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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
DEATH SENTENCE
FOR TWOSOLD|ERS
Crime Recalls in General Way
Terrible Murder OF Nine.
Gouin.
MEN KILL OLD FARM WOMAN
W i'll Expiate Cold-Bloodcd
Atrocity by Dying on
Guillotinc.
ny WILLIAM pIIILIp sI,1Ms.

Especial Cable to The Times - ispatch)
Paris, January 1.-TWO young sol
dlcrs nave just been sentenced TO
death by court-martial, sitting ut Lee
Mans, for the commission OF a crime
recalling In general way the terrible
murder of Nine. Gouin. widow or the
governor or the Bank of France
y more cold blooded killing 81 I'M
known 10 the police OF France The
victim was an old farm woman; tho
perpetrators were soldiers. Tisseau
ana Nolot SO ncndish was their crime
that they Will not be granted tho com
puratively honorable death by being
stood up and shot by a company OF
their former companions, but a law is
being fastened through the usual red
tape. making II legal 10 guiliotine
them instead. They Will be the first
soldiers TO bc guillotined under the
new law. providing President Fall
Heres does not grant them clemency
on account of their youth--thcy are
but twenty-onc and twenty-five years
OF age, respectively.
Wishing some money for a spree. the
young soldiers planned the murder Of
Nine. Luceau. an old woman living
alone IN the country. not far from
barracks. Arriving at the home, they
asked for some refreshments The
aged woman Willingly complied with
their demands. AS they sat eating,
Nine. Luceau told them how happy she
was to have them stop at her humble
cottage. Her husband had been q SOL
der and she loved all soldiers OF
France because Of that. He had
fought in the War of 1870. Going to
the sideboard. she got out some old
and faded documents. and these she
tenderly laid on the table in front Of
the boys and they ate and drank her
food and wine. She was very proud Of
these papers: they proved that her
husband had been brave sold.er-all
French soldiers were brave. she said
80 you two. wearing the uniform
OF the French soldiers. had no pity on
this poor old woman" exclaimed the
colonel presiding at the trial.
NO" replied Nolot. For while.
though. we forgot what we were there
for. and were just about 10 leave with
out having done anything when It's
seau reminded me with glance OF our
project"
The soldiers shook hands with the
old woman, according 20 their own tcs
timony, and bade her a sympathetic
farewell. q fact which evoked emphatic
protest from the listeners. Then Nolot
said:
FRS, OF all. grabbed the woman's
head under my arm and thew her
down.
Did she not cry ou,?" the colonel
interrupted.
No replied Noio; "she only said.
1 am not rich please don't Kill me!
l Will give you everything l have"
Then she got UP. and Tisseau threw
her down again and made sign to me.
Taking a thick stick, which he held
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
SURVEY OF STATE HIGHWAY
COMPLETED ny ENGINEER

Especial to The Times -Dispatchl
Bristol. Va, January Ed. Tucker
Brown: chief locating engineer of the
state Highway Commission, has com
pieted the survey of three different
routes, tor a state highway between
Bristol and Abingdon. and will con-
tlnue the survey across the counties
of Southwest Virginia, with View 10
interesting counties in the construction
of the proposed Bristol to- washington
highway between Bristol and Roa-
noke. Washington county will begin
the construction OF its part OF the new
road in May, arrangements having been
made to establish camp of convicts
for that purpose. One hundred con-
ricts will be put to work on the new
road.
The Bristol-to-W ashinEton Highway
Association, which is promoting this
work is greatly encoura Ccd with tho
start made, and President Aston en-
poets later To take up the matter of
interesting counties cast of Roanoke.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

Misses Bessie A1ackall Gertrude Arm
strong, Bett Jones and Manic Waite
a salad course was served at the con-
clus' on OF the games.
by .aiss Sally Anderson at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Caring ton Watkins
on Spencer Street Three tables Of
nre hundred were played. Those play
Ing included Misses Mary AIacoy, Leila
rraley. frankie Taunt. Florence Wool
FORK, Lulu Suthcrlin. Alice Carter. Helen
HawleH. May Hill, Louise Fray and
;Miesdames Booker and Marion Lewis.
Mrs. ]. w. Ware was the guest this
week OF her cousins, MIR. and Mrs.
rom Slaughter. near AIitchells.
AIRS. ID, Thompson. of Louisa, has
been visiting her brother and sister
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. L. jackson Egg
born, on West Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
Tho Cotton Movement.

