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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
wagon Collide, win

wagon owned by Nolde brothers
c"ihded with AN automobile driven bv
y, Moaby west, agent for Pollard &
basoN' Yesterday afternoon about 40
Tie machine was slight, d.,,,.',
40 one was hurt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
sny. lie Raised ray Check.

David Thomas. colored. was arrested
last night by Special Agent Angle and
Patrolman Bertucci on the charge of
raising a pay check for $3.50, drawn
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company. to $3.50 and attempting to
cash it. The raised figures. il was said,
were easily detected, and warrant
charging the negro with forgery was
sworn out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
Open bids on yirrin,n nenor

one OF the large contracts for State
printing VIII be awarded at noon We'd
ncsday when Davis Bottom. Supcrin-
tcndent u Public Printing. will omen
BIDS for the one hundred and four
.0ehth volume OF Virginia Reports.
This comprises Ike opinions or ,ho
supreme Court OF Appeals in all cases
which have been finally adiudicated
The contract is usually worth abont
$1,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
Paragraph Pulpit
PUNISHMENT

The object OF punishment, admins.
tered By a moral being. is remedial.
But II punishment is eternal. IL cannot
be remedial. 1t must he vindictive.
Eternal punishment we therefore deny
as rejecting upon the moral character
OF God-Unitarian Publicity Commit
tee. ADVERTISEMENT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
WICKER ATTACKS
DEATH SENTENCE
Pastor of Leigh Street Baptist
Church Says Electric Chair
Belongs to Dark Ages.

The death penalty as a punishment
Tor crime. the electric engine OF death
winch the State maintains to enforcs
tho laws extreme penalty, and tho
penal laws which put the death enigma
70 work. were nrraisned last night by
iteV. !. j. Wicker. In his sermon at the
Leigh Street Baptist Church, an In
strumenta belonging properly to tn.
dark ages and without place in an
enlightened civilization.
The minister spoke on tn. subject
Crime and Capital Punishment"
Taking the position that crime 4.
largely matter OF accident trac.sble
to weaknesses and disabilities arising
from tainted decent. Mr.. Wicker took
tho State ~ task for tho lack Of human
kindness with which It treats tho UNI
fortunate who falls into its tolls
his food is degrading. for II is not
suiiicient," said tho minister The
State is stinEy with him. His little
brother In the jail fares even worse
than he. His bed makes him think
penal clement in our laws should bs
put In the electric chair. It Deserves
TO die. It ca,no from hell. aud has I'm
II nothing but the elements OF the in
fernal region. Justice and mercy ara
one. You cannot have one without
the other. Tho State has no right 10
do that which an individual cannot
do
Abolish the Electric Chair.
The minister's attack on the death
penalty took additional interest
from the storm OF discussion which
still RACES about tho Aliens and their
impending doom.
Capital punishment does not cura
the crime" said Mr. Wicker "Tt does
not bring back ths dead. II does not
comfort tho living. Certainly tho rela-
tivos of the murdered one have no
desire TO have the family OF tho Grim
inal pass through the same sorrow
that has como 10 them. The family
of the guilty one suffers in the same
Innocence as the slain mans family
The electric chair belongs TO tho
dark ages. II ought to ba torn up
and carried out and piled up with all
the horrible death dealing agents OF
heathenism and burned beneath tha
light of cross from which We hear
the prayer, Father forgive them, for
they know not what they do
"A 1.-Two man I'm prison Restraints
criminals more than a dead man in
a cemetery. grave is poor wit
State does not exalt justice by com
hitting murder. When tho State be-
gins to treat the criminal as an un-
fortunate brother II will go far to.
ward changing the hearts of bad men,"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-17
Mr. Bigger Res.ine En.,,,,

John Il. Bigger. OF SOC East FRANKLIN
street. who. fell from window at
the store OF H. l.. Christian & Com
pany, SIG East Main street. Saturday
afternoon and fractured his skull. was
resting comfortably early this morning
~ the Virginia Hospital His condi-
ton was little changed. II was said
Surgeons have not yet decided when
they Will operate.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
PLUG OF TOBACCO FOILS
ANGRY CINNAMON BEAR

