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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
WOULD INDICT SUlZER
McClelland to Ask Albany Coun
ty to Act on Perjury Charge.

State Senator James y. McCleland,
counsel for ex-senator stephen }. Still
well. made a statement at Mccall head
quarters at the Hotel Martinique yester-
dav 10 the effect that steps would be
taken early this week 20 obtain an IN
djctment for perjury against former Gov
,ruor Sulzer. through the District At
tornev of Albany County The charge
will ne based on the testimony OF Duncan
" Peck before the High Court Of I'm
neachment. who sworc that Sulzer tried
n influence his testimony about cam
rairn contributions. Mr. McClelland SAID
Senator McClelland also said that :he
district Attorney OF Albany County
would be requested TO investigate the
1850 Of the dctectaGraph at state prison
during the alleged conversations between
Tobr A. Hennessy and Mr.. Stlvell, In
order 10 determine whether the law had
boen violated through a conspiracy 10
obtain false evidence. so that it would
arpount substantially 10 subornation OF
neriury. Arthur r Warren. who was
annointed BY former Governor Sulzer TO
Investigate the state prisons, had been
assigned to the investigation by Attorney
General Carmody. Mr.. McClelland said.
A further conference on the matter VIII
be held to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
5000 TO GUARD POLLS
AGAINST DISHONEST VOTER
Honest Ballot Association Pre-
pared to Block Fraud on
Election Day.

Talrott Williams. president or the nom
partisan Honest Ballot Association, asked
last night what the organization was
doing 10 secure an honest election to-
morrow. said:
We are doing several things Here
are d few Of them:
We are putting at the polls from
a m. to 10 p. m. approximately three
thousand young men, partly paid, partly
volunteers They have detailed persona!
descriptions In writing OF all the voters
I'm each district. SO that they can detect
the personator and repeater They have
been drilled IN the election law and Will
try 10 enforce II
We are giving 10 these watchers the
names Of hundreds o, persons known 10
us 10 have registered fraudu!ently or TO
b. repeaters. with directions TO have them
arrested II they put in an appearance
we are offering 5000 In rewards FOR
the first five convictions Of repeaters or
Illegal voters in this election. 500 for each
conviction.
we are maintaining a corps or law
vers who have given their services Tor
Election Day and who will go to any sec
tion of the city where trouble is brewing
They will be at our central Office In the
Vanderbilt Avenue Building. and in the
twenty-one sub-offices We have through
out the greater city.
"Tor weeks information about traudu'
Icnt voters has been pilng up In our ONCE
from all sources-our own investigators
ANONYMOUS letters. local political leaders
instrumentation tenement housekeep-
ers and honest landladies. Some OF this
material has been turned over 10 the Dis
trict Attorneys office which has secured
over one hundred indictments. The large
remainder will be the basis on which our
watchers will challenge and order arrests
tomorrow.
We are after the dishonest voter OF
whatever party. our work is not politi'
cal but social II is for the sake OF social
decency that leading citizens OF ali par
ties have rallied to our support, imam
cially and morally. This business or one
Bowery bum dropping In six bought votes
that counterbalanCes the honest votes OIL
six respectable citizens must be stopped
And We are out 10 stop II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
SURE WAY TO VOTE FUSION
Entire Ticket Is Covered Under
Earle on Ballot.

The way 10 be sure 10 vote the entire
fusion ticket is 20 vote In the second col
urnn on the ballot under the eagle, the
emblem Of the Republican party. In some
Of the boroughs the entire fusion ticket
appears only in the Republican column.
Taunauy has the first column on the
ballot.
The names Of John Purroy Mitchell Con-
toller Prendergast and Borough President
McAneny appear in six Of the columns.
To make up for the fact that Mr.. Mitchell
is not in the column Of the City Economy
League. he heads the independence
League ticket Prendergast and NC
Aneny. who are not on that ticket are IN
the City Economy League column.
Six Of the columns on the ballot are TOT
the regular parties. the Democratic Re-
publican. National Progressive, Socialist
Prohibition and Independence League.
There are FIVE Independent columns on
the ballots for Manhattan, Queens ana
Richmond and six In Brooklyn and Inc
Bronx
In The Bronx and Richmond the Fro-
gressives have not taken the fusion can
didates for Borough President The Pro
gressives in Brooklyn also cut some OF
the fusion candidates for the judiciary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03

