Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 January 1911 — Page 3

IS ROBIN'S ATTEMPTS AT SUICIDE JU8T BEFORE ARRAIGNMENT IN COURT FAILS. SWALLOWS DEADLY POISON Takes Same Kind of Drug WUh Which Dr. Crlppen Killed Hb Wife, Belle Elmore Doctors Probably Save His Life. Now York, Dec. 31. Joaöph C. Robin, who it ia nllogod hns stolon the money of depositors In tlio Northum bank of New York und the Washing ton Savings bank to the known ex tent of more than $1,000,000. trlod to cheat justice and the law when taken tn tho criminal court building by hwallowlng poison. It was declared to bo tho third at tcmnt the young bank wrecker has made to destroy himself since the au tboritles have been endeavoring to place him behind the bars, but like j is previous efforts, was unsueeossnu This was duo to the fact that he took but one-tenth of a grain of hyoscya mine, but It was the entire contents of a box containing the drug found In hla sister's home. Was About to Be Arraigned. The attempted suicide took place In the detective bureau In tho criminal rourta building where Robin was be ing asked for his pedigree aR a pre limlnnry to arraignment, when in answer to his Interrogators, turned to hl sister. Mrs. Louise Roblnovltch, and said: "Oood-bv. sister: I'm going I've taken poison." Mrs. Roblnovltch stared Into her brotl er's face for a moment and with a groan of anguish that resounded through the corridors, swooned. RobIn next turned to Dr. Austin Flint, the alienist who had accompanied the prisoner and the lawyers Into the do octlve bureau and related the start ling statement: Swallows Twelve Tablets. "Doctor." he said. "I am a dying man. I have taken poison tablets. swallowed 12 hyoscyamtne tablets of 1-120 grain each three-quarters of an hour ago. I know the drug was In a drawer where my sister kept medlInes and I took It just before leaving the louse. I can feel mysolf going now." Physicians wero hurriedly summoned and Robin wns rnrrled Into H e private room of District Attorney Whitman, whero ho was stretched on the floor and tho process begun by hlch his life was saved temporarily, at least Confusion Is Great. Confusion relgnetl supreme throughr.i tho building by this time. While the rurgeon was working over Robin former District Attorney Jeromo. ounsel In the case, followod by Dr. Austin Flint and Asslstnnt District Attorney Nott appenred before Judge 'aln and explained the situation to re Judge, who granted a postponement of the hearing until Robin's condition shall warrant his arraignment. As soon as the surgeons had satisfled themselves that the drug had all been removed from Robin's stomach 'wo large receptacles which had been filed were taken out of tho room and dispatched to the chemical laboratory of Dr. Krnest l.ederle. Robin was hen taken to Ucllevue hospital. DOGS TEAR MAN TO PIECES Bloodhounds Trailing Alleged Burglar Escape From Keeper and Kill Their Quarry. Mount Vernon. 11.. Dec. 31. One of re mnst peculiar killings ever heard -f In this soctlon took place when Mocdhounds escaped from their keepf near Carrier's Mills and caught a man whom they were trailing and literally tore him to piece1. A residence in Carrier's Mills had Wn burglarized during the absence f the family and on their return they ordered tho bloodhounds brought to 'ho scene. The trail was taken up Immediately and the hounds In their easornesB to land their quarry broke loo'p from their keeper and chased 'he man they were pursuing Into an old barn. There ho attempted to es"pe their attack but was unable to do so. He was pounced upon My the half-mad hounds and so terribly tnarj!otl that recognition of his remains was Impossible. ANNUL 'SOUL MATE' MARRIAGE Julia Kuttncr Earle Freed From Art1st Who Divorced First Wife to Marry Her. Nw York. Doe. 31. Julia Kuttner Mrl had hor marriage to Ferdinand i inner Barlo, the occcntrlc nrtlst who rf"1 n affinities, annulled by the i peltate division of tho supreme otirt. Slio was Karle's second wife, havv lHTn mrrled to him March 17. w. after he had cast aside his first wife. The first Mrs. Harle got a divorce torn Karle in Paris to enable him to Jl,,, Kuttncr. who was his "soul matp " Tunnel Explosion Kills Three. Ill -,, . . mmniinm, Ala.. Dec. 31. A dm- i flttlKn j-k i 1 M'iosion in tno tunnel being onstnmted by the Tennessee Coal. ron and Railroad company at Knslev JJtwcd tho death of three men. Another TVR8 fatally hurt.

