The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 26, 1912, Image 3
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WILL DO MUCH GOOD
WHAT THE AGRICULTIIRAl IX*;
TENSION BILL IS. 1
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LEVEB EXPLAINS BILL
ft# Say* .tliti Pturpoee of Hk? Meware
in to Havo ExpeK in Kvery
^ <^>untjr, Who Will Be 4 to the
Ijaml Wliat the Ikxrtor i? to the
Family.
In tucpLalnlng his agricultural extension
hill to a meeting of bankers
in Washington Congressman Lever
waid his bill Was built upon the idea
of furnishing to every agricultural
county n the United States a trained
man who will bo to the farmer
what the physician is to the family
one to whom the agriculturist may
go for advico as to methods to pursue
to correct tho evils wliicn beset
h inland.
To accomplish this purpose, the
measure proposes a Federal appropriation
of ?3,000,OuO, to l>e expended
over a period of ten years, with
; he states of tho Union subscribing
in equal umount. Belgium and other
European oountries, the speaker
declared, through the introduction
of In tens! re- farming methods, are
producing Pom two and one-half to
three time* as much per acre as
Amor'oa. Were this country to approach
this European f/miIo, he added,
It would bo equivalent to the discovery
of a colony equal in size to
the present territory of the United
Hates.
"Agriculture Is t.h?n nation's greatest
asset," he said, "the agricultural
capitalization is approximately $41,- i
000,000,000. or practically four'
times as much as tho capitalization j
<d tho nation's railroads and nrnh- :
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i.bly four tlmoa as much as the total
capitalisation of its national banks.
"Should tho farm era of the country
determine to ?o upon a etrlkot
for twelvo months, every hank in the
nation would he compelled within a
few brief months to close its doors; i
not a railroad would ho aide to torn !
a wheel, and every city in the land ;
would ho, within six months, upon
the verge of starvation."
"This problem of agriculture," he
continued, "which many of tho un-!
thinking are inclined to laugh and j
sneer at, Is tho most important up
for solution at tho hands of tho]
Arnorlcan people. The h4gh cost of
living is a vital question for the people
of the city. It will never bo
^*fio?ved un-tll wo have solved the problem
of production of food and raiment,
and reached a moro direct
roufo for the passage of these produets
from the man who produces
them to him who consumes.
"How many of you hankers are]
aware that within a radius of Hon j
miles of flie N'nt'onnl Caoltal there j
are living 4 4,200,000 people IS per;
cent, of the country's population, j
VTnre fhnn nor rent of fhis vnst :
number y,ro non-nroducers -of food!
end ra'mfn^. You bankers are tho
intermediaries by which tho producers
are made to produce, and the
consumer fo secure his necessities
at. nrices within his reach.
"In 18S0 more than 70 per cent,
of the nation's population was living
in the rural districts; to-day but
f>3 per cent, of the population is J
rural. In other words nearly half of
(he "emotion is not producing; food
and clothing. Tho farmer struggles
To educate his bovs and Kids, and
(hr?v in turn re to tV>e oitv. Our T)0litical
doctors aro telling these young;
p< onle to go hack to the farms. I do
not agree unless you are going to
guarantee that form conditions arc
going to be hist as good, .lust, pi
wholesome, and Just as attractive an!
the conditions wbteh maintain in
the cities.
.*i "We sept out. bulletins to teach
the farmers, hut about PO per cent,
of them pre thrown away or used to
trundle the fire on cold mornings.
Wo then sent out sneakers to explain.
The farmers did not in many
cases take the advice oforrd. It Is
not that, the farmers Is a fool, but
that he Mas been the worst, humbugged
man in the land. Now to convince
the farmer von must demonitrnte
to Mm right on the farm.
That to what we mean hv extensive
feachin. talking, writing, and demonstrating.
The Department of Agriculture
hps shown through Its demonstrntion
work that we can double nrodnetion.
