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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Returns to Church Money He Stole When a Boy

cons, held last night, he asked the
members OF the board il they remem-
bered anything about it. but none did.
Dr. Wallace wrote his unknown cor
respondent today that the matter OF
restitution was something which rest
ed with his own conscience.
In the days when the church was
on Nassau street." explained Dr. Wal
lace the other day, "a boy took small
sum of money from the Sunday school
funds. That was in 1873. Nothing
more was heard of it until five days
ago, when / received a letter in which
was informed that the boy had since
grown to mans estate; that his con-
science had troubled him and that he
wished to return the amount that he
had taken 80 years ago. There is a
powerful sermon in the facts If they
are correctly told.
Il know nothing about the theft or
how much it was. The man had no
fortune. He is a person of moderate
means, as | understand it, and simply
wanted TO make restitution of the
amount missing. The man has been
converted within the last two or three
years and his better nature has moved
him to take this step. | wrote to him
this morning to act according to the
light OF his own conscience"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
bath TUB TRUST" SUIT
Decision Handed Down That Will At
feet Coming Cases.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-ln a decision in the
so-called bath tub trust" case, the
Supreme Court of the United States
laid down the broad principle that
there can be no monopoly in the unpat-
ented product of a patented machine
without violating the Sherman anti
trust law. Justice McKenna delivered
the unanimous opinion of the court.
In accordance with this doctrine
the court struck down as illegal the
license agreements" by which manu-
facturers of 81 per cent of the sani-
tary enameled iron in the United
States were bound together in comb
nation. The license agreements al
lowed the manufacturers to use a pat
ented dredged, but only on condition
that they abide by an attached price
list, would not sell to jobbers who
fought from Independents, would not
sell in certain territory and would not
sell seconds"
Officials of the Department of JUS
NlNt "tIt HlSulN eldltu over the ue-
cisiOn which, it is claimed, will have
an important bearing upon several in
vestigations now under way by Attor-
ney General Wickersham as well as
antitrust suits already filed against
the so-called moving picture trust"
and the United Shoe Machinery Com
pany.
The decision is regarded as vitality
important because of the governments
claim that the patent license agree
ment plan was being adopted by many
concerns as a result of the judicial
ban upon the pure trust" plan, as ex-
emplified in the case of the Standard
Oil Company of Ohio: the holding
company" plan as declared invalid in
the Northern Securities case. and the
combination of holding company and
manufacturing company as shown
in the Standard Oil and tobacco cases.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Mules Object to Service in Army and Desert

them and it didn't seem Just right for
so many strangers In the city to spend
their first night penned up in a cor
raj without a chance to see the sights.
1t was some time after midnight
when the fun started. A few we'll d.
rected blows from the determined
hoofs. and breach was made In the
fence surrounding the corral. Five
minutes later seventy-five mules were
scampering at top speed through the
Mission. the clatter of their three
hundred hoofs startling householders
in quiet streets from their sleep and
bringing frightened faces to windows
Of the houses they passed. With utter
disregard Of city ordinances. the yisi-
tors trampled over gardens and lawns
and demolished everything in their
path
In the course Of ten minutes the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals received nine telephone
messages of complaint regarding the
mules. Deputies were tumbled out of
their beds and sent in pursuit. but by
this time the invaders had broken up
into sight seeing groups of two or
three or four and had scattered in
every direction. By dawn the deputies
had rounded up seven at Twenty
fourth and Folsom streets and later
took two more into custody at Sixth
street.
At last reports railroad cowboys and
cavalrymen were still giving chase to
the remaining sixty-six.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Wooing Of Prehistoric Age Wins Fair Bride

