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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
CONGRESSMAN IS
GROUND TO DEATH
ROBERT C. wICKLIFFE OF LOUIS.
lama KILLED.
WAS DISCOVERED TOO LATE
Pathetic Scene in House When His Wife,
Who Had Not Learned of Tragedy,
Was ~Notiied-Wicklife Was
Monetary Expert.

Washington--Representative Wicklif'
OF Louisiana was run down on the tracks
of the Southern railway in Potomac
Park and instantly killed. He had left
the capital to be away OIL a fishing trip
How he happened to stray on the rail
road tracks has not been cleared up
The engineer of the train said he saw the
congressman too late to avoid the acci.
dent.
Unaware that her husband had been
suddenly killed, Mrs. Wicklifre occupied
a seat in the house gallery when Con
gresham Estopinal arose to announce
the death of his colleague. The events
which followed constitute one of the
most tragic and pathetic incidents ever
witnessed in the house.
Representative Estopinal had the reso-
luton announcing the death in his hand
and was standing in his place. Mrs.
Wickliffe was leaning over the rail of the
gallery. Representative Mcclellan Of
Tennessee happened to glance her way
and suddenly it occurred to him that
she was ignorant of the death Of her
husband and was about to be subjected
to the cruel ordeal Of learning Of ~ !,
husbands death by a public proclaim
ton.
He looked hurriedly about for a Lou
isiana member, and finding none other
than Representative Estopinal, ran hur-
riedly to that members desk and told
him of Mrs. Wickliffe's presence.
just as the two members looked up at
the gallery Mrs. Wicklife was laughing.
Representative John Garner of Texas
went upstairs and into the gallery. He
asked Mrs. Wiekliffe and Miss Wicklifre,
the latter Mr. Wicklife's sister, to step
out into the upper corridor, and told
them the sad news. Representative Tom
Helm of Alabama assisted Mrs. Wick
life when she swooned
II want to go home. | want to see
my baby said the stricken woman
Mr.. Bassford called an automobile.
They walked straight out into the corri-
dor, and Mrs. Wicklife seemed entirely
self-possessed. She stopped just long
enough to take the proffered hand Of
Oscar Underwood, who gripped hers sim
cerely. Then the group scattered and
the automobile carried the stricken
mother to her baby girl.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
CHARGE ATTEMPTED BRIBERY
Say Colonel's Friends Would Buy South.
ern Delegates.

Chicago.-With the specific charge
that "a welldefined effort is on foot to
buy the presidential nomination for The.
oaore Roosevelt" Director Mckinley. OF
the national Taft bureau, got into the
game and set the two warning factions
by the ears.
Senator Dixon, for Roosevelt, instant.
ly came back with these words:
This charge is a common, ordinary,
cheap, ineffective. campaign lie"
Ten minutes later DR.. Henry w. Coe,
chairman of the Oregon Roosevelt
league, announced that one delegate
from the Webbfoot State had been prom.
lsed ten convention tickets, quoted at
800 each, and a good government lob,
II he would give his vote to Taft.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Oddities Of Justice

That the whole theory Of penal
codes Is practically unsound and Cd
posed to the modern conceptions Of
the relation Of the state to crime. is
the contention Of Eugene Smith Of tho
New York bar, writing in the NAV
number Of Case and Comment. the
lawyers magazine. Illustrating the alb
surdity and disparity between penalty
for crimes in different states. Mr..
Smith says: "The average sentence
for perjury in Florida is ten years. in
Maine one year; for larceny. in Della
ware ten years. in the District Of Co
lumbia ten months; the penalty for ar.
son In Pennsylvania is twice that Of
burglary, but in Connecticut the su,lt
OF burglary is twice that Of arson: the
guilt Of counterfeiting In Ohio is twice
that OF perjury, but in Rhode Island
the guilt Of perjury is twice that Of
counterfeiting.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
President Has Narrow Escaue.

Old Point Comfort, Va.-The presiden.
tial yacht Mayflower, with the president
and Mrs. Taft and party of distinguished
guests aboard, narrowly escaped a col,
lision early Sunday with the steamer
Northland, of the Norfolk and Washing.
ton line, not far from Point Lookout,
where the Potomac river empties into
Chesapeake bay. Only the vigilance OF
the officers of the Northland and the
Mayflower and their prompt action pre-,
vented what looked for a minute like an
accident.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
WOULD MURDER DAUGHTER
Was Leaning Forward to Kiss Con.
demned Father Through Bars.

Washington, Pa.-With but a few
hours to live, Jan Ribarik, condemned to
die on the g%allows, tried to strangle his
daughter when she appeared in his cell
to bid him goodbye. Antonio Ribarik
was a witness against her father, and
her testimony was damaging to his case.
Ribarik had threatened to kill her be-
fore he was hanged, but a week ago ap-
parently became ~reconciled to her.
She called to see her father, and as
she stepped forward to kiss him he
grasped her by the throat with both
hands and was s~trangling her when the
guards beat him unconscious with an
iron bar. Later he was led to the gal
lows and hanged, without expression of
regret for his crime or his assault upor
his daughter.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Delicate Point.

