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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28
CONSPIRE TO FAKE
INSURANCE CLAIMS
SEEK TO DEFRAUD
CITY OF FORTUNE
Chicago Officials and contracto
Are Indicted on Charge Of
Huge Conspiracy.

Chicago, ILL., January 27.-Paul
Redieske. resigned Deputy Commits
sioner OF Public Works; Michael H.
McGovern. wealthy contractor, who
has had many big city. contracts. and
nine city officials and employees Of Nc
Govern, were indicted by the grand
Jury to-day.
The men are charged with con-
spiracy to defraud the city of s254.-
QUO. according to the sum mentioned in
the true bill.
The Indictment on this charge came
as O alcomplete surprise as 1t was be-
lioved the alleged frauds involved only
about $4,000 in the so-called "Shale-
rock scandal
The men indicted, besides Redieske
and Nice Govern. are: etto Niehoff. sec
retary to McGovern: Max Landguth,
former superintendent for McGoyern;
George Moore. foreman for McGov-
ern:, Ralph Bonnell, resigned Assistant
City Engineer; John c. Parks. AS
sistant City Engineer; Robert Green.
a. foreman for McGovern; Richard
Burke. John NcNichols and Joseph
Maher. city inspectors In the en-
gineers' department.
Conspiracy Changed.
The Indicted men are speod ficallys ac-
cused Of conspiring to dekraud the city
by laying only one-sxth! OF the con
crete and brick work called for In the
contract for the construction OF tee.
tion N. Of the Lawrence Avenue Tun.
mel.
The Merriam Commission. which has
been Investigating municipal eNpendl-
lures, brought out the fact that sne M
city had been charged about sl5,oVo
for the cutting out of the sha'e roels
In section D. of the tunnel. The shaie
rook proved to be only haia cra o.ay'
Evidence concerning the alleged S25o..
ooo fraud upon which the Indictment
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PROBING FORCED
by GRAND JURORS
They Intimate That Former In.
vestigation Was Stopped by
Outside Influence.

Chicago. ILL.,. January 27.-Four
members of the Federal grand jury
that investigated the so-called beef
trust in 1908 forced the government
to start the present probe, according
to report current to-day.
Assistant Attorney General Wade
Ellis. who spent to-day In Chicago.
denied that there was any friction
among government officers concerning
the present Investigations. and also
stated that District Attorney Edwin
w, Sims would remain in charge.
Concerning the inception of the
present action, 1t Is satd that there
would have been none had the four
dissatisfied jurors not sought the aid
of Judge Lands. This quartet. 1t Is
said, was willing to indict the packers
in December, 1908. and finally became
so Indignant over the increasing price
of meat that they Informed Judge
Lands that they thought it was time
for the government to begin another
action.
Sudden Apathy.
The report of the four jurors alleged
that there was sufficient evidence sub
mitted to the 1905 grand jury to war
rant true bills. and that In the face
of this there was sudden apathy
on the part of those behind the prose-
cutlon. They also said that If the In
vestigation was not Immediately re-
newed they would make a joint state
ment to the public. setting forth their
theory of why the prosecution had
been dropped.
Following the Jurors. complaint.
Judge Lands Is said to have made an
investigation that resulted in the
present action. Judge lands, 1t Is
said, got in touch with the evidence
submitted to the 1908 grand jury, and
he Is determined that the present ac-
,tlon shall not be nulli1ed by any influ-
ence arising outside the grand jury.
In his statement concerning the
scope of the present investigation, Mr.
Ellis said:
THE Department of Justice hal
been at work for five:or six months
Investigating the developments OF th
fresh meat Industry since the last nc
tlonihy the government. and especial
~ the relation of the situation to th
prices of food products. with view
to ascertainins whether cause of ac
tion now exists.
THE investigation will be conducted
under the anti-trust statute and may
be either civil or criminal. The pro-
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Gigantic Scheme to Defraud
Companies IsDis
covered.
PLY ssIc.IAn.s TN PLOT
Policies to Sum of 100000 Is
sued and Fifty People
Involved.

