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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Joe Jefferson Died
In Same Cottage.

Investigation reveals that many Of
the statements made by Amasa p.
F1agler in his interviews regarding
the death OF his relative are exag-
gerations. He Is said to have de-
clared that the beach cottage In whicn
Henry NJ Flagler died was old and
dnapldated and isolated from the
community. II is, however. THE Nau-
titus" one OF colony OF seven cot
tages on the beach. and is within 200
feet Of The Breakers II is leased
for $4,000 season Of three months
to the winter visitors from the North,
and last season was occupied by
"Fingy" Corners. the Buffalo politi-
clan. Joseph Jefferson, the actor, ac-
cording to the beach traditions, died
in the same cottage.
Local physicians, although none OF
them was called IN TO assist DR.. Kee-
nan and Or. Castleberry. watched the
case as well as possible in view Of
the privacy attached to II, Several
to-day said that they would have in
dorsed the move from Whitehall to
the beach cottage. considering more
desirable the sea breeze and the relief
from the sultriness that is always the
lot Of Whitehall in the early summer
West Palm Beach is divided into
two hostile camps on the question of
the treatment Of Henry NJ. Flagler,
many contending that the charges OF
a deliberate isolation and of made
quate care OF the dying man may be
substantiated by a chain OF clrcum-
stances. and others laughing at the
scandal that Amasa Flagler has
sprung.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
JAP ENIGRANTS
NOW COLONIZING
BRAZILIAN LANDS
1900 Arrivals But Vanguard Of
0rientaIs to Be Sent to
South America.

SEATTLE. WASH, June 2s.-How
Japan is coIonizing Brazil was given
in detail here with the arrival of the
japanese steamship Sanuki Maru.
Fifteen hundred japanese emigrants
were landed at Santos. Brazil. May
Is. They are the vanguard Of a great
population to be sent to South Amer
lea to become a part Of the first
permanent japanese colony In Brazil
under the Sac Paulo colonization
agreement recently entered into be
tween Japan and Brazil
The first award of territory COM
prises approximately 10000 acres Of
agricultural land
Another japanese Brazilian coloni-
cation enterprise has been completed
and passengers Of the Sanuki say that
the two Governments have arranged
for the concession of considerable
area OF fertile country which viii be
settled by japanese. Settlers for this
colony will !eaye Japan about the end
Of the present year
japanese contract labor is now be-
ing sent into South Africa and both
Brazil and Peru are being supplied
with coolies. who leave Japan under
contract with various South Ameri-
can Industrial organiza tons
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
COAL OIL JOHN,
SPENDTHRIFT 7,
OLD AND BROKE
Threw Away Millions Like Saw
dust, but Tells Home People He
Doesn't Regret Past.

WARREN. PA. June 2S.-A per-
sonage Of the long ago, one whom
many believed to be dead Coal Oil
Johnny" Steele, greatest spendthrift
Of his day, has returned to the towr
that knew him as a coal oil wagon
driver when he earned 81 a day and
was glad to get it. Afterward he was
known to throw thousands and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars around
Broadway and Philadelphia, and by
his reckless extravaganza became a
national figure.
once a cabman told him his wife
wanted a diamond ring. Coal Oil
Johnny said: IN give you $500 for
your cab"
You're on" said the cabman.
Ride me around the block" said
John, and when the trip had been
at the entrance of the Girard House,
in Philadelphia, he said: Now, Con-
way, me boy, you can have your cab
back and keep the 5000 and get your
wife that diamond ring"
AS the adopted son of the Widow
McClintock, on whose farm an oil
well gushed every time a drill was
sunk, he came into a huge fortune in
1875. and Coal Oil Johnny's" spend
thrift race was run in three years.
The farm still yielded oil, but men
sharper in business than he acquired
the gold mine" and Johnny went to
Nebraska, after confessing himself a
bankrupt for S32.7S9. He owed nearly
$4,000 to the Girard House in Phila-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

