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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
BELIEVE JEWELRY p;
MYSTERY SOLVED

PITTSBURG. PA. Special.-Indict-
ments found by the grand jury and
a confession secured by city detectives
have partly cleared up the mystery
of the theft and return of the Thaw
jewels and the recovery of a small
fortune in jewelry and furs that were
stolen from the home of Isaac Kauf-
mann several years ago.
The evidence and confession result
ed in true bills being returned against
Nellie Prince. Harry Robinson, Joe
Birtsch and George Bissett. all of Chi
cago.
The indictments against the four
are the direct result of the robbery
of the Kaufman residence.
From evidence the detectives have
received they are confident that the
same gang that robbed the Kaufman
house did the job at the fThaw resi-
dence short time ago, when jewels
and family heirlooms valued at $685.
600 were stolen, and later returned,
after a reward OF 1000 had been
paid.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
HOUSE AGAINST
CONTRACT RENEWAL
ICHMo IND, vA.-Special.-.

RIG H MON ID, VA.-Special-
By an overwhelming y Jte the House
Of Delegates went on record today as
opposing the leasing of cOnVicts.
The vote was taken on joint res
Olution already passed 10y the Senate
declaring against the renewal of the
Thacher Shoe Company contract and
IN favor Of the placing of cOnvicts
on the roads.
Delegates Hill Montague and Ed
win =. Cox, of Richmond, led the
| fight against convict contracts, both.
! in impassioned speeches. declaring
that Virginia could make more-if the
matter must be made one OF dollars
and cents-by building roads for it
self than by building shoes for any
one else.
Colonel a. NJ. Bowman, chairman
Of the House Committee on Finance.
wished the matter referred TO that
committee. He thought il desirable
that the financial question should be
considered and reported.
Judge Martin Williams. brother OF
Attorney General Samuel Williams
counsel for the State Penitentiary
also argued for the reference OF the
resolution to the Finance Committee.
the general impression being that such
action would defeat the resolution and
prevent. for the time being at least.
any action on the part of the House
condemning the convict lease system.
Speaker Byrd ordered a vote on Col
onel Bowman's motion that the matter
be referred TO the Finance Committee.
to Hill Montagues motion that the
House confer with the Senate. was
lost.
Mr.. Montague's motion was then put
and carried by storm OF ayes"
The question will now be considered
by a Joint legislative committee on
a suitable plan for the employment OF
convicts on the States highways.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

him cease and the Cubans will accede
TO this. through patriotism. In any
event. he has sufficient forces to obligt
all TO respect the laws and maintain
order and guarantee life and property
rights to all.
This situation is not covered by the
Plat amendment (the authority under
which the United States may intervene
i'm Cuba), for which reason the Presi-
dent does not think Intervention is
possible, as such Intervention must
come about i'm accordance with the
terms OF said Plat amendment"
President Gomez is preparing to Of
fer guarantees. IL is said. TO uphold
the authority OF the republican gov
eminent. The patriotism of political
leaders is appealed to in order TO avoid
intervention.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
LIKED GOOD time"
Stole TO HAVE IT
Secretary to Real Estate Man
Robbed Him to Play
the Races.

NEW -Special.-Back of the
arraignment this morning of Miss a da
Nj. Elss, charged with grand larceny,
is a story of peculations extending
over many months, to pay for thea
ter parties, expensive clothes and a
general good time. Her salary was
$45 a month. Miss Elss is twenty
three, we'll dressed and comely, and
has been secretary TO Joseph Cush-
man, of the real estate firm of Jo-
Seph w. CuShman & Co.
The girl is said to have confessed
to appropriations of $1,000. RealiZ-
ing that discovery was near, she is
alleged to have attempted to make
up her losses by playing the races.
She is the daughter of the late
president of the Elss Piano Company,
of New Jersey. and her home is in
EnglewOOd, but often she has been
sharing an apartment with a girl
friend on Broadway.
Miss Elss' undoing came through
the discovery of a shortage in the
books yesterday by Mr.. Cushman. A
check for $500 came in and was en-
dorSed by her. Cushman says the
shortage will reach $4,000, and that
the young woman coolly admitted her
guilt. She told him, he says. it was
TOO slow in EngleWOOd and she came
to New York to live, only returning
to Englewood one or two nights each
week.
She loved the life here, and in or
der to have a good time and entertain
took the money from the firm.
Miss ElsS was pale. penitent and
trembling with fear when she ap-
peared before Magistrate House.
Mrs. Andrew Reissner. the mother
of Miss Elss, declared her daughter
had been Tilted by a member of the
firm of Cushman e. Co. and this
seemed to harden her.
Miss Elss would not discuss this
statement today. All she had to say
was: THAT doesn't concern the pub
lie; I am not going to talk about it,"
When the shortage in her accounts
was discovered she seemed amused.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
GUSTAV FRIEBUS,
ARCHITECT, DEAD
HELPED DESIGN WASHINGTON
MONUMENT-WAS IN GOV
ERNMENT'S EMPLOY
NORFOIK VA Sneci,

