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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-01-23

Word has been received here of the
death of Mrs Amanda Betson formerly
OF this county, which occurred at her
home in Wooster, Ohio Jan. IS. She was
aged about u years. She is sur
vived by two children, Miss Emma Bet
son and Mrs Charles Betson. at home
She is also survived bv one sister. Mrs
Thomas Wachter, of this city, and two
brothers, David and Jacob MeaSell, Of
Utica, this county.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
ACCUSED OF Theft
MAYOR BROWN OF GALLATlN,
TENN, Is ARRESTED BY
u. S. MARSHALL.
Employee of Tennessee Mining De-
partment Arrested as an Accom-
plice in Bank Robbery.

Nashville, Tenn.-The arrest of Will
sistant cashier of the First National
Bank of Gallatin, on q charge Of en-
bezzlement, and the arrest of Herbert
B. jackson, of Gallatin, an employe Of
the state mining department, on a
charge Of conspiracy and aiding and
abetting Brown in embezzlement, came
as a sensational climax in the re-
ported robbery of the Gallatin fnan-
cial institution on the morning Of Fri
day, March 20.
The warrant on which the arrests
were made was sworn out before Unit
ed States Commissioner Harry Luck
Rt Nashville by Edward j. Brennan.
special agent Of the department OF
justice.
The warrant charges Brown with
embezzling more than $4,000.
Jackson was arrested in Nashville
by a federal officer. He was taken
before United States Commissioner
Luck, and his bond was fixed at $4,000
Brown was arrested at his residence
at Gallatin by United States Marshal
Will Jones and Detectives Kiger an6
Jacobs of Nashville. He was brought
to Nashville in his W automobile.
In January he was elected for a sec
ond term as mayor of Gallatin. This
is said to be the only public office
that he has ever held. Brown is mar
ried and has two children.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
FREE TOLLS LOSE IN HOUSE
MAJORITY FOR REPEAL LARGEF
THAN WILSON SUPPORTERS
EXPECTED.
and Only So Voted Against
Measure.

Washington.-The national house OF
representatives, after Of the most
spectacular legislative struggles in the
history Of the nation, voted to repeal
the provision of the Panama canal
act exempting American vessels from
the payment Of tolls. The vote on the
REPEAL bill was 247 to 161-a majority
of sc votes in support of the personal
plea of Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States.
This verdict on the issue which has
absorbed congress for many weeks
came at the close of a stirring day,
made memorable in the annals of the
house by a party division which found
Speaker Champ Clark, Majority Lead
er Underwood and other Democratic
chieftains lined up in open opposition
to the president on an issue which the
latter had declared vital to his con
duct of the nations foreign policy.
On the final vote 220 Democrats in
the house stood by the president, Civ
ing him in "ungrudging measure
what he had asked "for the honor Of
the nation" in its foreign relations
twenty-five Republicans and two Pro
gressives also voted to sustain the
president. Fifty-two Democrats fol
lowed Speaker Clark and Leader I'm
derwood to defeat.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
CRITICIZE DIVORCE LAWS
Chicago Judge Says Juvenile Courts
Are Related to Divorce Courts.

Chicago Judge Says Juvenile Courts
Are Related to Divorce Courts.
Chicago No divorce should be
granted any person who has a minor
child, unless the child shall have been
provided for to the satisfaction of the
court, is the conclusion Of Adelor J.
Petit, chief justice of the circuit court,
in an analysis made public Of the first
annual report of the new municipal
bureau of divorce and marriage sta
tisticS.
The close relations between divorce
courts and the juvenile courts as in
dicated in the number of petitions for
the care of dependent or delinquent
children, is the outstanding feature of
Judge Petit's analysis. Juvenile court
records since July, 1899, showed So,
358 petitions for the care of children.
! OF these, the report indicates that ap'
proximately $3.50 cases were the di
rect result of divorces or the neglect
of parents through drunkenness OF
desertion, which would have constitut
| ed sufficient grounds for divorce.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09

