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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Train Kills Boy on
His Way to School;
Chum Sees Tragedy

Thomas Jackson Harris, an IL
year-old sehoo!ooy living with his
parents on the McDonough road near
the Federal prison, was killed by a
Southern passenger train Wednesday
at Sawtell's crossing.
The boy left home with his two
brothers to go to the Lakewood
Heights School As a northbound
freight train approached the crossing
he ran ahead Of his brothers and
crossed the track Standing on the
track used by southbound trains. he
was watching the freight pass and
failed to see the passenger train
which struck him.
The engineer made every effort to
stop the train and after the accident
took the body Of the boy and backed
the train to Roseland Station.
Coroner Donehoo Investigated the
accident. There being eye witnes ses.
no inquest will be held
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
DR.. BARRON
CLEARED Of
POISONING
Chemist Finds No Evidence of
Crime-SIaying Charge To
Be Dropped at Once,

The Barron poison mystery which
had aroused three counties collapsed
Wednesday with the reading of the
report of Or. Edgar Everhart the At
lanta chemist. which stated that no
poison was found in the stomach or
other organs Of Mrs Sarie Lou Bar
ron
DIR. Cary Barron, husband Of the
woman. who has been under arrest at
Miner pending the analysis. will be
released Immediately and the entire
matter dropped.
The following dispatch from Mil
ner, where the chemists report was
read, tells the story Of the culmina-
ton Of a sensation which has stirred
Henry. Spalding and Pike Counties:
MINER. GA. oct. 15.-The
official report of DR.. Edgar Ever
hart, examining chemist of At
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Grant Parks Needs
Before Board Again

Plans of the Park Board to rebuild
the burned refreshment stand in
Grant Park, which were killed at the
last meeting by the vehement protests
of Mayor Woodward. will be again
taken up at special meeting of the
beard Wednesday afternoon.
Mayor Woodward is expected again
to protest. He says he will not
stand for any moral obligation CON
tracts. the only means by which the
board can erect the building.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Runaway Atlanta
Wife Found in Macon

MACON. oct 15.-H. J. Taylor. an
Atlanta machinist came here to-day
in pursuit of his wife. who ran away
from home this week with Cecil
Lacey, of Atlanta.
The wife, Mrs. Bertha Taylor, an
attractive young woman, and Lacey
were located at a boarding house.
Taylor wanted only the children, he
said. and when Mrs. Taylor refused to
surrender them, Taylor sued out writs
of habeas corpus.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
EXPOSES PRISON HORRO]
2uehst Free, Calls atlanta PsnHemia1y Living He'll
Boy Under Legal
Age, Hurt in Mill,
Gets Big Damages

A judgment of $4,000 for the loss
Of finger by an 11-year-old boy
while employed in a cotton mill was
affirmed by the Supreme Court We'd
nesday morning. The defendant is
the Elk Cotton Mill Company. Of
Whitfield County, and the plaintiff is
Charlie Grant.
The decision is important, touching
upon the child labor proposition. II
was shown that the boy was under
the legal age of l2. The company
admitted knowing this.
There can be no defense on the
grounds of contributory negligence on
the part of the boy, for his employ
ment was Illegal on account of him
being under age" the decision reads
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Identify
Mayor by His Teeth

Mayor Woodward's gold teeth be-
trayed him "Wednesday when an at
tempted impersonation was made be
fore the third grade Of the English
Avenue School The Mayor. Alder
man J. H. Harwell and Councilman
Claude L. Ashley made an inspection
Of schools.
Alderman Harweu, in addressing
the English avenue pupils, declared
to them that ne was Mayor Wood
ward
NO you amt" chorused half a
dozen Youngsters That's him with
the gold teeth" and they pointed 10
~ H.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Wilson Unable to
Stop Here on Tour

WASHINGTON. oct. Ex-senator
Hoke Smith and Senator Bacon. Of
Georgia, called on President Wilson
to-day and presented to him the in
vitation of the Governor Of Georgia
and the Mayor and Chamber of Com
merce of Atlanta to stop in Atlanta
on his trip to Mobile
The President answered that he is
going on a special train the itinerary
of which is made up, and he would be
unable to stop over He said, how
ever, he intends to visit Atlanta later
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Tariff Clause That
Aids U, s, Shipping
To Stand Underwood

