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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
Venerable southern JurIst Dies.

Venerable Southern Jurlst Dies.
Montgomery, Ala.-Jonathan Haral-
son, for 16 years associate justice of
the Alabama Supreme Court, died
here. Judge HARRISON retired to
private life several years ago.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

An Oklahoma dentist says kissing II
. national crime that ought to be
stopped by law. Are there not enough
laws that are dead letters nowf
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

According to many mfllionatres. any
nAn can become rich. But after look,
ing at some OF them, who wants tot
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

They used to say that football was
~ awfulIy rough game before politics
wot 70 be 20 unladyliks.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

Twenty-Five million dollars worth
Of cutlery aLl kitchen utensils belongs
to the shah Of Persia, yet he never
has homemade strawberry shortcake.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

Californis man committed suicide
Secause he was deserted By HIS wife.
azcessive Joy often causes insanity.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
TRUSTED EMPLoYE STEALS.
Tho Prisoner Admits REGULATIONS
Amounting To $4,000

Amounting To $4,000.
New YorkW William M. Lawrence,
40 years old, church member and
trusted employee of1the rice and grain
importing concern Of Daniel Tai
madge's Sons. admitted in the Tombs
Court to Magistrate Corrigan that he
had taken at least $4,000 from the
concern during the past six years.
This money, he said, had been spent
in being a good fellow and spender in
the Tenderloin. He was held in SIS, 900
bail for action by the grand jury. The
firm alleges that the theft will amount
to $4,000.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
FEAST ON FouRrH polsoNs 20.

Three Persons Dead and 81 Who Al
tended Family Reunion M.
Augusta, Ga. Three persons are
dead and 81 i'll as 4 result Of eating
poisoned food at the home OF Mac
canady. near Garfield, Ga. on the
Fourth Of July. according to informa-
ton reaching here. Mystery surrounds
the wholesale poisoning Of the Canady
family. who had gathered for q re-
union.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

It Il believed that this countryss e.
ports ii manufactures for the present
fiscal year win reach the billion dol
lar mark.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
JURY TRIAL FoR coNrEMPr.
The Clayton Bill Passes the House BY
Vote OF 232 To 10.

Vote OF 2s2 TO is.
Washington. The House passed the
Clayton Contempt Bill, 232 to Is. The
measure provides for trial by jury for
those accused Of indirect contempt OF
Federal court. II passed by the Sen
ate and enacted into law it would have
direct bearing on such cases of CON
tempt Of court as those in which
Samuel Gompers. Frank Morrison and
John Mitchell, of the American Fed.
GRAFTON. are now involved. Il
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

Switzerland consumes about 5000,
go bottles 81 minsFal waters each
year.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

coal fas first was used IS an fIiumi
nant Just 100 years ago this month
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18

Missouri claims 70 BE- the banner
strawberry state Of the union
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-07-18
THE LAST REFUGE GONE.
ExtradltIon Treaty Has Been Signed
With Honduras,

Washington. Those who Zee JUS
tice in the United States will here
after find no place on the Western
Hemisphere safe from extradition. BY
signing an extradition treaty with
Honduras the State Department closed
the last avenue Of escape.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

money for the town. often forgetting to turn It over to
the treasury. What resulted from this ambrdcNtrouS
practice that he converted to his own use about
SIX hundred thousand dollars Most OF tins money
to have from the bank; but he Is also SuS-
pcctcd OF being short in his capacity OF town treasurer
The bank has brought suit against the town tor
twenty mine thousand dollars said to be due on notes
made by the town to the bank, while the town man
tainS that paid the twenty y-nlnc thousand dollars
through its treasurer to the bank through that con-
Germs cashier There is question that the man had
authority to act for the town in paying the money,
and Just good authority To act for the bank IN re
ccvng it, but how the matter will ever be settled no.
body knows.
One point, however, is very clear: No being save
archangcl should be permitted TO act IN such
dual capacity For the ordinary man IT simply amounts
the digging of pitall into which he is very likely
to tumble unless he is honest that he wouldn't steal
postage stamp.
In onc-man bank the temptation TO Juggle deposits
is always present and this fact is SO well known that
surety companies often refuse to bond such man 1t
is with the dead" inactive accounts that the most
Juggling is done Where deposits are OF long standing
and there is little likelihood of withdrawal the oneman
bank often becomes badly tangled up by this Juggling.
Last year Pennsylvania trust company lost four hun
dred thousand dollars through its vice president and
treasurer, who was allowed to assume unlimited au-
thonty and held out money lent to bogus borrowers
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

