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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
SEVEN GUILTY in
$lO,OOO,OOO FRAUD
Officials of Sterling De-
benture Corporation Con-
victed i'm Court.

Seven officials OF the Sterling De-
benture Corporation, who were indicted
nearly two years ago for using the
mails to defraud investors in the Ok
ford Linen Mills Company, were found
guilty at 11:40 o'clock last night in the
Federal District Court after trial
that lasted about a month. Postoffice
inspectors alleged that the corporation
mulcted investors to the tune of at
least s10OOOOOO
Those found guilty were George H
Middlebrook, president OF the corpora
ton until 1911; Frank w. Schumacher,
secretary: Captain w. s. Edwards, cf
the 22d Regiment, and a broker, who
was treasurer; Harry H. Platt, known
as the "Hermes" of the promoters;
Elwyn A. Barron, dramatic critic and
publicity agent for the Sterling De-
benture Corporation; Wilbur M. Stone.
patent expert, and Benjamin c. Nudge,
inventor of the process" by which the
Oxford Linen Mills Company was to
utilize the waste straw Of American
fax in the manufacture Of fine linen.
All were remanded until to-day for
sentence.
The oxford company was capitalized
in 1907 at 100000 A small dividend
-7as declared, but to aid the sale of
stock two subsidiary companies were
formed the Easterbrook company, cap
italized at 100000, in 1910, to make
woollens with Mudge's process, and the
oxford Linen Mattress Company, capi-
talized in 1910 at $600,OOO to use by
products of the Nudge system for max
ing mattresses. The Sterling Debent-
ure Company sent out S.SOO,0O0 letters
to promote these companies.
Frank e. Winchell, brother Of Ben
jamin L. Winchell, former president
Of the Rock Island system, and Sam
uel e. Findlay, other officers OF the
corporation, who were indicted, con-
fessed. Winchell testified for the gov-
ernment to having altered the books Of
the oxford company to create false
assets.
The government contended that
Nudge, the inventor, got S500,0O0
worth OF stock in the concern, of which
only $4,000 worth, now in possession
of his wife, can be found. Nudge is a
graduate of the Massachusetts, Instl-
tute Of Technology. One Of the wit
nesses testified that the chemist was
invited to speak before body Of dis
tinguished scientists in 1908, when the
oxford company was In its infancy.
The witness testified that he advised
Nudge not to appear, as the Boston
chemists would "eat him up"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
MRS. GUINNESS SEEN HERE
Indiana Police Chief Probing
Report She Is Alive.

Chief Anstiss Of the Laporte Qnd.)
police is in this city investigating re-
port that Mrs. Belle Guinness, or ''mur-
der farm" fame, has been seen here.
Anstiss and Inspector Faurot were
working on the case last night.
Anstiss was deputy sheriff at the
time of the disclosure Of the tragedies
by the burning of the Guinness house
at Laporte. In the ruins and buried
about the premises were the bodies Of
@ girl and nine men, the latter sup
posed to be suitors who were decoyed
10 the place by Mrs. Guinness and muir
dered for their money.
Teeth found IN the ruins were identi-
fed as those Of Mrs. Guinness, and An
stiss always believed that the mur-
deress met her fate in the fire. A let
ter. however. which he received a few
days ago, said to have come from a
Swede, brought Anstiss here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
FAMOUS HOME A TEA ROOM
Commodore Vanderbilt House
on Fifth Ave. Leased.

The home of the late Commodore
Vanderbilt, at $40 Fifth ave, was
leased yesterday by Mrs. Marie Tor
renee Hadden TO Miss Ida L. Frese,
who will use the building after It is
altered for tea room.
The house. which wss occupied by
Commodore Vanderbilt up 70 the time
of his death, was purchased by him in
1875 for $4,000. 1t is one Of the few
remaining private dwelling houses on
Fifth ave. between 34th and 42d ste.
The lease is for a term Of years from
June / for an aggregate rental of about
100000.
Mrs. Hadden, the present owner, is a
granddaughter Of the commodore 1t
was inherited by her from her mother
In the last few years many tempting
offers for the sale or the lease Of the
property have been refused by Mrs.
Hadden.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
CHILD FOUND DEAD
BY GIRL AT PLAY
Chance Discovery Solved
Disappearance Mystery
Body in Areaway.

