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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Farming out of convicts to counties
to work in building roads, bridges and
public buildings is proposed by Rep.
resentatiVe Woodwork of Athens as
a solution of the idle house problem.
He introduced a bill authorizing the
penitentiary managers to invest in
gravel bank or limestone quarry to
furnish crushed stone to the state
highway commissioner and county
commissioners. These officials are to
ask bids only for such quantities of
material as the state c2nnCt supply
and to let bids for only such part OF
the work of construction and repair
Of roads, bridges and buildings as
cannot be done by convict labor. The
cost and freight of material and the
cost of transporting, feeding and
guarding the convicts is to be paid
out of county and state road funds
and credited to the penitentiary fund.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
BANDITS LOOT TRAIN
SIX MASKED MEN BLOW SAFE
AND ROB EXPRESS CAR ON
IRON MOUNTAIN ROAD.
BOOTY AMOUNTS TO $4,000
Passengers Are Terrified by FusilIade
Of Shots Fired by Robbers, But
Are Not MoIested-ssfe Wrecked
by NltroaIyeerin.

Cofeyville, Kan.-Six masked ban
dts held passenger train No. 104 on
the st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern railway for one hour and forty
Eve minutes on a prairie IL miles
south Of this city Friday, while th&S,
robbed the express car safe of its VAL
uables.
All of the 200 passengers remained
In the coaches and Pullman, too terri
fed by frequent rife shots and explo-
sions of nitroglycerin even to peep
out, and members of the crew lay,
faces down, at the side Of the right of
way, guarded by one of the robbers.
After what appeared to the victims
an endless period, the lights Of two
motor cars were seen to approach. A
moment later the rife shooting
ceased. A quarter of an hour later,
when the trainmen got to their feet,
the motor cars, and the robbers were
gone. 1t is believed they took money
and other valuables to the amount Of
$4,000. No passenger was robbed.
The train. was leaving Lenapah,
Okla, 16 miles south of CoffeyviIle.
when the fireman saw on the tender
what he believed to be tramp. He
notified the engineer, who approached
to make him get off. The tramp"
produced a revolver and said: I'm
going to ride little piece with you;
drive on"
About four miles from Lenapah. at
trestle, the leader made the en-
gtneer stop. Three other masked men
appeared and the engineer and fireN
man were forced to leave the cab q
enter the Jim Crow car.
Meanwhile other robbers
climbed into the mail, baggage
express cars and covered the Gle. a
with revolvers. The three clerks
were made to lie together beside the
track. The only tidings the passen-
gers had of what was going on were
the sounds of intimidating shots and
bullets that sang by the car windows.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
NEW MEXICAN CABINET.
Former Ambassador to United States
Takes Foreign Portfolio.

Washington.-Pres Diaz took
the first steps to win back to Mexico
the favor of the United States by ap.
pointing Francisco De La Barra, Mex
ican ambassador to Washington, min
lister of foreign affairs of his new cab
met.
Senor De La Barra at once tele-
graphed his acceptance of the port
folio and went to the white house and
informed President Taft.
The president expressed pleasure
and congratulated him warmly.
Five Others Named.
Although no official announcement
has been made, it is known that five
of the cabinet members have been &C.
lected, and it is almost certain that
Jose Yves Limantour will remain as
minister Of finance.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
BENZ. D. GREENE FREE
FINISHES FoUR-YEAR TERM FOR
HARBoR COMPLETELY.
Takes Pauper's Oath Which Releases
Him From His Portion Of
$575,ooo Fine.