HHICAGO.-The cave man Of an con
- ago. who did his wooing with q
club and won his bride by stunning
her and dragging her to his lair by
the hair. was reincarnated the other
night into the being Of Dominick
Provenzans, who. until the change.
was a man of meekness and the
keeper of a shoe shop at 2020 Roscoe
street
Provenzans wooed but failed to win
Santa Donandola, a 17-year-old Italian
girl who lived with her parents at
lilo Milton avenue and dreamed
dreams of being courted by a prince.
What cared she for the sad-eyed
pleadngs of Dominick? Huh, Her
husband must be a man of daring.
And the other night Dominick quail.
flied With the spirit of his cave
men ancestors suddenly awakened. he
visited his brother-in-law, Samuel de
Pasquala. forced his aid and then with
q brandished revolver grimly led the
way to the home Of the ursuspecting
bride-to-be.
Then with savage cry the lover
sprang toward his beloved. drove a
handkerchief into her mouth with one
hand and with the other lifted her
from the doorstep and ran with her
down the street
In his wake came the faithful broth
er-in-law and in the latter's came q
mob of bowling witnesses>of the kid
mapping.
De PasQuala held back the mob I'M
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

Il can almost always tell II a per-
son is giving me bad money" said he.
The coins are always greasy and usu-
ally lighter than real ones; when | get
them | keep them to take them out Of
circulation and then make the buyers
give me good money"
Every day he fingers all the fruit
with his brainy finger tips to tell If it
is softening and just where the decay
ing spots are; then he puts 1t here or
there according to the price to ask for
it. And every day whether it be cold
or hot, rainy or clear, stormy or fair,
Blind Az is at his post. Whether the
sudden gusts of gathering storm winds
blow his papers away or upset his
candy boxes or creates other disturb
ances about his shop, he is always
calm and CHEEKY. His friends are I'M
animous in their praise of his forti-
tude under trying circumstances and
every one who passes the corner even
once has only to take the shortest of
hurrying glances to observe the good
nature and optimism which beams
from Blind AIS" face.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
DOG WARNS MEN OF PERIL
MonareI Beast Saves Them From
Fire In . Tacoma (Wash.)
Livery Stable.

Tacoma, Wash.-Jack, a woolly
brown dog that has been mascot at
the Washington livery stable several
years. was the hero of the fire by
which the stables and DR.. Charles
Baynes' horse, cat and dog hospital
we're completely destroyed. II horses
burned to death and three valuable
pedigreed dogs suffocated.
Jack saved the lives of three men
sleeping in the upper part Of the
stable. He emerged from the fire
burned and blistered, having dashed
through fierce flames to find means OF
escape, and leaped from a second
story window to the sidewalk The
dog was swathed in bandages and
given a soft bed at the home Of DR..
Baynes.
The pet dog, which is a mongrel, a
cross between a bull terrier and
coach dog, was asleep on the main
floor of the stable on a bed specially
prepared for him when the fire broke
out at 2:15 o'clock the other morning.
The blaze spread rapidly and was dart
Ing in every corner of the building
within 60 seconds after 1t started.
Jack jumped from his bed and DASH
ed upstairs. where Anthony Lewtan,
o. r. Blaney and Arthur Bells, stable
men, were asleep. The dog barked
and barked without waking the men.
Then he jumped on the bed and took
Lewtan's hand in his teeth, nipping 1t
sharply in his effort to warn the men
of their peril
When Lewtan awoke the room was
filled with smoke and great tongues of
fire could be seen sweeping toward the
open door. The dog continued to bark.
Lewtan hastily awoke Blaney and Bells
and the men. partially dressed, made
their way from the upstairs room to
the stairway leading to the main floor
of the stable
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Merchant Who Manages Well Without Eyesight

% PHILADELPHIA. - Here's another
i wonder of the world-a blind man
at Sixth and Chestnut streets who cap
lures thieves. detects counterfeit coins
and breaks up the gangs that manu-
facture and traffic in bogus money
Besides doing this. famous Blind AL"
who has been in the neighborhood for
many years. sells newspapers. candy
and fruit; goes to market in crowded
Dock street all alone-and never has
he knocked basket over. He shaves
himself and without a looking glass,
too; blacks his own boots. sews mis-
own buttons on and is always ready
with CHEEKY word for his multitude
of customers who buy at his stand
next to old Congress Hall at Chestnut
and Sixth.
"Oh. yes" said he, some people try
to cheat me yet but usually catch
them; I've caught 221 of them in the
80 years I've been blind. If they cheat
me once they usually come and try it
again. but l soon discover something
wrong and put some of my TRUSTEES
on the watch and it's not long before
the folks who pay for one apple and
take three or for one peanut bar and
take two find that they're caught them
selves"
Blind AL" has eyes in his fingers;
In the keen powers of smell he has de-
veloped and in the redoubled acute
ness OF his ears. BY these detectives"
he has corralled Is counterfeiters and
put the authorities on the trail of
three bands who we're making the
spurious coins.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

