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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
MORE INDICTMENTS
Number of Alleged yote-seliers VIII
Exceed t.Oons


Yves. Enion. o. December Elm
dIctmepts continued TO be returned by
the score to-day In the grand jury in
YestIgation Into the charge OF vote
brIblng ia Adams county, and with tho
expectation OF z stiil larger finding to-
morrow. Judge Blair Tonight said the
indictments probably Will exceed in
number his previous estimate of 1000.
gite grand jury to-day reported H..
indictments AMI carefully revised fig
ures bring the present total up TO Tt7
II is expected that i46 more indict-
ments Will be returned tomorrow
morning.
or those arraigned today. seventy
pleaded guilty and four not guilty. The
usual fines and acknowledgements Were
imnosed on those confessing their
guilt
wagonloads of voters arrived at the
courthouse to-day from all parts of
the county and hurried before Judge
Blair 10 plead guilty hear their SEN
tences passed. and be disfranchised
Because he had made mistake in
telling the court yesterday how much
he received for selling his vote. Sam
Howell CIVIL War veteran, eighty
four years old, to-day walked eighteen
miles through the cold to correct his
error and to tell Judge Blair that he
had figured up. and instead of having
received sI1 as the purchase price. he
had been given Sic. Howell yesterday
was fined s. and costs and disfran-
chised
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
ALL BUT TWO SAVED
Captain and Mrs. Bennett Only Victims
0f Yacht disaster.

Key West Fla, December 27.-The
pilot boat Nonpareil arrived at port
to-day. bringing Herman Parker. a
passenger on the ill-fated yacht Lebra
which was wrecked sunday night on
the northwest jetties. Parker stated
that when the yacht struck all six
occupants of the boat were caught in
the wreckage. Captain Stuart Ben
nett, of New York. magazine writer
and owner of the boat, and his wife
We're drowned. Three of the crew
were rescued Monday. Parker was
saved early to-day.
According TO Parker, Mrs. Bennett
clung to the bottom OF the wrecked
yacht for six hours before the heavy
seas carried her away. Parker fioated
to small key. where he secured a
skin which had fioated from the yacht.
He started out 10 sea, be declared.
when early this moriling an unknown
boat passed within $50 yards of him
and refused to respond to his cry for
assistance.
Parker was badly bruised and eX-
hausted when brought here, and he
was taken to the Maloney Hospital.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
MUST SUSTAIN ITSELF
Hitchcock Determined to Make Post
Office Enrn EXpenses.

Hitchcock Determined to Make POST
Office Earn EXPENSES.
Washington, ID. c., December 2T.-
That Postmaster-G Hitchcock is
determined to put the Post Office De-
partment on self-sustaining basis is
evidenced in the annual report of the
Third Assistant Postmaster-G General,
made public to-day Though the eX-
penditures of the department for the
past year still are in excess of the re-
ceipts. there is marked decrease in
the expenditures of the department for
the past year, when compared with
those of a year ago.
The total postal receipts for the fs-
cal year 1910 aggregated S224,12S,65T,-
81. This is an increase OF s2o,566,274.-
S5. or 1910 per cent, when compared
with those for the preceding year.
The expenditures for the past year
amounted to s229,977, ,224.50, an excess
of expenditures over receipts of S5,SiS,-
566Ss. To this deficit should be added
the sum of s32,9l5.07, lost by burglary,
fire, bad debts, etc. making total
deficit of s5,Ss1,4S1.95, a decrease OF
S11,59S,2SS.52. when compared with the
deficit of the fiscal Near 1ol9.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
NO FINAL DECISION
Outcome of Fraudulent Bill. of Laaln,


Case Still Uncertain.
New York, December 27.-Final de-
cision, 1t appears has not yet been rem
dered by the court of first instance In
the cotton bills of lading litigation
growing out of the alleged frauds per-
petrated in the name OF Alabama and
Mississippi firms last spring. While
the Supreme Court. after hearing tes-
timony as to the facts, directed ver-
dict for $4,000 against the Hanover
National Bank in favor of Springs &:
Co., cotton brokers, who sued for re-
payment of moneys PAID on draft to
which were attached bills of ladlng
which subsequently, proved fraudulent,
no Judgment was entered against the
banks. a motion for a new trial was
Immediately made, and on this Jus
tice NewburGer withheld decision until
after briefs had been filed on the ques-
tlons of law involved. January 4 was
the time limit set for the fling of
briefs. The suit is. regarded as impor-
tant as test case for other suits
which may be brought.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
COLLEGE MEN WANTED
Many Who Enter Dental Profession
Not Sufficiently Educated.

