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The Washington times., 1913-04-04
CAPITAL Hotel Clerks
To Form Association

Washington hotel clerks will assemble
at the Shoreham tonight to plan the for
nation Of an organization to promote
social relations and in other ways bet
ter the conditions Of the fraternity.
The body will be known as the Wash
ington Hotel Clerks Association and
will be a chapter Of the National Hotel
Clerks Association, more commonly
called, "Greeters Of America"
Besides the local hotel clubs. William
S. Busick, president of the Maryland
Hotel Clerks Association, and a num-
Der of Baltimore hotel clerks will at
tend to help the Washington ''greeters'
organize.
The Washington times., 1913-04-04
New Preacher in Pulpit.

In the absence Of the Rev. George M
Clayton, OF the Park Road Methodist
Episcopal Church. who is attending a
conference in Lynchburg, Va. the
row will be conducted by the Rev. ]. B.
Clayton. Christian Endeavor exercises
will be held at O'Clock in the evening
and at there will be the regular eve
ming service
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
BATTLE ON FOR
WEALTH UNDER
BEDS Of RIVERS
Government Maintains Oil and
Gas Land Belongs to In
dian Tribes.
MACkEY CASE is APPEALED
Arkansas and Cimarron Fields
Declared To Be Worth Mil
lions Of Dollars.
MACkEY CASE is APPEALED

MUSKOGEE, OKLA, Nov 1.-The
Fight of ownership and control Of the
Greek and Cherokee nations TO the
beds of the Arkansas and Cimarron
Rivers is to be contested to the last
ditch.
This was made known when It was
announced that the United States
District Attorneys office had received
orders TO appeal the Philip Mackey
case to the Circuit Court OF Appeals,
and TO the United States Supreme
Court, If need be, to finally determine
the interest Of the two Indian nations
tn the river beds.
Portions of the beds of the ATkan-
sas and Cimarron are underlaid with
enormous deposits of oil and gas,
while the sand and gravel rights alone
amount to thousands annually.
Disputes Haskell Lease.
In appealing the Mackey case, on
behalf of the two tribes, the Govern
ment will assert the claim Of the In
dian nations to these valuable rights,
as well as the first interest in the oil
Rnd gas mining leases recently grant
ed to c. N. Haskell and others by
the State School Land Department,
by authority of the decision Of Dis
srict Judge Ralph f. Campbell that
kue tlllb ~ lHe river DEUS lltl9Stu IL Jill
the tribes to the State at statehood.
Some time ago members Of the
Mackey family granted an oil lease to
Cyrus e. Avery and others on a small
strip of ground near Tulsa, between
the meandering line and the water
line of the Arkansas River by virtue
of the right that he land bounds ed
the Mackey allotment and was with
in the meandering lines OF the river.
Several wells were drilled, which
came in at big figures
Few Wells Drilled.
II was then that the Government
filed suit against various members Of
the Mackey family
Few wells have been drilled, but
the Government hopes by quick &C
lion to prevent the drilling Of as
many wells as possible before the
case Is finally decided.
OIL men do not hesitate in declar-
ing that the oil rights involved
amount to millions of dollars.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Teacher Describes
Death Of Former Self
Asserts Transmigratlon Idea Just
DaWned on Her-Creates Spir-
itualistic grandmother.

SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. Nov.
Mrs. s. S. Raymond. a school
teacher of New Canaan, has aston
ished her friends with declarations
and graphic tales of several previous
existences, thereby proving, she says
the truth of the transmigration of
souls.
In one case she recites the details
OF her death, when as a child of she
plunged down the cellar stairs Of her
home in Rowayton. In another in
stance she visited her parents in q
prior existence, and they recognized
and loved her.
Mrs. Raymond states that she never
got any ideas on transmigrat1on from
friends or books. 1t simply dawned
on her. She now remembers that heI
grandmother communed with spirits
and thinks she must have inherited
the peculiar faculty of mental retro
spection from her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Squirrel, Thought To
Be Rabid, Bites Boy
Then Attacks Another Orlando, Fla,
Lad Before Being Shot-Ex-
amined for Hydrophobia.

