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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
FORM COMPANY
To BUILD SUBURB
Handsome Residence Section to
be Built Up in Amherst for
Lynchburg Folk.
ACTIVITY IN BUILDING
Great Quantity of Work Being
Done in and Around the
Hill City.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
LYNCHBURG, VA. May THE
most important Development during
the week IN business circles here was
the formation of land company to
develop residence section for Lynch
burgers In Amherst county, some four
miles on the turnpike from the city
toward Amherst Courthouse. and on
the for of the Eion road. The sec
ton will get its name from Its Local
ton, and will be called Amelon, and
the company promoting 1t has been
incorporated as the Amelon Company,
with s. q. Stevens president, and A
r. Quick secretary.
The section lies on the farm OF
Austin T. Quick, which has been pnr-
chased for the purpose. II contains
some four hundred acres, and Wa
be divided up into Ave and ten-acre
lots. for bungalow and country home
sites, A motor car line VIII be run
from the city as soon as the proJec'
has taken definite shape until the
proposed trolley line through Amherst
county is constructed.
Building operations nave CohtiiAUco
with an even progress during the
week. The new market house is new
above the second story. and work
will soon be commenced upon the
new high school. Several new pusi-
ness houses will be huilt. among them
being a new building Tor wholesale
dry goods concern. II is expected
that the new Southern depot in West
I.ynchburg will be started In q short
time, and the new bridge over the
James river. Lac feet above the water
livel, lie practically completed. ms
serious delay in the construction 81
the tunnel under Rtvermont. caused
by the cave-in about year ago. II
being rapidly overcome. and 1t VIII
be ready for use In shorter time
than ITS condition at that time seem
ed to warrant.
Foundations for the Cabell Street
Baptist church have been completed
and the end of the summer VIII see
the new building finished. Two other
churches win be rebuilt during the
summer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
BUCKET SHOP FIGHT
TAKEN To- THE WEST
Attorney General Wickershan
Plans for Many Prosecutions
There.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. May Chi
cago and the Middle West are to be
the next objective point OF Attorney
General wickersham In his crusade
against. the bucket shops. and to-day
the Department of Justice completed
plans for the prosecution OF number
OF bucket shop men in that section.
The department plans 10 make It's
anti bucket silop activity country
wide. Following the investigations In
the Middle West. the department will
proceed to San francisco, and from
there will extend the crusade to the
entire Pacific coast.
The present prosecutions are under
a law of the District Of Columbia, or
.ina other localities under the postal
laws. The. attorney general has de-
cided to ask Congress to extend the
District OF Columbia to make Ii crime
TO transmit between States any bucket
shop Information.
III view OF the imprcbabiIity that
such q law could pass at this session,
the department evolved q scheme BY
which Ii can prosecute these cases
awithaut additional legislaticn." What
this Is. however. has not been al
vuiged
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
HER MOTHER LONG DEAD:
OTHER RELATIVES HERE
Miss Minnie L. Williams OF y

Miss Minnie L. Williams. OF Wash
5tngtun, u c.. has made inquiry al
to the whereabouts Of her mother
from whom she WAS separated In
1894. W
Inquiry Saturday by representa-
tive Of The virg fnian esiesteiored THE
fact that her tinther has been dead
Tor 1 number OF years. She was q
sister Of Mrs. J. B. Latham, OF Rich
fnund. her maiden name befnx Misu
Frye. & The aunts OF Miss WstItaSss,
III Richmond, are: Mrs M0lltr Kelley
ma HIN. Fannie Latham. wife ak nm
~ II both Of Rtchmcnd
i ~ ~ n Y mother of - ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
COMMITTEE ON ELECTRICITY
MEETS ON MONDAY MIGHT

The meeting OF the Council Com
mittee on Electricity Monday night In
the only committee meeting 80 far
scheduled for next week
Following the session OF this COM
mittee the Council will meet to inves-
tigate the charges which have been
made against Messrs. Gilbert Pollock
and George Wise.
Tuesday night the regular meeting
OF the Board OF Aldermen Will be
called.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
SALES OF TOBACCO
ARE NEARLY OVER
Offerings on the Richmond, Mar
ket the Past Week Only About
100000 Pounds,
LITTLE MORE TO COME IN
Only TIVE Sales Week Now and
But One After Short While
Prices Are Good.