WASHINGTON. oct. l5.-"The S
yer cent clause bcnehting American
shipping will stand in the new tariff
act even az tine risk of trade wars
and other commercial COMPLICATIONS"
answered Representative Underwood
after visit TO the White House to-
day
The fact that a number Of trade
treaties probably will be abrogated
BY the clause do not worry Mr. Tn
derwo0d
He thinks that the United States
is well able TO care for itself should
European nations attempt commercial
reprisals
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Legislature Called
To Back Sulzer Foes

ALBANY. n. Y, Oct 15.-Hurry
calls were sent to all the State As
semblymen to-day to return here at
once. Their presence was desired so
that if the Sulzer Court of Impeach-
ment refused to amend article four
of the accusations against the Gov
ernor the Board of Managers could
at once present the matter to the As
sembly.
Every Tammany vote was ordered
to be on the ground as soon as pos
sible.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
PRISONERS CHAINED
FOR DAYS IN DARK
DUNGEON, HE SAYS

Julian Hawthorne the novelist free Wednesday after
serving the Atlanta Federal Penitentary told startling
story of his life convict in which he called the Atlanta
a living hell and said Warden Meyer unfit"
With all the emphasis at his command Hawthorne arraigned
conditions the penitenay repressive cruel the equal
of the most lurid descriptions in fiction
They starving men in the of economy he said
And DR.. W. j. Morton, of New York friend and fellow
prisoner, nodded his head in confederation.
Prisoners subjected to nothing more
than slow murder said Dr. Morton who practcng phys
Can There is enough The attempts TOD
feed strong day and he brags
about it."
In the short time they after their release
Hawthorne and DR. Morton talked much conditions PEN
entiary jumping from the other with dramatic
swiftness that made the story narrowing.
oh yes you hear of the cells which the prisoners
sleep Aed Hawthorne But yog hear hole do
you? For the slightest fault sometimes for breaking plata
sometimes for little less prisoner to the hole
place under the building for solitary confinement
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Mrs. A. R. WoOdall
In Court in Land Suit

Suits for a strip Of land. which.
if won. will deprive Mrs. Amelia X.
Woodall. secretary Of the Georgia
Woman Suffrage League, OF exactly
half Of her lot and house. was brought
in Judge Ellis division Of the Supe-
rior Court by Il A. Almond We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Woodall, who is defending the
case most vigorously through her at
tOrney, Representative Bob Black
burn, appeared in court. The plaintiff
bases his claim on an old deed which
specifies The meeting point Of Angler
avenue and Edith street, where the
v.-s.E-2 asa, 4 = les-a~-d
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Rural Check Record
For Atlanta Broken

CIearings in the country check
department of the Atlanta Clearing
House Monday were larger than for
any previous day in the history OF
the department according to unofi-
cial gossip among the bankers We'd
nesday, who say the sum was in ex-
cess Of Sl.7G0. GOO
The reason is the lively movement
OF the cotton crop.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Woman Afraid to
Tell About Shooting

A pistol exploded in the home Of
A F. Satterfeld. a cotton mill en-
ployee. At 81 Carroll street WeGnes-
day. The mans wife ran screaming
from the house. She was badly
bruised. To neighbors she declared:
IF I tell anything about it, he will
kill me-
Satterfeld was arrested. He de-
clared the pistol exploded accidental
"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
Hope Is Abandoned
For 38l Men in Mine

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CARDIFF. WALES. oct. 15.-Fhe
broke out this afternoon in the Uni
versal mine and all attempts to res
cue 3s1 men still entombed as re
suit Of yesterdays explosion We're
Q Os ndoned
Seven men Huddied together in
side chamber were rescued early to-
= -
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
U. S. Balloon Wins
International Race
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.