The rolling OF a marble into a round
hole In tho sidewalk grating In front OF
300 ST. AIMS ave, The Bronx, late
yesterday afternoon, solved what prom
Use TO be a new police mystery. Little
Edna Roseder, trying to pick the mar
BILE out Of the grating. saw through one
OF the holes the body of three-year- old
Edmond Gray, of 3O6 ST. AIMS ave-, for
whom the police had been searching
for hours.
The little boy went out TO play early
yesterday afternoon. His mother was
detained indoors. When she came
downstairs an hour later he had dis
appeared.
After two hours Of searching Mrs.
GRAY went 10 the Alexander avenue po-
lice station. No child had been found,
and Patrolman Ullrich was detailed to
aid the mother. Together they went
through st. Mary's Park, which skirts
st. Ann's ave. There was no trace OF
the boy.
Exhausted from fright and fatigue
the mother started home. AS she came
in sight Of the house the Roseder child
sprang up from the sidewalk In front
Of a delicatessen store a. 500 81. Ann $
ave. and shouted to some playmates.
"Oh, look at Buster" she cried. Bus
ter's down in the hole under the side
walk"
Mrs. Gray recognized the name by
which Edmond was known in the
neighborhcod and ran. Kneeling on the
sidewalk she peered through the graf
ing. She saw Edmond lying dead In the
dark areaway beneath her.
But for the little girls discovery the
body might have lain unnoticed under
the sidewalk for weeks, according to
detectives.
An autopsy last night by Coroner
Flynn showed that one Of the vertebrse
of the child's neck had been dislocated,
probably by fall, and had pressed on
the spinal cord, causing instant death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
TO BUY SIEGEL HOUSE
Nathan Straus, Jr., Will Pur'
chase Driftwood.

Negotiations are under way for tho
purchase by Nathan Straus, jr., OF
Driftwood, mentioned prominently in
Mrs Siegers suit for divorce. This es-
tate, at Orlenta Point, Mamaroneck, 1t
seems, has passed out Of the hands Of
the indicted banker and merchant to
the II. S. Realty Company, the stock
Of which l.. A. Price first held as COL
lateral, but now owns.
The value OF the estate is about
100000, but it is not thought that Mr..
Straus will have to pay anywhere near
this figure. There are twelve acres of
land and a house containing thirty
roooms. There are conservatories, a
garage, bathhouse and yacht pier.
Mr.. straus lives when in the city at
81 West 72d st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
PAINLESS DENTISTRY? NO!
Four Lawyers Fees Extracted
to Fight S98 Bill.

Washington, April 6.-H. l.. Herbert.
OF Hawaii and Australia, fought S98
dentist bill all the way from Honolulu
courts and lost his case to-day in the
Supreme Court of the United States.
His contest, based on technical
grounds, caused him 10 employ four at
torneys and to undergo great expense.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
BLEASE PARD0NS ID MORE
South Carolina Executive Runs
Clemency Score to 1, 100.
GBy Telegraph to The Tribune


Columbia, S. c., April 6.-As a step
toward fulfilment OF his promise to
empty the state penitentiary by August
1, Governor Cole N. Blease to-day
liberated fourteen prisoners, making
1.190 since ne assumed office three
years ago.
There are still 1856 prisoners left in
the penitentiary, as new inmates are
received nearly every month.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
FEDERF5S MOVING
TC' ARD SALTILLO
Rebels
Rebels cling a Hard Task
~ tn Pr vent Outbreak
OF Epidemic.
FOOD SCARCE IN CITY
General Orders Merchants to
Sell at Reasonable Prices Under
Penalty of ConfiScation.

Tsv re,sgraph 70 The rriounel
Torreon. Mexico. April 6.--Rebei pur-
suit Of the Federal army OF General
Retusio vsssco and Of the large num-
oer OF Federal sympathiEers who ac-
eomrlried II on its flight from Torre-
on bxs ceased at San Pedro. twenty
eisn. miles from Torreon.
The Federal force. with the excep-
tion os a small command sent back by
Velssoo to hah the rebel pursuit, has
moved on toward seltlIio. velasco. it
is belfoN se. had left San Pedro. but
finding the route dihicult adopted the
sxpedicnt x sending back force to
hold the rebels in check until he could
put greater distance between his
main force and General Rosalio Her
nandez's rebel cavalry.
General Wills ordered reinforcements
20 San Pedro to-day. and unless the
garrison left there by velaseo surren-
ders the rebels will try 20 exterminato
Il. The town Is well fortified and the
small Fsoersl garrison probably could
hold out Tor a time against a much
larger forcs.
A big task still confronts Villa in
Torreou where conditions are desperate
-rae cit must be made sanitary at
one ~ Wholesale deaths win result,
epId 4s, IS already having started as
rec, a of the many bodies which were
lot wing long in the tropical sun be-
fore hey could be gathered up and
burned.
Fo>c. too, is scarce in TorTeon and
amorg the inhabitants there IS acute
suffering. villa Is trying to alleviate
this by having large shipments sent in
and formdding the merchants to
charge exorbitant prices for food
stufls under penalty OF arrest and
fasvsnE their stocks cohhscated.
Drug stores have been stripped Of
tlleir stoJkr %, 8isinKectants and rush
orders have been sent for new supplies.
Prominent persons are doing heroic
work among the sick and wounded
and while there is a scarcity Of sur
geons others are coming, two being on
the way from Bl Paso and several from
Juarez and Chihuahua.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
rBv Ts,srrspfl 20 The Tribune.


