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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
GOMPEAs TALKS
Of. CHANGES MADE
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tie. When I read the newspapers that
a confession had been made, still
did not believe II until the report had
been verified TO my satisfaction
While thus defending his position
during the interview which took place
in the lobby OF the Hotel Victoria.
Twenty seventh street and Broadway.
some acquaintance OF Gompers. hur-
rying by, slapped the leader on the
shoulder and said:
Sam ! don't believe you are guilty"
Gompers jumped out from the circle
Of newspaper men by whom he was
surrounded. ana shouted after his un-
identified friend:
WHO said ] am guilty--and guilty
Of what7"
When he again faced the interview
perspiration and Il was several
collected 10 talk.
He started OF by referring again to
the indianapolis meeting OF union
leaders by saying that he did not be-
Iieve a single man who was there
had any suspicion that the Mcnamara
brothers and their associates were
guilty.
Were your suspicious not aroused
when you received the telegram from
Clarence Darrow asking that you send
representative to Los Angeles to
attended an important conference con-
corning the case?" he was asked.
Telegram From McNamaras.
II attached no Importance to that
telegram" replied GomperA TT came
at q time when l was very busy at
tending to business I'm connection with
the convention Of the American Fed
Grafton OF Labor at Atlanta. Ga. Only
a day or two before had received a
telegram from the Mcnamara boys
thanking the men in convention for
what had been done for them and
reassurins us Of their innocence.
II turned the message over to A. q.
Tuietmoe. secretary or the building
trades council ~ San Frsncisco.
have since learned that Tuietmoe went
to the telegraph Office and repeated
the message 10 Edward Nockels. sec
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05

RETURN STRAY YOUTH
virxinian Bureau.

NuAtnI6n buE00us
las North Sycamore Street.
Phone 1887.
Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
PETERSBURG. VA. Dec. 4.-Wii-
liamm Kennedy. a desperate negro. 10
in jail upon the charge OF highway
robbery. He assaulted and robbed
Robert s. Trainham. Of Blackstone.
on Hinton street Saturday night. re-
lieving him OF his gold watch and SIS
in currency. Trainman has identified
his assailant, but was unable to APP
pear against him to-day. 50 the case
was continued.
Stole Surgical Bag.
A bag Of surgical instruments be-
longing to DIR. f. j. Nixon was stolen
last night from his automobile. which
was standing In front of his resi-
dence on Washington street. The
bag, ri1ed of its contents, was later
found near the Seaboard depot. There
is no clue as to the thief.
Little Girl Recovcrs-
The many friends Of Mr., and MrA
James d. Mckinney will be glad to
know that their four-year-oid daugh-
ter. Charlotte, who was painfully
burned while visiting friends in Crewe
{. few days ago, Is rapidly recovering.
painfully burned In extingulsEing the
f'an es. is, also convalescent.
Return Stray Youth.
Alvin Cain. the youthful SON Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles II. Cain. Of Ettrick.
who ran away from home and was
found In Weldon. n. G.. few days
ago, has been returned to his pa-
rents here.
Leslie A. Eanes.
Tho funeral Of the late Leslie II.
Eanes tcck place this afternoon from
the Second Presbyterian church. Rev.
G. X. s:rihling Officiating. The burial
was In Hlandford cemetery.
To Marry In Washington.
Mr.. Linwood Short and Miss Bes-
sic Whitaker. both Of this city. left
to-day for Washington, D. C.. to be
married. They were accompanied by
Miss Bessie Short, sister OF tho pros
pective groom. After an extended
Northern honeymoon they will re-
side In this city.
Police Report.
The report OF the chief of police
shows that in November there were
20s arrests in this city. This 10 about
the average number OF arrests here
monthly.
Mr.. Old Out Again.
Mr.. William II. Old. OF 3I2 Grove
avenue, who has been sick. 10 able
to be out again.
Tobacco Sales,
The tobacco sales at the various
warehouses to-day aggregated 5000
pounds The prices ranged from s.
to $40 per thousand. according to the
quality.
Miss Ellen Talley. Of Richmond 10
visiting Miss Mary Epps on Grove
avenue.
The weather has turned very cool
here. and Christmas shoppers have
already begun to make their pur-
chases. Tho shopping district II
crowded at all periods Of the day.
Mr.. 8. Burwell. . prominent mem.
Der OF tho Norfolk bar. ID here ON
legal business. Morton Goode. Com.
monwealth's attorney of Dinwiddie
county. was also . visitor here to.
day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05

