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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
BANK CIE.AftfSGS.

NEW YORK, March ls--Banll
clearings IN the United States for
week ending March 2 as reported to
IN this week last year now is then
Bradstrects aggregate s224f Els, 600
against s3.5s84ss.000 last week and
s32a0,3170o in this week last year
Canadian clearings aggregate sl4S,
15o. 900 as against s158. 100000 last
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
NO MORE "HEIIIOS."
British Officials Against Waste IN
Telephone Use.

LONDON. March THE postmas-
ter general, shocked at the waste q
the telephons in England. has started
a campaign against the use OF Hello
or Are you there?" One OF his as.
sistants has issued this appeal;
when your bell rings and you pich
M the receiver. do not say Hello
1t wastes time. Say Jones speaking.
If yo, saw Hello. the other persos
asks Are you Jones?' and your re-
NV yes Think of the time thai
can be saved If everyone who ms
wers a telephone call avoids saying
sHelIor"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

Kep0rted by Caskle @. BurcN = co
1915 +. Main St, Richmond, ya)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14
CHICAGO GRAIN.

CHICAGO. March 13--Dealings in
grain continue on a limited scale
Prices however were firm and al
though fluctuations were within mar
row range prices closed Ia to 5-Sc
~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

Petersburg, Va, March IS. 1914.
SPANISH
Farmers Spanish. Arm at $1.55 per
Fancy Jumbo, Al 44&c per pound.
bushel.
VIRGINIAS-
Fancy handpicked. 3&d4Ao per
pound.
Extra prime, 3ta 93& per pound.
Prime, 3hc per pound.
Smelling stock 81 3l4c per pound.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-03-14

PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
(Reported by Rodgers. Plumer & Col
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

the wailing infant. She understands
English inperfectly. but her eyes
frightened at the mention of her
husbands name.
Yes" she said in broken En-
glish. "he will come soon. We have
been very hungry. He will bring
money and food"
The woman with the white cup
in her hand came across the weed
grown plot between the huts and
offered to act us interpreter. Little
Pedro was still begging for milk.
Bit by bit the other woman ex.
planned to her what had happened.
AT first she looked about her in
dazed wonder, and then volley Of
excited inquiries and the voluble ex-
plantations of the other woman
brought her to a full realization OF
the truth.
She sank moaning on the steps
and the other woman seized the
baby. Neighbors came and she was
taken into the sorry little hut.
Mrs. Lococo wanted to go to her
husband. but she was too weak and
III. So she sat up and painstalklngly
wrote the following note. which was
delivered to her husband by the re-
porter who had come first:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

1t was half-holiday in the Fed
eral Penitentiary at Leavenworth.
You didn't know they had half hoii-
days in prlsons7 Well. they didn't
q few years ago. but ideas about
those matters have changed latterly.
Prisoners are treated more like HUI
man beings than they used to be. 1t
wastnot so many years ago that con-
yicts were treated like dangerous
Wild animals ana in consequence
benaveo tnat way. But thus DIDN'T
start out to be dissertation on
prison reform. II Is merely the
story Of how three members of the
JcJcrh santley Company, which
played at the Shubert Theater last
week, got the heaviest applause of
the week by playing the prison
theater.
There was Tommy Akin. curly
haired. with a humorous CLINT in
his blue eyes, and Fred Heinly, and
Saranoff. the little Russian who
plays the violin. Fred and Tommy
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

Don't fret. Somebody will help.
fell SO sorry you do that. Why
did you do It? Why did not you
let him go? I will come to you
next day."
II am 26 years old" he said. "All
of my life ! have worked hard. but
always before 1 got my pay. Little
as it was, never had any trouble
getting my money, but this time
they would not pay. My wife was
sick. My babies were hungry.
We had nothing to eat in the
house. I myself had been without
food for two days. So the sick wife
and so the babies. who cried. cried,
cried all night long.
$50 what could do? There was
no money. to pay rent The land
lord was going to put us on the
street. My money was due me on
the 10Th of October. I had worked
ten days. My pay checks called for
SIT. 1t was little enough. but, oh,
we needed so badly.
'.They told me i could get 1t at
Gray Brothers Office on the 9th OF
November. So waited from Octo-
Der Is TO November 5. All this time
no money.
ION Novenher the wife y,a /.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