washington, d. c. December 2l.-
More men who have received an aca-
demic education before STUDYING den-
tstry are needed in the dental protess,
sion. according to DR.. j. G. Byranf. or
Indiana who delivered an address as
president of the Institute of Dentai l
Pedagogics, which began three days
session here to-day.
Radical changes in the entrance re
ouirements of the dental colleges OF
the country were advocated by Or.
Byram He was supported in the discus :
sion which followed by number OF
prominent dentistry teachers, VINO also
criticized the training of members or
dental college faculties. Among those
who spoke was DIR. Henry w. Morgan,
of Vanderbilt University.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
WANT RATES REDUCED
Pnying Too Much Freight
IN EossiIs

GcOlOEists PnSihE roo Much treiGht
on Fossils
Pittsburg. Pa. December 27-Thee
question OF freight rates was one of
the engrcssing topics discussed BY the
American Geological Society, at Us an N,
j. Holland. director OF the Carnegie
Museum, presented 9 resolution asking
take up with the railroads the matter
OF change in the classification of
fossils Dr. Holland declared that he
had paid $4,000 freight charges on a
shipment of fossil rock, for which $500
would appear ample in comparison
with other fright schedules. These
officers were nominated for election to
serve the coming year
President, Professor w. VI. Davis. of
Harvard. Vice President. w. n. Rice.
Wesleyan, Middletown, Conn; w. b.
Scott Princeton: Secretary, DR.. Z. o..
Hovey, American Museum of Natural
History. New York City: Treasurer w.
r Clark, Johns Hopkins. Librarian. 81.
u. Gushing, Western Reserve.
The retiring president DR.. Arnold
Hague. made his annual address to-
night and the annual smoker was held.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
BODY is RECOVERED
Not Known How Boatswnin's Mate
Lost His Life.

Washington, December 27-Rear Ad-
miral Murdoch. commander OF the
third division OF the Atlantic aeet. now
in the English Chann.i, to-day cabied
t. the Navy Department that the ooiy
of George Francis McArdle, boatswa IN >
mate, first class. who was attached to
hsd been recovered The cpblagram
contained no information as to the spe,,
cific cause of death. hnt II IS, supposed
to be case OF accidental drowning;
McArdle was forty-foI.' Yeafs olo.
ana had been In the nayal service about
t,venty-one years. He was u native
of Belfast, ireland but enlisted from
New York city, where his brother now
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
STREET CARS COLLIDE
Two People Killed and More Than Fifty
Injured.

Kansas City. Mo-, December 30.
A. Duke and John Harding were killed
four seriously. in a street car coils
sion on the lnter-city viaduct between
here and Kansas City, Kan Tonight,
The dead and most of the injured lived
IN Kansas City. Kan. Both cars be-
longed on the Minnesota Avenue line,
and were headed west. The leading
car. when near the east end of the
bridge, thirty feet above ground, lost
its trolley The other car came along
before the trolley could be replaced
and crashed into the car ahead. The
collision caused every light in the rear
car to go out. A wild scene followed.
Four persons fell off the viaduct into
the sand below. Within the car men
and women fought to get out VIM
dow panes We're crushed and many
were injured BY broken glass
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
NJount Etnn Ac,iye.

Catania. Sicily, December 2I,--
tivitys v Tier There have been 'n.,' no earth trem-
ors, however, but red-hot material has
been erupted, making a striking. con-
.trast with the snow-capped Volcano
The Villagers living near the crater,
remembering former experiences are
Keeping a close watch on the volcano
in fear Of being oYerWhelmed,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28

{ Gnlfport, Miss, December 27---A man
sn9. tered at a hotel here as o. Il
Spur, was found dead In his room to-
day. Empty laudanum and morphine
sphials were found in the same room
The coroner's verdict was suicide, The
mans clothes We're made In Portland
Maine, and he registered from New
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28

Aviation Field Los Angeles, Cal. De-
cember 27.-Aeroplanc racing was in
ltiated here to-day. Eugene Ely. in a
sixty-horse power Curtiss racer. start
ed from scratch with Philip o. Parma
lee. in the BABY" Wright. and defeat
ed him by nearly half a mile in an
eight and three-quarter miles contest.
The race was a feature of rather
dull day. The aviators sped over the
course in tcnmlle breeze. Ely's
time was 1906 2-5 or approximately
hfty-two miles an hour. Parmalee's
time was not taken. Gly's time around
the track of approximately one and
three-quarter miles follows:
First lap. 2:02 40: second lap,
2:o1 SO. third lap, 2:01 1-5: fourth
lap. 200 3-5: nth lap, 1859 I-5.
This was much slower than the
time Ely made In a speed test earlier
In the day. In this test he went once
around the track in 1:5S i-s. or about
hfty-nine miles an hour This Is a
record for the field
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
coNFERs WITH DWIGHT
Taft Believes There Is Chance to Put
His Program Through.