I, 1908; December % 1910; January
10, 1912, and September 10, 1912.
II is these, Amasa Flagler declares,
which are damaging to the original
document but none Of them seem
materially to affect IT. The first CO.
dicil gives his trustees the power to
complete the southern extension of
the Florida East Coast Railroad,
which he denied them in the will.
The second codicil defines the
meaning Of the term expiration Of
trust, which occurred frequently in
the will. and provides that If Harry
Hardness Flagler is not living at the
end of the expiration Of trust" then
the 5000 shares of oil stock lapse to
the estate. In this codicil also he
revoked the legacies Of $4,000 to the
Florida University and $4,000 to the
John b. Stetson University, and pro-
vided for requests of $4,000 to ]. p.
Greaves, Robert Murray and Leland
Sterry, and giving w. H. Beardsley
$4,000 instead Of $4,000 If he sur
vived his wife, F1agler specified in
this codicil. the residue of his estate
is to be divided among Roy H York.
w. l.. Hardness and Mrs. John d. Me-
Lehman, Of Cleveland; w. r. Keenan,,
Jr., J. X. Wise and Sarah G. Keenan,.
of Wilmington; J. r. PARROT, OF
jacksonville. and w. II. Beardsley.
OF New York
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Continued From Page I.

time. not long before the end, he said
to me George, there Is the greatest
thing In the world pointing out at
the sea. IF there ever comes a time
when you would be proud Of yourself
and Of what you have done, think
about that ocean. There is something
greater more wonderful than any
thing a man can ever make or be-
come. Railroads and cities are moth
ing But a lot Of the times he was
not conscious TO what went on"
Mr.. Fiagler was moved to the beach
cottage from his mansion. white
hall" when summer began to set in
at Palm Beach. He was moved at
the combined orders of his physician,
Or. W. r. keenan,. and Mrs Flagler
Or. keenan, Is Mrs. Flagler's brother
Because has was moved Amasa p
Flagler nnds the basis for a denun-
citation OF those who took care OF
him, declaring that his kinsman was
taken 10 tIe empty beach cottage
that he might be more securely iso-
lated
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SOUTH AMERICA
WELL To FRONT
FOR 1915 FAIR
Two Republics Are Scheduled to
Dedicate Their Sites Within
the Next Week.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 2S.-With-
in the next week two South American
republics win dedicate their sites for
participation in the Panama Pacific
International Exposition.
Romulo s. Naon, Envoy Extraordi-
nary and Minister Plenipotentfary of
the Argentine Republic to the United
States, Will arrive in this city to-
morrow, June Is. to dedicate a site for
the exposition, and on Monday the
New Jersey Exposition Commission
ers will reach this CITY for the pur-
pose of dedicating New Jerseys site.
On June 10 Joaquin Mendez. Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
Tertiary of Guatemala to this country.
will dedicate Guatemalas site.
Minister Knowles, in a recent state
ment, declared that competition had
been started in Bolivia to select mu-
sicians for crack military band that
will visit the exposition.
He proposes also to have at the ex-
position a small colony of Indians
from Lake Titicaca in their native
costumes and plying their balsas or
native boats. He also strongly advo-
Gates a replica of Potosi Hill, where
the Spaniards took out hundreds of
millions Of dollars in gold and silver.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
No Increase for
Son g Share Of Estate.

The third codicil announces that
upon consideration the testator found
incorrect the statement in the will
that he had given his son securities
netting $4,000 a year. However. he
said. this mistake did not warrant an
increase in the legacy to Harry Hark-
ness F'lagler.
The codicil also provides for a leg
acy of $4,000 to Harry 70. Bemis,
and empowers his trustees to borrow
money for the extension of his rail-
road to Key West.
Codicil four specifies that the
smaller legatees are not to receive
the amounts provided unless at the
time of his death they are in the en-
ploy of the Flagler railroad or hotel
interests.
Codicil five empowers his trustees
to continue to pay to Horace II. Flag
Ter, Of st. Augustine. the dividends
on so shares of Standard Oil stock.
II provides, too. that the legacy to the
Memorial Presbyterian Church Socie-
~ apply only if the church remain in
the Presbyterian Church of the Unit
ed States Of America
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Declares Son Didn t
Show Filial Regard.

Il have already given my son Sc
curities sufficient to bring him an
income of $4,000 a year" the will
stated. MY son has not shown for
me the filial regard that would make
me inclined to do more for him than
is done by this item of my will"
No beneficiary will profit by the
Will, however, for at least five years
BY its terms, a trust is created, the
testator declaring:
1T is my intention in the future to
foster, protect and properly develop
such properties and to provide
against my decease While such prop
critics are in process Of development,
and to relieve my beloved wife fro n
the immediate cares and Responsible
ties of so varied and extensive inter-
ests. | hereby declare a trust for all
my properties. From this trust is ex-
cepted 1000 to the Stetson Uni
Yersity and 100000 to the Florida Ag-
ricultural College for the construction
of a gymnasium.
The trust is to last five years. &C
cording to the will, and IL the Florida
East Coast Railway. or the Florida
East Coast Hotel Company, at that
time should require financial aid,
then 1t is to continue as long as is
necessary Until the expiration of
trust, Mrs Flagler is to receive 500. =
600 a year and the Memorial Presby-
terrain Church of st. Augustine $4,000
a wear
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Another Canine Hooks Two Great
Sea Bass and Lands Them
in the Ocean.
BIG FROG SlLENCES TRAIN
Engine Crew Declares His Croak
Is Louder Than MOguI Whistle,
Eyes Bigger Than Saucers.

