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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
REPORT ON TOBACCO TRUST
Commissioner of Corporations Holds 1t
UP us Gigantic Monopoly.

UP us Gigantic Monopoly.
Washington. September 1.-THE In.
tricate financial side OF the American
bacco Company, known as the To
bacco Trust, which is now in pro-
cess of dissolution by order OF the su
preine Court OF the United States. be-
cause IL was combination in re-
straint of trade in violation CT the
Sherman anti trust law was set forth
in a report OF the Commissioner OF
Corporations. Herbert Knox Smith.
which was sent to the President and
made public to-day. II was the sec
ond part of a report on the tobacco
industry and deals with the earnings.
capitalization. and investm.. . OF the
great tobacco combination.
The commissi- ner points out that
the vast earning power which arose
from the substantial control OF the
tobacco industry was mon opoly
resulting from concentration. The
capitalization OF this monopolistic
power was much greater than the &C.
tual investment. and by clever ar
rangement. the bulk or the earnings
was centred in the hands of very
small group OF individuals. The enor-
nous profits resulting from .,c m
faiion OF the securities and the divi-
bends paid thereon. the report con-
cludcs. rested in their ultimate cnaly-
sis, upon the monopolistic advantages
obtained In the tobacco industry
through concentration of control.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
PUTNAM HOME ROBBED
Burglar Also Tries to Enter Greenwich
House of james r. Walsh.


Greenwich. Conn., September ga
burglar paid the Greenwich homes of
israel Putnam, of New York, and
Judge James +. Walsh visit Friday
night Two valuable gold wetchos.
about Si5 In cash and other valuab lcs
were missing when the Putnam family
got up this morning. The silver was
found-tied up in the table linen and
carried out of the dining room. The
burglar actually took several articles
from the room where a son of the
family was sleeping
Judge James f. Walsh and his wife
were awakened bv noises coming from
the piazza roof at about o'clock. nnd
listening few moments made out the
sound of man creeping along the
roof to a window of their room. The
burglar opened the shutter SO that he
could peer in Judge Walsh turned ON
the lights and ran to the window in
time to see d man throw himself over
the edge and Chamber down a porch.
policeman was notified and made
search. but was unable to catch the
Intruder. 1t is believed by the police
that the burglar was the same who re-
gently visited many homes in Mount
vernon. New Rochelle and Stamford
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
TAX ON SMOKERS OPPOSED
Tampa Manufacturers to Defend PrIvi-
YNre OF Warkmen

Tampa Manufacturers to Defend PrIvi-
Tr~e OF Workmen.
Tampa, ria. September 24.-Tampa
cigar manufacturers will send a COM
mittee TO Washington this wsek to
protest against the ins.stence of tho
Internel Revenue Department thai
they pay revenue on all smokers taken
from their factories during the last
two wears
IT IL tradition in the cigar manu-
fectnrinF business to rArniit workman
In hove frce smokers. and II Is on thoso
the Revenue Department. seeks TO eol-
leet a tax. Workmen are still getting
smokers. hut have benn told that they
carry them from the factories at their
own risk
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Italian Forcea Lnna.a

Paris, September IA dismal,
me Temps from Rome gives uroo,
.rmed minors that italian forces bs~o
Tripoli ~" 'ne coast Of
IN, IN a published interview the Turkish
no knowledge that neso.iatIors mas
neen opened by Italy on the subtoo, ~
IripoI- He did not see how sucb
EQUATIONS would be possible Tr,-n,,
could neither be taken IRON, Tu,la,. ~.
FORCE nor bought. ~
itaiy has any desire TO take T-,-
poii from u.s." said the charge go,
VII aetend ourselves, and our defense
VIII De desperate. The whole nonul.-
non WIN rise up as one man. II italy
iands troops in Tripoli she will Ara q,
something more than military n-o. :
made We Will immediately exna, al,
Italian subjects and denounce tha
treaties 'he
If Italy attempts TO land -roo,s
ELSEWHERE we are in a position .o r,-
pulse them I repeat and I am speak .
3ng officially, in the hrst nlaca ~
transaction is possible concerning tina
open or disguised eessiou NJ Trjpol,.
secondly. II 1t comes to fiehtinr. we
VIII hghu desperately"
italya initiative in Tripoli b.s
awakened intense interest here -" ss .
introducing new and very inports,
factor In the African question by re-
opening the Mediterranean problem o.,
another point. and there is no doubt
that Europe Ia on the aye of q complets
settlement OF Africa.
4. 1t is held that the territorial modi.
hcations. which form the essence az
the Franco-German agreement. will
logicaily lead 20 other changes, In
which other powers besides France
and Germany can participate with pro-
1T and without danger to their dignity.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
NO MOTIVE DISCOVERED
Killing of Mrs. ChiIders. May Never Re
Solved.

