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The Washington times., 1919-12-01
Pot Charges Cooked Up,
Absurd, and Childish,
Says Consul Jenkins
To Remain in Mexican Prison Until Innocence l.
Proved, He Tells interviewer Treated
and Well Fed-Wife Visits Him Daily.

$4,000 pesos. Jenkins said he
thought then that they were
through and satisfied, but was
'astonished to find that thev
insisted upon him accompanying
them. He argued without avail.
but was finally permitted to say
farewell to his wife and to get
an overcoat from his house.
Two bandits went ahead with
the money and three others ac-
companied Jenkins into the hills,
where they remained until Octo-
Der 26. Jenkins was blindfolded
and transferred from one place
to another, but was not mis-
treated. As a result Of hts sleep
ing outdoors three nights in tho
rain, however, he contracted
rheumatism, from which he Is
still suffering.
"The charges Of collusion were
simply cooked up on FABRICATED
allegations which are childish.
absurd and without foundation"
said Jenkins, There is no. ex-
PLANTATION for them from a basis
Of law. -
OppO0e Ihterve0uon.
II also wish to deny vigorously
the local insinuation that my al
legged action was to promote in
tervention. ! do not favor inter-
vention. For one reason IL would
damage my business here.
II will not provide bail unless
the American State Department
orders me to do SO, because that
would mean protraction Of the
case, with possibly no definite set
tlement.
"Thus far no date has been set
for a trial.
$50 many Of my friends come in
that am unable to give any at
tention to my business, but am
determined to see this through to
q finish"
Jenkins Is q muscular, out-of-
ball player At Vanderbilt Uni
versity. where both he and his
wife went to school. He showed
not the slightest perturbation
over his arrest, but on the con-
trary was perfectly calm and in
good humor.
Vts1ted By Family.
While l was with him Mrs. Jen-
kins and their three-year-oid
daughter. Jane, came on a visit.
The child had no idea that her
father WAS under arrest, but
thought the penitentiary was a
hotel. She leaped into her fathers
lap and greeted him in Spanish.
She speaks English only brok emily.
Jenkins is forty years old and
has spent fourteen years in Pu-
ebla. where he has extensive
business interests including q
blocking factory. n
The consular agent said that
he had enjoyed plentiful
Thanksgiving dinner Of turkey
and cranberries which Mrs. Jen-
kins carried to the penitentiary
from their home. Jenkins said
that he Is building a home In Los
Angeles, where he formerly lived,
and where he expects to settle
down after his affairs in Mexico
are satisfactorily adjusted.
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ment believes utterly unfounded ground alleged for Jen
kins' Imprisonment. =
Try to Ensnare Jenkins,

Wbat conclusion is to be drawn from such reply as the
Mexican government other than there has been studied
effort the part of Mexican authorities ensnare Jenkins
in the ntrcaces of legal proceedings by alleging the
mission of technical oenses and by bringing unsupported
charges against him. for purposes In the first place. to
divert the attention of the American public and the Amer
lean Government and indeed of Mexicans themselves from
the actual situation namely that Pueba the capital of the
state of Pueba and perhaps the second largest city in Mex
without adequate protection from outlaws who nfes
The immediate neighborhood and who were accustomed
openly and freely to visit the city without hindance that
by the failure to furnish adequate protection this district
the Mexican authorities have through their negligence
made possible the abduction of Jenkins and that in har
nony with such attitude the part of the Mexican
authorities they have failed carry out the duty and
obligation incumbent upon them to apprehend and punish
the bandits concerned in the crime Of which jenkins
The victim
And in the second place appears to have been the
purpose of the Mexican government to wful in
difference to the feeling of the American people that has
been aroused to the point of indignation by the exposure
hardshps and physical suffering endured by Jenkins during
his abduction and his subsequent treatment the hands Of
Mexican authorities.
I'm view of the considerations which have been set
forth and in view particularly of the belief of my Govern
ment that the charge against Jenkins deliberate false
swearing unounded the Government the United States
request for the immediate release of Consu
lar Agent Jenkins from further imprisonment.
LANSING"
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
Deaf and Blind Schools.