Nav Orleans. La, january oT--fn his ro-
port for January 10 Colonel Henry q. Hes
ter. secretary OF tho New Orleans Cotton
Exchange shows that the amount OF cotton
brought into sight In ~ days OF the present
season was loG4sd5S bales, an increase over
tho same period last ytar OF l.iIa;25s hales.
OF 1.a1s!2 bales. Tho tnkinss wore. by
Northern spinncrs, 1.ese5to bales. decrease
OF lTS,SsS by Southern spinners. /, rs Col
oaias an Increase OF 1Iae5s beiss,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
Il: Y! GU

Want load Of perfectly dry Wood
or Coal that really warns you up,
and even makes the hall comfor-
table in a large house, try the
man that has studied Wood to
Burn fourteen years, and he will
deliver it on an automobile truck
in thirty minutes notice. | have
built up the reputation of making
heat at less money, and now can
make prompt delivery
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
BRIAN

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.1
Brian, Va. January 27.-Afrs. w. ID.
lfillman, of Richmond. is wishing her
son. j. n. IIillman.
Miss Virge Harris is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Hugh Lewis. in Richmond.
+. D. Waller has returned home from
the Memorial Hospital, where he un-
,derwent an operation for appendi
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

riages so in France a student, dele
gated by the association, was present
al the wedding and gave her away"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

out to me. he said: oh. let's get done
with this thing!' And struck her
one blow. which was enough"
And then?'
Then we searched the wardrobe
and left with II francs (s240), which
we shared as we walked along"
You certainly hit hard" remarked
the presiding colonel, and undoing q
parcel, he added: Here are some bits
of your victims skull"
The two rufians had anything but
good records. They were always up to
shady tricks and Dragged 70 their com
rades of their exploits. They had, they
said, several other crimes already
planned az the time they murdered
Mime. Luceau. They were to kill an
other old woman living near LIE Mans,
on farm. and a wealthy man living
in the city. burgiarize a jcwclry estab-
lishment at La Fleche. and then muir
der the corporal Of their company, a
friend OF theirs, who usually had few
francs about his person. They had IN
tended hiding the body and spreading
the report that he had deserted
The verdict ot the court-martial was
unanimous. The execution Will take
place shortly.
II Will be remembered that the SOL
dtcrs, Grady and Michel, killed and
robbed the aged Nine. Gouia in 1910 in
q railway carriage, then threw her
body of the train as 1t sped along at
sixty miles an hour. One of the soldiers
was sentenced to death, but the SEN
tence was committed 10 life imprison-
ment The other got a comparatively
light prison sentence, It being proved
that his companion led him easily in all
his devIltry.
Lucie Bagarre. one OF the most ro-
mantic figures OF the Latin Quarter. has
just wed Joseph Tardy, baker, at
Movers.
The streets of the Quarter" we're
barricaded in 1928. and the entire dis
trict was as In a state of Siege. SEN
ator Berenger. the Anthony Comstock
OF Paris, had prosecuted the organizers
OF the famous Quart z Arts ball as
committing an offense against the pub
lie morals. and the ball. being a stu
dents affair had many sympa thizers.
Demonstrations followed, and in the
clashes with the police one student was
killed. Immediately, from half serious,
half-in-fun parading. the students de-
clared war. They overturned omn'-
houses and kiosks and barricaded the
Boulevards St. Michael and Saint Ger
Paris a bay for week.
In the midst of all this excitement a
few weeks old baby WAS found on the
steps OF the Pantheon, inside the stu
dents zone Of operations" Unani-
mously the students adopted her. the
Students Associa ton becoming legally
Responsible as her parent and engaging
TO bring her UP az became n young
woman of her station, ard even some
better. according to certain standards.
AS the baby was found on December I3
she was christcned Lucy, after the sain t
of the day, and inasnuch as she was
born ESQ far as the students were con-
cerned) in the midst of rioting, they
save her the surname Bagarre, which
is French for riot. Ever since the girl
has been known as Lucy Bagarre, and
under this namo she WAS married.
The girl was educated and the stu
dents married her off well--as mar
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
NEW PARCELS
POST SYSTEM
Hitchcock Rushes Work to Take
Over Small Express Business.
STARTS OPERATIONS Jan. |
Names Committee TO Prepare and
Classify ArtlcIes-New Equip
ment to Be Provided--Stamps
to Be Designed.

