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Evening star., 1912-10-06

Noi tu W Ntdl lhti ali dt Oit lllle
"Debonar" is the word that best de-
scribes the superintendent. The iron
strength and bulldog grit that have car
ried hm-not without some nasty stabs
and slashes-throush life ana death tus
SeS with thieves. murderers and ma
MACS, are masked behind the sleek. we'll
fed appearance of a jovial clubman,
and this effect his dancing blue eyes
which. however, can harden pitiessly. his
cocky little mustache and his closely
shaven Uranium combine to heighten.
His hands are manicured as carefully
as those of 9TH avenue dandy. but they
are as deceptive the rest of his ap-
pearance of careless bonhomie, for the
strength of steel is in them and they can
bend a siNpcnce or tear pack of cards
in two almost as easily as yours or mine
could shatter peanut. Yet 1t Is wrong
10 say that 'F'rankie' FroeStS $ air of an
out-and-out good sort is deceptive. eX-
cept as appearing to Indicate a soft-livinS
man who would be easy to get the upper
hand Of. for even the big, bad men he
has landed in ''quod' will tell YOU that he
is one of the best.
My. the fights the man has had. The
tough customers who have had to knock
under to his POrthoS-!ike strength. He
finally put the bracelets on one man after
Il titanic struggle all oveer first-class
compartment of an express train, and
even after he was handcutfed this thug
managed to raise an iron footwarmer be-
tween his manacled wrists and tried to
brain the detective with it.
Perhaps the live!iest fight OF Froest S
whole life. however. was against an
American COWBOY who already had six
murders to his credit. ard who did his
level best to make the killing of F'roest
constitute a seventh.
This was early in the detectives career.
but he already had tasted the mettle OIL
Americans-or rather Irish Americans, for
under Inspector Littlechild, he had
fought the Fenians in Ireland and gone
1lp against them in PariS-"those people
YOU We're kind enough to send over to
u.s. he said. describing them, SO he
knew what to expect in real bad man
from the states
This bad mans name was Kuhne and
he hailed from Primrose City, Wis. The
murders he was wanted for We're partic-
ularly brutal ones, and after committing
them kuhne signed on "a cattle boat
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United States.
And he's the man who passes final
judgment on who shall and shall not get
money-that is to say, money from the
government. Mayhap You have tried to
get money from Uncle Sam. There are
three ways of doing it: One is to work
for him. Another is to get an appropria-
tion through Congress. The third. and
most difficult. is TO go TO the controller
of the Treasury-he's the man about
whom this story is written.
This official. Robert ]. Tracewell by
name. is really the control of both the
other two ways OF coaxing dollars from
the Treasury-for he has the power to
hold UP clerks pay being without
the appropriation and by the same to-
ken he can hold up an appropriation
merely by deciding that it is not being
expended within the meaning of the terms
laid down by Congress in its making
::
But these foregoing are only an infini-
tesimal part of his duties. To him come
ali manner of claims. from all manner of
places. To him for final settlement comes
every mooted question financial from
every department. every bureau. every di-
vision in Uncle Sans vast government.
Indians appeal to him for increased land
bounties. Heirs of dead heroes of the
civil war come TO him for moneys due
or rather, thought due-for services in
the early COS. Great industrial COM
panies seeking to levy extra charges for
government contract work come a beg
ging at his door. bills in one hcnd and
legal documents in the other. Union la
borerS in government employ have left
wage disputes with him. for settlement.
Obscure deputy marshals have applied to
him for decision on the question of mile
age, and judges OF the federal courts
even cabinet officers-have knocked at his
door seeking decision on the question OF
per diem allowance.
Perhaps an idea of the scope of his
work can best be obtained from the fact
that he once allowed claim Of 81. 25O. .00(
and a few days later refused a claim OF
cents And both were given the same
deliberation and solemnly recorded in the
archives of the Treasury.
At one time the work of the controller 8
Office was divided between two officials.
But their decisions began to come in
conflict with each other. So the system
was changed and the power lodged with
just one man. That was about twenty
years ago.-and Tracewell has been con-
troller about sixteen years. thus holding
more individual power for a longer time
than any ether one man in the history
of the nation.
OF course. Coneroller Tracewell is &
lawyer-a country lawyer he call.
himself. But he is modest. He served as
a special judge for nearly two years In
Indiana, being elected to the Office by all
the other lawyers in the state-a pro
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skirting a preciritous canyon. To carry
his pack across this trail it was neces-
sary for him to buy or hire fresh burros,
and the only man within 100 miles who
owned burros not only refused to sell
but also to hire unless he was given
written guarantee of $1C0 each in case
his animals were disabled. The scientist
argued that no burro, alive or dead, was
worth 500, but he argued in vain The
owner was adamant.
Finally, rather than waste precious time
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cedure permissible among the Hoosiers
when a bench is vacated by death or III
ness.
After his service on the bench Con-
troller TraceWell went to Congress. De
ing the only republican ever elected by
his district-and after that, in 1897, Presi-
dent Mckinley appointed him controller.
There is no mercy, no milk of human
kindness, no sympathy in any of the con-
trollers official work-nothing but cold,
hard law. And anybody who thinks it
is always a pleasant job, or a sinecure,
for all that 1t is practically supreme, is
invited to ask the controller personally.
Almost whimsically he discussed his Of
fee and it's workings, lingering one of
the hundreds of law books with which
his tiny Office on the second floor of
the Treasury Department is lined, as he
talked.
Yes / guess I'm the man who can't
be overruled." he said-''that is, the only
way they can overrule me Is to fire me
and get a new controller. He might re-
verse me. but nobody else cannot even
the President.
But it's pretty mean job. sometimes
Frequently the law compels me to decide
against claim whine my own per
ought to be allowed-when l would
really like to grant it. But what
can do? My hands are tied. What
is it they say-'According to Hoyle? Well
everything here is according to law !
Il have fOrty-two men under me, al
of them lawyers We breathe law here
1t might almost be said that we eat it
And law and sentiment won't mix"
The little god of coincidence took a
hand in the procedure. and the door OF
CnnfrDIlpr'G office
NIT middle-aged man.
I'm Mr.. of the company,
the newcomer introduced himself. Il wis!
you'd look this over before file it with
the department and give me some sort OF
informal decisin.'
He extended a thick mass of papers
which the controller took and read
slowly.
back, but when it comes to me I'll have
to turn it down"
The middle-aged man looked disap
pointed. but said nothing. There really
was nothing that could be said, save ar
gument, which he evidently knew woult
be a waste of perfectly good time ant
breath. So he merely took his papers, an6
went out And the case was closed
There's a sample" said the control
Ter as the door swung shut. There's
a good sample of a claim that seems fail
lis fair, but which the law makes me
turn down.
The company that that chap repre-
sents, contracted with the government tC
tow one Of our Golfers a certain number
of miles. 1t did so and then cut loose
and started on its return trip. But the
weather was rough and the sea full o1
big cakes of ice, and the men on the
collier called the towing boat back. Tat
collier was towed an additional fifty
miles, to safety-and that man jus
brought in bill against the government
for $50 extra for additional services
Fair enough, it would seem, eh? Blu
l can't allow it,
You see, the men on the collier hao
no authority to ask for additional towing
The government had contracted for JUS
SO many miles, and no more. Extra serv
ices were rendered. true enough, bu
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signed the guarantee and you'll do the
paying
And subsequent events proved that he
vase wise 1t was rather ruefully that the
scientist dug down into his pocket and
paid over the S1C0
Still" he reasoned. 1.-THE government
will surely see that l had no alternative.
1t will even appreciate my zeal in going
ahead instead of wasting time in corre-
spondence 1t will repay me- So. con-
fdently. he added the item to his expense
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HIS is a tale of the
man who can't be
ov err uled. He's
only one of the
many departmental
officials of the gov
ernment-yet with
in his own con-
fines, and they are
broad, his word is
law, even over and
above that of the
President of the
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CUPT. FRANK FROEST

