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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
PRAYER BOOK
HIS GUIDE IN
RACE BETTING
Gambler Always Found ConsoIa-
ton in Volume After Having
Bad Day at Track.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2o.-That he .
a devout church member and always
carried with him a little prayer
book while betting thousands Of dol
lars at the race tracks. referring to
1t constantly to glide him in The
lucky path, was revealed at the con-
tinued examination TO-DAY of William
j. Schepherd, the rug salesman by
day, who posed as a millionaire real
estate dealer by night and who lost
and won 100000 on the races in the
last ten years.
When examined before Commits
sioner Tallman, in the United States
District Court as TO his affairs in
bankruptcy. Schepherd was asked to
produce all the papers he had. After
pulling out several letters from wom-
en- and a few notes scrubbed on this
backs OF circulars Schepherd drew a
little. worn, black leather recovered
volume from his inner pocket, but
quickly replaced 1t.
What have you there?" asked he
attorney for the creditors.
only a little prayer book" an
swered the witness.
Friends OF Schepherd who attendrA
the examination declared he was a
deep student OF religion, and that, al
though he plunged heavily Oh the race
tracks he always leaned on the teach
ings Of the Bible to give him pa
thence and torbearance when he lost,
and to bear him up to hope for a vic
tory on the next race
After he had become a confirmed
gambler nothing stood in his way.
Even the trouble with his wife, who
refused to live with him while he
failed to stop him. But al ,
ways he carried the little prayer
book.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Lawmakers WIVES
LAUD WASHINGTON
Mrs. BorIand, Of Missouri, and
Mrs. Britten, Of Illinois,
Write for Papers.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2O.-Several
Congressmen's wives, who remained
in Washington all summer because
their husbands were tied here by the
tariff session, have been featured by
one of the Washington papers as
contributors to its columns and also
favored by printing the ladies' pic
lures along with their productions.
Mrs. William p Borland, wife of
the member from Kansas City, wrote
clever articles a few days ago on
Washington as a summer resort, in
which she pointed out the advantages
of the city.
Another contributor is Mrs. Fred A
Britten, of Chicago. The story con-
tributed by Mrs. Britten. over her
signature and with her picture was
a tribute to the new street traffic
regulations of Washington, which
she said were regarded by the ladies
with delight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
LANDED HERE IS
IMMIGRANT NOW
BALKANS ENVOY
Charles J, Vopicka, Appointed by
President to Post, Finds Amer
lea Land Of Promise.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2O.-Destiny has
played a pretty prank for Charles J.
Vopicla, Of this city, to be United
States Minister 10 the Balkan States.
Mr.. Vopicka was born in Bohemia III
1857. To him as 10 many young men
Of that time, the United States seem
ed the land of promise Stories of
streets lined with gold" were heard
abroad, so young Vopicka. with a
small store Of experience TO enable
him to battle with the world, and I'M
hampereq by funds, sailed away from
/ the land of his birth.
Now he returns. II his appointment
Is confirmed and 1t is believed It will
be- hOnored by his adopted country as
its diplomatic envoy.
His appointment comes at the end
Of bitter fight waged upon him by
anti-liquor interests.
Mr.. NOpicka, after a brief business
career here. had gained a smile from
Fortune. The dream Of his youth had
come true-he had found that this
was indeed the land of promise. He
had become Interested In several
breweries and because OF this his ap-
pointment was contested.
But Mr. Vopicka was in the fight to
stay. 80 ne became a candidate Tor
the post Of Minister to Servia, Rou-
mania and Bulgaria. Immediately the
fight upon him began. II was carried
to President Wilson. Mr.. Vopicka was
sent for and hurried to WaShington
President Wilson gave him two
hours out Of a busy day and Mr.. Vo-
picka related the story of his young
dream and his present ambition. He
desired to repay the United States by
service. 1t is believed that the senti
nnent pleased the President
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Stupid Children
Menace to Nation
DR.. n, n. Goddard, Alienlst, Advo-
Gates Segregation in Educa-
ton at Conference.

CHICAGO, Sept addressing
the convention of alienists here, DR..
Henry H. Goddard, of Vineland, n. J.,
declared that slow and weak minded
children should be segregated and
given special education. He assert
ed that the average stupid child re-
cruits the criminal class when he IS
brought up among normal children
whose education leaves him still ig-
nOrant.
often the stupid child is the ia
vored and petted one of the family,
and many parents do not or will not
recognize that child of theirs is men
tally deficient" asserted the speaker.
The child thus becomes spoiled and
becomes a dangerous factor in So
Ciety"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Sell Crops to Wives
To Evade Contracts
Apple Growers Of Hood River Dis
trIct Try to Deal With Rival
Oregon Sales Agencies.

