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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
LOYAL EX-SLAVES
ASK STATES AID
Twenty-eight Aged Negroes, in
Petition, Say They Cast Their
Fortunes With South in War.

One Of the most pathetic petitions
ever presented to a Georgia State
official was handed to the State Com
missioner Of Pensions by a delegation
Of aged negroes Thursday afternoon.
II is a prayer for aid from % men,
who, though they knew their hopes
for freedom lay with the North, fol-
lowed their Southern masters into the
battlefield. The petition says:
Many times we could have escaped
and gone over to the enemies of our
masters, and our friends to freedom,
but we would not, for we felt that our
masters had placed in us a confidence
or they would not have carried us
along with them as bodyRuards We
could not betray their confidence
Therefore we stayed with them until
the great war was over, when we
were discharged without one cent to
make our way through the world We
now are old and helpless and our last
resort is to the Confederate States of
America for a small pension or dona-
ton for us old, broken down, worn
out ex-slaves.'
The laws Of Georgia make no pro-
vision for the ex- slaves who followed
their masters through the war 1t
Is probable that efforts will be made
to get some kind Of a relief bill
through the Legislature at the coming
session.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Machine He Invented
Kills Chicago Genius

CHICAGO. June John Lenih
who has worked FOR year pcrfcctiug
an idea for a soI-mixiug machine. ls
dead to-day. kiIled by his own per
fected iuverfiou, at lhe plant Of PohI-
man Bros & Co.,. florists
Lenib's electric soII-m mixing machine
would DO the work of ton gardeners.
II was certain to make him wealthy
lie forgot the current was turned GA
ana was pjeCtruyutgd
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Judge 7. M. Norwood,
Ex-senator, Is Dying

SAVANNAH. June 6.-Judge Thos.
NJ. Norwood formerly United States
Senator from Georgia and for several
years judge Of the City Court Of Sa-
vannah. is dying at Harrock Hill, his
suburban home near Savannah. His
attending physicians give no hope for
his recovery.
Judge Norwood. who is So years Of
age. suffered stroke Of apopleXy on
Tuesday. He is conscious only at in
tervals.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Stock Salesman Arrested.

STA.-Fred Averett. former
stock salesman for the Rome Insur-
auce Company. win face trial here
next week for cheating and swindling
n is alleged that he and his partner.
Albert Doughty. misrepresented a
stock proposition to q. II. Nixon.
chairman Of the Board Of Commits
sI0ners Of Richmond County and a
prominent cotton dealer.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Mail Delivery in Forsyth.

Forsyth now has de-
livery by mail carrier Although the
system is merely experimental now,
the probabilities are that the plan
win prove ID great success
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Farmer Has Freak Eco.

COLUMBUS r. Ritch. a farmer
Of Upatoi. has exhibited in this city
an egg that has on one side Of it the
figures 10000" while on the other
side are the letters u. s"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06

SAVANNAH Herman G.. Saup-
Urine has announced his candidacy for
the Eislarure, 20 succeed Pleasant
a. SroNaU resigned. He wiI. enter the
primary June lG
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06

Rev. DR.. John z. White has a
splendid article in The Sunday
American on 'The House of Our
Fathers. - Everybody should
read it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06

The Birth of Atlanta as told
by pioneer wOmen-an article
that everybody will want to
read. Published exclusively in
The Sunday American.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Why Crime Does MOI Pay

Another doube-page revelation by Sophie Lyons, the
queen Of the burglars, in which she recOunts the
amazing career of Mark ShinbUrn the scientific
and expert craftsman who terrorized bank Of
fcias and the police.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-06
Odd New WOmen'S FaShiOnS---
Good Manners Indoors

The second of series of useful and interesting
ticles by Mrs Frank Learned author of Etiquette Of
New York Today and well known member of
New York and Newport society.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
INCOME TAX INJUSTICE

