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The Washington times., 1914-05-23
BUMPER CROP OF
WHEAT FORECAST
Largest in History of Country,
Predicts Department Re-
porting Board.

The largest winter wheat sop in the
history of the United States is pre-
dicted for this year by the crop report
ing board of the Department of Agri-
culture.
"A combination of the largest ecrc-
age ever recorded. with a promise of
the largest yield per acre ever record
ed. makes the present condition OF win
ter wheat noteworthy" says a report
made public today On the. condition of
the crop May 1.
The average condition of winter
wheat on May / was ESQ, compared
with $50 on April /. 91.s on May /. 1913,
and s.5 the average for the last ten
years on May I.
"A condition OF 9s.S on Ma l." says
today's report. is Indicative of a yield
per acre Of approximately rs bushels
On the estimated area to be harvested.
rs bushels per acre would produce
so, 100000 bushels, or aO.3 per cent more
tnan ta In lyiJ; SI-1 per cent more than in
1917, and 46.3 per cent mSSe than In 1911
If the present promise be maintained
until harvest, the yield per acre, esti-
mated to be us bushels, viii compare
with an average for the last tan years
Of fifteen bushels. the highest Yield
1906"
One feature of the situation is that
there Is not a single State in which the
winter wheat prospect Is unfavorable.
/. The May l report forecasts n yield
OF 630.OoO.0Co bushels. compared with 5a4-
OO,Oc0, the final estimate of last year,
which exceeded any previous crop. The
largest estimated production before last
year was 493. 90 .005 bushels in 1905
Record crops Of rye and hay also are
predicted. The average condition of
rye on May l was s24, compared with
81 on May l. 1919, and Ss.f the average
for the past ten years on May l. The
average condition Of hay on May I
was 0-9. compared with $50 on MAY 1,
1915. and ten-year average on May
OF SS1
The level of prices paid producers sor
the principal crops shows a smaller in
crease this year than usual From De-
cember Is to April Is the advance in
prices for meat animals has Aeen S per
cent; whereas during the same perioi
year ago the advance was H5 Ger
cent, and two years ago 17.3 per cent
A new high level vas mads in the
output of best sugar in the fall Of 1915.
The crop reporting board has an
Iounced a revision of the Census Pu-
reau report on the amount Ct cotton
Gtnned last year. The revision indi-
Gates that the acreage planted to cot
ton. in cultivation at the end Of Iuns
1915, was about 81. As. 900 acrsages. in
stead of 81, CT. .000 as reported last July.
and the revised estimates will be used
by the Bureau of Statistics as A basis in
making its cotton acreage estimates
this year.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23

the different high schools and graded
schools in Montgomery "ounty, real
country children. fiocked the fair
grounds and assisted in che program
arranged for the day.
Thousands Were There.
Now. 5000 children, red-cheeked.
covered with tan. and dressed up in
their best clothes are worth going
miles to see. Couple this with the
fact that they successfully carried
ont a complicated program. and you
naTc an attraction that money an
not buy.
In fact the program was so long
that it will be impossible % give but
one or two excerpts from each sec
ton
Wouldn't YOU have enjoyed hearing
The oratorical "ontest, which heyan
al o clock? Perhaps YOU once re-
cited yourself. Someone gave ..Shcr-
ldan's Ride ard she Was Some
body's Mother" and "I.incoir's
Gettysburg Address
There were eighteen OF these ora
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
BECKER BEGINS NEW
FIGHT FOR HIS LIFE
His Iron Nerve Unshaken, He
Summons His Counsel and
Plans to Appeal Case. ,
By FRED. ]. WILSON.