BUTTE Mont, Dec. l9.-As a safe'
guard against attacks from angry
bears, L. r. Chace, veteran trappei'
recommends tobacco in the pockets
: His story has It's comic az wei a.
its near tragic side.
Chace>ran into big cinnamon
coming down the trail at full speed,
The bear struck him in the PIT OF tue
stomach with his head. hurting hin
into the underbrush and sinking MS
teeth into his thigh. The Bears teet
were setting deeper, and Chaee nae
about given up wncn the bear sudden.
ly let 40, sat up on his launches ana
began TO strangle, much. IKE ooe
with a bone/in bis throat he con
tlnued the/performance for a few sec,
onds, then rose TO his feet and STAR
up the mountain as fast as he &C
travel
/Chace discovered plug or chewing
tobacco In his pocket had been ground
TO a pulp and wet with the animals
saliva. The tobacco had evidently
made him so sick that he was glad 10
let go.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
NAVAJO INDIAN
RECORDS LEFT
TO UNIVERSITY
omplcte History of Tribe for
4 900 Years Given I'd state
of Pennsylvania
GOVERNMENT THEORIES
UPSET BY DISCOVERY
Records, Carved on Wood and
Stone, Show Distinct Races
1000 Years Ago

PIllLADtLPHlA, Dec 10 Records
which 10 Is declared Apset all the
heories OF government experts re-
earding the origin OF the Navajo In
dians and show complete diary or
The leading events IN the life OF that
rIbe for 900 years are on the way
from Arizona 20 the University OF
Pennsylvania museum according TO
an announcement made here.
The discovery w3es-dpe- -eAildrap
~ Shewank present chief OF the Nav
ajos. Who persuaded. their father TO
allow the records TO be made public
FOR the benefit OF science. the an
houncement stated Anemone She
Vank. a graduate OF the~Indian school
az Carlisle, is now IN Philadelphia
arranging with Prof G. b. Gordon.
~ the university museum. for the
compilation and translation OF the
records.
Her brother to whom the leader
ship OF her tribe VIII descend on the
'teath OF her father, Is also gradu-
ate OF an eastern university. Their
knowledge OF the futile attempts made
by ethnologists to trace the origin OF
the American Indian. acquired In the
White mans schools, II is said
prompted them to intercede with their
PEOPLE for the publication OF the Nav
a 10 records. (which have been secretly
preserved In prehistoric structures In
he west for generations
The records are carved on stone,
burned. on bark, nodded in pottery
and drawn on the skins and parch-
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
AGED PRISONER PLEADS
FOR PRISON SENTENCE

NEW YORK. pec l9- James Hay
den. "a. well-dressed and of rather I'M
pressive appearance. was arrats ped
before Magistrate Fresch. I'll the night
court. recently. Oh a charge OF beg
ging. preferred b. Detective Judge, OF
the central Office squad lie had been
arrested a. Thirl-aye and seventy
second.st. and the magistrate sen
tepcsd him 20 80 days la the NosA
house
"Oh. Judge. want TO 70 back TO
prison. not to the workohuse," Hay
den cried.
What do YOU mean" asked the
magistrate
Il mean Great Meadows. Was the
reply. Justice Whitmyer gave me
three and one-half years for burglary
al Ballston Spa. IN 1912. They pafoleu
me on Oct %. and I'm faliuTe ous
side OF prison. can't keep away from
the whisky: I haven't done any'hlhS
but drink since I've been Tree and
want 70 20 back"
Are you sure you can't keep away
from it," asked Magistrate F'resoni'
Indeed am. Please send me .pacR
70 prison. had a warm place 10 sleep
there. and had good food resaIaI ~ -,
Since I've been out I've sept In parks
mostly, aud all I've had TO eat Is WhS'
I coald pick up here and there We
had my chance, and | couldn't taKe aN'
vantage OF It, send me back
Magistrate Freschi shook his heau
sentence would stand.
81 don't believe you've proved your
seif a failure" he said When you
get out this time Iwant you TO sho"
that you can be man. Had you ever
been ia prison before you we're sent
20 Great Meadows
Never before In this state, repi'eu
Hayden, as he held out his hahas ~
a final appeal. He was led away Oe'
fore he could speak again.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20

nents( tA i5uuan Mood Indian insA
-ud charcoal
one Nt the remarkable features Of
Ae records Rs Tie reference 10 Wfee
disriVct races on go continent OF
North America a thous8ud years or
more aF0 These people according 10
me characters wlh which they arr
prrperated. we're OF entirely different
blood 1md antecedeuts and their Gus
toms and habits of lie were az great
variance. Just Who these three peO.
plies We're and their possible origin. is
expected 30 be- disclosed by the, exr
,pcrts Who are % examine the rec0rdF
Members OF the tribe knew OF the
existrnceo of the long chain OF history,
Dut realized neither It's Importance,
nor extent, 10 is said Several exped!-
lions we've unable 20 find even a
key 20 the peculiar characters which
served them In a lieu OF a written
language. and returhed with only a
description OF their habits and Gus
toms. but little IN regard 10 their
antecedents or history
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
SAYS HE HAS STUFF OF
WHICH GHOSTS ARE MADE

