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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

The hour of dining has advanced
with the centuries. Froissart men
tons waiting on the duke of Lancaster
at i've in the afternoon after he had
yupped and was about to go to bed,
and the preface of the Heptameron
shows that the queen of Navarro dined
at ten o'clock in the morning. From
the Northumberland Household Book,
dated 1872, we learn that the ducal
family rose at six, breakfasted at sew
en-, dined at ten, supped at four, and
retired for the night at nine. says the
London Chronicle. Louis XIV. did not
dine till IL, while his contemporaries,
Cromwell and Charles H., took the
meal at one. In 100 the hour was ad.
vanced to two; in 1851 we find the
duchess of Somerset dining at three.
and in 1760 Cowper speaks of four
o'clock as the fashionable time After
the battle of Waterloo the dinner hour
was altered to six, from which time
it has advanced by half-hour stages to
eight. So that in 400 years the dinner
hour had gradually moved through at
least ten hours of the day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
GREEK MOBILIZATION.
Expects To Place 10000 Soldiers In
the Field.

Athens.-The mobilization of the
Greek army is proceeding rapidly. Al
ready $4,000 men are under arms,
with Greeks arriving daily from
abroad. A large contingent has al
ready reached here from America. With
the recruits it is estimated that 10000
soldiers can be placed in the field AS
result of the reorganization of the
last few years, the whole army has
been clothed, equipped and armed with
modern rifles. All infantry regiments
have machine gun sections. Trans
portation by land and sea has been
prompt, and the efficiency of the mobi-
lization has raised the morale of the
troops greatly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

GUS Pine type. fitted with steel arms
ending in immense claws controlled
from within the boat. will crawl about
the sunken cities and carry the treas
ures. which the drivers bring them to-
the under water platform of the huge
dry dock above. From the surface of
the sea steel tubes will also drop into
the depths of the Caribbean, and from
their ends will pour streams of light,
illuminating street where only the
scaly denizens of the deep have wan.
dered for untold ages.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
ALIENS TO LOSE
THEIR PROPERTY
Damage Suits Will Take Out.
laws Last Penny.
ARE MEN or PROSPERITY.
Administrators OF Estates OF Victims
Of Courthouse Tragedy File
Actions For $4,000
Each.

Bristol, Val Tenn. With the trial Of
Eidna Allen, chief of the Allen clan,
and his nephew, Wesley Edwards,
whose capture was announced recent
ly, Virginia criminal law will have ex-
acted all the toll it can for the bloody
courtroom tragedy of the 18th of last
March, when Judge Thornton L. Mas
sic, Commemorative Attorney Foster,
Sheriff Webb and others were ruth
lessly slain at the hands of the Aliens.
But there is still another phase OF
the laws demand which will have 20
he satisfied. The Aliens were thrifty
mountaineers. BY farming, merchan-
dising and stock raising they had ac-
cumulated considerable money.
Sidna Allen occupied mountain
mansion He was, prior to the Hills
Vile tragedy, one Of the magnates of
The Carroll county mountains. He
was looked up to by most of his neigh
bors as being ahead of them from the
standpoint Of business and wealth.
This home was surrounded by all
the ordinary comforts of life in the
mountain lands, and his estate was
worth probably not less than $4,000,
If it did not reach the value of $4,000.
The other Aliens were not worth SO
much as their chief, but most of them
had comfortable homes, and practical
~ all of them were noted for their
mountain hospitality.
But this property of the Aliens, like
the men who possessed it, is doomed.
In Virginia there is penalty for such
slaughter as was committed at Hills
vile, aside from the penalty demand
ed by the criminal statutes. The civil
law provides for the financial side in
the event life or lives are taken
without just cause.
Consequently, following close upon
the Hillsville tragedy, three civil suits
were filed against, the Aliens s..
Floyd Landreth, administrator of the
estate of the slain commonwealth
attorney, William Foster, brought suit
to recover $4,000; S. P. Massie, adj
ministrator of the late Judge Thorn
ton L. Massie, brought suit for $4,000,
and ]. w. Webb, administrator of the
slain sheriff, L. F. Webb, brought suit
{ for like amount. The amount sued
for in each case is the maximum that
can be sued for in death claim in
Virginia.
In aid of these suits, attachments
We're issued at the same time the suits
We're filed against the property Of
Sidna Allen, Floyd ALLEN, Victor Allen,
Claude Swanson Allen, Friel Allen,
Sidna and Wesley Edwards and Byrd
Marion. The attachments we're issued
on affidavits of the plaintiffs that de-
PENDANTS were non-residents; were dis
posing of property to defraud credi-
tors, and for other statutory grounds.
The present status is that the at
tachments of the property of the per-
sons under arrest or tried and con-
victed have been set aside by the
court. The property of Sidna Allen,
whose capture was effected recently,
has for some time been in the hands
Of the sheriff of Carroll county, al
though Sidna Aliens wife and daugh-
tiers have continued to occupy the
property just as though they held it in
fee simple
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