An appropriation of s20,25O is asked
for the Institution for the Deaf.
For the instruc ion of blind children
Of the District $500 is asked.
Fifty additional privates are pro-
vfded for in the police estimates,
which calls for 4S0 privates of class
3, a decrease of thirteen; 17S priva es
of class 2. an Increase of ninety-two,
and 1876 privates of class /, at q de-
crease of twenty-nine.
An app opr' alton of $40 600 is asked
for the erection of new police sta
tion house in the suburban sec ion of
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
By RALPH H. TURNER,

United Press staff Csrrespondent.
Copyright. 1919. by the United Press.)
MEXICO CITY. Dec. Inter
national developments today in
tensify thu Importance of the
complete declaration Of innocence
made by william O.. Jenkins,
American consular agent in an
exclusive statement given the
United Press in Puebla on Friday.
my innocence will be proved"
said Jenkins. my friends know
1t, and Washington knows 1t. The
books Of my business show that
] was prosperous and did not need
the ransom money"
Jenkins stated that his attor-
ney was seeking to transfer the
case to the federal courts, where,
he said. it belonged.
"If necessary I will remain In
prison and fight II out" declared
the consular agent. 81 hope that
/ will not be the cause Of internA-
tional complications but I am de-
termined to establish my inn0-
cence as quickly as possible.
Calls Charges False.
II understand the charge Of
false declaration. made against me,
is based upon my denial of testi-
mony by poems that I was seen on
a ranch with bandits during the
period Of my abduction. I have
evidence to disprove my presence
there, but have not been given an
opportunity 20 present 1t IN court
Some poems said later that they
gave their testimony through
fear"
Jenkins greeted me cordially. In
a large room formerly an office
on the second floor Of the old peni-
tentiary at Puebla- He said he
was glad to see me, as I was the
first American correspondent he
had seen since his abduction. Oc-
toher 19.
He seemed quite comfortably
located and had no complaint Of
the treatment he had received
sees him daily and IL permit ed
to take hot meals to him from
their no ne. Jenkins has a desk
anu typewriter IN MS room anO -
permitted to keep up his cor
respondence as a consular agent.
A peon prisoner cleans his room
every day.
Describes Hts Kidnapin9.
Jekins describes his kidnap.
ing to me as we walked about
the peniteptiaYy building. point
ing out va rious things OF interest
including an upstairs room con.
tanning many rSwr OF skulls,
ticketed and classified during
the Diaz regime for the study Of
criminology.
It was about 8 o'clock in the
evening. october 10. when Jen-
. kins left his home to inspect his
factory. Five bandits. evidently
hidden in the factory. surprised
him and compelled m TO open the
safe. The bandits took the con-
tents. consisting of more than
The Washington times., 1919-12-01

the District between the Ninth an ;
Tenth precincts.
Two add ditional inspectors are aske :
Tor the Fire Departmen o herwise
no charges In the personnel are pro-
vided for.
Six Meter Fire Engi.ea.
Estimates are submitted for six
new motor driven IRE engines at
$1o.500 each; for ave combination
chemical and hose wagons, motor
driven at $500 each: for three city
service trucks, motor driven. at $500
each; for one aerial hook and ladder
truck. motor driven, $13 500.
Six additional sanitary inspectors
and four additional food inspectors
are aske dior.
The Washington Diet Kitchen win
of $4,000.
For Juvenile Court $3e.73o 10
wanted; rolice Court $12,140 as
against $55 40 last year, Municipal
Court. $32.14O.
Interest on sinking fund is $e75.4os.
the same as last year.
For the support OF convicts. &110,-
600. an increase Of $4,000 is asked.
The Board OF Charities wants $40. so.
as against $2O.5S0 last year: Wash
ington Asylum and Jail, S12S.455. as
against $117,s25 last year: for sup
port OF prisoners at Washington
$4,000 last year; Home for Aged and
Inhrm. $80,S92, which IL . decrease Of
$500.
TrainiuG 0ch0OlA.
The National Training School for
Raw q sk. e-o AnO -hsoh q. a.
-. last year: National Training School
for Girls, $57.6s0. as against $37, $50.
including $4,000 to complete a build
Ing for white girls.
The Tuberculosis Hospital wants
&7S.e40; the Board Of Children's
Guardians. $219.o0o; the Industrial
Home School for Colored Children,
So, 800. as against $34.320.
Tho Industrial Home School for
white children asks $02 40 As against
&41.54O. including $4,000 for the pur-
chase of . new site for the institution: !:
the Municipal Lodging house and
Wood Yard, $34,190. which includes
$4,000 for completing construction
of the lodging house: workhouse and
Reformatory. $273.00o. as against
$2S60O last year; Reformatory
proper. $1e5.2oo. as against &l62. 200
last year.
ee3.2oo Fer National GuarA.
The District National Guard wants
$4,000. as againsb $61 200 last year.
For continuing reclamation and de-
velopment of Anacostia Park. $3.50, 900
is asked, an increase Of &l6O,OO0.
An estimate Of 800. 900 IL made to
provide for installation of an addi-
tional pump to supply the water to
the filters. This would be installed
at the Washington AcQueduct. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 IL asked for a
twenty-inch water main In Illinois
avenue and Grant circle to Georgia
avenue and Military road northwest.
An appropriation Of &126.000 is asked
for thirty-six-inch and thirty-inch
water mains In Rhode Island avenue
northeast
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
FOUR BILLIONS SOUGHT
FOR EXPENSES IN 1921