NORFOLK, VA Special Gus
tav Friebus. OF Washington. ID. c.,
government architect for forty-two'
years, died here at the home of His
son. @. 5. Friebus. Wednesday. He was
sixty-nine years old. and was a native
of Germany.
During the Civil War Mr.. Friebus
assisted i'm drawing the plans of ths
present State and Navy buildings at
Washington, and was the first man to
climb to the top of the one hundred
and fifty feet of masonry of the WASH
ington Monument that remained un-
completed for so many years. Mr..
Friebus also took prominent part in
designing the monument, and was
later architect in the Indian Bureau.
i'm which he served until 1910.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
DENIES HE HAS
d. &C.. DISOWNED son
Declares He Has Not, and Will
Not, Forsake His
Son
LYNCHRURC VA

LHNCHBURG, VA Special
Thomas Varland RichesOn, the aged
father of Rev. Clarence RicheSOn,
the condemned murderer of Avis
Linnel, today denied the report
from Boston that he has disOwned
his son.
With tears streaming down his rudy
cheek. Mr.. Richeson said although his
son was disgraced and degraded, he
was still his son, and he would never
forsake him.
1t is a lie," he declared when told
that such a report had been sent out
from Boston last night. The old gen.
teman, who was accompanied by an
other son, came to Lynchburg today to
sell tobacco. and at first refused TO dis
cuss the matter. But when he was told
that IL was reported that he had de-
serted his son. all of the father in the
Staid cOuntryman asserted itself. and
he denounced the statement with all
the vigOr possible, and then broke
down completely and cried like a child.
Further than to make this denial and
to add that he did not know whether
he would go to Boston again to see his
son or not, he would talk no further
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
MANCHU SERVANTS
Are BEHEADED
CHINESE ATTEMPT TO POISON
ROYAL FAMILY-CONFESS
CUNT ~ HEN ARRESTED.

PEKIN.- Special Two Manchu
eunucns. formerly confidential ser
wants in the Imperial palace in THE
Forbidden city" were executed to-
day. having been convicted of COM
plicity in the plot to destroy the royal
family. The two eunuchS were ar
rested with a third. who is being held
incOmmunicado.
IL is reported that the trio made a
full confession, admitting that they
were paid by agents of the republi-
can government to place poison in
the food of the reigning family
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

postmaster General of the United
States, who advocated the government
ownership of the telegraph. Upon the
publication Of his views, Mr.. Hitch
COCK was summoned to see President
Taft at the White House. This gave
rise to a rumar that the statement
attributed to Mr.. Hitchcock had caused
friction between himself and the Chief
Executive, but a statement denied any
Misunderstanding between Mr.. Taft
and Mr.. Hitchcock.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
HE GIVES HIS HEART TO
REIMBURSE DOCTOR

MIDDLESBORO, KY Special
Representatives of DIR. RIsir .,
Apache, Okla, are travelling through
the mountains of East Kentucky TO
Whitesburg, where they will claim
the head from the body of Smith
Fouch, promised twenty-five wears
ago as payment for DR.. BIair's ser
vices in saving Fouch's life.
Fouch was shot in the eve. DR.
Blair performed a hazardous opera
ton. and discovered, he SAYS. that
Fouch was able to perform normal
functions with a bullet in a lobe of
his brain.
could not pay the doctor, but offered
to will the physician his head. The
doctor accepted, and when Fouch died
a couple of days ago he left a note
asking that DR.. Blair be reminded OF
the bequest
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
Firemen Injured in Big Binswange
Fire.