NEW YORK. May 23.-Charles BecFe-
vice convicted Of procuring the murder
Herman Rosenthal. today refused &c
i've up hope of esca ping the electric
hair and started new fight for life
Becker refused to wait for the CEN
e1ce of death which Justice Seabury
IN pronounce next Friday, and for tie
npeal to the appellate court which will
.Gllow. His iron nerve, still unshaken
ne summoned his counsel today and
ven before their arrival he was hard
at work looking over the transcript CT
erday. seeking for some point yet over
looked on which may be hung argument
IN the battle he plans.
Becke- believes his chances OF escaps
would have been better had he taken
Inc stand. With him in this stands
Hartford T Marshall. one of his after
neys Martin T Manton, chief counsel
for Becker in the fight just ended. op-
posed this view and with him sided lis
partner. Bourke Cochran, and ]. b.
johnson, also associated with him in
the case.
May Live Ten Months.
Manton, it is believed, will continue IS
ME. OF Becker's legal staff in the
preparation Of his appeal, but it is
doubted il he will ever again face a
Jury for Becker, even should the con-
.Ic:ed murderer be able to shattez al
yrece6ents anu win again a chance to
struggle in open court. No man who
mas entered for the second time the
Genrh house at Sing Sing ever has lefC
I, nel, hA
Whicn leads to the electric chair and
Becker probably will be taken back
10 the Sing Sing death house immedi-
ately after sentencing. His appeal will
act as a mandatory stay OF execution.
He will. in all probability, live IN the
deathhouse for at least ten months be-
fore the court of appeals decides his
fate. The last time it took sixteen
months to get the reversal Of his con-
Viction.
May Prosecute For Perjury.
District Attorney Whitman would not
the case, but reports were current about
the criminal courts building that sew
eral prosecutions for perjury may come.
in the near future. Several witnesses
for Becker swore directly to points
in the case which the jury's verdict
declares were perjury.
Whitman feels strongly on the Beck
er case His methods and the methods
of his assistants were bitterly attacked
Even some of the witnesses who now
seem perjurers displayed personal ami
mus. Those who know Whitman who
have felt his determination 10 root out
every crook in connection with the
Rosenthal murder declare that no ef-
fort will be spared TO get" those who
tried, even by perjury. to protect the
man convicted as the brains of the
whole conspiracy. These people, Who
know Whitman. expect arrests.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
The Mothers Also Had a Gay
Time at the Fair Grounds
During the Festivities There
Yesterday.
Bv FLORENCE E. YoDER.

Out at Rockville yesterday they had
Educational Day.
Now. this does not sound very i'm
Tosing on the face of it. but II was
a hjc day for Rockville and all the
high schools in the county.
II folks here in Washington had
only known OF il. il would have
been a big day for them. The peo-
ple in this city who did not take ad-
vantage of Educational Day Missed
something which was better than q
wonderful musical comedy; better
than a three-rinE circus. more full OF
human interest tnan a sob story.
and more downright enthrallins than
the most thrilling problem play ever
put on.
Approximately $500 children. from
The Washington times., 1914-05-23

and ran races. The women all sat
in the grandstand and talked. while
the children who were too small to
indulge In the delights of the pro-
Gram made friends and played games
on the grass.
A sprinkling OF college boys and
girls added eclat. while dogs of tact,
poise. and enviable dispositions sniff
fed pleasantly at all comers. There
was not one thing missing. The lit
tie girl who looked as IL she might
be undergoing the devastating ex
perience of the Spartan youth was
only wearing a new pair of shoes.
which she had unbuttoned for COM
fort. and the little girl with the red
hair was not deformed-only freckled.
Room For Thought.
Although the mere taking account
of the sights employed ones mind,
there was room for thought. The
rural school is coming into its OWN
there is no longer the absence of the
advantages which once belonged ex-
clusively to the city school.
The exhibition rooms at the
grounds were filled with the work Of
the children, and showed that voca-
tional training has taken long strides
in country school work.
Educational day In country schools
should never be neglected. II Is the
greatest means of showing what
the rural school has accomplished,
and from the display of yesterday
Montgomery county has accomplish
ed much.
The Washington times., 1914-05-23

hood. On every hand was the fat
and stole baby. deaf. dumb. and
blind to everyone and everything.
sleeping peacefully. All of the ba-
nies were fat, and none of them
cried, and there were many of them.
The fat boys fingered on the banks
in regulation style and ate candy,
while the skinny little boys got out
The Washington times., 1914-05-23

toricaI gems recited and then the
students paraded the town.
Noon was the hour set aside for
luncheon. but as the luncheon IA
Cilities at the Fair Grounds were
unusually comprehensive, despite
the counter attractions OF drills and
athletic events, eating, once ac-
knowledsed. kept up for the re-
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
Boys and Girls Took Part in
0ratoricaI Contests, Played
Games and Romped, and
the Babies Slept.

mainder of the day. At 1 o'clock
the children took a fresh grasp on
the program and assembled at the
huge grandstand for the addresses
and distributions OF prizes. They
also sang the national airs and
Maryland. My Maryland
At 2:30 o'clock two sets of events
were spunG off. the girls giving
drills and folklore games, and the
boys giving A series of seventeen
athletic events.
Plenty Things To See.
There was so much to see that it
was impossible TO look at even the
races for any length Of time. Cal
low youth roamed abroad with gig
Cling and blushing young maiden
The Washington times., 1914-05-23
Riis Is Steadily Sinking.