From the discussion that is nroceed;r p
on the proposed income tax LEGISLATION
which is part of the Wilson Under.
wood tariff bill, it is clear that that is
very ill-advised measure, objection.
aole on many points. \ new objection,
pointed out by Mrs, Helen NJ. Bent in
the New York Tribune, is in that nor
'lon OF the income tax bill which de-
elares that "only one deduction of
SaUOo shall be made from the anpre-
gate income from all the members of
any family, composed of one or more
parents and one or more minor chill
dren; but if the wife is living apart
from her husband she NAV be taxed in.
dependently. -
The immoral tendency of this latter
clause is evident 1t would encourage
the separation of husband and wife in
any case where the relations existing
between them may be weak, and the
desire Of either or both to avoid taxa
ton would be strong
On the purely business or financial
side, it is urged that IN most States the
property and income of the wife are
recognized as her own, not subject to
the control of her husband or TO be dis.
posed of by him; and so the husband
having no control or lawful interest in
the wife's independent property, it is
pointed ont that 1T is not proper for
him to include that property or its in
come in any form in his own personal
income return
The soundness Of this position cannot
be questioned, and the income tax
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States does not contemplate
that any man shall return as his own
income the income, or an item Of in
come. that is not his own, 1t is true
that it requires the return of income
- from whatever sources derived,n but,
as in most cases the wife's income is
not at all his under the law but is her
own, there is a clear contradiction be-
tween the legal status of the wife
property in most of the States and the
requirement of this income TAX bill;
and as the State law which provides
for the adjustment Of the separate pro
perty Of husband and wife would be
the guide, why should this income law
attempt to impose an obligation upon
the husband with regard to his wife 's
property, which he can neither enforce
nor control?
IT seems clear case that this por-
ton of the income tax bill will have
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

is before The Federal District Court
of West Virginia affecting nineteen of
these alleged conspirators in that State.
So that the pleasing fiction that the
law is not likely to mean anything in
particular practically can no longer be
INDUCED in.
Since both houses of Congress have
again explicitly agreed 10 that rider,
however. there is no apparent way in
which it can he thrown of from the
bill. The situation is complicated
one, for il is evident that President
Wilson would lose n vast amount of re.
spect if he signs the bill with that
rider upon it. On the other hand, if he
should not sign that bill with the rider
upon it, be would be under the censure
of the labor unions, and of the farm
ers. The outlook is a dark one, and it
appears as though all concerned were
waiting for something to turn up. The
wait has turned up in this West Vir.
ginia case, which is a poser to the sup.
porters of that rider, destroying their
forecasts and bringing them face TO
face with an actual situation which Gu.
tirely upsets their theory
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
A CONDITION, NOT A THEORY.

The Investigation Of the West Vir.
ginia coal mine troubles brings to the
front III an unexpected way bill con
cerning which there has been for a
| long time a good deal Of controversy.
| 1t will be remembered that President
Taft vetoed the sundry civil appropria-
tion bill passed by the last Congress,
because it carried rider which pro-
vided that none of the money appro-
priated in the bill should be used for
the prosecution of labor combines or
combines of farmers TO raise the pric e
of their products. This bill was passed
again by the present Congress, and it
was given out from Washington that
President Wilson would sign it; but
| there ensued such a vigorous protest
from President Wilson IS supporters
against his doing anything of the kind,
on the ground stated by President Taft,
that it was the most vicious sort of
class legislation, that some avenue of
escape must be found, and so both
Houses having agreed upon that rider
LII lut piily luc lWO HOuSGS Oh bOn-
gress arc now at odds. on another mat
ter in II, the question Of whether the
membership of the board Of governors
Of the National Home for Disabled
Volunteers shall be reduced in num-
bers from eleven to five. 1t is
given out, with probable truth, that
this triAing matter is used to prevent
final agreement upon the bill by the
two houses, SO that President Wilson
will not have to face the dsagreeable
alternative of either shigning or refus-
ing to sign the bill. 1t is hoped by the
leaders that some means OF escape will
be found as the days go by; but the i'm
pending close of the fiscal year is
likely to compel action during the pres.
ent month
The argument in favor Of signing the
bill has been that it would probably
have no particular effect, since the
likelihood of any suits being brought
under it is remote. But this pleasant
anticipation has entirely blown away
IN this West Virginia gale. In that
case nineteen officials of the United
Mine Workers are under Indictment in
the Federal Court for conspiring with
coal mine owners in other States who
are favorable to union labor, TO in
AueDce the mine owners of West Vir-
ginia TO introduce IN that State high
er scale of union wages, These indict-
ments make the application Of the rider
an Immediate question. 1t is no long
er possible to say that the rider would
have no actual effect since such ques-
tions are not likely TO be brought be
fore the courts for now direct case
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

