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THE MORNING OREGOyiAN, SATURDAY, APRIL, 13, 19Q7.
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MONEY TO START
PEACE PILGRIMS
Stead Announces His Scheme
and Shower of Silver
Follows.
BRAINY MEN AT PITTSBURG
Carnegie Institute Ceremonies Give
Great Peace Advocate Opportun
ity to Denounce the Yellow Ed-
ilors for Provoking War.
PITTSBURG, April 12 William T. Stead,
editor of the Review of Reviews, of Lon
don, at the re-dedicatlon ceremonies of
the Carnegie Institute, of Pittsburg, today
announced a plan to raise ROO.OOu neces
sary to conduct a pilgrimage from all
countries to The Hague Conference. To
raise this sum he proposed that every col
lege and university student in the United
States donate 50 cents toward the fund.
H mid the lesson furnished to Europe by
such a movement would be an influential I
factor in the quest of International peace.
After much applause by the audience Mr.
Stead said probably his hearers would like
to contribute. Immediately a shower of
silver money landed on the stage, coming
from all parts of the hall. Mr. Stead said:
Editors Alone Provoke War.
I have just made a journey through 10
countries for the purpose of finding what is
to be the next step for international peace.
I have seen three Kings, two Queens, one
Prince Regent and all the Prime Ministers,
Foreign Ministers, Ambassadors and public
men that were worth seeing. And I found
them unanimous upon two subjects. The
nrst was that they w-ere quite sure that,
whatever might be the case with the other
nine countries, they ctuld declare with cer
tainty that their government and their na
tion were almost absolutely devoted to
peace and moat resolutely determined 'to
prevent war. The second point upon which
they were all agreed was that the greatest.
If not the only, danger to the peace of the
world lay in the existence of a large num
ber of violent, unscrupulous and irrespons
ible newspapers, which were constantly en
gaged in maktng mischief. The Imperial
Chancellor of Germany, Prince von Buelow,
aid to me:
"The Emperor is for peace, the King Is
for peace, all the Governments are for
peace, the Parliaments are for peace and
the great Industrial and commercial classes
are for peace. Only the Journalists are for
war. And diplomats have to spend all their
time In running about here and there trying
to put out the fires which the newspapers
kindle."
Would Hang 13 Editors.
Eighteen years ago the German Ambassa
lor In Russia told me that the peace of the
world could be secured by the hanging of
la editors. At Washington the pther day
in eminent American said the newspapers
here, as in the old world, rendered the task
f the Government in maintaining peace
very difficult and suggested as the only
remedy the electrocution chair.
Mr. Stead did not Hesitate to declare
that in the discussion of International
iffalrs the liberty of the press has "in
many scandalous instances degenerat
ed into a license which Is at this mo
ment the gravest danger which threat
rns the peace of the world." Continu
ing, he said:
Standing here as it were upon the house
top of the world and knowing that my voice
will be heard throughout all the continents,
I proclaim the truth which all responsible
men recognize, but which none dare to de
clare, that the irresponsible license of the
press has increased and must be evaded, not
nly in the Interest of international peace,
but In the Interest of the press Itself.
Imprison Yellow Editors.
The speaker said lie did not recom
mend either the gallows' or the elec
tric chair, but said It ought not to be
beyond the resources of civilization for
laws to be passed which would confine
to prison any journalist who could be
convicted by 12 jurors, good men and
true, of having made false or mislead
ing statements In scare heads or in the
body of his paper which were calculat
ed to Inflame national animosity
against the neighboring nation and so
endanger the maintenance of peace.
ltanquet and Kaiser's Gifts).
A banquet by the trustees of the Carne
gie Institute in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
rurnegle was held tonight at the Hotel
Schenley. All the foreign and American
ruests attended. Three large chests of
books) were presented to the Institute to
lay by Emperor William through his per
onal representative, Lieutenant-General
Alfred P. von Loewenfeld. Among the
speakers today were: Sir William Henry
Preece. London; Ernest von Ihne. Berlin;
Blr Robert 8. Ball, London; Lleutenant
Reneral von Loewenfeld. , Berlin, and
Leonce Benedite, rarl.
