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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

! ing that the ROswell-El Paso link is
/ practically assured.
The Shakspere club held its annual
meeting at the home of Mrs. W. A.
Johnson, COS North Richardson avenue,
( when the following officers were chos-
en-.
President, Mrs. Anna o. Hagerman;
secretary, Miss Maude Esther Tame
+ hill; vice president, Mrs. A. Pruit; treas
urer. Mrs. B. F. Harlow. critic, Mrs.
I George Stevens; record keeper, Mrs,
Iva HedgcoXe, directors Mrs. W L
HID and Mrs W. A. Johnson These
Officers will not assume their duties
until next fall The studies for the
fall and winter season viii be Henry
the Eighth" and Tanning Of the
Shrew."
W n Baldwin. the manager for the
Roswell Fruit Growers association, has
resigned, the resignation to take ef-
feet Immediately.
There Is a standing offer by the bird
Institutions, magazines and sociological
institutions OF the world. IL IS said. OF
$4,000 for any one who viii locate the
supposedly extinct American Passen-
ger Pigeon" Late visitors to Fl Cap
itan crags say that. without q doubt.
several Of them are In this mountain.
Specimens VIII be sent to the eastern
societies for inspection.
More than 100 children have been ex-
nosed 10 smallpox in the Pauley school
5fsfrict Il IS claimed. A wholesale
vaccination crusade has resulted, 95 in
tbis school being ~scraped" in one day
Jefferson 3. Bell, for - years resi-
dent OF this place, but well known in
Fl Paso. san Antonio and Dallas died
here this week. He was buried IN Ros-
well.
Chaves county Officers-eIect do not
know Just when they wiz take charge
of their offices. as county commissioner
chairman W. NJ. Atkinson is out Of the
city.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
LINK TO BOSWELL
BELIEVED ASSURED
Drum Writes That It Has
Been Decided Upon as
Part Of Highway.

Roswell. n. NJ, Jan sc. NJ Farms
worth. proprietor Of the Roswell Auto
company. and the man whom logged
the road between Roswell and FL Paso,
the connecting link in the transconu-
mental touring club route. has received
letter from Harry c. Drum. OF Chi
cago. Ill, chairman Of the tours. stat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
Accnsed hi Takinr Knife.

Carlos Pacheco was fined S25 in pO-
lice court Wednesday evening on a
charge of taking a pocket knife from
the Ryan drug store on San Antonio
street Tuesday evening.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
JUAREZ POLICE TO HAVE
A TELEPHONE REPORT SYSTEM

A telephone system for the use of the
police viii be established in Ciudad
JUarez next week. Phone boxes viii be
placed about the streets and the police
Will be required to report to headquarters
at appointed times The telephones have
also been made necessary on account OF
procuring the patrol wagon. which viii
be placed into service the first of Feb
mary.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
CUPIo STORE POBBFp.

The Ferner curiO store in Ciudad
Juarez was broken into and robbed by
burglars Wednesday night. The burg
lars took a quantity of drawn work and
curiOs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

The primaries for the chamber Of COM
merce directors viii be held Friday be-
tween 2 o'clock in the afternoon and s
o'clock in the evening in the association
building. The election following the pri-
rnaries VIII be held next Wednesday
The lS members who have the highest
number of votes at the primaries VIII be
the candidates for the dictatorship.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

J. R. Ellis reported to eisy detectives
Thursday morning that his pocket was
picked and his watch stolen at the AleXi-
can National railway station in Ciudad
Juarez Wednesday morning.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

New and secondhand school books
and other supplies at MOrgans Book
store. 204 Mills St.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
RICHARDsON's FATHER WILL
NOT DESERT CONDEMNED Ma

NOT DESERT CONDEMNED NAN
Lynchburg, Va. Jan 1S.-Thomas V
Richeson. the confessed murderer Of
Avis Linnell. OF Boston today denied
the report from Boston that he had or
ever would desert his son.
Although he is disgraced and de-
graded" he said, ''he is still my SON"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18
cHAMRFR nF COMMFRCE 10

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

Chaves county Officers-e1ect do not
know lust when they viii take charge
Of their offices. as county commissioner
chairman W. N. Atkinson is out of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-18

Fasteurized milk-EI Paso Dairy
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Girl. DISOWNS HER
FATHER IN COURT;
SAYS HE STRUCK HER