Juarez, Mexico. April 6-GeneraI
venustiano Csrranza indorsed to-day
appointments made In TorTeon by Gen
eral Psncho villa. These are Andreas
Ferr1se 10 be President Municipal, and
Jesus Acuna to supervise the appoint
nent Of. minor officials.
F'errias y 40 the chief witness, IT is
said. befoE Ee the Carranza commission
in tne. Bet bton case, and his testimony
ri 5 largely responsible for the exonera-
.ion Of villa by the commission. His
Appointment was made by Villa in
gratitude and without consultation
with CaTranza. 1t is said.
The. Following message from General
VIA at Torreon was received this af-
ternoon by General Carranza, who was
addressed as Supreme Chief:
Il have the honor to acknowledge
Continued on second page, fifth column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07
Neishbors Admire ViqlIancs.

The neighbors adjoining the Elm
hurst grounds, among whom are
George w. Perkins and the heirs u
the late General Seward Webb. have
admired the ingenuity OF the detec-
Oontinued on alxth page frst cnlnmn-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-07

Continued on sixth page. first column.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17
On Business Principles Only
]. c. WILBORN

1 do not concede that any man es-
teens his friends more highly than
do, and while l am always pleased to
serve them in a business way, do not
expect or want their business except
on purely business principles. do not
want anybody to place business with
me because they feel that / need 1t.
1 do not regard myself as an object
of charity and only ask for business
on business principles. l have had
more than twenty years experience in
the Insurance business and have liv-
ed all my life in York county, and If
my experience in the business and
record as a citizen does not, in your
opinion, entitle me to your confidence,
you would be doing yourself an in
justice to place it in my keeping, as
it is fact that the proper handling
of your Insurance Is matter OF
grave Importance to you. If your Fire
Insurance is not properly placed in
strong, reliable companies, it makes
no difference provided you never
have a fire, and it would make no
difference if you had none at all,
except the saving in premiums, but
when it comes to Life Insurance, the
proposition is entirely different. You
may have a Policy in a strong, re-
liable company. so far as its contracts
are concerned, but the policy may
have conditions in it that are any
thing else than liberal, and does not
fit you. You pay the premiums and
you have the right to buy the BEST
for which your money will pay and
it is generally conceded that the only
people who have the Best there is In
Life Insurance, are those who ARE
Insured in the MUTUAL BENE-
FIT. They are all satisfied
SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17

He Was An Expert.-Underdone
Outlets. proprietor Of the Speedy care
was notoriously hard-hearted. Ihe
most weeping widow who ever graceo
a melodrama couldn't have wept d
slice of stale bread out of his restau-
rant without the price. So when d
pale and timorous bum approached
the desk and made a faltering appeal
il was no surprise to the lunch henos
to hear a curt, Nothing doing, Beat
it."
I'm not a beggar," retorted the
hungry man. I'm willing to scruo
floors or wash dishes. I'm just out OF
prison and nobody will give me work.
I'm starving"
The proprietor betrayed a faint in
terest
III tell you the truth" explained
the ex-convict, II was kind Of coun-
terfeiter. used to take hundred dol
lar bill and split it in two with a
razor. Then I'd take a one and spit
that and then paste the halves to-
gether, so I'd have two centuries, II
the sucker didn't look on both sides.
1t took 'em five years to catch me-.
Mr.. Outlets beckoned the ex-con-
vict behind the bar.
Order what you like on the house,
he whispered. I've got steady Jop
for you. I'll give you $50 a week to
slice ham for my sandwiches.-Lp-
incott's.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17
The Supreme Court BibIe.-It is

