
The lower grades are to remain at the
Orr School. but both schools are to be
under one head.
Anacostia Tent No. T. Knights of the
Maccabees, met last evening in Masonic
Hall. with Clarence r. Brooks in the
chair. and listened to reports covering the
condition of the order.
Anacostia Chapter, No. Il, Royal Arch
Masons, completed arrangements at a
meeting last evening in Masonic Hall for
the joint indoor fete to be given by that
body and Anscostia Lodge, No. p, 4. A.
A. NJ. beginning tomorrow evening In the
hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
SAYS HUSBAND NEGLECTED HER
Frederick Degges Ordered to Pay
Wife $3.50 Weekly.

Although his wife claimed that he often
spent as much as $50 at a time on one
party for some other woman, whose
name was not revealed. Frederick Degges
told Judge Callan in the Juvenile Court
yesterday afternoon that he would be un-
able to provide $50 week for the sup
port of his wife and his five-year-old
daughter. who is cripple.
The wife. on the verge Of hysteria, told
the judge that Degges cared nothing for
her or the little girl
One time. when the baby was sick, .
she said. "he went out and did not come
back all that night. I have heard that
he spent SIC or SO a day for this other
woman. for taxicabs for her, and that on
a good time While this was going on
my little girl and myself were without
proper food
He has gone away at times for two
word from him." she continued.
Mrs. Degges said that once her husband
wrote to her that he was going to jump
off Cabin John bridge. Nothing was
heard from him for several days after
that. and the police spent five days drag
ging the river for him.
81 went back to him six times judge
she said, but every time he would go
off again. 1 can't stand it any longer,
and I want you to make him pay me
little girl
John NJ George. prosecuting attorney
at the Juvenile Court, recommended that
Degges be made to pay s. a week
Degges said that he wouldn't pay it.
After talking it over with Judge Callan
Degges promised to pay the amount
fixed by the court-$7.50 each week. His
wife said she had just 6 cents. SO the
court ordered that the first payment be
made Immediately. He said he didn't
have the money. and the deputy marshal.
W. J. Kirkland. seized him and started
to take him out of the courtroom. when
he suddenly remembered a five-dollar bill
he had. and offered this to his wife. The
Judge accepted it, and ordered that the
next payment be So in order to make
up the deficiency in the first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
ALLEY DIRECTORY ISSUED.
Shows That 10000 Persons Live on
Interior Courts of CAPITAL.

An alley directory showing the loca-
tons of all the interior courts OF the
city has just been ISSUED by the Monday
Evening Club of Washington. 1t was
prepared under the direction of Dr. Jesse
Jones, chairman of the housing commit
tee, and printed through the generosity
of Mrs Medill Mccormick Mrs. Will
liam Belden Noble and Mrs. John Van
Schaick. jr. The directory. it is expected,
will be of much assistance to the club in
its study of the alley problem.
There are 2?5 alleys in Washington
which contain 1887 houses, used for
dwellings by approximately 10000 per-
sons. according to statements contained
in the directory. The northwest, the larg-
est of the four general sections of the
city, has 181 or nearly three-fifths Of all
the alleys. The southwest is second with
IS; the northeast third, with 20, and the
southeast fourth. with 26. The work of
the board for the condemnation of in
sanitary buildings is reviewed in the pub
LEGATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-15
TRICK WEDDING JOKERS.
DR.. Bronaugh and Miss Reeder Wed
Ahead of Time Announced.

While their friends were preparing to
play jokes on them on their wedding day.
which was to have been tomorrow. DR..
Alfred Taylor Bronaugh of this city and
Miss M. katharine Reeder. daughter of
Ifr. and Mrs. John H. Reeder of New
burg, Charles county. Md. turned the
tables by suddenly altering their plans
and marrying in Baltimore yesterday.
When Miss Reeder and her fiance heard
that several OF her friends and several
college chums of Dr.. Bronangh We're
Toll the jokers They are now on their
honeymoon. and will not return to this
city for two weeks.
They were attended by relatives and q
few friends, including Miss Katharine
Hungerford of Newburg. who acted as
bridesmaid. and Ilbert Braysllaw of this
city. who acted as best man. The cere-
mony was performed at $3.50 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon in the rectory of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of the AS
cension. Rev. DIR. Richard W. Hogue Of
ficiating. The couple left Immediately for
Atlantic City. New York and other north
ern points