Total estimates of appropriations
for the expenses of the Government
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1921. are S4.473 696.35S.62
Total estimates. including sinking
fund, except In appropriations for
] $40. are 4.s65.410.031 90 Total esti-
mates exclusive of sinking fund re-
ouirement for 1920 are $4,S65, Al o.
OBJ 81, Moneys payable from the
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
! SSS Ssvsgy wish Gold
I%M"R RELIEF WITHOUT QuiklNE

Don't stay stuffed up Quit blowing
and snuffing! A dose Of 'Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours
until three doses are taken usually
breaks up q severe cold and ends
srippe misery.
The very first dose opens your
clogged-up nostrtls and the air pas-
The Washington times., 1919-12-01

saGes Of the head; stops nose rusnenA
relieves the headache. dullpsaa. teVQps
ishness. sneesing. soreness asA -
nesa
"Pape's Cold Compoun6 10 a.
quickest, surest relief known -
costs only . few cents at drug 0tofUk
no Quinine.
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
Things He'll Like

Mems combs, brushes and things, sensibly
combined in fine toilet cases. We sell them to
men the year around; that shows they are prac-
tica as well as good looking Toilet Sets at 81. SO
to $500.
Mems manicure sets, in neat leather rolls and
cases. Very simple. very practical, yet quite at
tractive and appropriate as gifts. Manicure sets
at $500 to $1,000.
And giving man walking stick would be
giving him the encouragement he has always
wanted to use one. We have simple or elaborate
sticks at 81 to $40.
Silver belt buckles at soc to $780, Dress
Jewely sets at $500 to $500. And lots of other
little things that men appreciate because they
need them.
The Washington times., 1919-12-01
Fss Colds or lnn uenxs

and a. Preventative. take LAXATIVE
BROMO QUfNINE rabletA Look for =.
w. GROVES signature on the boz. sec.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
tennessee Farmers Learning
Value OF Grouping Cattle
For Shipment
PLAN BIG HOG SALES SOON
County Agents Responsible for Success
of the Work-They Have Shown
Farmers With Less Than Carloads
How They Can Increase Profits.
BY G. L. Brehm.

Cooperative marketing in Tonnes
see began with a cooperative ship
ment Of fat cattle from Franklin coun-
ty on April 20, 1918, with the assist
ance Of the county agent, who was in
strumental in organizing the farmers
in his county for this purpose, The
shipment consisted Of ten carloads in
Guiding 263 head of cattle, ranging in
weight from $50 to 1,22S pounds.
Twelve farmers were interested ia the
shipment.
These cattle were consigned to the
st. Louis Stock Yards and were sold
on April %, for prices ranging from
so to $1G.25 per hundred weight. They
netted the farmers S35,S6S.57. The
best load, weighing 1,157 pounds,
brought the high price. Buyers in the
county bid on these cattle before ship
ment at prices ranging from 81 to
S11.25 per hundred weight, according
to the quality and condition of them.
The owner Of the cattle, which sold
for S1G.2j on the st. Louis market,
was offered SIPS per hundred weight
at home. 1t cost about S1.25 per hun
bred weight, including the drift to
market these cattle in st. Louis, but
in spite Of this marketing cost, accord
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