Atlanta, Ga--Benjamin D. Greene,
who, with John F. Gaynor, has
Just completed four-year term In
the federal prison here for completely
in the Savannah harbor improvement
frauds, was released, bringing to a
close, so far as he is concerned, a legal
battle that has commanded attention
for the last decade.
Greene's application for leave to
take the pauper's oath In order to es-
cape further liabilities for the $575, 900
fine imposed on the two men when
they were convicted was granted aft
er a hearing which lasted two days.
John F. Gaynor, Jointly convicted
with Greene, has completed his SEN
tence in the federal prison. His ap-
plication to take the pauper's oath is
pending.
The case of the government against
Greene and Gaynor was one of the
most unusual in the annals of Ameri-
can Jurisprudence. More than a dec
ade ago these two were engaged in a
contractual million dollar improve
ment work in Savannah harbor, under
the supervision of Capt Oberlin NJ.
Carter
Trouble began when Carter was ap-
pointed military attache at the court
of st. James. The army officer who
succeeded him, Capt. Cassius E. Gil
lette, found evidences of fraud in the
work, which resulted in a three
months court-martial for Carter, a
fine, a term in Leavenworth prison,
and, ultimately, in the confiscation by
the government of money he was al
legged to have secured through the
harbor frauds
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
The "EIectric Mule"

If the state wins the suit pending
in supreme court to oust the electric
mule" from the canal bank between
Dayton and Cincinnati, it would not af
feet the proposed lease of the canal
property in Cincinnati by the state to
that city, according to a ruling given
Representative w. E. Donson of Mont
gomery by Attorney General Hogan. II
the state loses the suit the mule"
stays on and the state would not be
liable to the city on account of the
lease under which it is sought to turn
over property to the city now held by
the mule"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
All Grants to Be Repealed.

No legislative session being COM
plete without reference to the once
noted electric mule, Representative
Smith of Butler filed the void by
introducing bill to repeal all grants
of rights to that enterprise, beginning
with the grant of 1898 to Thomas NJ
Fordyce. The bill is said not to affect
pending litigation for authority of the
state board of public works to remove
tne tracks from the banks of the
Miami canal below Dayton, but pre-
vents any possible resurrection Of the
Eefunct enterprise.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
MRS. CLEVELAND NOT TO WED
Executor of Ex-President's Estate lS-
sues Denial of Rumors on Behalf
of Widow.

New YOrk-S. s. Hastings, execu-
tor of the estate of the late Grover
Cleveland and in charge of Mrs. Cleve-
lands personal affairs, issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"The paragraph appearing in one of
the weekly society publications sus-
gesting that there is an engagement
of marriage between Mrs. Grover
Cleveland and Professor West Of
Princeton is without the slightest JUS
tification.
1T is fully refuted by the fact that
Dean West already has wife living
and their son now is student in
Princeton university"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Services Rendered Gratis.

Attorney James R. Garfield, Cleve.
land, has advised Attorney General
Hogan that he does not expect nor de.
sire any compensation either in the
form of an appropriation or a fee as
special counsel for his services in the
suit to test the legality of the present
session of the legislature In this ac.
tion he was associated with Attorney
John H. Clarke, Cleveland, who, at the
time the suit was brought, said that
his services were rendered gratis.
Garfield, in his communication to At
torney General Hogan, denies a ru.
NOR to the effect that he had expected
to be paid for his part in the suit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Protests Aaainst Bill.

Judge Black of the Franklin county
juvenile court protested to Senator
Haas against bill of which he is
the author. 1t provides against send.
ing girls afflicted with infectious dis.
ease to the Delaware homer The bill
passed the senate. Judge Black points
out that the state has provided no
other place for girls, and suggests
the erection of new building for
the detention of this class of juvenile
prisoners. In one month, Judge Black
stated, 13 girls sent to the home were
victims of contagious diseases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Bills Passed by Solons.

Bills passed in legislature: Senate
Compelling labelling of foodstuffs
placed in cold storage; increasing pen
atty for failure to safeguard machin-
cry, making five and eight-year teach
ers certificates renewable at option of
board of examiners, creating county
and providing against u.s.
ing word state" in titles of banks
not under banking Department in
spection.
House-Senate bill, authorizing
councils to regulate and prohibit
smoke nuisance; amended to exempt
locomotives.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
BANK IN NEW YORK CLOSES
Institution at oneonta Has 100000
Resources and Deposits Of
$5o0,0O0.