WashingtoR.-After several days
conference with officers in charge OF
tho several branches of the postal
service, Postmaster-General Hitchcock
announced that the department VIII
be in readiness by January i next, the
date prescribed by Congress, to put
into general operation the parcels
posts system authorized In the postal
appropriation bill that became law
last Saturday.
The postal express business, that
must be organized in 80 short a period,
will not only cover in it's ramifications
all systems Of transportation now
utilized by private express companies,
but will be extended also to more than
a million miles OF rural delivery and
star route service.
This means that the work OF organi-
zation must be pushed forward with
great speed. First Of all a classitica-
ton of the articles that can be ac-
copied for transportation must be pre-
pared The law admits to the mails
practically all kinds OF merchandise
that can be safely transported, includ-
ing products OF the farm and garden
as well as factory products, provided
such articles do not weigh over eleven
pounds nor exceed seventy-two inches
In combined length and girth.
The mode OF packing must be care
fully prescribed. The present equip
ment OF the mail service is not adapt
ed to the carriage of such merchan-
disc and therefore new equipment
must be provided.
Special means must be arranged for
the carriage of fragile articles. 1t is
probable that hampers similar to
those used abroad will be employed
extensively in handling parcels post
mail. The style, size Of material OF
such hampers and OF other necessary
equipment must be determined and
advertisements issued for their pur-
chase.
The law provides that postage on
Ill parcels shall be prepaid by affix-
ing distinctive stamps This will ne
cessitate the manufacture OF at least
a dozen denominations Of special
stamps ranging from one cent to 81.
The designing of these stamps is un-
der way and the plates for their
printing will be promptly engraved.
The law provides indemniflcation for
lost or damaged articles and since
many Of the articles to be carried will
be of a fragile nature or readily per-
ishable, the question OF indemnity is
one for careful regulation.
Above four ounces rates are by the
pound or fraction thereof, and varying
with distance as follows:
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
DYNAMITE PLOT
BY Mill OWNERS
Builder of Lawrence Plants
Kills Self When Court Calls.
SENSATION AT LAWRENCE
Prominent Men Subpoenaed by Bos-
ton Grand Jury investigating
Charge of Conspiracy to
Plant Explosive.

Boston.-A sensation was sprung at
the court house when it leaked out
that District Attorney Pelletier had
caused the grand jury to investigate a
charge of conspiracy against big mill
men in Lawrence in connection with
the planting of dynamite in that city
at the time of the big strike.
Ernest W. Pitnam, who built the
large Wood worsted mills at Law
renee, one OF the men involved In the
conspiracy who was summoned to ap-
pear before the grand jury, committed
suicide in Andover. The announce
ment of his suicide stated that the
cause was unknown. In view OF the
fact that he was one Of the men un-
der investigation and was also under
summons to testify, it is stated that
his suicide was due to the present in
vsstigation.
Among those summoned to appear
before the Suffolk grand jury in con-
nection with the dynamite plots at
Lawrence were seven OF the most
prominent residents. Just what they
know about the charges is not known
at present and nobody can be found
who would venture to give an inkling
as regards their testimony.
Those who testified were: Louis ).
Cox. postmaster at Lawrence; George
e. Kundhardt, treasurer OF the Kund-
hardt mills; liver Sjostron, treasurer
of the United States Worsted Mills;
Fred c. McDufiie, treasurer of the
Everett Mills; Charles Wolcott, treas
urer of the Atlantic Mills, and John
J. Breen.
John ]. Breen was arrested for
planting the explosive. He did not
take the stand at his trial and was
fined $500. District Attorney Pelletier
learned that the conspiracy to plant
the dynamite was conceived and prac-
tically carried out In Boston and the
investigation by the grand jury relates
TO that conspiracy.
The purpose of the plan alleged to
have been formed by the mill men, ii
is said, was to destroy the labor or
ganizations by creating public opinion
hostile TO them by the use OF dyna-
mite.
II is said that the men involved in
the conspiracy figured that If dyna-
mite could be traced to those inter
ested in the strike public opinion
would favor the owners and be mimi
cal to the operatives, with the result
that the strike would be crushed and
the labor organization injured.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
BOOTHS FUNERAL
SOLEMN SCENE
Salvation Chief Has Greatest
Burial Service.
HIGH PITCH OF EMOTION
No Pomp or Display, No Symbols OF
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in Tears
-ChiIdren's Chorus Breaks
Down When Called to Sing.