The Supreme Court Bible.-1t is
tiny little book, only five and hall
inches long and three and half in
ches wide. 1t is bound in bright red
morocco leather, with the word Bible,
printed in diminutive gold letters on
the back. But one doesn't see that
red morocco cover unless he removes
the little black leather slip which pro-
tects it. Long, long ago the little red
Bible began to show wear and then
the black leather slip was made to
protect it-so long ago in fact that
fifteen of those covers, made to pro-
tect the .venerated little volume, were
worn out in the service. 1t is with
out doubt one Of the Oldest Bibles, If
not the very oldest Bible, connected
with the government, and is certainly
the most historical. 1t is the book up
on which, since 1900, every chief
justice, with the single exception OF
Chief Justice Chase, and every men,
ber of the supreme court, has taken
the oath of allegiance when accepting
his appointment to our highest tri-
bunal. More than that, every attor-
ney who has practiced before the su-
preme court since that date. 1900,
has pledged his allegiance over the
little volume. All, with one excep-
ton, and that exception was Daniel
Webster 1t is told even yet Of the
supreme court of that day that Mr..
Websters fame as an orator had so
preceded him that on the occasion
when he came to argue his first
case before the court, the clerk, Mr..
Caldwell, in his eagerness to hear the
great speaker, forgot to administer
the oath.-Christian Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17
FOR SALE :

Cottage Home-Of w. c. Miller, on
Charlotte road. near Ancona Mill.
800 Acre.-Property of D. A. Whis-
onant joins j. w. Quinn and others
Price $500
40 Aeres--Property Of John Barnett,
joining farm Of ]. r. Connolly and VIM.
Harrison Est. lands.
100 AcreS-Known as the Dorster
place, about / 1-2 miles from Phila-
delphia church ind school. If sold
during February, will take the small
sum of $4,000 an acre for 1t.
400 Acres-Near Lowryville, $1,000
per acre.
I desire to say to my friends that /
have property that I can cut up In
small tracts and sell on long terms.
The Quinn estate land-On Kings
Mt. road, adjoining Frank Riddles
Neil place and others, am willing to
cut this into smaller farms to suit the
purchaser.
The residence Of the late DR.. j. B.
Allison, joining the new Presbyterian
Manse. Can be cut into two beautiful
building lots.
The property of DR.. Mack White on
Kings Mountain Street, also 2 dwell
lings, property Of Quinn Wallace. ct al,
on Kine's Mountain Street. This prop
erty will be sold quickly and If you
want 1t, see me.
1 have for sale three Of the Finest
Farms in York county, and they are
very cheap at the price; to wit:
The John Black-Henry Massey
homestead.
600 Acres--The r. M. Anderson
Farm.
40 Acres-Of the S. M. Jones-Ware
Farm, about 4 miles from Rock Hill.
Also IS acres, and a nice cottage,
beautifully located within the incor-
porate limits Of Yorkville. Read my
list of Farms and send me some Of
fers.
Two Good HouseS-On Kings
Mountain Street
I. G.. WILBORN
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17

Was a Second charee.-An old ne
gro was recently brought before a JUS
tice in Mobile, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. 1t seemed that Moses had fall
len foul Of a bulldog while in the act
of entering the hen house Of the dogs
owner.
Look here, Nose" the justice said
informally, didn't give you ten days
last month for this same thing? 1t
was the same hen house you were try
ing to get into. What have you got to
say for yourself, anyhow"
Nose scratched his head MARS
Wilyum, yo' sent me ter de chaingang
fer tryin' to steal some chickens,
didn't yo'?'
Yes, that was the charge"
"An don't the law say yo' CANT be
charged twics wild de same 'fense?"
THAT no man shall be twice placed
in jeopardy for the Identical act, yes
Den, sab, yo' jes' hav' ter let me go,
sab. All wus after de same chickens
sah."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17
NEW IDEA OF EARTH'S AGE.
Radium Has Caused the Biologists &c
Change Their Theories.