far more numerous than they are. To be sure, the
annual sum Of cmbczzcmcnts is much larger here than
in England Germany, where big dcalcation IS rare;
but in thosc countries such safeguards are thrown
around public and private treasures as to make 1t
almost impossible to pccuatc. On tins side OF the
Atlantic the system Of scrutiny much different more
is trusted to the man, and less to the institution.
Sometimes the and the institution are one. Here
and there is found a country bank or trust company in
which man handles al the money, makes all the
loans and conducts all the other business with little or
no interference by the directors OF the concern Such
a condition grows out OF the fact that everything al
ways has been all right with the concern, there IS no
why it should not continue To be all right Even
where the Pooh Bah OF the institution goes into business
on the side accepts big public trust no question is
made
The cashier Of bank in a country town in New Eng
land was given full swing in the handling OF accounts
and the lending OF money. He ran for town treasurer
and was elected. The town frequently borrowed money
from the bank, giving notes for the loans. With his
right hand the doubc-hcadcd official would make out
the notes and with his left hand would receive the
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11


The handlers of other peoples money in this country
make away with twenty to thirty millions OF dollars
year. the surety folk estimate and OF TINS d"'i
over nineteen million dollars has actually been r'"IVu
and tabuated in single year One big surety col''y,
which bonds cashiers and reaSurerS IN every STAG ~
the Union reports an average Of SIX dealcatlonS "l
as its share of losses from this source, and II Is '''
mated that the full average is thirty day or "uTu'
ten thousand year. OF course many OF these I'Hui
tions for amounts less than one thousand uo.,'
but Others run from hundred thousand to hVe nun
drcd thousand.
Despite these reports, and despite the grcIte,
temptations afforded to money handlers tod'! '''ai
formerly, and the usdeniabe fact that the pA.e
swftcr all round, the world is really growing Ho''
honest. .
al am convinced" said the manager OF a og S%uL.y SUI
company to me- that human nature is growing p'e" j
and better every day. Individual cases prove tiS 'a
when consider the small salaries pad to cashiers T the
rule the many temptations that beset them iI r'e ,,e
amounts, my admiration for the thousands OF aDsolSg
trustworthy men and women who are handling o''''
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
CHAPTER VII. The Plot ThickenS

MARX was having birthday party II iat ,i'!ly
lNl assumed the outward and visible form ~ pc
nj, and after an exceedingly hot and dusty from
London and considerable securing OF the countryside
= motley group of eight people found thernsoNe eael
on eight cushions under large tree and hle " rem
were asking themselves, violently, What on earn "au
induced them to come The FIVE were Charters alque-
line Cousin Cynthia, Captain DENLY, and t.' 'etty
and frivolous Counties, Of Gcrnaine. The tre, who
didn't ask were Mark, Priscilla and Rupert, I'll. aored
son Of the Countess, who was eight years 0.i, red
rcalcd and incorrigibe but possessed Of ntln', arm
He was now undergoing the pangs Of first love and had
informed Priscilla that his life was at her d- sal to
make or mar according TO her capricious tancy
"Thi, is gorious.' sighed Mark happily. as ne
surveyed the surrounding faces and the open "'ptrS
with impartial satisfaction ." lid want {. 3D. the
Tower Of London awfuly; but next to tha. 'Hs IS
rcrfcct Rupert We represent menial scryiy. i. ms
fcstal board. Didn't | say 'menial scrv',. WE'LL
"Oh, ,t1i. Narkn protested Cynthia fccbly.
"Wcn remember Uncle Hal, and don't g "'irT
with U.S." Mark warned her cheertully. .''Arity
with the domestcs and Others connected W.T.. ''ial
service is one OF my bcSetting sins, and i.. e1rc
to see it CROWN the family Had you rather b. Parker
or ITugglcs, Rupert"
Il rather wanted to be Huggles myself "'.S,ed
Mark But its all right: old fellow | i.Int INT
your vocabulary is limited. You say ng, but
'Ycssr' and Nosir. except when you say y. lord
and 'Nomlord. OF course, YOU adapt your "nen
speaking to members OF the opposite sex. -'N !
advise YOU to say Thankyousir at least One very
two minutes.
"Ycssr," assented FIuggles' substitute n..~'uro-
ably.
And il you smile you're done for. Don't get.
"Nosr," Hugges assured him with modula.,i Ter
vor.
"On your mark-get sct-go!" admonshc5 Mark,
and he fell hamper, while HuggleS fell the
other.
"Thankyousir, intoned Hughes as he fell
Coji hot b-iuL bo,.p pf t q,
Charters said admiringy. But isn't he Gecate'
Such prodgal mentality in So"
Hes as strong as an OK" protested the Co;nteSS
indignantly. He's never been i'll for day m ms
life, and" She stopped flushing prettily under the
storm of laughter that greeted her defense.
"He strikes me as being sicklied DER with 81 pale
cast of thought" Charters informed her gra'eE'
"Thcrc's clear transparent tinge about his
YOU'RE trying To tease me- dehed the O'in'-
Continued page II
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