London.-Funeral services over the
founder of the Salvation Army, Gen.
William Booth, were held In Olympia,
in accordance with the traditions OF
that organization, without pomp or
symbols OF mourning, but with most
moving fervor and impressiveness.
Thirty-four thousand people partici-
pated In the service. Nearly half wore
the blue coats and red Jerseys or bon
nets with red ribbon so familiar on
the streets of cities in many coun-
tries.
The body of the late General in
plain pine coffin rested high on a
white catafalque in front Of the big
platform across the end OF the hall,
where all the chief officers OF the or
ganization were seated, and where
forty bands were massed. The Grim
son flag of the army "of fire and
blood" which the General unfurled
on Mount Calvary, was planted above
the coffin a bank of flowers COM
posed OF the tributes sent by mem
bers of royalty and many societies
was behind it, Flags of various ma
tions in which the Commander-in-
Chief had waged campaigns and the
standards of the older divisions or the
army were arrayed in front of the
platform.
These and more Salvation Army
flags in the galleries, each tipped with
white ribbons, and twenty portraits
of the evangelist, surmounted with
green laurel wreaths, with broad
orange ribbon connecting them, were
the only decorative effects.
Bramwell Booth, the late Generals
son, who has been made his successor,
wept at his fathers coffin. Up TO
that moment he had borne his grief in
silence Commissioner Adelaide Cox
offered an impressive prayer, in which
she said: Lord, we do not want TO
disappoint Thee; help us to save the
world"
The service itself was not only a
memorial, but mammoth meeting OF
prayer and praise. No other congre-
CATION comparable with it was ever
seen in London, If in the world, save
at the funeral of the Generals wife,
held in the same hall % years ago.
The most solemn moments of the
long ceremony were when the coffin
was borne along the middle of the
hall to the music of the Dead March
in saul" A small procession, repre-
senting many branches of the army's
activity, made up of men and women.
and a detachment of officers from the
foreign branches carrying the flags OF
their respective countries, preceded
IL. Immediately before the body a
brigadier bore aloft the crimson flag
which the General raised at Jerusa-
lem. and under which he died at Had.
ley Wood Following it marched Off.
GERS from Sweden, Germany, the
United States. Switzerland. Canada,
France. Denmark. Norway, India and
Australia.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06

On account OF the serious decline
In the birth rate Of Prussia-from 36
per 1000 in 1901 to 30 in 1910-all the
provincial governors have been In
structed to make inquiries into the
causes, which arc thought to be
economic and social, rather than
purely physiological. The more small
fats and tenements the fewer babies.
The increase of prosperity in tho
more fortunate classes, the more
strenuous and nerveracking urban
life and the spread of education all
tend to lower the birth rate. The
chief cause OF fewer births in Prus.
sia and throughout Germany, where
the total OF 100000 is the lowest in
the past 13 years, is believed to be in
the housing conditions. Recent sta
tistics showed that 100000 Berliners
are living in tenements of one or two
rooms, with from TO 13 persons In
each room. Babies born in such an
environment naturally die early. Such
conditions conduce TO race homicide
as we'll as to race suicide.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
The 0lneyvile Times
e. r. slBLEY
oLNEvvlLLE, RHODE IsLANO

e. r. slHLEY

RATS.
II is doubtful IL anybody will dis
pute the genera agreement that rats
are noisome creatures. Nobody wants
them around. says the Philadelphia
Press They are voracious, they are
destructive, they are dirty-they are
"a nuisance generally wherever they
congregate. They plague the farmer
whose feed bins they invade; they
gnaw holes where there ought not to
be any holes; to men below decks
they constitute one Of the few draw
backs OF life at sea; to women VINO
encounter them in dark corners at
home or abroad they are n source oi
terror, though not necessarily OF dan
ger. In short, they are unquestion'
ably one OF life's pests, serving no
superfuous, even as scavengers, for
they prefer good food to bad and thus
play a not unimportant part In boost
ing the cost of living. They sustain
life and health at the expense OF their
betters. Therefore from the stand
point OF social economy. to say moth
ing of the public health and comfort,
to exterminate them is a public az
we'll as a private duty. There are
amply good and sufficient reasons for
warning against rats. They ought to
go AS has been fully demonstrated
in the past, they perform no useful
service any more than do flies, an
equally pernicious pest But appar'
emily they are not 80 grievous a men
ace to health as some have feared.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06