have also asstm d largely ith burden
III set saclt a oc ,ious started
successful!
AT me present time cooperative
markctiu4 is being carried on very
successfully in twelve countles ~ the
state and quite il number more ere
preparing Z g initiate the movement
this fall with hogs, al the same time
hi those counties IN which c0-aperi
tive marketing has been started, the
shipments hayc rapidly increased after
the initial siirmpuI thus showing thEl
such marketing enables farmers 10 gel
the higher prices. OF course. II IS TO-
be expected that there win be one CIR
two in a county marketing lhru
such an association thar Will not be
satisfied ana complain that they did
not get enough for their product.
Most Of the critics are like Il farmer. in
n county whore cooperative market
ing was recently begun under the
guidance of the county agent. This
farmer brought in a boar for ship
ment. The county agent advised him
that it would not pay to ship the boar
and that he should keep it at home,
cut it and then at a later date ship Il
as a stag, in which way it would bring
more money. The farmer insisted that
the boar was no account and wanted
to get rid Of 1t.
True to the advice Of the county
agent the boar only netted S15. The
farmer was dissatisfied and said that
cooperative shipping did not pay. In
other words, he kicked and found
fault with cooperative marketing
rather than with himself. The other
twenty-five farmers were enthusiastic
about the results, inasmuGb as the
shipment netted the farmers 1886 more
than the local market. Accordingly
they called on the county agent to
help them get up another car Of hogs
the following week. While the car
was being loaded the farmer that
had the boar in the previous shipment
came around with twelve hogs to put
in the car.
The products marketed cooperative
ly thus far thru the marketing as
sociations that the county agents have
organized include hogs, cattle, sheep,
chickens, wook sweet potatoes and
Irish potatoes. In ten counties CO.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

Last week closed one month OF
Granger county's public schools
During this time, school officers
state, the attendance has been
good-in most communities the
enrolment is now greater than
any previous year. This is as it
should be, and all the people are
urged by teachers and officers to
cooperate in every way in an eff
fort to keep every boy and girl
in 1.-THE school room during the en-
tire term, and every good citizen
every man or woman interest
ed in the welfare Of the country,
will do so. The compulsory atten .
dance law is a good one but it
can only be enforced when pupil
teacher, parent and officer are
working in harmony. This law,
of course, Furnishes those who
fail or refuse 10 obey its man .
dates, yet il is much better to ere
ate a sentiment favorable to reg
ular attendance than to collect a
fine from the npplioent or TO
place them in Jail. When the peo-
pie are made to see that educa-
ting their children is both a priv
ilege and a duty, no man will sub
NIT to a fine or enter the work
house for not sending them to
school, A few words to the care
less may save much trouble and
expense, and may start some
poor boy in the road to- success.
VIII you help him?
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
KNOX POLAND CHINA PIG
GAINS TWO POUNDS A DAY

A Knox county Poland China forty
three pound, two and a half months
old pig, gained 135 pounds within
three months. He was fed by Roy
Griffey, of the Riverside Pig club.
The young man is the son Of J. A.
Griffey, of Knoxville, r. r, d. No. II.
The pig made the biggest gain dur
ing July, when he put on CT pounds,
a little more than 2 pounds for eaca
day, a greater gain than big hogs use
to make when they were being fed on
strictly a corn ration and a little slop,
This pig was fed on buttermilk,
slightly cooked corn, and was allowed
to Craze on a pasture. The young
owner states that he cleared 1920 on
the increase of the pig during July,
He anticipates that the animal will
make other big gains before he is
%butchered.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
TO DO ON THE
FARM DURING AUGUST

In the Home-Install a water sys-
TEN. Build walks around the house.
Paint the house and sow grass seed in
the yard. Can all that you can. Buy
ginghams and piece goods at sales.
Have your children examined physi-
cally before school begins.
The fall garden and poultry-Plow
all available space plant beans, beets,
cabbage, carrots, collards, mustard,
turnips, spinach, lettuce, radlsh, peas
and endive. Transplant celery. Save
garden seeds. Sell all hens that are
more than m year old.
In the felds-Keep plowed land har-
rowed for clover, alfalfa, and winter
pastures. Seed alfalfa, sweet clover
(inoculate both), red clover and Grim
son clover after the first rain in Au
gust, rye and crimson clover late in
the month. Finish blowing for barley
and oats. Now weeds on pastures and
meadows. In early August turn finish
ing hogs in an early planted patch of
corn and beans, about twenty animals
to the acre. Keep sows on alfalfa or
soy beans. Terrace washing lands.
Get machinery for harvesting corn
crops, stalk and all. Clean all seed
wheat, oats and barley.
With livestock-Feed COWS literally
before calying. Supplement short
pasture with silage or green corn,
sorghum or soy beans. Sell fat steers
in late August or early September
ship in carload lots to central mar
kets, comparatively with neighbors If
necessary. Turn rams with eve flock
later exchange rams with someone
both focks more likely will be safely
bred.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
CREOSOTE PRESERVES
SOFT WOOD FENCE POSTS

