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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05
THE STATE BAR AND Ex-JUDGE BLAIR.

FORMER COUNTY Judge John A. Blair of Hudson coun-
whose extraordinary in setting free five criminals of
worst type commit other crimes has stirred the ndigna
ton of the people of the county, fit subject for the casgaon
1t is from the members of the bar that
judges taken and the bar of the State well the county
should fail to characterize this exrajudca act in the strong
possible terms Especially at this time when the judge
held by reactonaries political parties the only
proper authority draw grand uries the act of Blair the
his retirement from the bench has ugly and
missing look 1t will be flung in the faces of the reaconares at
he Snecial
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS .

:. -.a4,u, MeljrIde, n shopkeeper, of
Mount Hope. is murdered and suspicion
Is unlustly directed toward John North,
who had retnrneds from McBride's shop
to his office. where he found Evelyn
Langbam, former sweetheart aud now
wife of Marshall Langham She tells
hlm OF her unhappipess in marriage aud
begs him to renew his attentions to her,
but he refuses. Andrew Gilmore, Il gam
bier, forces Marshall Lahgham. while
drunk, to take up his notes. Langham
Is seen by Joe Montgomery, a village der.
eict, fleeing from McBrides shop, but
the latter is persuaded 10 direct the at
tention of the officials toward North, who
had hidden goodby to Elizabeth Herbert.
daughter of General Herbert. and gone
10 Chicago. North returns ut the coro
ner's request. testities at the inquest. Is
arrested for the crime. A large amount
OF damaging circumstantial evidence Is
presented nj the trial. after which the
case goes to the jury. North is found
guilty and sentenced to be hanged. APP
peals are denied and futile effort to
secure cemency Is made. Elizabeth visits
North for the last time
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05
RACETRACKs TO OPEN THIS YEAR.

THE RACETRACKS in New York reopen this at
Belmont Park Jamaica Saratoga and the American thor
oughbred will reappear in his glory judicial decision IN New
individual wagers while shutting
the bOokmakeTs who will longer make the
racing of the thoroughbred merely for gambling In
England and France there statutory restriction the
Iacetrack In America by extreme enforcement of anti
gambling the had be abandoned and of the
horses abroad 1t rs the ceack
that the thoroughbred is developed and the strain thus created
utilized the whole breed of nations horses Amer
team stock generally inferior 1t is hard for the army to get
good mounts for the cavalry The racetrack should be
tonal institution free from gambling devices and guarded
against fraud.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05

tTo Be Continued Monday
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05
STATE TO RUN NEwARK's NORMAL SCHOOL.

normal school in Newark which has been
the Board of Education the legislative ap
preparation the present fiscal year $4,000
year, beginning November $4,000 AS the
Newark maintenance annual not
$43600 the city virtually gets from the State
the interest at cent million dollars The transfer
the State mutually advantageous. The
completed schoolhouse of superb build with fine
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05

financially interested in the proposed
legisla ton; these and other irnme-
date reforms the Progressives will
demand at the opening of Congress
They DO not expect to get them this
wear. They said so frankly in their
conference, but they expect to make
the public understand the necessity
for these reforms.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-05

II is said that threatened men live long The militant suf
making dire threats of crimes to stagge
humanity They won't stop kidnapping royalty which indeed
give England parayc shock Setting fire to houses
Nrecng golf links smashing store windows and destroying
mail matter are mild performances the man say compared
with what coming All this sounds formidable but as the
mlitants generally well known to the police is
hard tossee they much surpass former efforts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
CHARTER REFORMERS
DELAYED BY ABSENCE
OF 2 COMMITTEEMAN

owing to The, absence Of two OF the
members the meeting Of the charter re-
vision subcommittee Of seven 70 con
slider the tents tive charter has ben post p
pond from Wednesday until Thursday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock Members Of the
committee expect to be able 10 recon-
mend tho charter to the committee Of %
after brief consideration
The program of the charter reform
ers is to get action by council as soon
as possible to submit the new charter to
the people. Then an election on ii will
be held before it is presented to the
legislature, If the charter is adopted by
the people the action of the legislature
passing il viii be only formal If the peo-
pie should reject 1t the document would
be a dead issue.
After the charter has been finally
adopted by the committee Of % all that
will he asked of council will be to allow
the people to express themselves The
charter must he advertised for 30 days
after council acts before an election can
be held.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
Toronto Press Puts
Hearst Papers First
In Protecting People
Declares English Pu blish r
Would Let Public Be Robbed
Before Spending as Much
as Mr. Hearst.

