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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-14
NAMES NOW HINTED IN
PULLMAN,CAR MYSTERY
COFdGIe Police Get Letter In
Mrs. "EIIiS" Case

Cordele, May 13.-The real name Of
, the mysterious woman who was found
early Tuesday morning lying beside
the tracks of the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railway, at Ross, and who
is now in a hospital here is Mrs. Dot,
according to information received here.
and the name of the man in the case is
Wilbur X. Edwards, of DELLA.
An anonymous letter, the postmarh
of which showed that it was mailed at
Ocilla, was received by Chief of Pc,
lice Sumner yesterday morning, and if
the facts as given in this letter arr
true. the theories advanced by parties
investigating the case are borne out.
Chief Sumner, in a statement this
morning, says that he places no con.
fidence in the theory that the woman
leaped from the window of the sleeper
on an A., B. & A. train with suicidal
intent, but is of the belief that a crime
was intended, and that she was thrown
from the train.
The woman, who gives her name as
Mrs. w. K. Ellis, formerly lived with
her husband at Ocilla, it is reported,
and separated from him during last
year. During the time that she has
has said nothing that would throw any
light on the mysterious affair; in fact
she has had very little to say about
anything, appearing very Respondent.
That she sent word to the man in the
case that she wanted to see him, and
that a lawyer from Ocilla representing
him, has been to Cordele to confe!
With her, are facts that are known.
Some months ago, it is said that the
woman became infatuated with Ed
wards, young married man, and elop-
ed with him to Atlanta. After sew
eral weeks he wrote to his wife, beg
ging her forgiveness and asking hel
permission to return home and be rec.
onciled to her, to which she agreed
He went to Atlanta, telling his wife
and family that he intended to engag,
in business there and would send TO
them as soon as he could secure a 10
cation. During the several weeks tina
he was there not a line was hear.
from him by his family, and brothe
becoming afraid that something Sc
rious had happened to him, went t.
Atlanta in search of him. There h
found him with Mrs. Dot, it is said
and persuaded him to return home.
1t seems that the name, MIR. an
Mrs. w. K. Ellis" was appropriated b
them while they were in Atlanta, an.
used in their clandestine correspond
ence. Why the woman accompanie,
Edwards upon his return home on tn,
sleeper is not accounted for or wheth
er or not he objected to it is nc
known. She held ticket to Waycros
and he one to Fitzgerald.
According to information furnishe,
by the porter on the train. Edward
appeared much perturbed over some
thing after Ross was passed, and LEI
the sleeper, going into the day coacl
and taking his shoes with him befor
putting them on 1t is said that he re
peatedly asked the conductor if h.
could get off the train at Abba, t
which the conductor consented, and !
is said that he walked from that plac,
to Fitzgerald, a distance of six miles
Information is that he returned to hi
home on the same morning upon whict
the woman was found in a semi-cons
cious condition beside the tracks
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-14
{. of(1'a. Ry
Current Schedules Corrected to Date
Central Time.
TRAINS ARRIVE.

From Savannah, Augusta,
Atlanta and Macon 49, 1880 p N
From Columbus and in
termediate points ........ 1890 a n
From Lockhart, Dotban,
Albany, Troy and Mont
gomery ................*1 O:35 p u
from Lockhart, Dothan.
Albany, Troy and Mont
SOuSIy ..s........s.. q NO " LII
From Atlanta ana Macon - 2:15 p N
From Augusta, Savannah,
Atlanta and Macon 400" $50 a NJ
From Columbus and in
ternediate points ......-! TO p %
From Columbus and in
termediate points 10000 a m
From Albany and Jack
sonville 1855 a ~
From Albany ............" $40 a N
TRAINS DEPART.
For Macon, Augusta and
savannah .............." $40 q Ii
COR Albany, Dothan
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery -. ......." $50 a N
'or Albany Dothan,
Lockhart, Troy and
Montgomery .-......." 2:15 p N
Cor Macon and Atlanta -" 2:05 p ID
Cor Macon, Atlanta, Saw
4nnah aud Augusta ."10:35 p N
For Columbus ...........N 3:45 NJ
For Columbus ............! 500 q m
For Columbus, Birming-
ham and Chicago ......" 1855 a %
For Albany .............." 1880 p N
For Albany and Jackson
vile .....,..........."12:3O a N
"Daily. Except Sunday.
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Not Now Concerned.