Tomorrow afternoon the -lsitors will go
to the mill district, where they will be
riven an opportunity to see the great mills
In operation.
Visitors See Technical Schools.
The proceedings began with an inspec
tion by the American and foreign guests
f the various departments of the Carne
rle technical schools. The visitors were
conducted through the schools by the
board of trustees, and much Interest was
manifested In the work of the students,
the schools being in full operation during
the Inspection.
Following the inspection of the schools
the guests went to the Hotel Schenley,
rbere those entitled to wear academic
tress prepared for the meeting of the
universities, colleges and learned societies
In Belgium, Canada. Cuba. France, Ger
many, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden,
Switzerland and the United States, which
was hejd in the music hall. Several im
portant educational addresses were sched
uled for delivery, but. owing to the near
iptwoach of noon, they were dispensed
with until a later time. At noon all the
guests boarded automobiles and were
taken to the Allegheny Country Club,
where luncheon was served.
Speeches by Foreign Delegates.
At the afternoon session, when Presi
dent Frew called the assembly to order,
the music hall was well filled. The first
speaker presented was Sir Robert Ball,
director of the Cambridge observatory and
professor of astronomy and geometry at
Cambridge University. His address was
upon "The Solution of a Great Scientific
Difficulty." in which he explained the
maintenance of the heat of the sun
through a period of many millions of
years.
Lieutenant-General Loewenfeld, Emper
or William's personal representative, and
M. Leonce Penedlte, director of the Lux
emburg. galleries, Paris, addressed the au
dience. Sir William Henry Preece fol
lowed upon the topic "The Connection Be
tween Science and Engineering.'
Mr. Carnegie was so fatigued because of
yesterday's events attending the dedica
tion of the Institute that he was unable
to be present at the exercises today.
Police Believe Slagel Crazy.
PITTSBURG. April 1". Frederick
Glagel. the German arrested at the en
trance to the Hotel Schenley yester
day, while trying to force his way
in to see Andrew Carnegie, was sent
to jail for five days by a Police Mag
istrate today. Slagel spent last night
singing German religious songs. The
police believe he Is demented.
The prisoner said he came to Pitts
burg last Wednesday from Los An
geles, and had been employed upon the
farm of Harry Pratt, near Sacramento,
having left there three weeks ago.
ROCKEFELLER IS WITH HIM
Sends Carnegie Congratulations and
Gets Cordial Response.
PITTSBURG. April 12. John D. Rocke
feller In a letter to Andrew Carnegie
today congratulated the donor of the Car
negie Institute upon the rededicatlon. The
letter follows:
Please accept my hearty congratulations
on your great and good speech on the dedi
cation of Carnegie Institute in your home
city of Pittsburg. It has the right ring.
I am with you. You have my best wishes
for the success of all your grand efforts to
help your fellow-men. I hope and trust
that our prosperous men the country over
will be stimulated to emulate your noble
example. I believe that untold good will
result therefrom.
Mr. Carnegie replied:
Many thanks, fellow-worker, in the task
of distributing surplus wealth for the good
of others. I clasp your hand. Tour con
gratulations highly valued.
ONE DOLLAR SAVES A LIFE
t
AMERICA URGED TO GIVE $3,
000,000 FOR CHINESE.
Famine Sufferers Eat Children and
Whole Families Are Found
Dead Work of Relief.
SHANGHAI. China, April 12. Tele-
gams received here from 20 points In
the famine district reported that the con
ditions are growing worse.
The Chinese government and people,
up to date, nave contriDutea more
four million dollars for famine relief, and
the sums received from all foreign
sources total half a million dollars, in
cluding the supplies o'i their way from
America.