MUCH INTEREST SHOWN

The interest which has already been
displayed in the movement for mon
ument to General T. J. jackson leads
members Of the newly organized
Stonewall jackson Monument Asso-
citation to predict that the monument
Will be erected in record time. Hard
Ily Lee himself 10 more revered
Throughout the South than Jackson
and the whole South 10 expected to-
have . hand in building memorial
to Jackson commemorate with his
great fame a. q soldier.
A meeting Of the board Of directors
Of the Monupl,nt Association was
held yesterday afternoon at s o'clock
in the office Of Mayor D. c. Richard
son at which a number Of details In
connection with the launching of a
campaign to raise the funds needed
were attended to.
Charter Adopted.
A charter was presented by q COM
mittee previously selected to prepare
and submit the instrument and the
board adopted 1t, appointing Edwin
p. Cox to secure the Same from the
Coronation Commission.
The board discussed In . general
way tho manner in which the funds
needed shall be raised. deciding tnat
the public generally shall be invited
to subscribe and also that the State
and city government shall be re-
quested to make contributions
Executive Committee Named.
An executive committee. consisting
OF seven directors, was appointed to
consider in detail tho problem OF rails
ing the funds, members Of tho COM
mittee being DR.. James Power Smith.
president: Judge George L. Christian.
first vice president: w. NJ Myers Sec
rotary; Elmore D. Hotchkiss. treas
urer; Mayor d. c. Richardson. Maj.
r. M. Workman and Miss Anna B.
Boykin. The executive committee will
meet next Friday afternoon at
O'Clock in Mayor Richardson's office
and map out plan OF procedure
which they will submit to the next
meeting Of the board OF directors next
monday afternoon.
Maj. T. M. Workman was appointed
as press committee. with instructions
to start a campaign Of publicity in
behalf OF the movement for the monu-
ment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
STATE ATTORNEY
TO ADO PLEA TO
HELP NJ NAMARAs
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other evidence of the dynamite plots.
which extend almost from ocean to
ocean. Later Attorney Davis called
on the district attorney; then ne and
Darrow went to the jail Fredericks
Joined them there. and they were
closeted wiz the McNHmarae for al
most two hours. They came out OF
the jail together, paused in front of
the door and good-naturedly posed
for the newspaper photographers, and
then walked down the street to-
gether. Darrow and Davis went to
their offices and tredericks went to
he Offices of another attorney. lie
| returned to his own office late IN
the day.
1t was intimhted that the state-
| ment that was finally agreed to was
not detailed confession of the en-
tire dyEamttng plot but was much
briefer statet"e"f. end one that COW
ID many Of the points In the case
| of the aynanit4ng Of the Los An
! geles Times building itself. telling
particularly the movements Of Nc
| Namara while he was In Los Angeles.
| The statement was made In order to
| have some kind of q record OF the
|
sentenced. tn eevidence never having
| been introduced.
| Federal Probe in los Angeles.
| Aside from this the greatest in
terest In the days developments CEN
tered In the admission of the district
attorney that a Thorough going probe
| OF The whole dynamfting plot would
be made In Los Angeles. Although
! Fredcricks would not say Just wha,
was contemplated, he let it be known
that his Office would furnish the Fed.
eral authorities with every possible
assistance.
lie pointed out that the greater
bulk of the evidence OF the case wa.
already in Los Angeles, and that Or
tie e. McManigal, the man arrested
with James 3, Mcnamara. and whose
confession furnished the first definite
proof Of the ''johs' done by the dy.
namiters, would be a convenient wit
ness here. From his intimation Il
was plan that the Federal grand JurJ
here would be in possession Of more
data for actual work than In an,
other city with the possible excep
tion of Indianapolis.
Deputy District Attorney q. Ra,
Horton, In somewhat EXTENDED
statement, told of the various mat
might probe The first and most I'm
portant part OF the investigation. I
was said, would concern the inter
state transportation OF dynamite
which would hinge inrgely on various
statements contained in the confessio,
OF Ortie McManigal. The second
part Of the Investigation viii prob
ably delve into violations OF the pos
tai laws. These. II was asserted. wer,
IN connection with the work OF Sc
curing the enormous defense funt
provided by labor unions all owe
the country, in an effort to save tn
Mcnamara brothers.
1t was said that in soliciting thi
fund. when II was. believed those II
charge OF the work must have know
OF the guilt OF the McNamaras, prob
ably constitutes a violation OF tn
postal laws against obtaining none,
under false pretenses.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05