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Louisville, Ky. January 27.-John J..
Kenne, p. J. Needham aud It. T..
O'Leary, agents for n number OF In
surnncc companies in Indiana, Ten
nessee, Kentucky and other States. TO-
night were arrested on warrants
charging them with conspiracy to de-
fraud. The warrants were sworn out
by S. G. Reniclz, secretary ana trens-
urer of the Independent Life lnsur-
ance Company, OF Nashville, Tenn.
While the amount involved is not
stated, 1t Is said to reach S.OO,OOO In
policies alleged to hnves been writer
on the lives of persons virtually GER
tain to die, within u few months. The
fraud consisted In the impersonation
of sick and incurable persons by
healthy ones employed for the pur-
pose. The men arrested Will have n
preliminary herring lin Police Court
to- -morrow. They gave no bail to-
night.
What attorneys, employed by a
dozen or more life Insurance com.
panies to conduct criminal prosecution
say is a scheme to ,defraud insurance
companies through the formation OF
an alleged conspiracy is to be made
the subject of an investigation in
louisville. New Albany, Ind. and per-
haps other points.
Covering one point, In. the alleged
conspiracy. warrants We're sworn out
to- day by S. c. Renick. secretary and
treasurer of the independent Life
Insurance Company, of Nashville,
Tenn. for the arrest of John j. Keane.
Fl. j. Needham and r. IT, O'Leary, In
surance solicitors. Of louisville, on
charges of conspiracy to defraud by
insuring dying persons through mis-
representation.
1t is said that the affair involves
in one way or another mora than fifty
persons. and relates to fraudulently
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-28
|STR|CKEN PARIS
ST|lL IN GRASP
OF YELLOW TIDE
Slowly Waters Of Seine
| Creep Higher on
Terrified City.
EACH DAY BRINGS
FRESH HORRORS
chasms in Streets Seem to
Yawn for Buildings Which
Are Crurnbling in Flood.
True Gravity of Condi-
ton Concealed by
Prefect.
Flood Conditions
Becoming Worse

Flood conditions In Paris had be-
come considerably worse at : o'clock
this morning. particularly In the
south nnd cnst sections. In the old
Latin Quarter the situation was
critical. The sidewnlk of the auai
Des Grands-Auguxtins collapsed and
fell into the Orleans Compnny'a
tunnel beneath, further extending
the food through the ancient streets.
particularly the Rue jacob and
around the Institute of France.
Mnny sewers burst In the twelfth
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ono of the biggest
In Paris, the whole of which Is now
submerged and Inns been plunged
into darkness on account of the
breaking of the gas mains.
The half-buried He st. Louis,
which Is connected with He de Ia
Cite by means of the Pont st. Louis,
is likely to be totally submerged
within few hours. as the water Is
now only few inches from the
parapet.
Mnsons were hastily summoned Mt
a late hour, and are working dcs-
nerately to erectsn wall to save tho
historic Hotel Lambert. erected In
the seventeenth century, and now
the residence OF Prince Czartoryski,
and the equally famou. Hotel Lau-
nun adjoining, which WAS purchased
by the city in 1900. to be used MS
museum of art. 1t was nlso built
In the seventeenth century.
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Paris, January 27.-Another day has
passed. hut the ineKornhie yellow tide
still creeps slowly higher, ench inch
of water widely extending the area OF
destruction, desolatiou and ruin. AL
though the barometer is rising rapldly
and bright sunshine to-day succeeded
the raging stOrms a feeling of conster.
nation bordering ON panic prevailed
tonight when the authorities, who
yesterday promised the maximum OF
the flood for to-day, announced that
this would not he reached until to-lnor-
row morning. The City Council, at q
stormy session tonight, charged NJ.
Lepine, prefect of Paris, for withhold.
ing the true gravity OF the situation.
The prefcct defended his attitude by
saying that he was governed by tho
necessity of not unduly alarming thu
people.
In the meantime what is happening
is enough to strike terror to the hearts
seems ready tn sink Info the flooded
| subterranenn labyrinth beneath. Every
| hour drains arc bursting In new los
calitics, causing II suhsldence of tho
their normal level, while the overflow
of surface water from the river II
transforming the Inundated districts
into formidable lnles nnd the streets
into canals.
In the Bercy quarter the water ID
six feet deep in the streets, aud the
i entire left hank of the Seine from
above the islnnds to Auteull, compria.
Ing the Law Court Institute, the FASH
ionnhle st. Germain district. the For-
cign Office, the Chamber OF Deputies
and the Champs de Mars, Is submerged
under from one to ten feet of water.
Some of the inmates left the PaIais
bourbon Tonight In rowboats, othcrs
on the backs of attendants.
4. Walls Are CrulnblinE.
/ The walls OF the Inynlides station
are crumbltns. and both that struc-
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ture and the wing of the Foreign ONCE
opposite are In danger of collapse.
The streets surrounding the ST. Laxarc
| Station have sunk three feet, and the
situation there Is regarded ms desper-
ate. II is also feared that the foun-
dations OF ahe two hiS neIEhborinE
department stores are heinE under-
mined.
The overflow of the broken sewers
into the looded easements menaces the
health of the occupants. and the smcll
OF sewage is already perneasing the
buildings. \
Soldiers are working desperately by Z
the aid of torches, disentanslins drift.$
| wood above tho solferino and Henry
~. bridges. while large forces OF men
ass.ss!!s sngagsd IA saaa!Ias tlps dana
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HNfOND. VA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 90, 1910.

