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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-07
SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Algcrnon Jones. vice,
president OF the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company OF New York, thirsting for
romance, IL In Cairo on n business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
Cairo with a carefully guarded bundle.
RyAnns sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
qrdes rug which he admits having stolen
from q pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later is introduced to
YOFtune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
he had loaned 100 pounds at Monte Carlo
come months previously, and who turns
out 10 be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune TO a polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed by her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears to engaged In some
daughter, Ryanne interests Jones In the
United Romance and Adventure com
pany, a concern which for a price will
Arrange any kind OF an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye, her brother. Major
Callahan, Wallace and Ryanne, Ms the
United Romance and Adventure company,
plan q risky enterprise involving Jones,
Ryanne makes known to Mrs, Chedsoye
bis Intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Ehedsoye declares she will not permit II.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
TOR home. Ryanne steals Jones letters
end cable dispatches. He wires agent In
New York, In Jones name, that he Ia
fsnting house in New York to some
kFlcnOh. MhnOueu, keeper OF tne nOly
carpet. 10 on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
aaromises Fortune that he will see that
Jones comes to no harm as n result OF his
purchase Of the rug. Mahomed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
2yanne tells him Jones has the rug and
,euEgests the abduction OF the New York
dnerchRnt AZ a means Of securing Its re-
turn. Tit rug disappears from Jones'
O Fortune quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
gage purporting to be from Ryanne ask
Ing her to meet him In a secluded place
that evening, Jones receives a message
asking him to meet Ryanne at the English
Bar the same evening. Jones Is carried
OF Into the desert by Mahomed and his
,eccomplices after n desperate fight. He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
are captives, the former Is badly battered
and unconscious. Ryanne RECEIVERS con-
Sctousness and the sight OF Fortune In
captivity reveals to him the fact that
hahomed intends TO get vengeance on
him through the girl, Fortune acknowl-
eiges that she stole the rug from Jones
room. She offers to return II 10 Mahomed
II he will free all three OF them. Ma
Aomed agrees to liberate Fortune and one
if the men In return for the rug. A cour-
Ger IL sent to Cairo for the rug. but re-
BURNS with the Information hat Mrs,
Ehedsoye and her brother have sailed for
Sew York. Fortune spurns offered free.
dom which does not include her two com.
panionA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-07

her in his arms. She wondered wig
of a sudden, she had become SO weak
"ITl cable the moment we reach
port" he said, as II reaching port un-
der the existing conditions was a
thing quite possible. win you go to
them? Why, they will give you ev.
cry care in the world. And they win
love you as as you ought to
be loved!"
Ryanne turned away his head.
Fortune was too deeply absorbed BY
her misery to note how near George
had come to committing himself.
Thank you, Mr.. Jones; thank you.
I I'm going to the tent. l am tired.
And am not SO brave az you think
| am"
"But will your"
Il shall tell you when we reask
port" And with that she fed to ~
tent.
| To Rn CoNTns0EDA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-07

I've been a partner In many Of their
exploits. But not at cards, Fortune;
not at cards. I'm not that kind Of a
cheat"
Thank you. l should have known
some time, and perhaps only half a
truth. Now I know all there is to
know" She held her hands out be-
fore her and studied them. II shall
never go back"
Good Lord! Fortune, you must.
You'd be as helpless as a babe. What
could you do without money and COM
fort?"
Il can become a clerk in a shop. It
| will be honest. Bread at Mentone
would choke me-" and she choked q
little then as she spoke.
my dear Fortune" said Ryanne,
calling into life that persuasive
sweetness which upon occasions he
could put into his tones, have you
ever thought how beautiful you are!
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-02-07