SpeS'a' Cap'o 70 nc NN~"N~ oeo' S'@h.
PARIS. oct 1.-THE American
balloon Goodyear to-day was officially
declared the winner Of the interna-
tional balloon race.
All doubt as 10 its victory was set
at rest when il WIS learned that the
Austrian balloon Frankfurt had land
ed at SongeaL Brittany Next years
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15

H'i' INV HCot ~ LeIEIuC 81
times, and the stencil Is bad.
There some prisoners are chained
by their wrists. and held thus
with arms upStretched for hours.
And sometimes confinement in
the hole is for days"
Scores Prison Fare.
But The element of hell is in
the feeding" he continued. his
eyes flashing There has never
a man gone into the prison but
who undergoes a steady deterio-
ration, maybe slow. but always
sure. The doctor will tell Won
that. "
He waved at DR. Morton. who
nodded acquiescence.
Men are put in prison to be
cared for" said DR.. Norton
mot to be subjected to slow
murder. "
The two accepted the invita-
ton of a Georgian reporter to
ride about Atlanta. But once in
the automobile, they forgot the
city, and forgot 10 ask of one
place after another. Hawthorne
gripped the sides of mis- seat. ana
vowed vengeance on the SYSTEM
which he described.
And the treatment is always
that Of beasts or criminals +" hS
went on. There are ALWAYS tbo
guards and the rifles, giving the
public the impression that the
men in prison are wild men. OF
desperadoes. And now and then
men are dubbed for little OF
nothing. There rs guard named
Dean whom | have seen strike d
prisoner over the head, and foe
no unsuitable offense. -
Escaped Harsh Treatment.
The reporter wondered IT,
Hawthorne himself had come ia
for such treatment, and asked
him.
No, said the novelist. 4
have nothing at which to COM
plain as to my treatment. But
DR.. Morton and | We're given
pleasant work, and We're well
treated otherwise, But there is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15

lsnta. received here at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, showed that
no poison was found in the vital
organs of Mrs Sallie Lou Bar
ron. whose husband, Dr. Cary 4.
Barron. has been in Jail in Mo
Donough since last Friday on a
warrant charging him with her
murder
To Withdraw Charge.
W. R s. Mann. father OF the
dead woman. told The Georgian
that he would withdraw the muir
der warrant and order the release
of mis- son-in-Iaw. DR.. Barron
probably viii be freed just as
soon as Coroner Whatley can ar
rive from Zebulon and reconvene
the Coroner's jury. He has been
notified
Mr. Mann was disappointed Al
the report, as he was sure his
daughter had been poisoned. The
Cont mud on Pace 4. Column I
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15

LEADS ALL
COMPETITORS
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION,
IN ESTATE OF

Late OF Sterling, deceased.
All persons indebted to said estate
are notified to make immediate pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said estate are
notified to present them, duly attest
ed, for settlement.
H. R. MEGARGEL, Admr.
Sterling, Pa, Jan. IA, 1918. 5w6
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
GROWING WAYMART BIDS YOU
WELCOME

The hustling little borough OF
Waymart, located on the Honesdale
branch of the Delaware and Hudson
railroad, at the base of the Moosic
mountains, is growing rapidly.
There is only one house vacant in
that village and it is one of the
best built houses, there, too. 1t con-
tains eight rooms and is a store and
dwelling combined. Can be used for
two families. The property is To-
Gated in the center of the town and
is directly opposite the postoffice. 1t
would make an ideal place for al
most any kind of business. The lot
is 60x160 feet and can be bought on
easy terms of the Buy-U-A-Home
Realty Company, Honesdale, Pa,
Jadwin building. If you cannot
come to Honesdale use the telephone
or write and further description will
be cheerfully given. 99tf.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
STATEMENT.

Notice is also given pursuant to
Act of Assembly aforesaid, that the
following days and dates appointed
for the appeals from the assessments
for the several boroughs and town
ships, have also been appointed by
the Commissioners of said county
for finally determining whether any
of the valuations of the assessors
have been made below a just rate ac-
cording to the meaning and intention
of said Act.
The missioners of Wayne
county sitting as Board OF Revis-
ion have appointed the following
days and dates respectively for hear
ing final appeals from the Triennial
assessment of 1913 at the Commits
sioners office, Honesdale, Pa, be-
ginning at a. m. Monday, Feb 8,
1913, and closing at 2:30 D. m. Fri
day, Feb. Z. 1918:
Monday, Feb. 3-Honesdale and
Texas.
Tuesday, Feb. 4.-Berlin, Damas-
Gus, Manchester, Buckingham, Leb-
anon and Oregon.
Wednesday,, Feb. 5-Scott, Star
rucca, Preston, Mt. Pleasant, Cherry
Ridge, Dyberry and Bethany.
Thursday, Feb. Clinton, Can
aan, South Canaan, Prompton,
Waymart, Lehigh and Dreher.
Friday, Feb. 7.-Salem, Sterling,
Lake, Hawley, Palmyra, Paupack.
Persons having a grievance should
try to adjust it with the assessor be-
fore the appeals, If this cannot be
done, and it is not convenient to at
tend the appeals, write the grievance
and mail it to the Commissioners
office and it will receive attention.
County levy for 1913 is 4 mills.
JOHN MALE,
EARL ROCKWELL,
NEVILLE HOLGATE,
County Commissioners.
Attest: T. Y. Boyd, Clerk.
Honesdale, Pa. 3eoi3
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
REVISION AND APPEALS.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant
to the provisions of the Act OF AS
sembly, entitled "An Act to provide
for the ordinary expenses of the
government, payment of the interest
of the state debt, receiving propos-
ais for the sale of public works and
for other purposes" approved the
27th day of July, 1912, that the as
SCISSORS of the several townships and
boroughs of Wayne county have
made their returns of their assess
ments for the year 1918, and that
the following is statement OF the
aggregate values and assessments
made by said assessors of the several
subjects Of taxation enumerated in
the 18th section of said Act of July
27, 1912, and in the several Acts
supplementary thereto, and of the
whole amount of county taxes as as
sessed in said townships and bor-
oughs.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17

