Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 49, 28 December 1910 — Page 1

RICHMOOTD PA1 AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXXVI. XO.49. RICHMOND. ISDh WEDXESD.VV, EVEXIXC, DKCKMIIEK 28, 1910. V$ SINGLE COrY 2 CEXTS. PROGRAM FOR THE SHORT COURSE IS A PRACTICAL ONE She May Tell Story of Her Life CONSCIENCE FUND OF $100 SENT TO A LOCAL CONCERN FEMALE MEMBER OF NEGRO IS SAVED A NOTORIOUS GANG NEW YORK CLOSES ITS DOORS TODAY BUT GUARD DEAD AFTER A BATTLE

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Most Complete List of Studies Is Offered So That Every One Will Be Interested - in the Work.

LARGE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN ASSURED People from All Over the Sixth District, Especially Farmers and Their Families, Will Attend. Although it 1U be known as the Farmers' Short Course it would not be .surprising if there were as many "city farmers' and local housewives enrolled In the course here next February as there will be those who follow agricultural pursuits, inasmuch as the different subjects which are offered in the program are of general interest to everyone. The course will be held In Richmond from February 6 to February 11, Inclusive, and will be entirely under the auspices of the Purdue university faculty and tho commercial organizations of this city. A careful review of the program indicates Its completeness. From lectures and studies of the culture of alfalfa to a discussion of what to do with left over meats, and In addition a general, but most complete course for teachers, compose the range of subjects offered in the program. Purdue faculty members will have charge of all departments, Prof. G. I. Christie the organizer of the course, being the bead of the movement. A Practical Course. In connection with the theoretical study of the different subjects, they will be made as practical as It is possible by constant reference and visits to the displays of corn, live stock, etc. Purdue university probably will send Its display of the different seeds ' and the like, which attracted so much attention at the last Fall Festival. Charts too will bo found of Inestimable value in illustration and explanation of the different subjects. It Is the purpose of the school to exclude as much of the theoretical as possible and to dwell on the practical. It will be necessary to pay some attention to the theoretical side of the various subjects In order' to make progress with the practical Instruction. The men will be more Interested in 'the studies for the promotion of agriculture, which Include the cereals, hays, vegetables and horticulture. The rare and raising of the different domesticated farm animals and birds will receive equal attention from the Purdue faculty. The women will And both pleasure and valuable Instruction In the domestic science course, per.haps the most complete of any ever given in the city. The pedagogues of the district schools of the county and from the towns and city schools can obtain a week's vacation, providing they desire to attend. The subjects for the teachers will deal with the soil o that they will be better prepared in the Instruction of their pupils along these lines, a matter which in tho last few years has received much encouragement from the school authorities. The students in the district schools will be urged to spend their week's vacation In the city and at the corn school. Many already have purchased tickets. The Coliseum and other public buildings in the city will be used' for places In which to hold exhibits, make demonstrations or for lecture purposes. The committees in charge have not yet fully completed arrangements In this particular. The reports which the local committees receive as to the success which ticket sellers are having Is most encouraging. It is believed that the total enrollments In the different sections will be two or three thousand. Program for School. The school in 1909 was held in Centervllle and many are familiar with Its value In a general way, but this . winter's affair will greatly eclipse the Centervllle school. The program follows: Monday, February 6. :00 to 11:30 a. m. Registering of students. 1:00 to 2:30 p. m. Alfalfa Culture. G. I. Christie. 2:80 to 3:30 p. m. Selection and Man agement of the Farm Flock, D. O. Thompson. 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Another View of the Poultry Business, Otis Crane, Tuesday, February 7. :00 to 10:00 a. m. "Weeds and Meth ods of Eradication, G. M. Frier. 10:00 to 11:30 a. m. Judging. Sec, 1, corn: Sec. 2. bogs: Sec. 3, horticulture; Sec. 4, dairy; Sec. S, poultry. 1:00 to 2:30 p. m. Judging. Sec. 1, hogs; Sec. 2. corn: Sec. 3. horticulture; Sec 4, dairy; Sec. 5, poultry. 2:30 to 3:30 p. m. General Orchard Management. M. W. Richards. 3:30 to 4:30 p. m. Wheat Improvement, G. I. Christie. 1:30 p. m. Fancy Poultry, illustrated, Otis Crane. iConUnued oa Page Eight.)