His Program Through.
Washington, December 2I.-Presi-
dent Taft had quite an extended con-
ference with Representative Dwight
of New York. Republican whip of the
House to-day. Mr.. Dwight agreed
with the President that there is an
excellent chance for putting through
a legislative program at the present
session of Congress. The President
as yet has not decided just what ones
OF the various matters recolNnended
in his message no will push. FIe WILL
have a series of conferences following
the resumption of the congressioHl !
ment both in the House and In the
senate towards several of the more
important measures.
The President took under consd-
Grafton to-day an nvitationt o attend
the anniversary exercises of Hampton
Normal Institute, at Hampton, Va, late
In January.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
BODY BLOW DELIVERED
s9iidnappers Receive Maximum Sem
tence I'm New York.

New York. December a7--A body
blow to the kidnapping bands who
have been working in this and other
cities was administered by Judge Faw-
cett, In County Court in Brooklyn. to-
day, when, after unmercifully scoring
Maria Kappa and Stanislai Pattenza as
a menace to the community and de-
serving the death penalty, the court
gave them the maximum sentence for
kidnapping, an indeterminate period of
from twenty five to forty-nine years
and ten months in States prison,
They We're convicted recently in
quick trials of having abducted and
held in captivity eight-year- -old Giu-
seppe Lingo and Michael Rizzo, seven
year-old sons of well-to-do Brooklyn
italians The Longo boy was kidnap-
ped on November 10 last, and a few
days later the RlZzo child disappeared
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
MEETS DEATH UNDER ICE
Last Rites of Church Administered to
Drowning Girl.

Last Rites of Church Administered to
DROWNING Girl.
Philadelphia. Pa. December 2T.--
While vain efforts were being made to,
rescue her. and after a priest who had
risked his life on the thin ice had adj
ministered the last rites of the church.
Margaret Shaw, aged nineteen years,
sank to death TO-DAY under the ice on
the Schuylkill River.
Agnes Haynes, James Harper ana
Richard Faymous who We're skating
with her, and had broken through the
with difHuclty Boys playing hockey
nearby extended their clubs to the
men. and Miss Haynes was saved by
her brother, who crawled over the
crumbling ice and pulled her out with
coat
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
Eatnl Hunting Accident.

Greensboro, N, c., December 27,-
Fred Ward, lad OF tifteen, was in
stantly killed to-day when shotgun
in the hands OF his father Richard
Ward, was accidentally discharged
The father and son We're squirrel
hunting in orange county, and while
the father'fwas knocking against the
butt of n hollow tree with the gun
stock the weapon was discharged, the
entire load going through the heart
Of L ,n hnN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
DEATH CLAIMS LEPER
Miss Kirk Had Deen Quarnntined in
Own Home for Two Years

UNH ftUH1e 10r TWO curs.
Aiken S. c.. December 37.-After
being in quarantine in her home here
for more than two years, Miss Mary
v. Kirk, a, leper, died tonight from
what is said TO have been compli-
cation of diseases.
Miss Kirk contracted the disease in
Brazil nineteen years ago while serv-
ing as a PRESBYTERIAN missionary. She
had been treated by specialists OF
worldwide reputation, but was pro-
nounced incurable.
The fact that she was leper did
not become known here until two
years ago. When an attempt was made
to remove her to the pesthouse an
injunction was secured and the case
was bitterly fought in the courts for
more than year. She never left her
own home.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
READY TO RETRAcT
prince Mnxinllinn Wrote Article to
Which Pope Objected.

Rome, December 27.--Prince Maxi,
milan. of SaXony, who Is professor OF
canon law at the Swiss University at
ISreiburg, had interviews to-day with
the pope and the Papal Secretary OF
State, to whom he made full eNplana.
tions for an article on the union or
.the Roman and Oriental churches,
which he wrote some time ago for an
ecclesiastical periodical. He made sub
mission to the Holy Sec and declared
he was ready to retract the article, TO
which objection had been made
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
GETS AWAY WITH GEMS

Daring Thief Smashes Window and
Steals Diamonds.
Tampa, Fla, December 27.--Smash-
ing plate glass window with a heavy
weight quickly seizing a tray of dia-
momds and dashing UP stairway a few
feet away, an unknown thief tonight
completed one of the most daring rob-
berries ever known in Tampa. The
thief escaped by a rear stairway, The
gems We're valued at more than S3,-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
GovernmentSecuresDis-
missal of Civil Suits
Against Packers.
NO EXCUSE FOR
FURTHER della Y
Federal Attorneys Score Point
When They Sweep Aside
Actions Behind Which Off
cials of Packing Company
Are Alleged to Have
Been Hiding.

