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Accused Of Murder.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Aug a.
Harry Davis, accused of the murder
Of AL Hatch, Kansas City millionaire,
was arrested in Oklahoma City by
Deputy Marshal Hoffman of Kansas
City, who followed Davis over many
states. Davis was married here a
week ago to Bernice Kessly.
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Boy Was Sentenced to Hang
But Scaffold Has Not
Been Erected.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
FORT SMITH, Ark, Aug. 14.-om
sr Davis, Is year old boy, who muir
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Little Kitty Cobb Lost Her Job
Because She Would Not
Sew 1t Up.

[United Press Leased Wire Sevice.1 ]
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 1.-THE slit
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tCon.inueo on page O.,
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1890. when the proceedings were first
made public properly, he wrote to Par
nell and received the following letter.
dated London. January IA, $780,
thank you very much indeed for
your kind letter, which | shall always
highly prize. If this case Is ever fully
gone into-a matter which is exceeding
ly doubtful--you may rest assured that
1t will be shown that the dishonor and
the discredt has not been upon my side.
'Parnell afterwards told me at Bou-
logne,' Mr., OBrien continues, that the
whole complexion of the case would
have been changed IL he rad given
evidence as to his relations with Captain
OShea; that he had pressed upon Sir
Frank Lockwood (Mrs. OSheas coun-
seD in the strongest manner that he
should be examined, and that on one
occasion he and Sir Frank Lockwood
had almost come to blows on that point
Parnell yielded with a self-abnegation.
to which justice will perhaps be done
hereafter. Many years after when /
met Sir Frank Lockwood, he said with
grave face, I am afraid Parnell was
badly treated. | have some remorse
myself. There is a strong reaction al
ready In his favor in England "
Mr.. o. BrienS says the Importance of
the letter now for the first time given
to the public is that it will probably be
the only confidential glimpse history
will ever receive. from Parnells own
of transaction which. had 1t been
fully investigated In the divorce suit.
would have saved the Irish leader from
the most painful part of the discredlt,
prevented the divorce, and revOlutionized
the history of the last 20 years.
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Ill Feeling Is Still a Crown
ing Feature of Prevail
ing Market Sentiment
REID MOORE GROUP
BEING HAMMERED
Rate Decision Is Now Looked Upon
as Greater Market Factor Than
Either the Currency or
Tariff Laws
nv w. G. NICHOLAS


New York, September 2S.-The mar
ket swings narrowly on an even keel.
the minor movements representing
nothing more important than little
flurries beginning and ending nowhere.
Prices are about where they were on
the halfway recovery from The deep
est midsummer recession, with perhaps
a moderate setback from the latest up
turn. Action downward seems 10 be
easier for the moment than the little
bull successes. but in neither case is
there disturbance in the degree SEEM
ingly provoked. Everything is orderly.
Trading on exchanges was concen-
trated largely on the small group OF
recognized favorites. viz: Union Pacific,
Steel, Reading, Amalgamated Copper.
St Paul Southern Pacific, Leash VAL
ley, New Haven Peoples Gas, Canadian
Pacific and the Hill issues. Latest
developments went far to prove the
theory that the recent sensational bull
furry was largely an artificial play
under cover of which to give the trans
fer of Union Pacific's $4,000 shares of
Southern Pacific cast of great excite
ment. and that the manipulation par :
ties in Reading. Copper, Steel and other
specialties gave friendly alliance TO the
demonstration. The programme went
through about as planned. On the rush
rise insiders all along the line realized
satisfactory profits and artificial sup
port was withdrawn. The field was
left to the eleventh hour purchasers,
who are in bad temper and already suf-
fering losses. AS before noted, the
drift. so far as one has materialized.
is in the direction of lower level So
houncedly has sentiment newly deyel-
oped that it Is safe to describe the emo
tion as again overwhelmingly bearish.
Bad Feeling Aroused
1t is not difficult to give reasons for
the change. Not a single thing that
was prophecied for the promotion of
prices came to pass, according TO the
picturesS and as one after another
failed in spectacular presentation ex-
element subsidized and anger and dis
appointment followed. Those who had
engineered the 'coloredr gossip or prof
tied by knowledge thereof were roundly
denounced as unfair. Ill feeling is still
a crowning feature of prevailing mar
ket sentiment and the prediction is
voiced on every hand that the ultimate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Albanian Blood Feuds