Leesburg. September 24-Intense IN.
terest centres about the preliminary
hearing here tomorrow of Mort S
Childers. held on the charge of killing
his wife on August is by placing poi.
son in medicine which she was taking
Chflders was arrested at Americas,
September 49, after another man. r. C
Kennedy, also had been arrested on the
same charge
The lull in the legal proceedings
has not served to bring to light any
motive for the poisoning OF Mrs. Child.
ers' and 1t Is being predicted that the
crime probably will be added to the
list OF unsolved mysteries in this
State. 1t is expected that childers
VIII be held for the grand jury to-
morrow. and that body will thorough
ly probe the crime at its meeting mex,
month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
THIEF GOT FRoHMAn's PLAYS
New AIanuscripts Found Under Six
Feet of GarbnEe at Paris Dnmps.


Paris September 24.-Alphonse
French, Charles Frohman's Paris man
aGer lost his satchel here one day last
week. 1t contained, among other things
all the manuscripts of this seasons
plays, which could not BE replaced
Detectives caught tho thief. but the
satchel was empty. The papers had
been thrown into rubbish heap a. of
no value. The manuscripts were
traced to the municipal garbage dump
ing grounds at Reuil ten miles from
Paris.
Mr.. French set gang of men at
work to find the papers. and superin-
tended the Job himself working in
ove'alls which were sprinkled with a
generous supply OF perfume. The
manuscripts were found under six feet
of garbage
They Will be sent to the city disin
fectins department before being read
to the players.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
VESSEL IS ABANDONED
Barkentine Left to Its Fate Afte,
Crew Is Rescued.

Hamilton. Bermuda. September a.
The American harkentine Stephen G.
Hart. which sailed from Jacksonville,
September l3. with a cargo of lumber
for Bridgeport. Conn. was abandoned
in a waterlogged condition September
81, in latitude 37.5 north, longitude
6S.5s west. after Captain Hooper and
his crew of eight men We're rescued by
a passing steamer. The men wero
landed here.
The Hart was wrecked by a hurri-
cane September IS, and for three days
the crew had a hard fight They had
about abandoned hope when the steam
err came to their rescue.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
LOST A TORPEDO

$50 Reward Offered for It's Return To
the Battleship Georgia.
Newport, September PA torpedo,
valued at about $1,000. was lost from
the battleship Georgia while that ship
was engaged in torpedo practice tn
lower Narragansett Bay on Thursday
afternoon The crew OF the Georgia
has been searching for the torpedo,
but. UP to yesterday afternoon It mad
not been found.
The commanding officor OF the bat
tloship. Captain william l. Rogers,
has offered reward of $40 for the
return Of the torpedo, which was lost
about 1900 yards northeast OF Cod
dington Cove,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
WEALTHY MAN REFUSES TIP
knight Tempinr. of Albany, Tool
NeMpOrter Tor n l.hauMen.

iHhiRhi iShpiHrs OF Albany, Took
Newporter for Chauffeur.
Newport, r. l.. September 24.-Brad
ford Norman wealthy man of this
city. early last week. among others.
lent his automobile to give Temple
Commandery. knights Templar. of AL
bany. drive about Newport. Mr.. Nor
man drove one OF his cars, and has let
few of his friends in on how he de-
clined tip for services. He explained
all OF the points of Interest to the
visiting Sir knights, and at the end
one onered him 50, saying; "Caauffs,-r,
you have been worry nice to us, and
this is little token of our apprecia-
ton. All embarrassment on both Sides
was saved by Mr.. Norman replying:
Thank you. but we were forbidden
to take tips from any of the guests"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
STRIKING STUDENTS WARNED
Must Come Back to school--They
Struck for More Work.