Chicago, December 27.-United States
afstrict Attorney Edwin w. Sims ap-
peared to-day before Judge kohlsaat t
in the Federal court and asked that
the dissolution suit Of the government
against the National Packing Com
pany. which had been accused of being
q trust, be dismissed The order was
entered by the court.
This move was declared by the gov.
ernment TO have been made with the
object OF clearing the way for the
criminal trials of packers indicted on
fharees OF conspiring against trade.
recently. attorneys for the indicted
packers appeared In the Federal Dis
1rlet Court and asked that the GRIM
5nal proceedings be stayed until the
civil suit was terminated.
To Expedite Trials.
Z. we are doing everything We can
uederal official. Every obstacle to
2eady trial raised by the packers we
baye removed, so far as we can. They
want delay on the criminal proceed
1nss to ena BILE them to devote their
Time 10 this suit so We had this one
pismlssed to expedite the other"
Assistant United States District At
forney James II. Wilkerson late to day
ISSUED q statement regarding his ac-
zion in sweeping aside civil suits TO
make way for criminal prosecution Of
the men composing the packing COM
pany. MIR. Wilkerson asserts that there
rs but one reason for the dismissal of
the civil case. and that IS the desire
of ire government for immediate and
vigorous criminal prosecution of the
packers The statement follows:
The petition against the packers
was hled on March Il. 1910. After
wards there was q grand jury investi-
cation, as 2 result of which indlet-
2nents were returned charging some
OF the defendants in the bin with
criminal violations of tho anti-trust
laws Since the return OF those in
dietments the defendants in the equity
case have asked number of eNten-
slons of time within which 10 answer.
and those extensions have always been
granted
stood by both the government and the
attorneys for the packers tilsAt there
were TO be no further proceedings in
the equity case until the trial of the
criminal cases
Governments Position.
The purpose of the dismissal OF
the equity case Is to make clear the
position Of the government that the
tria! of the criminal cases is TO be
Vigorously pushed and is 10 be inter-
1ered with In no way whatever 10y
the pendenoy of the equity cases in
the Circuit Court
1T may be that a resort to petit
lations Will he entirely unnecessary
II the governments contentious are
sustained in the criminal cases The
ATTORNEY General therefore directed
the dismissal of the equity case with
out prejudice. Further proceedings to
snJoln future violations can. of course
be instituted II those proceedings
should be found necessary 10 maintain
fully the position of the government In
Hhis litigation
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
PRESS CLUB ELECTS
Arthur J. Dodge. Of Minnenpolis Trl-

Arthur j. Dodge, of minneapolis Tri-
bunc, Is President.
Washington, D. c., December 81
The National Press Club of Washing
to-day. with the following result:
President, Arthur j, Dodge, of the
Minneapolis Tribune; Vice President
Frederic j. Haskin. of the Haskin Syn
dicate: Secretary, Ralph Graves, OF the
Lyon, Jr., WASHINGTON Star; Financial
Secretary, Arthur e. Johnson, Rocky
Mountain News, of Denver. Col. Mem
bers of the Board of Governors--F'rank
B. Lord of the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, and John p. Gavit, chief OF
the Washington staff of the Associated
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
Amutcur Is Wrecked.

Aviation Field. Los Angeles Cal, De-
cember 2T.-Glcnn Martin. an amateur
aviator from Santa Anna, Cal fell
seventy-fve feet during practice
flight at the aviation aee. here to- day
but was not hurt. Martin had jhsc
completed his machine. Curtiss type
of biplane, equipped with motor made
by a iosal hrrn. and had made three
circuits of the long course. Then ne
lost control of his planes on a turn.
after having flown more than two
miles, and was dashed against the
fence incloslng the field. HIS machine
waE wrecked
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
LIQUID EGGS SEIZED
nyine Tons Are Taken In Charge by
Federal OtllCcrs.