X. a. Woodward, 2S12 Q Street,
ladderman, Truck Company No.
4, head crushed, caught under n
portion of north wall at 9:45
O'Clock this morning; brought out
unconscious and taken home.
&. III. RcintZ, 81 East Marshall
Street, lieutenant, Truck Com
pany No. 4, paralSzed from waist
down, caught under falling wall
with Laddcrman Woodward.
Taken out unconscious and re-
moved to Memorial Hospital.
Edward Hall, fireman, No. ,
Truck, hand badly mashed in
smashing wire-interwOVcn win
dow pane last night during early
progress of fire.
Captain Richard y. Normant,
2O9 North Twcnty-SiXth Street.
double rupture, shortly after
O'Clock this morning.
l.. ID. Wade, fireman, 2419 East
Main Street, overcome by smoke
and heat early this morning.
Charles Hirscliberg, fireman,
$40 North TWenIy-hfth Street,
overcome by smoke and heat early
this morning.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
Fire Frfghtens Girls.

CHICAGO, III. SpeciaI.-More than
one hundred girls employed in the
plant OF the Palace Laundry Company,
69z5 Lake Avenue, were driven to the
which threatened the total destruction
o. half a dozen big buildings, attacked
the crying room and spread with fierce
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
TRAIN KILLS MAN;
TRAFFIC TIED UP

NEW YORK Special Uptown
SUBWAY trarflc was tied up during the
rush hours today, when a Dyckrnan
Street train ran over and killed
Thomas Lawler, a track walker, be-
tween Sixty and Sixty-first Streets. No
arrest was made, as the trackman was
held to be at fault
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

BOSTON, MASS. One
fireman was fatally injured, scores
suffered minor injuries. several peo-
pie are missing, and two hundred half
clothed men and women fed to the
street and to Bowdoin Square in a
panic when fire swept the historic Re-
we're House early today.
The hotel was practically destroyed
and the oss will run to $I50.0O0.
Scenes of the widest panic were en-
acted in and about the burning build
ings.
The injured fireman. Kippenburg.
of Engine %, fell thirty feet from a
| ladder, down which he was assisting
several women from the fifth floor,
and was impaled upon the iron graf
| ing which surrounds the open court
yard next to the building.
The worst panic occurred on the
| fifth floor, where it is feared several
women were sunocated or burned to
death. ON this floor slept the women
employed in the laundry and dining
room OF the hotel, together with male
employees.
The fire, which caught in the base
ment kitchen, swept through the
Grotto and had filled the stairways
| before all the women were awakened.
Some were unable TO go to the street
unassisted. Between twenty and thir-
| ~, penned in by the flames. went into
a blind panic while the fire whirIed
through the corridors outside their
doors.
Smoke and flames. pouring from
the windows below, made the passage
down the ladder a perilouS one
Coughing and gasping from the fumes
! the women were slowly helped to the
ground, and it was while they were
| busy there that Fireman Kippenberg,
| in passing a woman down the lad
der, lost his grip, or became stupe-
fed, and fell, to be impaled on the
fence below.
First Alarm Sounded.
A still alarm was followed by Box
% in Bowdoin Square. District Chief
Henry Fox was first on the scene with
Chemical No. 1, and, breaking into
the kitchen, they discovered that the
flames, starting there, had spread to
the cafe and were sweeping up the
stairs through the building. Nc
Gonigal, who discovered the fire. no.
tilted Clerk William Farman, who at
first seemed stupefied and in doubt
of what to do.
Then they started to arouse the
inmates. When the first cry of fire"
rang through the house haIf-clad men
and women rushed out, and in a few
! seconds. the lower hall was packed
with struggling and fighting people,
seeking escape. Several fell on the
rush and were trampled by the crowd
and nearly suffocated
Patrolmen Jonathan Murphy Will
liam Mcdonald and Frank Merritt, of
the JOY Street Station, were on the
scene moment after the fire start
ed Twenty citizens joined in the
work OF arousing the guests, and when
car came through the square in
pound from Cambridge. the conductor
and motorman. with the half dozen
passengers, Joined in the work.
Three policemen among the search
ers started for the upper floors Of the
building, but were stopped by I the
names on the third floor.
Most OF the rescuers were blocked
at this floor and all those rescued
above that point except for a few
VINO we're able TO escape themselves,
were taken down ladders.
1t is on the two upper floors that the
fatalities are feared.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

Peevish Person Gin crowded carr
Madam, you have pricked my cheek
with that barbarous hatpini
Stylish Woman-Don't be alarmed
sir! l sterilize it every day.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
BISHOP O'CONNELL =, =.
GOES TO RICHMOND
His Appointment as Bishop of
Richmond Regarded as Most
Happy for This Diocese.