We are not concerned nov with the
character of that Indebtedness. said Mr..
saunders. 1T may have been fraudu-
lent indcbt edness
The chair has already adverted to "A
principle To which | wish to call atten-
ton in this connection. he continued.
and that is, when legislation is enacted.
and Is of an ambiguous character. the
action of the body dealing with that
legislation which stamps it with a specific
meaning is an Interpretation of it which
the chair should properly have in mind
when he comes to interpret it as an in
dependent proposition.
Now at the time this matter came up
there had been three acts in connection
with II, the act of 1874, the act OF 1878
ana the act of 1879. and this admission
Tor the assumption in terms of one half
Of the sinking fund of the principal oc-
Cured in the Sundry civil bill of 1879,
and il was debated. If there had been no
contenporaneouS debate on this. if on
dpproptiatinS from that time to the pres
en-. there had never been any reference
10 the language of that act, the terms of
it might be considered in some respect
lndnt and sufficient to bear out the CON
tentiOn of the gentleman from Kentucky.
But that has been stamped with that
meaning. and how can he now at this
late date, when We have been APP
propriatinS in conformity with that
meaning ever since, get away from the
facts that the men or the body that en-
acted the law intended the law should
CaTTN.
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Minnesota Avenue improvement Assocla-
ton is preparing a list of the various
committees of that association for the
ensuing year. and will announce the APP
pontments at Il meeting of that bodE. 10
be held the third Tuesday in this month
IT was announced yesterday that the
call for a meeting of the Men : Club oil
the Emmanuel Episcopal Church sfor to-
morrow evening was an error. and that
the regular meeting of this club would
not take place until the following Thurs
day.
Hitchcock Hall at the Government Hos
pital for the Insane was the scene last
evening of dance by the employees.
Fully $40 persons enjoyed an oyster
supper last evening in the basement hall
of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, on Y
street. given under the auspices OF the
Ladies' Guild of the parish, of which Mrs.
Joseph King is the president. Mrs. Frank
lin s. Gicker was general chairman. and
much credit has been given her for the
success of the affair.
February 10 has been named as the
date for the next meeting of the Suitland
Improvement Association, at the home OF
w. A. Harrison. The committee APP
pointed to look into the proposition of
erecting a town hall in that suburb will
submit its report. which is expected to
contain the information that work on the
erection of this building can he started
in the near future.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued Ia
the following:
Wallace y. plemmons of this city AMI
IneZ T.. Bull of Hughesville. Pa.
Eugene A Tracy of South Coventry.
Conn. and Eloise ii. Bunnel OF Ner
Haven, Conn.
William y. Marshall and Vera {. Mont
gomery
Cassius II. Cockrill of Marshall Va
and Margaret NJ Murray of Rectortown.
Va.
Warren c. Lucas of Maybrook. Va
and Ethel Thomas of Roanoke Va.
John f.. Stewart and Sinclair +. Phelps.
both of Clarendon. Va.
John X. Shields and Grace II. Turner.
John T. Munroe and Vera r.. Welch.
William q. White and Hattie T.. Hutton.
CORTLAND s. Winfield of Benson, Va.
and Elizabeth ID. McCombe of Culpeper
Va.
Charles r. Martin and Grace NJ. Jones.
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ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
NEWS ITEMS AND NOTES
Mrs. Stella E. Thomas Granted
an Absolute Div0rce-W. H.
Belt Held for Murder.


ROCKVILLE. Md, February =, 1919.
Judge Edward G. Peter i'll the circuit
court here has signed a decree granting
to Mrs Stella T.. Thomas of this place an
absolute divorce from Frank r.. Thomas.
who is understood TO live in Frederick
She is also awarded the custody of the
couples two minor children-Charles Nc
Gill Thomas and Francis d. Thomas The
divorce was granted upon the ground of
deseEtion and non support The bill rep
resented that the couple We're married in
Washington, November ., 1888 and lived
together until August 80. 1909. Mrs
Thomas was represented by Attorneys
Bouic * Bouic of Rockville
Walter III. Belt, who last Thursday
afternoon shot and instantly killed
Jesse J. Evcly at the home of Stephen
b. Dorsey, near EtchiSon, this county,
waived Il preliminary examination be-
fore Judge Arthur NJ. Mace in the police
court here and was committed to Jail
without bail for the action of the grand
jury, which meets here next month
Belt. wellto-dO farmer of Laytons-
Vile district. had dispute with Evely
farm laborer, over a trivial matter.
Evely struck Belt and the shooting fol-
lowed Belt claims he shot in self de-
Tense and that will be the plea.
He will be defended by Attorney Alex
ander Kilgour of Rockville.
Miss Ruby Baker and Charles Seth
Dove, bot of Neelesville, this county,
were married in Rockville a few days ago
by Rev. Samuel R. White of the Baptist
Church.
license to marry has been issued by
the clerk of the circuit court here to John
NJ Dean and Miss Ida NJ. Stewart, both
of this county.
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Principle Recognized.