Englands new torpedo boat destroy
ers will be given names from Shakes
peare and Scott. So. in the near fu-
ture, we may expect to see "The Mer-
ny Wives Of Windsor" engaging in
battle, accompanied by The Two GEN
tlemen of Verona" The Lady of the
Lake. and 1.-THE Antiquary." The
war correspondent of the future prob
ably will be chosen from among the
book reviewers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
MINT TEA ALL THE RAGE
sEverybody's Doin' It" in London and
Ordinary ceylon and Chinese
Brands Are Barred.

London.-If you want to be in the
fashion you must drink mint tea.
Ordinary Ceylon or China won't do,
and, anyway, mint tea is fine for the
complexion. Grand Duchess George
of Russia says So. Mint tea is all the
rage in the fashionable houses of Bel.
gravia and Mayfair, and owes its in.
PRODUCTION to the Russian princess.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
mics odd suicide IN Jain.

Huntingdon, Pa-By swallowing
match heads and ground glass, Frank
RonelIo. on trial for murder. tried to
commit suicide. Sticking his hand
kerchief in his mouth when physicians
responded to the call. he refused to
swallow medicine and had to be held
while hypodermics were used to com
pei him to vonit. He was gotten out
of danger and then a jury convicted
him.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

American habits and customs, espe-
cially American clothes, are appar-
emily becoming fashionable among
Germany's young men, Young Ger
many no longer contents itself with
the sartorial products Of the Father
land, says the London Answers. The
exaggerated university suits of Ameri-
can cut and manufacture please them
better, sand most of them are never
more genuinely flattered than when
they are mistaken for "Amerikaner..
German clothicrs kave, in conse-
quence, been Obliged to lay in large
stocks of American clothing to meet
the growing demand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
RAILROAD INDICTED.
Interstate Commerce Law Violations
Charged Against Frisco.

st. Louis. Mo- The ST. Louis and
San Francisco Railway Company was
indicted on II counts for alleged vio-
lation of the Interstate Commerce law
of 1887, by the Federal Grand Jury
The charges against the railroad set
forth that 1t made an overcharge in
the tariff on boxed burial caskets de
iivared to it from connecting lines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
NosLE pRIzE 10 DR. 4. GABRIEL.
Award In Recognition OF Achieve
ments In Medicine.

Stickholm.-Th Nobel prize for
medicine this year has been awarded
to DIR. Alexis Carrel. of the Rockefeller
Institute. of New York. The award. it
is announced, is made in recognition OF
his achievements in the suture Of
blood vessels and the transportation
of organs The Nobel prize is valued
at $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
ALBANIAN TOWNS AsLAzE.
Peasants Fleeing To Frontier Killed
BY Montenegrins.

Vienna.-Many Albanian villages to
the north of the Boyana River are in
flames, according to a dispatch to the
Neue Freie Presse from Cattaro.
Many fugitives, including some wound
ed men, have arrived at Scutari. Some
peasants, who fed to the frontier posts
at Szamesi. were slain by Monte
negrins.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
COLLEGE TAKES MATTHEWS.
Noted Newspaper Man Appointed To
School OF journalism.

New York. Franklin Matthews, a
widely known newspaper man. has
been appointed associate professor in
the Pulitzer School OF Journalism, Co
lumbia University. He will take
charge Of the course in practice in
news gathering. repoFtings editing and
rewriting in the third year OF the
school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
LOWER EXPRESS RATES LIKELY.
Commission VIII Not Heed Com
panies' Protests, It Is Believed.