The Chinese Viceroy and Governor tele
graphed today to the American Consul,
Mr. Rodtrers, their thanks for the relief
sent, saying that it is dissipating the
anti-foreign sentiment which animated
the masses.
There arc 50 missionaries with the high
er class of Chinese engaged in oversee
ing the relief distribution.
Confucianists. Catholics and Protestants
are working together. The telegraph of
ficials are carrying free all messages to
and from the relief works, and the steam
ship companies are furnishing free trans
portation for supplies of food, etc., ior
the sufferers.
Twentv thousand of the famine suffer
ers are employed in building dams and
canals to prevent a recurrence or tne
floods.
The relief committee here is promptly
sending supplies to the front, but the
funds are not yet lnlts possession. Meas
ures adopted up to date are inadequate.
Ten million persons are suffering from
lack of food and facing starvation.
The members of the committee at tne
front report that they find the bodies of
the sufferers bloated, and their faces
turn green or black as the result . of
starvation. The people are pulling up
the growing crops for food. Whole fami
lies have been found dead In their
houses, and corpses are seen lying by
the roadside. Probably 5000 persons are
dying daily from starvation.
A few cases of rioting ror rood nave
occurred, and cannibalism is beginning to
bo reported, liraves nave oeen nnea oi
tlie bodies and parents are exchanging
their children to be eaten.
A dollar, the relief committee reports.
will save one life until the harvest. June
25, and $10,000,000 is needed. The whole
amount cannot be raised In China. The
situation is desperate, and Americans are
urged to give $3,000,000 in the next three
weeks, not for Christian, but for humani
tarian works. It Is suggested that it
would be best to cable money to the Con
sul here, James Linn Rodgers, as sup
plies can be purchased in Shanghai.
BANISH DISEASE SPECTRE
Des Moines People Organize a "So
ciety of Eternal Youth."
CHICAGO. April 12. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Des Moines, la., says:
"The First Society of Eternal Youth
is the name of an organization founded
here which has for its object the prolong
ation of life, and which proposes to tine
every member who becomes sick. That
the association is in earnest is evidenced
by the fact that 100 men already have en
rolled in the scheme, the preamble of
which reads as follows:
'The special object and business of this
society 6hall be to renew and perpetuate
the mental, moral and physical youth and
strength of all its members, to build up
and continue In the highest degree the
mental vigor in each Individual member
and imperatively requiting from each and
every member that he live the life of
health, thereby contributing his share In
banishing the spectre of disease and death
from the face of the earth.
"Any member who is reported sick from
any disease and so remains sick and Is
confined to his bed for a continuous pe
riod of three days or more shall be fined
in a sum not less than $1. nor more than
$10 for the first offense. For the second of
fense under this article any member shall
be susponded from membership, and for
the third offense of any member In viola
tion of this article, expulsion from the so
ciety shall be the penalty."
All members, upon Joining, must sign &
pledge that he or she will continually as
sert that there is nothing but custom and
habit of thought that causes people to be
sick, grow old and die.
HIS POWERSARE IGNORED
.Incite on Mexican Boundary Resents
Executive Interference.
EL PAS, Tex., April 12. In response
to requests from the Department of State
and the Department of Justice at wash
ington that the 65 sequestration suits in
volving title to the land In the lower part
of the city be postponed in tne Feaeral
Court until the International Boundary
Commission could pass upon the matter.
Judge T. S. Maxey. of the United States
Circuit Court, today continued the cases.
He took occasion to say that he believed
that the executive department at Wash
ington was probably Interfering with the
Jurisdiction of the Federal Court In the
matter.
Attorneys for the railroads Interested
called Judge Maxey s attention to the
danger of trouble with the 4000 people liv
ing upon the land in question, and the
Judge said he could guarantee Federal
protection.
Judge Maxey also announced that he
would continue to exercise jurisdiction
over the affected land and refused to en
tertain the plea of certain alleged smug
glers who had been arrested in the dis
puted territory that they were taken on
Mexican soil and that the United States
had no right to arrest them there.