ROME, ITALY SpeciaI.-The
Pope TO-DAY appointed Auxiliary
Bishop O'COnnclI, of san Fran
cisco, TO bc bishop of Richmond,
Va, and Father Patrick Meow
crn 10 DC bishop of Cheyenne,
WyO.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
Steamer FOundered.

ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, Jan. 49,
The steamer Wistar Hall is reported
to have foundered off the coast, with
a loss of thirty-eight persons.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

About the only tangible blessing
that can be discovered in such weather
as this. is that ice is free to the poor.
@Staunton Leader.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
WASHINGTON. d. C.-SnocioI

fOllOWInS conference between
The president and Secretary of
War StimsOn today the secretary
said il was now apparent that in
terVentiOn in Cuba would not be
necessary. He said, however. the
note expected from the Cuban
government had not been re-
ceived.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
FAMOUS Hotel
PREY TO FLAMES

BOSTON, MASS, SpeciaI.-Al-
though several persons were still
unaccOunted for in the Revere
House fire at II A. M, the fire
and police officials, after search
OF most of the ruins, were con-
WINGED that no one persisted i'm
the flames. Under the direction
of fire chief Mullen. bedrooms OF
the hotel were searched. but no
bodies found.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25
With the Nature Fakirs.

The white leghorn hen owned by
John Grohan has decided that the
life of a hobo is preferable to living
in a flat.
Grohan, who formerly lived in
! Chenille. moved 10 a flat in North
! Tarrytown last week The SmallneSs
of the back yard caused the hen to
| grow mOrose and il decided to re-
| turn to it's old home. Chenille is
reached 10y trolley. and the hen knew
| the route well because il had often
walked with GrOhan to the trolley car
mornings when he started for work.
How to get nickel car fare was
| a problem which the hen had to solve,
but luck favored it. Grohan works
for a weekly newspaper which sells
at cents a copy. The hen went to
the office on Friday night and got a
copy to bring home. Fred Muskat.
who keeps a meat shop across the
street, always buys the weekly. and
when he saw the hen with the paper
in its beak he thought it would be a
good joke to take the paper. pay the
hen nickel and send it back to the
office.
This was just what the hen want
ed. 1t flew down the street, carrying
away the money. Muskat and his
friends laughed and told Grohan
about il.
The hen did not so home on Fri
day night. but early the next morn
ing II hoped on a trolley car. The
conductor recognized il as Grohan's
and was going to put it off when it
opened it's beak and dropped a nickel
in his hand. He had to ring e up.
and the hen stayed aboard until Glen
Vile was reached. Then it hoped
off and gave a loud cackle of free
dom.
1t is reported that the hen is pay
ing its board by laying eggs at neigh
bors' houses and seems happy in the
role of a hobo.-Tarrytown On. W
Dispatch to New York Sun.
| A discovery that may revolutionize
present methods of deep-sea fishing,
and in consequence mean saving OF
millions of dollars annually to fisher
men, is that OF George Howard Par
| ker. professor of zoology at Harvard
| University. He has found that GER
| tain fishes attract each other by noise.
| especially during the mating season.
and that hence they may be Iured
into the meshes of the fshermens
net by the beating OF a drum or a
tomtom.
Professor Parker said that the idea
| is not fully worked out yet. and
| that il would be premature for him
to go into details at present.-Cam-
bridge Dispatch TO Philadelphia Re-
cord.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-01-25

WASHINGTON, ID. Especial.
Reports are current here that
Charles w. Morse will be Dar-
dOncd within tWentN-fOur hours.
a. result of the serious condi-
tlOn OF the prisoner at Atlanta.
An important conference on his
case was held here this morning.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04
STATE NORMAL
BOOMING
ALL DEPARTMENT IN SPLENDID
SHAPE. vW
Enrolment Continues to Increase
Athletic Teams Being Organized
Faculty and Students Visit
Fair-TO-day Clean Up
Day'-PeOple Invited.