They are having a bitter fight in
Oregon as between the adherents OF
the State University and the State
Agricultural College, another instance
of the unwisdom Of having two sepa-
rate institutions Of this kind In Wis
consin the two are joined, and the
agricultural work, as well as the uni.
versity work proper, is done to the ut,
most benefit Of the people of the State,
and TO the advantage of the whole COM
in no State where the universi.
ty and the agricultural college are sepa-
rate is either ever heard Of outside the
States boundaries, save as in a squab-
Bile. to the loss and damage Of the
State 1t is evident that in Oregon,
Gas also in Utah, as we pointed out n
few days ago. it would pay the State
to consolidate the two institutions, even
now.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
THE CHICAGO LAND SHOW.

We have from Mr.. Robert T. Cross
General Manager of the United States
Land Show at Chicago, an urgent plea
for the representation of Utah at the
said Land Show there the present year.
This show is to be held at the COLI
scum, November Goth to December Sth
next.
Mr.. Cross complains that Utah was
not represented at the land show in
1912, but states that they ''are going
to make mighty effort to secure ex-
hibits from Utah in 19l3' Hence his
appeal and request for publicity in this
respect, Mr.. Cross urges that
The last census report shows that 800
per cent OF Utah farms arc irrigated. In
1910 there We're irrigation projects. COM
pleted or under way. capable OF supplying
l,9iI, $50 acres, and there We're only 999.-
4l0 acres under cultivation. This leaves
nearly 100000 acres waiting for the set
tier,
The value Of Utah tarm property more
than doubled during the years from 1900
to 1910. That's u good showing, but the
resources of the State warrant a much
larger increase in the next ten years.
Besides these irrigation projects, there
are many acres OF good land suitable for
dry FARMING that should be brought to
the attention of the homeseeker.
All these things are fairly well
known in Utah, but Mr. Cross doubtless
figures that repetition of them will
do no harm, and in this he is entirely
right. He holds that there are many
ways Of profting State or community
and that "among the best and most
lasting in effect are attractive displays
of actual products rightly placed and
backed by mon who know and can talk
their communities.
That is quite true, and the question
Is whether Utah desires this represen-
.ation. We place the matter before
The public, and should be glad to sec
practical results come therefrom, since
we believe that the land show at Chi
ago is one Of the great sources Of in
formation sought by homeseekers, and
hat many will be influenced in their
earch for homes by the exhibits which
will be made at that show.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
URGENCY VS.. PROFIT.