The act of the same COnsreSs at It's
second session, recognizing the half-and-
half provision. goes OF its own weight as
an argument if not an implied construc-
ton. The same Congress which engrafted
onto the sundry civil bill the paragraph
upon which the gentleman from Ken
lucky bases the point of order. in the
year Immediately succeeding. provided
appropriation for and charged the ex-
penSe of the metropolitan police force
equally against the federal government
and the District of Columbia. If there
were any ambiguity this circumstance
might, under the rules of lega! construc-
ton. he looked to.
The chair might recount also some
what the history of the police force and
the health board prior to 1878 and subse-
quent to 1878, but it seems to the chair
that the language of the section of the
act upon which the point of order is
sought to be based is sufficient of itself
to warrant and indeed to impel the chair
to overrule the point of order. The or
ganic act of June II, 1873, charged the
expense of the government of the Dis
trict Jointly and equally against the Dis
trct and federal government revenues.
The act of June 90. 1873 in no way
changed that law. but in fact re-enacted
ii by charging the maintenance of the
metropolitan police to the government of
the District. A re-enactment pro tanto.
Accordingly the point of order is over
ruled
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Amount Paid in Interest.

Further i'll the discussion Mr. johnson
said:
Year after YEAR ! have seen the at
tempts made by gentlemen upon this
committee To defeat plain act of con-
sress. in order that this year nearly 5000
10 may be given to the District OF CO.
hmbia as present. / have seen former
attempts successfully made To make pres
cnts 10 the District Of Columbia out OF
moneys belonging To the people or TINS
nation of considerably more than that for
the same purpose. because the amount Of
interest is wear bv wear growing smaller.
At one time the interest on this dent III
your annual appropriation bill was some
thing Ike $I.:tn.tnh Now upon TINS Sl'.-
tsbo.o0r worth of 80, bonds, issued To re-
fund the old udthtrdneSS of the District
Cf Columbia. not on" dollar al winch the
federal government owed. the fedora!
government has been made To pay -
utssn in interest and that upon debt
which was originally but $lJ,WH.tGo.
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Opinion of the Chair.

Representative Roddenbery. chairman
of the committee of the whole on the
state of the Union. announced that he
had given considerable attention to pre-
vious ruling on the subject. He said:
The chair is of the opinion that the
act of June II. 1878. ard June 80, 1879.
authorizes the nited States TO advance
sufficient sums to pay the interest and
sinking fund in the District of Columbia.
but the entire amount is char%eabe to
the u strict of Columbia. In the opinion
OF the chair all sums appropriated by the
present bill are disbUrSed in accordance
with the provisions of the bill and not
in accordance with some other statute
law.
The only bearing other acts can have
q? the Question under consideration is
whether or not there IS law authorizing
an appropriation to be made in this bill.
Constituting the half-and-half provision a
1t appears on the first page and in the
first section of this bill in connection
with the item against which the point of
order i made. the chair is forced to the
legal conclusion that One-haIf OF the
amount would be charged to the United
states and one-half TO the District of Co
lumbH; that is. that under this act, if it
is passed, one-half is chareeable to the
District revenues and one-half to the
federal Treasury. and that neither the
Secretary Of the Treasury nor any other
administrative nor diSbLrSing officer
could apply it in any other way The
chair is of the opinion that under the
acts of 1873 and 1879 the entire amount
is chargeable To the District and there
fore is of the opinion that there is no law
authorizing the provision as incorpora ! ed
in this bill. Therefore the chair must
sustain the point of order The chair has
no sensitive pride of opinion, and would
he glad to entertain an appeal so that
the committee, composed largely, as it
rs, OF able LAWYERS. may pass finally. if
It may he so construed. upon the ques-
Z ion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-05
ANACOSTIA.