ORLANDO, FLA, Nov. IA
squirrel, which may have been rab-
i'd, attacked S-year-old Richard Rog-
ers, grandson of City Clerk C. A.
Boone, and bit the little fellow badly.
The lad was entering Mr. Boone's
home with Philip Frye an older play
mate, when the squirrel sank its
teeth through his thumb. The lad
screamed with pain, and shaking the
animal off rushed into the house.
The squirrel then leaped for F'rye's
face, but the boy succeeded in fight
ing it off. 1t then clawed at the
screen door until it was shot.
The head was sent to the State
Board of Health for analysis.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
2-STATEFA|R|N
AUGUSTAOPENS
On "WEDNESDAY
Georgia-CaroIina Show To Be
Featured by Annual Georgia
Clemson Football Game.

AUGUSTA, Nov. 1t-Secretary
Frank z. Beane is putting on the
finishing touches in preparation for
the eighth annual Georgia-Carolina
Fair, which will begin here on next
Wednesday and continue through the
following week.
On Thursday, the second day of
the fair, the annual clash between
Clemson and Georgia football elevens
will take place. Clemson's over
whelming victory over the University
of South Carolina Thursday has
given the Tigers added confidence.
The poultry show this year, says
Manager Cameron, of the Augusta
Poultry Association, will have 1000
birds entered.
DR.. Joseph E. Green, president of
the Savannah Valley Associated
Farmers Clubs, announces that the
agricultural exhibits will eclipse all
previous efforts.
Entries in the live stock department
have come with surprising rapidly
and this department is going to be
better than ever before.
The first annual bench show of the
Southeastern Kennel Club will be a
great attraction. and dog fanciers
from everywhere in Georgia and
South Carolina will be here.
The amusement features will in
clude auto polo, balloon ascensions,
the football game, motorcycle and au-
tomobile racing and shows on the
midway.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Birmingham Grand
Jury Has Big Task
Faces investigation Of Fifteen Muir
ders-WllI Report on Convict
Road Building.

BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 1.-The Sep
TENDER Grand Jury, in recess three
weeks. will resume work Monday. and,
according to the foreman, Joseph It.
Wiley, there will be work enough to
keep the inquisitorial body busy for
four weeks more.
Fifteen murders and several auto
mobile accidents are to be investi-
gated. Burglaries and other crimes
also have been numerous during the
recess.
The final report promises to be a
little sensational, as the claim is be-
ing made, despite the big records
that officers are not enforcing the law
against vagranCy enough. 1t is pro-
posed by the Grand Jury, which has
made an investigation. to make full
report ON the working of county roads
by conViCtS.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
NEW FIGHT ON
To CLAMP LID
At SAVANNAH
Judge Charlton Orders Inquiry
and Ministers Urge Changes
in Petit Jury Lists.

SAVANNAH. Nov. 1.-what is
thought to be opening shot in fight
to put the lid on Savannah was
sounded this week when Superior
Judge Charlton charged the grand
jury to investigate the liquor traffic
His charge was followed by emphatic
stand on the part Of the Rev. T. D.
Ellis.
Four times since the prohibition act
went into effect the ministers and
Men and Religion forces have at
tempted to close the district and re-
strict tn esale OF intoxtcants to near
beer. Such strong opposition to the
fight developed on every hand that it
was considered futile and the move
ment stopped without anything b.
ing accomplished. Only recently, ths
ministers adopted a resolution favor
ing the abandonment OF the anti
liquor fight
DR.. Ellis charges that the reason
there are no indictments when cases
are brought Into the courts for vio-
lations Of the prohibition act 10 that
the petit jury box Is crowded with
names of liquor dealers, or persons
personally Interested in the traffic.
He has suggested purging the Jury
lists and his suggestion has caught an
official ear.
Tomorrow sermons win be preach
ed from q number of puipits and 1t la
expected the campaign will be
launched then
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Four-Cornered Race
For Mayor Of Dalton
Candidates Announce for Municipal
Primary on December 10 In
North Georgia City.

DALTON, Nov. with Council
man Joseph Boyle, H J. Smith and
H. P. Coward eliminated, 1t is prac-
ticaIly certain that the race for May
or in the December 10 primary Will De
a four-cornered affair. with Council
man w. e. Wood, Councilman Frank
Bell, ex-Councilman B. r Bowen
and ex-Councilman 8. J. Mcknight
as candidates.
Jesse Holland has announced for
Councilman from the Fifth Ward. He
and John C. Smith, the announced
candidate to succeed Councilman
Thomas in the Fourth Ward nave
no opposition. In the First Ward
Councilman Smith and ex-Council-
men F. A, Hamilton and John wills
are probable candidates. In the
Eighth Ward, D. S Stewart and eX-
Councilman George King are talked
of to succeed Councilman Bell.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
CLUbWOMEN'S
AID |SSECURED
FOR LEVEE BILL
Four National Bodies Also En-
listed in Fight for Flood Pro-
lection on Mississippi.