sing, and they do IT very well. too.
II you need any further references
on the subject there are q thousand
prisoners at Leavenworth who would
be glad to testify.
They were assembled in the big.
well-ventilated audience room when
the theatrical people appeared,
chaperoned by Earl Steward, the
manager OF the theater. and an In
nocent oystander or two. There was
moving picture show IN progress
and It was startlingly pleasant to
hear the wave Of laughter that
swept over the big roomful of men
now and again. To anyone who has
never felt the restraint which was
in the atmosphere Of most peni-
tei1tiaries ten or fifteen years ago
and persists still in too many places
well. It sounded mighty good.
And then the theatrical folks went
on. You couldn't help thinking
what a decent. friendly spirit It
showed, their being there at all.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

ragged at being unable to collect
the money duo him, shot and killed
her in ut OF insanity.
, ono as proven by dozens OF signed
statements received at the time by
The Examiner from former ems
ployes OF tho Gray B-os.
Cunningham went 10 work for
the contractors early in March.
1909. He was assigned 4, the Point
Pedro quarry. whore, like the other
laborers there. lie boarded in the
company boarding house. a subs
stantlal cut from his wngcs Of 81
q day being made for his board. -
Hc quit tho employ of Gray Bros.
on April 20, 1908, and that day
made application OF the company's
Office in the Wells Fargo Building
for his pay. Hp figured accardlns
to the time check given him that
! for the twenty-six and one-half days
he had worked with board deduc-
tons there was $3.50 due him.
When he applied for his pay Miss
Brasch told him there would DO no
pay day until May IS. Cunning
ham left and went to work for ans
other firm. on May 30 no took
half day off and again applied
for his money.
After n long argument he was
given a check, payable at sight on u
local bank. for $3.50 and an order
on Gray Bros. payable on July 20
for a similar amount. With this he
had to be satisfied.
On June so, Cunningham. wish
Ing TO leave the city. applied. for
payment on his draft. He, also
asked for the balance which he saio
was due him.
A long argument with Miss
Brasch followed, during which She
communicated with one of the
Grays who was In the office. Fail
ing to get his money Cunningham
drew a revolver which he had Just
purchased and shot Miss Brasch.
killing her Instantly.
The following day another la
borer named Novak. who had also
had similar dispute. was arrested
and charged with tho murder.
When Cunningham heard of this
ne gave himself~up to the police.
On October II, 1an9. he was founc
insane and committed 10 state
institution.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

They had devoted tho day to a long
and rather tiresome journey, just to
contribute to the enjoyment of the
thousand in prison. There was
nothing in It for the theatrical man
except appreoiation-but there was
certainly O world of that.
1t started with IN Irish song by
Akin. His voice rang out, sweet
and strong through the big room:
there was a hush. and eagerness OF
attention. Their faces In the light
were curious studies. 1t was a light.
inconsequential thing. the song--a
song of roses and moonlit-lanes and
girl--things that are locked away
from the thousand by a great brick
wall and many chilled steel bars
and patent locks.
But how they clapped their hands
when he was through and showed as
much enthusiasm for Heinly. Time
and again the two men were re-
called. until they had sung every
thing they knew.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
i shot. But ] shot him. God for
give mer'
RECORD OF EMPLOYERS
PURLIsHED BROADCAST.

These stories were published
broadcast as was the record of the
employers of Lococo. When these
were all published. the people rose
to the defense OF the slayer.
Gray Brothers system of defer
ring payment to their many labor
.ers, which they practiceds for years.
was the direct cause of the murder
on June 80. 1909. of Mrs Caroline
Brasch. the FIRMS bookkeeper. by
James Edward Cunningham.
The state of affairs which was
uncovered by the murder drew
such public attention to the con-
tractors System of making their
men wait for their money that for
a time 1t vas corrected.
Miss Brasch received $50 a month
wages. tostensibly a bookkeeper.
her real work was to attend to bell
ligerent glaborers who grew angry
when they found they could not get
their money. -.
Using a natural diplomacy. Miss
Brasch succeeded in quieting angry
employees until Cunningham. en-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
A Unique War Curio.