HOOD RIVER, OREG.. Sept 20
The North Pacific Fruit Exchange has
entered the Hood River field for the
FIRST time in competition with the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors for
the handling Of the Hood River Val
ley apple crop this season that will
approximate 100000 boxes.
1t is learned that large number
who signed up for the distributors
are crawling out of their contracts
by selling their crops to their wives,
who did not sign the original con-
tracts, and they in turn are signing
up half with the exchange and half
with the distributors.
on this basis it is figured that
whichever concern reports the best
returns this season will control the
valleys output for next season. 1t
is reported that the matter of "huk-
ing out Of contracts by selling the
crop to wives who did not sign the
original contracts may be tried in the
courts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Police Tell SpOOners
To Carry Lights
Canoeists on Romantic Lake Must
Have illumination on Craft,
Is Order.

DULUTH. Sept. 20.-Too late to
spoil any "spooning" parties on the
lake this year. but in time to fortIfy
themselves for coming seasons, the
police to-day discovered law that
viii dispose Of canoeists who have
made the lake and bay perform the
duties Of a bench in the park.
without laws or police surveillance
the "spooners" thought themselves
safe from view. bat admiralty laws
covering lake navigation. show that
craft of all kinds must carry a light
that is visible at least 100 yards
away. interpretations OF the ruling
cover the lighting Of rowboats and
canoes as well. A light that can be
seen for 100 yards suits the police,
they say. An old fashioned lantern
will do, they say.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Studies To Win Suit
For S5O,OO0,00O
Law School Pupil Works to Repre-.
sent Mother In British VIII
Litigation.

CHICAGO Sept. 20.-Elmer S.
Owens, Of Milwaukee. has been re-
tanned as special counselor in leg
acy case involving 100000 Tho
young man IS still student in the
law department of Marquette Uni
versity. His mother Mrs. R. G.
Owens, has found that she is one IT
fifty possible heirs in the estate Of
Sir William Jones, Of Caermarvar,
Wales, her great grandfather The
property was originally large farm,
but It was leased, and on it has been
built the city OF Caermarvar, but the
lease has expired.
1t is alleged that the property now
reverts to the heirs Of the lessor.
Young Owens viii specialize on the
legal questions involved in this claim
and will devote his life mainly to its
prosecution until decision IS
reached.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Salmon Fishermen
Earn $500 a Week
Crews Arrive In Tacoma With Ship
load After shlpIoad, Faces
All Smiles.

TACOMA, Sept. 20.-F1ve hundred
dollars week for one fisherman is
the average earned by salmon fishers
who began to return from the banks
to TACOMA with shipload after ship
load Of their catches and their faces
wreathed in smiles over what they
declared was the most successful sea-
son in history.
Jack Anich, one Of the dozen Of the
salmon fishers of Tacoma, said that
during the comparatively short pc
Rod, four weeks, during which they
are allowed to fish, no less than O.
100000 cases of salmon had been
caught in Puget Sound and British
Columbia waters, valued at $4,000, =
600
Only a small part of the fishing
fleet arrived to-day. Tomorrow they
will come in by the hundreds
Tacoma and Gig Harbor fishermen
are bringing S75O,OOO worth of SAL
mon to Old Town alone.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Arctic Explorers
Slain by EskimOS
inland Tribesmen Draw Spears
When One of White Men
Starts Alteration.

OTTAWA, ONT. Sept. 20.-George
Street, Of Ottawa, and II. D. Radford,
of New York, northern explorers,
who have been missing were killed
near Shultz Lake by ESkimOs two
years ago, according to a report that
reached here to-day from Chester
field Inlet, on Hudson Bay.
The two men reached Shultz Lake
from Chesterfield Inlet in the sum
mer Of 1911, and there joined a party
Of inland Eskimos, with whom they
intended to proceed to Bathurst Inlet
and on TO the Arctic Ocean.
When a short distance north OF the
lake there was an alteration between
Radford and one of the tribe and the
Eskimo drove his spear through the
white man. Street attempted TO aid
his companion, and was killed in the
same manner.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Mountain Ups
Taught by Moonlight
Remarkable Results Are Obtained at
Novel School In Highlands
of Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 2O-NotabIe
results have been obtained from
moonlight schools in Eastern Ken
lucky, where illiterate men and won
en- came In hundreds TO learn how to
read and write. The Federal Bureau
Of Education tells the story Of the
novel experiment, which originated
with Mrs. Cora w. Stewart. superin-
tendent Of schools Of Rowan County:
In September. 1912. a moonlight
schoOl-teachers' institution was held
in Morehead. KY, and the superin-
tendent and teachers who had con-
Quoted the first moonlight schools in
structed others who wished to do
work OF this kind In Rowan and ad-
joining counties, and in the fall Of
1912 the movement spread 10 eight or
ten other counties, while the enroll
ment OF adults in Rowan County
reached nearly 1900"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21