!. visits AudIters< otses.
Z H. Guy Vaughan, treasurer Of HAN
over county. paid an 0fhcial vieit t.
the Office Of the auditor Of public &C.
counts yeetorday.t
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
LOOTS SHOE STORE
AT DREWRY'S BLUFF

A. T, Traylor. constable at Drew
RVS Bluff. came to Richmond yes
terday and asked the aid of Captain
McMahon's bureau In catching the
thieves who robbed b. NJ. Walker
store In Mr.. Traylor's home town FRI
day night. Tho thieves got fifty pairs
OF shoes. and Constable Traylor says
that this Is the second or third time
Mr.. Walkers store has been burglar
lied the past year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
Funeral Of Mrs. .Amrhean.

The funeral Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Gerring Amrhein. wife Of John
Amrhein. took place yesterday after
noon at o'clock from st. Mary's
Catholic church. the services being
conducted by Rev. Father Edward.
Interment was In St. Mary's ceme-
terry. The pail bearers were: Honor
AIRY. Fritz Sitterding, w. Greed Davis.
Charles w. Vaughan. DR.. H. C. Forst-
man. John III. Hulcher. Joseph w.
Bliley, Henry Holzgrafe. DR.. A. ].
Coleman: active, A. L. vonderlehr.
George b. Bliley. Lewis Hatke. Ar
mold Haag. J. ]. Lynch. J. H. lyman.
A. Fl. Felthaus and Henry jam.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
DIR. ]. SIDNEY PETERS
breaches AT EMPORIA

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
EMPORIA. VA, Dec. 4.--Rev. J..
Sidney Peters. recently appointed pas
tor Of the Emporia Methodist
churches Of Emporia, preached In
both Of his churches Sunday and SUM-
day night to large audiences, and
made fine impression upon both
congregations. He will bring his fam
lily to Emporia to live in the near fu-
ture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
Christina. sale.

Tho ladies Of the Seventh Street
Christian church are holding Christ
mas sale Of fancy articles. doll babies
and fruit cake In the ladies' pArlor Of
the church annex, at Seventh and
Grace streets. A speciality u being
made Of articles 1t IS and 80 cents.
suitable for ChristmAs presents.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
COUNCIL ELECTS
!. DIR. ]. f. HUBBARD
CHURCH HILL DOCTOR Is NAMED
CITY PHysiclAN FoR Dis.
TRicT NO. z.

DR.. James F. Hubbard was elected
city physician TOR district No. at !
Joint session Of the City ouncil last
night He succeeds DIR. A. r. Smith
who rendered his resignation some
days ago.
Dr.. Hubbard's only opponent was
Or. ~. ]. Alcxander. formerly CON.
nected with JohnstOn- Willis Santa
rum.
On the show down. however, DR..
votes.
Or. Hubbard has been q practictns
physician Of Church Hin for : mum.
Der Of years. His name vas put n
nomination by Mr.. Lynch. 81 Jefser.
1on ward. who referred Ia him n
hiEhly congra tulAtory terms.
the posfti0a q district 1Aysdcaan
Days ~ pss n,oath, !.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-12-05
The Weather

Forecast for Tuesday and wednss-
day:
virginiai--Fair Tuesday; "Wednesday
fair. warmer. North Carolina-Fstr
Tuesday; Wednesday fair. slightly war
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08
Ancient tnkstands,

An inkstand that was probably In
use 3,400 years ago is exhibited I'm a
Berlin museum. 1t is of Egyptian
make and is supposed to belong to the
eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty, or
somewhere about 1900 B. c., although
its real age can be judged only ap-
proximately. 1t is made of wood and
has two compartments, an upper one
provided with two holes, one for black
and one for red ink, and lower one
for holding reed pens. The black and
red ink are certainties, for some still
remains, in dry condition, within the
receptacles. Another ancient inkstand
is supposed to have been intended for
the use Of schoolboy. 1t would GER
tainly hold ink enough for school
boys needs, for 1t has no fewer than
four ink holes. Both inkstands were
found at Thebes.-London Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08
SCALES OF THE EEL.
they Are vsry Minute and Resemble
Herrinoboas Brietcssork.