Washington.-There was every indi-
cation that the announcement of the
reserve districts and cities by the re-
serve bank organization committee had
given the signal for a determined
struggle upon the part of several cit
les which were disappointed to over
turn the committee on the, decision
and bring about a redistricting of he
country, or at least a change in the
reserve cities named.
Under the law the decision of the
organization committee is not SUBJECT
to review except by the federal reserve
board. This board probably will not
be named by President Wilson for sew
eral weeks, but in the meantime it is
believed that those disappointed with
the committees announcement will
bend every effort toward paving the
way for changes. It was pointed out
that both Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Comptroller Of the Cur
rency Williams of the organization
committee, are ex-offcio members of
the reserve board, and hardly could
be counted upon to reverse themselves.
The president has given nc intimation
as to whom the other five members
will be.
The committees plan was criticised
in congress and there were reports
of keen disappointment from several
cities which we're in the race for re
serve banks and which failed to Sc
cure them. Three members of the
senate banking and currency commit
tee, two Republicans and a Democrat
found fault with THE plan.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
NEGRO WOMAN Is LYNCHED
Mob at Muskogee, Okla, Hanged Ne
gress to Telephone Pole.

Mob at Muskogee, Okla, Hanged Ne
gress to Telephone Pole.
Muskogee, Okla.-Marie Scott, a ne
gro woman who killed Lemuel Peace,
a young white man, by driving a knife
into his heart, was taken out of the
Wagner county Jail and hanged to a
telephone pole. The mob, which was
masked, o~verpowered the ja1ler, a one
armed man, threw a rope over the
woman's head and dragged her out OF
the jail.
The county attorney Of Wagner
county has started an Investigation.
A knock at the jail door aroused the
sleeping jailer, alone in the office. A
voice outside said an officer was there
with prisoners. The jailer opened the
door and faced twelve revolvers. He
was bound quickly and his keys taken
from him. He then was thrown in the
corner.
The mob pulled the screaming WON
an from her cell, tied a rope about
her neck and dragged her to a te1e
phone pole a block from the jail. Ar
hour later the sheriff cut down the
dead body.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09

REPEAL MEASURE is REFERRED
TO SENATOR o'GoRMAN's
COMMITTEE.
NO UNNECESSARY DELAY
Spectacular and Heated Debate Is
Expected When Measure Is
Introduced.

Washington. - The administration
bill to repeal tolls exemption for all
American coastwise ships in the Pan
anna canal, which passed the house
amid spectacular Genes reached the
senate and was referred promptly to
the committee on i~nter-oceanic canals
without debate.
Senator O'Gorman, chairman of the
canals committee, who is m~arshal1ng
the anti-administration forces, an
nounced definitely that he would call
a meeting of the committee for ext
Tuesday. Until that time, no formal
consideration of Sle repeal measure or
proposed amendments can develop. Al
though friends of the president had
hoped to have the canals commit
tee meet earlier, they decided to make
no effort to induce Senator O'Gorman
| to change his plans. They will insist,
however, upon action within reason
able lime after the committee gets
down % work
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, major
ity member of the committee, who will
| lead the fight in the committee for the
administration, visited the white house
and conferred with the president. Later
he made the emphatic declaration that
friends of the repeal bill would not
submit to -unnecessar delay in pre-.
liminary consideration Of the bill, and
fatty declared that the gauntlet OF
committee discharge would be hurled
should an attempt be made to impede
the progress of the measure.
That some members Of the commit
tee who oppose exemption repeal de-
sire to have public hearings on the
bill has become apparent, but admins
tration senators insisted that such
hearings were entirely unnecessary
and that there could be no other rea
son for them except deliberately to
cause delay.
public hearings ON this issue are
unnecessary" said Senator Owen, "anc
would unnecessarily prolong this con
troversy, which is a clean-cut issue
and thoroughly understood by every
senator. We are entitled to get away
from congress early this time, ane
intend to do it if possible.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Mississippi Bank Officials Indicted.

Observation-Disclosures into the at
fairs of the First Natchez bank, which
closed its doors on October 80, 1913,
resulted in the Indictment here by the
Adams county grand jury of A. G.
Campbell, president; S. H. Lowenberg,
first vice president, and R. Lee Wood,
second vice president of the defunct
institution on the charge of accepting
deposits after the bank was insolTent,
The grand jury is investigating the
savings department of the bank and
other indictments are expected.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
REBELS TO ATTACK TAMPIC0
Admiral Fletcher Predicts FederaIs
Will Abandon Gulf Port.

