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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
WILL GO TO DELHI
FOR CORONATION
King and Queen of England to
Be Crowned Emperor and
Empress of India.
CEREMONIES ON DECEMBER 7
Jack Johnson Invited by Clergy
man to Take Up Evan
gelical Work.
BY PHILLIP EVERETT.
Especial Cable 70 The T!mes-Dispatcl

Especial Cable 70 The Times Dlspatch.J
London. November "A stir has been
! noticeable In the royal household dur.
| ing the past week that presages ar
event OF some Importance. The event
| is nothing short of tho departure OF
! Their MaJesties for India to attend the
Indian Coronation, or Dubar. at Delhi
where they will be crowned Emperor
and Empress OF India on December 7th.
They will leave England nthe Medina
on November 18th.
Much has been written and moro
rumored regarding the probable refusal
of the King 10 make his appearance IN
India and his possible decision to re-
ceive hts coronation by proxy This
was engendered by the persistent re-
, ports OF cholera that colored the news
dispatches from the great dependency,
and the equally persistent reports that
certain secret societies had chosen the
occasion for demonstration, and, it
was whispered. an attempt upcn the
life Of King George himself.
All of these reports have been pure
and simple inventions. according to
India's viceroy Governor General who
has assured His Majesty that both poll
teal and physical conditions favor his
visit.
The royal yacht Medina is con
verted Peninsula and Oriental line
steamer Sne mas oeen some months
in drydock in preparation for the trans
portation of the royal party and on
her recent trials was pronounced in a
most satisfactory condition. The in
terror of the vessels has been complete
~ altered till she resembles vertl-
able floating palace.
The royal party will consist of the
King and Queen. the Duchess of Devon
shire. mistress of the robes: Lady
Ampthill, first lady of the bedcham-
Der; the Duke of Teck, aide de- camp to
the King and lieutenant colonel OF the
First Life Guards; the Earl of Shaftes-
bury. lord chamb erlain to the Queen:
the Earl of Chesterfield, lord chamber
lain of His Majestys household: the
Earl of Shrewsbury, Premier harl Of
England. and great friend of the
Kings, and many others of lesser note.
who will perform the various court
functions. and personally guard Their
Majesties
In order that His Majesty may not
be out of touch with the affairs of his
| Kingdom. while eli route. A wireless
sta tion or superstrength has been in
stalled on the oIadina, and through this
agency King George will receive daily
dispatches from the deputies in charge
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
EFFORTS TO ELECTRICALLY
STIMULATE HOIeuCULTCRE

Especial cable to The Times- Dispatch
london November i-The FIRST Systematic
attempt at electrically stimulated hortieui-
ture is 10 take place in Essex at the High
hold Nurseries. whore a current with n
voltage OF $4,000 wifi be sent through 700
'eet of greenhouses
these conditions IS expected 20 90 great
~ Increased. as previous experiments on a
smaller scale have proved that electrically
stimulated plants bear from - to 30 per
cent. more fruit
The current has Tho enect o. increasing
the quantity of nitrogen in tho air. Nitro
cen is a valuable sttmu''nt 70 plant NE.
Although oeNs and Q bhaEes ara. not
affected b. the current, i has a powerful
enec, on strswberres which grow TO per-
fection nearly month sooner than normal.
~, and bear. out 20 per cent more fruit
Many other plants benefit to an almost
eaus! degree. Tomatoes do n per cent. bet
ter, and cueumbers Il per cent. better
while barley STRAW grows TO much great
length
The ooh.ooo volts required are generated
b. an ingenious machine consisting OF Elk
revolving plates OF glass acted on by
brushes. So simple is the contrivance that
the running expenses are only SIS week
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
TRENCH WOMAN SENTENCED
TO SIN MONTHS IN PRISON