BARRE. Mass. May 23-Little hope
OF Jacob A. Riiz's recovery Is now held
out by the attending physician, DR.. W.
s Bates. who said late last night that.
workers heart remained the same, his
strength was gradually failing him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
BREAKS POLE
VAULT RECORD
AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES
SUCCESSFUL IN NEW
ZEALAND.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7.-Accord-
ing to cables, Power, of the Boston
Athletic Association, and Templeton,
of the San Francisco Olympic Club,
members of the all-American track
team, broke records today in the
NEE. at Wellington. N. q.
Power established a New Zealand
SSO-yard record with one minute, So
seconds, fifth oetter than the rec
ord made by Burke in 1905.
Tsmpleton broke the New Zealand
and Australian pole vault record,
Tearing II feet and inches, which
disrlaces the former mark Of II feet
and inch.
Parker, the teams sprinter, Is laid
up with a sprained tendon and will
not compete until January 10. Caug-
hey the weight man, won the shot
put All events were handicaps.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
+. S. TURPIN WOULD
ENFORCE THE LAW
POPULAR YOUNG MERCANT De.
SlRES TO BE SHERIFF OF
THE COUNTY.

T. S. Turpin, of the eighth district,
Is the latest candidate to get into
the contest for sheriff Of the county.
|Mr. Turpin declares, however, that
he will not be the last one when the
Votes are counted, but will be as ac-
tive and vigorous as he is with his
business affairs. He is hustlng
young merchant on the Hampshire
pike, personally very popular and
holds the esteem Of all who know
him. Mr.. Turpin formerly lived in
the second district and served as
constable of the district. His popu'
arity was attested among those who
know him best by his election to that
|ofice when he had been a candidate
|only a day or two. Mr.. Turpin has
h strong coterie of friends who pre-
dict that he will make a winning
Race for the position that he seeks
and for which he is well qualified.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
GOING AFTER
SALOONS STRONG
THE WAY THEY DO THINGS IN
OREGON is MOST CON-
ViNClNG.

COPPERFIELD, Ore, Jan. Cop
perfield still is under martial law
after an exciting day in which all the
liquors and fixtures of the saloons
closed by Gov. Vests orders were
SHIPPED away, despite court injunc
tions served upon Col. B. X. Lawson
the governors representative. Ac
companying the fixtures was a lot OF
gambling paraphernalia.
Col. Lawson and twelve men &C
companied the shipment to Baker
City, the county seat, while the cap
tain remained behind to continue the
enforcement Of martial law.
Mayor H. A. Stewart and deposet
members of the city council toda,
were told they could leave town il
they wished. The mayor and Coun
Gilman Wiegand left for Baker City
with announced intention of making
legal action to regain their Offices.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
MULE SALES WERE
AMONG THE BEST IN
THE RECORD MAKERS
NUMBER EXCHANGED PROBABLY
REACHED ABOVE EIGHT
HUNDRED.
AGGREGATE $l5O,OOO IN Cash
Stock In Good Condition and Number
In Hands Of Dealers Here Gives
Assurance That First Monday in
February Will 30 Big Day.

There were mule buyers here Mon.
day from more different sections
than has ever been before it is said
by many who are in a position to
know. The principal sections repre-.
sented, however, were to the South,
Alabama perhaps furnishing the larg.
est list. Many towns in Tennessee
had buyers here, while Kentucky and
Illinois were on the list.
At the close of the day 1t was not
thought there had been any big trad.
| ing in the city as compared with 9th.
er first Mondays, but careful reca-
pitulation and comparison Of informa-
ton among the buyers developed the
information that this was a mistake
There was great deal of trading
that was done on the quiet by par
ties who were intending to and did
rehandle the stock, and the aggre.
gate in numbers is expected to ex.
ceed eight hundred mules, amounting
in dollars and cents to more than
s15e 900.
The shipments from the stock
yards will probably not show any
thing like this number, but this ap
paren: discrepancy is easily account
ed for by the fact that many mules
bought are not and will not be ship.
ped from the county for some time tc
come.
| The condition OF the stock as 8
matter of remark, being of satisfac
tory nature. This feaure within it
self actuated many Of the buyers tc
close deals at the last moment This
late trading was one Of the mislead
ing features of the days transac
tions, and caused mistaken estimate
( the volume of trading until compar
isons could be made.
The number Of mules, however
that were left in the hands of the
dealers here and on the markets al
the close of the trading Monday ant
today gives assurance that there will
be another big day here on the frs
Monday in February, and unless the
weather should be come exceedingly
rough between now and that time
the mules will again be in the pink oi
condition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
QUARTERLY COURT
NEE TING MONDAY Of
SPECIAL INTEREST
THE VARIOUS REPORTS WILL BE
ONE OF THE SPECIAL
FEATURES.
TO ELECT ROAD COMMISSIONERS
Henry Hill Who Has Been a Men,
Der and Secretary Of the Commits
sion a Number Of Years viii Not
Ask for Another Term.