Struck for More Work.
Wilkesbarre Pa, September 24.--An
ultimatuu, was issued yesterday by
City Superintendent of Schools James
NJ. CouShlin to the siXtysix pupils OF
the fourth year business college course
at the high school who went on strike
on Thursday. They were told that I'M
less they returned to school on Mon
day morning they would no longer DO
considered as members of the school.
The strikers went out because OF a
radical change from last year in the
method OF teaching typewriting and
the time given them for practice. They
claim 1t is not enough to make them
proficient and demand more work. Tho
school authorities refused TO change
the schedule. and the students declared
a strike.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
MURDERER CAPTURED
His Weapons Broken. Tongue Makes
No Resistance.


Austin. Texas, ptember 24-John
Teague, the horse trader, who shot
and killed John Gest, his brother-in-
law. and George Duncan. 4 deputy
sheriff. at late hour last night. was
captured this morning after an ALL
night search.
league ls said to have forced a
hack driver to take him to South
Austin at the point of a Winchester
rifle about midnight. He left the hack
and few minutes later Gest was
dead.
Duncan. who lived nearby ran out
and met league and was killed. league
took to the woods. and after eluding
his pursuers all night finally was
found at the foot of bluff. Both of
his weapons, which included six
shooter, were broken, and he offered
no resistance
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Pencemnker stnhheh

BranchVille. S. c., September a.
While acting as peacemaker In a diff
fculty between two negroes this af-
ternoon. Fletcher Warn. white man,
was probably fatally stabbed by one
of the blacks named VIII SCHUYLER.
Warn shot the negro. b,u tho latter
made his escape
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
WANTS DICTIONARY COUNTED
Chicago Teacher stirs Class Almoat to
Mutfny by Order.

Chicago September 2i.-A Chicago
high school teacher has stirred up a
wide protest by demanding that fifty
pupils in his English class report to
him on Monday how many words there
are in the latest edition of the most
unabridged dictionary.
The pupils tried to ascertain the
knowledge from books - sta tistics, Ii
orarians and university professors, but
failed. At an indignation meeting 1t
was decided that the only way to an
swer the question was to count the
words. and this they dec led to refuse
to do.
Professor D. p Parham, who asked
the question, admits he Goes not know
tho exact number himself. but said
several authorities gave it at about
400 900
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
WIFE SUES G. E. cURRlER
Charger womnu's World Publisher
With CrueIty md Non-Support.

CaarRes WomhnF WorIH FuhliHher
Chicago. ILL.,, September 24.-George
H. Currier. head of the Currier Pub
fishing Company and publisher OF the
Woman's World, was sued for divorce
by Mrs. Frances C. Currier in the Su-
perior Court on charges OF cruelty
Mrs. Currier also says that her hus-
band has failed to support her proper
ly. although his personal estate Is said
to exceed $4,000, and nhargca that
she was compelled to leave him last
May because of his treatment.
Mrs. Currier asks that the court
compel her husband to contribute to-
ward her support and makes tho usual
plea for alimony and solicitors feos,
Tho Curriers' were married on Au-
Ikust az. 1904 and havo no ahtldraA>
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
:. Fan Reunion of scottish rite.

. WdsHiUBtOH' oepteiioeT tZe'-I ne Idll
reunion of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite OF Freemnsonry OF the
Southern Jurisdiction OF the United
States will be held hero this week. he
ginning tomorrow and continuing I'M
I'll Friday. Many prominent Masons
from all seotions OF the South will
attend.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
s2o,ooo,ooo SUGAR DEAL
Louisiana Planters Sell 100000 Bags
to American Company.

New Orleans. September 24.-Ap-
proximately million and half bags
of sugar, more than half the average
Louisiana crop has been sold to the
American Sugar Refining Company by
Charles GodschauX and several other
Louisiana planters. who have been in
New York several days. according to
private advices received here.
1t Is estimated the deal involved
about s2O.oOo,oo0 and is the biggest
in the history Of the Louisiana sugar
industry.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN HOTEL

Young Woman Is Killed and sIayer
Commits Suicide.
Monroe. La, September a4--Mrs.
Fern Watson. aged nineteen. of Beebe.
Arkansas. was shot four times and
instantly killed shortly after midnight
this morning. in 6 room a II local hotel
by w Westerheld, a luE,berman n
Calhoun. La. who then sent a bullet
through his own heart and fell across
the body OF mis- victim westerfeld.
leaves a widow and three children.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-25
Liner Is Cantured

Port Said. September 24-It is re.
ported that tho Turks have captured
the italian liner Regina Margherlta. Al.
Mersina. This steamer is one of tho
fieet OF the Navigazione Genaralc ual-
lana, of Genoa.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
sToRK LEFT s5oo,ooo BABY
Birth of Child vaIldates Request of Half-MiIIlon to the Infants
 Parents.