.RERI j.. Dee 3 - s.lepAasIaa&is
what ghosts are made OF, according
10 Professor Won Schrenck Nothing.
the famous expert Ia psychical re
search, who has Just published a
book NATURALIZATION Phenomena.
TO prove that spooks are composed OF
tangible stun
In his psychical experiments with a
French medium, Eva S., Nothing took
elaborate precautton 10 prevent de-
ception The medium was often en-
tirely nude when photographed ny
nine cameras simultaneously. and also
by a bioScope, which showed spirit
matter emanating from her and ma
terializing into spectres.
Nothing claims he has proved
there are such things as ghosts. In
the case OF Eva 3. the substance
whereof ghosts materialize comes
from the medium and is reabsorbed
By the medium. The organic stun
whereof ghosts are made varies from
pmoke-like 10 spider-like. | call this
substance 'teleplasma'
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
BIG SNOW-STORM
HEADED THIS WAY

DENVER. Col, Dec. ls.-Colorado' IS
second heavy snow storm In TWO
weeks, began early today. AT O'Clock
the weather bureau announced TWO
inches had fallen in Denver, and that
the fall would continue all day Ihis
snow. on top OF the drifts left by the
recent blizzard, threatened to again
paralyze street car traffic.
The storm is general throughout
Wyoming, eastern Colorado and nortn-
ern New Mexico. II Is moving east
ward
The snow fall increased in density
during the day, and at noon II was
estimated four inches had fallen.
Half a dozen local street car lines
at that hour had been forced 10 sus'
pend service and others were In dlf.
fculty. It was feared traffic would
be entirely stopped by night.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
REAL "NOAH'S ARK'NINE
THIS SANTA CLAUS PACK

BOSTON, noc % Thomas W> Law
sop IS sending "a freight car containing
a mammoth Noah Ark filled with
live animals. % bis grandchildren.
Henry Mccall ir aad THONGS Law
sou Mccall sons of Mr au- Airs
Henry Mccall al the Mccall ranch.
Crooked River ore
The "Ark" Is 90 arrive Christmas
morning. on rs try rom DreamwoId,
the Lawson farm at scltuate. il Is
guarded by two men This Is what Il
contains One hundred and auy Ply
mouth Rock and Rhode Island Red
hens. with TWO ROSTERS. two sta
mese cats tvo English bulldog pups
Ave Jersey and H0lstein cows two
sons OF the mare Flying Foxs Daugh-
ter, a Dreamwold prize winner. two
pigs.
The McCalls have 40o-acre ranch
in Oregon Mrs. Mccall was Miss Dor
othy Lawson.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
ELIZABETH, PA, BANK
CLOSES IT'S IT'S DOORS

WASHINGTON. Dec 1.-the First
National bank. OF Elizabeth, Pa. did
not open it's doors today under orders
from It's board OF directors, according
70 message received by Acting
Comptroller OF the Currency Kans.
appointment OF receiver was re.
quested. but no reason FOX. the shut
down was given. Kane ordered a bank
examiner placed IN charge
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
FORMER CHIEF KOEHLER
Is OFFERED A JOB

SOUTH BEND. Ind. Dec. 1s-~The
reform administration OF Mayor-eleet
Fred Keller is looking for new
CHIEF OF police to clean up the town:
Keller announced today that he Will
offer the job. paying $1,000 a year.
to Fred Kohler, former Golden Rule
chief OF police OF Cleveland. The
present police head. Guy l. Bunker.
is slated TO resign Jan. /.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20
WILL INTRODUCE
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON, Dec. IA promise
that the woman suffrage constitn-
tional amendment would be brought
up as soon as possible was made IN
the senate, today, by Senator Thomas
following an inquiry by Senator Town
send as to whether kilograms and let
tiers would have any effect. Gallinger
said most OF the letters he had receiv-
cd opposed the amendment
The Detroit times., 1913-12-20

Busiuess-Iike Printing. No fuss ana
no feathers The plain. neat Kind that
looks right. Tines Printing Co. Is
John H-st Phone Main As8
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
FORMER CASHIER
GIVEN FIVE YEARS
Henry T. Carpenter, of Defunct
Union City Bank, Makes No
Fight for Freedom