not quite sure Of his route. Fortunate
ly, they found the well. They drank
like mad people.
Ryanne. who had discovered q pack
OF cards In his pocket, played patience
upon a spot smoothed level with his
hand. He became absorbed in the
game; and the boys gathered round
him curiously. Whenever he succeed
ed in turning out the ifty.two cards.
he would smile and rub his hands to-
gether. The boys at length consid-
cred him unbalanced mentally, and In
consequence looked upon him as a
near-holy man.
Between Fortune and George con.
versation dwindled down to a query
and an answer.
Can | do anything for your"
mo, thanks; l am getting along
nicely"
Tonight she retired early, and
George Joined Ryanne's audience.
TT averages about nine cards to the
play" he commented.
Ryanne turned over an ace. Ten or
fifteen minutes went by. In the sew
eral attempts he had failed to score
the full complement.
George laughed.
What's in your mindf" cried Ry-
anne peevishly. III it's anything
worth telling, shoot It out. shoot 1t
Quit"
Il was thinking what I'd do to a
club-steak Just about now"
Ryanne stared beyond the Are. "A
club-steak. drilled mushrooms"
Sauce Bordelaise, A%rtichokes."
mo. Asparagus, vinaigrette."
What's the matter with endives?"
That's so Well, asparagus with
butter.sauce."
drilled sweets, coffee. Benedictine,
and cigars"
And a magnum Of 1900 to start of
With" Ryanne, with a sudden change
Of mood, scooped up the cards and
flung them at Georges head. do you
want us both to become gibbering
idiots?"
George ducked. He and the boys
gathered in the futtering paste-boards.
You're right, Percival," Ryanne ad-
mitted humbly, TT will not hurt us
to talk out loud, and we are all brood
ing too much. am crazy for the want
Of tobacco. I'd trade the best dinner
ever cooked for a decent cigar"
George put a hand reluctantly into
his pocket. He brought forth. with ex-
IRENE %gentleness, a cigar. the wrapper
Of which was broken In many places.
I've saved this for days." he said.
With his pen.knife he sawed 1t deli.
cately into two parts, and gave one to
Ryanne.
You're a good fellow, Jones, and
I've turned you a shabby trick.
shan't forget this bit OF tobacco"
TITS the last we've got. The boys
you know, refuse a pull at the water
pipe; deales EN-. they say. Funny
beggars! And II they gave us tobacco
we shouldn't have paper or pipes"
81 always carry a pipe. but l lost II
in the shuttle, l never looked upor
smoking as a bad habit. suppose
it's because ! was never caught before
without 1t. And 1t Is a bad habit
since 1t knocks up q chap this wa!
for the lack Of It. Where do you ge
your club-steaks in old N. Y"
And for an hour or more they sol
EMMY discussed the cooking here ant
tders upon the face q the globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
HOW CAPT. SLOAN
 TOOK TO THE ARMY
lnspectOr.lnstructOr of State Guard Once Worked On Railroad
 in This State.

Little Rock, Juen 26.-From carry Ing level on a railroad survey to lnspector-instructor of militia, is the record of Capt. A. B. Sloan, U. s. A., late of the 3Oth Infantry, now attach ca to the Arkansas National Gurad.
 In the early sos, Capt. Sloan helped make the survey for the Houck road rom Slkeston, Mo-, to West Memphis Ark., what is now a branch of the Frisco. At that time there was not even wagon road through a large section of Mississippi county 1ra yersed Dy the surveyors. He became perfect ly familiar with the Blytheville, Chlckasawba, and Cowskin and other communities of that day. In 1897 he was superintendent of the public schools of Cape Girardeau, Mo-, and when the war with Spain was declar- ed the following year he forsook the scnool room to go to the front as captain of the Kennett company in the Sixth Missouri Vol After the war ne joined the regular army, and has been in the service ever since.
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CONSPIRACY IS BEING UNRAVELED Representative Palmer Tells Lobby Committee of
 Mystery. WORKED ON PHON E New York Lawyer Denies Any knOw- edge of the Affair-Lobby
 Inquiry.
WORKED ON PHON E