Considerable publicity is being given
to recent transaction in Oklahoma,
where the farmers Of a given neigh
borhood sold CPS calves at the price Of
six dollars each. a newspaper of that
community censures this transaction,
saying that off these calves had
been kept on an Oklahoma stock farm
and brought to maturity they would
have sold for eighty dollars or more,
each And another contemporary
comments that ''The demands for quick
returns arc often very short-sighted -
Both comments are economically
thoroughly sound but it is quite pos
sible that the present six dollars which
the farmers realized for each of their
calves may be of more benefit to them
than the eighty dollars would be three
years later. And as to the demand for
quick returns being often very short
sighted, it can frequently be said that
the demand for quick returns is often
very imperative; and the one who
yields to it, does so, not because he
thinks it is best for him in the long
run, but because present necessity com
Dels
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Gen. Pershing appears to be doing
excellent work in disarming the blood
thirsty Moros, But it wasn't easy TO
understand the report that those Moros
were led by the Sultan Of Jolo, who was
at last previous reports acting with
5Pershing, and accepting peaceably the
counsel of the Sheik III Islam 10 quit
the bad habits and submit quietly as
good followers of Mohammed TO Ameri.
can rule, Accordingly, later reports
show that Anil was the leader Of the
hgbting Moros, and that they are bad.
ly beaten.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

The Deseret News, copying pulpit ut.
icrances cn civil affairs, states that
Here III Utah it has been considered
almost sacrllege to mention municipal
ISSUES IN the pulpit" Sure enough.
On the one hand. because such Hmen.
ton has been usually accompanied by
not-to-be-disobeyed "couusel' to vo,e
in church's interest, which has been
denounced bv the free citizenship here;
and on the other, because the pulpit ut.
teraDceahas combated that "counsol -
and favored independence, and this las
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Il a sneer in an Eastern paper is that
tthe u. >. Senate favors arbitration only
g"hen we are sure TO win. But we
ought not to favor arbitration when we
see the tribunal so packed against us
that we are SIRE to lose no matter
yhow just and plain our cause.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
A GROSS FRAUD DISCLOSED,

Inc dispatches yesterday mornin g
make very bad showing for Senator
Lodge. The facts appear to be that
under the authority of the Senate to
Issue certain document In regard to
sugar, change WIS made in the docu.
ment after the authorization had been
obtained, and the "doctored docu.
ment WAS franked to the extent Of
100000 copies, and report of the
Finance Committee by Senator Lodge
was circulated under the franking priv
llege to the amount Of $4,000 copies.
The franks of Smoot and former SEN
ators Curtis and Dick and of Repre-
sentatives who were named. raised the
total to more than million and half
copies, the swindle on the postal ser
vice amounting TO 1928 600
The documents thus circulated were
not the documents authorized by the
Senate. After the authorization the
persons in interest changed the wording
so as to make them essentially pleas
for their own private interests Sena.
tor Gallinger Of Vermont in his testi.
mony yesterday was asked by Senator
Overman for his opinion on thus chang
ing public document after it had been
ordered printed by the Senate; "I
would consider that absolutely indie.
fensible, if not criminal,n said Senator
Galhnger, And Smoot of Utah is mixed
up in this indefensible, if not crimi-
nal, procedure; through the use of his
frank; but of course, the plea may he
open to him that he did not know of
the changing in the matter and the
fraud on the Senate. BY this the Unit.
ed States Government has been swim.
died many thousands of dollars on post.
age, for the changing of the document
made 1T private matter and took il
out of the public class, The use of
government facilities for the service
of private interests is utterly iudefensi.
BILE, and Senator Gallinger fitly char
acteriZed the transaction. 1t is a |
shame to Utah to have its Apostolic
representative in the Senate tainted |
in this sort of business, so ftly de-
pounced by the Senator from Vermont.
always provided. that he knew OF that
change.
In saying this, we do not in the
least question the right of the Sena.
tors and of those who work with them
TO oppose free sugar, much less do we
question their right to send out pub.
Inc documents under their franks, even
if those documents be pleas for protec-
tion for private interests. The offense
did not consist at all in that, or in
hearing the representatives of the sug.
ar interests The offense was clearly
stated by Senator Overman in his auerv
TO Senator Gallinger, and Senator Gal
inger fifty answered that query. It
was the case of a gross breach of faith
N the use of the Senatorial privilege,
and The changes in the matter after
he authorization in the Senate were
clearly a gross fraud upon the Postal
Department, as we'll as a breach of faith
,oward the Senate itself No filter 4
characterization of this sort Of illicit
transaction can be made than that which
vas made by Senator Gallinger. It
vas absolutely indefensible, If not
and we are sorry to see
Utah mans name in connection with
t, in any form.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Report is that Russia would be neu-
trail in case Of war between this coun-
try and Japan, Neutral so far as we
are concerned no doubt. But how
about Russia g neutrality toward Japan
in case a right good chance to get even
at small cost and with certainty should
be presented?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