Scranton, Pa--When the stork dropped into town on his usual rounds it called at the home of Charles R. Connell, nephew of former Congress- man William Cornell. and now Scran- ton is boosting of a "hah-millior dol lar baby" while the boys mother is proudly displaying It's charms to her friends and at the same time showing a $1O.0OO diamond sunburst. the gift of the proud father
 Under the will of the baby's grand father 1t was provided that if it's father died without issue the estate was to go to the children of the for mer congressman. and inasmuch as MT. and Mrs. Cornell had been mar ried eight years without having their union blessed by children, it began to look very much as if the behest of the will would stand The arrival of the baby, however, sets aside this proviso of the will and the s50O.000 will now remain in the other branch of the family, no provision having been made by the decedent for its conver- sion in the event of the child's not living.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
DAN CUPID AND BIG FORTUNE
If Woman Marries, $eoo,ooo Legacy Is Hers; but She Already Has
 Husband.

Milford, Conn.+BeQueathed an es- tate of $6O0,0 by an uncle if she will marry the man of his choice. but being already possessed of a husband and five children and barred from di- vorce because of her religion, is the dilemma in which Mrs. Mae Baldwin, of this place, finds herself and for which she is sorely perplexed to find legal solution.
 The possibility of being married to a second husband in Utah has been suggested, but has also been set aside as ridiculous as we'll as repugnant Whether, under the circumstances, she might marry as prescribed In a mock wedding, claim the inheritance and then return to her legal first husband, is stin being debated. but Mrs Bald win sees no rift through the clouds of doubt that surround the situation.
 The will of Mrs. Baldwin's uncle has just been opened and names her as sole heir. The sole proYiso given is that she marry George Curtiss, who was her lover before she eloped with Baldwin. Curtiss is one of the wit nesses of the strange will, and Mrs. believes that the unnatural provision conceals a trick to deprive her of her inheritance.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29

STRING of little black beads, linked together with gold, brought to Indianapolis few
 days ago is regarded by anti
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
SHOOTS GIRL IN HIS SLEEP
Father, Believed to Have Been Dreaming of Picture Show,
 Then Kills Self

Brooklyn, N. Y.-Following the shooting of his favorite daughter while he was walking in his sleep. Rafrele Richetti, a carpenter, died from self inflicted bullet wound. The girl, Rosa, who is nineteen, is in a critical con dition. Richetti shot his daughter, 1t is believed. while walking in his sleep and dreaming of a scene he had wit messed at a moving picture show a few hours before. The girl was asleep in her room when she was shot.
 The report of the pistol awoke Richetti. and, realizing what he had done, he sent a bullet into his own brain. Both father and daughter were hurried to the Seney hospital, where strenuous efforts were made to save both, but the man only lived a few hours.
 Frank Richetti, son of Richetti, ran into the room when his father shot the girl. but could not reach the man in time to disarm him before he had shot himself.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
MUST NOW PRESS OWN PANTS
California Officials Hit Hard by New State Rules Limiting
 Expenditures.

Sacramento. Cal.-Any official of the state of California who cares to wear creased trousers on official business can pay for the creasing himself The state does not recognize any responsi- bility in this direction. The official all so will pay for the laundering of col lars soiled in travel or else go on wear ing them. AS for ''valeting being no permissible terms strong enough to express the disapproval of the state board of control against such luxury. The new regulations. wherein are set forth these facts. simply say it is not proper charge against the state and will not be allowed"
 Necessity for confining expense ac- counts of state officials within cast iron rules is said to have originated partly in the alleged conduct of for mer state adjutant general. who on an official trip to Washington. went as far as to have his wrinkled uniform pressed at the Washington end of the trip and put the expense thus in in- cured up to California's taxpayers. It never can happen again.
 Other restrictions fixed by the new board are $1 a day for hotel room rent, or $1.50 day for train space; $3 a day for food off trains and an ex- tra s1.5O on trains; no tips. no cabs. no special conveyances; vouchers for all expenses over s1 and itemized ac- counts for smaller sums.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
WHOLE TOWN ~n.f UP"
AGED COUPLE SELLS OFF FIRST
 WIPES BELONGINGS.
indignant Woman Takes Portrait oi Dead Wife From Collection and Sends It to ReIatiVes-shroud
 Box Is Sold.