That the business of the quarterly
court which meets on next Monday
will not be without some degree Of
interest is shown by the docket.
There will be several elections, the
fixing of the tax levy for the year
and the ever present bridge matters
from the most minor repairs to the
building outright. And then there
will be the general appropriations
together with the fixing of the
amount for road damages during
1914.
The elections will include that OF
a successor to H. H. Hill as a men,
ber of the road commission, or as
the late acts of the legislature terms
the Offices, turnpike superintendent.
Hill has been member of the board
for number Of years, but will not
ask to succeed himself.
The other elections are of minor
Importance as compared with that.
In fact they are only nominal. w. o.
Cherry Is ranger and R. H. Guest is
coroner, and a successor will be
chosen for each of them, while the
terms of Esqs. Fariss and Guest as
jail commissioners will expire and
others will have to be chosen.
The reports to be heard will be
rather numerous. The most import
ant of these will be that Of county
Judge Mcknight. which is always OF
the most comprehensive in its char
acter, showing all the collections and
disbursements in the different
funds. in q way that any citizen mag
know where the money collected
from him taxes went.
Other reports will be that of the
turnpike commissioners. the county
revenue commission, the poor house
commission, the road commissioners
on the various bridges of the county
and the reports Of the special con-.
mittees on various matters
The consideration Of tax releases,
poll tax AMI road rcleaces, and the
possible elecucn OF uogaries will also
come up. 1t has been so long since
a quarterly courL failed to elect fir ) e
one to halt a dozen oiar!es that the
memory of he Oldest members run
not to the cclt"ary.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
ANOTHER TOLL
GATE IS RAISED
SECOND ORDER OF THE SUPER
iNTENDENTS UNDER THE
NEW LAW.

The toll gate at Cross Bridges on
the Hampshire pike, was raised by
the turnpike commissioners Tuesday
on account Of the bad condition of
the western end OF the pike.
The heavy hauling during the past
several days of rain and damp
weather, together with the fact that
needed repairs, which had been pre-
viously noted by the superintendents
had not been properly looked after
was the cause.
This is the second gate that has
been raised by the superintendents,
and unless there is some work done
on the other pixies of the county
pretty soon, there will be other gates
ordered up.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
.CHEAPENERS OF
FOOD PRODUCTS
NATION WIDE CRUSADE AGAINST
THEM LAUNCHED At
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA nation
wide crusade against cheats and
chsapeners Of food products" was
launched here today with an address
by DR.. Carl Alsberg, chief Of the bu'
re,u Of chemistry, department of ag'
ritulture, before the woman's de
partment of the National Civic Fed,
eration.
DIR. Alsberg emphasized the need OF
extending the scope of the pure food
an drug act, and urged the women to
cooperate with the government Of
fioers.
DR.. Alsberg said legislation was
needed to permit federal inspections
of all factories where foods and
drinks are manufactured. Such a
Law. he declared, would eventually dc
away with epidemics Of typhoid and
similar dangerous diseases.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
INTEREST FUND IS
ASKED BY THE CITY
BOARD Of EDUCATION
BUDGET COMMITTEE REQUEST.
Ed TO PovlDE FOR PROS.
PEcTivE BONDS.
New MEMBERS
Report Of the Superintendent Re-
gardins Schools Satisfactory In
Partlcular-The Attendance Since
Christmas Good.