They are a happy Sewickley couple
They haven't been married very long.
In fact. the honeymoon has barely
waned. An elderly friend met the
bridegroom downtown yesterday and
slapped him on the back.
Well, happy as a lark, I suppose?"
"Oh. yes"
"How's tho cooking?"
i have ono trouble there. It's Just
this, my wife has been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
You must be getting tired of It,"
am. Yet I feel a hesitancy about
saying anything. How soon after tho
honeymoon would it be proper to ask
for beefsteak and onions ?"-Pittsburg
Post.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
MOVE FOR 15.CENT COTTON
Head Southern States Cotton Corpora
tion Has Holding Plan.

Little Rock, Ark.-George D. Wadley
of Bolingbroke, Ga, president of the
Southern States Cotton Corporation, cap
italized at 100000, is in Little Rock
for the purpose of organizing a loca'
branch. having for its object the fixing
of the price of cotton at Is cents per
pound. His plan is to have six men in
each county buy all the cotton in their
counties at IL cents per pound. to be
paid by draft, and interest-bearlng GER
~tificate issued for the remaining 4 cents.
The 4 cents withheld will create q sink
ing fund for the purchase Of surplu'
cotton.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
MORGAN FIGHTS
SHERMAN LAW
STEEL INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
FLAYS CORPORATION.
RECOMMEND ITS DISSOLUTION
Morgan Made ee3s,OO0,OoO From Trust,
Says RepOrt-PurpOsely Fled the
Country to Avoid Appearing
Before the Committee.

Washington.-The Stanely committee,
which made an exhaustive investigation
into the United States Steel Corporation,
filed its report with the house of repre-
sentatives. The report directly accuses
J. Pierpont Morgan, leading spirit in the
steel trust, of being the arch enemy of
the Sherman antitrust law and of the
independent steel business in the United
States. It shows that in the orpaniza.
ton of this one company Mr.. Morgan
and his personal associates reaped the
unprecedented profit of $685., 600, 200.
The report recommends legislation for
the dissolution of the United States
Steel Corporation as a monopoly on raw
material within the definition of the
Sherman antitrust law under the recent
decision of the supreme court and as a
holding company in defiance of a former
decision in the case of the Northern Sc
curities Company, a railroad combina.
ton.
1t also recommends:
Federal incorporation and registration
OF all industrial corporations doing an
interstate business, such as is now exer-
cised over federal banks.
That the states be given the right to
control the tax to be levied on corpora
lions and the character of its business.
Legislation prohibiting in the future
acquisition by any individual or corpora-
ton of mineral rights or properties,
whether in public or in private owner
ship, that may lead to a monopoly within
the definition of the law.
"Mr. Morgan purposely fled the coun-
try to escape appearance before the COM
committee" said Chairman Stanley.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Gen. Wood Nav Go.

Wsshington.-The senate by 3 vote
of 81 to "a, adopted the report of the
senate and house conferees, containing a
number of anti-administration provisions
on the army bill. One of these provisions
would legislate out of office Gen. Leon
ard Wood, present chief of staff of the
army. As agreed to, the bill would re-
quire army officers acting as chief of
staff, after March 4, next, to have at
least ten years service in the line viii
rank below brigadiergeneral.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
FLOODS ARE STILL SERIOUS
Thousands South of New Orleans Are
Homeless and Suffering.

Thousands South of New Orleans Are
Homeless and Suffering.
Washington.-The foods in Louisiana
again have become serious, necessitating
another appeal to the army for aid. A
message to the war department told of
the breaking of every protection levee
west of Bayou La Fourche, from La
Badieville to the Gulf Of Mexico, about
ninety miles, covering almost every es-
tate in the vicinity of the water.
Maj. Normoyle at vicksburg, in charge
of the army flood relief work, was in
structed to send an officer to aid in the
relief south Of New Orleans. The mes
sage stated that thousands were made
homeless by these breaks, and the suffer
ers were badly in need Of rations and
shelter,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
BREAKING GLASS ON STREET
Officer Who Enforced Prohibition" AZ
Tulsa Arrested.

Tulsa, Okla.-J. T.. llullett, a special
olicer OF the governmet bureau for the
suppression OF the liquor traffic among
the Indians, was arrested here by the
'lty police on a charge of littering the
city streets with glass. Hullett had
selzed Il large shipment of beer and was
breaking the bottles one at Il time on a
downtown curbstone when a policeman
came along and arrested him. Munici.
pal Judge Houston gave Hullett a severe
lecture and discharged him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Mexico Pays Claim.