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
MAKE WHISKY In
HEART OF DECATUR

Decatur, August 13.-(Special.)-A an
early hour this morning Officers White.
Thompson and Bass were making their
rounds on Bank street, and seeing a flick
ering light upstairs over Lee Carriers soft
drink stand, thinking it was fire, went
up and discovered in full operation an
S0-gallon still with capacity of so gal
Ions a day also 1900 gallons of mash and
200 gallons of whisky on hand. The Of
ficers took charge of the distillery outfit
and arrested ]. II. Hodges, who was in
charge, and turned the outfit over to
Deputy Collector v. S. Root of Huntsville,
where preliminary hearing will be had
Monday.
The discovery has created a great SEN
sation as this still was located on a prin-
cipal business street. 1t is not known
how long it has been operated
Ike Smith, a negro, was arrested with
a barrel of whisky under his house. Mr..
Root is here making further investiga-
lions, and it is believed that several ar
rests will be made in connection with this
case.
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NEWS OF GADSDEN
Two Men Are Bound Over on Charge
of Murder

Gadsden, August 13.-tSpecia1. )-Ac-
cording to the finding of the court at
Guntersville in conducting the hear
ing of VIII West and Emmett Kear-
ney, charged with the murder of Will
Stearns, negro, the men are guilty
and they have been remanded to jail
without bond to await the action Of the
grand Jury West has figured in num-
Der of criminal cases in this county.
Kearney has heretofore borne q good
reputation.
The Gadsden baseball team Is once
more on it's uppers and the stockhold-
crs of the association have been called
upon to come across to keep the team
in the field and retain the franchise.
A meeting was held last night and
another will probably be held tonight
or tomorrow when the rate or the team
will be decided.
After inspecting the property of the
Chattanooga Southern between that
city and Gadsden, Newman Erb and
other members of the syndicate taking
over the road spent some time in this
city yesterday considering the posi-
bilities for improvements and extern
sions. c. e. James of Chattanooga,
the original promoter of the road. was
in the party and displayed bis old-time
enthusiasm over the future of the prop
erty. Before leaving the city assurance
was given that many improvements
would be made and that a line to the
plants of the Southern Iron and Steel
company would be constructed without
delay. This work is to be begun within
a few weeks and be completed yet this
fall. This extension will call for alb out
three miles of track.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
FARMERS OF STATE
MEET THIS WEEK
Three Days Session to Be Held
At Montgomery
DR.. JACKSON RESIGNS
Board for Nearly Six Years-A
Young Woman Is Acct
dentally Killed