On R.flOO one-acre Tdots in
South Carolina, cultivated under inir?>
/tVn/1 ?u ut 1( ed a 1 f. (\ d. ?\onri.le r\f /?rvt_ i
j 11 ? mm i .?nn' j/u'i ii'in w i n?iton
voro produced n^r nere. T,vtere?s
the nvrrnyo noro yield under the
J/d'l ?r}?\fhodp v.'is 7?0 nonnds. On
fc.flOO norp plots mattered throughout
ho stete an nvernro yield of com !
rw-r nc-rp 2S bushels. Tvhere^s the'
/j ?* ? * A o i ? 4 /> ?*? o1 o ^ 1 O e^j o]o I
ph's phews that tho time hns p^mo i
when the fermers nerds more then
Rlr??n,'* fnil, street muleq, ptroa?? |
p'e\vqt TTr por-dq ft frolnod bmfp.
The rev'qfon o4' the tariff, the refe^mntion
of the currency nre no
imnortnnt. rrohlamp?In fnet,
thev do not -annronrh In their posul- j
WWtleq of benefit this problem of.
Agriculture. j
"T>Hst y**?r fiflft.OOO ftblo-hodled ,
farmers from the North ires t emigrat?
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UNITE TO AID FARMS
11ANKKKS WIIiL PUSH LKVKR'H
PILL IX SKNATK.
i Y+~t? ft T'Mnnhnounly and Appoint
Committee to Urge Passage
of Measure.
The Washington Post says having
listened to an explanation of the
lever agricultural extension bill, aa
rreaented by its author, Represents
tive Anbury F. I^ever, of South Carolina,
the Rankers' Association of
the District of Columbia, at its meeting
at the New Wlllard Hotel Monday
night of last week, with the
leading financiers of the city present,
Including the directors, as well
u* the active official of practically
every banking Institution in tho National
Capital, unanimously Indorsed
the measure, and named a committee
to urge its adoption by the
Senate at once, It having already
passed tho House of Hepresontativon.
Soon after Mr. Dover had taken
his neat, having reviewed tho Federal
attitude toward tho "greatest profession,"
pointed out the necessity
for inauguration of intensive farraitig,
and complimented Secretary of
.Agriculture, Charles J. Roll, pros!ful
upbuilding of the Department of
Agriculture, Charleq J Hell, preal?
< < nt of the American Security and
Trust Oompnny, Introduced tho following
resolution:
"Resolved, That tho Rankers' Association
of the Distri0* of Cotumb'a,
realising the great benefit which tho
v, hole country will derive from tho
extension of scientific education to
include the. farming Industry, and.
Tenliz'ng the interest which bankers
elsewhere, individually and through
their State associations, are taking
in this subject, unanimously indorso
tho T.ever agricultural extonson bill,
which passed tho House of Representatives
of tho United States this
rear without a dissenting vote, and
has been anpre>ved by t.ho commit
too of flio United Stat os Son a to.
"Resolved, That this association
urpo tho Senate of the United States
to enact th's me<aBuro into law without
delay, to the end that State legislatures
meeting In January, 1913,
may take Immediate stops to secure
tho benefits of the law for their own
States."
Tho resolution was unanimously
adontod. and a committee composed
of Mr. Pell, as chairman; W. V. Cox,
John Joy Edison, Ceorpe W. White,
and himself, was appointed by H. IT.
McKeo, the president, to wait upon
the Senate and advocato tho measure.
ed to Canada. Do you realize the
economic loss? Tn ante-bellum davs
n noero was valued at $1,000. We
must r-'ace a valuation of at least.
? r.. 0 0 0 on each of those farmers.
F'pnre up what the nation lost. The
men moved out because Western
farm lands were too expensive. Under
the old system of agriculture
thoy copld not secure a proner return
on the Investment. Put why
do thro- po Into Cand.a. T ask, when
r'rrht here under the dome of the
C-elfol l?nd may be sn^ed for from
to ?r>0 per acre, which Is equally
as rood an any to bo found elsewhere?"
