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made 1t impossible for southern born
and bred man to vote the republican.
ticket and go home and face his wife
and children.
THE other injury was greater still.
for the vicious. unconstitutional laws
and our defiance of them left the south
with no proper respect for constituted,
authority, with a disposition to right :
our own wrongs, and a contempt fon
law not to our liking. This last isl
the crowning Inheritance of woe fors
which our children and our children 6
children will suffer-" :
In this same paper, delivered siAs5ss
years before Woodrow Wilson wasE
nominated for the presidency. Mr.; |.
Gregory. in discussing reconstrlIctionss'
quoted extensively from Mr.. Wilson's
History of the American People on the
same subject. One of Mr.. Wilson's
phrases. here quoted. was as followss
The white men of the south were
aroused by the very instinct of self ,
preservation to rid themselves. by fair
means or foul, of the intoferable burr
den of government sustained by thes
Quoted in the interest of adventurers,
government whose incredible debts
were incurred that thieves might be
enriched. whose increasing loans and
taxes went to no public use. but into.
the pockets of party managers and.
corrupt contractors"
Student. lawyer and historian though
he is. Mr.. Gregory Is an out-of doors
man. Fishing and hunting are sports -
that lie close to his heart. Since he ::
came to Washington he has had small :,
opportunity to crafty his taste for
these, but now and then he gets away;
for a few days to go down the Poto-''
mac or into Virginia and North Caro-.
lima after birds. He is o crack wing
shot. and he usually gets the game. Ats
home in Texas he also goes after deer, ID
being q very fair. rife shot. but hsH'
has had to forego his big game hunt
ing since entering national official life =
Fly fishing he follows whenever he can
get q chance. e
#, when talking to Mr. Gregory in
his once. ono can induce him to openIt
the top drawer of his desk another
sport Of which he IL enamored is re- >
vealed. One Will see, ranged in a meats
row, a collection of golf balls. trib-s,
utes to his prowess ~ . golfer. II.
He plays. whenever he can get q fewss
hours away from the efice. at thea-
retary Houston also plays. A keen -
golfer. old Colonel Bogie" has no ter
rors for him. =
Broad-mindsd. tolerant. possessing !.
the judicial temperament. earnest. thor ;e
Oughly democratic in manner and hab-S
II, full. OF the Joy Of living and In step
with the spirit Of modern progress I
to the full those qualities that areno
characteristics of the men in the upper "a
ranks of the modern American lewyera. III
His career a. Attorney General Willie
be we'll worth observing. ~
AaHNUN BRoU
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son and Houston. Attorney General
Gregory is a new and engaging figure
in the national life.
Not that he had not done big things
ship. for he had. and had acquired q
national reputation at least among law
yers: but to the general public he was
P,ssdena son eass him
the cabinet at the time Attorney Cen
eraI McReynolds was appointed assoct-
ate justice of the Supreme Court.
between the new Attorney General and
his predecessor. Mr.. Justice McReynolds
is tall, big-boned. heavy. Attorney Gem
eral gregory is shorter. stockier. q
head head: sa Eeen, gray. fearless eyes. apple
cheeks and air OF alertness that marks
the Scotch Irish ancestry.
But, mentally. the men are much alike.
Attorney General McReynolds brought
Mr. Gregory to Washington az special
assistant attorney general a year ago.
The two think in accord on many sub
jects.
ATTORNEY Gensra1 Gregory is not quite
fifty-three years old. two years older
than Postmaster General Burlsson. and
five years older than Secretary Houston.
He In the third oldest man in tho
cabinet, only Secretaries Rednsld and
Bryan ranking him in years. He was
born in Crawfordsvtile, Miss. and took
terian University at Clarksville. Tenn.
in 1888. During the following year he
was a special student at the University
Of Virginia, and then removed to Texas,
where, in 1855. he took his degree Of
LII. b. at the University Of Texas, at
Austin The same year he was admit
ted to the bar. curiously, Postmaster
General Burleson. who had also studied
at the University Of Texas, was admit
ted to the bar, also in Austin. just
year before.