Washington Belief is strong that
the Interstate Commerce Commission
will put into effect the new schedule
of express rates which the express
companies are now vigorously fight.
ing. The reductions. based on the
present business. will save the ship
pers OF the country between $25.0OQ.-
600 and sss.OO0.oOo annually.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
GIVES LlFEBoAT SEATS.
japanese Line Attaches Coupon To All
Tiekets.

Toxic, Japan. The Toy Kisen
Kaisha Steamship Company has intro
duced a new feature in the direction
of providing for the safety of its pas
sengers. To each ticket sold is at
tached a coupon representing a GER
tain seat in lifeboat, with a printed
request to the purchaser to acquaint
himself Immediately on going aboard
with the location of the particular
boat to which he is allotted. Sufficient
lifeboats are provided to accommodate
all the passengers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

It is now announced that disgrun,
tied employe destroyed Mona Lisa's
inscrutable smiles with sulphuric acid
Which settles the inscrutability Of the
smile for all time. as the pleasantly of
no mystery car, survive sulphuric
acid bath.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

The advice to substitute beans for
meat will receive setback through
the explosion of some boiling beans in
Colorado town. The beans tore the
stove to pieces and threw the ownerof
the house out the kitchen door With
the militant spirit abroad as it is, the
adoption Of beans as the principal ar
ticle of diet had best be postponed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

A Chicago girl while playing the
piano was struck by lightning. al
though not seriously hurt. But
whether the casualty is to be viewed
as accident or retribution is a ques-
ton the neighbors are discussing
that is. of course, if the girl was the
average performer and the neighbors
average Deighbors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

A Texas girl announces her will
ingness to marry any man who will
consent to have the ceremony per-
formed in cage Of lions, And all we
have to say is that the man who
takes the offer will deserve anything
that happens to him during the cere-
mouy and afterward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
KILLS FOSTER CHILD.
Ethel Hayes Shot In View Of Hun
dreds At Philadelphia.

Philadelphia.-In sight of hundreds
of girls who had Just left their places
of employment, Ethel Hayes, 10 years
of age. was shot and killed on the
street here by William Hayes, her fos-
ter-father. The latter then shot him
self and is in critical condition at a
hospital. The man waited for the girl
and when she left mill where she
was employed, with number of COM
panions, Hayes approached her and
began shooting.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18

The automobile. says st. Paul
preacher. has done more for Sin than
any other one thing. Let us not be
discouraged. Somebody Is almost
sure to discover a method OF keeping
tree .rcsA bsAp6 punctured.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
CHARGE GIBSON TO STAY.
State Department Decides To Keep
Him At Havana.

Washington Hugh S. Gibson, sec
rotary of the American Legation at
Havana, who was assaulted recently
by Cuban journalist, will not be
transferred, according to an announce
ment made by the State Department
President Taft has directed, in view Of
Gibson's familiarity with American in
terests in Cuba, that he be retained
there.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
TO AReiTRATE STRIKE.
Service On Georgia Railroad To Be
Resumed Today. 81

Atlanta, Ga.-An agreement was
reached between the Atlanta Joint
Terminal Company and representa-
tives of the striking employees prac-
tically settling the strike on the Geor-
gia Railroad and Atlanta Terminals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
ALARMED BY VOLCANO.
People In Ecuador Flee From
Towns.

Guayaquil, Ecuador Inhabitants of
towns in the vicinity of the Volcano
Sangay were fleeing for safety Fri
day. The peak showed increasing
signs of activity.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1912-10-18
BOY CUT in TWO; LIVES HOURS
Physicians At Loss To Explain How
Consciousness Was Retained.