BANKER

FOILED

LITTLE HORNET ARRIVES;

REVOLUTIONISTS MARCH Foreign Residents In Honduras Have Little Fear War Declaration Held Up. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Dec. 30. Tho rebel gunboat Hornet arrived off tbf Atlantic coast of Homluraa and fclinultiuieoubly ft ton of inoro than i.Wi) revolution began mnrchlng on this city, tho capital. Alurm among merchants and foreign residents over tho prospect of orlous fighting Ik lenaonoU somowhat by n boJiof that when Hen. Leo Christina and former Proaident Uönllhi march to tho city nt tho hoad of their army, thoy will meot with only slight resistance. Although tho rovolutlon will not bo launched oJMclally until next Sunday morning, the rebel element composing a strong army of Nlcaraguans, A inert .urn native Hondurans rofusod longer to ho hold In chock. The vanguard of tho revolutionists which started from a place near Capo Gracla. met with feeble resistance along il.o Nlcaraguan bordor. Small forces of Da villa soldiers nt; tempted to block their progress, hut greater numbers gave the Uouilla men i decided advantage. Puerto Cortez, Dec. 29. A story of barbarous treatment at the hands of representatives of the Davllla government was told In an afTldavlt signed by William Darber of New York, who has been employed on tho Honduras railroad. Mr. Darber states, hacked up by several witnesses, that while walking on the street he was accosted by several officer who had two other Americans in their custody. Tho three Americans were ordered to, bury a Honduran pauper and when they refused they were beaten and placed In Jail. Later they wero brought out and guarded by a cordon of soldiers with fixed bayonets, were given twenty-five lashes with a rawhide whip. Harber relates that they were compelled to bury the pauper and then were taken aboard tho gunboat Tatulmba. which landed them penniless In tho woods In Guatemala. IJarber returned to tho country after somo time and upon his arrival was arrested on the charge of refusing to bury a pauper and conllned to the San Pedro prison for twenty-five days practically without food. SENDS PARR S80,000 CHECK Secretary MacVeagh Completes Pay ment of Award in Sugar Custom Fraud Cases. Washington. D. C. Doc. 30. The treasury department sent to Collector Loch of New York a warrant for $S0 000. which will be deposited In tho New York subtreasury. and a check drawn by him In favor of Richard Pnrr, Inspector of customs, who fur nished the government with evidence In the sugar customs frauds In New York. This paymont completes the? 100.000 award made by Secretary MacVeagh to Mr. Parr In recognition of the latter's services. Last June Mr. Parr received $20.000 in cash, and tho first expenditure he mado from the amount went to purchase a monument for the grave of his mother. It Is understood the balance will bj In vested in business. BIG OIL BATTLE IS WAGED Rising Sun Company of England Fights Standard of New Jersey in Far Eat. New York, Dec. 29. That an enor mous battle is being waged between the Standard Oil company and the Rising Sun Oil company of England was acknowledged nt the offices of the Standard Oil company In this citv. Tho fight represents a war of mil lionaires, with a total capitalization of Jl.ooo.OOO.OOO. Tho Rising Sun company Is an English concern said to have the backing of tho Roths childs. It has fet out to cut the ground from under the feet of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey the latter s operations In tho far east and has apparently been success ful. SOCALISM AMONG STUDENTS Topic for Discussion at Annual Con vention of Intercollegiate Society in New York. New York, Dec. 29 Tho Socialist movement among collegians is attract ing muc.i attention nmong the liter ary circles of this city, and the popuarlly of the movement among the student body ts evidenced by tho attendance nt the anuunl convention of the Intercollegiate Socialist society, which opened hero today. On the pro gram are addresses by J. 0. Phelps Stokes, the millionaire Socialist and president of tho society; Lincoln Steffens, the well-known publicist, and John Spargo. author of several books on Socialism. r. & O. S. W. Strikers Win. Washington, Ind., Dec, .10. The maohiulstfi strike on tho Haltlinore & Ohio Southwestern, affecting 1,200 men. Is settled, the strikers winning out In n complete victory. The agreement is effective January 1. Heart Sewed Up, Works. Now York, Dec. 29. 1th a knife Wound three-quarters of an Inch long in hi heart, neatly stitched up by Burgeons, Samuel Herman, a waiter,

baa gone back to work.