Another curious circumstance is that
Of Austin from 1885 to 1890, being sue
ceeded in that position in 1891 by Mr.
Gregory, who held 1t for three years.
Immediately on his admission to the
bar. Mr.. Gregory began to practice In
Austin. For fifteen years his name was
had no partner until 1900. when the
Arm Of Gregory & Bats was formed In
those fifteen years Mr.. Gregory rose to
front rank at the bar Of the state
Texas was agitated over the trust evil
The state adopted rigid antitrust laws
and set about enforcing them Now. rs
far back as 1891. Mr.. Gregory had been
offered an appointment az assistant at
torney general Of the state. and had dc:
served as assistant attorney general. It
seemed to be the opinion Of those In
authority that Gregory q Bats were the
men who ought to do the heavy prose-
cutting Of the trusts. 80 Y vas that
the firm was retained by the state In
the cases.
There were a number Of these cases
but the most famous Of them. and the
one in which MT. Gregory won his chief
reputation. was the Waters-11erce case.
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NCE upon g time
and not a very long
time ago. either
three families the
G r e g oryS the
Houstons and the
Burlesons, formed
the center Of a
group of interest
ing Pc ople in
Austin, Tex, all Of
whom had more or
less to do with the
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Fairfax had been ordained deacon by
Bishop Seabury in 1885. On being
made rector of tho parish, Bryan Fair
fax selected an assistant. the Rev.
Bernard Page. to whom he gave the
full emoluments of the parish. 1t nao
been understood in some way that
Fairfax would choose as his assistant
the Rev. Mason Locke Weems-Parson
weems-but he did not. Mr.: Fairfax
resigned his pastorship in 1873:
Bran Fairfax was the father OF
Feriinando Fairfax and Thomas Fair
fax, the latter inheriting the titie.
Bryan Fairfax attempted to dissuade
George Washington from taking up
arms against England, and the ietaes
Of Washington in reply is one OF; the
intarestinr documents Of the time
Fairfax. though a royalist or 2 tory.
held his position with his neishbors IN
Virginia who were arrayed on ene
c0lonials' side.
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The waters-Pierce Oil Company was
doing business in Texas under sta.e
STANDARD Oil Company. which latter cor cor
poration owned two-thirds OF Its stocA'
Suit was brought against the Waters
Pierce Company, alleging that 1t was
violating the state laws in monopolizing
the oil trade, and engaging in repressive
trade practices designed to eliminate
competition. Long and bitter was the
contest The oil company fought with
all its great resources. Doggedly, per-.
sistently. ably. Mr.. Gregory and his as
sociate fought on behalf of the state;
CATION. the final tribunal in which IT
appeared being the Supreme Court of
the United States. Texas won. The
license of the Waters-Pierce Company
to do business in Texas was forfeited.
Its property in the state was placed
In the hands of a receiver and sold.
But-and here Is the remarkable part
the state collected from the company
In penalties for violations nso OF the state 8,
nothing in the history of antitrust
prosecutions in the United States to
parallel this. Judgments have been
rendered against trusts In large
was such penalty collected from one.
Is it any wonder that the lawyer who
helped bring about this result 1eaped
at once into great prominence In his
profession?
1t Ia interesting to note that the re-
port of this case In the United States
Supreme Court in 1909 shows that the
oil company was represented by Mr.
Moorfield Storey of Boston, who now
represents the New York, New Haven
and Hartford railroad in the prosecu-
tion which Mr.. Gregory, on behalf OF
the government, has been conducting
against that corporation during the
past year.
when. in 1913. Attorney General Nc
Reynolds took ONCE he felt the need
of specially qualified lawyer to take
charge Of this New Haven prosecution.