There still exist persons bold
enough TO brave Rooseveltian anger
despite recent results In the Michigan
suit that made brandy and milk
America S national beverage
For. despite the Coloners Ceaseless
warfare the nature takers still exist.
and they don't stop at existing. They
are growing like the green bay tree
and summer fish stories
In one day the public prints CARR ed
the following items Of news and pa
pers protest their accuracy;
Went for Buttermilk.
From little old New York comes
the yarn that John Elliott left the
dock at Mariner harbor, Staten Island,
10 get a glass Of buttermilk He had
also left his fish line in the water
and his faithful dog 20 guard H..
When he returned dog and line has
disappeared. a search disclosed the dog
swimming with the line IN his mouth.
When he was rescued II was found
that he had hooked two big sea bass
and was being lowed out 20 the
ocean The story is easily belevable
II the buttermik is forgotten.
Wheeling, w Va. is not TO be out
done The Wheeling chronicler re-
lates that Howard Wilkinson. an ex-
press messenger. dropped "a purse
containing Sis In bills and silver Il
was seized by "a hungry dog and be-
fore 81 could be recovered. the canine
had chewed the bills into an ire
deemable mess. while he had swa!
lowed $40 In coins
Pigeons Aid Sparrows.
Chester Pa. advices tell that
worllmen repairing the steeple OF s..
PauFs Episcopal Churcn were at
tackled and placed in peril Of death
by horde Of sparrows. who had
made the belfry their home. The
writer doesn't stop with the noto-
riously combative sparrow, though,
but insists that they had formed al
offensive and defensive alliance with
flock OF meek and : ly pigeons,
who Joined the fray With consider
-T)le effectiveness.
Z But at last comes Hyndman, Pa,
on the line Of the Baltimore and Ohil
Railroad, with the story that train
men have been perturbed by a gigan-
tic frog. whose voice is an exact du-
plicate Of the whistle OF mogul en-
gine WresNs have been narrowly
averted when fagmen returned TO
their trains on misiakiug his croak
Tor signal from the engineer.
assert they have seen the
frog. which is two feet high and has
eyes as large as ordinary tea sau-
GERS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Trained Nurses
Succeeded by Boy.

The rapid decline Of the railroad
king began about March l, when, al
ready m. he was injured by fall ia
the reception hall Of "Whitehall" He
took to bed at that time. and never
left il until the day OF his death. May
20. After several weeks in his room
at Whitehall" he was moved to the
beach cottage.
Trained nurses who had been en-
gagged were turned away. to be sue
ceeded by George Conway. a young
English boy. who is the nephew OF
Mrs. Cooper. the housekeeper At
WHITEHALL and by Tom Lynch. a
young man employed on the estate
Conway watched by day. and thu
other by night
Conway is one of the few Flaglor
employees remaining on deserted
Palm Beach To-day he sald the
nurses were discharged because they
could not manage the sick man a
wen as could ne and the other boy. OF
whom Mr. F7agler was fond. The
nurses. he continued. did not get or
well With the Doctor, either
Or keenan,. the brother of Mrs
Flaglrr. for years house physician al
The Breakers" and more recently al
the "Boya, Ponciana" as WELL at.
tended MIR Flagler To aid him. DR.
Cast.eberry. guest IN the winter no.
tel from Harrisburg. Pa. remained
Dr. Castleberry IS a kinsman OF Mrs
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Flagler's Isolation
Necessary, Says Doctor.