to reduce the slope of the sides of
the cut to one foot of rise to every
ten feet Of horizontal distance, or
less than half the slope which the
eminent engineers first estimated.
The slides were an entirely new,
unsupported and vexatious feature of
the Culebra Cut, for the French never
dug deep enough in the score of years
they gave to the job to cause any
sliding Of the sides. The Culebra Cut
was the only section of their pro-
posed canal on which the French did
any work after 1889, when the first
failure occurred. In 1904, when the
United States took over the canal
and the French equipment, the Guile
bra Cut looked as If the French had
done nothing.
Even in the places where they had
dug the deepest the channel was so
narrow and the vegetation so thick
that there we're scarcely any visible
traces of what they had done. The
maximum excavation by the French
was $4,000 cubic yards a month
which is 80 per cent less than the
American diggers took out in sin
gle day in the cut
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Union Forbade Man
To Paint Own House
Warrant Sworn Out for Business
Agent of Chicago Local
by Painter.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-Hugo Hahn,
business agent of the Painters Union,
was arrested to-day on a charge of
eXtortion, sworn out by Walter Sea-
man on advice of the States Attor-
ney. Seaman holds a lease on n
building and was painting 1t himself.
week ago a wreclxing crew, in an
automobile, rode by the house and
shot out the windows. Hahn then
called Seaman over the telephone and
told him he was wanted at the head -
quarters of the Painters Union. Sea-
man went there and met Hahn. who
told Seaman he was In bad with the
union and it would require 5000 to
square matters. Seaman refused to
Pay and reported the affair to the
States Attorney.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
CANADIAN GETS CHECK
FOR SERVICE DONE IN 1870

CENTRALIA, WASH, Sept. 20
The Canadian Government sent
check to David Coping, a prominent
resident of Centralia, for services
rendered in the Fenian raid Of 1870
Coping, who ran away to Join the
Canadian militia, was a soldier az
the time Of the raid, taking an active
part in that historical event.
About fourteen years ago he was
awarded silver medal by Queen Vic
toria. while the check received was
the result of an appropriation made
several years ago by Parliament.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Famous Old Town to
Have a Patented Site
Regular Titles to Succeed Squatters'
Right at Ancient Village of
Cherokee.

ORRVILLE, CAL, Sept 2O-The
old town of Cherokee, IL miles from
here in the foothills, famous through
out the United States at one time for
having the largest and biggest gold
producing hydraulic mines In the
world, Is at last to have a patented
town site. A corps of surveyors I'M
der the direction Of B. L. Mccoy, of
this city, is making survey, laying
out lots in regular form.
The people Of Cherokee have had
only a "squaters" right However,
the Government has recognized this
right, and will grant a patent for the
entire town site,
At one time there were 1000 people
living in Cherokee. Now there are
100
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Lost Girl Is Found
At a Country Fair
Tells Police She Ran Away When
Father Made Her WrestIe
With Bear.

MARION, IND, ept. 2o.-Mary
Roumanian girl, who dlsappearei
from her home in Chicago last April,
and for whom a country wide sear,a
had been made, was found in Bush
vile, Ind. and brought to this city by
local Police Sergeant James Clifton.
who saw the girl with one of the fair
attractions and recognized her from
the photograph sent out by the Chi
cago police department.
The girl said she ran away because
her father forced her to wrestle win
a bear in the Roumanian camp on
the outskirts of Chicago. She said
she expected she would be sold to
some member of the camp for his
wife when returned TO Chicago. Some
girls bring as high as $500, she said
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Woman Light Tender
For 20 Years Quits
Mrs. Williams, Also an Authoress,
Retires From Service on
Great Lakes.