Everything pointed to MF. Gregory as
the man. What he had done In the
Waters-Pierce case and in many other
cases for Texts. very likely he could
So Mr.. Gregory was brought to Wash
ington as special assistant attorney:
general in charge Of the New Haven
case.
Assembling the evidence, building up
the case step by step, as lawyers will
appreciate. was long and intricate
and arduous task. To trace out the
details Of the purchase and operation
of every one of the once competitive
lines which the New Haven had alb
eorbed was stupendous undertaking.
Look at the outline map of the New
Haven system, which hangs on the
wall back of Mr.. Gregory's desk in
the Department Of Justice, and you
hcattons which had to be traced out.
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As already indicated. he long has been
interested In education. He was regent
Of the Univeraity Of Texas from 1889 to
1907, and for long he has been a trustee
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of the Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, for he is devout Presby-
tremely independent. democrat. Always
active in the discussion Of public ques-
tfons, he has borne his share of the
responsibilities of citizenship. but has
avoided the scramble for public office.
In fact. not only did he in 1899 de-
cline an appointment as assistant at
torney general of Texas. but also in
1896 he declined a position on the dis
trict bench Of the state. In 1904. and
again in 1912, he was a delegate from
his state to the democratic national con-
vention, and in the Baltimore conven-
presidents of the body.
His democracy, however, pure and un-
adulterated. is not hide-bound. For ex-
ample. Mr., Gregory regards il as an
evil that the republican party cannot
exist in formidable proportions in the
south. for he realizes the value of a
party of opposition.
History ever has been an absorbing
study with Mr.. Gregory. This led him
some eight years ago, when asked to
prepare paper to be read before q
joint meeting of the Arkansas and
State Bar associations. to make an ex-
haustive and analytical study of. Re.
construction, and the Ku Klux klanp
In which he gave great deal OF the
hitherto unwritten. history of the Ku
Klux. Here are the concluding para
sight into the mans mentality: :
Did the end aimed at and accom-
plfshed by the Ku Klux Khan Justify
the movement? The opinion of the
writer Is that the movement was fully
justified. though he. of course. does
not approve of crimes and excesses ip7
cident to 1t. -.
THE abuses under which the Ameri-
can colonies Of England revolted In
ITS were mere child's play compared
to those borne by the south during the
period of reconstruction. and the sue
cess OF the. later movement as a. Just-
fcatfon of a resort to revolutionary
methods was as pronounced as that OF
the former
Whatever may be your views, I
leave the question with you, repeating
the proposition which I began. that.
amid conditions as they existed in the
south from 1866 to 1872, scarcely a man
in this audience would have been other
than a Ku Klux or a Ku Klux sympa-
thizer.
From the nightmare Of reconstruc-
tion and Ku Kluxism two things have
been born which have wrought fncal-
culable injury to the south and may
continue to do SO for q century to
come. One of these is solid south
and the other is contempt for law
''The brutality and senselessness Of
the great wrong of reconstruction can
not be forgiven or forgotten. H,wefd-
ed every element Of the south into
eternal opposition to political party;
1t made adherence to the party moral
social and political treason: II made 1t
impossible for Us to divide on any is
sue of expediency. or even OF right
and wrong. and. to sum II al uA II
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This is not the way over Whlch the
British came from Benedict to WASH
ington. The road here indicated. at
least that part which leads from the
Anacostia bridge to Brandywine by
way Of Good Hope, Silver Hill. Reds
Corner and Surrattsville Is q relatively
new road in Maryland. and the Ram
bier believes that it did not exist In
1914, though he may be in error on this
point. Before the bafiding OF that road
the usual way of reaching the parts OF
Maryland indicated was over the road
which led to PiscataWay by way OF
Broad Creek Church or the road to
Upper Marlboro by way OF Forrest
You should not get the idea from the
number of places named between here
and Benedict that they are towns OF
any size. Most Of them are very small
roadside and crossroads settlements,
store, q blacksmith shop and few
dwellings stretched along the way.