ANOTHER QUESTION TO SETTLE

OR MAYBE HE'LL OPEN THE CANAL WITHOUT AN EXPOSITION.

IS KILLED IN BLAST TWENTY OTHERS ARE INJURED IN BOILER EXPLOSION AT PITTSFIELD, MASS. BODY IS HURLED 200 FEET Accident Occurs at Ice Plant on Shore of Lake Morewood Cutters Respond to Call of Firm for Workers and Are Badly Mangled. Pittsfleld. Mass., Dec. 30. Fifteen men were killed and 20 seriously Injured when the holler exploded in the plant of the Morewood Lako Ice company, at Morewood Lake, about two miles from this city. Almost the entire force of ice harvesters, Including many Italians and foreigners who reported for work In answer to the company's advertisement for men, were sitting around tho holler warming themselves when the explosion occurred. Only Nine Victims Identified. Nine of the victims have been Identified as follows: William Dunn, engineer at the plant, thirty-flvo years old; Edgar Allen, nn employe, twentyeight yenn old; John Raymond, carpenter; Leo Fernandez, employe; Martin Smith, employe; Wyatt Moore, employe: George Ward, tlreman; William Pepoon, Elmer Eldredge. laborers. It Is believed that most of the unidentified dead were foreigners The Injured wero taken to the House of Mercy In ambulances summoned from Pittsfleld. Some of them cannot recover. Bodies Badly Mangled. The boiler was used In furnishing power to haul the cakes of ice up the Inclines into the storage house, and Is said by the offlclnls to have been In perfect condition Wednesday, when It was tested. The boiler house was wrecked by the terrific blast, which hurled debris and human bodies through tho nir. One body was blown 200 feet, while the cylinder of tho boiler was found In a tree a hundred feet away. The victims were all horribly mangled and Identification Is difficult. Tho property loss probably will not exceed $300, as only the boiler house was demolished. LINCOLN'S FRIEND IS DEAD A. H. Bylngton, Who First Made Public Result of Battle of Gettysburg, Passes Away. Now York. Dec. 30. A. Homer ByIngton, friend of Abraham Lincoln, and once partner of Charles A. Dana In ownership of the New York Sun, died at the home of his 6on la Flushing. During the Civil wilr Mr. liylngton, then a correspondent In the field, got the result of the battle of Gettysburg" to President Lincoln and the American public before anyone else. While ho was consul nt Naplps he heard of a plot to assassinate President Roosevelt, and sent information to this effect to this country that led to the arrest and deportation of two Italians. LEX0W, GRAFT FOE, IS DEAD Man Who Laid Bare Corruption of New York in 1094 Dies of Pneumonia. Now York. Dec. 31. Former State Senator Clarence Loxow, who was chairman of the noted committee which Investigated police affairs In this city In 1S9-I, died at his home In Nyaek from pneumonia. Ho had boon III only a few days. He 1h survived by a widow and three children, two daughters nnd a foil Recently he had been devoting all of Ills time lo the practice of law. Lunatlct Kills His Wife. Fort Madlpon, In.. Dec. 31. Chris Schock, a farmer living near hero, shot nnd instantly klled his wife In a qttnrrel. Tho man is rold to have been In an Inenne asylum recently.

