1247

Date 1912-12-28

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I, STATES DURING THE YEAR 1912 of One Per Week Has Taken Place. Chicago, Dec. 28 Only fifty-two lynchings, kn wn to be such beyond - doubt, eccurred in the United States im the year now closing, In previous years the number has been much lar- Ber, 190 having been recorded in 1894 and 170 in the year followin: The past ten y number-has been steadily lence Only one year, however, produced fewer lynch- ings than 1912, In 1907 the record shows 51 lynchings, one less than this year. In some of tho there were fows than in almost Southern States mehings in 1912 previous year. the efforts made by governors and prominent citizens to prevent viol- Many of the governors have promptly and energetically to. lynchings, with the declared giving the law free oppor- for the punishment of all al- offenders, white or black. Again, as in the record of former Years, more lynchings occurred in Georgia than in any other State. Lou- feiana ant Florida come next in the list, South Carolina, whose gover nor has gone on record as unoppos- ed to Iynchings in certain cases, had Bix eases of summary execution this year as against only one in the year jo CARDS Finest 1911, Kentucky, with eight lynch- nga in 1811, had a clean slate this , Oklahoma is another ent Ever with w clean tecord for: the past i ths. The figures for Tex- inte Siemeas seuss the orate it sas show fewer -lynchings than in pos 1911, In Mississipp , Alabama and Louisiana the number slightly ex- ceeded that of last year. Drag ane. +. The States outside of the South where lynchings occurred in 1912 re se were-West Virginia, Wyoming,, Mon- tana, North Dakota and California. By 7 States the record 1s as follows: Geor- gia, 14; Louisiana, 8; South Carolina, 6; Florida, 5; Alabama;-4;-Arkansas, 3; Texas, 3; Mississipp , 3; Tennes- see, 1; Wyoming, 1; West. Virginia, 1; Montana, 1; California, 1, and North Dakota 1. : In the fifty-two lynchings the vic tims of all but two were negeoes. Three negresses were included in the list, Alleged crimes against women or girls and the murder of white persons account for Practically al the eases. A singular feature is found in the lynching of the two white m n, both of which occurred in the far north. In each case the victim was accused of-marder: In the town of Joppa, 4 short distance from Rosebud, Mont., Harry Heffner, alleged slayer of Mrs. William Merrill, was taken from the sounty jail by crowd of masked a men and hanged, despite the efforts of se Ae the sheriff and his d puty. The sec- ond lynching occurred at Steele, N. D., where George Baker, charged with the murder of his wife and Yather-in- law, was taken from the jail and hanged by a mob. The lynching was the first recorded in North Dakota in more than a. decade. The lynching in Wyoming was one of the most sensational of the year. Frank Wigfall, a regro who confess- ed to haying made a criminal attack on Mrs. Esther Higgins, an aged wo- man known as the prisoners friend was lynched by the convicts of the State Penitentiary at Rawlins. In the West Virginia lynching the yictim was Walter Johnston, a negro le Stables ) Drivers, Saddle. 8 for Sale, , IEAVY DRAYING, for Sale. McCLAIN PROPRIETOR Horse Repository . a F ee Aven one Rear on Single and d double outfits of all descriptions for sale It idestimated that ther: seventeen hundred residenc ered to city subscribers. ad seaches every home in buerage a daily delivery sin Medicine Hat. over if so Oak e's Drag Store, Present daily output . - thousand persons. The decrease js attributed largely to posse eee eek anes resisting capture. Of,*ne twenty-three hundred papers, the News daily average, over sixteen Ii This should mi isers in the News. Keep this fact when you have something to sell, Y hether prez estate or anything else. a dition to our sixteen hundred city. ns and villages and amongst people who en hundred subscribers amongst the farmers. Total circulation for October ... . . Average daily circulation for October. . Total circulation for November ... mn Average daily circulation for November firl-in Moreer county. Californis s one Iynching Was out of the ofdinary. It occurred on the desert, some thirty miles from the town of Mojave, He was hanged by m n alleged to be employed on the Los Angeles aqueduct. The three negressee who fell yic tims to mob violence were Ann. Bos- ton, who murdered the- wife of a planter at Pinehuret, Ga; Mas son, who was lynched in Panol coun- ty, Texas, for alleged complicity: in the murd r of a white man, and an unknown negress who, together with three negroes, was hanged by a mob in H rris county, Georgia, for the murder of a farmer. Tyler, Texas, furnished the only in- stance of the year where the victim was burned at the stake. On