OTTAWA, Feb. lit is heresy 10
suggest" says The Toronto Telegram
in its editorial columns, that in point
Of usefulness to the public welfare The
London Times or any other Harms
worth publication is not fit to be men,
toned in the same day as The New
York American. The people Of Eng
land would be robbed by every form Of
exploitation in sight before the pro-
prietor Of The London Times or Lon
don Daily Mail would spend the money
that w. r. Hearst, proprietor of The
New York American. is spending to
protect the people of New York city.
THE Hearst papers are more useful
to the people OF their cities than the
Harmsworth papers ever will be to the
people of England. The New York
American adds one more to it's many
public services in w, r. Hearst's at
tempt to array the power of the courts
against the infamies of the New York
subway grab"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11

dist; Henry~Clews the New York null
millionaire, and a long list of Amer
lean and English notables.
DR.. Tupper's delicate mission is the
elimination Of much correspondence
and travel, which began last August
today it is just bearing fruit. During
that month last year Or. Upper held
lengthy conference with General
OrOzco in Jaurez, Mexico, at which
time the northern Mexico revolt leader
displayed Willingness to further the
idea Of industrial and physical peace In
Mexico through DR.. Tupper's plan.
DR.. Topper has been working out a
system by which he now believes peace
can be quickly attained in the war
SCARED sister republic. His plan en-
braces the English idea Of land tenure
DR.. Upper declares:
The greatest evil in Mexico is the
subsidy plan. Vast areas Of land are
apportioned in million acre lots to only
those whose financial backing is large
"The government in maintaining the
subsidy system preCludcs the pOssibil-
~ of the vast population some 5000
600 peoplc-from ever acquiring homes
Continued on Page Two.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
PRISONER At
FORT BINDS
GUARD AND
ESCAPES
Cuts Own ShaCkIeS, Beats the
Sentry Into Inconsistencies
and Gets Away.
TROOPS SCOUR WOODS IN
VAIN HUNT FOR FUGITIVE

ShaclIed hand and foot, Dudley Rey-
nolds, a soldier prisoner at Fort Nc
Pherson, today proved more than q
match for his guard. Dave Farnum,
whom he knocked into Inconsistencies
with heavy stick, bound him with a
rope, and escaped in the woods to the
southeast of the fort. Reynolds was
serving three-year sentence for as
sault and battery on first sergeant
last December.
The escape of the desperate soldier
was made about 10 o'clock, when Rey-
nolds was assigned to the mental task
of picking up trash and paper in the
yerd of the fort. lie made use of q
stick which came to his hands.
Some time later the sentry regained
his senses and. with the aid Of his teeth,
freed himself from his letters Then he
ran to the guardhouse and reported the
escape to Captain Simmons Captain
Simmons sent out mounted detach
ment to scour the woods, but at an ear
~ hour this afternoon had found no
trace of the fugitive.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
SAYS INDIFFERENCE
TO SMOKE NUISANCE
SMELLS MORTALITY

Atlanta wants TO have her nose and
throat looked into at once" said DR.. J.
Campbell White, head of the Laymen's
Missionary society OF New York, ad-
dressing banquet Of the local asso-
citation of the same organization last
evening In the Auditorium.
DR.. White predicted that the mortali-
ty cost to this city arising from neg
lected abatement of the smoke nuisance
will soon rival that Of smoky Pittsburg
He declared he had been a resident of
Pittsburg for several years, and AT
lanta's smoke conditions are worse than
that notorious center of dark clouds
and dirty air"
DR.. White added:
"A Pittsburg surgeon made a post
norton examination of a man popu-
larry believed to have succumbed TO
tuberculosis The dead mans lungs
were black. Smoke did It, Id most
urgently advise surgeons here not to
search for the same condition. They
would undoubtedly take the record from
Pttsburg."
Or. White left today for his home in
New York
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
Agents of Peace
Hurrying to Mexico.