Pretty seventeen year old Ruth Girls
void today in police court dramatically
disowned her father. w. l.. Griswold, OF
15s Plum street, whom the girl accused
Of slapping her and snatching her purse
and SO In money late yesterday after
noon in Marietta street.
Il don't claim you as my father.
Indignantly CRIED the daughter as the
father, with tears In his eyes, said
"Shes my only daughter. judge, my
only daughter, and love her dearly"
The girl announced that she stood
ready to prosecute her father and was
anxious TO proceed with the trial, but
on the plea Of Griswold that some of his
witnesses were absent. Recorder
Broyles continued the trial until to-
moTow morning. ...5s
Miss Griswold has a stepmother and
for some time has been boarding away
from home. working and making her own
living. She met her father in Marietta
street yesterday afternoon and says her
father tried to take her money from
her. The girl called for the police and
Call officer Haslett took Griswold into
custody.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
CONDUCTOR FIGHTS
PASSENGER TRYING
ENTRANCE FOR EXIT

DR.. W. VanReidel of the Dodson
Medicine Company in police court to-
day, told Recorder Broyles that n. G..
Eason, conductor on a pay s-you- en-
ter trolley car, assaulted him and bad
ly tore his clothing simply because he
made the mistake of starting from the
entrance instead of the eXitsof the car.
He said that previously the1conductor
had some words with a negro on the
rear platform and that at the time he
was seated in the car doing some f1gur-
ing on a slip of paper. The conductor
he said, evidently thought he was TAX
ing his number to report him and be-
came enraged. AS the doctor started
to leave the car, he said, Eason seized
him, showed him back, and was very
abusive in ordering him to go out the
other way.
Judge Broyles then ordered a case
made against the conductor and fined
him 1915. He also fined DR.. VanRei-
del the same amount the conductor
accusing him of using profanity.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
CHICAGO POSTMASTER
MUST GO TO TRIAL FOR
PERNICIOUS ACTIVITY


CHICAGO. Nov. 11.-Preliminary ar
engagements for the trial of Postmaster
Daniel A. Campbell, charged with per-
nicious political activity, were sched-
uled to be made today at the Federal
building here. The trial will begin be-
fore commission consisting of Score
tary John T. Doyle, of the civil service
commission; Peter Newton, secretary
of the Seventh district, which includes
Chicago, and a postoffice inspector to
be designated by Postmaster General
Hitchcock. The board will meet TODAY
to determine the method of conducting
the examination.
The specific charge against Campbell
is distributing money to postoffice en-
ployees at a meeting of the Fourteenth
Ward Republican club. The money was
to be used by them, 1t Is said in the
interests of the administration in the
recent general election.
large number of witnesses. most OF
them postoffice employees, have been
summoned. The charges were brought
by the Civil Service Reform associa-
ton, and through the efforts of the
association the, civil service commission
mas pledged to exert its full power to
protect those who testify.
The trial board. after hearing EVIL
dence, will report to the president with
recommendation for action. The final
decision of the ease rests With thejchh1tt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
LIVE DEAD MAN
MAY FACE TRIAL

That Augustus j. Fem, the promi-
nent south Georgia lumberman who
disappeared several years ago and was
reported drowned, may be prosecuted
in the Georgia courts for conspiracy to
defraud two insurance companies was
intimated by an officer Of the Southern
States Life Insurance Company today.
r. II. Roberts. one OF the men who
swore in open court that he saw Fem
fall out of an open boat and disappear
beneath the waters OF the Appalachi-
cola river one moonlight night almost
three years ago, already has been lodg-
ed in the Crisp county Jail charged with
perjury and his partner. ]. S. Land,
who swore to the same thing. Is being
sought by the officials of the county on
the same charge,
The officials OF the Southern States
Life expect the trial to bring out some
unusual Developments. If their expec-
tations are fulfilled, Fem, who now is
in Texas or Mexico. viii be appre-
hended by detectives and brought back
to Georgia to face the charge OF con-
spiracy. He was released at New Or
leans several weeks ago after being
found at the end Of a two-year search
by the Pinkerton detectives
Land. who was said to have been in
the boat with RobeUe and Fem. has
disappeared and no trace OF him can be
found in Crisp county or the surround
ing country Roberts, who is In Jail,
absolutely refuses to talk The insur-
ance officers say they will prove that
but two men started down the river in
the boat, those two being Land and
Roberts, and that Fem framed 1t up
with the two to pretend that he was
drowned
When Fem was apprehended in New
Orleans, his wife, who actually believed
him drowned. according to the insur-
ance officials, was winning a suit for
SIS, 000 life insurance which he carried
The trial OF Roberts and OF Land, II
he is caught, will take place at the next
term of the Crisp superior court. II at
that time a conspiracy is proved the
insurance company will seek TO have
Fem returned and sent to the peniten-
tiary for conspiracy to defraud.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
W|LSO n DECIDES
To CALL EXTRA
SESSION
Practically Admits Such a
Plan, Influenced by Nation
Wide Demand.
Continued From Page One.