May 26 Dan Davis, a negro who had confese- Wa to a criminal attack on a young white Wotan, Was burned at the stake in one of the main streets of Tyler in the presence of a crowd of two, The foregoing record does not com- prise cases of plain murder or cases where the victim was killed by PARCEL POST AND WHAT TT MEANS New. System mn Will Go. Into Effect in States on Janu- ary 1. Sr ges Washington, Des. 26 The inaugura- tion of the parcels post plan in the United States on Wednesday next, Jan. 1, 1913, will mark one of the most important epochs of the Ameri- cain postal service: The last previous step of importance was taken when the rural free delivery system was into effect fifteen years ago. The introduction of the parcels post sys- tem had been agitated for ten years without matetial progress wh n rur- jal free delivery became a fact, Since then-the-demand for-the introduction of a parcels post system in the Unit- ed States became so Urgent that Congress finally, notwithstanding the most strenuous. opposition from cer- tain interested quarters, yielded to the wishes ofthe people and enacted fa parcels post Jaw. The framing of the law was not Jan easy matter, qs the whole scheme was in the nature of an experiment upon a tremendous scale. It is trug, the framers of the law had for their guidance the laws and regulations of a number of foreign countries where the parcels post has been in suceess- ful operation for many years, but the conditions of the postal service in the United States are so radically different from those of the postal ser- vice in other countries that it was not an easy matter to adapt their laws to American conditions and re- quirements. At last the law was drafted; sub- mitted to Congress. and passed and January 1, 1913, was fixed as the date for its going into effect. The many radical changes in the postal service necessitated by the require- ments of the parcels post, system: im- posed a-tremiendous burden of work upon the postal authorities and dur- ing the last three months several of tie departments worked practially day ded night to complete the pre- parations for the inauguration of the new service. An entirely new series of stamps for the exclusive use of the parcels Bost setifice had to be designed, en- graved, printed and distributed; new scales, with a capacity of eleven pounds, to meet the requirements of the'new weight limit, had to be con- tracted for, manufactured and sent to the various post offices in the country; maps showing the: zones: in- tio which? the country has been divid- ed for the purpose of fixing a grad- uated distance rate, and books con- taining the variows regulations and rules governing the new branch of the postal service had to be printed and distributed among the thous- ands of post offices throughout the country. In addition to all this spec- fal provisions as to space, means of handling the parcels post, etc., hid to be made at all larger offices, so as to have everything in readiness when the law goes into effect next Wednesday. e are between sixteen and es in Medicine,Hat. they realize that owing to the 16 postal dep able time to perfect the the Plan in all its details. The imy nee of the new service can scarcely be adequately estimated at the present time,. It contemplates. the transportation and delivery. by the postal sorvice of the United States of parcels containing matter of the fourth lass, not, exceeding eleven pounds in weight and six feot in cireumferenee from any point reached by the present postal service to any other point reached by that. service. The parcels post setvico of the government extends far beyond the limited sphere of the yarious ex- press companies; over more than one million miles of rural routes and routes, embracing about 60,000: post offices and 285,000 employes con- rates of transportation are a great deal cheaper than the cortecponding an enormous saving to ship- , aside from the greater facilities to. them. Under the new law everything will be mailable that is mailable:now as. tion of thousands of articles of x perishable nature, ete., which hereto- fore were not. mailable at all- Only Hiquor of an alcoholic nature, pois- ons, explosives, inflammable articles, infernal machines, obscene matter, pistols of revolvers, live or dead a: mals or any substance which emits a bad odor and disease germs cannot be mailed by. parcels post. - Perish- able matter, like foodstuffs, fi ete:, will only be accepted for deli ery within a-fifty-mile radius from the mailing point. . AHMED FU B 10 BECOME PRINGE O ALBANIA Preparing to Enter Countr Is Albanian by Descent, Unele of the Khedive of to a correspondent of the Temps. The place of origin of the despatch is not given. The correspondent stated that lona or some neighboring point on