Oneonta, N. Y.-The First National
bank of this city suspended business.
The bank has about 100000 re-
sources and the deposits are about
S5OO.O0O, with an equal amount of
loans and discounts.
Unless there should be marked
shrinkage in the loans and discounts
colIectable, it is expected the bank
will pay depositors in full.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

After practically exempting locomo-
tive smoke, the house passed Senator
Krause's anti-smoke bill. At the re-
quest of railroad engineers and fire.
men, Judge Winters offered the
amendment, permitting city councils
to abate locomotive smoke as a nui-
sance, only on proof of carelessness
and negligence. The bill gives coun-
ellis enlarged powers to deal with the
smoke nuisance.
The house killed the Cetone bill, for
bidding youths under is driving auto
mobiles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
FOUR DIE; IL HURT IN FIRE
Firemen Plunge to Death and Injury
When Roof of Milwaukee Fac
tory CoIIapses.

Milwaukee.-Four firemen were
killed and twelve were injured, two
perhaps fatally, by falling through a
roof during fire in the building OF
the Middletown Manufacturing COM
pany, wholesale hatters.
The fire had been burning half, an
hour and nearly 20 men had been
fighting the flames from the roof of
the four-story structure when sud-
denly there was creaking and sway
ing of the upper portion, and before
the firemen had a chance to hurry
away the roof collapsed. -
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
PATTEN MUST STAND TRIAL
Federal Judge Noyes Denies Motion
to Quash indictments In Cot
ton Pool Case.

New York.-The federal govern
ment scored sweeping victory
when Judge Noyes, in the United
States circuit court, overruled the de,
murrers interposed by James A. Pat.
ten, Eugene M. Scales, Frank B.
Hayne, William p. Brown and Robert
NJ. Thompson.
They are under indictment for con-
spiracy to monopolize interstate trade
and commerce in conducting the ia
nous cotton pool Of last summer.
The court denies the motion to
quash the indictments and holds that
the facts established warrants order
ing tlHe defendants to trial.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Believers in the primary election
system hope for aid from the state
administration to enlarge the scope Of
the Bronson primary law. They will
try to have the Stockwell state pri.
mary bill for the nomination Of state
tickets and the Plank biz for primary
nomination of candidates for state
senator listed as part Of the legisla.
tive program of the state aiministra'
tion. They have been encouraged in
this hope by the Endorsement Of the
StockwelI primary bill BY Lieutenant
Governor Hiichols.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
NEW WIRELESS PLANT
At Fl. Meyer to Reach Vessels 5000
Miles Away.

WaShington.-A powerful wireless
telegraph station of the navy, Capable
of communicating with naval vessels
1000 and possibly 9,O00 miles distant
from Washington, will be erected al
Fit Meyer
This high-power plant will be de
signed to keep the headquarters of the
American navy in close touch with
war vessels in the Atlantic ocean. 1t
has been the dream of naval officials
to erect such a station in the environs
of the national capital.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
New Tax Code Bill.

The Hollinger bill, introduced in the
house to replace the Langdon tax
commission code bill, retains the pro-
vision for six-year terms for the men,
bers of the commission, but cuts out
the arrangement of terms, by which
Governor Harmon could have retained
control of the commission for two
years after his own term expired. The
bill provides that a Democrat is to
have the short term, so that he will
be succeeded by a Republican, should
the next governor of the state be of
that party.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
SToLYPIN TO RETAIN POST
Resignation of Premier Reported WIKI
drawn Following Conference
With Czar.