Perhaps one of the reasons that the
Albanians have never really submitted
to the Turks lies In fundamental in
compatibility between the Albahian
and Turkish character" says returned
traveller from the Balkans In the New
York Evening Post. The Turks are
melancholy, even tragic. The Alban-
ians declare for happiness. The story
is told of some Albanian soldiers who
saw performance of~Karaguez, in
which love story was acted, but with
out bringing the lovers together at the
finish. The Albanians wouldn't have
it for minute. They f1ourished their
revolvers and yelled: Make them
happy! Make them happy And happy
they had to be made before peace could
reign again. The Albanians live in a
high, mountainous country with deep
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valleys in between ranges. Even

valleys in between ranges. Even in
times of peace they are in constant
warface with the Turks. There will be
a frontier incident and then over the
border into Montenegro flee the AL
banians. The Montenegrins help them
In their efforts at reprisal against the
common foe, the Turk. Albanians are
great on blood feuds. The Italian ven-
delta Is mild diversion beside the AL
banian blood feud. The English wom-
an, Mary Edith Durham traveller and
war correspondent, is a friend of the
Albanians She often lives among them
and Is their trusted friend"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
CLOTHES TIE WHOLE .FAfII

of railroad and mining companies. Their
day of three-ring performances on the
stock exchange is thought to be practi-
cally over. The sun is setting ON two
star speculative champions They have
been luxuriously good livers for % years
and some of the hinges are getting rusty.
A generation of rough hustle up the hills
and down the declivities tends to reduce
the ambition for excessive speed.
Desire for Improvement
{ The gloom contingent of Wall street
is once more trying to work into a state
Of melancholy. The occasional market
rallies do not impart permanent bullish-
ness to values and yet the situation is
without important change, SO far as can
be detected. There is an honest, earnest
desire for improvement but a hesitancy
on the part of investors and spectators
to participate is noted. A portion of the
recent recovery Is still held, but founda-
tions aresnot rigid. Indecision and hesi-
fancy are yet ruling factors.
There is credible information. and the
statistics of record bear it out, that an
increasingly large volume of investment
bonds and stocks. The reinforcement is
not sensational but it is measurable and
quotations have moved up a shade. New
issues are withheld, however, a stand
that creates no i'll feeling on either side.
The banks and bond houses do not want
to encourage fresh supplies until the
general situation improves from the bot
tom up; the borrowing contingent is per-
fectly willing to hold back until the
clouds roll away and the sun shines
brighter. 1t is. therefore, harmonious
situation between two usually coldly an
tagonistic elements. This time they are
coldly friendly. The temperature re-
mains low but the attitude of the actors
affords occasional variety. Wise observ-
ers keep their eyes on the international
financial situation, as an issue of momen-
tous consequence on ire speculative and
investment temper.
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History of Parnell Case