the coast. Prince Ahmed Fuad who is of Al- banfan descent recently exchanged visits with Count on Berchthold, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister in whether Prince Ahmed Fuad would be acceptable to the Albanians, de- clared that the question of selecting a head of the state wonld be decided fn accordance with the wishes of the: people after the formation of a definite government: - Prince Ahmed was Inter reported to be on. the way to London to con- duct a personal campaign. ARRESTED Two White Slavers Likely Important Developments Will Follow. Montreal, Dec. With the arrest today of Tony Dani and Gerette Bou- cbard, on a charge of procuring and detaining girls, the police think that they have secured a clue to the gang operating the white slave: traftig) in Montreal, Quebec and Vancouver, declare that sensational developments will follow the present case. STORM IN FRANCE. Paris, Dec. 27 The great storm which prevailed throughout France yesterday and today has caused con- siderable interruption to the tele graph and telephone systems in France and the government announ- ced today that communication with Belgium -and Holland can only be ef- When 0 the city, ote of seven hundred in the 8 44,800 fected withemuch delay. REY. SPIKE, LAND, . and Mrs. F. 1 thepsembers of other friends evening in e evening over . At intyfuncheon was Wtaken which amounted to 32.00, as a Ohrigtmas gift to the clergy - of AM Saints Ghutch. During the even- ing Miss Most assisted Mrs. Brophy railr has been appr Indugtrial Spurs Railways, in entertaining the guests. At the gencral tra ager of the Mis- Wrter Supplies, Sewage, Irrigation close of the entertainment Mr. Ken- souri PacifieTron Mountain system, Maps, Plans, Blue Printing, Ete. neth Bateman, om behalf of Dr. Pat- effective January 1 Room 14, Imperial Bank Building. tinson, tendered a vote of thanks to Medicine Hat. Phone 420. Mr. and Mrs. Brophy for the-pleas- The Daily News delivered in the ant evening spent by all. are now practically completed, but new- ness of the system apd the lack of Previous experience as to its opera- tions, it may develop at first many defects and shoricomirgs which will have to be gradually corrected. The pubHe is expected to be patient and 435,000 miles of rail, boat and star nected with the postal service. The ratesof the express companies, which bepean fourth elass matiter, with the addi- at Head of 20,000. Treeps Paris, Dec. 27 at-uncle of the Khedive of Egypt, is h ol oh +f ef bob bob ob oh pe oh preparing to enter Albania at the + head of 20,000 troops and to proclaim *F COMMUNICATIONS + himself Prince of Albanta according ** af * Prince Ahmed Fitad intends to dis- embark at the Albanian port of Av- Vienna, He was at that time regard- d with anonymous names, even ed as a serious. candidate for the . though the name of the writer ac- throne of Albania. Ismal-Kemal Bey, Companies it- Ed. the Albanian leader, when asked sirved EF the'Maliea dod a collection a TD RETIRE Col. White Biter 40. Years Service Quits on Tuesday Next. * forty years of faitbtal and efficient work in the servies of tho Dominion, Mounted Police, Fow imen jn the anadian civil ser ice exe better Kiiown than Lieu Col, White and fewer still have ren dered more distinguished services to their country, Dorm ia Kae eixtpelive years ago, Lieut. Col, White came to Can- ada as young man and after a short time spent in the service of the Grand Trunk Railway he was ap- iment of Justice, By 1876 he had en to the position of chief clerk. On the onganigation of the North- west Mounted Police Lieut. Col. White was selected by the late Sir John A. Macdonald to take charge of Ottawa, Since that time he bas devoted him- self wholly to affairs in connection with, Western Canada, and no. one has done more to advance the interests of that, section of the country. Since 1878 he has been'at the head of the Northwest, Mounted Poliee an or- ganization famous the world over for its efficiency and discipline. An im- Portant. extension: of his work was undertaken in 1005, when he was ap- Pointed a special commissioner to ad- aminister the government. of the un- organized Northwest Territories, At the time of the coronation of King Edward he was sewarded. with the For more than a/year Lieut. Col. White has been in failing health and. since last spring he has been on leave jof absence. It ig generally expected that his successor as Comptroli the Royal Northwest Mounted will be Laurence Portesque, I. S. O., who is at present: assistant comptrol- ler and accountant of the depart- Mr. Fortesque has been con- mectPd with the Mounted Police since the early days of. the force, having been appointed in 1875. He came to Ottawa from . the West to assist in the administration of the force, and has held