MEMPHIS, Nov. 1.-Modern wom-
an, the Fifth Estate" has been en-
listed in another of the country's
great problems. The clubwomen of
Eastern Arkansas are going to help
the Mississippi River Levee Associa-
ton secure a completed system Of
levees from Cairo to the Gulf OF Mex
leo.
Their assistance was secured when
John A. Fox, secretary manager OF
the Mississippi River Levee Associa-
ton, spoke to the Forest City Dis
trict of the Arkansas Federation, as
sembled at Osceola~ Mr. Fox found
the Arkansas women keenly alive to
the seriousness of the work he leads.
Ready to lend their powerful support
to any project for the betterment of
State and nation, the. Arkansas wom-
en- quickly offered their help.
Grain Dealers Enlisted.
The action taken at Osceola was
but one of the four favorable devel-
opments as regards the levee bill. AT
New Orleans the National Grain
Dealers, at the suggestion Of the
Philadelphia, Pa, delegation, adopt
ed resolutions favoring the Ransdell-
Humphreys bill, which provides for a
$60O00,000 appropriation to complete
the levee system. The American So
ciety of Engineers devoted several
hours to the discussion of the sub
tect, and the Mississippi River Levee
Association also received word that
the American Bankers in convention
had adopted resolutions favoring ma
tional control of the food problem.
Secretary Manager Fox attended
the two meetings at New Orleans and
spoke in enthusiastic terms Of the
progress the fight for levees is maxi
ing:
Encouraged by Prospects.
I'VE are meeting with success
everywhere in this valley, and l am
more than encouraged by the re-
Spouse that is being given us from
every part of the United States" he
said in discussing his trip. THE OPP
portunity afforded me to address the
grain men enabled me to lay clearly
and conciSely before them the prob
lem of the 100000 people who live in
the alluvial valley. l showed them
that we are called upon to bear the
entire expense of conducting to the
sea the food water of 81 States. Gov
ernor J. Y. Saunders, Of Louisiana,
preceded me and gave a splendid ad-
dress on the flood question"
Speaking of the grain convention,
Mr.. Fox said
ut means a great deal for Pennsyl-
vanians to take up this fight for us
l was agreeably surprised when the
Philadelphia delegation, comprising
some Of the biggest grain men in
the country, offered to introduce ouI
resolution 1t was also gratifying tc
find that the people Of New Orleans
generally are as much in favor Of The
levee proposition as those citizens OF
the delta above. The Newlands ad-
vocates have bu; little foothold il
this section Of the country"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02

chology, he has framed his letters so
that they are well calculated 10
arouse fear and horror.
The fears OF the three prominent
women who received the letters were
allayed when an investigation took
place. julius Rosenwald, who ia the
well-known Jewish philanthropist
declared that he subjected the letter
received by his wife to thorough Elk
animation. In the course of which an
expert bacteriologist was called In.
There was revealed, however, only a
strip Of gelatin, which held the fold
ed sheets of the letter together.
1t was found the sheets were so
arranged that when they were pulled
apart, a greenish- gray powder would
fly on the clothes or into the face OF
the person opening the letter, This
powdery substance, analysed, proved
to be the harmless mold that proba-
bly, gathered ON the top of spoiled
fruit or jam.
Letters Are Identical.
The letter sent TO Mrs. Rosenwald
was a duplicate of those received by
Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Butler, leading
detectives to believe that the plan OF
the blackmailer never varies except
the letters declared the mere opening
OF the envelope liberated 1000, 900
deadly germs; which would cause a
high fever within nine days. They
asked that the money be placed in a
certain spot and said the serum
would be dispatched at once.
The letter was worded as by man
! who knew his ground, declaring,
| among other things.
BY opening this letter you
| have liberated about 1000, 600
| healthy baclli. propagated by
myself Without a doubt you are
infected by this time.
My prophylaCtic will destroy
any number OF the germs OF this
zymotic disease If used before
the ninth day. DO not come in
! close contact with any one dear
to you.
"No One Is Safe"
/ mo human body is impervious
| against this disease A person
! infected generally suffers within
/ "a hours with slight chills along
the spine.
up to the present only about
one person in a thousand has
rccuperated after going through
all the stages of this disease.
Undoubtedly you will take me for
an impostor. but only for a day
! or two. or until the baciln begin
| 10 generate
j have 500 persons possessing
| worldly goods on my list, men
and women Of every section, and
OF almost every State. Your
! name was chosen by fate"
/ Attempts have been made throug,
means of docur. tp rpr.urp tho leltc
writer Hr .-fwv ro Ha 90 1907 grad
uatn of ~ .. . #eu, au
| 0ag,euui7s X
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
WOW. Rough Riders
Will Feature Parade
Jacksonville Camp to Give Log Roll.
ing and Initiation the Night of
November IL.