Creosote treatment about doubles
the life of the woods ordinarily used
for fence posts. Many species, almost
~valueless u%ntreated, may be made to
last % or more years. Treatment may
be done with a small tank or iron bar
rel in which the creosote can be
heated. Tests show that the life Of
posts may be heightened as follows 4:
Ash from 6 years ~unttSated to 25 years
treated; boEelder from / to rs years
white cedar from Il 20 20 years ca
talpa from II to &c years; cottonwood
from 3 to - years; soft maple from
4 to q years,
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
Car Wrecked;
Thief Dead

While visiting relatives in Nor
ton, Va, a few days ago, Tip Cob
bic Of Shiloh was relieved of his
automobile. He put the car in a
garage and some time during the
night it was stolen and run a few
miles from town where it was
found at-the place Of the accident
and an extra cap near by. Mr..
Gobble is on the opinion thatthere
were two men in the car, one es-
Gaping death, leaving his cap.
The garage people promptly paid
MIR. Gobble for the auto.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

ing to the farmers who were interested
in the shipment and several who went
with the cattle, they realized $1,000
more than the local market offered.
From this initial shipment, co-opera.
tive marketing spread rapidly. Pro
sressive farmers readily e that such
marketing enables them to get the
highest price for these goods. Coop
erative marketing brings the larger
central market, even for the small
farmer with less than a carload of live
stock, in direct competition with the
local market and brings prices to their
highest level. County agents to a
large extent have been responsible for
the success of this work and its rapid
development. They have performed
an Invaluable service for the farmers
IN their respective counties in Great
Ing marketing organizations and show
ing how each farmer, though having
less than a carload, can ship with
other farmers in the same car, getting
all the benefits of the carlot shipper
and yet keep accounts straight so that
each one can get the actual cash value
for his product, according to its quail
fly, less the marketing expense. They
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

'Rutledge looks better than |
ever saw it,, said aformer citizen
the other day. Sure, andit is bet
ter. lows, like individuals, need
a bath and a good scrubbing oc-
casionally. The good women have
cleaned the streets and WhiteWas-
ed the streets and telephones poles
and are asking the general puplic
to help keep the town clean. What
a pity it is not customary to elect
women keepers Of publicproperty
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

The German debt is now about
$25OO per capita. That is, each
man, woman and child owes that
much war debt. II is estimated
that the national wealth is less
than that sum
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

A New York man, weighing
$50 pounds died about the same
time that. an Englishman who tip
ped the scales at 100 went to the
great beyond. T e fats in the
again, perhaps.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04

operative wool sales We're held last
spring, %aggregating 1900 pounds.
This wool sold for prices ranging from
25c to 5SAc per pound, depending on
quality. This was more than many
local markets afiorded. Many local
markets did not offer for clear wool
from individual farmers more than 45c
a pound. These sales resulted in
farmers receiving S3,340.24 more for
their wool by cooperative marketing.
From a business Of S35,S6S.5I done
By eaa. association in 1918 such mar
keting has developed to the point that
from January 1, 1919, to July 81, 1919,
the various associations collectively
IN all products marketed cooperative
ly sold more than S325,000 worth Of
produce for their members. This IS Il
healthy growth of the movement in
one year and is due to the fact that
these associations increased the re-
turns of the farmers 500, 100.
It is significant also that where such
marketing has been started, it is in
variably followed by increased produc-
ton and especially a better grade OF
livestock, thus adding to the prosper
ity of the farmers and the county.
Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1919-09-04
hsmber5 Of 1Aa East Tannosass
Press Association.
Atlast Knoxville has succeeded
in getting herself on the map.

A two-headed snake has been
found by a\Kentucky farmer. pro
wing that there is an oasis in the
desert.