The meeting of the board of educa-
ton Tuesday night was one of social
interest, in that it took the first real
stes toward provision of funds for
the proposed high school building.
Although there has not been an elec-
ton ordered looking to the issuance
of the bonds, the board asked that
the sum Of $4,000 be provided in the
1914 budget for the purpose of liqui-
dating the interest n the bonds should
the election carry for their issuance.
The city authorities were also ask
ed to provide $4,000 for the mainte.
nance Of the schools for the year, and
all budget matters were passed over
to await the action of the municipal
board at its meeting on January Is,
the adjournment being made subject
to the call of the president.
The report Of the superintendent
regarding the schools of the city and
their working was of a satisfactory
nature, and the superintendent and
the faculty of the schools were COM
mended for the excellent showing.
There is but little if any falling OF
in the attendance since the holidays
and all deartments are in good work.
ing order.
A request from the bands of the
city to meet at the respective school
buildings was presented, and while
the board was anxious to encourage
both the white and colored bands the
proposition was not looked upon with
much favor, but was left at the dis
cretion of the superintendent Of the
schools.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
WHOLESALE LIQUOR
HOUSES ARE CLOSED
BY AE|L'S ORDERS
THREE NASHVILLE DEALERS
FEEL THE HEAVY HAND OF
.aA THE LAW.
MUST SURRENDER LICENSE
Judge Stated the Reason He Took
This Action Was Because Defend.
ants Were Using License az a
Cloak to Violations.
Special. to The Herald.

Special. to The Herald.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, Jan. 7.-Un-
til Tuesday the retail liquor dealers
Of Nashville had been the only ones
to feel the stern hand of Judge Neil of
the criminal court. AS long as the
wholesalers kept within the law and
only received liquor for the purpose
of shipping it out of the state the
hands of the criminal Judge we're tied
unless there was evidence produced
that they were not shipping the
goods out Of the state but were sell.
ing it here.
But Tuesday morning the criminal
judge fell with dull thud upon three
Of the largest wholesalers in the city
and Gave orders to Sheriff Longhurst
to close up the wholesale houses OF
William Luigart On lower Broadway
of Sam Hartman on Broadway, near
the Union depot, and the Middlebrook
distilling company on Third avenue
South, Of which s. Goldberg is the
proprietor. There were no conditions
attached to the command of the Grim.
inal Judge.
Tell them to surrender their whole
sale federal license Immediately" he
said, "and furnish evidence to me to
morrow that they have done so-ano
see that their houses are closed up
Judge Neil stated Tuesday nigh,
that the reason that he had issued
such orders was because he had been
reliably informed that the three
wholesale houses were but using theil
wholesale licenses as a cloak under
which to bootleg.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
STEEL CAGES
AT WORK HOUSE
WORK HOUSE GANG HAS MOVED
TO THE FOURTH DISTRICT
FOR WORK.

The work house authorities have
recently supplied the superintendent
with an extra steel cage, and he is
Llow prepared to take care of forty
prisoners without a guard at night.
The new cage arrived last week
hnd it is now in service, and there is
|no longer any danger of escapes at
hight.
The cages have been removed to
4 he fourth district where the inmates
|bf the work house at working on the
,ewisburg and Columbia pike. Supt.
Richardson is much pleased with the
Iteel cage arrangement Both OF
Ihese cages have been purchased by
he county since Mr.. Richardson was
chosen superintendent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
TOURISTS GET
GREAT WELCOME
AMERICAN BALL TEAM NOW WIS.,
lTING IN AUSTRALIA is
FETED.

MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. T.
The American baseball teams now
visiting here were officially welcom-
ed by the lord mayor of Melbourne at
the town hall today. Many promi-
nent citizens were present This aft
ernoon Lord Denman, governor gen.
eral Of the dominion of Australasia,
an Lady Denman entertained the
American and Australasian teams in
the grounds OF government house.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
DOAK AYDELOTT
ON THE STUMP
OPENS HIS CAMPAIGN FOR CON-
GRESS At LYNcHBURG
MONDAY.

TULLAHOMA, Tenn, Jan. 6-Hon
Doak Aydelott, democratic candidate
for congress, addressed the members
of the county court and citizens OF
Moore county at Lynchburg today
Mr.. Aydelott's talk was we'll receiv
ed and his earnestness and zeal in
advocating that southern representa-
tives in congress should be men who
would take advantages of the great
opportunities towards advancing the
tremedous development just ahead
for the whole south made favorable
impression upon the people.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-01-09
WILSON'S VACATION
SOON TO BE ENDED

WASHINGTON, Jan. president
will end his southern vacation and
leave Pass Christian, Miss, at IL
O'Clock Sunday night, arriving in
Washington some time next Tuesday.
A telegram received by Secretary Tu-
multy today from DR.. Cary T. Gray
son. the Presidents aide, annunced
the plan and said the President was
In excellent health.