With only two sales days a week.
the end of the tobacco season in Rich
mond is practically at hand, accord
ing TO the most accurate Information
obtainahle by the Richmond virginians
IL was said Saturday afternoon by
one OF the leading brokers that less
than Io00.oo0 pounds of the weed
changed hands during the past seven
days. Most OF this was IN small lots.
but brought good prices. The suota-
lions OF the tobacco market remain
practically unchanged.
Most OF the space In the big ware
houses. which up until short while
ago were scenes OF activity in buying
and selling. are now being used for
storage purposes for the huge hogs
heads OF leaf.
There 10 but little stock left out
standing. This, it liz expected. Will
come in irregularly until the middle OF
June. Sales have narrowed TO Tues.
days and Saturdays. and before many
weeks only one sale week will be
held.
.we have had our inning, and un-
til the season opens again we can
spend our time keeping up with the
ball scores. one broker told a re-
porter.
Prices In sun cured and dark to-
bacco continued unchanged, while re-
ceipts in both grades have been ex-
tremely light. There were moderate
receipts In brights. with unchanged
prices for all sound stock. Generally,
the market is quiet, with unchanged
quotations,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07
rr..kiia Has n.s@sali Fcver.:

fEpecial to The Richmond Yirgtninn.)
! HARRISoNBURG. VA. May THE
news Gomez that the craze
for baseball has creased the Allegheny
NOMINATING ard struck tho tnhabttants
ton county. Va. with genuine force.
An association is being orEanzxsd par
npheuaIia ordered. park being laid or
Misa YEN the elauss AN o. the rse-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-07

(Special TO The Richmond Virg1nian.1
LYNCHBURG, VA May 6.---<saies
to tobacco for the past week aggre-
ga<ed 4 Z 6.008 pounds. the product he
ing in Il good condition and prices
maintaining high level. Some very
good sales were made by planters In
this section.
The crop Ii practically all marketed
IN this part OF the State however, and
the sales for the coming week and
the rest OF the buying season are ex-
pectad to be small
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09

ficial subpoenas made out for Rose
Elliott and Mrs. Gladys Britton.
Saturday afternoon Glider
learned that papers of some kind
had been issued, and he got busy
Every place Deputy Sheriffs Logan
and Doak went they found that Gil
der had been there ahead of them
After following various clues that
might lead to the possible location
of the people for whom warrants
had been issued. at II o'clock Sat
,frday night the deputy sheriffs con.
cluded that they had done all pos.
sible in the case, and went home. in
the belief that the three women
wanted had fled the country.
MRS. PEARCE SURRENDERs.
This morning Prosecutor Pugh
was taken by surprise when Mrs
Nellie Pearce walked into his office
and surrendered. She had consulted
counsel and wanted to give but a
limited version Of the case, but
after continued questioning she ad
mitted great deal more than she
had started in to tell.
Mrs. Pearce told of the Elliott
girl being delivered of child in her
rooms on East Sprague avenue, but
denied that the child had been
burned in the cook stove, as related
in Mrs. Riggs affidavit. She said
, that the body had been buried near
the N. p tracks. When asked If she
could unearth the body, she seemed
to be taken unawares and said
something about believing that she
Continued on PAGE 2.)
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09

They say that "the mills of the
gods grind slowly, but they grind
exceedingly fine"
There Is no exception to this rule
In the case Of J. n. Elliott, the old
soldier who was thrown into Jail
last fall while his daughter was in
stalled in the rooms Of Officers L.
D. Glider and n. w. Hood.
There has been rapid progress
made during the past week In
bringing the whole infamous de-
tails Of this case to the surface.
After the facts that had been Sc
cured were laid before Prosecut-
ing attorney Fred c. Pugh and
criminal action begun things soon
began to happen.
Two of the women alleged to be
involved in a criminal abortion on
Rosie Elliott fled the country, while
the third, Mrs. Nellie Pearce, land
lady Of the Minneapolis bar, sur
rendered herself this morning.
Saturday afternoon it was
learned that an effort was being
made by the women friends Of Po-
lice Officer Glider to get out of
the city Two Of them, Mrs. Nellie
Pearce, and Mrs. Gladys Britton,
q had been before the prosecutor Fri
tiHy afternoon and denied that they
had any knowledge of the case. On
learning that the Interested parties
were about to fly, the prosecutor
was again notified and he had war.
rants issued for Mrs. Nellie Pearce
and another woman for criminal
abortion on Rose Elliott and Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
WOMAN TELLS OF CRIMINAL OPERATION
in ELLIOTT CASE; GLIDER IS BROUGHT IN
o oCanada PeareCo
nFs
DEVELOPMENTS IN ELLIOTT CASE