VIII AOdnOOn IuiI FOFI.
MISUNDERSTANDING closely on
official advices from George c.. CarOth-
ers, American consular agent at Tor
reon, of the fight Of the federal troops
from that city, came a prediction from
Rear Admiral Fletcher hal the i'm
portant gulf port Of Tampico proba-
bly, would be abandoned by the fed
erals without a fight.
Administration officials made nc
comment on the Torreon result and
official sentiment is not likely to crys'
talize until more is known of the bat
tie itself and it's effects in Mexico
City and elsewhere.
Mr.. C%arothers' report of the fall Of
Torreon lacked detail, particularly
with reference to losses sustained or
both sides and the movements of the
%retreating federals.
Torreon, Mexico.-Torreon, strewI
with victims of a six-day battle, wa
occupied by Villas rebels while the
federals fled. The capture marks thu
climax of the first campaign of thu
revolution to GUST Victoriano Huerts
from Mexico City. 1t gives the Con
.s~titutionalists virtual control owe thu
whole northern tier of Mexican states
The fighting began and was almos
continuous. At first Villa attempted
assaults on the strong federal posi-
lions in daylight, but these prove'
too costly, SO the days were spen
in cannonading and the nights in as
saults.
Positions were taken aud lost tim
and time again. Several night al
tacks sent the federals scurrying fron
strong positions, but at daybreak tn
fe4erals evacuated.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Hines Wins s15.ooo,ooo Suit.

Jackson, Miss.-Contentions of the
Edward Hines Lumber company in a
suit involving $15,000,000 worth of
timber lands in this. state, e. upheld
in a decision of the Mississippi SUI.
preme court here. The state attorney
general brought suit against the com
pany to enforce a law providing that
corporations could not hold more
than $4,000, 900 worth of land in Mis-.
sissippi. The supreme court held the
law constitutional but decided it affect
ed only domestic corporations.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Monroe Doctrine Not Obsolete.

Philadelphia.-The principle of the
Monroe doctrine is just as alive now
as it rel was and President Mon
roe's declaration is not an "obsolete
shibboleth," according to statement at
the annual meeting of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sci
ence. Speakers with few exceptions
we're in agreement upon the general
principle of the doctrine. Rear Ad
miral Chester urged a concert of &C
ton among American republics in 9
policy of America for the Ameri
cans"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
500 a Month Willed to a poo.

Boston.-"Pete Crafts" with continue
to enjoy Injuries uncommon among
dogs. The probate court approved the
will of his late master, John Chan
cellor Crafts, which provides a fund
Of $1,000 a year for the upkeep of
Pete. Relatives who had been cut off
without a cent contested the will, al
leging undue influence" At the hear
ing witnesses told how Pete had pre-.
sided at the head of the table at
birthday parties" given in his honor
and that his master considered the
dog a greater friend than any man
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
$780, oo, 900 Capital for Reserve Bank.

$780, OO, 900 Capital for Reserve Banks
Washington.-The new federal re-
serve banking system will start bust
ness with a total authorized capital
of about $780, 900, 900 for all reserve
banks, no matter how many inststu-
tons the organization committee de-
cides to set up. This fact became ap-
parent when figures were made public
from all national banks responding to
the last cal. of the comptroller Of the
currency, made March 4. che state
ment giving these figures Will be the
last of the kind issued.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Clarke New Senator From Arkansas

Little Rock, Ark.-Figures received
from the primary election of, last week
show that Senator James P. Clarke
has won in the senatorial face over
Judge William F. Kirby. The official
vote of Poinsett county, as given by
the chairman of the Poinsett county
committee, gives Clarke a majority Of
1,181 and in the state Of 720. The
total vote of the state, official except
from Poinsett, which comes from the
chairman of that county's central com
mittee, is: Clarke, 68.445: Kirby 81
745.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Bioamist Records His Crimes.

Oakland, Cal.-"Sir' Harry West
ward Cooper, bigamist, and forger, has
been beguiling his prison sentence in
South Africa by making a list of as
many of his crimes as he can remem-
Der. A copy of this received was re-
ceived by Chief Petersen of the Oak
land police department, who has be-
gun proceedings to have Cooper
brought here to answer a charge of
bigamy. An outline of Cooper's auto
biography follows: Three bigamous
marriages.; five Opponents which did
not end in marriage.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
Gunner to re Given Reprieve.