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. Jack
sonville Woodmen of the World will
give their annual log rolling and mi
tiation the night of November II
One of the features will be a parade
led by the First Regiment Band and
one battalion of the National Guard.
Following. there viii be clowns OF
every description and two detach-
ments Of comical features, and for
the first time before the public, will
appear the United Rank Mounted
Troop No. l, under command OF Colo
mel John z. Reardon. This troop Is
better known as "Reardon's Rough
Riders"
Judge w w. Anderson will lead the
parade with his new oxmobile. Cap
tain J. A. Brown will be in command
of the ambulance corps.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GERM NOTE EXCERPTS

Here are extracts from tho
deadly germ" letters written TO
several wealthy Chicago women
and supposed to have been sent to
prominent Georgians as we'll;
Opening this letter you liberated
100000 vigorous baciIli.
You are infected by this time.
My prophylactic will destroy
this zymotio disease If used before
the ninth day.
Do not come near to anyone
dear to you.
No human body is impervious to
this disease.
Only one person in a thousand
recuperates.
Within ~ hours you will feel
the first symptoms-sIeht chils
along the spine.
You are chosen by fate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Would ReWrite Bible
In Baseball Parlance
Holy Book Should Be Made Vivid and
Interesting, Says Member
of Church.

RICHMOND. IND, Nov. 1.--Mem-
bers of the Friends Church were
startled by the declaration of Horace
Swan, a prominent English member
of the society, visiting in Richmond,
shat the Bible needs to be so revised
that 1t will be read with as much in
terest as a newspaper description of
an American baseball game.
Tt should smack of the parlance Of
The bleachers and verbiage OF Coney
island" he said.
One phrase in the Bible. Let us go
hence" Mr.. Swan would change to
read: ITO the hay for us"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
"CaIifornia Syrup Of Figs" Can't
Harm Tender Stomach,
Liver, Bowels.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the physics" that mother
insisted on-castor oil. calomel, ca
thartIcs. How you hated them, how
you fought against taking them
With our children it's different
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well found
ed. Their tender little "insides" are In
jured by them.
If your child's stomach. liver and
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
jacksonville u. D. G.
Plan Convention Trip
Florida Division to Have Special Car
and Will stop Over at
Pensacola.

JACKSONVILLE. Nov. This
city will be we'll represented at the
General Convention of the Daughters
Of the Confederacy IN New Orleans
November 11-16. The special car to
be run under the auspices Of the
Florida division will stop over In Pen
sacola for one hour, giving passengers
time to get a glimpse Of the western
metropolis of Florida
A trip around the harbor OF New
Orleans has been arranged for the
delegates by the officials of the Cres-
cent City for the afternoon Of No
yernber II,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
MOTHER!-|T's CRUEL To FORCE OIL
Or CALOMEL INTO A SICK CHILD

bowels need cleansing give "Califor-
mia Syrup Of Figs" Its action is pos
tive but gentle. Millions of mothers
keep this harmless fruit laxative"
handy; they know children love ia
take It; that 1t never fails to clean
the liver and bowels and sweeten the
stomach, and that q teaspoonful Civ
en- to-day saves q sick child to-mor-
row. 1t should be the first remedy
given as 1t always does good. mover
any harm.
Ask your druggist for q 50 cent bot
tie Of california Syrup Of Figs"
which has full directions for babies.
children of all ages and for grown.
ups plainly on each bottle. Beware OF
counterfeits sold here. See that 1t is
made by California Fig Syrup Com
pany." Refuse any other kind with
contempt.-(Advt.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
C0ALING STATION SOUGHT
FOR SHIPS AT SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH, Nov. THAT ga
vannah will soon be supplied with an
immense colliery for tramp steamers
is to-day a strong probability follow
ing a conference between officials Of
the Seaboard Air Line and the Clinch-
field Coal Company.
With a coaling station here steam
ers that go TO Norfolk as the closest
coaling port will uload their freight
at Savannah to go through the At
lanta instead Of the Richmond gate
way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GLIB. POTATO GROWN BY
SAVANNAH CITY FARMER