they Are vsry Minute and Resemble
hsrrinsboas 6riek~Ork.
IN tie ordinary acceptat.On Of the
II he eel Is a scsleless fish But
q. d.. &, the fact that it's scale are
y minute and imbedded In the skin
l"rm. rs pointed out by a cor
s,ndrut. very interesting and beau
objects for the microscope. In
ire ales Of the eel vary from one
,.n'l,ih ~ an inch upward. accord
- the are of the fish. They are
ln,d OF two layers OF a clear. horny
stance. the upper OF which Is
added with crystals OF calcium car
i:.ate. These are so transparent as
look like empty cells. The scales
airy In shape from blunt TO an
, longated oval and are sometimes al
most kidney shaped
This is how the scales OF the eel tell
IS age. On each may be observed at
ntervals several more or iess clearly
larked lines parallel TO the margin.
hese mark lines of growth, one for
each year Of the life OF the fish. Three
ears, however. must be allowed for
the lnnermost ring, as the eel has no
Gales until the third year. The scales
% not overlap TO any extent and are
arranged In series of small groups at
right angles TO each other, so as to
",Scmble what is known as herring
bone brickwork. Conger cells, how
ever. are said to have no scales.-Lon-
don Field.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08
THE FIRST AER0NAUT.
kinssIey's Queer Idea and an Embar-
RAISING Coincidence.

RAISING SolnCIdenCo,
Charles Kingsley was at dinner
once with the aeronaut Coxwell. 1t was
shortly after Coxwell and companion
had made a fight in which they had
risen so high that Coxwells hands
were frozen and he had time only to
tear open the air valve with his teeth.
A. G. Benson tells the story In 1.-THE
Leaves Of the Tree" in the North
American Review. After dinner Kings
ley suddenly said:
II have often thought that the first
man that ever went up in a balloon
must have been a d-dentist."
Some one laughed and said, what
an extraordinary ideaw
II don't know" said Kingsley. "a
man who is always looking down
peoples threats, and pulling their teeth
about, and breathing their breath, must
be inspired with a tremendous desire
to get away and above it ALL"
Coxwell leaned forward and said
very good humoredly, "Well, Mr..
Kingsley, it is true that am dentist,
but it was not that that made me be-
come an aerOnaut."
my d-dear Mr. Coxwell," said
Kingsley, flushing red, Il am sure l
beg your pardon. had no idea 1t was
so. You must have thought me Singh
larly i'll hammered to make a joke of
it."
Kingsley could not recover his spirits
for the rest Of the evening. He hated
giving pain to any human being more
perhaps than anything in the world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08
BALKED THE BURGLAR.
Il May or May Not Have Been Low
Down Game, but II Won.


Down Game, but II Won.
The man with his coat collar turned
up and his derby pitched down over
his eyes who was slouchlng along In
the shadow of the building suddenly.
beckoned to the man on the other side
OF the street. Here's an easy one,
Pete" he growled hoarsely.
where's an easy one?" snarled Pete.
This here house It's like taking
gum from a stenogrspher that's fixin'
her hair. Some chump has gone away
an left his latch key in this door"
Pete took a swift look at the house
and began to back up. "You can go
to IT," he said. II don't want to butt
i'm on It."
"Are youse nutty"
Nav, l amt nutty. But de Teller
wot lives dere is low down sneak
widout no feelin' fer nobody, an don't
want nothin' ter do with i'm. No, I
don't know him, but I'm next ter his
game. He sticks that key in dere to
ketch suckers like you. Dere's a wire
on dat key an million volt battery
attached to dat wire. l wouldn't touch
1t IL yer'd gimme de First National
bank. But go ahead-I'll be acrost de
street watchin' wot happens"
Nothing happened.-CIeveland Plain
Dealer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08

The Nihilist
Lovers.
How Two Russian Exiles
Found Oblivion.
BY r. A. Mitchell.
Copyright. lsI. by American Press
Association
BY 2. A. Mitchell.