The improved farm land area OF thil
country increased only 15 per cent IN
the decade from 1900 to 1910. That
is not enough to satisfy social and
economic demands, or even 10 keep
pace with our increase in population,
which was 2l per cent To get the
right perspective one must differen
tiate between farming land and i'm
proved farm land. says the Omaha
Bee. Half OF our territory is in farm
land, but when II Is stated that half
OF all our improved farm land lies
within the states OF Nebraska, Kan.
sas. Iowa, Missouri. Minnesota. Arkan.
sas. Louisiana, Oklahoma and North
and South Dakota. the need for n
wider area OF cultivated soil may be
appreciated. Allowing land to yield
less than II is capable OF yielding Is
rank waste, and this waste is one OF
the vital elements in the advanced
cost OF living. 10 is not altogether a
matter OF getting people back to the
farm" that is important. but getting
those on the farm to adopt more effec
tive methods OF tilling the soil is
quite as necessary.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06

The Milwaukee Physicians associa
tion, having formally decided that
kissing Is "a menace to health and
decency" as well as "a blot on civil.
ization," will attempt to secure legis
lation making IT a punishable offense
This action is wholly in accordance
with the modern spirit OF regulating
the behavior Of other people, says the
New York World In the unenllght-
ened times before there were pro
gressives," any one who thought
habit or custom Objectionable stopped
practicing It and left it to others to
do the same or not, rs they pleased.
But passive action OF the kind is no
longer regarded as sufficient. Every
body is now the steward of somebody
else's welfare, and the proper thing is
to prevent others by law from doing
what some individual or set deems
offensive. Never before, In fact. was
there so much prating about personal
liberty along with so little regard for
II In others.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
COMMISSION FOR NEW ORLEANS.
LouIsiana's Metropolis Votes Over
whelmlngly for New Order.

New Orleans.-A commission form
of government, including the right of
initiative and referendum, was adopt
ed at a special election here-23,9 800
for and 2,119 against.
In November constitutional
amendment will be voted on, the car
rying of which will mean that the
right Of recall will also be made n
feature Of the commission form of
government
Under the city's new governmental
system the executive and legislative
powers will be lodged in mayor and
four commission councilmen.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
PRIEST LYNcHeD IN PORTUGAL,
Monarchlst Who Fatally Wounded
Mayor Of Guarda is Slain by Mob.

Lisbon.-The Republican mayor OF
Guarda arrested monarchist priest
named Sousa at funeral in a village
nearby. The priest drew Il revolver
md shot and fatally wounded the
mayor He fed. but was pursued by
4 mob aud captured He was then
ynched and his body stripped and left
the road
The mob prevented a subsequent at
Tempt to bury the body.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
DIES TO GET A REST.
Man Deprived Of Vacations Commits
Suicide I'm East Orange.

East Orange, n. while prepar.
ing breakfast at her home, No. % Lin
wood place, Mrs. Herman J. Kuster
heard a pistol shot. She went up.
stairs and found her husband dead on
his bed with a self.inhicted revolver
wound i'm the right side of his head.
Kuster was forty-eight years old
and manager for a tailoring establish.
ment in Fulton street, Manhattan. He
shot himself because he had not had
a vacation in eight years and had no
prospect of getting one.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
KILLS FATHER TO SAVE Mother
Boy Says Blow Was Struck in Her
Defense.

yineland. N. J.--Henry Carton. 81
years old. OF this place, stabbed his
father. Edward II. Carton, to death
with a potato pairing knife. He gave
himself up four hours after~the kill
ing. telling the police that he had
struck in self.defense while fighting
to save his mother.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06

That It is an III wind which blows
nobody good was proved in a most
startling way by the experience OF n
Connecticut cottager who lost a wal.
let and then found it deposited at his
door by storm which blew II three
miles across the water to its owner
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-09-06
FLY PEST KILLS ANIMALS.
Texas Farmers Plough by Moonlight
TO Save Their Livestock.

Dallas.-Northern Texas is threat
ened with the loss of all livestock and
farmers are ploughing by moonlight
to escape attacks OF fly that is caus
ing death of livestock. Horses and
cattle are being driven blind by the
pest, and cows refuse to eat. Dairy
men have had heavy losses, supplies
Il milk and butter being greatly re
luced. People also suffer from at
lcks of the fly.