kept her eyes from meeting his. You are insocnt,
She said. And YOU are rather silly. Will you be
good enough to go;'
Il am going.
She turned back to the window, and there was
moments pause Then she could hear the steps going
away. They paused the door, and then went slowly
on downstairs Once they stumbled then a door
opened and closed very softly and she turned back
from the window The nice boy with the happy eyes
had gone She shivcrcd little, and then, shaking
herself slightly walked the mirror the m@ntc.
There she stood resting her elbows upon and pushing
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
| 2


which Is the more rcal-PcncIolcS weaving "t me
sirens music, It's matter Of taste Master ii''.
Look at me-" begged Harry. Look a. me- my
beautiful When YOU look at mc | forget \an, FAC.
when told hcr-I forget everything except t"" Won
dcrful YOU are. Oh, lacqucinc, ho" wonderful you
are"
Iacouclinc leaned suddenly forward. her o,'d lac.
flaming. Am 81, wonderful " She demanded ''n-,y,
80 wonderful that no could help loving "'. more
,.ri.rf,il than anyone cl-r,'
Varrg Gilc,, lifted dizzy eyes 10 hers. Il can't
.., " n, ,hi.,rrrI br,a,hl..-ly: "but you know,
,,',. i.',,,,in,l,"
t,.,,,r,r. ,.,. a h''l. catch oi cxuau' laughter.
&" s., I NOR, beautiful than that Ilampdcu chill.
,L' I,,'rr vhi,cfa,rl thing with the blg eye, Tell
me Harry"
&" Won are the mos, wonderful thing in the world.
cried the bow. And when YOU laugh Ike tina, |
go uaN Oh. Iacqucluc'"
Iacqucllnc brushed hi- thick brown hair with me
MS Il her finger. and laughed again Pm glad
- that " She tod him VIA, a nice goose you arc,
IIarrI DG YOUR little ,u,rthcart make a scene"
.%ancy," hc SAID IN a loss voice. " No. She
l,,j, ..,[ anything: hut her iacc-" He lifted hi,
hand =, IN. ,y,. Il thought | had killed her. be-
aid .i,a,ly
"Ob dear me. no." laughed acqucinc. we
,r,n', -, fragile a. that. wc women. Blu, our prl.
i. hard sornc,l,s and grant YOU that !, doesn't
L.,k rr.,,v"
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST H. 1917

the bright hair back from her brows with slim, white
5Am | 50 wonderful" she asked softly %, The still
face and the restless eyes in the glass. And even as
She looked a slow flush mounted, staining It, uness
and she dropped her eyes with low, happy little
laugh like girls But it was not OF young Ohleon
that she was thinking.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

A AlERlCA\S are nat
~ urally an honest
folk. II they were
not, the populations by
the men and women Of this
country who handle other
peoples money would be
New-York tribune., 1912-08-11
CASHIERS WHO GO WRONG
BY BAILEY MILLARD

In 1910 a New York say
ings bank lost three hun
drcd and fifty thousand
dollars through its Pooh
Bah treasurer, who mani
pulatcd inactive accounts
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
ASTOR'S WILL MADE PUBLIC
Bulk of Estate to His Only Son,
William Vincent Astor.