SAVANNAH, Nov. John Pratt,
who farms his back yard on Freeley
avenue, has the prize for intensive
farming. He produced enough pota-
toes on two acres to store a large
barn, and sold the neighbors enough
to buy himself a horse. One of the
vegetables weighed nine pounds, four
and one-half pounds heavier than the
one North Carolina farmer sent
President Wilson.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
MAYOR ASKS CHILDREN TO
ENFORCE ANTI-SKATE LAW

SAVANNAH, Nov. Mayor Da-
want to-day issued an appeal to every
little boy and girl to help him in the
enforcement of a law that has laid
dormant on the statute book many
years:
mo more skating on the sidewalks. "
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK AT
CORDELE'S CELEBRATION

CoRDELE, Nov. 1.--Governor Sla-
ton to-day wired Secretary l.. S.
Daniel of the Cordele Chamber OF
Commerce. accepting the invitation
10 deliver the address of the day upon
the celebration OF the city's twenty
fifth birthday, or silver anniversary.
In behalf of the ladies OF Cordele
and Crisp County, Secretary Daniel
has also rendered an urgent invita-
ton TO Mrs. Slaton.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
SeIf-StyIed Heidelberg Bacteri-
oIogist Successful in Frighten-
ing Victims, Police Believe.

CHICAGO, Nov. THE names OF
number of Southerners including
several wealthy Georgians, are said to
be on the mailing list OF the mys-
terious person who IS sending death"
letters in a most ingenious black
mail scheme.
Wealthy families have received the
letters. In each there was the start
ling announcement that by opening
the letter the recipient liberated dead
ly germs, which would cause a fever
and ultimate death unless a certain
serum, known only to the writer OF
the letter, was used, The mysterious
writer offered TO send the serum n
return for various sums, which varied
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The deadly germ" letters we're re-
ceived by st least three prominent
Chicago women-Mrs. Frederick A.
Steele. Of Highland Park; Mrs Julius
Rosenwald, wife of the president Of
Sears, Roebuck e. Co, and Mrs. But
Ter.
Others Keep Silent
The writer declared he had list o.,
300 wealthy persons he intended TO
Brighten into the payment of large
sums, and that his intended victims
lived in every part of the nation. 1t
Is believed a number Of other per-
sons besides the three named have
received the deadly germ" letters,
but have kept silent.
The police think also that the letter
writer already has met with consid-
cradle success Apparently well-ed-
ucatc6 and a student of practical PSF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-02
Germ Blacknaler Has Southerners on His List
Georgians May Have Paid for Sure Cure Serum

Mrs. Frederick NJ Steele of Highland Park Ill, of the
wealthy who received letter pretending to nose 100000
deadly ba and demanding for the certain and only
below. portions Of the letter she opened.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
CONGRESSMAN
PAY TRIBUTE To
RODDENBERY
Funeral Services of Dead States
man at Townsville to Occur
Sunday Afternoon.

THOMASVILLE, Sept. 37.-Mayor
Roscoe Luke has appointed a COM
mittee Of prominent citizens to meet
the members Of the Conversational
delegation who Will arrive here to-
morrow morning to attend the funeral
Of Congressman s. A Roddenbcry.
The delegation will be taken 10 the
Tosco Hotel for breakfast and then
to the late home of the Congressman
on Hansell street, where, according to
the expressed wishes OF Mr.. Rodden-
berry, the funeral services will be held.
These services will be very simple In
character and will be conducted
by the Rev. ]. N. Rushin, of Boston.
Baptist minister and an old friend
Of the dead Congressman. No SER
vices win be held in any of the
churches OF the city during the morn
ing, and the funeral will be the larg-
est ever held In this city.
From all sections of the country
kilograms and letters of sympathy
have been received by the dead Con-
CHEESEMAN'S family.
The committee to meet the Con-
gressional delegation consists of A.
II S. Cooke, j. r. Culpepper ]. H.
Flowers, w. II. Brandon, ]. H Mer-
rill, c. p. Hansen, w. H. Rockwell,
J. II. Flowers, 7. NJ. Mcintosh. c. A.
Cochran. c. T. Candy, J. l.. Turner,
J. w. l.. Yates, H. ]. MacIntyre, w.
]. Hammond, 8. W. Davis, L. H.
Jerger, II. w. Hopkins, w d. Har-
grave, w. A. Watt, p. D. Phillips, w.
Feinberg.