make this record. which ! have
sealed. to be opened by my Oldest son
as soon as his mother and | shall have
passed away. / have brought up my
children to refrain from the slightest
reference to their parents childhood
and youth. telling them that to do so
would imperil their very lives. The
story of how they as young people
passed out of existence will therefore
only be read when the narrator has
passed away. shall give no real
names. shall call myself Alexis
Olizoff, which is confession that |
am Russian. My father is a landed
proprietor and, though not noble, is
gentleman. When | came to the
proper age he sent me to the univer-
sity, where | became intimate with
the most pronounced radicals. and my
father, hearing of my affiliations. took
me away before | had finished my
studies. When l reached home | had
long conference with him respecting
my future, and 1t was decided that |
should go to America.
The third summer after my arrival
in the new world | spent a vacation
at the seashore. While there a favor
ite lounging place with me was on the
rocks directly in front of the hotel.
1t was fascinating spot. Beneath
me the waves kept up an incessant
influx and refux. To the left stretched
a broad band of foam composed of
innumerable curves, at the farther end
of which the beach was broken by a
rocky point. 4 short distance out
from that point n white plume of
spray kept bursting into view. fading,
coming and fading again with the
regularity OF revolving light.
One afternoon I was lying on my
back, watching this scene. my hands
under my head. one leg thrown over
the other. my hat shading my eyes;
indeed. my Incidence in keeping with
my surroundings, especially the lazy
plash of the water and the effortless
soaring of the gulls. Hearing rus
tie of skirts behind me. instinctively
rose and held my hat in hand, waiting
for young girl who was coming to
pass on. To my surprise her face in.
dictated recognition.
Alexis
LISA. What brings you here?"
'To this particular spot? You.
saw your name on the hotel register
and have been looking for you"
But what brings you to American
ooh, read of the Independence of
the American women and the fields of
labor open to them. | couldn't sit
and twirl my thumbs waiting for my
father to find husband for me.
preferred to make career for myself"
But, Lisa. DO you expect TO make
a career for yourself ut summer re-
sort?"
mo. | have but just arrived In
America and have been told that it Is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08
CHINESE INGENUITY.
How Ore Cover Was Made to Ft Q
Reorful Of slsspera

How Ore Cover Was Made to FH Q
Reonful Of SlesperL
A writer in a French magazine tells
a curious story about how they man
age cheap lodging houses In China.
Along Chinese roads, u seems. there
are many Of these lodging houses.
where the charge for a nights lOdg-
ing is considerably less than l cent.
All the bedding provided is one huge
mass OF feathers. into which all the
guests burrow.
Formerly they used 20 get blankets,
but some time ago those who ran
rheSe primitive inns learned that their
losses on account OF the theft Of
blankets by guests were far too large.
Something, they decided. had to be
done. Finally an ingenious man among
them hit on this:
over the feather filed room of his
lodging house he hung an enormous
canvas covering. In the daytime It
hung near the ceiling. At night IL was
lowered by means Of pulleys until II
covered the entire mass of feathers
and all those sleeping thereon. thus
taking the place of individual blankets.
This huge canvas was provided with
a large number of small Sits through
which the guests might stick their
heads and escape suffOcation beneath
the immense covering.
Early each morning the loud pound
ing of a drum served to waken the
sleepers and warn them to get their
heads out of the Sits In the canvas
Thereupon it was raised again to tine
ceiling and fastened there to await
the next batch of sleepers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08

II tell you, Edgely," said Deacon
Todd as they sat In the park, "the
way women dress these days is
absurd. And nine times out of ten 1t
is the fault Of men. Just, for instance,
take that woman coming down the
path. Some fool husband has told her
she looks perfectly charming In that
outrageous getup, lacking the stamina
to come right out bluntly and tell her
that she looks positively ridiculous"
Since this remark Mr. Todd has
never been seen in public without his
glasses. The woman was Mrs. Todd
Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-08

now the dull season. | came here to
wait for buster times"
Lisa Vasselevna was the daughter of
a gentleman whose estate adioined my
fathers In Russia. We had been play.
mates as children, but | had not seen
her since my departure for the univer-
sity. 1t was natural that the meeting
should bring me great pleasure. We
walked down to the foot of the rocks,
thence to the beach and strolled north
ward on the sand Lisa told me many
things of home-that my brother had
gone into the army; that my sister was
engaged to be married; that her father
had received an appointment under the
government. These bits of news she
gave me as we walked side by side.
Where are you stayingT'I asked
"At the same hotel as you. But am
going to change"
mo; will change"
"a farmhouse will suit me better.
l am without chaperon. and hotel
Is not the best place for me-"
l was somewhat surprised that this
Independence of character which had
led her to choose field Of labor should
be found side by side with such
Difference to custom. However. the
change of residence was essential and
resulted in avoiding criticism, for we
were constantly together. Usually In
the morning we would sit on the beach
looking at the bathers. In the after
noon we would go to the rocks and
watch the water pour in and out of the
caverns at their base. Occasionally
we would take boat with a single
sail, which ] could manage quite well,
ana skim over the ocean. Remember.
ing the restrictions in such matters
that Lisa had been used to at home,
l apologized for asking her to go out
thus alone with me. A curious ex-
preston crossed her face as she said:
What have l to do with such alb