Hall. where we live so have an oppor-
tunity OF observing him, and II ever
man was panicstricken he is DO you
know what we'd call woman who acted
as he does? We'd call her fraid cat
Il only hope Tammany won't make a
recount necessary. Their tricks are END
less But right will win-and don
wish we women could help cast the votes
that will make il win
Miss Boswell, the leagues chairman OF
literature, said one nice thing about the
campaign was the way young girls had
turned out to help.
We went into the noisy work dis
tricts." said she, and I want to say that
everywhere the men were as nice as they
could be
Mrs. Marcus Marks made several
speeches Mrs. Charles Bernheimer was
another who spoke Mrs. Mitchell didn't
appear as an orator. Il never speak
she said last night no, even though /
am a surraglst."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
WADHAMS CONFIDENT
HE'LL WIN JUOGESHIP
Candidate for General SEES
sions Bench Is Running
on Seven Ticekts.

Former Judge William H. Wadhams.
one Of the two fusion candidates for the
Court Of General Sessions, expressed him
self last night as confident Of his election
by good-sized plurality. one of the
campaign methods used by the managers
for Judge Wadhams has been the or
ganization Of Wadhams clubs. Each
club is composed OF five members. and
each Of them got two others for the or
ganization Of two more clubs.
Judce Wadhams has had experience on
the bench In 1907 he was appointed by
Governor Hughes TO the City Court. The
Tammany ticket won that fall. and he
was not reelected TO the bench. Gov
ernor Hughes. however continued 10
show his confidence in him. lie was ap-
pointed 10 investigate the office Of the
State Superintendent Of Elections. a dCli-
cate task, as the place was held by a Re
publican.
Born in Annapolis in 1873, the son OF
Commodore A. V. Wadhams. L. ;. y.
he was graduated from Yale and the
Harvard Law School. He has practised
law in this city since 1895
For three years Judge Wadhams was
a member of the character committee
designated by the Appellate Division Of
the Supreme Court to pass on the quail
fcations Of the candidates for admission
10 the bar.
Judge Wadhams's name appears on
seven tickets for judge OF the Court Of
General Sessions. the Republican, Pro-
gressive. Independence League, Prohibi-
ton. city Economy League. Anu-Tam-
many Jefersonian Alliance and the Di-
rect Primaries Nominations Alliance.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
WOMEN FUSION ORATORS
SURE mitchell WILL WIN
After Campaign on Stump, All
Express Confidence in Anti
Tamnany Triumph.
M'CAEL AFRAID, SAYS ONE
Mrs. Brown Declares She Has
Watched Candidate, Who
Looks Like What Girls
Call 'Fraid Cat"

The Womcn's Fusion League for Good
Government spent yesterday resting from
It's labors and tasting the sweets Of vic
tory
They couldn't be more sure OF the sue
cess Of the fusion ticket II the election
had been held and Mr. Mitchell and his
fellow candidates elected last week.
The only woman who sounded the Least
note of doubt was Miss Helen VarIck
Boswell She confessed 10 a haunting
fear Of "Tammanys little dough bags
but Mrs William Grant Brown declared
she felt so sure that right was goinG 70
triumph at last" that she was making
her Sunday dinner a feast Of celebra-
ton" MIS-. i. Borden Hartman. who has
been one OF the most active OF the out
door speakers. was out Of town yesterday.
but she said before she went that what
she had seen Of the temper Of the crowds
made her confident OF fusion success.
Mrs Charles Dana Gibson. another out
door speaker, went 10 Virginia last week.
thus cutting tho Gordiau knot Of Mr.
Glbsou's objection 10 her appearance IN
that part but she too propnesied victory.
Mrs Mitchell said last night that Mr..
Mitchell and herself both considered that
tho women had helped the fusion cause
immensely.
Beginning October To-" said Miss Anne
Rhodes. chairman OF speakers, we have
had four or FIVE trucks out every day.
We missed only one day-the day II raned
working districts, aiming TO catch the
factory crowds at noon Fourteen women
have carried the burden Of the speaking
al these meetings and We also had one
woman who spoke IN Italian ant one
young girl who spoke I'm Yiddish.
In addition 10 the speakers, there We're
about twenty-five men and girls who al
teruated In going along to give out liter
allure. There were two pieces OF litera-
ture We handled OF the Nine Reasons
Why Mr. Mitchell Should BE Elected We
gave out 1900 printed in English, 500
Italian and 5000 Yiddish. and OF the
other lcafct We gave out 5000 English
ones and about 5000 Italian and liddsh.
I'VE furnished seven women speakers
for last Wednesdays indoor meeting at
Broadway and 10Th street and conducted
one meeting at the Republican club |
believe on only one other occasion have
women been asked to hold a meeting at
this club.
at an executive meeting Of the Wom-
ems Fusion League for Good Government
Tomorrow We shall discuss making the
body a permanent organization AS a
progressive though. | do wish We women
could be right on the mems committee
and work side by side with them"
Mrs. Brown has a maternal interest in
the success Of the fusion platform. for
she helped 10 bring it into the world
Nobody. | think, doubts that We will
win" said she Even Mr.. Mccall knows
il Mr.. Mccall often dimes at Breton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
DISPUTE IN QUEENS
Smith and Connolly Both Claim
Easy Victories.