NEW YORK.-In the mail of Rev.
~ William B. Wallace, pastor of the
Baptist Temple. Schermerhorn street
and Third avenue, there came recently
letter In a strange hand. The
writer had a story to tell which in
terested the pastor greatly. Years
and years before he had stolen some
money from the Sunday school fund Of
the church at the time il was on Mas
sau street. Now he wanted to restore
It.
Nearly forty years had elapsed since
the writer, then a 15-year-old boy, had
pilfered small sum of money from
the funds of the church. Most of
those who attended the church at that
time have long been in their graves.
DIR. Wallace has been In charge only
two or three years and the incident
was new to him. At the regular
monthly meeting Of the board of dea-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
DENVER BOYS KILL
TWO YOUNG BEARS
Small Rifle and Knife Are Their
Weapons in Fight at Close
Quarters.

Denver, Colo.-In a battle with a
ferocious she cinnamon bear and two
cubs. with nothing but a keen dirk
and a 22-caliber rifle as weapons,
George McKillip, eighteen, and Win
field Roerig, nineteen, two North Den
yer boys. killed the cubs in Coal
Creek canyon
Winfield Roerig and George McKil-
lip started out hunting, and late in
the afternoon, as the boys were lying
in camp, they heard the sniff OF a
bear. Within a few yards of the rude
ly constructed cabin they saw mon
ster mother bear and two cubs, pos
Sibly a year and a half old.
George McKillip grabbed his little
rifle and the Roerig boy seized big
dagger. The first shot at the mother
bear took effect, but the bullet was so
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
FLY HOLDS UP TEXAS TRAIN
Swims In Porter's Coffee, Starts a
Row, and Damage Suits viii
Ensue.

Waco. Tex.-One fly the other night
delayed passenger train, caused the
arrest OF Pullman porter, and the
avowed intentions Of at least six pas
sengers to sue the railroad company
for damages. A southbound train due
in Waco at 8 p. m. found the Pullman
car, which it nightly picks up here,
locked, the porter missing and angry
passengers execrating the compan,
A hurried investigation showed that
the porter an hour before had asked
for cup Of coffee at nearby restau-
rant, had found a fly in it, had start
ed row with the proprietor and had
been locked up for disturbing the
peace, leaving his car neglected.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

small 1t only had tendency to anger
the beast Another shot from the rife
struck her on the nose, and then an
other hit her in the head. but had no
material effect.
The fourth shot from the rife so
frightened her that she turned and
ran up the mountain side.
The cubs were then attacked. A
shot from the rifle killed one of them
and the other climbed tree. George
McKillip, the younger. boy, bent on
capturing the cub alive. climbed the
tree, but the little animal made pass
at him with its paw and started down.
The lad jumped to the ground. The
cub came down and was killed by
young Roerig.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
FORENSIC AMENITIES.

las to the judicial decision quoted
by my learned friend on the other
side of this case, IL the court please"
began the prosecuting attorney. Il say
it's punk"
Il protest, your honor!" interrupt
ed the other lawyer. Such a remark
is not in keeping with the dignity Of
q courtroom"
81 say it's punk"
your honor. this Is outrageous! I
demand ruling on that point"
Il was only going to say that It's
punk"
"Mr. Sharp" interposed the Judge,
you will not be permitted to indulge
in abusive slang in speaking of a judi
cial decision in this court"
81 assert once more" beloved the
attorney. that it's punctuated wrong
ly, as he quotes It! That is all was
trying to say, your honor!"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Bride

til he was beaten down. but the lover
escaped with his prize.
Straight to the shoe store rushed
Dominick. When the door to the
shop finally was broken open by the
police they found the girl, still gagged
and now bound. lying on the floor and
staring with wonder at the threaten
ing face OF the man. The gag was re-
moved and then strange thing hap
pened
Il love you!" she shouted. II will
marry you tomorrow! IL didn't know
you were like this"
So the police released the man and
the girl went to her home to prepare
for the wedding.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