Special Gable to The Times Dispatch.1
berhn November 1.-THE Supreme Court
o. the empire at Leipzig has sentenced
the French woman. Mile Renee Thirion.
VINO vas arrested in April last on charge
OF attempted espionage. TO six months i'm
prisonment. although the court declared
a. inc same time that she was innocent OF
me charge brought against her
nile. Thir!on has lived for the la.t nv.
sears III Germany, and at the end OF last
year appeared In Cologne as teacher ~
iansuases. She quickly made herself non
ular IN society In the provincial town and
was particular favorite with the onicers
OF the garrison. In April last she vas do
nouhced as spy by her sweetheart n
German lieutenant, who had purposeIv in
sratated himself in her affections v,,ti,
the OBJECT OF wornins out her secrets Sic
N1s thefeupon charged with aftermath, =,
secure mobilization plans or THO c;srn,a.
army corps FOR the purpose OF transmirtinr
'he information o: the French War onica
AFTER being kept four months in nrisor
she was brought before tho Supreme Cont
VINO heard the case behind closes doors
IN oeHNerins sentence She court said IL had
9een proved that the accused was NOT q
french SPY, but respectable teacher ~
i,aHsuaGes. with the best crcdent!als ana
her arrest as a spy was the outcome Of a
nlisuho ersta nding. Nevertheless she must
De sentenced under paragraph ias .. ~.
Imperial code. because she once dscisraS
herseif ready TO undertake espionar. al
ously. "ot mace Aeri-
The sentence OF six months include. TOM
"t'"lhs ALREADY spent in prison
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
jack JOHNSON INITIATED
INTO OLD MASONIC LODGE

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
Lonoon, November 4.-Jsck Johnson the
worlds champion pugil!st. has been admit
ted n member OF the Freemason craft in
Dundee, the lodge in which he was initiated
being Fortar ana Kincardine. No 222. ono
Of the oldest in the city.
The Masonic ceremony was hastily ar
ranged The understanding vas that ~
should take place at noon, but as johnson
had TO return south at that hour the lodge
authoritier Initiated him an hour earlier.
the result being that many members OF tho
craft who Intended TO be present arrived
late
Johnson's initiation over, he addressed tn.
members of the lodge. stating that no has
Tor long time wished 70 be admitted to the
craft Jack was carried shoulder high TO
the street and as he motored off TO the
railroad station huge crowd followed with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

mid Shah, the thiyteen-year-o ruler
or Persia The renewal OF fghttnB
after the rout and execution OF the
forces of ex-shnh NIuhammed All. I'm.
der Arshad-ed-Dowle again places
the hey ruler mt war with his father.
The boy "SfnG of Kings" succeeded
hfs father. 1fuhnmmed All SINH, on
that potentate's abdication in July, 1900.
He was born on January 20, 1898, and
ne ruler was first under the regency
of All Reza Khan, Azed ell N:1slk. ,vio
died In September OF last yenr. He r.
now sn the care of Adam Kassini. Mes
scr el sTuik, who WINS appointed three
dnyh Inter, and arrived in Tehernn on
February OF this year to take up his
dutiaS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

white. those who had minuteiy examined
the head declared II to be that OF a wo-
nian. probably an Indian. Tho news soon
spread OF horrible sequel 10 the death
OF the head of the Arm
disappointment met the amateur detec-
ives, however, when an ex-empioye OF the
bank cleared the mystery with a statement
70 the effect that the mummined head was
n relic which an explorer friend OF 81.
Crossa had brought from India
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
HUMAN HEAD IN OLD CHEST.
Gruesome Discovery Made In Basement nj
Bank at Nice.
Z sncrial -.hIa - - $500

Especial Gable to The Times Dispatch
Parls. November "a gruesome dIscov-
cry was made in the basement OF Nice
oahk inc other day by the Official Rec.lv-
eI. NJ Augeard. While inspecting the Turn
iture OF the Crossa Bank. In the Rue Mas
seha' which is In process OF liuuidation
owing to the death OF the head or the Arm
me official came across II small wooden
ohesi which, when opened. was found TO
contain a human head
N. Augeard Immediately Informed rA
police. and the commissary summoned ne
fore him all the former employees of the
bank who happened to be In town. Mean
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

great furore resulted that the doc
tor was released
IL is hrmly believed here that DIR
Sun will be chosen President OF the
Chinese republic. should the rebels sue
coed in cverthrowing the Empire
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

The landing of King George and
Queen Mary OH Indian soil will be an
occasion for great demonstration by
the Indian and England officials The
royal party will then spend the in
term between the debarkation and the
commencement Of the coronation ex-
ercises in sightseeing and hunting
lii this latter respect, extraordinary
preparations have been made for the
Kings entertainment by the native
princes, and should the King display
his usual liking for sport he will have
no lack of opportunity to crafty his
most bloodthlrsty longings
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
rhe Russian