DDUMA IN FRENZY
Storms at Demand for Exclu
sion of Members.
BECAUSE OF INDICTMENT
Defense of Russian Courts Met With
Ridicule and Denunciation Sup
porters of the Autocracy Are
Called Real Revolutionists.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 13. A demand
for the exclusion from Parliament of three
Socialist Deputies pending their trial for
political offenses, submitted to the lower
house of Parliament by the Minister of
Justice, M. CKtcheglovltoff, caused great
excitement at today's' session. The prose
cutions of the Deputies were Instituted in
the provincial courts for acts committed
before the convocation of Parliament.
Two of the men, L. F. Gerus, a teacher
and Social Revolutionist, and A. A.
Kusznetzotf, Social Democrat, of Sim
birsk, are accused of being Socialists and
therefore members of a party contemplat
ing the overthrow of the state. The third,
M. Kupstas, a peasant land-owner of
Kovno, who was returned a member of
the Left party, is charged with making
revolutionary speeches.
Might Exclude Many Members.
The Constitutional Democrats proposed
to refer the Minister's demand to a com
mittee, but the Socialists and Social Revo
lutionists Insisted on an immediate flat
refusal, in order to place the House on
record against the classlflcatlon as crimes
of such acts as the three Deputies are
charged with.
M. Alexlnsky, Social Democrat of St.
Petersburg, in an excited speech pointed
out that a recognition of the Minister's
right to demand the Deputies' exclusion
might lead to the exclusion of a third of
the members of the House.
The Minister of Justice defended his
demand. He said the law clearly provided
for the temporary suspension of Deputies
Indicted for criminal acts. The House,
he insisted, had no discretion in the mat
ter, and he further asserted that the Rus
sian courts were above suspicion, a state
ment which was greeted with ironical
laughter.
Denounce the Judges.
M. Chtcheglovitoff's remarks were blunt
and provoked a series of fiery answers.
which roused the House Into the nrst
great excitement of the present session.
Even the Constitutional Democrats were
swept off their feet. The rule closing the
sitting at 6 o clock was suspended and
the House shook with applause as speaker
after speaker denounced the Russian Ju
dicial system as a travesty on justice.
M. Teslinko, Constitutional Democrat of
Moscow, declared that for 40 years tho
Ministers of Justice had been tearing out
pages from the code of Russian laws un
til nothing but the covers remained. The
prosecuting attorneys, he declared, were
graduates of gendarme officers and the
Judges creatures of the present regime.
Calls Other Party Revolutionists.
M. Azemoff, Constitutional Democrat,
referred to the fact that in the Indict
ment of M. Kuznetzoft he was declared a
revolutionist, a phrase of speech appealing
to the overthrow or the autocracy, -turning
dramatically to the Minister of Jus
tice, M. Azemoff asked whether Russia
was still an autocracy, for 'if so, the
manifesto of October 30 was a lie and, if
not, then the defenders of the autocracy
wero the real revolutionists."
M. Alexinsky proposed that troops be
brought in to arrest the Deputies and
thereby complete tho humiliation of Par
liament. The Constitutional Democratic resolu
tion to refer the demand of the Minister
of Justice to a committee, which was
opposed by both the Socialists and govern
ment, was carried by a vote of 1ST to lio.
On account of the Increasing mass of
committee work, morning sessions were
discontinued.
STOLYPIN'S PEACE MISSIVE
Shows Desire of Cabinet to Co-op
erate With Douma.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 12. Simul
taneously with his official letter threaten
ing to use the police to keep strangers
out of the Douma, Premier Stolypin today
sent a private letter to M. Golovln, presi
dent of the lower house, couched In the
most courteous terms and recommending
that. If it is absolutely necessary to ex
amine experts, the meeting should be ar
ranged in private apartments. The Pre
mier said he had no objection to this
method, but he considered the. presence of
private persons In the Douma to be
Illegal.