Montgomery, August 13.-(Special.) D
Farmers from every part of the state will
be here three days next week beginning
Tuesday and running to Thursday. The
State Farmers union will begin on
Wednesday. but most of Tuesday will
have been taken up in sessions of the
warehouse committees. at which business
of this class will be looked after. There
are several hundred warehouses in the
state. The total membership of the
union Is not far from $1,000 either way.
The delegates will be welcomed to the
city by Mayor Castor Gunter and by
J. B. Stephens of the local union. j.
A. Wilkinson, commissioner of agricul-
ture, will no doubt have a word of greet
ing for the state. W. A. Morris of Sulli-
gent will respond to the addresses Among
the speakers will be United States Sem
ator John H. Bankhead, NJ. V. Richards
Of the Southern railway and B. F.
Yoakum of the Rock Island interests.
President Barrett of the National Farm
ers union will also be here.
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SUMMER COLDS
Are Considered by Doctors More Dan
gerOus Than Winter Colds.

A person is quite as apt to catch cold
IN the summer as in the winter, but 1t
is harder to cure cold in the SUNNI es
than in the winter. In winter the brao-
ing air assists the remedy to overcome
the cold, but the sultry, depressing
weather of summer retards the cure of
colds.
The public is much interested in
knowing remedy that will successfully
cope with summer colds. A remedy
that covers just such cases is Peruna.
Experience has taught that it is the one
remedy that promptly expels sum.
mer colds of every character and de.
scription.
Miss Ivy Gray, Fairview, KY, says:
!" 1 have taken Peruna, and would say
that 1t is the best medicine for coughs
and colds ever saw. I find that it
always cures cold in a short while. It
also strengthens and builds up the sys-
tenn"
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uncle of Cyrus B. Brown, nominee 10
secretary of state of Alabama.
News Of Auburn

Auburn, August 13-(SpeciaL) Pres
ident C. c. Thach of the Alabama Poly
technic institute and Mrs. Thach have
returned to Auburn after trip OF
seven weeks, in the course of which
they visited Boston, Newport and vari-
Gus cities of Connecticut and Yer
mont
G. F. Limscomb, Auburn '07, has been
appointed assistant professor of chem
and will enter upon his duties about
September Is. Mr.. Lipscomb has been
connected with the chemistry faculty
at Auburn and has held a fellowship
in chemistry at Princeton university.
r. C. Williams, Auburn 'o7, has been
appointed assistant professor of chem
istry at Tulane university. New Or
leans, and has already undertaken the
work at that institution Mr.. Will
liams has been engaged in the work
of the chemical laboratory at Auburn
He graduated from the Mobile Medical
college in June.
Cards have been issued announcing
the Forthcoming marriage of Col. B. S
Patrick, commandant and professor o.
military tactics at Auburn, to Miss
Berta Heard of Ruston, La. The wed
ding will be performed August IS.
Prof. J. r. Rutland of the depart
ment of English at Auburn and Mrs
Rutland returned to Auburn yesterday
afternoon after a bridal tour of sew
eral weeks.
The approaching wedding of Mr.
James Jackson of Auburn to Miss Han
nah Jane Caldwell of Auburn has been
announced to friends of the couple
The wedding will be performed during
the latter part of August. Mr.. Jack
son Is connected with the state chem
ical laboratory at Auburn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14

Rope Breaks and Two Men Fall Thir-
ty-flve Feet

Gadsden, August. Especial -While
engaged in the work OF painting the home
of Charles p Smith on Turrentne ave-
nue., two painters, RUFF Roper and Luther
Barnard, were more or less injured by
the breaking of rope that supported the
scaffold on which they were at work.
They were precipitated to the ground
some IS feet below them and but for fall
ing on some soft flower beds would have
been more seriously hurt than they were.
Roper suffered a badly sprained ankle
while Barnard was rendered unconscious
and sustained a broken arm.
The money for the school bonds being
now in hand contracts for the erection
Of the new College, street building were
signed today and the work will be rushed
with all possible speed SO that school
may not be longer delayed than is alb
solutely necessary this fall. A hig force
of men will be put to work Monday and
as the foundations are already II rec
ord should be made in erecting the build
ing
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Teachers' Institute Closes