TIE Russian estimated budget for
1912 hes Just been presented to the
Dumas Il balances with total OF
zs75,252,110 rouble5. and shows an IN
ric!pated surplus q ordinary revenue
nytr csdinary expenditure OF moro than
l5s,ooo,o0 rouhles I5s5,ooo.o0o nus
enabling The Minister of Finance 10 as
sign az increase OF credi1 10 tina Min
5tt.y OF War OF 100000 roubles 70
etend - sum zlrtad, zloued Uni.
?aAr fo- railroad construction by d
100000 rodolez and 70 devote 100 Qoo
go rouoles towards writing Of OF ths
National deJt This f@voraole financial
gtatsment Tor the next twelve months
5s the result ~ the splendid ha-ves, OF
We !ast two years ad tbs careful nm
7a1.al pol.ty followed aln-e me wet
W. japan
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

rhe dangers % the It2lo. Iu-l.ish
,denrtidt are small as eompared With
thee Of me Morocco dispute, 10 Ia The
Background . taat question Is Anglo
Herman ants onlsm. the only qussuon
That counts n tas European situation
so-fAy. Tie Moroccan lrabrogl!o. how
ssHe-. IS considered Practically arranged
n oar political aryU!Gs, The neeotia
Tors ave settled tae quality Of the
good that are to De delivered BY Ger
Tnany. y nov rerna!ns cnlv 70 agree on
Ehe price.
Ths Congo part Of the understandings
%'n De relatively a smooth affair
France gains TOO much BY obta!nine
The Protectorate OF the Sheyoefian En-
Dtre 10 Maggie over a few swarnps near
she Ubangi. Of course. there will DE
popular eiscontent. both in Gerna ny
And in France. but when co.~.uded the
settlement VIII be approved in both
Sountries. by sane majority OF the
people. as equitable and fair ON the
Gs ut des principle
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
Used Golden Remedy, The Great Rome
Treatment For Drunkards.
odsrless End Tasteless ANY Lady Can
Give II Secretly At Home In Tea,
Coffee Or Food.
Costs Nothing TeTry.

Z YOU have husband son. brother.
al you have 10 do Is to send yorr nams
ana address on the coupon below You
may BE thankful as Ions as Won Two mar
you did II Nv ''!Hi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
FREE TRIAL PACKAGE COUPON
DR., j. W. Ha.nen Company,
IDS Glenn Ddg.. Cincinnati. n

Please send ne. ABSOLUTELY free. by re-
turn NAL IN plain wrapper. 50 that
no one can know what IL contains n
rial package o: Golden Rc.aedy 10
ps9Ne thar what you claim Tor II liz
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

Among the English experiences Eli
Artha, the champion heavy weight box
err of the world, has been asked to take
up evangelical work by a worthy d.
vine. who was in no small measure in.
strumental in stopping his bout with
Wells, the English champion. The oc-
casion for the invitation was Johnson's
announcement that he had retired from.
the prize ring forever"
Mr.. Johnson however, did not take
kindly to the suggestion that he blister
his back in Africa saving souls and
characterized the clergyman's invita-
ton as "a press agent scheme" He is
also said to have stated that he would
willingly mix" with the worthy d.
vine in any number of ten minutes
rounds of oratory. the theme to be rs
boxing beastial?" So far no reply has
been received from the clergyman
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
DnteIs'
THE HAMIL TON
Fourteenth and & SITS, N. ",
WASHINGTON. DC

select family and transient hotel, con
vea!eatly located: thoroughly comfortable
and homeiike, Good table. American plan
Rates $3.50 up per day. Send for booklet
IRVING o BALL prom
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05

England. without dread of the Vel
low Peril to sway her sympathy. has
found much TO land in the present up
rising in China. and from all quarters
Chinese sympathisers are writing
lengthy articles in support of the re-
bellion. This has brought to light a
great deal of material on prominent
leaders in the present revolution anu
has again recalled the wave of sent,-
ment that saved DR., Sun Vat Sen. the
credited head of the present revolt,
from the executioner's axe some fifteen
years ago. while ne was A fugitive from
Chinese justice. charged with leading
an abortive movement to overthrow the
Manchus.
Dr.. Sen, at that time. had, and still
has many friends in England, and was
actively engaged in lecturing in Lon
don. when he disappeared. Search was
made for him everywhere, but without
avail. At last a letter came TO light,
via. e bribed servant and scuttle o..
coal. that proclaimed him to be a. pris-
oner in the Chinese Legation
The story was one OF the biggest OF
its time. a price of S25o.o00 had been
placed upon hi head. and should he
De shipped back TO Pekin ne would have
urdouhtedly paid the penalty OF his
revolutionary activity with death. Lord
Salisbury busted himself in Parliament.
the press che mpioned his cause. and so
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