PETOSKEY. MICH. Sept. 2O.-Mrs.
Daniel Williams, authoress and keep
er Of the Harbor Point Lighthouse,
on Little Traverse Bay, for the last
29 years, has resigned.
She will leave the lighthouse No
vember / and go to Charlevoix to live.
Before taking charge of the Harbor
Point Lighthouse Mrs. Williams tend
ed the Beacer Island Light for fif-
teen years. Her writings dealt with
her own marine experience.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-21
Chinese ElOpement
Record for Chicago
Son Of Wealthy Celestial Merchant
Weds Orphan Girl After Trip
From Coast.

CHICAGO. Sept. 2O.-The first Chi
nese elopement on record came to
light when David Lee and Dorothy
Chin were married. Both the bride
and bridegroom were born in China.
The couple came to Chicago from
San Francisco. where David's father
is a wealthy merchant. Dorothy's
parents are dead.
The couple were married by Jus
tice Of the Peace in American style.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
SUBSIDIARIES Of
STANDARD OIL ARE
TRADING FEATURES
Continental Oil Reaches New
High Of 1000, Rising $50
Points Over Night.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-The New York
Stock Exchange was dun again and
many issues were not touched. South
ern Pacific tended downward while
Union gained fractionally. On the
whole the stocks dealt in show ed
small advances. though the rule was
not at all general Colorado Fuel
turned downward. losing three-quar-
ters and Pennsylvania was off frac-
tionally. Lehigh Valley. on the other
hand gained point and the North
western roads were fairly strong.
The Standard OIL Company's former
subsidiaries were features on the curb
market today through the strength
and activity shown by their secur-
tiles. Continental Oil touched a new
high price of 1000 n rise of $50
points over night and 500 points in a
few weeks. Standard OIL Of Kentucky
sold at 525 after opening at 800 and
Atlantic Refining changed. hands at
120 after opening at 700. Standard
Oil OF New Jersey went to 435.
points rise over yesterdays close,
soon after the market opened.
The directors Of the Union and South
ern Pacific companies have come to an
agreement regarding the dissolution Of
the two companies in accordance with
the decision of the Supreme Court. It
is understood that the Attorney Gen.
eral is thoroughly Is accord with the
plan which will probably be announced
shortly. The Central Pacific system Is
to be taken over by the Union Pacific
and paid for in cash. The Southern
Pacific stock now held In the treasury
of the Union Pacific Is to be underwrit-
ten by a syndicate and will be offered to
stockholders of both Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific at a price around par.
A syndicate to underwrite the entire
issue of stock Is now in course of form
alton, as was stated a few days ago.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the American Can Company today
the issue of sI5.ooo.Ooo debenture bonds
was ratified. The retiring directors were
reelected. The company reports for
fiscal year ended December 81 net earn
fngs OF s7.522. .932; deduction for improve
ments. depreciation. ETC.. $685. SS6: bal
ance. 1858, ,ois. This balance would be
sufhcient to cover all requirements In
connection with the preferred stock
dividends and the services of the new
bonds as follows: Balance Of profits,
$3.50 o1s; preferred stock. 7 per, cent.
SEQ. 600; sinking fund. s5oo.Ooo Total,
H,os6, 3d. Surplus for common stock,
g. 49,, 175. This surplus would be eduiva-
lent to 5.e4 per cent on the sl, %, 600
common outstanding. II from the years
balance of profits only the preferred
stock dividends were deducted. there
would be left s3.652.T Tl5( Or SIS per cent
on the common stock.
Prices Of all grades of Pennsylvania
crude oil made by the Standard OIL
Company at the wells was advanced
cents barrel today. and Somerset was
advanced cents a barrel.
The subtreasury gained $4,000 from
the banks yesterday. and since Friday
has gained s3.710000.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
LEGAL NOTICES
O. PEaCY N~GHIE, Aftorney