An interesting relic of the Franz
co-Prussian War during the Siege OF
Paris. in the years 1S70-1S71, has
Just been brought to notice. The
relic was brought to the United
States In the year 1872 by Mrs. Ade-
laide l.. Shaw of ocenn Grove, NJ.
j., who had been In Paris imine-
diateiy after the Franco-P russian
War and who gave the relic 10 her
daughter, now the wife OF Samuel
Newman OF 2419 Eighty fourth
street. Mrs. Shaw makes her VIM
ter home with Mrs. Newman Mt the
Eighty-fourth street address
The rations passed out to tho
people of Paris at the time OF the
siege are explained on tho face of
the relic OF those times These RAJ
tons consisted OF 900 grammes
day of bread-a piece Of which Is,
still intact-and 30 grammes of
horse meat. In weight this is
trifIe over half pound of bread
and approximately 1-14 of a pound
OF horse meat, At that time. how
ever, anything Was served as food.
and II was common for dogs. cats
and rats to be passed out as eat
ables.
Another interesting featureFof the
relic Of the siege Of Paris at that
time was tho prices Of articles OF
food which was on sale at the time
and which are given ON either side
of the face of the relic.
On the left side of the face OF the
souvenir OF the siege are given the
following artlcles OF food and the
prices which were given in francs.
hut which have been transposed in-
to American equivalents:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

concert was over and the three APP
peared down front, the prisoners
clapped their hands some more as a
last thank you.
Afterward Warden Morgan. alkeen
kindly faced man. told a little OF the
success of recreation In the prison.
In the summer the prisoners play
baseball one afternoon a week in
the prison yard: later there is a
weekly show.
I'VE get just rs much work out
Of Them" he said. .and discipline
is better. The whole atmosphere Of
the place is more cheerful. a bit
more willing, and q bit more hope
full.
The rule OF silence is no longer
enforced at I,eavenworth. Men may
talk to one another and laugh, and
in the recreation time Sunday aft
sunday and Thursday aft
ernuon are. both holidays - they
walk about the prison yard at will.
There Is no longer any o: the atti-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
JOSEPH LOCOGO, his.
~ wife and children,
meeting in Jail.

sick, and i did not get to the oface
In time. 1t was closed. On tile sth
when ] called at the office. the girl
smiled at me from behind the coun-
ter and said. Its no use. You are
too late nov. You must come again
on the .2sth.'
II said TO her. Other men who
worked have been paid. why not !?
';She said, You are too llate. Yes
terday was the day: and now you
cannot get anything until the 18th.
the next pay day.
Desperate. and thinlSing OF the
wife and babies at home. ana the
landlord, who was after me for
Money. + decided 70 appeal to the
Italian Consul. Rpt he could do
nothing for me. He said there were
= many. many Just such cases, but
nothing could be done.
Il stood IL as long as I could. All
night long last night my babies, one
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

It was curious to see how differ
emily tho music affected different
men among the audience. There
were some who lost themselves in
1t so completely they forgot to APP
plaud. staring away in front of
them--who knows where? Back
down the years, perhaps, to lamp
lit parlors. battered pianos OF an
ancient sort. boys and girls who
laughed.
And then came SaranoR. A dap
per little Russian. eager. friendly.
with ail q ciiiid's quick interest and
enthusiasm. SaranoG ana his vio-
lin that flashed through all the
moods, sunshine and shadow. Now
pensive. .sorromful, breathing 90
softly that you held your breath;
now. swift as light. in wholly dif-
ferent mood, .roiliclring with mag
nificent .abandon upon some wholly
trivial bit OF rag"
There was one stolid looking,
bristly man who had sat quite I'M
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
Employ.
er for
to Pay
His
W ages