Things at the A. & l. State Normal
school are still booming. The work
IN the departments of Music. Busi.
ness, Industry, Physical Training and
Academic is in full blast, with large
enrolment in each. The students in
all departments have, entered into
their work with great enthusiasm
The enrolment continues TO increase
While the school san advocate of
work, 1t is also promoter of plav
ana outdoor games as means of rec
reatlon and nhysical development of
the students. Already the young men
nave organized an athletic team.
great deal of time and energy have
been spent in getting the Athletic
IN readiness. The young women as
Wen VIII be interested in outdoor
sports. The young men have worked
faithfully getting the young women's
tennis court in readiness.
The faculty and students are HIGH
ly appreciative of Rev. Preston Tav-
lor and the Fair Association for their
kindness on Friday afternoon. Mr.
Taylor admitted the entire school
free to the State Fair, held at Green
wood Park. In addition, Mr. Taylor
furnished special cars for the free
transportation of the entire party. At
the park the school made a demon.
stration of its appreciation by sending
up yells for Mr.. Taylor and Green
wood Park.
On Saturday evening at 1880. at the
main hall of the Administration Build-
ing, was held the first regular social
OF the term for students and teach
ers. The special committee on enter.
tainments planned yer successfullv
for the occasion.
All day Saturday was spent nv tba
industrial teachers and students in
building a coal bin and roads On the
campus.
Friday October 4th, at one D. M
is Clean Up Day at the Normal
All friends and patrons of the school
are invited to participate. Already a
large number have expressed that
they are coming. The president wants
one hundred persons in addition to
those on the campus They are de-
slrous OF clearing up the campus from
the main building to the pike. There
are gravel walks to be made and re-
paired, holes to be filled up, weeds to
be pulled up, and trees to be trimmed
up. Those who can give the service
OF their teams, shovels, hoes, or picks
Will be highly appreciated Dinner
VIII be served on the campus for all
those who give notice beforehand OF
their coming. The larger the num-
Der, the less work for each one.
Three hundred persons, each pulling
up ten weeds, means that three thou.
sand weeds will be pulled and no one
oVerworked to do it.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04
FORMAL OPENING OF TURNER
NORMAL.

Turner Normal at Shelbyville
opened probably unGer more favora-
BILE conditions this week than at any
otker period ! the history &C the in
stitution. AS early as Thursday of
last week the students began 10 ar
rive. BY Sunday morning the dining
room was half full. Representatives
came from all parts of the state Two
young ladies came from Chicago and
one from Highland Park, ILL.,
Every train Monday brought new
arrivals, and by Tuesday morning the
buildings were fairly we'll filed
The formal opening took place
Tuesday, exercises beginning at ten
O'Clock. Many citizens frcnt the city
were present, some of whom took part
in the exercises. The principal speak
er was Mr.. R. L. Mayfeld, of Nash
vile, His address was in many re-
Continued on Page A.
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PRIZES AWARDED IN AGRIcuL
TURE AT STAT FAIR.

j. c. Crawley, Bryant Town. Corn
on Stalk, first prize, no competition:
Ear Corn, second prize.
W. Roberst, first prize On Irish and
Sweet Potatoes and Cow Peas, No
competition.
j. M. Fletcher, first prize Cincin-
natl, Red Beets, California Yellow
Carrots, no competition.
Rev. c. H. Simmons, first prize on
Ear Corn.
Masonic Home, first prize for Okra
on staff; third prize Ear Corn.
Judges, Mr.. Joe Watkins, Sumner
County and Mr.. VIM. Harris, Robert
son County, DR.. ]. B. Singleton, secre-
tary
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04
WILL MARRY IN FLORIDA.

Miss Alma L. Stevens, sister of Mr..
Leslie G. Stevens, a railway mail
clerk will be married Sunday, Octo-
Der 6, at the home of her sister In
Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Stevens was
at one time student Of Fisk Univer-
sity and was also an employee of the
Baptist Publishing House. She gained
many friends while in Nashville. who
wish for her a long, happy and pros
porous life. The marriage is to be
a quiet affair, only the contracting
parties and members of the family
and a few intimate friends will be
present. Miss Stevens will marry a
Mr.. Dawson, of Jacksonville.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-10-04
ElRsr BAPTIST CHURCH

"a Struggling Race Facing a Cri-
sis" will be the subject of Rev. w
s Ellington's discourse Sunday
morning. An interesting program is
sbeing prepared for the B. Y P. U.
meeting Sunday night from 7 to 8.
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country, are contributing largely 10
their alma matters, helping them to
grow This is perfectly natural, and
should be so.
White people do not give largely to
Negro schools, and if the Negro
would have colleges of his own. he
must be willing to tax himself. and
paddle his own canoe.
I fail tc see that $4,000 is too heavy
for $4,000 members, with their
friends to raise for education. an
nually And if the membership in
Tennessee has considered it lynch.
ing" no one yet has so expressed
himself through the press, or in any
other public way.
ia. JONES.