Chicago Richard POLAND, 10 years
old, his body cut in two by railway
train, died at a hospital here after
period of consciousness lasting more
than two hours. Polland's body was
severed just above the hips. His
mother went to the hospital and talk
ed with him before he died Physi-
clans were at loss to explain how
consciousness, during which the boy
talked in response to questions, could
be retained for so long a time.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
BIG FIGHT TO Be WAGED
AMONG ODD FELLOWS

Chicago, Ill March II Friends
and supporters of Grand Master
Edward III Morris of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows pre-
dict that upon bis return to Amer
lea such a bitter fight will be pre-
cipitated by the Grand Master on
one side and Deputy Grand Master
Henry Lincoln johnson on the
other that the thousands of dis
satisfied Odd Fellows throughout
the country will be in a position to
accomplish their cherished ambi-
tion-elect officers who will give a
businesslike and profitable admin
istration.
Grand Master Morris has heard
of the fight being waged by the
johnson faction, and has written
to friends that he intends to show
his opponents that he is no anne
teur at the game of politics when
he returns from his trip abroad.
He is already lining up prominent
officers of the order who are infu-
entail and who have promised their
support.
Deputy Grand Master johnson
has planned to gain control of the
order during the absence of Grand
Master Morris, and members say
johnson showed his hand in the
Odd Fellows journal last week
when the paper published an order
from the Deputy Grand Master
making known that he was Acting
Grand Master. The order read as
follows:
To all branches of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows in
America, and its jurisdiction, and
to all members of all such branch.
es, greeting:
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

LfN y %
Der Is to December 2, 1912, in the
list Regiment Armory, New York
announces that Mr.. Andrew Car.
negie has just given a trophy val
ued at $4,000 to be awarded for
the best cotton grown in the Uni
ted States. Mr., Carnegie makes
a special consideration of his
award that the colored people of
the country may be permitted to
enter into this competition.
The prizes for staple products,
to be awarded at the coming Ex-
position, will be the handsomest
in the history of the worlds agri-
culture. The Exposition will be
open for sixteen days and it is con-
fidently expected that over half a
million people will attend. In adj
dition to the prizes already offered
others are as follows:
President Stilwell of the Expo
sition has already donated to the
Exposition a $1,000 trophy for the
best exhibit of white potatoes
Mr.. Horace Havemeyer has given
a 81 900 prize cup for the best ex-
hibit of sugar beets, and the Ex-
position Management will offer Il
81 900 prize for the best exhibit of
apples-twenty-fve boxes of any
variety or varieties grown any
where. I
The exact terms of the awards
and full list of prizes, together
with any information regarding
the various competitions, will be
sent upon application by Gilbert
McClurg, General Manager, the
American Land and Irrigation Ex-
position, Singer Building, New
York City.
The colored people are especial
ly urged to enter for the Carnegie
trophy for the best cotton grown
as Mr. Carnegie desires,
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

g. q - -
Whereas, it being a fact that
Grand Master Edward HI. Morris,
Grand Master of the Grand Uni
ted Order of Odd Fellows in Amer
ica, is now on the high seas on a
voyage around the world, and lab
sent" within the intent and mean
ing of Law XIV. section l, page
"a, General Laws, 1911 edition
and
Whereas, in such case the duties,
powers. and privileges of the Of
flee of Grand Master of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows in
America, according to Law XIII
and Law XIV, General Laws, 1911
edition, devolve upon and invest in
the Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand United Order of Odd Eel
lows in America; therefore
Notice is hereby given TO all
concerned that until the return of
Grand Master Edward FL. Morris
from beyond the seas the functions
Of the office of Grand Master Of
the Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows in America must be ad.
mlnistered by the Deputy Grand
Master, and all branches and men,
bers must govern themselves in
accordance with the law and facts
hereinbefore stated.
Done at Atlanta, Ga, this 4th
day of March, A. D., 1912.
(Signed)
HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON,
Deputy Grand Master, Acting
Grand Master.
The Old Guard which has been
in power so long is said to have
split because Grand Master Morris
left the country without consult
ing with the johnson faction.
Henry Lincoln johnson, it is said,
feels that the Grand Master snub-
bed him by rot paying him more
attention.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

School, Manuel Training, a Tech
nical, a Trade and a Whittier
equipped with every modern facil-
ity for educational pursuits.
Further that the colored children
are few and far between, thereby
working a hardship to the younger
children in going to and from long
distanced schools.
These we're some of my opinions
expressed to the POSTS representa-
tive, but they were not published.
There are sincere friends to the
races advancement who believe
differently and an intelligent dis
cussion of this question can harm
no one.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