SEE SUGAR FRAUDS IN FRISCO CUSTOMS HOUSE

Government Officials Claim Evidence of Scandal Is Found Gain Is In Substitution. Washington, Dec. 31. That sugar frauds amounting to thousands of dolJ lars ns a res-dt of the drawback proVision of tho tariff law which permits a refund of duty when raw products are manufactured and re exported are about to be developed In the California customs bouse, according to a well-authenticated report received here. San Francisco, second only to Now York, Is tho largest port of entry for sugar In the United States. The entire product of the Hawaiian Islands, the American Imports of Java sugar and Philippine sugar up to a limit of 200.000 tons annually enter at this port. Only Java sugar Is subject to customs dues. It has been asserted by the sugar trust officials that the Java sugar was delivered In hulk as received direct to California canners. who have used it in preserving fruits and vegetables for the export trade. As a matter of fact tho government Is said to bo In possession of considerable evidence showing that there has been a substitution of lower-grade sugar for Java for preserving and that by the substi tution the sugar trust has paid only a nominal duty on Its dutiable Imports at that port. Investigation of the substitution has been going on for some time. ROBBERS RAID TWO BANKS Burglar Works Combination, Not Harming Safe, and Escapes, Leaving No Clue. Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31. Tho State Hank of New Pnlestlno. nt New Palestine, near Indianapolis, was broken Into nnd Its safe robbed of $0.416. The door of the bank was opened with a skeleton key and tho thief worked the combination. When the bank officials nrrived they found the door opened and papers scattered over the floor. Not a penny of the hank's deposits was left. Des Moines, la., Dec. 31. Robbers entered the bank In Dow City, near Denlson, during the night, blow tho safe open nnd escaped with ?3,0()0 The explosion was hoard by persons of tho town, but tho robbery was not discovered until morning. TWO WOMEN DIE IN FLAMES Thirteen Other Persons Are Injured In St. Paul (Minn.) Apartment House Fire. St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 31. Two women were burned to death and 13 other persons wero injured, three, It Is believed, fatally, In a fire which destroyed tho Concord apartment house In Eleventh street. Tho loss Is estimated nt $2ii,000. It Is possible tho bodies of others may be found in the ruins. Tho lire started from an explosion, probably on the second floor. Ten families were driven out of the house In night clothes. Three babies wero dropped from the third floor and caught in the arms of flremon. The routod tenants suffered from the hitter cold. Japs Attack U. S. Consul. New York, Dec. 29. A spoclal dispatch from Tokyo, Japan, says that Adolph A. Williamson. American viceconsul at Dnlny. Manchuria, was assaulted at a fish market In Dnlny by soveral Jnpanoso and Chinese. It Is sold tho Incident will bo reported to the state department. Thaw Is Freed From Debt. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 30. Harry K. Thnw, who killed Stanford White, was dlf charged from bankruptcy by Judge Orr In tho United States district court here. The order carried with It Thnw's dlrcfcatgo from nil debts and claims ninde i ayabld against his estate up to August 7', 1903.