the position of assistant comptroller since 1908, b bee eee NOTE While we welcome all com- munications from our readers, we wish it to be thoroughly understood that we do not. nebessarily sub- scribe to or endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents All letters must be signed by the writer, with his full name and street address, for publication, as We publish no communication sign- COME TO THE BOARD OF TRADE MEETING Modicine Hat, Deo. 27th, 1912. Editor News: Mr. Hassard s letter in last Saturday s News; re the Board of Trade for Medicine Hat for 1913, hits the nail on the head. It jis up to the citizens to clect a hive executive, if they want them to keep awake till the next election. IE twelve of fifteen: meet and clect themselves for the ensuing year, how much will you expect done? The Board of Trade is the recognized authority on civie questions th world over, and investors invariably communicate with fhe -Board of Trade when they want reliable in- formation (our preseat acting secre- tary has volumes of correspondence to Prove, this) and when they write to one city they invariably write to several. And the one answering promptly, and giving the best nfor- mation and terms, is the one that gets attention, and consequently the business. Fancy an inv stor writing ja letter to the Secretary of the Board of Trade of Medicine Hat, and getting an answer from some other source, or not at all. What will that man s estimate of the city be? Wopld he be likely to come and in- veStigate for himself? No Medicine Hat would be as if it were not, as far as that man was concerned. Wake up business men and citizens, and come to the City Hall next Thursday evening and elect a Board of Trade executive for 1913 that will not only keep the ball of prosperity rolling, that has already been start- ed, but that will never rest till Medicine Hat has ttained that eminence that its natural resources entitles it to. Yours truly, FINCH. John Thompson Hendrix. of Balti- more, a director and vice-president in arge of traffic of the Western Blary ted land pointed to a clerkship in the Depart-j1, his own defense. of rors and the meeting of legislatures THE, G WEEK Washington, D. C., 28. Presi- ent Taft's return fro Panama will ark the resumption of activities in official circles in the capital after the customary Christmas recess. The pre- sldential party are quite arrive in Washington Tuesday oon, The next day the President md Mrs. ratt Will hold thelr last New Year's re- ception at the gramme established custom of many years will be tall the fune tion beginning at 1 O' lock in the forenoon with the redeption of the members of the cabinet and diploma- tic ozps and continuing through the Hat of the Judiclary,eenators amd re- presentatives, officers of the army and navy and 0 om until the plain people are reached. Both houses of Congress will) re- convene Thursday. In the senate th impeachment trial of: Jadge Robert W. Archbaid of the Commerce Court will be resumed Friday, when Judge Archbald is expected to take the stand Hearings before the House Commit- Specially Selecte BUYS BENDING. Block 22, Lots 21'to 40, each. Block 24, Lots 27 to 28, each. Block, 13, Lots 1 to 40, each. Block 26; Lots 10 and 11, each. Block 18, Lots 27 and 28, each Block 33, Lots 21 to 30, each ... CENTRAL PARK Block 29; Lots 5 and 6, each Block 4, Lot 14, 50 feet tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries fin the so-called North Atlantic ship- ping pool are scheduled to begin on Thursday. The purpose of the inves tigation is to determine whether the commerce between the United States and the South American countries is under the control of a steainship trust. Beginning Monday, - the Interatate Commerce Commission will hold a series of hearings x Washington on the generl subject of transit priv- fleges accorded by railroads to ship- pers. The closing of the ranks dinner of the Republicans, which was first spo- ken of for December 14; has been definitely fixed for next Saturday night at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. President Taft is expected to attend, together with many other leaders of the Republican party to show that the party is a igorous po; litical iamit despite the results of the November electioa. The first few days of the new year will see the inauguration of gover- in many of the States. On New Year's Day new governors will take office in New York, Michigan, Iowa, Mass- echusetts, Maine sad a number of other States. ce Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger, now aid: for inspections. at the Navy Department, will relleve Rear Ad- rival Hugo Osterhaus of the com- mand of the Atlantic fleet Saturday, and will take the fleet at once to southern waters for a series of oeuvres. z The first