Campaign managers for Maurice +.
Connolly. Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent OF Queens. claimed yesterday that
his fight is won. They figured the Demo
cratic city ticket would receive 5000 and
the fusion ticket less than 5000. They
gave Queens to the Democratic candi-
dates by 800 TO 5000
From the headquarters OF Leonard {.
l.. Smith. the Fusion Republican-Progres-
ye-Prohibition-C Cassidy candidate, no es-
innate was given out except that 1t ex-
pected Smith to carry Queens by S'Wo
and Mitchell by 1900. They also declared
they would elect their Aldermen and AS
semblymen. The Democrats said they
would elect three Of the four Assembly
men and three OF the five Aldermen.
In addition to the regular Democratic
headquarters more than half dozen citi-
zens' committees have opened headquar-
ters in the borough and are aiding Con-
molly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
GIVE KINGS TO mitchell
Only a Question of Plurality in
Estimation of Brooklynites.

With the campaign practically at an
end il was the opinion Of many yesterday
that Brooklyn would give a substantial
plurality 10 John Purroy Mitchell The
size of this plurality Is the question most
under discussion.
Jacob A. Livingston, chairman Of the
Republican Executive Committee. said
Mitchell would carry the county by 10000
The man in the street seemed 10 think
that Mitchell would carry the borough by
10000 10 1000
Alexander McClinchie, candidate for Al
derman IN the 4sth District on the Pro-
gressiye ticket, thought Mitchell should
win the county by 1000 to 1900. Mr.. Liv-
ingston gave the fusion ticket plurahty
Of 5000 in the city. Borough President
Pounds he expected 20 be elected by about
the same vote He believed the entire
Republican county ticket would win ana
gave Judge Norman :. Dixie reelection 70
the County Court by 5000.
Though the Democrats Of Brooklyn were
by no means confident OF victory the
more conservative were sure their county
ticket would win. as they had N'VP more
voters enrolled than the Republicans Ma
tional Progressives and independence
Leaguers combined.
John II. McCooey Democratic county
leader, claims everything in sight. Nc
Call he said. would get the entire Demo
cratic vote + 1900. To Mitchell ne gave
10000 Metzs election, he said, was con-
coded. Surrogate Ketcham Will be re-
elected. ne declared, by $500. and Jesse
Fuller. r.. who is running against Judge
Dixie. BY about the same vote.
The Democratic Court Of Appeals ucH-
cts McCooey believed. would carry the
county by 1000. The presence OF Justice
Willard Bartlett on the ticket would De
4 big voteeetter in Brooklyn, in his estl-
marion. He claimed twenty Assembymen
and twenty-one Aldermen
John Gerdes, state committeeman OF
the Progressive organization. in the OH
district estimated that the Tammany
tickat would get about $1,000 votes In
Brooklyn. He gave the Republicans eo'U'
and his own party 5000. On his. figures
the anti-Tammany city ticket should WIN
in Kings County by 5000 He expected
Surrogate Ketcham and Alr. FuAeF 70
walk in"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
PRAISE FOR PRENDERGAST
c. D. Hilles, Jacob Schiff and
Others Approve Reforms.