Washington, June 26.-The opera tion of band of conspirators intent upon muckling Wall street through the impersonation of national legisla- tors was in part dissolved by Repre- sentative A. Mitchell Palmer, of Penn sylvania, before the Overmann Lobby Committee tonight.
 Palmer, who volunteered his testi- mony after Representative D. J. Rior- dan, of New York, had ben heard, stat ed that his name as we'll as Rirodan's hang promises, and threats conveyed to New York via telephone by some mysterious person.
 The conversation of this impersona tor, said Palmer, touched upon mat ters affecting the banking interests only. The Union PacificSouthern Pa cific dissolution suit, the Pujo money trust and the enactment of currency legislation were some of the legisla- tive matters which the conspirators were alleged to have held in their hands subject to sale.
 Palmer said the most of the conver- sations in which his name was used was directed to Lewis K. Ledyard, the New York lawyer, affiliated with Wall Street. Ledyard, he said, had traced the telephone calls to their source and had ascertained the identity of the impersonators. The name of this person was not made public, the com mittee preferring to wait for the testi- mony of Ledyard to disclose his den- tity.
 Ledyard was said by Palmer to have made an engagement with the mys- terious "Mr. Palmer" to have a repre- sentative call upon him who proved to be Edward Lauderbach, the New York lawyer whom Judge Robert F. Lovett. head of the Union Pacific, named yes terday as having been urged upon him as counsel because of his Influence with the department of justice"
 Lauderbach denied all knowledge of the acquaintance of the men who inn personated Riordan and Palmer, and was inclined to lay blame for his pre- dicament at the door of the money trust, which he said, he offended by his utilization with David Lamar, a New York stock speculator. His statement was long and rambling.
 Riordan denied that he had author ized the use of his name in telephone conversations with Judge Lovett or that he had himself telephoned the judge.
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the masses of the people, If proper with the district judge, it is equally proper with the judges of the supreme court of the United States. For action less directly in the presence of the court, less interfering with the ad- ministration of justice, men have been convicted for contempt of court and the convictions have been sustained; is it indeed, to place the judge at the mercy not only of the chief but of the subordinate of an executive depart ment. It is continental and not an American method. Aye, it is more Russian than American.
 ''Then, too, there is no end to it. Will the attorney general longer per- init such continuous torture to the judges of our country, and shall this method continue?"
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A Federal Jurist Does Not Like the Arbitrary Meth
 ods of Department.
POWER IS DANGEROUS
He Declares the Situation is "lntOler- able"-Wants to Know Who
 is the Examiner.

Sioux City, la, June 26.-Critlclsm of the Department of Justice for ar bitrary espionage or investigation of federal judges by means of examiners, by Judge Emory Speer, United States judge for the Southern district of Georgia, was a feature of the annual session of the Iowa State Bar Asso- citation, which met here today.
 Judge Speer spoke with great vlgor and emphasis, declaring the situation as ''intolerable" He said in part:
 More dangerous than the power to disqualify judge is the power to disgrace and defame him, my breth- ren. 1 ask you to consider, if, in the utter absence of all charges against him does not the recently adopted method of arbitrary espionage or in vestigation of a judge, made by exam iners, as they are termed, of the De- partmnet of Justice, under the direct order of the attorney general, consti- ute maltreatment of American judges with cruel and apparently callious in difference to their reputation and good name.
 "I speak impersonally and with all due difference and respect for the head of department who is ex-officio the leader of the American bar. He is, however, also the leading counsel for the government, and no matter how considerate, how equable in thought and language, how completely non-partisan he may be. ought any lawyer to have inquisitorial power ov- CT the judge who is to try his case. and least of all should this power be exercised in land where the inde- pendence of the judiciary is the very foundation stone of the national struc- ture It is not indeed intolerable that the lawyer who is the leading counsel forStlfe govvefnment shall have: with. in his. power , ana control theIright to question the honor and character, of ficial and personal of the judge upon whom determination of all national
 -T
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Unearned Praise.

He was only poor little messenge, boy.
 When the young woman stepped in 70 the elevator on the first floor of the Williamson building it was crowd ed with big men-and that messenger boy. In an instant the boy snatched H" hat from his head.
 One oy one, but witb shamed bushes, thesmen in the elevator fol-. lowed suit. The young woman was not handsome, but she was neat anc trim and self-possessed. Quickly she turned to the lad and said:
 "You are a little geptleman-one of the old fashioned sort!" and she flash ed a wonderfully sweet smile upon him.
 The child looked at her in amaze ment. He had been fumbling with his cap but now he found the message ne had stuck in Its sweatband, took 1t out, stuck his cap on his head and be gan to whistle
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PLAYWRIGHT THOMAS
 SLATED FOR Bic JOR

washington. June 26.-rhe pres;. ueh' has decided to nominate former uovernor McMillin of Tennessee for minister to Peru. An important most no' III the diplomatic service. is soon m De oliered to Augustus Thomas p,as "fignt' according to presert p'ans' There is also talk of Maurice . .lancls Egan, minister to Denm,rh ,nt p.lns transferred to Spain. but m 'n,Ul"ation %f was forthcoming today.
 me embassy to France is sti,, ho- ca s neia open for William F Me-
 's' Democratic national chairman . '. ,'.o was reported today that within a, year Charles Crane of cb,caso poula ssReesspm n < samb assados1tos, Russis' rrac.ieallys a.l the aoniy EuTopean n,s;E not lllled or for which no choice < as nol been made are Lisbon, Constant ,s nopie and the Balkan States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27