day of the year, ual, will see a number of Important changes in the Government servico, the. putting into ffect of new laws and regulations and the inauguration of new policies by great industrial end financial. corporations. By far the most irportant event of its kind will be the inauguration of the Par- cele. Post service, which will become an accomplished fact next Wednesday after many years of agitation and dis- cussion. What is probably the broadest pen- sion policy yet adopted by an Am- erican corporation for the benefit of its employees will be put into effect the first of the year by the Bell in- teresas, embracing the American -Tel- ephone and Telegraph Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company fand their affiliated concerns. A fund for 10,000,000 has been set aside to provide pensions, sick and. accident benefits and life insurance for the 15,000 employees of the compa: Besides eiiployees the uew. plan will include their families and depend- ents. : The centenary of the birth of Sir Isaac Pitman, the faventor of the ac- cepted. system of shorthand now in use thronghout a large part of the world, will be commemorated Satur- day with dinners and meetings in London, New York, and many other leading cities, at which speeches will be made by many eminent educators and business;men. Sir Isaac Pitman, Was torn In the town of Trowbridge, England, January 4, 1913. The sys- tem of shorthand of which he was the author is employed today in report- ing the proceedings of every legisla- tive body and every law court in which the English language is spok- en, Tt has been adapted to twenty different languages, Shilohb Sit ERY Wind FOR SALE BLACKSMITH SHOP IN SEVEN PERSONS. Tools, forge and complete equipment for carrying on businet Must be sold to close up estate, Full information as to price, terms, etc. upOn application to U8 BOWMAN, Seven Persons, SUBFORIBF NOW for the Daily New BARTLETT GRASSIE CIVIL ENGINEERS, Dominion and Alberta Land Surveyors 184-12t city, 35 a month Subscribe now for the Daily Ne weghaeins isa: Block 17, Lots 47 and 48, facing park, each .. Bloek 11, Lots 3 and 4, each Block 20, Lots 49 and 50, each .............. Block 10, Lots 1 and 2, corner, each ... Bloek 10, Lots 39 and 40, orn r, each . Block 10, Lots 3 to 18, each yer 10, Lots 21 and 22, corner, each .... loek 10, Lots 23 to 38, each .. Block 26, Lots 29 and 30; each . Block 26, Lots 37 and 38, eath . . Block 31, Lots 19 and 20, corner, Block 31, Lots 23 and 24, each . Block 5, Lots Block 35, Lots 1 to 10, en ioe, each Block 31, Lots 1 to 10, en bloc, each HERALD. Block D, Lot 8 (60x280) Esplanade - Block 19, Lots.6 to-11, each . Block 20, Lots 23 and 24, Ci hland) ... Block 20, Lots 27 and 28, Hi land), each Block G, Lots 12'and 13, Esplanade, each Bloek ei Lots 4 and 5, Esplanade, each .... Block 1, Lots 6 and 7, Esplanade, each .... Block 2, Lots'31 and 30, each . Block 17, Lots 15 to 18, each Block 14, Lots 25 and 26, Toronto, each . HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX Block 28, Lots 1 and 2, corner, each Block 29) Lot 21, cash... . Block 34, Lots 3 to 7, each i z Block 34, Lots 1 and 2, 8 and 9, each . Bloek 31, Lots 11 and 12, each Block 27, Lots 21 and 22, each . HILL DIVISION Block 29, Lots 21 to 30, (Highland) each .... Block 27, Lots 39 and 40, corner, each ...:.- OLD TOWNSITE Block 49, Bot 6, House, Ottawa St. .. Lots 38 and 34, per foot, .... Block 30, Lots 9 and 10, each d Block 84, Lot 16, Braemar lt;.. Block 18, Lot A, Esplanade, hotise . Bloek 85, Lot 10, corner, house,. . Block 82, Lots 37 and 38, (265 ft. on Highland 5500 Block 36, Lot 3, 50 ft, on North Railway . . ... 20,000 Block 86, Lots 9 and 10, ae. Braemar) 10,000 Block a7 Lots 5 and 6, .. 15, 000 Block 80, Lot 28, Ottawa, ... 3500. Block 80, Lot 26, Ottawa, .: 4000 Block. 82, Lot 8, Ottawa Sp 3500. Block 94, Lot 14, 9 room house, Roy ae 6500 soUuUTH YUILL Bloc: 17, Lots 4 and 5, ... Block 13, Lots 11 to 16, .. Block 4, Lot 5 Block 17, Let4.. Block 15, Lot 9. NORTH YUILL Block 1, 54 ft. on East Allowance, with two 7-roomed houses. Terms easy Block 7, Lot 5, Rs... Bloek 4, Lots 1 and 2, .. Block 6, Lot 4. Block 6, Lot 8, house... . Block 7, Lot 15, new T-roomed house, - Block E, Lots 1 to 5, 250x380 ft . NORWOOD Block 18, Lots 1 to 17; each... ... Block 1, Lots 1 to 24, each .. Block 1, Lots 41 to 48, each . ROSEMONT Block 1, Lots 31 to 36, each-...2.... aaa ROSEDALE Block 10, Lot 9, house .. .; Block 8, Lot 10. CITY vIEWw Block 20, Lots 1 and 2, cach Block 21, Lots l-and 2, each RIVERSIDE Block 12, Lots 37-to 40,-si90...-. iarewwilees , ALTAWANA Block 20, Lots 4 to 7, each ss PHONE 920. Niblock Tull, Limited ) Room No. 8, Imperial Bank Sieg: 7 Fourth Avenue, Medicine Hat.

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