SAGEL FOR REFORM

REMEDY FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILY SEPARATIONS URGED DY SECRETARY. IS FOR BUSINESS PUBLICITY Cablnot Officer Declares Large Corporations Should Report to One Federal Agency 1,198,037 Aliens Reach U. S. During 1910. Washington, Dec. 29. Socrotary Nagel's annual roport, sent to the president, contains many Important recommendations for changes and Improvements In the various bureaus and branches of tho department of com merco and labor. One of thehardshlps of the prcsont Immigration laws, Secretary Nagel believes, Is the separation of families. In many Instances a father is admitted and ids wife and children are barred out after tho pioneer has mado a home. The secretary believes that a more equitablo system could be found and says ho assumes it Is the purpose of the law to keep families together and not to separate tlicm. The secretary suggests that some system by which Inquiry should be made about the families of Immigrants before fathers and sons are admitted should be put Into practice. Ellis Island Lacks Facilities. Unless Immigration can be diverted from Ellis Island, or reduced, there Is need for additions to the facilities there. At no port Is there any adequate provision for handling Immigrants, declares tho secretary, although nt most places sites have already boon' bought by the government for bul!dlt)g3 lo be used for theso purposes. Secretary Nagel refers briefly to violations of the white slave law and declares that Immigration official' are nble to cope with only a fraction of the violations. If the traffic Is to be stamped out, ho says, tho state and municipalities must tnko a more active intercut. Is for Business publicity. Secretary Nagel believes the value of corporation publicity has been proved. "There should be," he said, "an active and permanent system of publicity under tho federal government, under which all Important Industrial corporations engaged in interstate commerce shall renort to one federal agency the essential facts of their business. Federal action of this sort Is necessary bocnuso no state system can comprehensively cover the subject. Thus, with n central agency of business Information In continuous operation, the country would have reliable Information on the management of our commercial forces, public opinion would be afforded a basis of intelligent notion, unjust prejudice would be removed, and business Interests would have a source of Information on corporate facts covering tho entire country. There would be a permanent and recognized point of contact between tho government and tho manngers of corporations. The relations of corporate action to public Interest .could be considered, co-operation could be Increased and uniformity of corporate accounting could be secured " U. S. FLEET STARTS FOR HOME Battleships Say Good-By at French and English Ports After Six Weeks Stay. Chorboug. Franco, Dec. 31. Sixteen battleships, comprising tho United States, Atlantic lleet, rendezvoused off tho Scilly Islands, following good-bye nt the French and English ports, where the olllccrs nnd men have been entertained splendidly by government officials and civic bodlos for six weeks. The warships have turned tholr prows homeward, the Immediate destination being Guantanamo, Cuba, vhere thoy are due January 16. In addition to the search problem, In which tho battleships will attempt to escape the vigilance of the scout cruisers lying in wait for them and to surprise the Amorlcnn Ehores, tho divisions combined will undergo lleet maneuvers on tho voyage. While in European waters tho American ships, officers and men made a most pleasing impression. H0XSEY CIRCLES MT. WILSON American Aviator Rivals Feat of Chavez In Hurdling Swiss Alps In Aeroplane. Ijq Angeles, Cnl.. Dec. 30. Rivaling tho achievement of Chavez in hurdling tho Sniss Alps In an aeroplane, Arch Hoxsoy winged his flight northward from Domlnguez Hold, circled tho rock-ribbed peak of Mount Wilson, took a look at tho Carnegie observatory which Is perched on top of tho 5,800 foot peak, described a number of graceful sweeps and clrclea 4,000 feet above tho crest or tho mountnln nnd returned to Aviation Held after a flight of two hours nnd thirty minutes. According to tho stntemont of nidation officials, he traveled 100 mllo3. Tho bnrogrnph which ho carried on his machine registered nn nltltudo of 10.005 feet. Kills Wife and Daughter. Raltlmorc. Md., Dec. 31. William C. Strlckler shot nnd killed his wife nnd nlnotcen-yenr-old stepdaughter, Heulah Kile, at tholr home In this city. Strlckler then fired a bullet Info hin .own body. Domestic trouble caused the tragedy.

SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES Wurrlng Chlneao tongs of Now York igtiod a peuce pact, uaUuiistuuiz