Saturday. April 3OMrs Patie E21O First tells The
that disposition
of Rose Elliott.
Tuesday, Riggs
Wednesday, May 4Her information confirmed another wit
whom implicated practically the
identified Riggs
Justice Hyde Of all felony charge OF
abortion.
Friday May Prosecuting Attorney
II. Elliott all knowledge Of
the
Friday night, May begin
Of ecatey getting
Saturday. 1.-TWO criminal abortion
Justice Hyd commanding the officers
Nellie Pearce other appehended Also
Issued for Mrs. Gladys Bton Elliott
being
$780, fixed In principals
$4,000.
Saturday m-Deputy appear
o and
gone.
the sheri their
business Glider then departs look his
Elliott found Of Mrs. F. solicitation
she not taken into custody.
that they
told that
that
Officers find that the Brtton had
Monday 9krs Pearce voluntarily walks
Monday, noon-Mrs Emery
the Deputy sherif trail the
defendant reported disappearance the
Monday May 10 NAT the request of H. Elliott, and
commission the Elliott
Monday May 16
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
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OTTAWA, Ont, May 9,-Fifteen
persons are dead, so are injured
some probably fatally. and the
plant of the General Explosives Co
of Canada, near Hull. is total
wreck today as result of ter
rifle explosion last evening.
The force Of the explosion was sc
great that windows for miles
around were broken and several
dwelling houses were wrecked. A
large number of persons were
stunned by the vibrations set up
by the great flash.
A baseball game was in progress
near the works when fire was dis
covered in one of the small out
buildings. The crowd which had
been watching the contest ap
preached closely to the scene to ge,
better view of the blaze. Two
small explosions warned the watch
ers away before the big explosion
occurred. There were two stunning
detonations when the magazine SET
off and the countryside for a mile
around was affected. Great trees
snapped off at the roots, small
buildings We're demolished and the
scene where the baseball crowd
stood was turned into a blood
smeared field of horror. Bodies
without legs and arms. decapitatet
trunks, lay mixed with scores ot
unconscious people Then The tenss
silence was broken by the screams
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
|. R. IS. ON
HIS WAY
To BERLIN
Won't Be Guest of the
KAISER Throat is
Troubling
Him.
BY gibson GARDNER,

STOCKHOLM, May 9.-Former
President Roosevelt left for Berlin
at II o'clock this morning. His
throat, which has been raw and in.
famed for several days, making it
necessary for him to curtail or omit
from his program number of
speeches, is still giving him consid-
cradle trouble.
The colonel is confident that
three days rest will strengthen his
voice, however, and that when he
arrives in Berlin he will be able to
deliver the address scheduled there.
Specialists who have examined him
say that the throat trouble is not
serious, but only inconvenient and
extremely bothersome. There is,
they say, no cause for apprehen-
sion
A slight cold, aggravated by too
much speechmaking, has caused the
trouble, the doctors say.
Ambassador David j. Hill will en-
tertain the Roosevelt party at Ber-
lin.
The death of King Edward has
caused the kaiser to change his
plans. and the Roosevelts will not
be entertained at the palace as had
been arranged.
Roosevelt is making his trip to
Berlin in special trains furnished
by the Swedish and German govern
ments. The train provided by Ger
many will meet the special train
from Stockholm at the German
frontier.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09

Of
! 900V|CT|MS
REMOVED
Estimate of the Total
Quake Victims Is
Now $500.
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May g.
AdvIces received from Cartago to.
day say that the bodies Of 900 vic
Tins Of the earthquake which de.
stroyed the city have been removed
from the wreckage.. An estimate OF
the total number Of deaths today
Is placed at $500.
1t has been learned positively to-
day that Paraiso, Orisi and Peace
suffered from the shocks.
The extent of the damage is not
yet known, but the death list is
heavy. Fully 1000 persons are dead
in Paraiso.
Heavy rains falling constantly
yesterday and today have added
greatly to the suffering of the
refugees. Shelters have been pro-
vided for only small number of
the homeless and they have
been huddled together, drenched by
the storm and unable to cook food
in the temporary camps.
The rain is impeding the work
Of rescue. Soldiers and citizens
who have been removing dead and
injured from the wreckage of Car
tago found the work made still
more difficult on account of the
storm.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
JOHNSON SHOCKS THE
NATIVES BY SPR|NT|NC