CUPT. FRANK FROEST
- of Scotland Yard Joined
the London Police Force
Thirty-four Years Ago as an
Ordinary "Cop"-Now Is Re-
garded in England as the
Greatest Living Detective
Arrested Jabez Balfour and
Brought DR.. Jameson to Eng
land After the Raid, But Is
Most Famous as the Con-
queror of Many American
"B a d Men" Has Two
Gums" and a Bowie Knife
Which He Took From Three
of the Worst of Them on His
Mantelpiece at Scotland Yard
Terrific Tussels and Many
Narrow ESCAPES From Death
Possesses Strength of a
Hercules-Can Bend Coin
With His Fingers and Tear
a Pack of Cards in Two, But
Looks Like an Easy-Going
Clubman.
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CAN tell YOU this,
said Big BIZ
Pinkerton, raising
a heavy forefinger
to emphasize his
words, that the
whole tribe of
American crooks,
big and little. will
breathe G a s ! e 1
when they hear
that that man has
quit the detective
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account. His zeal may have been ap-
preciated, but the decision of the
controller does not show It.
Instead that official ruled first that the
scientist had no authority to sign the
guarantee and second that he was allow
ed a per diem for his expenses and that
any and all expenditures Of his over that
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thing and another would make a double
row across even his broad chest if he
cared to wear them all at one time.
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writing to Washington for instructions,
the scientist signed the guarantee and
started. He hadn't gone far when one
of the burrOs fell into the canyon and
was killed. When the scientist returned
he advised the burro owner to send In
his claim to the government.
'.Nix," said the latter individual. You
Evening star., 1912-10-06