America,, Mr. Trevor declared, has
| tbrourb Its Department of Av*iou?
fore. Pe State nrrfculturnl collores,
ami t<q ex ner I mont sNt'ons collect,
ed morn agricultural data than any
nation on the earth. Tt has failed to
r?t It to the farmer, however, he added.
TTis demonstrator* will Relent,
plots at different sections throughout
each county, and there r-how to
the farmer what cultivation under
the methods which their experimenting
has revealed will result in.
Tn n?''hp Ms anneal for the sunport
of the hankers In the "Athena
of America," Mr. Lover pointed to
the fact that recently In Madison
Rnuare In New York, he fonnd one
mornlnjr probably 1,000 men asleep
on the benches. The m?m, ho said,
ho was told wonld not. work.
"T could Ree In thrum Id'e men the
prentest menace to the safety of the
country," declared the sneaker.
"When the red of anarchy irons
nr>, and the rumble of revolution reseiipds.
It will not he the cities, hut
the Mils and valleys, the homo of
conservatism, that will supply the
defense for the nations."
Fonmler of fJront Order Heart.
David L. Ilurnett, ono of the five
men who founded the Kn'rlPs of
Pythias, died suddenly at WashlriR'ton
Monday nlp-ht of heart disease,
a red 7.1 years. "Mr. Purnett was born
In Ohio and had been connected with
the Nulled States treasury since
1866.
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Took 1/nu* in Tlwlr T'nefTs.
At Dnlton, Da.. .Tohn Wntklns was
token from his house end severely
1 4 ...til. 4...I1..1. - .1 4 1. !
m'HM'ii w fin nwnriii'ji firni > 'II I rirMfi
dnys to leave the niioo. The notion
in sMd to have fnllovrrl W.n twins' r*vfn^nl
to prt rid of povornl allowed dfPnrdorly
white womon, living in one of
his houpo*.
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rv>n\io^ Mft'n* ''Ismee.
Throe Korehnw Coiioty oonvirts,
two of thorn fiorvfor life sentences, i
rnd the third serving a twentv-vmr |
term, overpowered a ennrd flaturdiT
afternoon and escaped. Thov ?ro!
still at larffe. thovgh every effort la,
being made to cateh them. |
TAFT FttLS (iUOD
CONGRATULATES SOU TH ON ELECTION
OF WILSON
VOTES AS THEY POAYED
Predicted NftOion Wide Prosperity
I'nder tho Now Administration in
a Hpoech He Made to Many Pooplo
in Florida on Hie Way to
Panama.
At St. Augustine, Fla., whore he
stopped on his way to Panama, on
Friday night, President Taft, In a
speech congratulated the South upon
the election of a provident, prodieted
nation wide prosperity under
the new administration and spoke
with prido of the way this nation
takes the quadrennial verdict of the
people at the polls.
The prosidont spoke in the Masonic
Temple and the crowd which listened
to his words cheered him to
the echo, lie gave his philosophy of
politics and closed with a remark
that swept the hall with laughter.
"The only sorrow I have," he
said, "is Hie thought that there will
break in upon the people and pome
Individuals the fact that there are
not enough others to go around."
President Taft said in part:
"Your distinguished chairman.
Senator Fletcher, lias said something
rl>out tbo relations of the North to
the South, and has read from one
of my addresses with reference to
the recent election. I meant every
word I said. I am not taking back
a word, only, I want you to understand
that I was playing the part of a
philosopher nnd was attempting to
find good out of something which
might have been different.
"I had occasion to say when I
visited the South during a previous
election campaign, that I ventured to
think n great many of my audience
would vote one way and pray an
other.
"I did not think that was the ense
in the last campaign? at least, thero
was nothing to indicate it. The
morning after tho election eventhing
wan nettled, everybody acquiesced
arid there was not what in
coloquial terms would bo called n
'kick' anywhere."
President Taft cnen reiterated
some of his former utterances in regard
to the prosperity of the United
States, and added:
"Now we nro going on, I hope, to
great prosperity. We have had groat
crops and everything is ready to
bring about a condition that ought to
last many yea?-s, a condition in
which greater wealth shall be produced
and distributed, in which labor
shall receive good wages and
constant employment, and, therefore,
a condition in which we shall all be
happy."