In the news OF few weeks ago
the startling Information came ttat
the general public of California was
subscribing money for the defense
of Joseph Lococo, q murderer. Lo-
COCO had killed. his employer.
Charles Gray. u contractor OF San
Francisco.
Lococo was an Italian. Gray was
an American-born citizen. Why did
the Californlans rise to the defense
OF the Italian, hire one of the best
lawyers in California and provide
food5fdr his wife and two chiidrcn7
Newspapers formed offices where
money could be received for Loco
cos defense. Loccco was guilty.
There was no doubt of 1T. He not
only was seen to kill Gray. but he
. admitted 1t. When thrown in Jail
he said nothing. He sat dejectedly
and MS beard began to grow.
Before the Coroner had been
long on the case. however, Lncoco
let a word or two fall which start
ed an investigation and the puhliea-
ton of facts in San Francisco news
papers which reused the public to
defend a murderer.
Here Is the statement Lococo
made which loosened the purse
strings of the Californtans:
WIFE TOLD OF KILLING
! IN HER HUMBLE HUT.
Leonore Lococo. wife OF Joseph
Lococo, was sitting on the doorstep
OF hut on Portrero Heights, with
her baby in her arms. when she was
told that her husband had shot and
killed George Gray. The baby, Jo-
sephine, is S months old. Little
Pedro, a cprly-headed lad Is months
old, sat on the curb watching for
his father, who had told them when
he left home that he would bring
(, back food, Pedro and his mother
We're anxious and hopeful, for In
two days they had had only bit
ofsdry bread to eat. Little Josephine
was crying.
The Lococos live In q hut Hike
many others OF the neIghborhood,
notching the skyline IN fantastic
fretwork, with stoyepipe chimneys
blown asiant and guyed with ball
ING wire. Do%n below Is helch
Of yellow smoke from the Union.
Iron works. In climbing up to Ar
kansas street YOU pass quarries
gouged out of the rock, rope fac
tories and tannerics; and even the
tops OF the hills are not immune
from the odor.
A newspaper reporter Climbed up
the hill TO see Mrs. Lococo. not
knowing that she did not know what
had happened. AS the reporter ap-
preached the house. woman liv-
ing next door to the Lococos came
out Of the house with white cup
in her hand. The cup had but ono
association for the boy Pedro. He
ran toward the woman. begging for
milk.
Mrs. Lococo was trying to sooth
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20
Au,horl.aavcly Informed.

$50 you come from New York."
said, an English lady to a travelling
American. II supposed. IS cowssA
you came from Boston"
why did you think that2" In
CURED the New York lady.
Because supposed all cultivat-
ed. Intelligent Americans came
from Boston,
But what In the world made you
think that?" was the natural oues-
ton.
"Oh, don't know. exactly. l
think it was a Boston lady who
told me."-c Christian Register lgcs.
tomb.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

In the foregoing IT will be seen
that the French measurement Is
used. In regard to this 1t can be
stated that a gramme is equal to
about 1892 grains. and that It takes
1000 grains to make a pound. A
decilater is equal to about 10 quarts
in United States measure.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

4tude of keeper of wild beasts on
the part of the prison officials and
guards. Curiously enough. too. ,the
prison doesn't contain nearly as
many wild beasts. as 1t used to.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

While in, the country little Laura
saw calf for the first time.
"Oh, mamma" she exclaimed, sis
that one of the little cows that give
condensed milk?'
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1914-12-20

The right side of the face OF the
souvenir gave the prices OF various
articles as follows:
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24
Social and Educational
Clubs of Bear River Valley

effort is spared to uplift those whom
the members encounter. Even the
school children of the vicinity re-
ceive the fruits of the labor of this
organization, as also do the poor and
needy. And the fair ladies ofttimes
get into the commercial arena and
cause the other sex to take notice
of suggestions demanding a greater
and broader development in our
commercial life. The officers and
members, over fifty in number, are
fair pilots in all matters of import
ance in this valley although rarely
heard from on politics. Their work
and responsibilities are increasing
but there is no doubt but that they
will cope with every situation.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24

ty towns of the Bear River valley
met for the purpose of organizing u
ladies' Self Culture club. After the
organization we find that in 1907
the club became federated and aftil-
lated with the Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs of America. Since that
time there has been a very marked
growth and development in this or
ganization, due undoubtedly to the
edifying work in which the members
have been engaged in an effort to
enlighten each other and those with
whom they come into contact. Civic
duties, education, literature, art, sci
ences, political economy and other
subjects worthy of grave and serious
consideration receive the studious
attention of the members. From
time to time social features are en-
tered into with a true vim and no
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24