ANOTHER STUDY OF NIB. BAKER.
United States without the cooperation of
some one Of the houses have named7"
mo, SIR" replied Mr.. Baker.
Regarding the concentration of mon
ey power Mr.. Baker said:
IT suppose you would see no harm,
would you, in having the control Of credit
as represented by the control Of banks and
trust companies still further concentrat-
edH Do you think that would be danger
ous?"
II think 1t has gone about far enough"
you think 1t would be dangerous to go
furtherr'
1T might not be dangerous but still it
has gone about far enough. In good hands
DO not see that 1t would do any harm.
II 1t got into bad hands it would be very
bad"
''If IT got into bad hands 1t would wreck
the country"
Eyes, but DO not believe it would get
into bad hands"
Mr.. Baker was very frank in admit
ting that 1t wasn't an enviable situa-
ton for a country to be In.
How Wealth Is Dominated.
Here are seven painful but truthful
facts which stand out strongly in the
testimony Of Mr.. Baker before the com
mittee:
First.-That no great enterprise can
go forward successfully In this country
unless the men at the helm have the
confidence of ]. p. Morgan and his as
sociates.
Second.-That the financial situation
in this country today is subject entirely
to the power OF a few men.
Third.-ThAt these men are the arbi-
ters Of what is right and good for the
remaining 9O,OOO,Ooo and that their
judgment must be accepted because not
even the government is strong enough
10 cope with them.
Fourth.-That competition Is a thing
that may exist among large enter
prises, subject again to the judgment
OF the money masters.
Fifth.-That the great system of in
teriocking directorates extends over all
the major Industries and that competi-
Zion may be killed without interference
from the law.
Sixth.-ThRt Morgan and his associ-
ntss have handled every bond issue OF
more than 100000 in the last dec
ade and that these bond Issues carry
the right of control.
Seventh.-That the ethics of banking
preclude a bank from financing a con-
eern that would interfere with the con-
earns that II has ALREADY
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
CONTROL ALL
UNITED STATES
He Shares Reign Over Millions
With Morgan --- Great
Power They Weld.

to pay the interest on its bonds abroad.
Henry Fahnestock, now one Of the
First Nationals chief officers, was Bak-
er's assistant as cashier and had charge
of buying the exchange.
One day Fahnestock, as an act
Of kindness to a friend, bought some
big drafts on London for the govern
ment from the banking house of Jay
Cooke & Co. Baker approved the pur
chase, for Cooke was considered abso-
lutely sound financially. A few days
later Cooke failed sensationally and
disastrously Cashier Baker and his
assistant were much concerned, not
only on account of the money involved,
but because Of the severe criticism and
probable dismissal that, might follow
from Mr.. Thompson.
at looks as though we would have
to buy the bank to save ourselves"
said Baker in talking the matter over
with Fahnestock.
Then with this determination they
went to President Thompson and made
a proposition to him that staggered him
at first They knew that he wanted to
retire from active management, that
he felt that his work was done and
that he wanted to be relieved of some
of the heavy load of responsibility that
he had borne for many years. They
were young, vigorous and ambitious.
They proposed that he sell them enough
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17