If such authority as Prof. Arthur
Holmes. of the Imperial College,
South Kensington, London, has any
weight at all with people, the dis
coyery of radium means that geolo-
gists must change their calculations
materially as to the age of the earth
if they wish to be taken seriously
He says it is a we'll known fact that IL
the proportion of radium in the inter-
ior of the earth is in any way equal
to the radium in the rocks at the
earth's surface the earth will not grow
colder, as has always been taught,
but it ought to be growing hotter.
Calculations, however, show that the
distribution of radium as it is found
would be more than enough to keep
the temperature of the earth sta
tionary. Thorium and uranium also
supply a great amount of heat and
must be taken in account.
In order that the earth should be
neither growing hotter nor cooler at
a rate allowed by the radioactive
elements as they disintegrate it Is
necessary, he says, to assume that the
earth's store of radium be concen-
trated near the surface. The radio
active elements are found most
abundantly in acid rocks, and their
more basic associates are less rich.
These acid rocks are characteristic Of
only the outermost zones of the crust,
and there are many reasons for be-
lieving that with depth the non-acid
rocks are predominant.
Earthquakes and similar terrestrial
events have proved facts from which
the condition of the earth's interior
may be deduced with confidence.
First, there is the crust zone, which
has an approximate thickness of 80
miles. Then comes the stone zone,
lsomething under 100 miles thick, and
finally, the central iron core of the
earth, with a density eight times
greater than water. Meteorites con-
tain radium, and Profs. Strut and
Holmes say that these meteors con-
tain the proof that no radium Is
found in the stone zone or inner core.
1t is supposed that the earth be-
gan, of course, as a misty, nebulous
mass and that it has become the great
mass it is by the capture of meteors
and greater masses floating in space
during the ages. 1t is very unlikely
that the earth was ever. as a whole.
in molten condition. 1t is surmised
by several English savants that the
internal heat probably arose in a
great measure from the condensation
of the mass as it grew.
The temperature would slowly rise
until the fusion point of certain Of
the earth's constituents was reached.
Then the pockets and tongues thus
formed would tend to move away
from the center, and the less heavy,
stony substances would be squeezed
outward relatively to network Of
the heavier, rigid metals.
Surrounding the metallic core a
thick zone of sandy rocks would be
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17

Not a Knoeker.-A worker in one OF
the mission settlements was speaking
to some waterfront boys with refer
ence to Roman history. He touched
upon the doings Of Nero, giving a
vivid picture of the cruelty Of the
emperor. 1t seemed to the speaker
that he had fixed the idea of injustice
and wickedness in the minds of his
hearers Then he began to ask a few
questions.
Boys, what do you think of Ne
ro?"
Silence, broken only by an uneasy
shifting of the lads in their seats.
well, Clancy" said the lecturer,
making an individual appeal, what
do you think of Nero? Would you say
he was a good man? Would you like
to know him?"
Clancy hesitated. Finally, after
again being urged to reply, he did so
in these words:
We'll, he never done nothin' to
me"-Harper's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17

formed, and the radioactive materials
would be concentrated in the stone
layers. When the oceans and the atmos-
pheres were produced the sediment
rocks appeared for the first time, and
then came the earth's crust with the
rocks that contain most of the radi-
um and other radioactive elements.
Before the advent of radium, geologists
did not recognize the difficulties pre-
sented by the peculiar makeup Of the
earth's crust. Radium did not create
this difficulty, but it certainly empha-
sized it in the attention Of scientists.
1t can hardly be said that radium
has given a blank check on the bank
of time, for it's discovery not only
destroys all the old measurements OF
the earth's heat. but it necessitated
new method of getting at it. Every
kind of radioactive mineral, as well
as radium, may be regarded as self
contained hour-glass, the radioactive
emanations, such as helium, and re-
sidues such as lead, slowly accumu-
late at the expense Of their ultimate
parent, uranium.
The geologist, who five years ago
was embarrassed by the brevity of
the time allowed to him for the evo-
luton of the earth's crust, is now still
more embarrassed by the overabund-
ance of time that now confronts him.
The recognition of radium means diff
fculties for the geologist and the alb
solute overthrow Of every acknowl-
edged theory as to the earth's age and
development. The age Of the earth,
according to what happens to be ra-
dunn, varies from 5000, 100000 to 81
OOO, 900, 900 years. but what matters a
few thousand million of years among
geologists? York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-03-17

Cause for Alarm.-Smith had just
been operated upon for appendicitis.
During his period of convalescence he
became quite chummy with the two
other patients who shared the ward
with him.
How are you feeling, boys?" said
Smith one morning to them.
"Oh, we are all right" they both
answered together, considering that
we had to undergo two operations.
why, how was that?" questioned
Smith. in an agitated voice.
Because the doctor assigned to this
ward is an idiot. In collecting his in
struments after the operation, he
missed a needle and a pair of scissors.
The former he found in me, and the
latter in my friend here on the right.
You see now the reason for the two
operations.
Just then the surgeon put his head
in at the door and asked:
Has anyone seen my silk hat?"
Smith tainted.