After coming out of the rubbing
room Johnson made dash for the
breakfast table, and what he did
to the food was a shame.
According to present plans, the
colored champion will not put on
the gloves until next Sunday after
noon. During the week he will
confine his work to the road and
gymnasium apparatus.
Johnson and Manager Little ap-
parently are not bothering them
selves about the referee question
Both express themselves as being
confident that an agreement will
be arrived at at next Mondays
meeting with Berger and that the
man chosen will be either Graney
or Welch. A rumor going the
rounds to the effect that Berger
and Graney have buried the
hatchet and that Graney Is now
acceptable to the Jeffries crowd Is
denied by Berger.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
LORIMER MAY GIVE UP
HIS SEAT TEMPOR.
ARILY.

CHICAGO. May 9.-Although
Senator William Lorimer declares
he has no intention of resigning, II
is thought possible that he will tenn
porarily relinquish his seat and de.
mand that the senate appoint a
committee to investigate his elec.
tion. This action is predicted in
political circles here, following the
indictments returned by the Cook
county, Illinois. grand jury, caused
by the allegation of Representative
Charles A. White that he had been
paid to vote for Lorimer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
AWFUL STORY TOLD
BY MRS. RIGGS

The undersigned, Mrs. Patie
Riggs, being duly sworn, on oath
deposes and says:
That on or about the 31st of
March, 1910, one Nellie Pearce, the
landlady of the lodging house over
the Minneapolis bar on East
Sprague avenue, in the city of Spo-
kane, Wash, did voluntarily convey
to me the following information:
That some time between the first
and the middle of March one police
officer of the name of Louis d. Gil
der came to the said Nellie Pearce
and told her that he was in serious
trouble with one Rose Elliott, a
single woman, that he had been the
cause of the said Rose Elliott be-
coming pregnant and that he was
anxious to have someone to perform
an operation upon her to relieve
her Of the child she then carried.
To the said Nellie Pearce, accord
ing to. the statement of the. latter,
the said Glider remarked that the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
MISS GERTRUDE, LEO.

, strange house whose name was
Gertrude Leo. This girl had a sis.
ter in Seattle. Mrs. Mary. Hanna
ford, and to her Zelia Hopp wrote.
Mrs. Hannaford rushed to New
York. and with Zelia called the
police into the case.
Bernard, who, has a fox-like face,
is about 40. He claimed to be ON
nipotent and the police say that
the girls who followed his strange
religion believed he could kill
them with a glance. Rich and ell
derly New, York men who also
joined in the religious cere-
monies," did not. have so blind a
faith In the "Oom's" powers, but
they attended the ceremonies regu-
larly, nevertheless.
After the arrest "Oom" was
charged with abducting Gertrude
Leo. 1t is said "Oom" started
establishments In several cities
across the country.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
HIS DOGS APPEAL TO THE
COURT SAVED CONRAD

NEW YORK, May 9.-The mute
appeal of his pet mastiff saved
James Conrad OF Elizabeth, N. j..
from Jail yesterday.
The dog followed a member Of
Conrad's family. to the courtroom.
where its master was arraigned
before Judge Owen p. Mahon on
a charge of larceny. The animal
put its forepaws ON Conrad's shoul-
ders and licked his face. When
Conrad was remanded and the
door closed behind him the dog
ran about the courtroom, licking
the hands of each officer. Finally
it put its paws upon Judge Mahon's
bench and whined.
Dogs often know more than
men," commented Judge Mahon.
Conrad cannot be so bad. after
all. If the animal loves him like
that" He had the prisoner
brought back from his cell and sent
him home with a reprimand.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
MISS MARY HOPP. z
NEW YORK LASS BRINGS RES.
CUE ACROSS THE CONTINENT
AND ENDS QUEER RITES.