Brandywine and Hughesville are OF
somewhat more Importance than the
rest. being railroad towns, the FORMER
upper terminus Of the Southern Mary
land railroad, and Hughesville being on
the Southern Maryland. which runs
from Brandywine to Mechanfcsvi!ie.
Bryantown 10 q venerable village with
an old church and few fine old houses.
The road from Washington to Bryan
town follows in q general way the
highland and broken plateau in the
divide" between the Potomac and Pa
tuxent, but runs nearer the Potomac
side, crossing not far from their source
Henson creek. Tinkers creek. Piscata-
way creek Timothy branch. Malta
woman creek, Zakiah swamp and many
other small branches which flow into
the Potomac. II, at Brandywine, you
follow the road which leads to Bene-
dict by way Of Horsehead and Aquasco,
you will cross many branches which
empty their waters into the Patuxent.
~
Leaving Benedict. where they landed
from their ships August 10, the Brit
ish, August 20, took up the march over
the road which leads northwesterly to
Patuxent and then northward over
Swanson creek to Aquasco. over Black
swamp and Rock crock un Prince
Georges county, to the village of Not
tingham. This was their first days
march. about sixteen miles.
From nottingham on the second
march the invaders followed the road
which roughly parallels the Patuxent
river. crossing Mataponi creek and
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Benedict. Landing Place Of British.

ocuo01ct, AVAAA6r
THE landing place Of the British s.,
! peditionary force which captured
Washington q. century ago was the VII
lage Of Benedict, then and now Q small
and struggling collection Of wooden
houses in Charles county. Maryland. on
the Patuxent river. about forty miles
southeast from Washington over the
wagon road mainly travelled between here
and there.
The usually traversed road from
Washington to Benedict leads from the
Anacostia bridge to the settlement OF
Good Hope, at the junction Of numer-
GUS roads, thence to Silver Hill. Reds
Corner. Surrattsville. T. B.. Brandy
wine. Mattawomnn. Besntown, Hughes ss-
more to Benedict, but by Brandywine
there is another road which by way
Of Horsehead and AQuasco will lead
you to Patuxent and Benedict and a
good many men in automobiles take
that way.
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There is an excellent view from the
bridge. Up the creek-that is. toward
the west-stretch aqueous meadows
with fine fall crop of marine vegeta-
tion- The ridges on the opposite sides
of the creek approach each other and
then merge in the blush distance,
where brown and black smoke drifts
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-10
DEATH LIST

Minnie Richards. Greenfield Mich.
81 years cholera morbus; Frank
Schultz. Az Trumbull- ave. 81 years.
pulmonary tuberculosis; Thelma Bern
niger. 632 Harper-ave months. sum
mer diarrhoea Margaret Daktor, 7b4
Palmer-ave,. still born Edward Chas
Delaney. 43S Waterman ave, 81 years.
apoplexy: Edward Nowicki. 1341 Jos
Campau-ave. ! day, congenital malfor-
Scriven % Lambie- pl., 45 years
phthisis pulmonalis Marian Stark
Jefferson and Beaufait, 10 years. frac-
ture OF the skull (accidental1. Annie
Young ~ Catherine-st SO years. pull
monary tuberculosis Beatrice Noble
Providence hospital. month, malnu-
triton Geraldine Amata, Providence
hospital. / year. chronic cerebro spinal
meningitis. Robert F.. Miller. Grace
hospital, months intussusception;
Vera Kott 112 Cleveland st. months,
iobar pneumonia Edward Durham,
Grace hospital - years. inquest pend
ing Alexander Desgorio. Samaritan
hospital. 10 years. typhoid fever. Her
man Swift 70 Selden-ave.. "a years.
acute cerebritis August Stuermer
Waterford Michigan. ~ years. Hrights
disease John Iazarz. 1907 Military
ave- 4 months. enteritis. Elizabeth
Schunk 63S Sheridan-ave.. SO years.