President Taft then spoke of the
prospect, for closer union
tho North and tho South under tho
new administration, saying:
"I congratulate you, my friends,
on the prospect that in this administration
to come the South and the
North may be hron-.-ot more closely
together, and the South may. natur'
!ly, havo a wider influence because
of tho succcsa of the Democratic
party." *
KIDNAPPER IS OAPT1 RED.
Man Who Stole Idttlo Rojr Now til
Custody ?t Mobile.
Tho alleged kidnapper of fouryear-old
Robert Dunbar, of Ojxdou^as,
Da., for whose apprehension a reward
?>f $ f>,000 has boon offered, was
lodged in the police station at Mobile
Friday after a week's investiga-j
tion by Rurns detectives. At tho
police station the individual gave his
name as Edgar Hooks, 3 5 years or
age, a resident of Rlrm'ngham.
Hooka said that he was a peddler by
occupation.
Tho Dunbar boy strayed from his
man's possession, but Chiof of Police
Crenshaw said that the man under
arrest, despile his denial, knows
where the child ia. A confederate
of Hooks, who is believed to also
know the whereabouts of tho Dunbar
child, is said to be in Macon, Ga.
The Dunbar boy stayed from hta
parents at a picnic, near Opelonsns
several months npo. It was peromely
believed that, the boy was k'dnappcd,
although the theory that ho had
been drowned also was advanced in
view of the fact, that tho picnic was
being hold noor a lako.
fv>n*t Want the Xo<rrot*s.
A secret movement to drive tho
negroes out of oortain north Georgia
counties, which began immediately
after tho rooont riots in Curmning,
has become so widespread that, lendfng
white citizens in porno of the
counties nffoctcd have made an anpea!
to Governor Prown to n'd them
in restoring tranonil conditions.
Threw Itoniba on Jan in a.
A hail of bombs was thrown into
the Turkmh fortroas of Janlna by a
f^eek ii.wtary airman, who flew over
that city in an aeroplane. The
population wu terrorised.
NEST OF CROOKS FOUND I
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HKVKRAL OF THKM AKRESTKD j
IIY THK OFFICKR8. \
The Mob Arretted Have Secured Tea
Million Dollar* bj Hale of AUfi^d I
Fraudulent Stocks.
On a federal indictment charg'ng
fraudulent use of mails In promot- 1
lng stock for a mill where the linen
was supposed to be made in a day,
sii men were arrested in a raid conducted
by postofflce inspectors at the
offices of the Sterling Debenture
Company at New YorTt Friday. Tho
authorities estimate that the yoarly
income of the promoters in this and
other ventures has been more than j
$1,000,000, and that $10,000,000 of \
the public's money has been paid ov- .
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or hi iiioui mucu iui7 ia-^uu uuiiii, ,
business. ]
InfffttorB in many part of the
country are named in tho indictmcnte
rs e??m.pl*?4nieg witnesses, and
the alleged unlawful conspiracy specified
extended over a period of nineteen
months, ending: November 31,
1 909. Government authorities have
been investigating complaints against
tho defendants for six years, they
say:
The men arrested are Frank VV.
S. Hunamaker, former president of
the Sterling Debenture Company, and
Harry IT. Piatt, Samuel K. Findlay,
TO. A. Parron, Wilbur M. Stones and
Sidney Rosenbaurn. They wore hold
in ball aggregating $32,500. Throe
other nmn are named In the indictment.
One of them, according to
news received that night, has been
arrested in Chicago. Tho others nre
believed to be in Drookfield, Masrf.