however are very strict. and injury
to a guest has to be revenged. In the
case of marriages. a stipulated price
is paid for the bride.
1t Is this primitive race whose quar-
rel with the Turk is not very clearly
understood In the west, which is wor-
rying the concert Of Europe. In the
first place, as has been shown. the
most successful Of sultans and con-
toman power never succeeded in sub
DUNG the Albanians These gallant
mountaineers acknowledged the SOW
ereignty of the sultan only so far as 1t
protected them from the encroach-
ments Of other nations who would
have civilized them.
Turks Nefarious Rule.
The present trouble with the Alban-
ians began when the new eonstitu-
tional regime came into being in Tur-
key four years ago. The Young Turks
insisted on regarding themselves as
the dominant authority in Turkey.
This would have been all right II they
had had numerical preponderance and
the moral and intellectual ability to
dominate the other races.
All races in the Turkish dominions
have suffered during the nefarious
rule Of the Young Turks secret COM
mittee of mediocre men. but none
more than the Albanians. In few
weeks their centuries-old privileges
and immunities we're abolished. their
country was invaded by hordes of in
experienced officials of a race which
they held to be their interiors. their
language was tabooed in the schools
and forbidden In the printing press
unless written in Turkish characters.
their young men were drafted into the
Turkish army and sent of to Asia
Minor and the deadly Yemen to be
shot. a system of taxation was intro
duced which threatened to drain them
as dry as their Macedonian neighbors.
and worse than all. thew were notified
to surrender their firearms.
The result was rebellion. But the
Albanians could do nothing against
the trained troops equipped with ma
chine guns which the Turks turned
against them. The rebels fed to the
mountains and soon their little peace
full villages we're the scenes OF fright
full massacfes too horrible to recount.
Arms having failed. the Albanians de-
cided to try constitutional methods at
the general election which took place
last spring. But by violence and tlle-
gal use Of the army the Young Turks
secret committee. II is said, prevented
free elections not only In Albania but
throughout the empire. with the result
that a parliament of Turks. subser-
Went to the committee Of union and
progress. was elected.
Again the AIbanians rebelled, and
this time with greater success The
army ordered against them refused to
march. in fact made common cause,
many of them. with the rebels. This
time. instead of having to defend
themselves in their mountains. the AL.
banians have been able to invade
Macedonia. since when the packed"
Turkish parliament has been turned
out and a new cabinet of Young Turks
formed. The Albanians have been
promised redress Of their grievances
by the new government But SO far
they have refused to go home. They
want to see the promises Of the Turks
carried out II they are not they will
| march to Constantinople.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Former Legislator Escapes.

Amarillo. Texas.-SliDping into a
toilet compartment, locking the door
and dropping from the window while
the train was slowing down the sub
urbs of Amarillo. oliver Akin, former
Oklahoma legislator and author of a
famous bill providing for cutting Off
a number of state schools, made good
his escape from Sheriff Ike Sayles of
Cleveland county, Okla, while being
taken back to Oklahoma to stand trial
for alleged writing of bad checks.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Bank Robbed; Burglars Escape.

Knoxville, Tenn.-A special to the
Sentinel from Kingston, Tenn, says
he Kingston Bank and Trust Com
panys vault was robbed by four mask
ed men, whose identity is unknown.
About 81 900 in gold and probably 5000
to $500 in silver coin was stolen. 1t
is believed that little if any currency
was obtained, as the packages of paper
money found in the wreckage indicat-
ed that the explosion was so heavy as
tear into sherds all the currency
and books and other records.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

Cincinnati, O.-With the ares, Of
men alleged by the government 10
onstitute a monumental get-rich-quick
hahn of swindlers, United States Sc
cret service men declare they have
brought to the surface an organization
that has mulcted small corporations,
investors and promoters of sl,500,000
the last three years. Those arrested
we're F. d. Minyard a, Cleveland. o.;
ieorge S. Hannaford, Chicago; II. B.
warren, Rochester, n. Y; Mason G.
Worth, New York; Thomas Fishwick,
Boston and A. B. Crane, Newark, y. j.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Aliens Refused New Trial.