Bearing an olive branch" to the
clashing forces in Mexico, Henry Allen
Upper. DID, LID, a native Geor-
gian. now occupying the high position
of special peace commissioner of the
International Peace Forum, with head
quarters in New York city, passed
through Atlanta today en- route to the
capital of the Mexican government.
Upon his arrival there he Will. through
diplomatic channels. attempt to bring
about an immediate conference between
the beleaguered President Madero and
General Felix Diaz, lader Of the revo-
lutionists.
Or. Tupper's plan to cause an imme-
date cessation Of hostillties in Mexico
City has the backing of President Taft.
who is honorary president Of the Inter-
national Peace Forum; Henry Van
Dyke, the noted divine: sir Gilbert
Parker the English peace propa gan
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
MEXICO CITY FALLS
INTO REBELS HANDS

NEUVO LAREDO, MEXICO, Feb. II
Word received here this afternoon from
Mexico City says that the capital has
fallen into the hands of the rebels that
President Madero has disappeared and
is believed to have chartered special
train and is rushing toward the Texas
border.
The dispatch also states that a ter
rifle battle between the federas and
rebels is raging at the capital.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. t1.-(12 O'clock
Noon).-A battle is now raging be-
tween federal troops and insurgents
under Colonel Diaz, near the arsenal
Heavy firing of small arms and artil-
ery is heard there.
The battle now raging will determine
whether the Maredo government will
fall from power or the government be
turned over to Colonel Diaz.
The rebels are steadily gaining in
force. while it is apparent that the gov
eminent is losing.
The American embassy is under q
guard of Meoicans commanded by Gap
tain Burnside, the military attache OF
Mexico and a former Texas ranger.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
Was Sentenced to
MILITARY Prison.

Just a few days after Christmas Rey-
nolds was charged with assaulting First
Sergeant Mcmillan, of Company D. He
was charged with provoking a fight,
striking the sergeant in the face and
beating him up A general courtmar-
tial tried him, found him guilty and
sentenced him to serve under shackles
in the guardhouse until removed to the
military prison at Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas. He had served a little less
than two months of three years and
was soon to go to Kansas
The prisoner wore fatigue uniform.
with blue overalls. on the back of his
shirt was the usual white letter "P,"
about ten inches high, and this letter
was also on his trousers legs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
KISSED ONCE IN
YEAR, WIFE SUES

Three kisses In three years-one each
year-and a chill and perfunctory salu-
tation at that was the sum of affection
n. s. Thomas bestowed upon his wife,
according to the allegations set forth in
a divorce petition filed In superior court
today by Mrs, Nellie Thomas.
Mrs. Thomas, through her attorney,
John Y. Smith. told the court that her
husbands coldness became unbearable.
She said that during three years before
the separation on January 10. 1913, he
either ignored her utterly or urged her
to go to the theater with other men.
She asserted that her husband was a
travelling salesman for Harper & Ware,
Of Atlanta and had property valued at
$4,000. The petition set forth that the
pair were married in Jackson, n c., in
1899. after a romantic eIopement.
She told the court that she was a
school girl in her teens when Thomas
wooed her ardently. She was so i'm
pressed that she ran away from school,
eloped with Thomas and came to At
lanta.
After the first few years Of married
life. which she maintained were happy
enough, Thomas grew cold and neglect
full He was interested in business, she
said, and had no time for his home or
social pleasures
When she demonstrated, she averred.
he told her to go to the theater with
other men, asserting that he was not
Jealous in the least.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
TRAILS
HIGHER
|UP IN BAIL
| PROBE
veeping Investigation Begun
as Result of BosWell'S Re-
cent Arrest.
TT0RNEY FOR LAWYER
BLAMES THE SYSTEM"

Invest CATION Of the entire ball bond
#steno of Fulton county was begun
Il the Fulton grand jury today. The
H. suddenly convened at 10 o'clock
|sis morning and for two hours dis
sussed the recent developments in the
hega, arrest cases with a view to
Robins various phases Of the county's
.sininal court procedure.
solicitor General Hugh Dorsey, who,
Mth Lowry Arnold. solicitor of the
kroinal court Of Atlanta. has been en-
AGED in an investigation of the alleged
No. arrest case involving H. ]. Bos-
Hall, attorney. and Charlie Isom. for
Rer county policeman, was called be-
Biz the jury. but mis- testimony was
NJ made public,
sWhen the jury adjourned az u
4tlocl after two hours session, none
n the members would discuss the prep
Nations for the probe which had gone
n behind closed doors. However, it is
lhierstood that several committees
Mere appointed to look into phases OF
NJ matter and report for a future SEES
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
Cuts Shackles
And Binds Sentry.