Wilmington, Del.-The personal el- fleets of his former wife were of no use to R. Hopper Smith, widower. age 72. formerly sheriff of Queen Anne coun- ty. Maryland, so he sold them public Iy. This was learned in an announce ment from Smyrna, where the sale was held in front of a hotel. This was the town in which Smith recently created sensation by elOping with Mrs. Mar garet c. Bailey, wealthy widow of 6S. The elopement followed the efforts of Mrs. Bailey's two sons, Frank and Daniel Bailey, to have her declared in- sane.
 The aged bridegroom, who now oc- cupies the Bailey mansion iL Smyrna, went so far at the public sale as to dis pose of a box labeled gray shroud." :" It had contained the garment in which his former wife (the second) was buried.
 The sale attracted a curious crowd. In the front row of pile of house. hold goods framed portraits of the lOft mer wife were conspicuous. One Wonlt an friend of the family of the deceased wife. became so indignant that she ap- propriated one of the pictures. She sent it to the family. Not only were the pictures in evidence. but the cer- tificate of marriage of MT. Smiths sec ond wife to her first husband. Fran cis B. Bradbury. of Elkton, Md. was put up for bids. It was sold, as were also family Bibles, one containing a complete family record. and prayer book given to the dead wife by her uncle. the late Rev. John A. Reach. and so inscribed.
 The shroud box was offered with pair of blankets. When this was knocked down a number of the spec tators became enraged. The former wife's friends declared that shower of rotten eggs should stop the proceed lngs. This means might lave been re- sorted to. but for wise counsel When 3 handsome book secured from the ef- . fects was returned to a relative of the deceased wife it was prophetically opened to clipping which read:
 Honest love is preferable to shame tul gain"
 This was written by the donor. the Rev. MT. Roche. to his niece. The town Is in a ferment over the affair.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
D:SCOVR BABY FARM
PHILADELHA POLICE GET TIP
 FRoMNFANT's BODY.
Alleged Tot Can Be Purchased to' $5 EackWoman in Cell for Connelon With the Death
 of Child.

Philadelph, Pa.-Investigating the death of a infant that was found scantily cl; and drenched by the rain, in analley here, Coroner Ford made estartling discovery that there exist in Philadelphia oaoy farm wher innocent babes are bar tered and pld.
 While tn coroner listened aghast he heard fDm Special Agent Kinkaid of the Sosety to Protect Children From Cruety. that women have at tempted tocoerce men into matrimony by getting babies from the farm and foisting thm of as their offspring upon the hen whom they sought co wed.
 From tle lips of Lillian Hinkle. he learned that she had purchased baby for five dDllars from the baby farm. and that she had plotted with her sweetheart l. gain the permission or his pare1ts to their marriage by ex- hibiting lhe baby and declaEing It to bp lher child
 Tie woman was held. charged with the death of the child. by Coroner Ford, by special request of Assistant District Attorney Patterson, without bail, to await the action of the grand jury.
 With the Hinkle woman was held Edwin Rose, who gave the same ad- dress as the woman. He was charged with being implicated with the girl and was not admitted to bail It was brought out tn the testimony that Rose and the Hinkle woman had been en- gagged to marry. but that the union was opposed by the young mans fam fly.
 The woman admitted when question ed that she and Rose had schSmed to- gether to outwit his parents by buying the baby then declaring to his father and mother that the child was their own. Explaining the infants death. she says 1t sickened suddenly, and she did not know what to do with it. When she found 1t dead in the morn ing, she says she walked the streets for hours carrying the body, and final ly abandoned it in an alley.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
RaIns Eroas In eeoruIa.

Savannah, Ga.-Chatham county has got fresh supply of frogs, which the negroes credit to the rainstorm which swept over this section during the night. The southern section of the city and adjacent suburbs were alive with the diminutive frogs. Roads, grass and ground for great distances were literally covered with the frogs in the morning. The little visitors were very lively all day dodging street cars, automobiles and horses
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
peer Fad Prune crop.

Forest Grove, Ore.-According to re- ports from Philip Lesser. farmer liv- ing three miles northwest of this city deer are doing much damage in his prune orchard. They have already caused considerable loss to the crop The animals are unusually plentiful in this vicinity this season, and are be- coming bold.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-29
The Silent Father.

sI'll bet that man is the father of six or seven children"
 ''Why?"
 eff he had less than three he'd be bragging about them