ohOhOh cs oAhhh1 "Ahh1NSs
Of his stock to entitle them to exercise
control and that if he would retain the
presidency of the bank for six months
they would purchase it at a certain
figure. They did not have much mon
ey, but they had the courage to believe
in themselves. What they practically
did was to get from President Thomp-
son six months option on the shares
of the bank, for which they negotiated.
Buys Out President.
The old gentleman had a high admi-
knew them for their worth, for their
application, for their grasp of affairs,
their knowledge of men and of bank
ing. He was weary Of his long years
of labor, and he accepted their pro-
posal and gave the young men a
chance. The next six months were
very busy ones indeed. Baker and
Fahnestock had to get out and scurry
around to get backing to buy the stock.
They succeeded, and when the half
year was up they obtained control. To-
day these two men are the same friends
that they were when they were bank
clerks together. They occupy the same
box at the opera. All through life they
have gone along side by side Baker
has climbed higher In financial power,
though Fahnestock is many times a
millionaire. How vast George F. Bak-
er's fortune Is no one but himself
knows.
any wonder that Mr.. Baker made the
whole country sit up and take notice
when he took the stand before the
Pujo committee. He virtually admit
ted that he and ]. Pierpont Morgan
constituted power equivalent to a mon
ey trust and that the country might
be wrecked If this vast power fell into
the hands of ambitious men,"
He Discusses His Power.
Here is one bit Of interesting testi-
bony by Mr.. Baker:
"Will you name a single transaction in
the last ten years OF over 900 in
amount which has been financed without
the participation OF Aessrs. Morgan 4 Co.
or the First National bank or the City
bank or Kuhn, Loeb & Co., or 5peyer a
Co. or Lee, Hlgginson & Co. or Kidder,
Peabody & Co. of Boston and the First
National bank and the Illinois Trust and
Savings bank of Chicago. IAN Of these
houses are associated with Mr.. Morgan
and Mr.. Baker.l Take the whole range
Of trans actions and point to q single one
that has been financed without the CO.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17

operation Of some one of those institu-
tons."
II am not sufriciently familiar with 1t
to tell you, but should Judge that White
Weld & Co. and Rollins & Co. had done
60" was the reply.
do you not know that White, Weld &
Co. and Kissel. Kinnicutt & Co. market
largely ]. p. Morgan & Co.'S bonds?'
81 did not suppose so. l have not been
familiar with the business OF the street
for half dozen years"
Are you able to point to single trans
action in the last Eve years of 000o, 900
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17

A PPRAISEMENTS- Notice Is CIV
II en- that appraisement of $500
to the widows of the following nam
ed decedents have been filed in the
Orphans Court of Wayne county, and
will be presented for approval ON
Monday, January 20, 1913-viz:
Geo. j. Bergman, Texas: Per-
sonal.
Geo. w. Butterworth, Sterling:
Personal.
w. J. BARNES, Clerk.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-17
TWO MONEY KINGS
WEALTH OF
George F. Baker Is Newly
Discovered COruIer
Of Finances.

T\HAT two men virtually dominate
the finances Of the United
States, practically creating what
has popularity become known as
q money trust, was the startling but
nevertheless truthful conviction forced
upon the people by the testimony Of
George +. Baker before the Pujo con-
gressional committee at Washington
recently. One Of the men who control
our money is Mr.. Baker himself. The
other is J. Pierpont Morgan. The name
of Mr.. Morgan Is known to every child
in the country almost as soon as he can
speak. He has been made the subject
of popular verse and song.
But not SO with Mr.. Baker. He has
managed to successfully keep out Of
the limelight until now. He can buy
and sell the ordinary millionaire who
bursts into print every time he makes
a financial coup. As matter of fact
Mr.. Baker is now looked upon as one
of the four riches men in the United
States.
Was Once Bank Clerk.
There are many men in Wall street
who remember George r. Baker when
he was a clerk in the bank that he now
virtually owns. Not the least amazing
thing about his interesting career is
that he has been able to climb so high
without attracting any especial atten-
tion or making any undue noise about
If He is man of silence And as
the Pujo investigation brought out,
next to Morgan he is the greatest man
in Wall street. Few persons among
the general public realize the real pow
er of this inconspicuous individual, but
1t develops that he is one Of the biggest
figures in the coal fields and in bank
ting, In the fields Of transportation,