Special Correspondence OF The Star
LONDON, September %, 191
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS

deed by Linda Anderson to me, dated
January s, 1901, and recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of said County, in Deed Book
"AA,' page 100, will sell at public
sale at the Court House in said Coun-
ty, during. the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash, on the
first Tuesday in April, 1912, "a tract
of land in the 18th District and End
Section and in said County, known as
one acre of lot of land No. 146, near
the southeast corner of and on the
original south line of said No 146.
Bounded on the north by property of
Williams, Motley and DYSON; east by
property of Dyson and Herrin; south
by land or property of Francis Wheel
er; west by original line of said origi-
nal lot of No 146, as aforesaid, being
the premises decided to said Linda An
derson on January 3, 1871, by Will
liam P. Gault: for the purpose of pay
ing note dated January s, 1901, due
twelve months after date, made to me
by said Linda Anderson and Washing
ton Anderson for $500 principal, with
interest from date at the rate of s
per cent per annum, together with the
cost of this proceeding. This March
4th, 1912.
! y FOSTER
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, will sell
before the Court House door in the
city of Marietta, on the first Tuesday
in April next, within the legal hours
of sale, the following described real
estate: A certain vacant lot in the
city of Marietta, bounded on the south
by property of Phyllis Fair estate;
east by alley; north by Fort street
and west by Frank Reed and Annie
Motley property fronting on Fort
street ninety-six feet more or
less, and running back one hundred
and twenty-five feet, more or less,
sold as the property of the estate of
J. II. Fair, deceased. Sold for the pur-
pose Of paying the debts and distribu-
ton. Terms cash This March 4th,
1912.
E. II. CLAY,
Administrator of the estate of J. H.
Fair, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY:

To the heirs-at-law OF f. W. Medlock
late OF said county, deceased:
The Lithia Water Co, as transferee,
has filed its petition in this Court set
ting forth that E. W Medlock, now
deceased, in his lifetime executed a
bond for title to certain lands therein
described, copy of which bond is at.
tached to said petition in which z w
Medlock agreed to make deed to said
lands and claiming that the terms
therein have been complied with and
asking that an order be granted di.
recting Jos. II. Medlock Executor OF
E. w. MedloCk estate to execute title
as provided in said bond. The same
will be heard at my Office on the first
Monday in April next. This March 4,
1912. J. M. GANN, Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08

County, Georgia. being Lot of Land
No. 474, consisting of forty acres,
more or less, and Lot of Land No. ATS
consisting of fDrty acres, more or less
south half of Lot of Land No. Ais con-
sisting of 20 acres, more or less, and
% acres of Lot of Land No 476. 10
Gated in the southwest corner of said
lot, being in all one hundred and three
(103) acres, more or less, sold as the
property of the estate of Frank Dy-
son, deceased. Sold for the purpose of
paying the debts and distribution.
Terms cash. This March 4th, 1912.
~, G. NJ DYSON,
Administrator of the estate of Frank
Dyson, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
]. Z. FOSTER.