iritndiy romilous. Tho Panama canal cominlsjlon has oniemi upon au extunuiv scnemo of onlargouicnt at both uiiuu oi tno canal ot lauding tudiluua, according tu tho canal record. Frnnfc K1Ug, father of 31 children, Is doud at his homo at Graltou, Mass., lu his onu hundred and lourth year. II was born lu Quebec and uutil a few days ago had never soon a sick day. A grocery owned by Jim Mauo was wrecked, ten houses wero damaged and twotvo porbona wero thrown troin their beds by two exploblons in Detroit, Mich. Mano accuses hla enemies of placing the bombs. Mrs. Harry Pollok, wife of a promoter of sporting events, was the only passenger on tho Red Star liner Vaderland. which sailed lrom New York. She will havo 10 stewards and stewardesses to wait on her. Miss Irene Vunkieek, thirty years old, of Ithaca, N. Y., one of tho bestknown educators In Moutaua, was thrown by a tractlous horse which she waB riding at Lowlstowu, Mont., and almost instantly killed. As tho Ciock struck 12 o'cIock raidnight 300 Masons seated at a banquet table In a new consistory temple at Cedar Raplda, la., celebrated SL John's day by registering a moutal vow never again to uso profanity. Tho Republican state executive commltteo of North Curollna has adopted resolutions Indorsing President Tatt as a "national and not a section president" and pledged support for his re- ; nomination und re-election. Threatened by wild boars when hla horse fell In a hunt noar Galveston, Tex., Col. 13. F. Yoakum, chairman of the Frisco system, was saved from the , poisonous bites of tho animals !?' cow- , boys who shot several of the beaBts. 5 V Police Commissioner Cropsey of i Now York received a letter demanding j 550,000 and threatening If tho money was not paid to bury him alive and . kidnap his wife. The letter was turned f over to postal Inspectors for Investiga- 1 tlon. Through the co-operation of Rodman ' A'nnamaker and the city of Philadelphia, a fund of $150,000 will be established for the support of widows and orphans of city employes killed or incapacitated in tho discharge of their duties. I Senutor Elklns is to havo a room. open on threo sides that Is being erect ed on the roof of his residence In Washington. Tho open air, It Is ( thought, will tend o promote his recovery from nn illness of several months. The Los Angeles Times has perfected arrangements for the first delivery of newspapers by aeroplanes. Tho newspaper flight Is to be made January 7. The papers are to bo delivered nt San llernardlno, CO miles from Los ' Angeles. ) West One Hundred and Seventy- ' nmth street, Now York, was a river of llame for half a mile. A truck that y carried gasoline for the public park , lamps spilled several brrels Into the , streeL They burst nnd the gasoline flowed down the hill for ten blocks. , Smnll boys set tho stream on fire. TRAINMEN GIVEN A RAISE Conductors, Baggagemen and Flagmen on 51 Railroads Are Granted 10 Per Cent. Advance. Chicago, Dec. 30. After n month of negotiation the conductors, baggagemen, brakemen and Anginen employed by fifty-ono western railroads wore granted a flat Increase of 10 per cent. Tho Increase affects 75,000 members of two organizations, tho Urotherhood of Railroad Trainmen nnd tho Order of Railway Conductors, and will cost tho roads an added expenso of $5,000,000 a year. A part of Cjnnda will bo affected by tho agreement, the management nnd employes of tho Cnnndlan Northern being represented nt the conferonce. THE MARKETS.

New York, Doc. SO. L1VK STOCK Steers 4 25 6 M How 8 20 W 8 CO Hhfp 3 00 f! 4 00 K1.0HH Winter Btrniieht.. 4 15 St 4 25 WIIBAT December OS if 9SV4 COHN December OATH No. 2 White 3S 3SVi IIVK No. 2 Western 28 St 32 HUTTEK-Creumery 23 i( 31 KOOS M CHEESE - if 174 CH1CAOO. CATTLE Fancy Steers M 50 f 7 00 Prime Steers C 50 7 00 Beef Steers 5 30 5J fi 10 Cowh nnd Helfers 2 25 tt 3 00 Calve 3 00 ß 8 75 HOdS Wenvy Packers.... 7 05 y 7 SO Butcher lloss 7 80 (itW 1'Iuh 7 25 8 00 UUTTEU-Creiuiiery 23 ffr 3214 Uiilry 23 27 LIVE POULTRY 0 H 17 KOOS W 33 POTATOES (per Int.) 3S (ft t FLOPH SprlnK Wheat. Hp'l 6 20 ffr fl 35 GRAIN wheat. December.. DlUft 03H Corn. December 4f,4f,? 4T Ont, December 31 3P4 MILWAUKEE. GIIAIN-Whent. No. 1 Nor'n il 05 r 1 05 May WW Coin. May 41V4 4t Oats. Htandurd 32 W 32V4 Bye SOMrf St KANSAS CITY. GBAIN-Whent. No. 2 Hhrd J M ? 05 No. 2 Ueit WW 97 Corn. No. 2 White 42 ft 42(4 OatH. No. 2 White 3IU 32 Bye. 74 (fi 77 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE-Niitlvo Steers fi W) St 7 25 Texas Ster 4 CO fl 6 CO 11008 Packers 7 70 Q 7 8714 Butchers 7 70 tt 7 7i SHEEP- Natives 3 CO & 4 23 OMAHA. CATTLE Native Steors $4 CO ? C 50 Stockers nnd Feeders.... 3 CO it 5 05 Cows nnd Helfern 2 90 Sf 4 70 FlOaS Heavy 7 40 7 M ftllEEI'-Wcthars 3 CO & 4 44) ,

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