Mexico City.-The claims of Mrs. Jen.
ME Martha Preston for $4,000 indemnity
for the death of her husband at Ell Paso
during the Madero revolution, was paid
by the Mexican government. Minister
Pedro Lascurian said hat this case was
| no way an exception to the procedure
which would be observed in other cases.
He stated that this case was only one
which vas easy of proof and which had
beer early on the long list in the hands
OF the department in charge of claims,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Gomez Makes Promises.

Washington. - President Gomez has
promised the suppression of the rebellion
within ten days in a statement to Rear
Admiral Osterhaus at Havana.
The state department believes Presi.
dent Gomez is honestly trying to sup.
press the rebellion and is determined to
give him full opportunity to do so be
Tore even considering itervention.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
BALTIMORE GETTING READY
Nearly 100000 Requests for Tickets
Have Been Received.

Baltimore, Md.-Baltimore awaits the
coming Of 1000 delegates to the Demo.
cratic national convention, the prepare.
tions for which have practically been
completed. Already the advance guard
of boomers for candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination have pitched their
camps on the battle ground and are lay
ing the final plans of campaign.
Applications for tickets to the conven-
ton proceedings are pouring from pros
pective visitors from all over the country
and it was estimated that nearly 200, 900
requests for tickets had been received.
As there are about 10000 tickets to be
distributed, the committee is having its
difficulties in making assignments.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Easily Answered-

These kids I teach aren't a bit
Slow observed a school teacher yes
terday. I'm fact, I'm afraid they read
the papers. The other day I proposed
the following problem to my arith-
metic class:
"A rich man dies and leaves 81.
100000. One-fifth is to go to his wife,
one-sixth to his son, oneseventh to
his daughter, one-eighth to his broth.
or and the rest to foreign missions,
What does each getr
"A lawyer said the littlest boy in
the class ."-Cass and Comment.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Extend Parcels Post.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. providing
for a general parcels post throughout
the United States and its possessions, ex-
cept the Philippine Islands, is practically
certain to be enacted by the present con.
gress, during the session now in progress,
in the opinion of Postmaster General
Hitchcock
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
AWAT0RS FALL TO DEATH
Wright Biplane, Carrying Two, Tipped
at 200 Feet.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fearful toll was
taken by aviation when the mutilated
bodies of Lieut.. Leighton w. Hazlehurst,
Jr', Seventeenth infantry, U. s. A., and
Alfred l.. Welch, a professional aviator
In the employ Of the Wright Brothers,
were taken from under the debris of a
collapsed aeroplane at College Park, Md.
The accident occurred while they were
attempting to make the tests required
by the government in a machine con.
tracted for by the wal department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
What She Wants,

7 want you to build me a fashion.
able home"
Have you any special ideas as to
the style Of house you want?" asked
the architect.
Not exactly. I want one Of those
modern places. You know the kind I
mean-one with q living rsom too big
to keep warm and q kitchen too small
to cook in."-Detroit Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
His Changed Fortune.

Wow! There went Smithkins in
his new six. When / knew him a few
years ago he had a Junk shop"
He still has. Only he moved It to
a fashionable street, kept the same
stock. and labeled it .AntiQuea'"-
Judge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Negro Pvthians Win,

Washington.-The supreme court of
the United States set aside the decree
of the supreme court of Georgia which
enjoined negro men from incorporating
a lodge in that state under the name of
Knights of Pythias.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Deadlock on Reciprocity.

Washigton.-A deadlock between the
two houses of congress over the senate's
proposal to repeal the Canadian reel.
procity law was foreshadowcd when
the senate, by a vote of 80 to %. re-
fused to recede from its amendment to
the iron and steel tariff revision bill.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Spartonburg, $, C.-Pellagra.phobia,
or fear OF p~ellagra, is a clearly defined
disease which has been discovered by the
lhompson-McFaddeu pellogra commits
sion, which was sent to Spartanburg re.
Gently by the New York POSTGRADUATE
Hospital for research work.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Three Of Chicago's wealthy batch.
Ee'ors want to adopt babies. They
explain that they desire to be fathers.
but do not care to assume the risk of
taking wives. Perhaps they have
never learned that sweet old sonR
what Is Home Without a Mother"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Because he had become engaged to
seventeen women in Switzerland q
young man Of that country has been
sent to jail. What is known elsewhere
a. the summer engagement does not
flourish amid the Alps.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Washington.-The presence of Amer
lean battleships in Havana harbor may
be regarded as greatly diminishing the
likelihood Of intervention in Cuba, &C.
cording to the construction placed upon
that fact by the administration.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A French aviator says that In W.
centuries we shall be crossing the
e in airships. This will make
people with a regard for their mum.
dane lives willing to wait instead Of
making predictions Of trying 1t next
summer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

These are the days when the man
who has time on his hands finds II
difficult to make up his mind whether
10 go fishing or watch the excavatinR
Ior q new building.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Surgeons have succeeded in grating
The cornea OF a rabbits eye upon the
eye of a man. 1t will perhaps be only
natural for him to shy OF when he
secs q dog approaching. after this.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Stiff Heplhu.