By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, l will sell
before the Court House door in the
city of Marietta, on the first Tuesday
in April next, within the legal hours
of sale, the following described real
estate : Twenty acres, more or less,
of Lot of Land No. 745 in the 18th
District and End Section of Cobb
County, Georgia, described and bound
ed as follows: Bounded on the east
and west by the original land lines of
said lot, bounded on the north by the
property of D. T. King, and on the
south by the property of R. K. Gil
bert, sold as the property of the es-
tate of F. M. King, deceased. Sold
for the purpose of paying the debts
and distribution. Terms cash. This
March 4th, 1912.
GORDON B. GANN,
Administrator of the estate of F. M
King, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
To All Whom it May Concern:


Mrs. Laura Rosen, having in due
form applied to me for permanent
Letters Of Administration on the es-
tate of Willie Rosen, late of said
County, deceased this is to cite all
and singular the creditors and next of
kin of Willie Rosen to be and appear
at my office on the first Monday in
May next, and show cause, if any
they can, why Permanent Administra-
ton should not be granted to peti-
tloner-or some fit and proper person
on Willie Rosen's estate.
Witness my official signature of Of
nee. This 4th day of March, 1912.
J. M. GANN,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
Administrator of the estate of Mind
Holman, deceased.
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, | will sell
before the Court House door in the
city Of Marietta, on the first Tuesday
in April next, within the legal hours
Of sale, the following described real
estate: A certain house and lot
known as the Fair property, located
in the city of Marietta. Ga, on Law
renee street, said lot commencing on
the southeast corner of what is known
as the Old Wesley land, and running
east along Lawrence street to alley;
thence along alley north to vacant
lot, belonging to the estate of ]. H
Fair; thence west along Fair prop
erty to Old Wesley place; thence
along Wesley lands to starting point
sold as the property of the estate OF
Phyllis Fair, deceased. Sold for the
purpose of paying the debts and dis
tribution. Terms cash. This March
4th, 1912.
E. H. CLAY,
Administrator of the estate of PHYLLIS
Fair, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.


By virtue of an order of the Court
Of Ordinary of said County, we will
sell before the Court House door in
the city of Marietta, on the first
Tuesday in April next, within the le-
gal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed real estate: Lots Nos 8, 8, 10.
II, II, 13, Ia Is, II, Is, 10, 20 and
%, Lot No. fronting on Black St..
20 feet and running back 1873 feet,
mere or less; Lot No. fronting on
Black ST., 80 feet and running back
uniform width of 161 feet, more or
less; Lot No. 10, fronting on Black
ST., eighty feet and running back III
feet, more or less; Lot No. II on the
corner of Black ST., and Washington
Ave, fronting on Black ST., 80 feet
and running back on Washington Ave-,
a uniform width of 161 feet, more or
less; Lot No. II being located back of
Lot No. IL fronting on Washington
Ave, 80 feet ard running back 200
feet, more or less; Lot No. Is, west of
Lot No. II fronting on Washington
Ave-, 80 feet, and running back, a uni
form width, of 200 feet; also Lot No.
ID, west of Lot No. 10, consisting of
a four-room house known as the Tom
Croft place, said lot being 80 feet
vide, and running back 200 feet, more
Or less; thence an alley; thence Lot
No. 16, located 80 feet from the cor
ner of alley and Washington ST., at
the corner of property of Mrs Mary
Covington, and running to alley 80
feet, with depth of 200 feet, more or
less. This lot contains a three-room
house. Also Lot No. II, fronting on
alley l42, feet, more or less, from the
alley at the corner of Washington ST.,
fronting on said alley 101 feet, and
running back 142 feet, containing a
three-roOm house on same; also Lot
No. Is, south of Lot No. II.
fronting said alley 80 feet
and running back 142 feet; also
Lot No. IS. south of Lot No. IS, 'front.'
ing on said alley SO feet and running
back 142 feet; also Lot No. 20, south
of Lot No. 10, fronting said alley 80
feet and running back 152 feet, and
~lSo LOU mo. ~, east OF Lot No. Il,
owned by Jourdan and Ben Black
fronting on alley 104 feet and run
ming back 233 feet, this being part of
the property of the home place of
Lemuel Black. deceased, the plat be-
ing recorded in Plat Book No. l, page
1876, Cobb County Records, this being
all of the property not given away in
will of said Lemuel Black, and con-
sisting of six acres, more or less, sold
as the property of the estate of Lem
uel Black, deceased. Sold for the pur-
pose of paying the debts and distri-
button. Terms cash. This March 4th,
1912.
J. J. BLACK,
w. j. BLACK,
G. A. GRIFFIN.
Executors of the estate of Lemuel
Black, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.
J. NJ. GANN,
Ordinary.