IN THE SUPREME COURT or THE DIs-
TRicT OF COLUMBIA, holding an Equity
Court. Nellie y. Ksfsuyey. et az. eompIain-
ants. Equity Ne n5z The ob5Sef e thts
suit 10 20 make partition BY, sale Of cer<afn
real estate In the city of Wsshingfon, p. C..
known ~ Lot "a In William II. Baum's sub
division Of lots in Square 1s. ss per plat re-
eordsd In the Office Of the surveyor Of the
District Of coiumbis In Llber r. L. II. folio
y. also part Of Lof 4. in Square -. de-
senbed a. follows; Begin ming for the same
a. point on the line Of Street South dis
tant - fest East from the Southwest corner
Of sad lot. and running thence North ies
feet, and thence West u feet 70 the besfn-
Defendant. John b. HuiIett. FOR fhe rents Of
said property collected by him. On motion Of
the compfatnants, II 10 this 3rd day OF
February, 1919. ordered that the defendants
Charles G. Hulleft, Arthur J. Huiietf. Rob
ert ,. Huilett Wilmer c. HuIieft. David
Huiietf, William Hnliett. James HuIetf. q
iunatic, sarah c. Huliett. Lola 3. Sebastian,
Franklin q. Huiiett, Alice p. Hullett. Robert
c. Huileft. Howard Il Huiiett. and John @.
HuiIett cause their appearance TO be en-
tered herein un before the fortieth day.
exclusive Of Sundays and legal holidays. o.
curing after the day Of the nrst publication
Of this order; otherwise the cause will be
proceeded with as In case Of default This
order shall be published once q week for
three successive weeks In the Washingfo0
Law Reporter and The Washington Times
before said day dseaIl JOB BARNARD.
cisaE Ssee BY F. s Z. cTNSSrNoHia. fHSS Asst ciefc
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
OBITUARY NOTES.
REV. J. B. CRAIGHILL.

After a brief illness, the Rev. James
b. Graighill died at s o'clock this morn
ing at his residence. 1862 Q street north
west He was one of the best-known
Confederate veterans in Washington.
and his death is a shock to friends
among the clergy and the laity.
Mr.. Craighill was born in Charles
Town, West Virginia, on July Is, 1888.
and entered the Virginia Theological
Seminary in 1851. He enlisted in the
Confederate army and served through
cut the war in Stonewall Jackson's bri-
gade and later as ordnance officer OF
Nelson's battery Of artillery. He was
ordained deacon in 1868 and priest
year later. He has been pastor OF Epis-
copaI churches in Eastville. Va; Nays
vile, KY; Suffolk, Va, and Bel AR.
Maryland He WAS appointed in 1903
first minor canon of Washington Cathe-
dral, with duties at St Adams parish.
He is survived by his wife and three
sons, the Rev. F. II. Craighill, OF
Wytheville, Va; James r. Craighill. of
Pittsburgh, and c. Bowdoin Craighill, of
of this city. The funeral services will
he held at St. Adams at 3 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. Interment will be
at Eastville, Va, Thursday.
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
ASKS Fur ANOTHER
PEN|TENT|ARY TERN
Former Convict Wants to Go
Back to Institution He
Liked.

VERONA y j., Feb. 4-Twelve men
in brown uniforms, on the collars Of
which were inscribed the letters. "E.
{. P" at work in Bloomfield avenue,
between here and Caldwell. attracted
little more than casual attention. The
presence of a blue-coated keeper. how
ever, revealed the fact that the in
dustrious workers were convicts from
Caldwell penitentiary.
Several county officials watched the
experiment with interest. The employ
ment of convicts on the roads in uni
forms that do not make them conspicu-
Gus is due to Warden Hosp. who has
introduced several reforms in the pen
itentiary system.
His administration has made the PEN
itentiarv 50 attractive that one prison.
er. who was discharged recently, has
sent to the warden a letter asking to
be permitted to return 10 the insti-
tuition for another year.
While ! was in the penitentiary,"
he wrote, II felt happy and contented.
for ] had no chance 20 get liquor.
am sure that in. one more year ] can
kill my desire for drink" He asked
for the job of attending cows kept by
the penitent!ary.
III you decide to hold this job open
for me-" the man -dded. you will have
a good man out there. do not intend
to praise myself, but will say that il
was | who put those cows In good con-
dition, and ] guarantee that every day
I am with you again they will remain
so.
Il have in my different terms at the
penitentiary seen cowmen mistr eat the
animals. but l find ii is just as easy
to pet the cows AS TO strike them, and
Il is far better, for they become tame
and easy to handle. You will never
get another man who. besides feeding
the cows, will make himself useful
otherwise about the penitentiary."
The Washington times., 1913-02-04
Plan to Obtain Funds
For Scientific Congress

In order to assure an appropriation
by the Government of $4,000 for the en-
tertainment OF the second Pan-Ameri-
can scientific congress, which Is to be
held in Washington in October. 1914, the
House Foreign Affairs Committee. has
incorporated the item in the diplomatic
and consular appropriation bill. con-
sideration OF which the committee COM
pleted today.
Under the provision the Government
will pay the expenses OF printing the
proceedings OF the congress in Spanish
and English, and other incidental ex-
penses. such as rent. The next Secre-
tary Of State. whoever ne may be, will
have charge of eNpending the money.
and nc Is also empowered to invite the
governments of the American republics
to be represented by delegates.