New electric lights have been placed in
service along Nichols avenue from tine
bridge to Howard avenue. The new lights
are placed on the trolley poles with 'eX-
tension arms over the rOadways, and are
SO located as to come between the eX-
listing gas lamps.
Anacostia Council, No. Ii, Junior Order
of United American Mechanics held it's
February meeting last evening in Ma
sonic Hall with Councillor Maurice Nc
Grath presiding.
The board of woman managers of the
Presbyterian Home in Washington met
Yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Lewis j.
Smith, at her residence on Maple View
place. when plans for luncheon to be
given in the near future to aid the work
of the home Were discussed, and COM
mittees on arrangements selected. Mrs.
Smith is a representative on this board
from the Garden Memorial Presbyterian
Church in Anacostia.
Special services We're held today in St
Teresa 5 Church. At s o'clock this morn
ing the blessing and distribution of ashes
was a feature of the celebration of the
mass, and this evening there will be spe-
cial services.
President George c. Hayenner of the
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported
to the health department in the las
twenty-four hours:
J. Albert and Olive Houghton girl
Burr A. and BERTHE NJ. Glascock, girl.
Albert y. and Mary Kirk. girl.
Nathan T.. and Grace \. James. girl.
Charles {. and Jennie Baker. girl.
Berthold +. and Sarah Hab.rer. girl
William ID. and Regina NJ. Doug herty
girl
Gilbert r. and Edith J. Lee. boy.
William j. and Ida Mcguire. boy.
Edward Ii. and Gertrude {. Handy. boy.
Carl and Ernie Ford, boy.
Michael A and Nora j. Sullivan. girl.
George. jr, and Barbra Miller boy.
John f. and Edith /. Mckensie. hoy.
Warwick l.. and Hazel a. Spates. boy.
James K. and Maude DeSges. giri
jeremiah and Dora O'Connor boy.
Joseph and Ida Feinberg, girl.
William and Lulu Jackson, girl.
George and Amanda Hunt. boy.
Herbert l.. and Lillian r. Garter, boy.
John + and Pearl y. Newman. boy.
Thomas j. and Ruth q. Johnson. girl.
John H. and Mary Hawkins. girl
Webster 4. and SophX y. Keys. boy.
William and Daisy T. Valentine. boy
Larry ana Florence Nickson, BOY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-05
LOSES BY CONFIDENCE GAME.
Ella Taylor Reports Having Paid
$35 for Blank Paper.

Ella Taylor, colored, residing at 1904
Vermont avenue northwest, yesterday
afternoon told the police that she had
been victmized by a coIored confidence
man. having given him $50 for an en-
vclope in which she found several slips of
blank paper.
Shortly after noon colored man met
her near 1ith and Il streets northwest
she said. and addressed her as Mrs VIII
iiams, and when she told him he was
mistaken he apologiZed and said: Il
thought YOU were one of the sisters at
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church.
DO you attend that church," she asked
Yes, indeed, | do" was his quick re-
Spouse.
a second colored man soon met her.
told of his church connections ard said
he had found an envelope containing
500. He wanted to borrow $50, he said
and was willing to surrender possession
of the 500 until he repaid the loan.
She procured the money she said, and
took the envelope as security for the
loan.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been report
ed to the health department in the last
twenty-four hours:
David Zavier ii years 1904 9th street
northwest.
Annie Gavin, - years. $40 18th street
northwest.
Thomas A. Holloran, years, George
town University Hospital.
Mary E. Virgins. II years, 81 n street
northwest.
Ellen NJ English, s; years, 1884 Goth
street northwest.
Paul Brandstetter 10 years Govern
ment Hospital for the Insane.
Thomas f. Kelly, II years, Government
HOSPITAL for the Insane
William L. Phillips, - years. I'LL Sth
Elizabeth Borland. IS years, 423 9th
street southwest
RAYMOND W. Cross. 3 years, I'LL G
street southeast
Jacob E. Schramm, IS years, Govern
! ment Hospital for the Insane.
Charles w. Porter @ years, George
Washington Hospital.
George II. Dorrell, "a years, Providence
Hospital.
Hospital for the Insane
Johanna NJ Himmelberg. month. 1898
q street southeast.
Infant of James r. and Maud DeggeS,
:; DAYS u Park road northwest.
Margaret Cant, - years, Washington
Asylum Hospital.
Richard Boston, A. years, 81 Pierce
place northwest.
EVangeline Thomas, - years. Freed
mems Hospital
Nickel jackson, ~ years. 100 Seaton
street northwest
Adaline l.. Middleton, years, Cameron
apartments.
Henry Scott. Il years, treedmen'S Hos
pital.
FELTON, Gilbert, 10 years. ia 18th street
northeast.
Albert Parker, AZ years, Freedmen's
Hospital.
court.
William Johnson. "a years, ass Locust
court southwest.
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Treasury shall pay the interest on the
800 bonds of the District of Column
bia in pursuance of the act of CON
SIess approved June IS, 1874 when
the same shall become due and payable,
and all amounts so paid shall be cred
tied as a part of the appropriation for
the year by the United States toward
the expenses of the District of Column
bia as herein provided for. and that the
sum of 1915. 40S is hereby appropriated
Tor that purpose.
Then. if the Treasurer fails to make
that proper credit. the Attorney ten
eral has the right to recover it: ana II
he does not, we can do in this instance
what we did when We found that the
District of Columbia was indebted on
account Of the> lUnatic asylum To the
federal government in the sum OF
$3.50. 200. You can put ii on any bill
ana compel the District to reimburse
the federal Treasury, just as there -
am item in this bill now in part To re
imburse the federal government on that
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Explains His Position.