for the sa,oonkeeper who IS its head
Leopold Dreyfus. however killed him
self next morning in his Michigan ave-
nue. home. whittier police detective had
taken him at his own request 10 see his
wife and children before going 10 the po-
Ice court. The discovery of his arson and
the tangle of his financial affairs had
driven him practically insane. The
saloonkeeper and Jacob vanished.
II is not immediate captures that the
rolce and the underwriters care so much
about as it is the permanent destruction
Of the svstematized fire conspiracy. The
daring Of the operations and the con-
tempt for law and organized society
were equalled only by the cool business
shrewdness. the Napoleonic planning Of
Jacob and his accomplices. The system
employs between twenty-five and thirty
operatives. it is believed They work
usually I'm teams, a prospector. solic-
itor Of business" and an incendiary, or
torch bearer. being successfully en-
ployed on each case Always the mode
Of payment is about the same, cash
down retainer and an agreement 10 pay
the remainder on fulfilment Of contract.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
Ccago Arson Octopus Stretches Flame Tipped Tentace Atari
Underworld Evidences Incendary Which
Cost the Insurance Companies Millions and Has Extended
Its from the Windy City to York, Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, St. Louis and Other Places

ress 20 the saloonkeepcr The latter had
a mail order department A. a branch Of
his secret business. Among the conf
dental letters mailed 10 merchants by
the chief Of the arson industry went
several to the head Of the Dreyfus firm
and meanwhile the difficulties Of that
establishment We're increasing. Credit
Ors threatened suits and unsatisfied
judgments meant bankruptcy. The ar
son crowd kept tabs on every move
whether of the brothers or Of their
angry creditors. Finally. at the correct
moment, Jacob called Leopold Dreyfus
on the telephone and made an appoint
ment 10 renew the dicker He met the
merchant in his office and made the fol-
lowing bargain offer:
"Ill burn the whole place-everv suit
Of clothing, every article in it-no salv-
age-for $1,000. You must pay me $500
down and contract to pay the balance Of
S1.T00 as soon as the insurance money
is collected. Those are positively our
lowest terms. Take en- or leave EN-"
How about the risk"
There will he no risk. To avert sus-
picion You must take me in as an en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
TAKE UP VARIED LINES.

/ The trade that the solicitors call on
I consists mostly Of proprietors Of cloth
ing stores though they will take a job
now and then TO burn out a furniture
/ house. or even. when things are rather
slack. the agents VIII themselves rent
and furnish a fiat. insure its contents
al double the value. and burn out. Lists
; Of crooked merchants are frequently cir
cularized. and offers are made in these
/ form letters to burn down stores for a
/ cash consideration one of the men So
Letting such trade evidently mistook his
prospect" for he addressed such let
: ter recently 10 A F. Campbell, chief in
spector Of the Chicago Board Of Under
writer's.
/ The trust. moreover. eases the CON
| sciences Of those Of its customers who
don't wish to add murder 10 incendiarism
| or who are unwilling to destroy their
neighbours property in their own private
fires. In such cases they contract TO
+ sound an alarm calling out the fire de-
partment engines al the moment the
time fuse Is due 10 start the blaze. or a
! few seconds afterward. The firemen
may thus reach the scene i'm time 20 save
the building. perhaps. and the stocks Of
merchandise in the stores adjacent to
or above or below the establishment that
is fired In one such instance the Chi
cago firemen actually got there before
the fuse had completed its work. When
they reached the place In answer 10
hurry-up telephone call no fire what
ever was visible. but while they searched
! for the blaze there came a series OF ex-
blossoms. and flames shot out OF the
| windows above their heads. This fire
| was a good deal of a mystery until the
Dreyfus confession revealed the methods
OF the gang.
Dreyfus revealed. too. another wrinkle
as surprising as II was ingenious.
Though he represented 10 the detectives
that he had been tempted 10 arson
solely by Jacobs urgings. it Ia more
likely that he was an old offender Five
months before the South Market street
affair another store OF his had been de-
stroyed and he had successfully col
lected the fun amount OF the insurance.
which was $1,000. Perhaps he himself
had been a gangster in an older time
But, at any rate. the speciality of Drey-
fus was To furnish ammunition for at
tacks on the treasures Of insurance com
panies.
! Retailers who sought 10 burn out with
profit had first To get heavy insurance
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
THEIR PROBABLE LOCATION.