According to tho indictment, investors
were induced to send money
to tho Sterling Debenture Company
for the purchase of stock in the Ox- (
ford Linen Mills, a Maine corporation,
under the alleged fraudulent ^
representation that tho Oxford Mills
own exclusively patent end secret
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processes that would manufacture
linen from American-grown flax at
one-third the cost of foreign linen
(
and in quicker time. According to .
fhf> nositnf tn.ii t h nrif iah tho Ovfnnt
Linen Mills are not now connected
with tho Sterling Debenture Com- ,
pa ay. ,
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XIXK KILLKI) AM) MLSSI\<L
Fatal Collision Between Rti*eet Car
and Coal Train.
At Ashtabula, O., six persons worn
killed and throe others are missing as
the result of a collision between a
street car and n Lake Shore ana
Michigan Southern coal train shortly
before 9 o'clock Monday night. Tho
bodies of Mrs. W. II. Cook, Mrs.
Frank Hartlett, Mrs. Cieorgo Kltson,
Miss Laura Leabhart and two unidentified
women have been recovered.
All were residents of Ashtabula.
Four In*ured were taken to tho
hospital, one of whom, Ralph Chubb,
in not expected to live. The other
three passengers are believed to be
buried under the wreckage of twenty
loaded coal cars. 'Motorman McCut- .
cheon, of tho street car, was not seriously
injured. ^
Conductor Mullen had gone nhead
to the crossing and is thought to ;
have soon the approaching train. The
crew of the engine jumped Just bo- ]
fore tho engine struck "fh/oar in the (
oent?ro and they escaped injury, i
Workers started at once to dig away
the coal, which is piled nearly fifty |
feet high over the debris of the <
stroet car. 1
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WILL SKItVK TIIKM F1U0K 1
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Railroad to Advertise Southern Sweet
Potatoes. '
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In order to stimulate the use of |
'ho Southern sweet potatoe as a table ?
delicacy, the Southern railway, the i
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific railroad the New Orleans and i
North Eastern railway and the Mo- (
hlle and Ohio railroad served the t
sweet potatoe free In various styles
on their dizinlg care on last Wednes- }
day. t
Special menus wore prepared to ad- (
vertlso the day as "Southern Sweet |
Potato Day" and it announced that f
henceforth the Southern Sweet Pota- }
to will ho regularly Included on din- t
ning cars' menus of these lines. Fly
directing popular attention to all t
their patrons to the toothsome and f
nutritious qualifies of the Southern {
sweet potato and the many ways in
vhich it niny ho prepared, the Southern
railway, the Queen and Present
and the M. and (). are working up the
Idea of enlarging the market for this *
valuable product, of the South, thus t
encouraging the farmers to pay more '
attention to growing sweet potatoes f
as a money crop. ^
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fell Three Thousand Toot.
Charles Wolcott, who fell .1,0001 ^
feet with a balloon In South Amor
ica. 17 years pro. died at Edmonton,
Alberta, Thursday, after an illness
of several months. Wolcott hold <
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the distinction of boinj? the only man ^
so far as is known to recover lroin. i
such a fall. Purine the multiple oj>-! i
orations, which followed, It was no- f
coflpary to lay bar? his spinal cord f
for nio? tacbe*. I
WILL HAVL III WAITj
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IILSON WILL NOT NAME CABINET
FOR SOME TIME
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Hill LOOK OVER NAMES
^w.Irtcnl'Klect Dcclarw H? mil
Kefp Strict Silence About Appointment*
I'ntil Selection Are
(?lten Out In (iencral Statement
by ilitPEielf About March 1.
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*y neuter w. J. nryan or any or t
ho other pioininont Democrats bong
mentioned by politicians generally
for places in the Cabinet of
President-elect Wilson will be appointed
to portfolios probably will
not be definitely known until a few
Jays before inauguration day. Governor
Wilson said Friday night at
Trenton, N. J., that very likely he
would not make a single announcement
of importance until about
March 1.
Within the next twenty-four hours
ho will talk with Mr. Bryan and before
New Year's ho expects to see
Speaker Clark, Representative Underwood,
Senators OXlorman, Hoke
"'nilth, Core and other prominent
Democratic leaders, but he indicated
that ho meant to keep strict silence
about appointments until ready
to make a general statement on the
m b.iect.