The Premier's letter is considered to be
a step toward bringing about a more in
timate understanding between the Cabinet
and Parliament. The Premier clearly ex
presses the opinion that there Is no rea
son for a further straining of te rela
tions between the government and the
Douma and distinctly voices the hope that
they will be able to co-operate.
This is the first time Premier Stolypin
has expressed any solicitude regarding
the fate of the Douma.
Mob Threatens Jews.
GOMEL, Russia, April 12. A band of re
actionist rowdies, armed with revolvers
and knives, paraded the principal streets
here today, entering all the Jewish stores
and ordering the merchants to leave town
within three days under protection of
death.
Representative Jews have telegraphed to
Premier Stolypin and the Governor of
Mohliev, asking for protection.
HAGUE DELEGATES NAMED
Roosevelt Appoints Representatives
at Peace Conference.
WASHINGTON. April 12. Today's Cab
inet meeting was the shortest that has
been held for sometime. The session
lasted only half an hour. At its conclu
sion the names of the delegates to the
Peace Conference were announced. Ow
ing to the growing Importance of the ap
proaching congress and the extension of
the programme, the number of delegates
has been slightly increased.
As announced today the American dele
gates will be as follows: Joseph H.
Choate, former Ambassador to Great
Britain: General Horace Porter, former
Ambassador to France: U. M. Rose, of
Arkansas, former president of the Ameri
can Bar Association: David Jayne Hill,
American Minister to The Netherlands;
Brigadier-General George B. Davis,
Judge-Advocate-General. U. S. A., and
formerly professor of International law
at the United States Military Academy;
Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry. U. 8.
N. : William I. Buchanan, formerly Min
ister to Argentine and to Panama, and
chairman of the American delegation to
the Rio conference; secretaries, William
Chandler Hale, of Maine, formerly Sec
retary of the American Embassy at Vi
enna and the son of Senator Hale, of
Maine; James Brown Scott, solicitor of
the Department of State; Expert Attache
Charles Henry Butler, reporter of the
United States Supreme Court.
The delegates will sail from New York
for The Hague about the middle of May.
FRANCE DOES NOT TAKE SIDES
Germany and Austria Oppose Com
promise With Britain.
PARIS. April 12. Ministerial circles
here have not taken a definite attitude
relative to the question of discussing the
limitation of armaments at the Hague
conference or, at least, they maintain
reserve upon the subject.
Semi-official advices received here from
Berlin and Vienna declare that Germany
and Austria are utterly opposed to the
Italian proposition, whose object Is to
conciliate the German and British view
points. Austria and Germany to Confer.
BERLIN, April 12. Announcement is
made that Baron von Arhenthal. Austrian
premier, is about to visit Berlin to dis
cuss with the Emperor, Prince von
Buelow and the Foreign Office the final at
titude of Austria and Germany at the
Hague conference, especially concerning
the question of disarmament.
Kingston Puts on Quarantine.
KINGSTON. April 12. A strict quaran
tine is being maintained against vessels
from Cuba and Trinidad where yellow fe
ver has appeared.
EflRTHQUAKEJlCTIM LOST
STRANGE STORY OF MISSING
SAN FRANCISCO LAWYER.
Goes Fast, Wrecked by Disaster and
Disappears Companion Reports
Safe Arrival in New York.
NEW YORK, April 12. The police
were asked tonight to aid in a search
for Walter Campbell Stevens, an attor
ney, who Is supposed to have arrived
in this city March g from San Fran
cisco, where he broke down physical
ly as the result of his experience dur
ing the earthquake. The case was
reported by H. P. Stevens, manager of
a brokerage house and a brother of
the missing man.
The lawyer came East in company
with a man described by the police as
P. Fechter, of Middletown, Fa., a diver
In the employ of the Government. Both
were furnished transportation by the
relief committee. On March 6 Stevens
hand baggage was placed In the West
Shore railroad station parcel-room at
Weehawken, N. J. Stevens did not re
turn for his baggage, nor did he go to
the home of a sister, where he had
been expected. Three weeks later the
sister received a letter posted in New
York, in which were enclosed several
checks she had sent to her brother in
San Francisco, and also the checks for
his baggage in Weehawken.