Controller Prendergast has received
two letters approving his action in 1910
in installing accounting systems N the
charitable institutions that are city bene-
ficiarles One OF the letters is signed by
CYRUS L. Sulzberger, Edgar J. Nathan.
Jacob II. Schif, r. Fulton Cutting. Louis
Stern. James G. Cannon and Frederic r.
Coudert.
The writer's say they are familiar with
the circumstances which prompted Mr..
Prendergast TO investigate the relations
between the city and city-aided institu-
tons. and that your action at that time
was prompted by a desire to serve the
public. and that il did serve the public"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-03
M'ANENYs VOICE FAILS HIM.

Borough President George McAneny
was TO have addressed forum of the
Manhattan Congregational Church, at
Broadway and 10Th street last night. but
the pastor. the Rev Henry \. Stimson.
announced a message had been recei,e
that Mr.. McAneny's voice had gone back
on him owing to the strenuous campaign
and that Or. Jacob had forbidden HIM to
sneak
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07
Benton Route l.

The public school at Taylors
opened Monday OF last week
with Miss Lennie Goodner as
principal and Mr.. Ben F Harri'
son as substitute assistant. The
average attendance is SO. On
Monday July 28th the students
and teachers organized a School
Improvement League. The fol-
lowing officers were elected:
Able Quinn chairman; Ina Brock
secretary; J. Greed Brock treas
urer; Clifford Quinn editor of
the Friday Evening News.
Miss Mona Wilson of Parks
vile spent day or two recently
with homefolxs on this route.
The road hands have made d
great improvement on the
road between Benton and Aus
trail
Mrs. Beula Cole, of Culberson
N. c., is here On a visit to her
father, w. 3. Christian.
i Mrs. Matt Biggs and children
are spending a few weeks with
relatives in Georgia.
There will be a box supper at
! Taylors school house August Z
at 7:30 p. NJ, for the benefit OF
the school, gwen by the School
Improvement League. The pub
lie is invited to attend.
SCODE SIMPSON.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07

tables will be placed under the
large and stately trees in the
church gard, which will make an
excellent protection from the
heat. There are few more beau
beautiful places than the location
where this event will take place
and the ice cream will be of the
best grade. Come, bring your
friends and help in good cause
that needs help. Do all you can
to make the event a success,
resting assured that you are las
welcome as the flowers in May"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07

Mrs Biggs and granddaughter
Debbe Sue, accompanied by
Hoyt Lillard came up from
Cleveland Monday to visit rela-
tives atihe Springs.
Carl 4mburn. who a few
months Ago killed James Poe
at Dnc1 5wn, was sentenced to
twenty wars in the penitentiary
by the Dncktown law court, last
week. Amburn.was intoxicated
at the time of the killing. He is
of a highly respectable family
and his friends regret to see him
in troubI
Advertised Letters - Mayor,
James TIL tter, A J Key, Jesse
Key, J AEvans, Ora Frazier,
L A Gibson, Miss Omelia Gray,
W r Smith. Walter M. Harri'
son, post master.
(kdyertisement)
Brad Kjmbrough was killed
at ParksvilIe last Friday after
noon by an explosion Of some
dynamite which he held in his
hand. He was employed at the
rock crusher at the time of his
death. Three other men were
hurt by the explosion, but it is
Thought tna1 they. will recover.
1t IS reported that lightning
struck the dynamite and caused
it to expIo MIR, Kimbrough
had been q icent of this coun-
ty for soms time, and leaves
many friends and some relatives
to.mourn his death. His body
was inferred iii the CooKson
Creek grave yard Sunday after
noon, after services condnc ted
by Rev. sy ~ WA 5a15slner. ..,s
The Benton Union Sunday
school will give an ice cream
supper at the Methodist church
next Saturday August the 9th
beginning at three p. M, and
lasting until ten. This will nc
doubt be the last occasion Of its
kind given here this year. The
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07
The Strte IRE >.