"Scattering announcements will be
foolish," he said," even If I had them
to make. I will wait until prettj
late. The time will depend somewhat
on the number of written communications
received. All these letters
recommending individuals for
Mhco are being grouped and will be
token up separately."
Mr. Wilson indicated he would not
tool at liberty to make final decision
until 11) e merits of all possible can filiates
hail been set forth to him.
"What I am sincerely trying to
:!o," he added, "Is to see the Held of
choice nnd try to get as many opinions
as possiblo that are worth
tvhilo."
Tbo President-elect likewise made
it clear that though gossip may may
be heard far anil wide, he would
maintain a policy of silence and
nothing would ho definitely established
until he made tho announcements
over his own signature.
Mr. Wilson wns asked If he believed
he would encounter any di culty
In getting the men desired for Cabinet
portfolios to accept. It had been
suggested that in the case of the Attorney
Generalship noted lawyers often
had 1 eon reluctant to leave their
practice end for this reason many
ihie men were not pushed by their
Trlends.
"That hac not been my experience
thus far," replied the Governor with
a smile. "I've asked some people
and they have been finite ready with
their r.ames."
The Governor received a call from
Holla W'dln, treasurer of the national
Memoi ratio committee and format
M*yor of St. Louis, who brougn.
> bound volume showing rauipauai
Cf utrlhutions and expenditures, a
fitcs'.rmlc of which recen.iy was hlmi
with the f-erk of tho House of Kcp:
eseetaMvf s.
Tho Governor pointed with evident
pride fo the neat tabulations of the
pxpenditureo and contributions with
the thousands of names and items.
"I venture to say," he said, "that
It is a better looking report than the
athor two fellows filed. It is the
host conspectus of its kind I've ever
awn, ana u is an interesting document,
because it's the first report tinier
the law requiring the publicity
campaigns."
Mr. Wells said as he left the Govarnor's
office that he had come merely
to have the satisfaction of presenting
the report in person to the President-elect.
He was asked if he
would continue in national politics.
"No, I merely did a specitlc duty to
which I was called." he said, "and
1o not expect to take an active part
my more."
The Governor seemed to be pleased
with the wide territorial support that
he financial side of the campaign redelved.
He raised his finger over the
1st of places, calling attention to the
'art that contributions were received
'ro?n AmerlcnhS' In Canada, China,
vierico. Ireland. Firvpt. Prunrtor. Hawaii.
Panama, Cuba, Honduras, the
^hllltplnes and Porto Rico. There
'oreign contributions totalled more
ban $2,500.
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Hit Him With an Axe,
I.nthrr MoPap, n weM-to-do farm
>r of Oroonvilln eonntv. find Dook
\ night., a wol! known of tho
:qmo noiobborhood, on on rod in n
lif^oultv Fntvrdnv a ftornnon, wi'h
i>o roRnlt flint: KnbrM was don It two
in tho bond with nn noo and
rortnlly womulod. A ootrro woman,
u \vlin?o honso Mi,-> floht took place,
van tho only wl'nosn.
- Many
up ?<1
Thfrt^-ono oonl rninorq p-^n bot|r?v*d
to hnvo boon Villod bv nn or\1o?don
o* btirk damn i i tho Arobpn)oo
rnlno today. Sir bodfoq bavo hrt<>?<
"ooovorod from tbo i't and or? miner*
\r(s cjtfil mfoofr*<r. Tbo ox?>lr>qfon wo*1
>n r'.ijent that !t !a thought r.!'. w?"
tlltoC
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KJULLEP IN HIS OFFICE
ONE OF THE IIOLDEST MUKUKR8,
SAY THE POLICE.
ChicAgo Diamond Merchant HUin In
Midday In the Center of the Shopping
Dixtrict.
Revenge, acoordlng to the police,
prompted the murder of J. H. Logue,
a diamond merchant, who was killed
in his office in the McVicker Theatre
building, in the center of the
t hopping dietrict of Chicago about
noon Friday.