May Yohe, prominently known both fn this country and Europe, who Is thinking of writing her autoolosrapSy, chronicling tha happenings of her eventful life. In speaking of ner plan recently in San Francisco, the woman who once owned the famous Hope diamond, said: "I should cause earthquakes all over the world with my book. Instead of dating everything from the time of the big fire-here, as they do now, people would say, 'Since May Yohe wrote her book.' But I'm afraid I should have too many libel suits if I were to put in the names."

STUDENTS PROBE IHTOJOCIALISM College Men and Women Interested in Move Will Hold a Convention. (American News Service) New York, Dec. 28. The socialist movement among collegians is attracting much attention among the literary circles of this city, and the popularity of the movement among the student body is evidenced by t lie preparations being made to accommodate members of the Inter-collegiate Socialist Society, at their annual convention to be held in this city on Thursday and Friday, December 2930. Tho program provides for morning and afternoon sessions at which nddresses will be made by J. G. Phelps Stokes, the millionaire socialist and president of the society, Lincoln Steffens, the well-known publicist, and John Spargo, author of sever al books on socialism. The culminating feature of the con ference will be the dinner on Friday evening. The topic for the evening will be "The Place of College Men and Women in the Socialist Movement." An enlightening treatment of the sub ject is ensured by the presence of the following list of speakers: Dr. Albert Sudekum. for eleven years Socialist member of the German Reichstag; Mrs. Florence Kelley, well-known in the field of Labor Legislation; Upton Siuclair, socialist author; Franklin H. Wentworth, speaker and writer; Miss Kllzabeth Dutcher (Vassar. 1901), especially active in the Woman's Trade Union mpvement. and Walter Lippmann (Harvard, 1909), formerly president of the Harvard Socialist Club. J. (I. Phelps Stokes will preside. Among the colleges where affiliated chapters for the study of socialism exist are Harvard. Yale, Columbia, Barnard, Wellesley, the City College or New York. New York University Law School and the New York School of Dentistry; the Universities of Pennsylvania. Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin. Washington and Oklahoma, Standford University. Clark College. Kansas State Agricultural College, Marietta College, Meadville Theological School and other institutions. The society was organized in 1903, "to promote an intelligent interest in socialism among college men and women." AERIAL GAME HAS CLAIMED TWO MORE (American Xewa Service) Paris. Dec. 2S. Aviator Laffon and his passenger. Paula, were killed when their aeroplane fell two hundred feet near Issy today. They were attempting a round trip to Brussels In competition for a thirty thousand dol lar prize. Motor trouble caused the accident.

NORTHWEST LOOKS FOR MINERS RUSH When the Mineral Lands of Spokane Indian Reservation Is Opened. (American News Service) Spokane, Wash., Dec. 28. Veteran prospectors predict that the most important miners' rush in the history of the northwest will follow the passage of a bill at this session of congress

opening to entry the mineral lands of the Spokane Indian reservation, nod Ilea st of this city. United States Senator Wesley L Jones of Washington, who Introduced the bill, advises the Spokane chamber of commerce, that its adoption now seems assured. More than 25 syndicates have been formed in Spokane in anticipation of the passage of the bill, and, as soon as it becomes a law by the signature of President Taft, several hundred prospectors w ill be rushed into the district to stake claims. Enormous deposits of silver, copper and tungsten have been traced across the boundaries of the reserve, part of which was opened to homesteaders last spring, and at one time develop",C"L "ao u"u" ' ,w claims when the prospectors were ejected by agents In the employ of the United States government. Senator Jones' bill provides that from and after the passage of this act any lands of the Spokane Indian re servation, classified and reserved as timber lands under any act of con gress heretofore passed, shall be open to exploration, location, occupation and purchase under the mining laws of the United States." L. K. Armstrong of Spokane, secretary of the Western Conservation association, who interested Senator Jones in the new measure, declares that the timber and mineral provisions were purposely left out of the original act opening the reservation, adding that, while the responsibility has not been fixed, he believes it was brought about by some one friendly to the Indian bureau. PETIT AND GRAND JURIES ARE DRAWN The petit and grand juries of the Wayne circuit court were announced on Wednesday by the county clerk, including petit Jurors, Newton W. Stevens. Frank R. Jenkinson. John T. Lashley. Frank Llnderman. Everett M. Hunt. Harvey Study, James S. Chapman, John E. Copeland. Charles F. Porter. Earl Davenport. Richard O. Allen and Charles Arnett: grand jurors. Omer McConaha. Men-it I. Nicholson. William A. .Lew is. Charles Sarber, Hir: am Crook and Jesse A. Bailey.