in the Cork Free Press" two pages of
"secret history" ip which he says that
II Parnell had been allowed to go into
the witness box the public verdict on
the O'Shea case would have been al
together revolutionized. The fault would
have remained, but the Irish leader
would have been shown to be rather
the victim than the destroyer of a happy
home and the divorce would never have
taken place, says the London Chronicle.
Mr.. O'Brien goes on to say that in
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miles from the capital of Jackson, and it
was called New Bellefonte. and subse-
quently changed to Hollywood.
About 1858 or 1853 the question as to a
change in the county site arose. and after
long and heated arguments. debates and
merry speeches, pro and con, it was finally
moved to Scottsboro. Larkinsville was Il
very strong rival to Scottsboro for the
new courthouse and Col. G. w. r. Lar
KIN and w. s. Maron, two of the, wealthy
men of the county at that time made
1attering offers of money and lands at
Larkinsvile for the courthouse
Scottsboro, the present county site, is
situated on the highest point along the
Memphis division of the Southern railway
four miles back from the Tennessee river,
nesting at the foot of the Cumberland
mountains The town has population of
about 1900. With SO miles of the Tennessee
'river, the county is rich in farm lands
! and agriculture, together with the great
lumber interests are the chief INDUSTRIES.
The town is well laid out, POSSESSES a
$4,000 courthouse. five churches cornmodi-
pusly built. There are two newspapers,
two hotels. three banks, two fine schools
and othersaccomrnodations contributing to
the publics convenience. While none of
the people of the town boast of great
wealth, the majority own their own
homes. They are cultured and refined
people ana strangers receive KIND ana
courteous treatment.
The sale of Intoxicating liquors is pro-
hibited in the town and county. The
county has recently spent $25o,00O for good
roads and has probably the finest system
of turnpikes in the state. The town and
county now have splendid telephone SER
vice. there being two different companies.
large number of farm houses enjoy
telephone advantages
Scottsboro, the present county site is a
young and growing city, and cannot boast
tion of other and older towns in Ala
bama. She has no 'idlewilds or Sunny
side made classic by the abode of genius,
but Is the dwelling place of people
whose hearts are ever responsive to the
appeals of 3charity and to the calls for
aid in any worthy cause. Seottsboro is
also noted for her beautiful and pctur-
esque scenery. From some elevated spot,
with one broad glance one will see an
amphitheatre of mingled majesty and
beauty. Around 1t sweeps a zone of pur-
pie mountains seeming like distant clouds;
within are fruitful fields and scattered
groves and the winding waters of the blue
Tennessee.
Standing upon the threshold of the
twentieth century, the citizens fully real
ize the Importance of seizing the oppor-
tunities that are now being offered, and
at no distant day the capital of High
Jackson will have all the appurtenances
that go to make a wideawake, progressive
town.
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His Choice of Text

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A little boy who had been promised
watch in too indefinite future
shoy tendency to revert to the
suo1\1t with frequency which finally
overcame the patience of mis- irate
father IF you say watch again in
my presence. I'll thrash you" was the
ultimatum. Next morning at prayers
when each member of the family Of
Tered Bible verse, the boy demurely
gave his as he fixed his parent with
his eye, and repeated: What / say
unto you l say unto all, Watch"
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OLD BELLEFONTE
BY II. N. HENDERSON

Scottsboro, September 27-tSpeeial.) }
Standing well up on an eminence over
looking the broad. blue Tennessee, whose
classic waters have become historic, is
lone brick building, weather stained
and dark with the ages of years agone,
whose crumbling walls and ivy clad CHM
'neys, now inhabited by the bats and owls.
Is the remaining relic of Old Bellefont,
once the proud capitol of High jack
son." =
Alone like some dark sentinel, standing
watch Ger what once was. but never to
be again. gone from the earth forever"
once beautiful city, and bending mourn
fully above the silent form, scattered
sweet flowers DER what has passed to
nothingness The town is gone and with
it many glorious throng of happy
dreams-'its mark is on each brow, it's
shadow in each heart"
1t is said that tribe of Indians worn
with battle and tired of strife, sought
a place of refuge and home In the
genial wids of the sunny south. On ar
riving in country where the deer roamed
free and the spirit of peace brooded DER
its waters, their chief halted. drove his
staff into the ground and exclaimed in
his own wild, beautiful tongue, alabama
Alabama! here we rest; here we rest!"
Some of the odtmers tell us that It
was here in Jackson and upon the banks
of the beautiful Tennessee, was the spot
that called forth the peaceful and rest
full utterances of the big brave.
Old Bellefonte is no more, and her
halls of justice have long since crumbled
into decay, and the silvery tongues of her
orators, that poured forth like liquid
moonlight, are forever silenced. The once
beautiful town lives in memory only
Here at Old Bellefonte long before the
war was a great shipping point. Tennes-
scans and Kentuclians with large droves
of fine mules and horses would board
the boat and make a trip down the river
to Paducah, Memphis and New Orleans,
via the Mississippi with their stock That
of course was before the days of rail-
roads, and Old Bellefonte was the nearest
place where the desired TRANSPORTATION
could be obtained.
When the old Memphis and Charleston,
now the Memphis division of the great
Southern railway system. was being sur
veyed out for the proposed line, the citi-
zens of Old Bellefonte would not hear of
the railroad running through their aristo-
cratic old town, and the consequence was
the railroad company built a depot three
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sequel to the rapid fire boom will be
sensational break
ON the other hand a powerful party
Just now lying. quiet) is strongly bull
ish, and full of optimistic predictions
of renewed sensational speculation for
the crowning rise of the year. As a
concession to the scolding bears they
concede that the promised bun cam
paign may not begin in earnest until
after Congress adiourns and tariff re-
vision goes into effect, with possibly a
new currency law on the books-that
done and the public given time and
opportunity TO express an opinion on
the work. Spectators and investors
are quite as interested in the popular
reception of the pending legislation as
the politicians. Market action and
business developments may show that
the effects have been discounted and
that the course of prices will be placid.
Indeed, two out of three veterans have
just that view. and will not be surprised
to sec the price Improvement and re-
newed bullish activity date from any
hour.
For one thing traders and the public
in general begin to turn Intensified at
tention on the interstate commerce
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
Reid Moore Properties Hammered