tariff and trust questions and they are
SO closely related that they must per-
haps be dealt with together" said Mr..
Bryan in reply TO a question az to what
he considers the paramount issue con-
fronting the incoming congress He
said he believed the demand for pub
lefty of campaign contributions had
amply justified itself. He still believes
better condition viii also exist il con-
gress were to take charge of and pay
campaign expenses.
Through Worrying About G. o. p.
Colonel Roosevelt once suggested
this in a message. I Immediately ad-
vecated II and still believe in IT, The
plan has not been tried ne said,
The Nebraska statesman believes
THAI publicity also has had a favorable
effect upon the size Of contributions.
However, when the idealist in poll
tics contributes il. six figures purely for
the sake of the ideal he ought to have
a guardian appointed for his estate, y
continued Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan refused to speculate on the
future Of the Republican party.
Il have been worrying for yeara
about the Republicans keeping straight
and propose to lot them DO the specu~
Iating for the next four years" he said
Mr.. Bryan said he had no set APP
pointment today, but that he was mot
refusing to see any one"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12

Murphy as guide. 1t is safe to say that.
under Mr.. Murphy's chaperonage, they
heard nothing. but boosts for Atlanta.
They were guests of Mr. Murphy at din
ner last night
In his apartments atTthe Majestic to-
day, Colonel and Mrs. Lowry took a
moment from receiving the congratula-
tons of friends to chat about the Al
lanta of a half century ago. when it
was hardly more than a country town.
and Decatur street was the Peachtrec
of the period with fashionable homes
where the pawnshops and old clothes
emporiums stand now.
The wedding of Bob" Lowry and
Miss Markham took place fifty years
ago today in the home of Colonel Mark
ham, in Windsor street 1t afterward
became the home of Hollis Boynton,
who died week ago, while on his seq
ond honeymoon. That was before
Sherman and his army entered and cap
tured the city. The Lowrys left At
lanta when the Union troops entered,
and when they returned the city was In
ruins Robert J. Lowry was one of the
foremost of the courageous citizens who
began then to build from the ashes the
Atlanta of today.
More than 1000 guests will be enter
tanned tonight at the club. The balls
and receptions given by the Lowrys
have been famous in Georgia for
generation, but it is said that this will
be the crowning social achievement of
their lives.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Thousands of Friends Rejoice With the Loteryys
GOLDEN WEDDING DAY

All Atlanta society-or the male half
of it's picking brilliant neckties of
Lowry Red" to wear at the Capital
City club tonight at the golden we'd
ding celebration of Colonel and Mrs.
Robert j. Lowry. 1t will be one even,
ing when the ''conventional black and
white will be enliyened by a bit of
color as bright as the cherry in a
cocktail. For Colonel Lowry has Cor :
decade or two given vent to the spirit
Of youth within him by wearing q
scarlet tie upon all occasions, excepting
funerals and after-six affairs
There are some distinguished guests
in town for the golden wedding George
c. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf
Astoria in New York and theSBellevue-
Sratford in Philadelphia, two of the
most famous hotels in the world, is
here to be the guest of Colonel Lowry,
who has been Mr.. Boldt's guest on those
many occasions when the Colonel stay
ed at the Waldorf-and they say the
Colonel's dinners in gay New York were
something to talk about for week
afterward.
Three noted bankers, all former pres
idents of the American Bankers asso-
citation, also are here as guests of honor
of Colonel Lowry, who Is annex presi-
dent of the association They are;
George Russell and George H. Bar
bour, of Detroit, and L. r, Murray, of
Louisville. The trio, with Mr.. Boldt,
spent TODAY seeing Atlanta in Colonel
Lowry's big limousine. with John f
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
Enrico Caruso, who has arriv-
ed in America decorated with
many new medals.
Geraldine Farrar, Too, Re.
turns, Radiant With Health
and Spirits.