Utterly broken by his disgrace and
by the death OF his wife, which he
insists was brought on by his trouble,
Henry T. Carpenter. over 60 years
old, cashier OF the defunct Farmers
National bank, of Union City, decided
not to fight for freedom, but entered
a plea OF guilty In the United States
district court, Tuesday afternoon.
Judge Sessions sentenced him to five
years in Leavenworth prison, whittier
he will be taken by United States
Marshal Campbell, one OF his close
friends.
Carpenter cried as he left the court
room, after District Attorney Webster
had refused to insist on demanding
sentence on all the 81 counts OF the
indictment. Judge Sessions gave him
the minimum. and he may be paroled
after 20 months.
Carpenter founded the Union City
bank In 1876 The bank failed In
1911, and the examiners found short.
ages in Carpenters accounts, and
$4,000 in worthless paper in the
Vaults.
TOO lenient with his friends" Is
the explanation given for Carpenter {
fall by those familiar with the cir.
cumstances.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
BREAKS A GOLD,
OPENS NO0TRILS
Pape's Cold Compound Cures
Colds and Grippe in a Few
Hours-Contains
n No Quinine

The most severe cold will be brok.
en-, and all grippe misery ended after
taking dose OF Pape's Cold Com
pound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
You will distinctly feel all the dis.
agreeable symptoms leaving after the
very first dose.
The most miserable headache. Z dull
ness, head and nose stuffed UP. fever.
ishness, sneezing, running of the nose
sore throat, mucous catarrhal dis.
charges. soreness, stiffness. rheuma.
tism pains and other distress van
ishes.
Take this wonderful Compound as
directed, with the knowledge that
there is nothing else in the world,
which will cure your cold or END
Grippe misery as promptly and with
out any other assistance or bad after.
effects as a 25-cent package OF Pape's
Cold Compound, which any druggist
can supply-contains no quinine-be-
longs In every home-accept no sub.
stitute Tastes nice-acts gently
Adv.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
NEGRO, HERE,
ADMITS Staying
Henry Sterling Says He Shot
Man, Then Severed Head,
in Norfolk, w. Va.

Henry Sterling. a Negro. living here
under the name OF John Henry, was
arrested by Detectives Brooks and
Fox, while at work on the new Michi-
gan Central depot. Wednesday morn
ing. and confessed that he is wanted
for the brutal Staying OF another Ne
gro Lamed William Patterson, in Nor
folk, w. Va. in October, 1912.
Sterling freely told the police that
he had shot Patterson five times and
then cut his head off with an ak, in
the presence OF Negro and Negress
who fed after the crime. and are still
at large, as far as he knows
Local police will not divulge the
source OF the information that led tC
the arrest OF Sterling, who has beeI
living on st. Antoine-st., for nearly q
year.
Sterling and Patterson were room
mates. the prisoner says. On tn
night before tho killing, the bed In
which both slept, broke down, and
Patterson accused Sterling of playin
Joke on him by cutting the sup
ports with a oant-hook. The Josh.
ing" finally led to a quarrel, and
Sterling says that Patterson choked
MIN. He says that he then took his
rife. shot Patterson Ave times. and
cut his head off,
He fed 10 the mountains, pursued
by a posse, and frequently shot at. he
says, but escaped them, and ned to
Columbus, o.. where he stayed few
weeks before coming to Detroit,
He will be taken back to Norfolk.
Thursday.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29

the aldermen being aware Of his con-
nection with the committee.
Nichols will do the "sleuth" work
for the committee. Some time ago
the council allowed the liquor com
mittee $4,000 for investigation" pur-
poses. II was generally supposed that
the committee intended TO employ de-
tectives to gather evidence against
certain alleged undesirable" saloon
keepers. A member of the committee
explained, Tuesday night, that the aid
ormen never contemplated the employ.
ment OF detectives or operatives. In
stead Mr.. Nichols, who will be a sort
OF secretary, will handle all the 'in.
vestigating," which work will consist
mainly In finding out for the commit
tee who are the rightful owners Of
certain saloons.
Nichols will be paid stipulated sal
airy for his services. A number Of
the committee refused to say what
salary he Will draw. but he gave as.
surance that the $4,000 advanced by
the common council would not be en-
ti-ely used up.
At first 1t was understood that Mar
Gus Lucia, the stenographer In the
city clerks ONCE, would act as secre-
tary OF the liquor committee. Lucia
was formerly in Eddie" Schreiter's
office, and is familiar with the liquor
license work. He was TO serve as
secretary without additional compen-
sation. However, in a recent gather
ing OF the members of the liquor COM
mittee, Mr.. Nichols was chosen secre-
tary, and delegated to do the Official
Investigating for the committee
Chairman Dingeman denies that he
was opposed 70 the selection OF
Nichols, although II is understood
that the move to make Nichols COM
mittee secretary was we'll under way
before Dingeman knew anything
about II.
Mr.. Nichols Is we'll qualified for the
work. AS city clerk he was intimate
with the workings of the liquor com
mittee. He was formerly a newspa-
per man and secretary OF the police
department when Fred w. Smith was
commissioner.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
FORGIVES WIFE WHO
CONSORTED WITH NEGRO