carcinoma OF the uterus. David Fraser
Sr. 2b2 IlancoCk-aVe west. II years.
cerebral hemorrhage John Derby.
mus. James = Gay 200 Avery-ave. SO
years. valvular disease OF the heart
Richard ~ Pereles. Harper hospital,
~ ---'- = 0Ylorlc obstruction Dr I'd
Ndt as Balawin-sv- Z. as
years pulmonary fuberc uforfs -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-10
FARMER TRICKS SHERIFF
AND ESCAPES FROM JAIL

LAKE CITY, Mich, JAY 0.-(Spe-
cial. Frank Geister, wealthy Mis-
saukee county farmer, who was re-
Gently arrested on warrant sworn out
by a young girl whom he had adopt
ed, is missing from the county jail.
Mrs Geister. who is said 10 have
aided him, Is in jail charged with aid.
ing a prisoner TO escape.
Just when Geister slipped out Of
Jail is not known, but fellow prison
ers alleRe that he has been missing
since Friday night The sheriff did
not discover the fact until two days
later. IL Is alleged.
Geister worked clever game
About 10 days ago he refused 10 eat
Sheriff Brown was. therefore, not
alarmed when his food remained un-
touched He could see the man lying
on his cot In his cell, and he was sat
lsfied
Sunday he went in 10 talk with
"Geister" and found that the figure
he had been watching was a dummy
made up OF bed clothing and wearing
Geisters coat
II is now known that Geister tore
MP the floor of his cell. dropped
through TO the basement. escaped
walked TO his farm and was driven
TO Temple. where he boarded a south
bound train. The sheriff has no clue.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-10
MARKETS and FINANCE
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

DETROIT. July g-Close The gov
eminent report indicating crop nt
s5e,oOo.v00 hu 81 wheat was too mucn
for the bulls In the early market ~
caused decline at home snd abroad
Wheat made an early recovery aiter
the opening and black rust reports
probably had something To do with a.
Minneapolis was reporting samples =
that market showing the plague an"
there Is little doubt that taNorah'r
weather conditions viii result IN re
spread Of rust and probably a great
deal OF damage bat there is little OF
no injury up 20 the present and the
crop prospect is splendid About the
only bull hope lust now IS IN the
has let up considerably Chicago doAl-
ers have sold heavily for export ana
some are IN position 70 drop sole
money should the farmers be slow IN
marketing their crop. The wheat is TO
go abroad iu August Foreigners need
more wheat but they are cautious
about taking H. They buy only on
breaks and withdraw as soon as ale
market gains strength,
Liverpool reports that the American
government report stimulated IISsn
selling and weakened that market The
spot market Was weak isusslan re
ports We're uutaVOrahle and the acre
age In Argentina Us reduced. The con
tinent WAS absorbing freely and NGs
sian offers were firm, RUSSIAN eNpoiIS
for the week are expected 70 be light
The arly loss was recovered. nut the
distant futures did not hold and closer
Corn Was Unchanged and dull oats
advanced lc and cash beans gained So
Cloverseed advanced l0Tl5c and tlin.
othy Sc Prime alsike was marked
down soc.
Wheat quotations Cash No ? red
s. No., July opened with decline ~
iec at SO2. c. and advanced % lac,
September opened at sic. advanced 70
81 10 and closed at SILC DECEMBER
opened al N4iC advanced to S5c AMI
closed at S4l.c. No 1 white SIC.
Coarse grain quotations-Coru; cash
No. 8. 7oc. No yellow. II &c. No :
oats standard. car al 3s.c clos
ing at Acc bid No. 3 white, car At
49, dosing az 3gt No white, 3 Y g..
Rye Cash No 2 63c, July, sec.
Beans Immediate and prompt snip
g. 'l'' bid; July 49, o''0os''
CIoverseed: Prime spot, sS40. octo
Der and December. $3.50; prime alsiko'
Timothy. Prime spot. s275.