If we can ever get rlIl.ng u the Ell
feet that the limitation must so with IT.
that limitation being that this money
must be returned 10 the federal govern
ment then shall he most willing and
anxious to cooperate with anybody to de-
wise any means OF measure by winch the
money can h. gotten out with winch To
pay the interest when it IS due. and also
10 provide for its being refunded To the
federal government, and want again 10
ask that my position be distinctly under
stood ! stand with the most extreme man
here or anywhere else. / stand with the
bundhOldcr himself in saying that this *
a sacred obligation upon the Part OF the
United Stase>. and that these bonds and
interest must be paid: bat in paying these
bonds and interest do raise my voice IN
protest against coming in here IN this APP
preparation bill with a part OF this act
and leaving out the qualifying clause that
that money shall be refunded 10 the led
eral governments.
Representative Burke of Pennsylvania
asked:
Does the gentleman contend, then. mat
the voluntary assumption by the United
States government OF the payment OF this
particular amount without the limitation
removes the right of the government 10
recover ultimately from the District
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assert that this government deliberately
assumed the burden of one-hah of TINS
indebtedness principal and interest
Mr.. Johnson, in the course of his re-
marks. had reiterated the charge made
in 1873 at the conclusion of the invest1sa-
ton which preceded the enactment OF the
organic act. that much of this indebted
ness. incurred by the board of public
works under a blanke. authorization from
Congress had been fraudulenuy con-
tracted, in that the board of public works
had not reSorted TO competitive bidding in
awarding the contracts for the improve
mentS.
At the time these charges were made it
was found that the board of public works
had awarded contracts at prices which in
Dictated potential saving of many thou
sands of dollars under the cost set forth
in tDmDptitiXp bids
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Question of Government.

1t Is evident from reading that Sec
uon OF the act that the words govern
mcnt of the District are not employed
as designating the legal title of the Dis
trlct government, because the word gov
eminent begins with a small letter. II
relates. then, TO the fact of government
and not to the form of government: the
junction OF government, not the STYLE OF
government. The act OF 1873 having pro
Nided IN what way the expenses of GOV
eminent of the District should be paid
the chair fails to see how in any way
the insertion of the paragraph in the
sundry civil bill would change or conflict
with the existing organic act Of June IL
1878
In this connection it will be noted thai
IN June, 1913, the first session of the
Forty-fifth Congress was in progress At
that time there was no District of Column
bia appropriation bill. go nuInine. but the
expenses of the government of the Dis
trict of Columbia were carried from wear
to year in the sundiy civil bill The
same Congress, then. which enacted the.
clause of June 20, 1875 was the Identical
Congress that in 1879 at the second SEES
sion of the same Congress, passed the
sundry civil appropriation bill charging.
the expenses of the mctroDolitan polic.
force equally against the federal Treas
ury ana the District treasury