New York City.-Counsel for the
family made public the will of John
Jacob Astor, as drawn in this city in
September.
Vincent Astor a son who will come
to age within the year, is made the
principal beneficiary and residuary
legatee No hint as to the value of
the great estate is given, but esti-
mates run from S75,000,0O0 to $780,
100000.
BY the creation of trust funds, the
testator has followed, so far as pos
sible, the custom of his forbears in
keeping the vast Astor real estate
holdings intact.
Aside from provisions for Vincent
Astor, the will provides for uncondi-
tional bequests of only $276,500.
Among these there is but one of
charitable nature.
Nearly all other provisions of the
will, as made public, deal with the
trust funds, of which there are three:
$5,OOO,O00 for the young widow, S5,-
100000 for the colonels young daugh-
ter Muriel, the child of his former
wife, Ava Willing Astor, and $3,000,000
for the expected posthumous child of
the present widow. This latter clause
provides for leach child who shall sur
vive the testator other than his son,
William Vincent, and his daughter,
Ava Alice Muriel."
No provision is made for the wife
who divorced him; and if the young
widow dies or marries again the $5,-
100000 trust fund, together with the
town house and other property left
to her, reverts to Vincent Astor. She
receives, however, 100000 outright,
without further stipulation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
HARD COAL MINERS ARE FIRM
Deadlock Between Operators and Men
Referred to Convention of Union
lists at Wilkesbarre, Pa.

New York City.-Ten per cent fiat
increase of wages, recognition of the
union and restoration of the sliding
scale-or strike.
This, in effect, is the ultimatum of
the anthracite miners to the operators
refusal to grant the full concessions
demanded by the men when negotia-
tions were begun here month ago.
At final conference of the author
lied representatives of the dissatisfied
miners at the Hotel Darlington it was
decided to refer the deadlock between
the operators and their men to con-
vention of miners at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
May IA. The 400 local unions of the
three districts directly involved will
each send one delegate to the conven-
tion. The questions in dispute will
then be thoroughly discussed and a
vote of the convention will be taken
on each of them. y
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
TEDDY AND CLARK WIN
VICTORIOUS IN PRIMARY ELEc.
TloN HELD IN MARYLAND.
Roosevelt viii Probably Control Re-
publican State Convention by
About Four Votes.

Baltimore, Md. = Late indications
are that Roosevelt will control the
Republican state convention by about
four votes and that he got popular
majority in the primaries held
throughout the state.
On the Democratic side Champ
Clark swept the city and apparently
has carried enough counties in the
state to give his friends control of the
convention.
Wilson was Clark's most formidable
opponent. Harmon carried but one
county in the state.
Clark and Roosevelt both carried the
state. Clark has 60 delegates to the
state convention; Wilson Sc; Harmon
4. Roosevelt has G6 in the Republican
convention; Taft 63.
Clark and Roosevelt swept Balti-
more city and both get the popular
plurality in the state.
In one district in Baltimore city,
while Roosevelt got the preferential
vote, four Taft delegates were elected
to the state convention. These are
under the law obligated to vote as
Roosevelt delegates, but they may
give the Taft organization control of
the state convention.
Maryland has a hodge-podge pri-
mary law almost as confusing as that
of Massachusetts. 1t is possible under
the Maryland law for one candidate to
get the statewide presidential prefer
ence expression and for the other to
have the delegates.
Under the Maryland law the county
or the Legislative district in the case
of the city of Baltimore, is the unit
that determines the presidential pref
erence for the delegates.
That is, the presidential preference
vote in each county or legislative dis
trict Baltimore has no county gov
ernment, but is divided into legislative
districts) determines how delegates
elected to the state convention from
each district or county shall vote. The
delegates to the state convention are
apportioned according to the number
of representatives in the states gen
eral assembly. 1t is therefore possible
for one of the candidates to have the
state wide preference vote and still
not control a majority of the delegates
to the state convention. One of the
singular features of this primary cleo
tion is that the voter was able to have
his ballot marked for him outside the
polling booth. Ballots so marked were
deposited in special envelopes This
method of voting was restricted, how
ever, to districts outside Baltimore.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
CLAIM DELEGATES APPROACHED.