NEW YORK, Nov 1.-THE greatest
array of operate talent that ever reach
ed this city ut one time arrived last
week aboard the steamer Kronprin2
Wilhelm
With more decorations than his broad
chest could display, Enrico Caruo came
smiling down the gangplank inquiring
the result of the election When told
that Woodrow Wilson represented the
peoples choice, he replied:
ut suits me, but ] should have been
just as satisfied 10 see any one else
elected. What's the difference to al
artist? Politics and opera have moth
ing in common
Caruso would not talk of the law suit
which he won in Milan The only top
ic that interested him was the number
Of decorations presented 10 him by
European royalties.
During the summer he sang in Wen
ma, Stuttgart, Munich. Berlin and Ham-
burg. The German emperor, who heard
Caruso sing in one of Puccinis operas,
sent for and decorated him with the
Order of the Red Eagle. A week later
the king of Wurtemberg bestowed the
Art and Science medal, and a month
later he received the Order of St Mich
ae from the Prince Regent of Bavaria,
Geraldine Farrar, looking more
charming than ever, despite the fact
that she has been i'll in Berlin, de-
clared she was in better voice than
ever. The announcement of Scotti's en-
gagement TO Charlotte Ives was news
to her. she said. but Scott has not for
a long time interested her she added.
Nine. Emmy Destinn ana Leo Steak.
the six ana q half foot tenor. were
other passengers. Slezak was accom-
panied by his wife and son and daugh-
ter. Dinh Gilly, the Arabian baritone:
Adamo Didur, the basso; Carl Jorn.
tenor; Herman We'll, baritone and Bar
mi MarcouN. baritone. completed the
liz. Of stars who come to join the Met
ropolitan's forces
Adeline Genee the celebrated dan
seuse, who will make a tour of this
country, assisted by symphony or
chestra, was also on board.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
TERRIBLE CRUELTIES
INFLICTED BY REBELS
ON CREW OF ENGINE

MEXICO CITY, Nov. Histories Of
cruelty inflicted by Mexican insurgents
more terrible than tales from the Dark
Ages are daily reported from the zone
Of rebel operations. The latest was the
holding up of freight trains by zapa-
lists between Blanca and Matamoras.
The engineer and fireman were seized
and bound. Foot by foot their bodies
were showed into the flaming fire box
of the locomotive. Finally the bodies
were cast into the flames as fuel A
troop train was sent to the scene with
soldiers on board, but was derailed
There is great unrest in the states of
Vera Cruz and Puebla, where General
Aguilar is recruiting fresh army to
operate all winter.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
RAILROAD COMMISSION
TO VIEW MAC0N'S DEPOTS

MACON. GA, Nov. 1.-THE members
OF the railroad commission will be here
tomorrow morning to officially inspect
Macon's depot facilities. with the view
of obtaining such information as will
enable them to act on the petition re-
Gently filed 10 compel the railroads TO
improve the present stations or build
new ones. A delegation Of business
men will accompany the commission
ers on their tour and furnish them with
data bearing on the new depot ques-
ton
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
is NEW AMERICANS ARE
GIVEN CITIZENSHIP PAPERS

Sixteen new citizens were given the
United States this morning when Judge
W. T. Newman passed favorably upon
the applications of that many aliens
who had lived in Atlanta more than
Ave years.
Most of the applicants had lived in
this country for ten years or longer, but
few OF them knew the difference be-
tween a congressman and a senator.
Several were held over for additional
examination. Most of those who passed
were Russians, while a few were
Greeks. Germans and Hungarians.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
I. rs = :. n , =
HE VOTED FOR PRESIDENT
SEVENTY-TWO YEARS AGO

BEAVER PA, Nov. 11.-Scudder
Hart Darragh, aged 90 years, took part
IN his nineteenth presidential election
last Tuesday. The aged man voted for
William Henry Harrison, Wing, In 1910,
when Harrison defeated Martin VAN
Buren,, Democrat. and James G.. Blrney,
of the Liberty party ..ss,#,
Darragh always voted the Republican
ticket after that party was organized.
lie never cast ballot for Democratic
candidate for any office.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
SPOUSE QUIT WORK WHEN
SHE MADE $500 A WEEK

ST. LOUIS, MO. Nov. 11.-Lawyers
and litigants sat up and took notice
when Adele Bissell testified in Judge
Taylor's court that she earned 800 a
week, mostly from tips, while she was
employed as a check girl in the Con-
gress hotel in Chicago
Mrs. Bissen is suing to divorce Ed
ward Bissell who, she said. quit work
soon after their marriage and lived off
her earnings Bisseu, also a hotel en-
ployee, made $50 a month, his wife said.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
PASCHAL SAYS HE
ACTED ON ORDERS
Conductor on Stand in Strike
Arbitration Hearing AMI
mus" Letters Not Shown.