To All Whom it May Concern:
Mrs. J. c. Clackum, having in due
form applied to me for permanent
Letters of Administration on the es-
tate of of Mrs. Marguerite Dunn, late of
said County, deceased, this is to cite
all and singular the creditors and
next of kind of Mrs. Marguerite Dunn to
be and appear at my Office on the first
Monday in May next, and show cause
If any they can, why Permanent Ad-
ministration should not be granted to
E. G. Gilbert, or some fit and proper
person on Mrs. Margarine Dunn's es-
tate.
Witness my official signature of
Office. This 4th day of March, 1912.
J. M. GANN,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
Georgia, CoBB COUNTY,.

UEUhNIA, CUBB COUNTY.
Whereas, Jas. W.. Mcmillan, Adj
ministrator of James Prichard, late
6f said County, deceased, represents
to the Court in his petition duly filed
and entered on record that he has full
ly administered said estate This is,
therefore, to cite all persons concern
ed, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Ad-
ministrator should not be discharged
from his administration and receive
letters of dismission on the first Mon
day in April, 1912. This March 4th,
1912,
J NJ. GANN,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

Whereas, j. R. Bailey, Administra-
tor of Eliza Williford, late of said
County, deceased, represents to the
Court in his petition duly filed and
entered on record that he has fully ad-
ministered said estate This is
therefore, to cite all persons concern
ed, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Ad-
ministrator should not be discharged
from his administration and receive
letters of dismission on the first Mon
day in April, 1912. This March 4th
1912.
J. M. GANN,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

BY virtue of an order of the Court
Of Ordinary of said County, will sell
before the Court House door in the
city of Marietta, on the first Tuesday
IN April next, within the legal hours
Of sale, the following described real
estate: A certain farm located in the
10th District and End Section of Cobb
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

Whereas, Mrs. S. E. McNeely, Adj
administrator of E. P. Barnwell, late of
said County, deceased, represents to
the Court in her petition duly filed and
entered on record that she has fully
administered said estate This is,
therefore, to cite all persons concern
ed, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said Adj
ministrator should not be discharged
from her administration and receive
letters of dismission on the first Mon
day in April, 1912 This March 4th,
1912.
J NJ. GANN,
Ordinary.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEORGIA, COBB COUNTY.

WIZ SOO1N L
By virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said County, | will sell
before the Court House door in the
city of Marietta, on the first Tuesday
in April next, within the legal hours
of sale. the following described real
estate: A certain house and lot in
the city of Marietta, Cobb County,
Georgia, described and bounded as
follows: Bounded on the west by
Rigsby street; south by Fort street;
east by property belonging to the es-
tate of Sharper Reynolds; on the
north by property formerly belonging
to Minda Holman, consisting of one
fourth of an acre, more or less, to-
gether with the improvements there
On, sold as the property of the estate
Of Minda Holman, deceased. Sold for
the purpose of paying the debts and
distribution. Terms cash. This
March 4th, 1912.
P. c. SHERIFF,
Administrator of the estate of Minda
- Holman, deceased.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-03-08
GEOBGIA, COBB COUNTY.

j. A. Cape, a resident Of said county,
has made application to me for the
setting of a homestead in personal
property; and the same vii; he heard
at my Office at 10 o'clock Il. NJ. on
March nth, 1912.
This February Gath, 1919.
J. M. GANN, Ordinary.