Subsequently, the relief committee,
the police say, received a post card
from Fechter, dated Middletown, Pa.,
March 9, in which he announced the
safe arrival of Stevens and himself
in New York.
AUTO HIT BY TROLLEY CAR
Two Prominent Milwaukee People
Are Badly Injured.
CHICAGO. April 12. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Milwaukee says Frederick
Pabst, a millionaire brewer, and Mrs.
Leon Barnickel, wife of a well-known ath
letic instructor, were seriously hurt last
night in an automobile accident. Both
are at Trinity Hospital, but will recover.
Mr. Pabst left home a short time before
to meet the manager of one of his
ranches. On his way down town he met
Mrs. Barnickel, a friend of the family.
She was on her way to the Armory to
meet her husband, with whom she was
going to the dog show.
Mr. Pabst invited her Into the automo
bile and started for the Armory, when
they were run down by a trolley car.
Mrs. Barnickel was thrown to the pave
ment, while Mr. Pabst remained in his
wrecked automobile and was dragged 150
feet over the muddy pavement. Both were
picked up unconscious and carried to a
drug store and then removed to the Tri
nity City Hospital by the ambulance.
Mrs. Barnickel is the most seriously
hurt. Her face is cut and bruised, and it
is feared she will be disfigured for life.
Mr. Pabst says his most serious injuries
are about, the head. Both will recover.
Jury in Murder Case Disagrees.
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 12.
Unable to agree upon a verdict, the Jury
In the case of Corporal William F. Wine
berger, charged with killing Private Fred
erick Gosney, January 26 last, was today
discharged. Wlneberger was remanded to
Jail.
Call Another Special Venire.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. April 12. It will be
necessary to summon another special
venire to complete the Jury to try Bill
Britton, of Breathitt County, charged
with the assassination of James Cockrill.
Only nine jurors have been secured.
Miss Carter on Her Way East.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12. Miss C. J.
Carter, daughter of the Governor of Ha
waii, arrived In the city today on the
steamship Korea on her way East.
WHOM DEMOCRATS LOVE
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lelogrrams working on pivots. There
were two rings for pens, two ink
stands and a wide, table. One pen
was filled with Ink 'and placed In one
holder. Then Jefferson- took the other
pen, placed it through the ring and
wrote with it, the first pen making
exactly the same marks as the one he
was guiding with his hand. When it
is remembered that the pens were
quills and had to be trimmed frequent
ly, that both pens had to be kept
Inked and that the weight of the In
strument had to be moved with every
stro-re of the pen, and that Mr. Jeffer
son had a stiff right wrist then one
will have some Idea of what he would
endure in personal discomfort for th
sake of the method which forced him
to keep copies of his letters.
Secrets of 16 Tears.
When he entered President Washing
ton's Cabinet as Secretary of State and
there met Alexander Hamilton, Secretary
of the Treasury, all through the battle
royal which ensued between them he
maintained his writing habit. He kept
notes of what went on at the cabinet
meetings, making them on envelopes and
stray bits of paper and afterward copy
ing them m a book. He kept up that
habit until Just before he retired from
his second term as President to return
to private life. These scraps and notes
he published under the title of "The
Anas of Thomas Jefferson," "anas" being
a meaningless word of his own Inven
tion, The publication of the notes,
giving as they did the most intimate
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secrets of the first 16 years of Federal
administration, caused some bitter con
troversies, many of which are not yet
settled.
Famous as Fiddler.
Fighting for personal freedom was the
serious business of his life, writing letters
and notes 'his chief occupation, playing
the fiddle and higher mathematics were
his recreations and amusements, and
building houses his reckless dissipation.