Columbus.-Opponents of the Ross
Joyce Democratic faction in this
city allege that their candidates for
delegates to the county convention
were induced to withdraw by the of
fer of bribes and they have taken
steps to secure evidence to turn over
to Prosecuting Attorney Turner with
the request that prosecution be
brought under the corrupt practices
act.
AT meeting held at the Rankin
building, committee of three at
torneys, Carl Valentine, II. G. Moore
and James b. Yaw, were appointed
to gather the necessary evidence for
presentation to Prosecutor Turner
and the grand jury. The committee
will hold future meetings.
At the special meeting can
didates told how they had been ap
preached and offered inducements to
withdraw. W. T. Rice said he had
been told if he would withdraw as
candidate he would be made a dele
gate to the state convention by the
Ross-Joyce faction.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
PUT PARSELS POST
ON R, F. D. ROUTES
E0NGREss@GN, BY PASSING THE
p. O. APPROPRIATION BILL,
FAVOR EXPERIMENT.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE FEATURES
Measure Provides for Committee
Amendments Revoking Gag"
Rule in Postoffice De-
partment.

Washington, ID. CATER several
weeks of debate, the house finally
passed the postoffice appropriation bill
carrying approximately S260,00O,OOO
for the expenses of the postal service
for the next fiscal year. The bill
passed by vote of 227 to without
roll call, although roll calls were
had on several of the legislative fea-
lures of the bill. General debate then
was begun on the legislative, eXecu-
tive and judicial measure.
Among the important legislative
sections of the postoffice bill is that
which creates an experimental parcels
post on strictly rural routes and a
temporary parcels post on general
routes. This legislation however, is
subject to change at the next session
when joint committee, authorized by
the bill, makes recommendations for
the establishment of an unlimited par
GELS post. AS adopted, the parcels
post rates on rural route will be five
cents a pound for the first pound and
one cent for each additional pound ON
packages not exceeding IL pounds in
weight. The general rate is IL cents
pound with a package limit of IL
pounds.
Other legislative features of the bill
embrace the Shackelford good roads
amendment providing for federal aid
to good roads by a system of tolls
for the use of roads over which rural
mails are carried; the Barnhardt
amendment, requiring newspapers and
periodicals to publish the names of
their owners and stockholders, and
committee amendments revoking the
gag" rule in the postoflice depart
ment and also requiring that steel
cars only shall be used for the rail.
way mail service after July 1, 1917.
With the passage of a bill by the
senate granting Allan G. Rush of Los
Angeles right-ofway across Goat
Island and permit to utilize a portion
of the preside military reservation
the first tangible step was made to,
wards execution of plans for spanning
San Francisco bay with a $26,000,00C
suspension bridge, to be the longest
in the world.
The bridge planned would be nine
and one-half miles in length, from
Lombard street, near the base of Tele
graph hill in San Francisco, across
Goat Island, to the tide flats near EN-
eryville on the Oakland side. The
bridge would be $50 feet above the
water level, thus admitting vessels
without interruption.
The engineering feature of the
bridge would be the construction OF
the eight piers from which the sec
tions, each 2,2S0 feet long, would be
suspended.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
PROCEDURE LAGs NOW.
NO Reason to Advantages Criminals
Have, Says Peck.

Columbus.-The present constitu-
tional provision to the effect that an
accused person need not testify. and
that his failure so to do cannot be
commented upon before the jury was
declared, in the constitutional conven-
ton lately, to be without reason
The provision that in criminal trial
the state may not take depositions
but must bring every witness face to
face with the defendant, was SINH
larly characterized.
The discussion took place during
consideration of the Riley amend
ment, which gives the state the same
right as the defense in the taking of
deposittons and which, although it al
lows an accused to refuse to take the
stand If he wants to, does not prevent
the state from making comment on
this fact.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-05-10
DEDICATE LA FRANCE" BUST
ing the Memory of Champlain
at Crown Point.

Crown Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y.
-Auguste Robins bust, La France" !"
was dedicated here on May 3 to
the French gentleman, explorer and
adventurer, Samuel d. Champlain, who
discovered the lake on July 20, 1919.
The impressive services were attend
ed by many prominent New York
state officials and large delegation
of French savants, headed by Gabriel
HanotauX, former French secretary of
state for foreign affairs.
The bust, which is considered one
OF the best works of the famous sculp-
tor, shows the figure of a woman with
a background of bronze. Her head is
draped with flimsy veil bearing an
inscription in French.
Prominent among the party of visit
ing Frenchmen was Baron d'Estour-
cate of worldwide peace. In his
speech at the dedication Baron de
Constant said that the United States,
England and France led the world in
the peace movement He closed his
address with fervid eulogy of Cham
plain and his life.