The superintendent Of schools in
Pittsburgh was convicted of immorali-
ty, and then he was dismissed from
Office by the board Of education, the
only vote cast against his dismissal be.
ing by woman member of the board.
curious fact
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

|, Senator Lea s distinction that a
lobbyist - is one who disagrees with
Syour views on legislation, whereas if
he agrees he is San expert" covers
The case completely. is the opinion Of
-the Pittsburg Dispatch. with which we
5can all agree.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Threatened Americans have to pay
sone side or another pretty stiff prices
for the privilege of leaving Mexico.
But all that a man hath will he give
for his life, and that's about the way
;the case sizes up.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
Pittsburg Dispatch:

II Pittsburg Dispatch 'Sepator
zSmoot's testimony that his personal in.
gterests are the lines of wool and sugar.
sindicates the conclusion that while
/ those interests may not have influenced
Ibis votes in tariff questions, the votes
fnnd interests have never fought each
other -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Charles w. Morse, pardoned from the
81, :. Penitentiary at Atlanta by Presi-
] dent Taft as on the brink of the grave.
has recovered his health, and is likely,
from all accounts, to recover his for
tune. Foxiness seems to win at times,
sin spite of Morgan 5 pronouneement
] that it is character that counts in
finance,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

to be amended before il can, get
through the Senate; since it is clearly
impossible under the law to require
man TO account for that which is not
gally exercise any power.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

An estimate is that more than one
third of the members of the U. S. Sen.
, ate VIII be affected by the changes pro.
posed in the tariff bill. But they re
going TO vote on il Just the same.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Much is made of the acts Of Presi-
dent Wilson In breaking precedents; but
few will complain of this as long as he
doesn t break the country.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Disturbances are reported in Ven
ezuela, reported by one General
against another. his enemy, with the
usual bloody result. Where is Castro
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Every L. S. Senator has clerk,
paid out of The public treasury, as is
Just and proper. But Senator Jones
now proposes two such clerks One OF
these TO stand off the "insidious
1nbhy 80
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

General Miles thinks that the Jap
anese have been overestimated in their
war power. But it would be dangerous
to rely on that in case of trouble.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Chilian named Ezequiel Ossio, nj
trate king, claims TO be so rich that
John D. Rockefeller is a poor man by
comparison. Nitrate, eh7 Tainted dol
lars,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14
Saturday, June "a, 1913.

The Japanese bluff appears to have
fully spent it's force, and is seen to be
but bluff
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Jack Johnson is said to ''face his
jail sentence with fortitude. - In good
training for it. perhaps.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

Alfred Noyes. the English poet Wis.
iting in this country, is reported as
suffering from a breakdown. Let him
lead the simple life while, and get
wa1I
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-14

New York has begun to yell about
the ice trust; but then, New York al
ways is yelling about something, and it
might as well be the ice trust as any
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-04-10
Bankers Case Dismissed,

Great Falls.-A. l.. Herrig of Havre,
the banker who was charged by indict-
ment with making false entry in a re-
port of the condition of a national
bank of which he was cashier, won
his freedom without having to offer
any witnesses in his own behalf, the
charge being dismissed by the court
because Of technical weakness. The
item Of notes and bills rediscounted"
was the one in which it was charged
the Justification occurred and it de-
veloped that while, according to the
allegations of the Indictment, there
had been something like $4,000 in
cluded in such items, there had been
none entered in the report, and as
there was no entry there could not
then be a false entry. 1t is said here
the case will be pressed further by the
government.