ST. Petersburg. - Emperor Mich
olas gave an audience at Tsars-
koe- Selo to M. Stolypin, and the
Bourse Gazette publishes a telephone
message from Tsarskoe-Selo saying
that it is learned from an undeniable
source that the premier has with
drawn his resignation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Probably the woman who hid her
life's savings in the cellar and awoke
to find them stolen has reached the
conclusion that our national banks
Rre not the most risky things in the
world.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

The kissing microbe has been oft
en- attacked as pernicious. but it is to
be feared that people can no more
be persuaded to give up the ancient
practice Of osculation than they can
be made shy of accepting money which
Is suspected of conveying germs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A convict in Texas became SO Ill
that a surgical operation was found
necessary. when the cause of the
trouble was discovered to be a $500
stolen diamond The convict will now
temporarily push the restaurant pearl
fishery oyster out of the limelight.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Last of Four Brothers.

New Haven, Ct.-Prof. Henry Mitch
ell Whitney died of heart disease. He
was the last of four brothers, of whom
the other three were Prof. William
Dwight Whitney, the Yale philogist;
Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney, the Har-
ward geologist, and James Lyman
Whitney, for some years head of the
Boston public library.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Find Rroderick Not Guilty.

Springfield, nl.-"Not guilty" was
the verdict Of the jury Friday in the
case of Senator John Broderick of
Chicago, accused of bribing State Sen
ator D. w. Holstlaw in the electing of
William Lorimer to the United States
senate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Baton Rouge. La.-William G. Pur.
Wis, the young Chicago aviator VINO
was injured here several weeks ago
in making trial fight in a Gates bi-
plane, will probably succumtb to his in.
juries, according to the attending ply
sicians.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Red Cross to the Rescue.

New York.-Robert w. De Forest
announces that the New York chapter
of the Red Cross would collect funds
for THE relief of the survivors of the
Washingtonplace fire, and that Mayor
Gaynor had headed tho contributions
with $100.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Los Angeles has an S0-year-old cit
izen who says he will wed when he
has reached the century mark At
any rate, it can hardly be said that
he is rushing precipitately into mat
rimony.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
wor,an Circuit Court Clerk.

st. Paul, Minn.-Judges of the
United States circuit court for the
Eighth judicial circuit Thursday ap-
pointed Miss Louise B. Trott of st.
Paul, formerly deputy clerk, as clerk
of the circuit court to succeed Henry
D. Lang. who died suddenly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Concerning the promoters and spec.
tators of that rather sickening fight
between gorilla and bulldog--if II
is to be regarded as genuine-it calls
for caution in condemning the brutal.
fly Of bull fighting. But where did the
western sports" come into possession
of q live and ferocious African gOr
tIla1
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A Pennsylvania justice has upheld
the right of wife to paint. The dis.
pute had nothing to do with her earn
ing living by devoting herself to art,
but was one involving her own facial
decoration.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A savant breaks into print with the
startling statement that Sowing wild
oats" is harmful to youths. Let us
hope the savant is not laboring under
the impression that he has uttered a
new thought
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Pittsburg.-Nine men were killed
in the Hazel mine of the. Pittsburg and
Buffalo Coal company at East Can
onsburg, Wednesday. They were be-
ing taken to a remote part Of the
mine when a mass Of loose slate in
the roof fell filing one car in which
there were ten men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
English Motor Boat IL Speedy.

London, Eng.--E. Mckay Edgar's
motor boat Maple Leaf III. showed
wonderful burst of speed in a trial on
the solent Friday, making 49h knots
an hour. This is claimed as worlds
record
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
vreeIand coronatIon ENVOY.