After knocking Farnum down, Rey-
nolds took the firing pin and bolt out
of the sentry's rifle, detached the bayo-
net and began cutting at his shackles.
He broke the shackle on one ankle and
slipped the other iron over the other
foot. The shackles were found under a
tree.
The sentry lay some time on the
damp ground and a heavy drizzle re-
vived him.
He Immediately began chewing away
at the knots The rain had made them
hard, but the sentry finally managed to
get them loose. His feet were not tied
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
RACING
RESULTS.
Al CHARLESTON


Eirst--Three year Olds and up. selling.
81 furlongs: Right Easy LOG CDeronde),
ll-0, as, out, won: Theresa Gill ~ (Fordl g,
$40, 2-5 Bat Masterson 103 (Obert), TO-,
5-2, So Time, :01 40. Also ran: Okeeta
and Americas.
Second Three year olds. selling, 6 fur
out won; Matte L. 107 (Martinl, %, !,
rs; Rock Bar 1913 (NusgraYe). 80, s, 50.
Time. 1:15 t-5. Also IA Beth Stanley.
Roseburg ", Masalame and Fairy God
mother
longs: Caughhill 1876 (ButwelD, To, IL,
out won; Samuel R. Meyer 1872 (BuXton),
8, 4. rs; Republican 1872 (Mclntyre), 2,
As, 25. Time, 1:20 Also ran Blaze,
Mudsill, T. M. Green, Volthorpe and
Fourth-Three year olds and up, selling,
s. 2, won; Towtonfeld Ill q. Wilson,, 6-5,
50, 1-3 Hoffman 109 (ButwelD, 4, rs,
35. Time, :2S AS. Also ran; Gardenia,
Colonial, Rey and Ragman.
Fifth-Three year olds and up, 51a fur
out, Won; Queen Bee 107 (Chappelp, 4,
10, Ia; Noble Grand 102 (Martin). T.,
SIS. As. Time, :07 10 Also ran: Nor
gan Wilson, Benedictina, Inspired,
Blanche Frances and LeTOurno.
Sixth-Four year olds and up, selling.
mile and one sixteenth: Supervisor l97
(Musgrave). 3-5, 1-3, out; New River 105
lFrancisl, 9-2. 6-5, 20. Time, l:i9 LIS.
Also ran: Garry Herman, Ruisseau and
Woodcraft.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
TGet Men Higher Up
sawyer Demands.

NJ considerable speculation was rife in
a.t circles today when 1t was learned
- :. G. Crane, attorney for Bos-
r. The young lawyer held on $1,000
2P01a IN the alleged illegal arrest cases.
H. .oumated to Solicitor Dorsey that
'-s men higher up" were trying to
Pc d 'Scapegoat" Of his client.
'a.e admitted today that he had
''e to Solicitor Dorsey in behalf of
,s"e' and offered to furnish Witnesses
Il ' would go before the jury and tell
Whole story as soon as the probe
W. apatod was actually begun He
'IS Investigation is started its
.'e' win be far-reachinR. and the
Il '"o jury win become convinced that
need sweeping reforms in the han
NY OF criminals and criminal cases in
h. 0'.''5 and otherwise in Atlanta ana
Fulton county
t.r ny the system that's wrong-woe-
,,' NF'ng--and the young lawyers of
wy are made its victims.
,,, -''ns my II years of experience in
,.. ''',' know Of fully 100 young law
r.. VINO have been engulfed by this
-''ea system, which permits of
r,.. '7''Ihg under the gulse of legiti-
as.l a''s, and who have been compel-
.bru, .'a'e Atlanta under a cloud. It's
,-s 7" ".ae We We're striking the shackles
t5a- me Young lawyers and saving
Ias.... rom this outwardly apparent
ro.- innate system that finally lands
,'' on the rocks"
h. ~ 10 the particular points on which
tenn 'as,a his charges against the "sys-
.r.r, attorney Crane said the whole
g,,., would be laid bare before the
~s1. r's probe shouldn't stop with Bos-
f.. "' said Boswell is but a tiny
hes just o poor country boy.
-.'. TO Atlanta to make a start in
.o~ and fell q victim to this ,ys.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
FIVE WEST VIRGINIA
SOLONS ARRESTED
ON BRIBERY CHARGE