NEW YORK, May 9.-"'Oom'
stood in the center of the floor,
in long robes, gazing into a crys-
tai ball. About him, on rich, thick,
six young girls danced up and
down, with slow, sinuous motions,
chanting strangely. -, -
Their garments were seanty and
clung closely to their bodies. The
lights were dim; a strange odOr of
incense arose.
All Of this was within fine
stone mansion in the city's finest
residence district. The doors were
of heavy oak; the thick walls held
all sounds.
wilder. Now and then one OF the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
Continued on Page ~
GROSS VIOLATION OF
FRANKINC PRIVILEGE

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Senator
Stone OF Missouri today introduced
a resolution demanding that the
senate investigate what he declared
was a gross violation Of the frank
ing privileges. Stone declared that
political matter is being sent in the
mails without postage. He men,
toned particularly a book called
"The Story of Tariff" This he said
had been widely circulated.
This book is purely a campaign
document" the senator declared.
Il have been told that 1t was com.
piled by the American Protective
Tariff league of New York"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
MISS ZELIA HOPP.

old men would seize the hand of
a girl and dance with her.
There was a rush of feet on the
stairway. A girl in street clothes
dashed in, and an elderly woman.
And behind them came policemen.
The dancers stood, struck with
surprise. Suddenly one of the
thin-robed girls rushed to the
elderly woman and cried. my sis
ter My good sister. I'm so glad
you've come!"
1t wasn't long before a patrol
wagon carted the "Oom" away.
This is the manner in which
New York's latest religious cult
was broken up.
"Oom," whose right name Is
Pierre Barnard, and who, in spite
of his supposed mysticism, is a
Chicagoan, has Zelia Hopp, New
York girl, to thank for the raid.
Zelia discovered that there was
a Tacoma, Wash, girl, In the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
BY MAX BAlTHASAR, THE
RlNGSIDER.

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y SAN FRANCISCO, May 9,-Jack
Johnson gave the natives a shock
this morning by actually going out
on the road. marking his first work
in his real preparation for his bat
tie with Jeffries on July 4. Well
bundled up, Johnson took to the
road early, despite the drizzle, and
reeled off about seven miles. He
finished with sprint, and when
he went to the rubbing board he
was perspiring profusely and his
breathing was almost normal
"A few more jogs like l had this
morning and I'll be ready to do
some boxing" said Johnson Even
now my wind Is in fine shape. but |
want to to be better SO that when
] do start boxing can show some
speed" -.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09

Elliott girl had been to see one DR..
Mary Latham, and that she had re-
fused to take the case. He asked
the said Nellie Pearce, according to
her own statement, II she knew q
woman that could perform the oper.
alton. Whereupon the said Nellie
Pearce then told Glider that she
knew woman that took care OF
such cases and that she would call
her to look after the Elliott girls
trouble.
Mrs. Pearce and Rose Elliott
called on the said woman at her
home and arranged with her to per.
form an abortion on the said Rose
Elliott for the sum Of $25. Tho
woman called in the afternoon and
toward evening took the first step
in the case by inserting a sharp In
strument into the head of the child.
The woman left, saying
that she would return the fol-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
A NIGHT BEHIND THE SCENES
NLOCAL VAUDEVILLE HOUSE

that are startling, or else tumble
around In a way that looks like
they might be without joints. They
believe they do that sort of thing
for pure amusement. Those vaude.
villains are doing their acts for
the money there Is In II, and the
things they do are the hardest
kind Of work.
Through the courtesy of Man.
ager Muller of the Orpheum. a
Press reporter was allowed to 60
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
BOWED TO APPLAUSE:
THEN FELL DYING

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MEXICO CITY, May 9.-Har.
per B. Lee, Harvard graduate
and one Of Americas famous
matadors, is dying today at a
hospital in GuadaIajara from In
juries received in full fight
yesterday.
Lee killed the bull and bowed
his acknowledgements Of the
praise of the crowd before he
collapsed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
two SWALLOW MERCURY.
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TACOMA, May 9.-Within "a
hotrs Queenie' Stanford, aged 90
anS Lila Mead, 10. both swallowed
mercury tablets with suicidal in
tent, according to physicians who
attended them. The Stanford girl
who came here recently from her
home in Everett, died before
emetics could be administered. The
Mead girl is on the road to recov.
cry today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09
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dore Roosevelt come to London as
dore oRosevelr come to London as
special representative of his gov
ernment at the funeral of King Ed.
ward, the visit will be in sharp con-
trast to that planned for the ex-
president.
AT present people interested in
Roosevelt's visit have not been in
formed OF his plans and are anx-
iously awaiting adyices.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-05-09

" HE person who sits out In
front and watches vaude-
- Vile performers como out
and do their little act and look
upon the handsome scenery with
It's rapid changing lights, have liz.
tie or no conception of the things
that 90 on back of the footllghts.
The theater-goIns public appears
to think II Is fun for the people who
come out and entertain them with
witty sayings, funny songs, dances