The late Or. George ". Bailey. ~
New York" said A Presbyterian preach
err was thoroughly modern in his meth
DDS. but he did think that some OF our
surgeons went too far
"Dr Bailey. apropos Of certain reck-
less abuses Of the knife. used 10 tell
story OF an appendicitis club.
AT meeting Of this club a pallid
member said.
We'll. friends. I had 10 he reoDena.
last week. My doctor left sponge In
side me
"I was reopened. too said gaunt
man. I was reopened just ten days ago
Professor cutler had forgotten TO remove
a pair of forceps'
AT this a nervous looking chap
groaned. jumped up. and made for the
door.
What's the natter they asked him
Where are you OFF 10 in such rush
I'm M TO my Doctors. the man re-
piled. T remember now that Just afte,
7 came to he complained about mislay.
ing his hat and stick.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

floor with the partially emptied cans
distributed at strategic points among
the piles of stock At right angles to
the stream he stretched n half-hour time
fuse. lighted with match the end
farthest from the oil. and, locking the
door behind him. quietly went on his
way.
In all these operations Jacob had ap-
piled with his best skill the principles OF
scientific management adopted by the
Arson Trust The telltale excelsior
shavings and the Cive-away kerosene
soaked paper have long since been dis
carded by the Chicago Swans in favor
Of the quick, sharp, successive eXplo-
sions Of Casoleno which destroy the eX-
ploding cans and the stock Of me~chan-
disc almost simultaneously. Not only is
the evidence burned up, but the bremen
and salvage corps have no chance to
save any of the stock Of goods. which
salvage would reduce ;he amount Of the
insurance paid.
But ou this occasion s0mothing or
other went amise The fire fighters ar
irving quickly. scented the odor Of gaso-
lenc. After the fire WAS put out and an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13

ployc. You yourself can be as far away
from Chicago as YOU like
with that Jacob produced his arson
contract am extraordinary document.
which assigned 90 the saloonkeeper
81. 700 of the total insurance on the
Dreyfus place. The merchant fell In
with the plan He signed the agree
ment 10 pay the saloonkeeper in the
event Of a fire. and handed Jacob the
500 earnest money. The ingenious con-
spirator was put on the employees roll
and inrusted with the door key To lock
ND tho store az night and open il IN the
morning.
on the Saturday half-holiday OF June
Jacob admitted himself TO the store after
hours and opened six five-gallon cans of
gasolene which had been sent there con-
cealed in the innocent looking shipping
cases used los the firm. Starting AT on
end " the shop, ne poured the OBJ I'D
stream that meandered the length Vi the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
PLUMBER GONE FOR GOOD.

II Is exceedingly improbable that res
titution will ever be made Of the many
millions Of dollars mulcted from insur-
ance concerns and indirectly from their
honest policyholders by the operations %
this extraordinary Chicago trust. The
thieves have collected their plumber long
since and legal proof can hardly be got
as TO the older crimes The saloon
keeper. shrewd in his saving as in his In
cendiarism. hadn't a dollar Of property
I'm his own name. the famiy's estate
being all held by his wife. career Of
roguery evidently hadn't brought pros
perity 70 Leopold Dreyfus. who was
practically a bankrupt, and the moralist
NAV we'll doubt whether their III gotten
gains ever did the other rogue merchants
Of his clique any permanent good.
Nevertheless the dastardly work goes
on. Said c. J. Doyle. State Fire Marshal
Of Illinois, the other day in an address
before the Chicago Association of Conn
merce:
The country is facing one 81 the most
gigantic. organized arson conspiracies
the world has ever known. The State
Fire Marshal Of Illinois has united with
the state fire marshals OF Kentucky.
Tennessee and Ohio 70 wipe out the
band Of men AT the head Of this arson
conspiracy. The tentacles Of this octo-
pus have extended as the daring Of
those behind the plot has grown. into .
dozen or more cities. They have been
found ut work at Bloomington. Spring.
field. Pittsburg. Cleveland. New YorA
Buffalo. ST. Louis. Chicago and else
where Two OF the gang have been
convicted and are now imprisoned in
Southern city The others will be be-
hind the bars before long II we are sue
cessful in following the ciews We now
are working on. The frebug problem
il one Of the most important which con-
fronts the country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
ALsH CLUMSLY :


written. There Dreyfus was their
friend and comforter. He supplied them
with fictitious bills Of sale. possibly he
also transferred temporary stocks of
goods TO their stores in order 20 get high
appraisals. Fortified by fraudulent bills
Of sale and the responsibility Of the
Dreyfus firm. the swindlnC retailers got
insurance policies for large amounts
sometimes double the value Of what they
possessed. After this had been effected
the rest was easy. The gangs mini1ns
stood ready to apply the torch the mo-
ment the policies had been granted and
the initial premiums paid.