Richmond, Wa new trial was re-
fused Floyd Allen and his son, Claude
Swanson Allen, by the Supreme Court
Of Virginia. The men were condemn
ed to die in the electric chair for the
murder of the officials of the Carroll
County court at Hillsville. Floyd AL
len was convicted May II specifically
for the killing of Commonwealth At
torney VIM. Foster. Aliens son, tried
on the charge of the killing of Judge
Thornton l.. Massie, was convicted
and sentenced to Is years.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

rade ground, and in winter the cold
breezes swept over it's polished sur
face. A negro workman on the rail.
road each week presented a check and
drew his wages, and one day as he put
his money in a greasy wallet the
banker said: Look here. Nose; why
don't you let some Of that money stay
In the bank and keep an account with
us?" The darby leaned toward him
and. with a quizzical look at the
derby the banker wore, answered con.
fidentially: Boss. Tze jes' afeared
You look like you was always ready
to start somewheres."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23
Liberty a He'll Of Torture.

Louisville, Ky.-William Schiller,
twenty-five years old, has been arrest
ed, charged with the murder of his
father. officers say Schiller talked
too much to the neighbors, once de.
claring that this year of liberty has
been a he'll Of torture" The son de-
clares he killed his father while de.
Tending his mother. an invalid. from q
drunken attach.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1912-11-23

ARDLY any other portion OF
the universe has been the sub
ject of more war talk than
the Balkan peninsula, and
few sections of the continent
of Europe are less well known in the
western world. The Balkan war
cloud is familiar enough. having ap-
peared and re-appeared at intervals
for years past, yet few people know
why there should be trouble in the
Balkans. Today we are face to face
with real conflict, the very existence
Of Turkey Is at stake, and even Eu-
rope may be engulfed in war. In the
very center of the conflict are the AL
banians. But who and what are the
Albanians? Well. Albania is a prov
ince of Turkey situated to the north
Of Greece, on the eastern shore OF
the Adriatic sea.
1t Is probably the least-known re-
gion in the Balkan peninsula, and
compared with the other countries In
that part Of Europe. it has been but
little explored by travellers. with the
result that its wild and fearless in
habitants. who number some 100000.
retain, to q large extent, the print
tive habits and customs Of a bygone
age.
The country is extremely mountain
GUS, especially in the north and
south. There are no railway lines
though several have been projected.
and the development Of commerce is
retarded accordingly. Carriage roads
exist in a few instances. but generally
travellers have still to pass one place
to another by means Of bridle-paths.
The inhabitants. who are one Of the
most ancient races in Europe, are d.
vided into two divisions. northern
and southern. known as Ghegs and
Tosks. Both have ever been brilliant
fighters, defending their mountain
Businesses in the past with remark
able success against all invaders.
Retain Original Customs.
In northern Albania the clan sys.
tenn still exists. and the Ghegs very
rarely pay taxes. The scattered Turk
ish officers possess little authority
and the one obligation the inhabitants
owe to the Ottoman empire is that OF
providing soldiers In time O. war. In
each clan the elders form a council
and preside over gatherings of the
tribesmen, which exercise the supreme
legislative power. Loyalty to the
chief of his clan, and to his work, is
the Albanian's greatest virtue. An In.
born courtesy is common to the race
The best fighter is the best man. and
every Albanian feels himcelf indepen
dent, except when bound by the an
cient customs of his race. In northern
Albania he recognizes no law except
that based on such ancient customs
The Turk until recently has hardly
attempted to impose any other law
Whether in the field or the market
place, he Is nearly always armed. and
is ready to fight on the smallest pre-
text. The boy attains manhood when
he can show he possesses arms which
he has captured from an enemy. All
fire the rife as a sign Of Joy. and
Christian congregations are summon
ed to divine service by definite mum
Der of shots
The primitive method of revenge by
means of the vendetta. or blood
feud, still obtains in the country. and
the staying of one member Of family
or clan leads to a series of crimes OF
to warfare. The claims of hospitality