The recent epidemic of menin-
gifts in many Texas cities has
served to break down racial barriers
at least in the matter of civic
health. The meningitis is a di-
sease so deadly that it can only be
classed in acute form, and the mu-
nicipal authorities of Texas have
realized that the spread of this
malady among the colored people
is as dangerous and menacing to
the entire community, as if only
the whites suffered. Hence the
Negro physicians have frequently
called on and thus given opportun-
ity of exploiting their high degree
Of training and proficiency. When
DR.. Sophian, an expert in the dag
nosis and treatment of meningitis,
and connecten with the Rockefeller
Medical Research Institute of New
York, recently visited Houston to
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
SPECIAL TO COLORADO STATESMAN

SPECIAL TO COLORADO STATESMAN
There appeared an article in the
Post of March Sth urging separate
schools for colored children. Mrs
Wilson, State Superintendent of
Public instruction was quoted as
an advocate of separate schools.
She, perhaps like a great many
others both colored and white be-
lieve that greater inspiration and
opportunity could come to the col
ored child if taught by one of his
or her race Mrs. Wilson's opin-
ion upon this question has not
been actuated by prejudice as a
great many seem to think with a
view to segregation, but she en-
tertains a sincere desire of giving
the colored children of Colorado
equalization of opportunities and
colored schools in her opinion is
the practical solution of distribu-
ting the school tax.
| have known Mrs. Wilson
number of years and 1 sincerely
believe that the colored race have
never had better friend elected
to the office which she holds, nor
one who is more interested in bring
ing their children to their highest
development, and her express
ion along this line must not be
misunderstood.
The morning preceding the
Posts article regarding colored
schools, l was called over the
phone by a Post representative
and asked my opinion regarding
the separation, said that l could
not give an unbiased opinion be-
cause l had had the one opportun-
ity of attending only the mixed
schools. That | was not unnind-
full of the fact that the separate
schools brought an educated class
to city which is always bene-
fetal factor in any community.
That the schools constituted a
source of revenue not to be lightly
ignored. That they would give
our girls something to do at home,
but, on the other hand and in my
judgment outweighs these consid-
erations, is the belief that the edu-
cation of a people is the greatest
question that can possibly concern
them, since it touches every phase
of human interest and holds the
kew to the solution of the color
question, then why not educate
together since all are citizens be-
fore the law and must share alike
the community responsibilities.
Further, that it is out of the
question to believe that there could
be colored East Denver High
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

The Senate of New Jersey pass
ed the Emancipation Bill. This
bill carries an appropriation of
Sl20,000 to aid the Negro of New
jersey to celebrate the golden jub.
lice of his freedom Said Bill was
fathered by the Rev. l. W. l..
Roundtree of Trenton, N. j., the
recognized leader of New Jersey
and ably assisted by Lawyer James
II. Penn of Passaic, N. j., District
Grand Master of District Grand
Lodge, No. 4, G. U. O. of O. F.
These two representatives worked
assiduously for the Bill and so con-
vincingly did they present the
merits of their Bill to the members
of the Senate, that it passed 13.4 4.
The Bill is now in the Assembly
and they have received the hearty
assurances from an overwhelming
majority of that House that the
bill will pass. Seven Commission
ers are to be appointed by the Gov
ernor, who will cooperate with
other States to make the national
exposition a success.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
Their Heavy Handicap.

How many women are born too fine
ly organized in sense and soul for the
highway they must walk with feet un-
shod.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
MR.. CARNEGIE GIVES AGRI.
CULTURAL TROPHY.

SPECIAL TO COLORADO STATESMAN.
Tuskegee, Ala.--The officers of
the American Land and Irrigation
Exposition, which was held in
New York City last fall, and
which is to be held again, Novem-
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23

RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

The highest salaried train por-
ter running out of Chicago is Mr..
John R. Combs, in the service of
the Illinois Central Railway Co.,
to Freeport, Ill, $40 per month.
Riding easy, no switches to throw.
Just like taking candy from baby.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
Best Compliment.

About the finest compliment that
can be paid to a young man is to say
he is a comfort to his parents.-Atch-
ison Globe.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-03-23
FL.

In the stomach OF a co.. recently
slaughtered in Davenport, Wash,
were found steel nails, a piece of tin
can and a 24-point capital o from q
font Of type.