Albany, N. Y.-Unless Governor
Glynn changes his mind, a reprieve for
the Jour New York gunner, under en-
tence to die in Sing Sing during the
week beginning April 13, will be
granted. If granted, the stay of exc
cution will be until after the second
trial of Charles Becker, who, with the
gunner, was found guilty of the muir
der Of Herman Rosenthal. District At
torney Whitman has said he intends
to try Becker a second time a. soon
as possible, but it will be from three
to six months hence.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
NEW CHIEF OF U. S. ARMY
Wotherspoon Appointed Chief Of Staff
Succeeding General Wood.

0uCGOVOitS "OSN
Washington.-Maj. Gen. William W.
Wotherspoon, now assistant chief OF
staff Of the army, has been selected
to succeed Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood
as chief of staff at the end of Gen
eral Woods term, April %. Brig.
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, commanding the
troops at Fort Bliss, Texas, will ho
assistant chief of staff.
General Wood will assume command
of the Eastern department, with hesd,
quarters at Governors Island, New
York.
The appointment of General Wother,
Doon to be chief of staff had been ex-
pected, as it was in accordance with
| the practice of promoting the assist
ant chief Of staff to the first place. Sc
| the interest Of the arm!' centered in
the selection Of an assi;tant chief OF
| staff who might in turn succeed Gen.
eral Wotherspoon when the latter re-
tires on account of age next Novem.
Der.
A short time ago it had been about
settled that the position Of assistant
chief should be rendered to Brigadier
General Tasker H. Bliss, in command
Of the Southern department with head
quarters at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Later a report was current that this
tender was declined by General Bliss,
and within the past week it began to
appear that the choice would fall or
General Scott. The latter made a ia.
vorable depression on the administra'
ton by the dispatch and thoroughness
with which he personally settled the
recent Navajo uprising.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
FIGHT IS Planned
TO SECURE BANKS
DECISION OF COMMITTEE CAN BE
REVERSED ONLY BY THE
RESERVE BOARD.
MAY INCREASE THE NUMBER
Federal Reserve Board Cannot Be Elk.
pected to Reverse Itself,
However.

Where Banks Will Be Located.
Washington.-Ihe cities Sc
lected for regional banks are:
Boston New York
Philadelphia Cleveland
Richmond Atlanta
Chicago st. Louis
Minneapolis Kansas City.
Dallas, Tex. San Francisco.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1914-04-09
A novelzation of\a most successful
play by the most successful actor
playwright Of the United States
GEORGE M. CONAN

#&z5MMN
When. a wealthy relative leaves a handsome
fortune to young Jones he Immediately re-
spends to the cali Of Broadway" Before
long he's the most celebrated spender In the
metropolis Of spendthrifts. Every chorus
girl and bartender, every taxi-cabman and
policeman on the streets knows him and
calls him by his nickname. He out-broad-
ways Broadway. ~ Then suddenly he finds
himself "broke." Marriage with a maiden
lady Of many summers promises a solution
not at ali to his liking; then he meets THE
girl and
Bot YOU want to read the whole story-H's
all very human and full Of lots OF good, roar
ing laughs. ~ You'll not regret reading Our
coming seria1-BROADWAY JONES.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16

downward. The Tribune's tabulation OF
twenty-five articles showing advances IN
only eight, while eleven declined and six
held 70 the figures OF the previous week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16
BOSTON HAS OWEN
BILL SUBSTITUTE
Stock Exchange Regulation To Be
Less Drastic if Measure
Is Adopted.