Institution of Which J. G. Robin Was President, Follows Example of His Other Bank, the Northern.

YOUNG BANKER HAS AFFECTED INSANITY But Has Been Discharged from Sanitarium the Alienist Doubting Mental Trouble An Odd Career. (American Xcwt Service) New York, Dec. 2S. The Washington Savings bank, of which Joseph G. Robin is president, refused to pay its depositors today, demanding the legal sixty days' notice, ostensibly as a precautionary measure. Deposits aggregate $1,410,000. Robin was today ordered out of the Central Valley sanitarium by Dr. Macdonald, the alienist who conducts that institution. He explained he took this action in view of foreshadowed criminal proceedings against the banker. His sister took Robin to Jersey City. Mac donald disbelieves Robin's Insanity. CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS. New York, Dec. 2S. Criminal dictments will undoubtedly be inthe next step in the investigation of the tangled affairs of the Northern Bank of New York and its allied concerns, which have been taken over by the state authorities as a result of the spectacular methods of Joseph G. Robin, the young bank juggler. District Attorney Whitman today had before him all the evidence so far dis covered by State Superintendent of Banks Cheney and State Superintend ent or Insurance Hotchkiss, although the investigation is far from complete. From present indications the stockholders will be the only losers. They may be out $800,000. Despite the assurance of James F. Gifford, counsel for the Northern bank and one of its directors, that the depositors would receive 100 cents on the dollar, clamorous crowds again collected about the building of the Northern bank in 125th street and its nine branches. A Sensational Figure. Even Uie skyrocket, dealings of Charles W. Morse arc eclipsed, it is said, by the dealings of Robin. The exact amount of the paper relating to Northern bank, the Aetna Indemnity company, the Fidelity Development company, the Hankers' Realty and Security company and other concerns Robin "kited" through the banks to puzzle the examiners is not yet known. Robin's career is remarkable. He is only thirty-seven years old. When he arrived in this country with his sister, they were not only handicapped by lack of funds, but by a strange language. Eoth were intelligent and ambitious. Robinovitch studied hard, acquired a. mastery cf the English lan guage and American manners and cus toms. In the meantime his sister be came a trained nurse. One evening she told her brother of an episode that took place in a hospital. The alert brother promptly sold it to a newspaper as an "exclusive story," and with the $300 he secured for the story, added to it $200 more which he had saved up, and went to Buffalo. noDin s nrst nig deal was the purchase of a big electric company in northern New York, which used Niagara water power. Although the price was a million he put up so bold a front that the company gave him an option and he raised the purchase price in Buffalo and New York. Later he sold out at an enormous profit. I Robin hurried back to New York. He I started a real estate company, got the courts tn c.'iansrp hia nam w a J breard and began to claim that he was a Frenchman, and launched into a spectacular financial career. KENTUCKY EDITORS HOLDING MEETING (American News Service) Louisville, Ky.. Dec. 2S. The midwinter meeting of the Kentucky Press Association began tn this city today, with headquarters at the Seelbach Hotel. The program of the gathering extends over two days and provides for the discussion of numerous questions in which the newspaper men are interested. In addition, "good roads," "tax revision" and several other matters cf public importance will receive attention. Palladium's Total Daily Average Greolatioa (Except Saturday) Including Complimentary Lists, for Week Ending Dec. 24. 1910. 6,558 City CircalaUon showing net paid, news stands acd regular complimentary list does cot Include sample copies. 3,656

Unknown Person Contributes This Sum to End Mental Torture Resulting from Store Thefts.