Verne Evans, printer, OF No. 1918
Fourteenth-ave. forgave his pretty
young wife, Gertrude, who was ar.
rested in Negro resort with Joseph
w. Fox, Negro, and husband and wife
went home together, Tuesday after
uUUn.
The police and the prosecutors Of
five have. been thoroughly aroused by
the revelations in the case, and the
district in which the home OF the
woman where the pair were caught,
Is located, Is to receive much atten-
ton, to Smoke out" the disgusting
conditions which allow Negroes to
take white women to such resi-
dences."
Fox Is to be prosecuted. and Mrs
Nan Cooper, keeper Of the resort, is
also TO feel the hand of the law, &C
cording to Assistant Prosecutor
Harry Keidan. who has charge Of the
case.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
TRAIN KILLS One,
INJURIES OTHER
Two Men Struck While Driving
Across Wabash Tracks at
Harbaugh-ave. Crossing

John Rokowski, of No. It's Nor.
walk-ave., Hamtramck. was instantly
killed, and his cousin. Frank Bloom,
who lived with him. was fatally In.
jured, when the two men are said to
have Ignored The frantic signaling OF
a fiagman At the Harbaugh-ave. cross
Ing OF the Wabash railroad. Tuesday
afternoon, and driven across the
tracks directly In front OF q pas
senger train
Blooms skull Is fractured, and he II
said to be dying In Solvay hospital
Wagon and ms@ were thrown fully
80 feet by the engine.
Rokowski leaves q widow and two
children
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
c. A. NICHOLS IS
/. NAMED SLEUTH
BYLIQUOR BOARD
Will Gather Information Rela-
tive to SalOOnkeepers APP
plying for Licenses
FORMER CITY CLERK
Is WELL QUALIFIED
Is Experienced Newspaper Man
and Served as Police De-
partment Secretary

Charles A. Nichols, former city
clerk. is in the employ OF the council
committee on liquor regulation. and ia
now actively engaged in gathering in.
formation for the committee relative
to liquor license applications. For
some reason the appointment of Mr..
Nichols has been kept quiet, few OF
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29
1akaakl Kato MInIster to london.

TOXIC, Jan. 29.-Takaaki Kato,
Japanese ambassador to London. and
formerly foreign minister, today was
again appointed foreign minister by
Premier Count Katgura
Kato has been In London since
1905 He was there from 1894 TO
1899, and then was foreign minister
until 1906.
The Detroit times., 1913-01-29

r. M. Case has been appointed as
sistant general passenger agent for
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railroad. with headquarters In Cleve-
land
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-28
CAuFORNIANOFFERs
. .: AID TO THE VICTIMS
COMMAND US" WIRES JOHNSON
TO COX OF OHIO AND GOV.
RALSToN.
tpv Federal w,relcss Telegraph, =,

Ni'E ''u'iti "litl'ss
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.--lSrec
ial to The Advertiser) r)-Governor John,
son dispatched the following telegrams
this morning:
Honorable James l.. Cox, Gov.
ernor of Ohio:
We have been deeply shocked
at the news of the awful disaster
in Ohio. California sympathises
with your people in their affection
and wishes to tighten their bur.
den. Command us.
HIRAM w. JOHNSON.
Honorable Samuel NJ. Ralstou,
Governor of Indiana:
Our people extend to the people
of Indiana heartfelt sympathy.
We have been shocked and horri.
fed at the calamity that has be-
fallen you. We will be most lap.
py to be of service and beg you TO
command MS.
HIRAM W. JOHNSON.
An appeal to the people of California
to contribute generously for the RELIEF
of the flood sufferers in Ohio anl Indi
ana will be made by Governor johnson
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-03-28
.CANANEA FIGHT
WILL RESUME TODAY
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF NON
CoMBATANTS ALONG THE
MEXICAN CENTRAL.
tBy Federal wireless q'eiegraph. ,

DOUGLAS, Arizona, March 2B.-
Especial to The Adyertiser) Follow
ing another armistice of twelve hours
10 care for the wounded, the rebels be-
sieging Cananea, Sonora, were expect
cd 10 resume their attack today. The
second day fighting, which began late
Tuesday, ended without decisive re-
suits.
During the two days engagement,
one hundred were reported killed ON
both sides aud two hundred wounded.
Wholesale slaughter OF soldiers and
civilians by both the Huerta ana rebel
forces is taking place along the Mex.
can Central, between JHmnez aud
Parfal.