The expected letters of General Man
ager I. K Scott, of the Georgia rail-
road, showing, according to the claim
of the union leaders in the strike arbi-
tration, that Conductor ]. T. Paschal
was marked for dismissal because Of
his activity as a union committee chair
man. did not materialize at the morning
session of the board of arbiters in the
Federal building, but Conductor Pas
chal was put on the stand.
Paschal was questioned for an hour
on the details of his trip from Conyers
to Lithonia, and his defense was that
he had acted within orders. Superin-
tendent Brand of the road, sought 10
show that Paschal had caused Engineer
P. w. Roberts to run overtime in viola
ton of the Federal statutes and the
company's ruling, in accordance there
with
turn occurred in the case whicH the
union leaders took quick advantage of
This was the statement by Mr.. Scott II,
presenting the roads outline of prose
cution that 1,079 violations of the law
which Paschal is accused of having vio-
lated had been reported to the interstate
commerce commission since 1908 Aft
er a conference with Mr. Brand. MI
Scott declared that he wished that part
of his remarks expunged from the rec
ord, or he desired that Mr.. Brand
should take the stand and make a cor
rection.
Other Cases Cited
Mr.. Brand accordingly EXPLAINED that
the roads chief dispatcher had had
lO79 requests from trainmen for in
structions on whether to proceed with
their trains in violation of the Federal
law.
message purporting to come from
MI Brand to telegraph operator was
introduced. 1t ordered that the con-
ductor of the freight train then at that
point proceed on his trip, regardless of
the siXteen-hour service law.
Mr.. Murdoch handed the document r.
the court, with the remark that the
union leaders had number of Other
such exhibits and would produce them
later. The contention of the union now
Is, therefore, that plenty of other viola
lions have taken place, and that the
conductor in question has been dis
eliminated against and should be given
back his job.
There was spirited coloqup be-
tween Mr.. Brand and Mr.. Murdoch
while the formef was making out the
roads case, which ended by the latter
declaring, Let's have the facts" Mi.
Brand said they would be forthcoming.
The board adjourned at 1 o'clock for
an hour of dinner and reeonvened at 2.
1t will sit until and meet again to-
morrow at 10 a. m.
L. A, Gregg, vice president of the Or
der of Railway Conductors, denied to-
day that he had referred to Conductor
Paschal as Socialist
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
SCHOOL CLOSED TO CHECK
SCARLET FEVER EPIDEMIC

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Nov. ii
Because of an epidemic of scarlet fever
the county board of education TODAY
closed the East Chattanooga school for
one week, the number of cases has in
creased rapidly for the past.two weeks.
and the health authorities consider it
necessary to close the institutions to
successfully combat the disease. The
larger majority of those infected are
children
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
7 CHILDREN RESCUED
FROM LOUISVILLE FIRE

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov l1.-Police-
men plunged into a burning building at
Ninth and Jefferson streets early this
morning and rescued seven children
from burning 10 death. The building
which was occupied by Il $. Clarence
as a grocery and dwelling. was de-
struyed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
10 BLIND TIGER CASES ON
POLICE DOCKET IN DAY

Eighteen blind tiger cases are on the
docket for trial in police court today,
this number smashing all previous one
day records since prohibition went into
effect.
Most OF the tigers were bagged by the
police Sunday
The total number of cases to be tried
TODAY Is 1872
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
FATHER COULD NOT
SEE WHERE WILSON
GOT HIS SHARPNESS

JOLIET, ILL.,, Nov. 11.-John c. Ba-
ker, of Manhattan, is the happiest man
in Will county over the election of
Woodrow Wilson to the presidency.
because of a prediction, made by his
sister, Mrs. Mary Russell, more than 40
years ago
Mrs. Russell was Wilson's teacher
when he was ten years old in Tileston
school. in North Carolina. and at that
time predicted that the boy would some
day be president. She died three years
ago at Leesville, n c.
Baker said that Wilson'S father, Rev.
Joseph Wilson, visited him at Manhat-
tan at the time his son published his
first book, and said: well, don't see
where Woodrow gets hiss smartness."