Boston. March 15-Features OF a stock
exchange regulation measure proposed
by a special committee Of the Chamber Of
Commerce as a substitute for the owen
bill were made public tonight. James f.
Jackson, chairman Of the chamber com
mittee, explained that the substitute had
been prepared and handed 10 Senator
owen in accordance with a request made
by members OF the Senate Banking and
Currency Committee three weeks ago,
when the chamber representatives were
in Washington.
The owen measure provides that the
Postmaster General shall be the judge as
10 whether a stock exchange shall be
deprived of the use Of the mails in cases
where fraudulent transactions in securi-
ties appear but the substitute vests this
authority in the proposed Interstate Trade
Commission, with a right Of appeal 10 the
federal courts. Under the owen bill, also,
stock exchanges must be incorporated
under state laws. The substitute does not
require Incorporation.
Before a security may be listed or
dealt with on any exchange a statement
Of the condition of its corporation for the
preceding three years only is demanded
by the new draft, while the owen bill re-
quires a complete history Of the corpora
ton from it's beginning. provision which,
the trainers OF the substitute say has
been generally criticised by brokers as
unnecessary and a hardship
Corporations whose securities are not
listed with any stock exchange must file
with the Interstate Trade Commission the
same information that they would have 20
file with the exchanges il they were APP
plicants for listing, according to the sub
stitute bill.
The measure prohibits members OF ex-
changes manipulating securities and
prices by fictitious deals, matched or
ders" and wash sales II forbids the
selling or lending Of a customers securi-
ties without his consent in writing. Car
rying an account on margin for an en-
ploye OF bank trust company or insur-
ance company and selling on behalf Of
director or trustee Of any corporation Sc |
curities Of that corporation which he did |
not own at the time OF the sale are also /
prohibited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16
POLICE IN PISTOL BATTLE
Five Men in Evening Clothes
Accused of Hold Up.

Six policemen exchanged revolver shots
early yesterday with seven men who had
dragged Vincent Marci. manager of
Childs restaurant. in 125th street, near
Eighth avenue. into a hallway in goth
street, east Of Seventh avenue. and beaten
him when they found he had not the
nights receipts of the restaurant with
him. Five men We're arrested All were
in evening dress. with silk hats.
Marci. who lives at No. 107 West 18th
street, was taken TO the New York Hos
pital with a broken nose, many cuts on
the face and head and possible fracture
Of the skull.
The policemen had narrow escapes from
the shots. Patrolman Cormick. who broke
his left thumb in a fall. had a button
clipped off his uniform with a bullet \
bullet grazed the right cheek Of Patrol
man Williamson. Patrolman Connolly
dislocated his right wrist in a struggle
with one of the men.
The five prisoners gave their names as
Christopher Morris, driver, Of No 331
West DIST street; George Dunn, laborer,
Of No. pa West 18th street; Thomas
Hines, clerk, of No 351 West 10th street;
Frederick Esch. driver, Of No. 226 West
18th street, and James McAnany, clerk, Of
No. 1867 Park avenue.
Magistrate Freschi, in Jefferson Market
court, held them in $4,000 bail each for
examination tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16
English Stock Market Dis
regards Manufactured
War SCareS.
DECLINE IN DISCOUNTS
DISQUIETING FEATURE
Mexico and Brazil Still the Un-
gueSSable Factors in British
and Other Centres.
LRy cable 20 The Tribune

London, March 15.-London takes a
much more optimistic view OF interna-
tional affairs than the Continent. as IS
evidenced by the course Of the money
markets last week, when thirty-day bills
declined on Thursday TO rs per cent.
when the rate at Paris was pa and at
Berlin 3i2 per cent. OF course, special
features influenced the Continental
centres, Paris, for example, being much
more badly hit than London by the sitla-
ton in Brazil and Mexico, while Berlin
had specious Russian war scare to
combat. as well as preparation for an
unusually heavy liquidation at the end OF
March.
Nevertheless. many conservative brok-
ers see future trouble stored up for Lon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-16
SCOUT" OUT ON RAILROAD
Will Report on Men Who APP
near Worthy of Advancement.

The Canadian Pacific Railroad, which
has forty thousand employees west Of Lake
Superior, has Just appointed a scout
new idea in railroad work.
Not a member OF the staff is to know
who the scout is. His job is 10 travel
over the road necessarily and send in
the names Of employees who appear worthy
material for special advancement. and, in
cidentally, those who chance 70 be impolite
will afterward wonder where the blow
comes from.
The scout Is 70 round out the new sys-
TEN the Canadian Pacific has started
under which every officer OF the road is TO
report twice a year on the disposition,
loyalty, zeal. tact, courtesy and ambition
Of the men under him. Great stress is to
be laid on fairness and courtesy. and TO
set an example the company will permit
every man who is knocked" TO sec the
report and comment on ii.