ENInt TUhS Art TIHktH III OHHrGc by
Federal Officers.
New York, December 27,-Nine tons
tf liquid eggs" were seized to-day
ftv Federal officers in the cold storage
R,lant of the Merchants Refrigerator
Company. Jersey City. The warrant
.irf seizure, which was Issued by the
United Sta tet, es9rihes
4he eggs as 'filthy decompossas> :, ,ssa: We: y
13ogrd OF Health will be asksc to de-
Stroy them, The eggs We're consigned
From Chicago, shipments, 1t is alleged
being traced by the government inspec-
tor to the Chicago Cold Storage and
MTareholl5e Company and the Union
cqld Stassge Company. OF Chicago.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
POISON FINALLY KILLS
Victim Dies Twelve Days After swai-
lowing Dose.

Pittsburg, Pa, December 27-IWelNe
ty-seven grains of bichloride of mer-
curry, enough to kill $50 persons, ana
day he died. After the poison had
been taken a physician was summoneu,
and in short time Desc was apparent
.ly' as we'll as ever. He told members
Of his family what he had done, put
gave the matter no more attention.
Christmas Eve he became i'll and ms
condition grew gradually worse until
he died from the effects of the poison
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
First Appearance Entered.

Detroit, Mich.. December 27.-The
nirst appearance in connection with
Ethe government prosecutions OF manu-
t5acturers of enameled bath room fix
tures was entered before Judge Swan
an United States District Court this
AFTERNOON Joseph II. Bales, a Pitts
burg attorney and Attorney Charles
1 Wright, of Detroit, representing j. A
y sFrauenheinl, president and treasurer
of the kerner Manufacturing Com
ipany. of Pittsburg. and allied inter-
ests, entered an appearance for his
clients.
To the charges of the indictments
(Which were returned by the grand jury
here on December 6, that combina-
zion in restraint of trade had been
entered into by the defendant COM
pany, the plea was not guilty.
The attorneys for the defendants,
however, reserved the right to with
fGraw the plea and enter a demurrer
ito the Indictment
Judge Swan granted the right of
hemurrer, providing that the necessary
papers were filed before January 2,
t1911.
Following the appearance in court,
Che attorneys of the defendants filed
bonds in the sum $4,000 for the ap-
1earance of each of their clients. 1t
was practically decided by United
States Attorney Frank a. Watson and
the attorneys for the defense that
Ethe case would be brought to trial
yearly in March
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
A NEW NEWSPAPER
ernor Patterson Denies He WIN

Governor Patterson Denies He VIII
Be Editor-ln-Chief.
Nashville. Tenn, December 27.-The
plant of the recently discontinued
Knoxville World has been purchased
by Nashville parties, and will be
moved 10 this city, where 1t is planned
to establish new daily paper, 1t
who retires from the executive office In
January, would be the editor-in chief,
but the Governor to-day denied this.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
BLASTING POWDER LETS GO

Two Worl<men Are Killed and One
Fatally Hurt.
Butler, Pa, December 27---An eXplo-
sion of l50 pounds of blasting powder
Tony Rossi and Peter Guann, two of
the blasters, and fatally injured An
drew Russina, an assistant. The lat
ter was blown twenty-five feet, both
legs were torn from his body and his
head and body were badly lacerated,
The explosion is thought to have been
caused by a drill striking a cap in
an yploIad charge
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
rnlllnw noom Kills Two.

unionville, Mo- December 1.-TWO
men were killed and four Injured BY
the falling Of a boom Used In repair
Ing bridges here to-day,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
.Indinn Chicf Dirs.

McAlester Okla, December 2T.--Gren
Mccurtain principal chief OF the Choc-
taw nation, died In his home in Klnta,
Okla, to-day. "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
TWO Men Killed and One Injured by

TWO Men Killed and ONO IhJHrcd bE
Negroes.
Clark~1ale, MIS-, December 27.~-W
w. Kirk, plantation manager, and l..
d. kessee are dead, and John Holt
is suffering from gunshot wounds as
the result Of an ambuscade near Fitz-
hugh. Miss, yesterday. Three negro
tenants charged with shooting are
being hunted by posse. The trouble
grew out OF a quarrel over farm af-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-28
LOSES HIS COURAGE
Man Kills Himself before
ReAnite Comes.

Brownsville, Tex, December a7
Lipez, in jail at Chapin with
his brother, Jose Lipez sentenced to
be hanged to morrow, lost COURAGE and
to-day strangled himself to death In
his cell Two hours later the sheriff
received a respite until January 10,
1911, from Governor Campbell for both.
Mexican fraternal organizations Sc :
cured the respite.