The Reid-Moore properties have been
grievously under the hammer, especially
Can and the Rock Island issues and
PEOPLE are wondering why. The theory
prevails that d. G. Reid and his asso-
ciates have been preparing for months
| to withdraw from the western railroad
1t has been a drag on their hands lat
| terly, and excepting for an occasional side
play in the stock market, it has been
a dead horse. Now, dead horses are not
hot favorites with either Dan Reid or
his surviving acting partner. Judge w.
II. Moore. In organizing and promoting
their Rock Island enterprise they made
spectacular cleanup and strengthened
an already established reputation as mon-
umental plungers.
From their earliest experience in indus
trial organization, they had enjoyed the
, hystercal action of series of remark
able speculative campaigns in industrials
four of their creations going into the
Steel trust. The liquidation of trust hold
ings of the list of big insiders was
crazy popular tribute to the standing of
Americas greatest financier and market
power, and NOTED the "Steel crowd any,
where from S500.000.0O0 up--many well In
formed men put 1t as high as 81, ,O00 0OO 000
The Reid-Leeds-Moore quartet had $780,
1900 in cold cash when the orgie was
in its zenith, besides retaining substan-
been such killing I'm Wall street be-
fore or since. Intoxicated with the ex-
traOrdinary success of their series of
campa igns. the Reid-Leeds- Moore COM
bination engaged i'm wild and miscellan-
eous play and one accidental day found
themselves in actual control of Rock Is
land. a 6000-mile western trunk line. Two
or three years of exciting manipulation
followed. Rock Island was churned re-
morselessly on the exchange and with
real earnestness the, Reid party under
took to extend and add to the value of
the system.
The experiment was costly one, taken
from first to last, and Is currently be-
lieved to have cost the reckless hackers
many million dollars. The trend of Rock
Island prices has been down for several
years. and this week they touched the
lowest on record Free-tongued gossip has
It that both Reid and Moore have work ed
out of their interest in the big western
system and will presently make announce.
ment of the fact, although down to date
denials from the INSIDE are being made
The burden of administration of joint af-
fairs has long rested on the two men,
Dan Reid and Judge" Moore. Both are
setting old and are admittedly tired of
the game The arduous phases of the
came have worn on their nerves They
are confessedly tired and for that rea-
~on Wall street is quick to believe the
stories about their relinquishng control
y Rock Island and possibly American
Can, which latter they built up from
nothing to $50000.000 in 10 years Their
interests an now believed to be concen-
80 - h~-vs4~t In tha anthrs cssA --->>,.~
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commission with relation to the inn
pending action on railroad rates. That
issue is, in stock market sense, quite
as important as either a new tariff
schedule or a new currency law, and
in larger sense vastly more SO. II
is an open secret that the commits
sioners keep in vigilant touch with
popular sentiment on vital issues and
do not wilfully fly in its opposition
to pronounced feeling. 1t is the as
sumption of the railroads that the COM
mission will admit the merits of their
plea and grant the per cent raise
asked for. Sentiment in all quarters is
sensationally more friendly than 1t was
three and a half years ago, and it is
hoped by the carriers that in allowing
the increased rate the justice of the
argument will be recognized. News
papers have almost unanimously
changed front. great writer's and ora
tors have aligned themselves Tor "a
square DEAL" commercial bodies and
shippers in nearly all large cities have
expressed themselves in favor cf grant
ing the 8 per cent advance asked for.
The transformation In sentiment has
been marvellous.
Every one of the 90 petitioning rail-
roads has compiled a mass of data AMI
is forwarding it to Washington. The
conviction is strong that the facts in
and that the commission will be sat-
isfied of the absolute merit of the APP
plication. OF greater value to the rail-
roads than the granting of the right to
collect $40,000,000 more per year i'll
freight tolls fabout half the compul-
sorry increase in wages) would be the
favorable impression upon the public
mind. Visible proof would be fur
nished that a radical change In senti-
ment had been wrought and that the
long enduring i'll feeling between the
railroads and the people was, giving
place to new born cordiality of most
enduring character
The establishment of such new rela-
tions would be testimony of fraternal
self-interests and would naturally con-
tribute to restoration of confidence on,
above and under the surface. 1t would
be more valuable to the development
and maintenance of national pr osperity
than 4.000000.0Q0 bushel corn crop. AS
a bull card in the stock market and
an incentive to bullish activity in all
quarters 1t would be a world beater.
That is the issue that now cnnfronts
Wall street and the country at large
1t will work like benediction on a
devout congression
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-30
BEE is BUzz|NG
IN MANY bONNETS
Democrats and Republicans Are
Lining Up for Fight Over
Slemp's Seat.
Especial to The Times-Digpatch.