Y. M. C. A. OFFICER GIVEN ONE-FOURTH Concern Receiving Money Pays Secretary Weed $25 as He Was Recently a Victim of Shrewd Crook. One hundred dullars. "conscience money," has been received by a local dry goods concern. Its sender is unknown. The letter accompanying the money was typewritten, as was ine address, and postmarked Richmond, giving no clue to tho sender. It stated "This money belongs to the Company. Conscience money." The proprietor has no idea who could have sent this large sum of money, or what tne conscience stricuen person took from the store. It may have been from a person who had shop-lifted valuable articles during the holiday season, although, so far, no articles of much value have been discovered missing. Of the $100 it was decided by the firm to give $25 to Herbert S. Weed, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., who was recently swindled out of $30, by a clever forger. The rest of the money will be used for benevolent purposes. No investigation of the matter will be made. Not Unusual Thing. The proprietor of the store states that on numerous other occasions "conscience money" has been received by the firm and he believes this has been the case with all merchants in the city, although never to his knowledge has so large a sum been contributed. He said conscience money had been sent by persons who owed debts of long . standing in- the store ; by former clerks, who had taken small sums of money, by persons who had found money on the floor in the store, also from shoplifters. "The matter is certainly a wonderful moral lesson," said the merchant. He also said that on many occasions persons who were under obligations to the store would become converted at a religious meeting, or when they read a book teaching a moral lesson, or when reading of men and women who had been exposed for the very thing of which they were guilty. The local concern referred to keeps a special "benevolence fund" from conscience money. As the contributions are usually small the fund has never been a large one, but much good is accomplished with It. Many merchants have suffered this year from women shoplifters. Several of the business men state that great risks are taken by shop lifters. On one occasion a clerk in a local business house took a set of valuable furs from a woman, who had placed them around her shoulders and started to walk out of the store. HAD A ROWDY TIME Chicago People Show Great Displeasure. Chicago. Dec. 28. Scenes of violence and disorder, including the dynamiting of car tracks, attacks on members of car crews and an attempt to push cars off the track, today marked the protests of the residents of the extreme west side against the extra fare to the city which is demanded by the Chicago Railways company following the order allowing it absorb the old Consolidated Railway. At Sixty-fourth avenue and Lake street, the tracks were torn up by dynamite. A conductor and motorman on the Berwyn line were attacked and manhandled by a mob of angry citizens. At 60th and Madison avenue, a crowd tried to push a car from the tracks, but the motorman speeded up and escaped. STABBED PLAYMATE AND IS ARRESTED (American Nws Service) Anderson. Dec. 28. Little Michael Finnerty, aged thirteen, was arrested today by the sheriff to await the outcome of the serious injuries of the little son of Policeman Knotts of Elwood. Both were companions. The boys quarreled over skates. Finnerty stabbed Knotts twice in the kidneys. N. J. SENATORSHIP QUESTION OF HOUR (American Xe-ars Service) Newark. N. J.. Dec 2S. Democratic members-elect of the New Jersey general assembly rounded up here jthis afternoon for a conference to dejcide the speakership and incidentally ! to discuss the situation with regard3 to the coming contest for the United i States senatorship between James Smith, Jr., and James E. Marti ae.

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Marie Ramw, a female member of New York's notorious Black Hand gang, who was recently convicted for her share in the kidnapping of Joseph Longo, the son of a wealthy Italian. The police rescued the boy from a room in a tenement house where he' was being held for ransom, and at the same time place the woman under arrest. The following day, " Michael Ritzo, the six year old son of another Italian of moderate means was found, and ten alleged members of the gang of kidnappers were placed under arrest. The Rappo woman was indicted and placed on trial within a week, and it took the jury only eight minutes to find a verdict. Although the Rappo woman's husband, who is believed to be the leader of the gang is still missing, the police believe the backbone of the organization that has been terrorizing the the Italian citizens of New York for the past five years is broken. The Rappo woman was sentenced .yester day in Brooklyn. Si) GOLD NUGGET IN TURKEY GULLET Peculiar Discovery Made by Rufus Newman, a Franklin Township Farmer. In the gullet of an old turkey, gobbler, which Rufus Newman, a farmer of Franklin township, killed for his Christmas dinner, was found a small nugget of pure gold. It is believed that the turkey picked up the precious metal on the Newman farm, through which runs a small creek. - The dis covery ha3 caused quite a little interest in the community and caused the farmers to look for $ther nuggel3, but no other finds have been reported. Newman, before the Thank8giving season, had been raising turkeys for the market, but finding that it was not very profitable, he sold aa but a few of the larger birds. -These were given full liberty on the farm and wandered over many acres of ground. Christmas morning one cf the old gobblers was captured and killed. As it was being dressed for the table a shining object was found in the gullet. The foreign substance was removed and believed to be gold, but to make certain it was sent to a chemist at Indianapolis, who pronounced, it j pure metal Finding of gold In Wayne county is not. considered an unusual ' event by geologists. Ages ago in the ' glacial flow from the north lands, huge blocks of ice and earth passed through the Whitewater vailey. and many of these glaciers . left rich deposits here. - Sev eral years ago, an old miner, now liv ing in the north end of Richmond, washed enough gold out of the creeks of Glen Miller to make himself a band ring of gold.. .'. ' - EX-SEN. CHANDLER 75 YEARS OF AGE (American News Service) , Concord. N. H., Dec. 28. Former United States Senator William E. Chandler celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary today. For several years after his retirement from the senate in 1901 Mr. Chandler served as president of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission. Recently he has devoted himself wholly to his extensive law practice, dividing his time between Concord and Washington, d. c. . WEDS GRANDSON OF JEFFERSON DAVIS (American Jfe-ws Service) ; Colorado Springs, Colo, Dec. 28. A wedding of wide interest took place here today, the bride being Miss Dore Dewitt. daughter of Theodore F. Devi tt, and the bridegroom, Mr. Jefferson Hayes Davis, grandson of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States.