Life is a series of disappoint
ments."
Yes. I know a man who has been
hoping nearly all his life that he would
some day come into possession Of q
coin worth more than its face value
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
$50 Premium on Brides.

Ncrthampton.-The $50 marriage por.
ton bestowed by the Smith Charities On
each Northampton girl who marries has
been claimed by more June brides this
year than eyer before.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Oldest Minister Dies.

Louisville, Ky.-Rev. W. NJ. Tharp,
said to have been the Oldest Christian
church minister in the world, died at
his home in Middletown. He was 96
years old and had been pastor of the
Middletown Church for fIfty-ive wears.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Vhicago.IOtto Tosetti, vice president
of the Tosctti Brewing Company, com.
mitted suicide on his mothers grave in
oakwoods cemetery. A bullet pene-
tyated his brain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

In n Of the Denver high schools
girls are being taught how to be good
wives. The lessons will hardly be er,
sective unless they include the folly
pf nagging.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

II have written q short story" SAID
the amateur literary person. What
is the first step to take in selling 1T"
BUY ten dollars worth Of stamps
advised the old hand at the business
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
Will Aid Investors.

WaShington.-The department OF az.
ricul'ure has taken steps to expose land
investment frauds and protect the peo-
pie OF the country against these swind.
ling schemes,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Somebody might confer a benefit
ppon humanity by devislng some kind
pr q scheme whereby people could
tearn how to operate launches before
senturing on the water.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Potted English sparrow is recon.
mended ms a ~delicacy for the table.
we should prefer stuffed humming
birds.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
lillian Russell Weds

Pittsburg,-Lillian Russell was mar.
RED here in n hotel to Alex. p. Moore.
editor of the Pittsburg Leader. Only
relatives and a few intimate friends Of
the couple attended.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

II the inhabitants OF Mars are II
feet high. as some people think, no
doubt they find It easy to reach the
strip pitcher at the breakfast table.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A Boston man has invented an av
tomatic trombone player. But then
Boston may find relief by treating It
with baked beans and Goldfish balls.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

When the half.pennies mako their
appearance II may become necessary
% get larger toy banks for the chill
eren.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A Philadelphia explorer has gone to
Brazil to take moving pictures Of a
boa constructor. Perhaps some OF
Them will be inside views.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A Detroit man has secured six cents
damages for being beaten up by a DO
ticeman. 1t appears from this distance
70 be a poor way to carr money.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

MacVeagh's plan to make money
smaller Is excellent. but It would be a
more popular idea to make It more
Frequent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A messenger boy In Wall street was
given rs cents for restoring 1921 900
worth OF bonds, How different It 10
In life outside Of Wall street!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
PUBLISHED

The walters fear that the new 8
bent pieces will b used as tips.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

That person who struggled $4,000
glass eyes into this country must have
thought that the long hatpin had com.
United dreadful ravages.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

The leaning tower Of Pisa continues
% stand. although the vertical
pampanile at Venice tumbled down
Ind had to be rebuilt.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

II VIII take all OF that 81, 900, 900
gift to break some farmers of planting
potatoes in the dark Of the moon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Wireless in mldair is the latest. Yet
op-in-the-air communication 10 not
really a novelty.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Dressed poultry reached Ms maxi
mum when $780, 900 was paid for Rem
Drandt's "Old Woman Plucking q
Fowl"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Now m aviator and his bride are
ABOUT to pass their honeymoon In the
air. 1t simply had to comet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

One way TO become ~contented with
POUR Job is to knock of and go Ash
ing.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

For years Garfield Tea has been on the mar
hst This must mean q remedy worth WhflA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A Central park elephant objects TO
he pairing OF his corns with q jack
plane.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

A modern physician says h~ousekeep.
Ing is the best known cure for nerv-
puAness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

q Francisco's three mile bridge
VIII at least be a more tangible o
DER than the Golden Gate.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

The reichstag has adopted an anti
uueling bill. which is one way Of chal-
longing the kaiser.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

II is to be hoped the hot air gener-
hted In the campaign will not remain
permanently in the atmosphere.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Louisiana farmers would feel better
loout II II they had wanted their land
Irrigated.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21
The WorE1 Of Il.

The WorSl Of e.
DO you keep a cook, Mrs. Suburbr
Madam, l not only keep the cook
but also her entire family"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

Even the thirst for glory may have
its direful after effects.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

The only objection to a Scent piece
y that some factory Is sure to make
, cigar bad enough to At II In prioA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-21

What has become Of the old fash
Toned girl who used to chew "Wax7"