NEW YORK June 2s.-Dr. owen
Kenan, brother of Mrs. Henry NJ.
Flagler. to-day issued a vigorous de-
NAL Of the charges Of Amasa Plum
mer F'lagler regarding the circum-
stances which surrounded the death
of his patient at West Palm Beach.
There isn't a word of truth in the
whole thing" he said. THE only ex-
plantation is that these so-called
charges originated in the brain of
some cunning adventurer with an ak
to grind. Publication of these un-
founded rumors have annoyed US
greatly, and Mrs Flagler is in no con-
dition to be interviewed, so that
can speak for her.
80 far as / can make out, the
greatest objection to conditions this
Afnasa F1aglef found at the Beach
was the isolation of the sick man
That was natural Mr. Flagler was
old, his Illness was serious and he
needed quiet. The cottage in which
he died is not dilapidated. It rents
for an enormous sum every season
and some prominent Boston society
people had it last winter.
IF Amasa F'lagler's object is to in
duce Harry H. Flagler to contest the
will ii will fail. Harry Flagler is a
gentleman, although he had not
spoken to his father but once in the
last seventeen years. He was left
SIS, 600, 900 and each of his children gets
$4,000,060 That seems to me to bt
eminently fair.
CAS- to our conduct of the case, DR.
Castlebury and l did the best we
could Henry M Flagler had as ten
der and loving care as any man evel
had up to the moment of his death
There was no secrecy other than thai
was absolutely necessary, and moth
ing to be concealed"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
MOTHER SHIP IS
BUILT To GUARD
US. SUBMARINES
New Craft Is Designed to Protect
Fleet of Smaller Boats-Cost
Is 100000.

WASHINGTON. June 2S.-Plans
for the submarine tender Bushnell,
made public at the Navy Department
to-day, disclose the,fact that the YES
sci not only is to be an entirely new
type in the navy, but will be altogeth-
er unique as a war craft. The con-
tract was awarded to a shipbuilding
concern in Seattle Her cost will be
close to 81, 1000, 900, and she is to be
completed within twenty-one months.
The Bushnell is designed as
mother ship" for the squadron of
submarines, and many roOmy state
rooms will be provided for the Off
GERS and crews of the submarines
when they are not actually cruising.
Powerful hoisting apparatus will be
installed, wherewith a submarine
damaged can speedily be lift
ed to the surface of the sea, and a
towing machine will enable the
mother boat" to tow five of her
brood at one time.
The little fleet will be Independent
of a home station, for a well-equip-
ped machine shop aboard the Bush
nell will permit of speedy repairs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Fortune in Gold
Awaits Claimants
Insane Kansas Woman Leaves Bag
of Nuggets and Dust Worth
$4,000.

HUTCHINSON, KANS., June Is
A bag of gold nuggets and gold dust
worth $4,000 awaits any heirs who
Ann NJ Bernhart. VINO died recent
ly in Davenport Iowa, according to
the announcement of G. NJ. Duck
worth, administrator.
Several years ago Mrs. Bernhart
was adjudged of unsound mind.
Duckworth was named her guardian.
The cottage here where she lived
alone was closed and she went to an
asylum. Upon her death Duckworth
thoroughly searched her cottage. The
nuggets and dust in small bags were
found secreted in the dwelling.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
No Palm Beach
Persons Remembered.

Codicil six makes provision for the
maintenance of his mausoleum by the
expenditure of a portion of the in
come from the $4,000 which he be-
queathed to the church in St. Angus
tine.
The last codicil, drafted September
10. 1912, provides that the legacy Of
5000 shares of oil stock to his son be
effective in spite of the change in the
form of Standard Oil stock. This
was drafted soon after the dissolu-
ton OF the Standard Oil Company,
apparently looking to safe guarding
Harry Hardness Flagler against los
ing his inheritance on technical
grounds. The last provision is the
revocation of his previous bequest to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

The lady slavery tossed her head-it
was a fiery red
She stamped her dainty little foot ami
then In anger said:
I've washed the pup
And all dolled up
The pete canary, too.
I've made the beds
And marceled heads
Where curly locks ne'er grew.
BUT
The time has come for me 10 20 upon
a general strike,
And, listen. can you blame me, for TIL
love OF Mike2
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

My right arms dead.
MY left instead
or being 1T for use,
Hangs limp and weak
Redress / seek
Against this long abuse.
My arm is knotty, where Il once was
pretty, plump and round,
With squeezing missus in a frame
built for one hundred pound.
II her fat figure must be wedged into
a small corset
She'll have to get windlass, for /
am done you bet.
-BABS BABBLIN0S.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Little Told
From Bedside.