concrste an Old Story

Rome was not built in a day. nor built as fast as Tammanytown, nor built in structural steel, but 1t turns out that most of Rome's mighty structures, temples, circuses. baths. aqueducts. were built in concrete. not reinforced with iron and steel, as we build now. but good quality of sand, stono and cement nevertheless. On this powerful central core of cement was fitted an ornamental facing of finest marble
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
WILSON'S BlWOKD
 IS NOT 'BY GODFREY,

washington, June :S.--President wilson has introduced a new form or denaturized explosive expression into administration circles. Where former rresident Roosevelt relieved his feel lees py snapping out the ejaculation,
 oy godfrey" President Wilson is said to seek the same sretiefs in 1.-the expression "tut. tut" SbltI it isl said 10 De no molly coddle tut. tut!''' It is enunciated with emphasis and deep earnestness of feeling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
jurisdiction must depend?
 The Attorney General.

True, the attorney general can act he thinks proper, as can any citizen, but can he consttutionally exert the of Justice, and who, of course, should powers, detail the officials, utilize the machinery and expend the money of the government in inquisitorial exam nations of a judge, appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate, and who holds his office during good behavior? Where is the constitution al right or statutory authority?
 "Who is the examiner of the Depart ment of Justice?
 T have looked in vain through the statutes to find the definition of his duties. This critic and censor of judges need not be a practitioner or even a lawyer For many years, how ever, l have observed that they were restricted to examination and report on the marshal, clerk and other dis bursting officers, most of whom are directly appointed by the Department be responsive thereto. Now, however, they assume function sinfinitely gray CT, infinitely more dangerous to the three-fold distribution of power under the American system. The court may be in session. The examiner appears in court. He casts critical eye, and sometimes takes notes, with an air not wholly insignificant. He interviews disgruntled attorneys. Sometimes when ruling is made he hastens to the attorney losing and suggests CT rors The examiner is a person of largest consequence. He seems to hold the fate of the judge in the hol- low of his hand.
 "All the while, be it remembered, there is not a syllable of imputable censure or criticism pending against a judge where alone charges should be made and that in the appropriate of- fices of the representatives of the peo- pie, to whom are committed as we'll the rights of their constituents to an upright and honest judiciary, and the honor and character of judges are pre- sumed to have done their duty.
 No Information.
 "In the meantime the examiner inn parts to the judge no information whatever of any complaint. There is then no chance for defense, even if defense to an unauthorized inquisition by an unauthorized inquisitor was not unworthy of the judicial station. Who then can forecast the report the examiner will make? What it is equally uncertain Finally the attor- ney general himself informs the pub lie in the most public way that no charges have been preferred but alas. the harm, irIemediable, cruel; harm is dons.s,
 This method is very, very recent. I dare declare that no other proceeding can be so destructive of the confidence and support accorded the judiciary by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
THE MORGAN ESTATE
 a VALUE IS $160, ,OOO, ,0G0
W. ~---

New York, June 26.-The whole of the J. P. Morgan estate has a value of about $l00,C00,000 according to an unofficial estimate cvredited to Thom- as E. Bush, counsel to State Con- ptroller Sohmer, who has been in Europe the past month examining the books of the Morgan houses in Lon don and Paris to deterine the value of the late financiers holdings. Tho European assets he found to approx innate $1o,000,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
Aaes of the Earth.

A French Scientist informs ;s that :he earth may he 700.00G,000 years old. although other scientists have cever dared to estimate tho ago of Sur planet at more than 100000 ,0O0 years, We would become vitally in. terested in this matter if 1t were not ior the fast that 1t would be just as hard as ever to stay in the eartk, even If va were to establish proof of the correctness of the French scientists es. innate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
To the People of Pine Bluff.