CHARLESTON. w. VA, Feb. ii
Five members Of the West Virginia
legislature were arrested this afternoon
charged with corruption and bribery.
The evidence was accumulated by
Burns detectives
The men arrested are Senator B. A..
Smith and Delegates S. q. G. Rhodes,
Dr. r. j. Asbury, David f.. Hill and r
A. H. Duff They are charged with
having accepted $4,000 bribe for voting
for William Seymour Edwards for
United States senator.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
First Victim Killed by Fall on Ice; Sec
ond, Ill From Scurvy, Voluntarily
Wanders Off Into Blizzard; Bodies
Found IL Miles From Supply Base.
Death Comes to Little Band After Travelling
I55 Miles From Goal Remains Lay Eight
Months Before Found by Rescue Party
World Calls Explorers Martyrs to Science

LONDON Feb 1A the honors that could befal iusrous
peace heaped by the whole world today
OF Captain RobH Scott who with four died martyrs
within Antarctic circle after having implanted
Union Jack upon the South Pole
poured in the Royal
cety every country the world while
family explorer teegraphd highest
circle Of state scientific ranks
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
Proceedings Secret,
lays Solicitor.

n The jury during its twohour eXecu-
1ye meeting did not take UP any Grim
lhal business from the solicitors office.
Will mysterious about the exact I'M
#pr Of the meeting, members freely
AinJei that the developments in the IL
sega' arrest cases was the sole topic
IA discussion.
n I. is understood that the jury's probe,
II undertaken sweepingly. will involve
Rtners said to have been engaged in IL
fesu'ar tactics,
Solicitor Dorsey said after the meet
rs that while he had known that the
Hhy expected to hold a short session
PJay he vas not permitted to reveal
RlytUns in reference to it, Jurymen
IT. equally rs reticent.
4 Tile foreman Of the January grand
#l'y which doubtless will undertake
~ probe, is 7. J. Day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
ARRESTED FOR KISSING
FlANCEE IN STATION

HARTFORD, CONN. Feb. 11.-Be-
cause he kissed his fiancee, Miss Cor
rhine Colby, in the Union station here
and refused to desist when warned by
a policeman. jerome Evans. of Frank
lin, n. H., was arrested
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
AERIAL DYNAMITE BOMB
INVENTED BY ATWOOD

SANDUSKY, OHIO. Feb. 11.-An
aerial bomb, consisting Of an airshlp
carrying dynamite which he declares
viii fly in a straight line ana drop the
explosives at any Indicated time. has
been invented by Harry y Atwood, the
Boston aviator
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
THE WEATHER

Rain tonight; Wednesday clearing
and colder. temperatures: a. M.
43 degrees; 10 a. m, "A degrees; u
noon, as degrees; 2 p. M, 46 degrees.
Sunrise. 6:27; sunset, 5:18.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11
AT IIIAR

First-Mazurka, - first; Faneuil Hail,
So Maudadero, out, Also ran: Choctaw,
Quid NunC and Lookout.
Second-Uucle Jimmie Gray, S-4, first;
The Fad 3-5; Kid Nelson. 10. Also ran:
Red Rose Wolfress. Don Ramon, Ada
Doyle and Stone Cutter
Third-Eyran, 8, first; Bonnie Bard, 50;
Lescar, 2 Also ran: Royal Dolly, Ro-
senta, Phil Connor and Cantem.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-11

AS the exploration ship Terra
Nova, which brought the news oil
the tragedy to civilization, crept
today up TO New Zealand, where
she viii dock Thursday, wireless
messages from the survivors of the
Scott expedition on board added
details to the tragic stories of vic
tory which was swallowed up soon
afterward in death.
Died 155 Miles
North of South Pole.
Captain Scott DR.. Edward A. VIII
son and Lieutenant H. r. Bowers died
within eleven miles of the depot Of
OnetOn camp. 1856 miles north Of the
South Pole, and their bodies lay in their
tent nearly eight months before they
We're found by rescue party. All thu,
members of the party did not die of
starvation. Edgar Evans and Captain
L. z. c. Oates, who were the first to go
were victims Of other agencies
Evans slipped upon the ice and sue
cumbea to concussion of the brain on
February II last, one month later
Captain Oates weak from scurvy fro
zen feet, frozen hands and tester stag
gered from the camp one night, saying
that "he might not return for some
time" That was on March II last. He
was never seen again, and his body
was not found.
Tragic facts were recorded in the
death diary OF Captain Scott who
bravely recorded each days doings
while facing death. Never were moro
heroic words penned than those scrib
bled in the presence of death and in
the supreme solitudes of the frozen
south.
The exact date of the death of Cap
tain Scott DR.. Wilson and Lieutenant
Bowers is not known, but It is presumed
that they succumbed late in March OF
1912.