In late years there has been an attempt
to tear down the reputation of Mr. Jef
ferson as a fiddler. One late biographer
says he was the worst fiddler In Vir
ginia. Writers of his time credit him
with being one of the best. Whatever
the truth may be about his Addling
ability. It is of record that, when all the
bloods In Virginia were worshipping at
the shrine of the pretty widow, Martha
Skelton. Mr. Jefferson went with his
violin and Martha played on the harp
sichord. Three beaux who had come for
mlle8 to pay court, stopped in the hall
and listened.
"That's Tom Jefferson's fiddle," said
one. '
"Then we had as well leave," said
another. And they left. Of course the
pretty widow Skelton became Mrs. Jef
ferson, and until her death the relations
between the husband and wife were ideal
At her death Mr. Jefferson was almost
killed by grief and the shawow that fell
on him then was never lifted.
Loved Figures, Went Bankrupt.
Mathematics he loved. He liked to
revel in the higher branches of that
exact and abstruse science, but, like Na
. ..-hr, haH the same tastes, he
liutcvu, .. . -.
seldom could foot up a column of simple
accounts without making a mistake. He
kept an elaborate system of books, but
went bankrupt. He built houses so pro
digally and entertained so many visitors
at Montlcello that he was literally
eaten out of house and home. When
he first entered the practice of law, he
made a great deal of money, but upon
entering politics he declared his purpose
"never to engage, while in public office,
in any kind of enterprise for the improve
ment of my fortune, nor to wear any
other character than that of a farmer."
In his old age he was saved by Congress
buying his library, although he was
forced to ask the state to permit him
to dispose of his estate .by a lottery.
When he retired from the White House,
he was In actual danger of being ar
rested for debt.
ponr Presidents Take a Drink.
Jesse Maury, of Charlottesville, who
died only a year ago at the age of 9,
remembered Mr. Jefferson quite well. He
was fond of telling a story of the day
when a building was to be dedicated at
the University of Virginia and President
Monroe had come from Washington to be
present. Ex-President Madison was there
also, and Mr. Jefferson, of course. The
three Jefferson, Madison and Monroe
were walking down the street when they
met Mr. Maury's father and the boy. Re
plying to the elder Maury's salutation,
Mr. Jefferson said:
"Well, we have three Presidents here.
If there was another we would have a
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iranmea ns ior gfm .-
Special for Saturday Sale; 500 prs.
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700 nnirs T.adies' 2-Hasn Kid
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quorum and could take a drink.'
Mr.
Maury drew himself up and said:
"You forget, Mr. Jefferson, that I am
the president of the Charlottesville Pos
sum Club."
"It's a quorum," cried Mr. Jefferson,
and there was a tavern handy with mint
all ready for the cup.
Disciple of Jesus.
Mr. Jefferson was accused of being an
atheist by his political enemies. He said
of the sayings of Jesus:
"A more beautiful or precious morsel
of ethics I have never seen; it is a docu-
ment In proof that I am a real Christian;
that Is to say, a disciple of the doctrines
of Jesus." This was said relative to the
so-called "Jefferson Bible," made up of
the sayings of Jesus wflich he cut from
the text of the Bible In Greek, Latin,
French and English and pasted in parallel
columns In a blank book. Congress a
few years ago had 9000 photographic
copies made of the book, but the supply
wag soon exhausted.
Mr. Jefferson was an accomplished
linguist, reading Greek and Latin with
ease and speaking French, Italian and
Spanish with fluency. He wrote a treatise
on the study of Anglo-Saxon which
stands as a classic. His "Notes on Vir
ginia," compiled at the request of the
French government, remain in use today
as the foundation for histories and geog
raphies of that state. After more than
83 years of a singularly active life Thomas
Jefferson died on the Fourth of July,
1826, Just 60 years from the day when
his great Declaration of Independence
was adopted. The same day John Adams,
chief defender of the Declaration and the
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Apenta Water 194
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French make, hand-drawn bristle
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Sale of Men's Half Hose
Val. 25c-75c at 19c
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second President of the United States,
also died.
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