1 here is no cine to the slayer or
m ? ? ? ? V lo ani/I i/\ h n ir a kAAn
OIU/Vin? lA/fSUC ?0 CHIIU IV UO?C IA7UU
responsible for the sentencing of
some diamond thieves to prison in
190f> or 1906 and police are working
on the theory that they, having
regained their freedom, may have
been implicated In the killing. The
police believe a woman may have
been included in the plot because
Logue was gagged with a black ribbon.
Seventeen knife wounds were in
his body, which caused the revenge
theory to be advanced. He also was
shot in the right shoulder, but the
wound would not have caused death,
physicians said. His mouth was
burned with acid and his skull
crushed. Part of Logue's right
thumb was almost severed, indicating
a hand to hand struggle.
Whether robbery entered Into the
crime has not been determined. The
office safe was looked, but bloody
finger prints and a bloody rag were
found Inside. Clear impressions of
the prints were obtained and the
police hope they may have a valuable
clue. Logue never carried a
.large stock of goods. He was a jobber
and purchased diamonds and
other jewelry only as he thought he
saw a ready market, for them.
Immediately after hearing of the
murder Chief of Police McWeeny
ordered 2f?0 extra policemen from
( allying districts to report to him to
aid in the search for the slayers.
Stephen Doiza, a sixteen-year-old office,
boy and Logue's employee, found
the body on returning from lunch.
When Doiza was questioned by the
police he told of returning to the
office and finding the shade to th*?
front door down and the lock fastened.
Entering with a pass-key he
saw the body of hie employer lying
in a corner partly covered with a
newspaper. Doiza then spread the
aiarm. *
GItKEKS ANI> TUKKS FIGHT
First Naval Ilattlo of tli? War Is
Fought by Them.
A naval engagement between the
Greek and Turkish fleets occurred
Monday between the Dardanelles and
hnhdoH Island. It lasted for one
hour and a half and the damage done
is problematic.
Official reports from the Turkish
and Greek commanders show that the
Turkish warships left the Dardanelles
at 8.20 In ,the morning. The
fight began at 0.25. What ships were
engaged Is not known.
After a heavy eannoading, the
Turks, who throughout had remained
under the protection of the lo ts,
returned within tbo Dardanelles. Tho
Turks claim to have silenced the guns
of tho armed crosier Georgio Areof,
but the Greek account states that on'v
flvo men were wounded.
The whole Grek fleet cruised In the
vicinity until late in tho afternoon,
when Turkish destroyers appeared
again, but quickly retired, pursued by
Greek destroyers. The Turkish commander
makes no mention of casualties,
but says his ships sustained no
damage.
WILL VISIT THE WHITE IIOVKiC
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The Wilsons to be tho Guest of l*rt*v
ident and Mrs. Taft.
Wood row Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
may come to tho White House before
March 4th to spend a day and
night as guests of the President and
Mrs. Taft. The President extended
an invitation to Mr. Wilson while he
was in Hermuda. ft is expected the
visit will bo made in January. The
President and 'Mrs. Taft entertained
at the mansion, unacquainted with
many of the details essential to its
conduct and President Taft believes
Mr. Wilson would like to become
familiar with tho interior arrangement
of his new home and Mrs. Wilson
would like to obtain some tlrst
hand information as how domestic
uiiUMM mo in it ii (i (i mere.
Train Strikes Auto.
Miss Caroline Duboao of Spring
Hill, Tenn., received injuries from
which she died in a local hospital and
her father, W. T. Duboso, a, department
editor on the Atlanta Constitution,
wan badly hurt when an automobile
in which they woro riding
van struck bv a Louisville-Nashville
tiatn near Uartersville, Cla., Saturday.
Outlaw Chief Killed,
^'he career of Arcnrl, a notorius
outlaw chief of the Pbillippines, was
I>r< u^ht to an et\d Wednesday when
ho was killed in a personal encounter
with lieutenant FJ. H. Johnson of
the Philippine constabulary. Two
other outlaws belonging to the sum*
land woro also killed.