We wish to again call your atten- tion to the fact that we are sole agents in this city for Meritol Pile Remedy. Our success with this rem edy has far exceeded our most san guine expectations. Therefore, we are pleased to recommend and guar antee every package of Meritol Pile Remedy. w. L. Dewoody & Go.
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x \, x x Y ' COTTON STATES LEAGUE. * x * x < x Y
Jackson. '; Clarksdale, 6. Selma, 10; Meridian, }. Only games played.
GAME HERE TO-DAY.

The first game of the season will he neiu thls afternoon at Forest Park be- tween the Henry Marx team and tbo oiaud Clegg aggregation. No admis- ''oh Will be charged. These teams expect to stage at least one game a "eek Tn the future. The batteries vii, oe' Henry Marx, Harris and Ham,in. o'esss' McAlexander and McAlexan- der. A IVA
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History Ranasfa itsal4

Not lons since . restaurant wan started on Tenth street just north of Market. It was called "the Napoleon" and the name vas on the window in large letters. When the place failed not long after starting. some cruel wag chalked under the word "Napo. icon" lat Waterloo. o."-Pittsburg Dis batch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27
Voice of the Charmed Ono.

Fair Suffragette-"And' now. if any one who, has heard my speech wishes ,Ao ask a question, shall be happy to answer" Masculine Voice from rear of hall)-'I you haven't any other company. may see you home this evening ?'-Judge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-27

Batteries, Dauss, House, Zamloch and Stanage and Randeau; Leverenz and Agnew.
 Boston-New York, two games, wet graundS.
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Cave DweIIers5A Abroad.

Southern Tunis boasts of house less town having population of 5000 people. They are troglodytes, whose fathers before them lived in similar caves.
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< k Y ' v x SOUTHERN LEAGUE . x x x x x Y Y < '

Memphis, 13; Atlanta, 3. Mobile, 3; Nashville, 1.
 Chattanooga, 1; New Orleans. 0. Birmingham, f; Montgomery, ?.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-01
RICE THROWING
IS UNDER BAN
In OHIO TOWN
Telegram BY United Press

Portsmouth, Ohio. July Begin.
ming today It's crime to heckle a
bridegroom or a bride in Portsmouth.
No matter if the bridegroom or the
bride doesn't prosecute. II anyone ls
seen BY a policeman piayfully hitting
either bride or bridegroom in the eye
with an old shoe; if anyone is seen
hurting rice at the couple; or il any
one in the crowd that sees the couple
off at the station indulges in more
than a quiet kiss or hearty hand
shake and IS caught, it viii be the lock
up for the perpetrator. For Mayor
Fred n. Tynes and Director of Public
Safety W A. Hutchins have had pass
ed an ordinance prohibiting all the
time-honored slap-stick stuff that has
heretofore accompanied weddings. sJay
towns can put the stuff over" said
Mayor Tynes today, but it won't go
here. A man would rather remain sin.
gle than marry and be subjected to a
college hazing stunt"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-01
ASK KIRBY
TO DELAY
HIS TRIP
Former Head Of Manufacturers As
sociatiOn is Warned to Obey
Summons Of the Lobby
PrObers
telegram BY United Press

telegram by United Press
Washington, July Following the
receipt Of a message from John Kirby,
jr.. former president Of the National
Manufacturers association, protesting
that he could not appear before the
lobby investigating committee in con
nection with the Mulhall c3larges with
out losing his passage mtmey to New
Zealand, Chairman Overman today tel
egraphed the United States marshal
to admonish Kirby that il he sailed he
would be in contempt Of the senate
subpoena and punishable.
Oyerman is anxious to investigate
the additional details Of the allega-
tions that the Manufacturers associa-
ton not only sought to influence legis-
lation but aided materially in the cleo
ton Of congressman. He also wants
to learn the Identity Of ten Baltimore
men representing ten different organi-
cations in Baltimore. favoring former
Senator Foraker for president. In a
letter to Foraker in 1907 Mulhall ad.
yised the senator that these men came
to him, and, according to Mulhall.
money was furnished to former Con
gressman Jenkins Of Wisconsin and
to former Congressman Kitridge Has
kins OF Vermont, !. Mulhall is author
ity for the statement that a campaign
against Congressman Hughes was
financed in New Jersey and Represen-
Itative Gardner was given support, this
after Mnlhall had gone into New Jer.
sey TO endeavor to beat Gardner but
in a letter to President Kirby he ex.
plaiued that Gardneg has been
Strengthened out