Alfalfa; Prime spot, $3.50.
Receipts in the Detroit market
Thursday included l.2OO bbls. OF houI,
z cars OF corn. 4 OF oats and Of rye.
stocks are 36.20O bu OF wheat 900
bu. OF corn. $500 bu. OF oats ana o.
$50 bu OF rye,
Liverpool wheat closed q. a "a q lower
and corn. = q 9d higher. 80
Primary wheat receipts were l.OoZ.-
600 hu against 1877 900 bu. year ago,
Exports OF wheat and -four Thurs-'
day $4,000 bu
SaskatChewan and Alberta compla n
Of backward crops because OF Dry
weather.
Receipts OF wheat Thursday: Duluth,
IS cars against IS a year ago; Mime
,polis. n cars, against 97 Winnipeg
us cars. against zoe; Chicago. ga cars.
against 81.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES

John l. Newbury. %, Eliza Connop,
Miles Miller, 50, Detroit; Louise syI-
Adam Sztender. "a. Frances Rochna,
al
James Tinnet IS. Anastasia szpagot
%
Bozyli Jawarskl. %; Anna Barus. 20.
John MarkewicE, Al Josefa Jaszek.
10.
Fred J. weidner. 27, Cincinnati. o.
ludwig Daily. IS; Doggy Dirkeno.
%
George F. Reikly. 25 Cora More
house, 35
Charles Dsering. 30; Nlllie quinn. 80
Arthur Thrasher. 80 Anna Kuhn, SO.
Jost Petrie, %, Indianapolis. Ind.
Kate Gordon, 20. Detroit
Harry Eyles. 20. Wyandotte: Mabel
Fountain; %, same.
Harry Teran, %. Title Keen, "a
George v Canter, Ss, Toledo, o.;
Grace Grove, 30, same.
Edward Hepson. "a Alice Crates, %
william Sevackhauer, 81; Mary Rob
Clyde Meson. 30. wyandotte. Alex
ina Vigneau. 3S River Rouge
George Wilson. 2i; Elsie Armes, %.
John. Dziduds, o.; Bronislawa JAZZ
John Mccasiin. ~. Lansing. Ida Paul,
Lawrence Bradford, 81; cornelia
Nsil Campbell 20, Port Huron; Ida
Robert Muncensks %; Mary PECAN
ska Q.
Fred p Series as chicago III;
Georgia Franks so. Columbus. .. s.
Edward Rich. IL; Helen Lee, 20.
Harold Bennett. az, Dearborn Ruth
Harry Kunter, a. Marguerite
Dwyer %
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-10
IN DETROIT
. motIon pod q. 5. DI.trIct Attorney

On motion ct q. =. District Attorney
Webster, Judge futile noIIe pressed
the ease against Jack Silyers. chaTg-
cd with violating the Mann act by
bringing Dorothy Silvers 10 Detroit
Cor immoral purposes. Lack OF evil
dence 81 transportation was the rea-
son given in the motion 20 quash
the case. Because OF lack OF funds
u, :, Marshal Behrendt found Il
necessary 10 advance $50 Go pay the
fare of two witnesses back TO their
homes In Baltimore
Judge Tuttie Thursday returned six
Judgments. carrying lines totnIIinE
$500 against the Grand Trunk rail-
road Five were for violation OF the
2S-hour law for livestock shipments
and one was for violation OF the
new federal safety appliance act
Because congress has not yet passed
the general deficiency hill, traverse
jurors and some federal employees
have not received their pay The
department OF justice here owes
S4.700 which IL cannot pay OF this
sum 81, 500 is due on debts contract
ed during the last fiscal year which
closed June 80, Jurors who served
on the traverse panel have $500
coming TO them. 81 GOO OF which was
contracted before July 1. In the
customs department IS per cent OF
the salaries have not been paid.