Washington.-Rear Admiral Charles
E. Vreeland, now in command OF the
second division of the Atlantic feet,
was Thursday detailed to represent
the navy at the coronation of King
George v. Admiral Dewey declined
the appointment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Robbers broke into Jail in Penn
sylvania few nights ago and robbed
the only prisoner of $40. People who
90 to Jail In Pennsylvania should take
the precaution of leaving their valua-
bles at the desk
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

New York aldermen have reject.
ed a bill limiting the length of hat
pins. lone in self-defense. No doubt
every one of them had to go back
home and face a woman armed with
a couple of the dangerous things.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A man who was put In the Tombs
prison for carrying concealed weap-
ons was robbed while there of 5000.
Investigation might disclose the pres
ence of thieves in the institution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Quick Divorce LAW sioned

Carson, Nev.-Governor Oddie
Thursday signed the "timelock" d.
vorce law, defining six months contin-
uous physical presence Of the plaintiff
in the country as the sole requisite on
which to base jurisdiction in divoyce
proceedings. Z,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Stanley Robson Passes Away.

Cleveland, O.-Stanley Robson,
owner of the st. Louis National
league baseball club, died Friday of
blood poisoning at the home in this
city of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank
de Haas Robson.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

The New Jersey architect who de.
signed a schoolhouse without any
stairway evidently thought that the
district should be up-to-date and bring
in its upper floor scholars by airships
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Roosevelt TaIks Of Runhv

Berkeley, Cal-Col. Roosevelt In
terrupted a rally of university stu.
dents here Friday to praise the Rugby
football game of the Pacific coast and
condemn the eastern game.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Killed Bv an Auto.

Middletown, N. Y.-Robert Goelet,
of the millionaire family, driving
through Chester in his automobile, ran
down 3-yearold Mary Potter. She died
shortly afterward. After hearing the
testimony the coroner exonerated Goe
let.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Accents Athens Call.

Durham, N. C.-Rev. j. w. Lynch,
pastor of the First Baptist church, haS
accepted a call to a pastoNate in Ath
ems, Ga. He succeeds Rev. Millard
Jenkins, who goes to OwensboTo, KY,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

The law of action and reaction is
well illustrated at this time when
women are demanding wider field Of
action than ever and yet is the great
est vogue of the hobble skirt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A California girl offers to sell to
the government Lincoln pennies for
81 each. Next thing we know she
will be asking someone to give her
two tens for a five.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Eo,nd cuIItylof Murder.

Denver, Col. oI.ALouis Wechter, for
mer Philadelphian, who shot and
killed W. Clifford Burrows in q cNfe.
was Thursday found guilty Of murder.
The jury recommended hanging.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Aviator Ellie. With Eleven.

Douai, France.-Aviator Louis Bre-
guet made record performance
Thursday when he carried IL passen-
gers in his monoplane a distance OF
two miles.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Rome.-Lieut. Boron Vincenzo Pa.
terno, who murdered Princess Giulia
di SAINT Fila, lady-in-waiting to Queen
Helena, has been expelled from the
Italian army.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
He Was 100 Years Old.

Tacoma, Wash.-John Reeves, aged
100, formerly of Cincinnati, died here
He was the oldest locomotime. engi
neer in the northwest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Don't eat wnen you're tired" says
an eastern physician. On the other
hand, never go to bed hungry, we are
elsewhere advised. Life is getting
rather badly mixed
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Still some men would rather hear
q 10000 word hypothetical question
than an angry's wife's: We'll, where
have you been till now?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
clnarette = Itah Winner.

Salt Lake City, Utah.--A bill ma
king the sale Of cigarettes in this
state misdemeanor wss disapproved
by Governor Spry Wednesday.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Chicago is thinking of changing the
names of her streets. While they are
at it they might also change the ap-
pearance of many of them, with
profit.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Luther Burbank can do a great deal
with fruits and vegetables but he has
never yet turned out winterless win.
ter.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

London has produced comic opera
without music. This is indeed a nov
city, although they've been producing
some comic operas without the com
edy over here for some time.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

Physicians who are successfully us
ing hydrant water as an anesthetic
will fall to score hit with the man
ufacturing chemists.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

President Falieres of France gets
a salary of 100000, and the sum
sounds even bigger when expressed
in francs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30

A Cleveland man has been robbed
Of $2,400 which he kept in dishpan.
He ought to have had 1t hidden un-
der the rubber plant.