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cused of Assault, in Penitentiary After Rescued From Two Mobs. FIEND WAS PLACED IN A SAFE TWICE Once Train Conveying Him Was Held Up by Fifty Armed Men, Who Were; Told He Had Escaped. (American News Service) Moundsville, W. Va Dec. 2$. Sayed from lynching in two towns. William Furtiey.'a negro accused of attacking Flora AngJln, was finally iodged in the penitentiary here today after a thrilling flight in ehargo of custodians. He was placed In a steel safe at Weston, where tho alleged assault occurred, until a train arrived. He was then rushed to Clarksburg jail, where" another infuriated mob menaced his safety. He was then disguised as a woman and was brought here from Clarksburg guard ed by soldiers who were attacked enroute. Private Vannort was hit with a brick and is now dying in a hospital. Lieut. Osborne was badly hurt. He was struck on the head with a club. Several other citizens and soldiers were also hurt. Many windows in the train were broken. One of the narrowest escapes the negro had was after he had - been placed aboard a train at Weston to bo taken to Clarksburg. When the train reached Jfort Summit it was held up by fifty armed men, who searched ' every car1. ' In Express Safe. At the time Furbey was locked. la the express safe on the train and the .- authorities - declared that he v had cs-' caped. The mob tore un the seats' in the cars looking for the negro. To placate the mob leaders the au-f thorities joined in the search declaring that Furbey had' suddenly disappeared. One of the men tried to open the safe and they discussed blowing it open but they lacked dynamite. The train was stopped by a red lantern waved across the track and the mob swarmed aboard. "We want ti'.at nigger,' said the leaders of the mob, in a ; menacing manner to the sheriff. I want him myself, but I can't find him," answered the officer. The explanation of tho sheriff did not satisfy the men. They we're armed with Winchesters and revolvers which they angrily turned towards the sheriff and his deputies. "If we don't get him you will be sorry," declared the leader. Then they began the search. The windows in the train wero broken and there was scarcely a whole seat left. Finally, ' with muttered threats of vengeance, the mob drew off and started to search the woods. GRANT THEJREQUEST County Board Hands Plum to Judge. Judge Henry C. Fox of the circuit court, has requested the privilege of the board of county commissioners to determine who will serve as pauper attorney during 191 1. The board Is' more than willing that he make the recommendation and In making the appointment on next Tuesday, will appoint the attorney favored by the judge. As the Judge of the court i3 more concerned ; in the matter than possibly any other county official, the commissioners felt it no more than just that this courtesy should be extended. There are now three appli cants, including will w. Keller, the present attorney for the paupers. Ralph Husson and Gustave Hoelscher. both young but able and experienced attorneys. The position pays $400 per annum. Ordinarily it is regarded a so much velvet, as it is seldom that a pauper criminal, prosecuted in the Wayne circuit court, makes any kind of fight on the prosecution. WANT A MEMORIAL TO A NAVAL HERO , (American News Service) . Chicago, .111., Dec. 2L Yhe movement for tho erection of a national memorial for Commander Perry at Put-in-Bayv Ohio,; Is expected to receive a decided impetus at the annual banquet In thia city tomorrow night of the Illinois Society of the War of 1812. Governor Harmon of Ohio probably will attend the function, together with the members of the Perry's Victory Centennial commission from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin. Kentucky, Rhode Island and New York. . ' THE WEATHER STATE AND LOCAL Rain or snow tonight; colder; Thursday probabljr fair

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