Bristol. Va, December 2s.--The an
nounced purpose of Congressman c. b.
Slemp to retire at the end OF his
present term has caused the bee TO
buzz IN several bonnets Both the
Democrats and Republicans ARE look
Ing forward with much interest to
what seems destined to be IL new line
OF politics for the district The Demo
Gratis are naturally hopeful that they
may be able 20 win. with Slemp put
out of the way. Prominent among the
Democrats now being mentioned as
available timber are: j. NormeDt
Powell. OF Wytheville. for a number OF
years general counsel for tho Carolina,
Cllnchheld and Ohio Railway: r. Tate
Irvine, lawyer and coal operator, OF
Big Stone Gap; John w Chalkley,
Legislator. or Big Stone Gap: f. Lee
Trinkle. lawyer. OF Wytheville. and
Robert p Bruce, lawyer. OF Wise.
The Republicans are active in get
ting matters shaped to fit the new
conditions. Chairman Charles S. Pen
dleton has called the Republican COM
mittee to meet In Bristol next Sat
urday. when the Situation Will be gone
over. and the matter OF nominating
a man to succeed slemp will be dis
cussed The men now most promi-
ncntiy mentioned from the Republic
can si4e arc: l.. p Summers, Of Abing-
don. and Chairman Pendleton. OF Gate
City James g. Hoge IL also prom!s
ing timber"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-30
Camp Elects Officers.
Tho Times-Dispatch Bureau,
Bollingbrook Street,
Iohone 1850.

PETERSBURG, va, december ~.
Chief OF Police Ragland has at last
heard from the family OF one of the
two men who were drowned in the
AppomattoX harbor week ago to-
night, and whose bodies have been
embalmed and kept in the A1orriss &
Son Morgue In this city Mrs. Lily
Mclaughlin, of Lynchburg. who has
just returned home from Visit. and
who has just learned OF the fate OF
her husband. c. a. Mclaughlin, has
written to Chief Ragland asking for
details of his death and disposition OF
the body, being evidently under tho
impression that the burial has taken
place. The chief promptly responded TO
the letter. giving the information asked
for and inclosing a photograph of the
deceased. The widow says she has
not heard from her husband for five
weeks or more. He was a linenweaver
by trade. and had worked in one of
the mills in North Carolina before COM
ing TO Petersburg. Nothing has been
heard from the relatives or friends OF
Joseph Kennedy. the other drowned
man. though it is believed he has near
relatives In Albany, n. Y.