The Bear River valley has some c.
the sturdiest specimens of athletes
the writer has ever seen. The Drawn
and muscle made on the farm and
ranch has received training on the
diamond. the football field, the gym
nasium and in outdoor sports with
the result that we often encounter
young men in appearance as gigantic
as some of the heroes of the Middle
Ages.
Baseball clubs have been formed
at several of the valley towns and in
the year 1913, after many bitter CON
tests the Garland team again took
away the laurels. We quote the fol
lowing from the Salt Lake Tribune;
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24
GARLAND TEAM

Garland baseball team closed a
very successful season; having lost
only three games against such form
liable opponents as Logan, Willard,
Wellsville, Malad, Tremonton, st.
Johns, Honeyville and Charleston, all
representatives teams of the north
ern valleys. NJ. ID. Evans, manager,
has shown much ability in keeping
the boys together throughout the
season and maintaining discipline
worthy of a league team. yelling,
the captain has sustained unfortunate
injuries this year, but contributed
more than his share in bringing
about the successes.
Every player on the team is
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24
ENTIRE NOUS CLUB

Why a French name was selected
by the young ladies of this section
of the Bear River valley as the name
of one of the most fashionable and
up-to-date clubs here will never be
known. But the name stands not for
much with them as the society func-
tions given by the club are truly Am.
erican in every sense of the word.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24

accomplished-which, of course, will
be a source of much qualification and
Joy to the men. This is one of the
few organizations in existence de-
no fees or cues from itr
members and 1t is mystery to the
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24

how the organization will
keep afioat. Those in charge of the
work, however, are so efficient in
their labors that the future of the
association must necessarily be one
OF success.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24
LADIES' SELF CULTURE CLUB
BY Mrs. Van Fleet.

The clubs motto: ROWING, NOT
DRIFTING"
In 1905 a few ladies of Garland,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24

The majority of the young ladies in
and out of their teens are members
and have gone one over the young
men in promoting an organization OF
this character.
Parties, dances, club meetings,
positively secret and other such
routine matters occupy the leisure
moments of the young fair sex and
horse back riding has not been neg
lected.
No married ladies or men are per-
mitted to become members and what
fun these young ladies can have by
themselves is something they will
not divulge. However, let it be said
in all candor that since the organi-
cation of the Entire Nous club we
have seen the beginning of the typi.
cal city social life in our valley.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1914-01-24
HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION

AS another Illustration OF the de-
sire to promote higher service and
economy in the home the ladies OF
Garland recently organized a new as.
ISOLATION for home economics. A
large membership has been enrolled
and there is every assurance that
the object of the organization which
is to promote better and a higher
service and economy in the home
and educating the ladies along the
lines of the most up-to-date methods
of cooking and home-making, will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

! HILE one does not see the exagRer- \A/ ated Turkish sash drapery of last w summer. the sash and gfrdie play
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

glass over the minerals; the actual qua ntitv Of the liquid employed will depend upon the size of the glass vessel, but 1t may be men, toned that in depth the solution should not be less than four inches.
 The globe Is now placed aside where it will not be disturbed for week At the end of this time it will be seen that most heauti- rul growth. in almost all conceivab bie colors has started up from the minerals This growth. of course, represents the sillcates of the various substances Most people will be astonished at the beautiful effect which ls secured.
 The final step consists in clea ring away the water glass. This must be carried out with great care, as many of the srowths are of . fragile description. Probably the best plan is to take the globe to a faucet and zen fly run water into the vessel until the con tents look quite clear.
 Naturally. after this has been done the growths will appear to even finer advantage than they did when first observed The chemical garden will last for a long while If 1t is not disturbed by frequent moving about