Fort Payne, August 13.-(SpeciaL)-
The institute for the Seventh congress
sional district ended here today with a
very interesting programme. The in
stitute was conducted by r. E. Ses-
sions of Huntsville and B. B. Brough-
ton, principal of the Madison county
high school. John W. Abercrombie,
president of the University of Ala
bama, made a very interesting talk
last night, as did also Prof. d. S.
Bur1eson of Florence, who addressed
the meeting on the subject of "Educa-
tion." A number of prominent speak
ers have been present during the ses-
sion and much good has resulted from
their discussion of the various branches
of education and their needs. The day
sessions were held at the high school
building, while the night meetings
were held in the courthouse, good
crowds attending all meetings.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
MIDDLETON MAY
ISSUE CHALLENGE
Will Probably Ask for Joint
Debates With Blackmon
CONTRACT FOR SCHOOL
Admission Firm VIII Build New School
House-Calhoun County Wants
Credit for the Big Iron
Boulder

Admission, August 13.-(SpeciaD-It seems
that J. o. Middleton, the Clanton attor-
ney who was recently nominated by the
Fourth district republican convention 20
oppose State Senator Fred L. Blackmon
of this city, the democratic nominee for
Congress, has been somewhat unified
by the statement of Mr.. Blackmon that
he lis dead easy" and there is said to
be probability that the republican can
didate will challenge the democratic nom-
inee to a joint debate on the issues OF
the campaign at an early date.
This was announced this afternoon, fol-
lowing a meeting of the Calhoun county
executive committee of the republican
party at which it was planned to have
a big barbecue at Vernon Springs, Beat
8, this county, on Friday, August 26, as
a means of injecting a little ginger into
the campaign which the &. o. p. pro-
poses to wage in Calhoun and the Fourth
district.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Repeal Is Certain
Trustees for DeLoach Mill

Huntsville, August 13.-(Special. AT a
meeting in the office of Jere Murphy,
referee in bankruptcy, the creditors of
the bankrupt DeLoach Mil Manufacture
ing company Of Bridgeport, elected David
A. Grayson, Lawrence Brown and w. D.
Scarborough as trustees. The property
of the DeLoach company is under a
mortgage of 100000 and this will con-
sumo practically all Of the assets. There
are liabilities of about $25, 900 in addition
to the mortgage that are unsecured
The bankrupt concerns big plant Is be-
ing operated by the DeLoach Manufact-
uring company, under a lease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
CARRIER HOnOred

Alabama, and supreme representative
of the knights of Pythias, represent
ing the state at the meeting of the
supreme lodge now in session at Mil
waukee, has been named on the su-
preme tribunal. This Is a signal honor
to the state, as there are a great many
men to choose from, and the biggest
men in the order. Henry p. Brown
supreme chancellor, made the selec-
ton. Mr.. Brown, by the way, Is an
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Fine CrOus In Calhoun

Col w. H. McKleroy of this city car
ried a newspaper man. friend and
County Farm Agent j. r. Turner. under
Uncle Sans demonstration bureau, to his
farm in his car Friday afternoon to show
the results of some work that has been
prosecuted under the direction of Mr..
Turner, who followed the improved meth
DDS advocated by the department of agri-
culture The result has been remark
able Improvement over the old methods.
Colonel McKleroy's cotton is nearly shout
der high, loaded with bolls and will yield
froca 1900 to 1000 pounds of seed to the
acre Other farmers in the same terri
tory are following the directions laid
down by Agent Turner under the govern
ment's Instructions all with the same
result, the corn crops being equally as
fine as the cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14
Clarence r.. chase Dies

Huntsville, August 1a-(Special.)- Clar-
ence e. Chase. aged So years, died here
Yesterday after an illness of several
weeks. He was a former resident Of Full
ton, N r., and came to Huntsville two
years ago and engaged in business. His
wife. grown son and married daughter
survive him.