During the period OF the financier's
illness little definite news came from
his bedside Newspaper men OF West
Palm Beach and Of Jacksonville de-
clare that no bulletins were issued,
and that inquiries were met always
with Indebtedness.
For weeks Flagler lay thus. No
one was admitted The gossip of
servants has fingered in West Palm
Beach, declaring that the dying man
In his delirium called frequently for
hts son and frequently also for Will
liam Fremd, his gardener. The son
Harry Hardness FlaEler. who has
been estranged from his father for n
Years, was not summoned until by
Amasa p. Flagler Friend another
for whom Mr.. Flagler called. lived on
the grounds. within a half a mile OF
the cottage. but was never taken to
the sick room.
The same gossip has recorded
that ]. A. Mcdonald, OF Miami an
old friend OF Mr. Flagler and Father
Mclaughlin. Catholic priest Of Mi
ami were others who could not see
the sick man.
Along toward the end came Amasa
Flagler According to his own story.
he had sent telegram to herald his
Vislt' heachlng PAIN Beach, he was
informed that he could not see the
sick man. He declares that he vir-
tually was ordered from the grounds
by J. r. Parrot, vice president and
general manager OF Flagler's railroad
who became president BIZ the express
terms Of the Flagler win.
lncensed, Amasa Flagler went to
the citizens of West Palm Beach with
his story. He had telegrdphed ahead
for room In THE Breakers" but
these were denied him. THE Break
ers,' he was informed, was closed for
the season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

Amasa Flagler found quarters In
The Gables a less pretentious no 4.
tel in West Palm Beach, whose pro-
prietor, r. c. McGriff. listened to his
story and to this day believes in him.
Amcsa Flagler was the first to send a
telegram to Harrv Hardness Flagler.
Your father is calling for you" is
the message he sent.
According to the statement to Nc
Grin. Parrott. over in Palm Beach.
heard that Harry Flagler was coming
to his fathers side, and came across
10 The Gables" to engaged a room
and bath for the financIer's son.
There was no room for Harry Flag
Ter either II seems. on Palm Beach.
No room and bath was available in
McGriff's establishment. and Amasa
Flagler offered to give up his suite to
Harry Hardness Flagler. But Harry
Flagler, when he arrived. STAYED with
an old friend in the town. He ar
rived in time to see his father alive.
Amasa Flagler declares that he was
not allowed to see the body of Henry
Nj. Flagler after death. The Tropical
sun, the daily paper of West Palm
Beach, bears story of how Amasa
Flagler was leaving the town. full Of
wrath at his treatment. At the sta
ton, according TO the story, he could
obtain no information about his
trains.
The employees at the railroad sta
ton, the Flagler railroad station.
would tell him nothing He asked in
formation regarding a special train.
and was met with an indefinite an
swer. Finally he called a boy and
commissioned him to obtain the in
formation. The boy did. Upon his
return with the message, Mr.. F1agler
is said to have given him $50
You are the only person connected
with this road who has exhibited the
slightest consideration or courtesy to-
ward me" he told the boy, according
to the story
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SCOTS at Galaxy
of l3'S at Wedding
Ceremony Takes Place in Room q
on Friday 10, 1918, 10 Minutes
Before O'Clock.

Los ANGELES. June 2s.-THIR-
TEEN years he knew the girl,
THIRTEEN years he'd wanted to
marry her
THIRTEEN minutes he's been in
town.
THIRTEEN minutes after he ar
rived here he decided he would wed.
And so Hayden G. Wheeiock. aged
Sc. of El Paso Texas, walked into
room %. the marriage license bureau.
thirteen minutes after / o'clock, the
thirteenth hour OF Friday the thir-
teenth. and took out a license 10 wed
Emma r. Smith. aged 80 years.
The number has no fears for me,
he said
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Youth Likes Books
On Heavy Subjects
Oregon Freshman Reads of Social
Science, Philosophy and
Religion.

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON EU-
GENE, June 28.-Max H. Sommer, a
freshman in the University Of Ore
gon, registered from Portland. has a
record for assiduous reading during
the past collegiate year According TO
the report of Librarian Douglas IS,
Sommer's card shows that he has
taken out SO volumes. the majority Of
which would be classed as heavy
reading"
OF the SO volumes perused by this
freshman, AZ are devoted to social
science, % are classed as pure litera-
ture. 5 are works of history and biog-
raphy, are of a philosophical and
religious nature and 4 deal with jour
nalism.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

II. + 3emis. wife OF the manager Of
the Royal Ponciana."
From the fact that the attending
physicians are related to benefiCiaries
under Flagler's viii. and that one. DR.
keenan, Is himself a beneficiary.
kmasa Flagler has drawn evidence
OF irregular conduct in the care Of
Henry NJ. FlaRler.