What wittlyal >eirs 'ptNminsrs
the copper ors. Andrew Rtne nc
pickers, tie e conductip manages
to have a TIN is.pro4yI Iar all tnea
time. Mast ehler tennessean.
Musing over the saying, that
a man who squeezes the dollar
never squeezes his wife, an lndi-
ana editor emitted this gentle
hiut: After glancihg over our
subscription list we are led to
believe that there are number
of good looking married women.
in this vicinity who are not re-
ceiving the attention that they
Observation-Disclosures.
Parcels post service may soon
include a guarantee that the
package does not contain an ex-
plosive.-Nashville Tennessean.
A newspaper is in no sense a
child of charity. 1t earns twice
over every dollar it receives and
is second to no enterprise IN
contributing to the welfare OF
community. Its patrons reap
far more benefit from its pages
than it's publishers, and in calling
for support of the community
in which it is published, it asks
for no more than in all fairness
belongs to it, though generally
it receives less. Patronize and
help your paper as you would
any other enterprise, because it
helps you. and not as an act OF
charity. Exchange.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07

raids. Knowing that A. H.
MatIock was one of Wheeler's
cavalrymen, Sweeny sent for
him, but he had been wounded
and was at hospital away from
his command. The Confeder-
ates sent the captured men to the
Andersonville prison. Here
mouth or two later Noses faith
er died of a stroke of paralysis.
A Confederate soldier, confined
and dying in a Confederate
prison!--all because he was
caught in Yankee employ, and
did not find the friend he sent
for. A man who was captured
with him and was with him when
he died, afterward told Nose
about it. His csptors took his
5000 in gold, and the family
never got the back pay the U. S.
owed him, so he lost to both
sides.
Nose was thus left an orphan
boy alone in Knoxville, and he
came to bis grandfather's here
in BENTON to live, in June 1854.
Continued next weekly
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07
County Directory.

Trustee, F. D. Copeland.
Sheriff, Albert Crumley.
Superintendent of schools, W.
B. Rucker.
Register, ]. E. Cook. w..
Circuit court meets the third
Mondays in March, July and
November. Sam G. Brown,
Judge; r. W. Peace, Attorney
General; G. S. Harrison, clerk.
Ducktown Law court meets
fourth Mondays in March, July
and November. W. A. Woody,
clerk.
Quarterly court meets first
Mondays in January, April, July
and October. Quorum court
opens first Monday in each
month. J. H. Williamson, chm.
r. o. Pack, clerk.
Church Directory
Presbyterian - Rev. j. E.
Robinson, pastor, Preaching
second Sunday in each month.
Baptist - Rev. w. H. Rynler,
pastor, Preaching first and
third Sundays in each month.
Methodist - Rev. T. M.
Hicks, supply. Preaching fourth
lSunday in each month,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-08-07
Take your home paper.

Take your home paper.
Mrs. G. w. HARRISON is slight
ly indispcsed this week.
The meeting at Rock Gre elk
has closed. There we're several
conversions.
W. A. Prince is digging the
we'll at his residence deeper this
week.
Jesse Carver and wife, of
Tallulah Falls, Ca, are visiting
VIM. f. Russell and family this
week.
We extend our heartfelt thanks
to j. B. Taylor of Prendergast
for cash-in- advance subscrip-
tion to the paper.
Mrs. Callie Hilliard and chill
dren, of Bradley county, were
in town last Saturday.
The infant son of MIR. and Mrs
Traynor S. Witt died last Fri
day morning at ten o'clock ano
was buried in the Baptist Gem
etery Saturday evening. after
services conducted by Rev. II
r. M. Hicks. Mr.. and Mrs. Witt
have the sympathy of the entire
community.
Lake Russell entered the At
lanta school of Draughon's
Business College Monday. He
was accompanied by his father
W. F. Russell, who spent a day
in Atlanta. 1t will take Lake
eight months to finish the course
that he will take.
NOTICE-All persons indebt
ed to US for 1912 accounts o.
notes will please settle the SANE
Immediately, thereby saving
costs. Benton Nero. Co.
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ADVERTISEMENT
Several from here have bee
attending the meeting being h 81
in a tent near Rahts Chapel.
crowd of boys walked the oth'
night 1.-THE distance being ov'
two milesl but they are n
strongly in favor Of doing
again.