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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17

Observation Sleeping Car to Atlanta
via Southern Railway. effective April Is.
Leave Richmond 6 p. NJ. Through train TO
Birmingham. Excellent service. S5f z. Main.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
REPORT HAS RI1EN CURRENT
FOR SEVERAL. WEEKS

1t had been currently reported for
some time that one OF tho belligcrert
governments had placed such an order
with the American Locomotive Works,
but neither denial nor affirmation
could be obtained from any Of the Of
hcers OF the company. When the con-
tract was definitely settled, announce
mcnt was made by officials.
IT is understood that the order comes
from both the French and British gov
ernmcnts. Labor troubles in England
have intcrfercd with tho manufacture
OF munitions, and in France most OF
the men. engaged in factories have re-
spondcd TO the colors, ncccssitatiny
that orders be placed in foreign mar
kets.
In recent public utteranccs. both
Lord Kitchener and Field Marshal sir
John French stated that munitions
were needed more than men, and that
the outcome of the war depended upon
the supplies furnished to the allies
Since the first report that the Ameri-
dan locomotive Works was about
for the manufacture OF shrapncl. the
company's stock has received q de-
cided boost. ON Saturday American
Locomotive common Was quoted at
s. IS, and on Wednesday, it climbed
10 80 Ia On Thursday tho stock
Jumped TO s. Ia, and AT the opening
Of tho market yesterday American
Locomotive common went TO 80 and Co
showing an advance OF from 10 l-c to
IS IL points.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-17
.THAW is ORDERED BACK
TO MATTEAWAN BY COURT
Appellate Division Afiirms Denial Of
Motion to Return Him to New
Hampshire.
HIS LAWYERS PLAN APPEAL
Adverse Decision Comes as Great
Surprise-Writ of Habeas Corpus
Sworn Out in His Behulf Finally
Iseturnable ON Monday.

NEW YORK, April 10 Harry Ken
State Hospital for tic Criminal Insane
At Matteawan to-day by the appellate
division of the New York Supreme
Court. In an opinion concurred in by
all the Justices rhc court affirmed the
denial by supreme Court Justice Page
OF motion TO return Thaw to the
jurisdiction Of the State OF New IIamp-
shire, whence he was cxtradited to
stand trial for conspiring TO escape
from the Mattcawan Asylum. and ruled
that tho original order committing
him u the institution was stnu valid.
Plans are being formulated to take
tho case 10 the State Court OF An
peals.
y decision adverse to phaw came as
a great surprise 10 his counsel The
order carried with it tho provision
that Thaw could not be taken from
New York County until five days have
elapsed.
WHIT OF HABIGAS CORPUS
RETJRNAHLE on MONDAY
The writ OF habcas corpus sworn out
in Thaw's behalf after he was ac-
quilted Of the charge OF conspiracy. is
finally returnabe on Monday. Al that
time counsel will present arguments
urging that their client be granted
permission 10 have Il jury determine
his present mental condition.
Should decision unfavorablc 10
Thaw be forthcoming by Wednesday.
the State will have the right 10 return
him to Matteawan forthwith, provid-
ing his counsel shall not have OBJ
tanned a stay OF execution in the order
committing him 10 Matteawan pend
ing appeal.
Thaw himself tonight refused to
comment on the courts action.
The opinion Of the appe llate division
was written by Justices Iiotchkiss and
scott. justices Mclaughlin. Clarke
ana ingraham concurreh The opinion
began by sketchng the case OF Thaw
from the time Stanford White was
killed until Thaw was extradited. and
wehs on TO say that the motives which
may have influenced those who OBJ
tanned Thaws return to this State have
nothing TO do with the case, and that
he may be discharged only when by
due process OF law he shall have been
ascertained 10 hc sane
VALID COMMITMENTS
ron HIS RESTRAINT
MI things considered, that part Of
the opinion written by Justice Scott
asserts the fact remains that Thaw is
now in this state, and there are valid
commitments agains; him for his re-
straint as a person OF unsound mind.
The opinion concluded as follows:
IT may be that the State would he
we'll rid Of so troublesome q guest. and
that. in view OF his acquittal. ii is 10
he regretted that having once left il
he was brought back, but that il is
not matter for judicial consideration.
All that We. haze to consider is his
right TO be discharged from the lawful.
outstanding commitment TO Mattea-
wan, and II seems to me clear thai he
had no such right, Certainly, IL we
were 10 release him Crom the restrain
ing effect of the commitmcut. We have
no power 10 compel his deportation
but must release him unconditlonal)y.
leaving II TO him to determine whether
he Will 80 or stay"
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n
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS
GETS BIG ORDER
Will Employ 1000 Men Making
Shrapnel for Armies
of Allies.
LARGE FORCE AT CITY POINT
Du Pont Powder Company Has
8,100 Men at Work on War
Munitions.
-ARGE FORCE AT CITY POINT

Manager George Curry. OF the Rich
mond Branch OF the American Loco
motive Company. announced yesterday
that the company had received an or
der from one OF the European bellig-
erents for the/manufacture OF 2,5oo. 900
shrapnel and cartridge castings. Half
OF the order, said Mv. Curry. will be
manufactured here. and the rest will
be made in the works a Dunkirk. y. Y.
Ihe order. which is said to be worth
many millions OF dollars. will bring
employment to 1000 men. and the
Richmond works. which have hecn
practically closed down. will he alive
with activity for the next four or i've
months.
All OF the cartridge castings will be
manufactured here, and in addition tho
Hichmond branch will make I.o5cO0O
hi8h-eIplosive shells
Machinery for the manufacture Of
the novel product is now being shipped
TO Richmond. and il will he only "A
few days before the work is begun.
y number OF men experienced in the
work will be brought here. but a large
force OF other mon will be employed
here.
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Continued on Second PaseD
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

1 f
son the face this might appear un-.
constitutional. 1t IS within the parole
law. Roenchis $500 fine was stayed
on tho condition that he pay his wife
SIP q week until he had paid $500
or in other words, he Is to pay s$12'
for about forty-two weeks.
If he violates this condition of
the parole, the parole can be con-
sidered violated and thus be subject
to revocation.
"I'm going to continue the sys-.
tenn, = said Judge Hogan. II believe
1t is the best solution of the prob
lem for the present. That will re-
lieve the women of fear OF want Il
they prosecute and 1t will provide
for those dependent,
'sThe wife benters do not mean to
be bad. When Twas boy at school
and things went wrong all day long
I used to have two or three fights on
the way home from school. and by
the time reached home ! felt fine;
The wife beaten usually has had a.
hard day of 1t. He Is too cowardly
or weak to fight a man so he fights
his wife because he can come out
champion. The man with the world
down on him is more likely to beat
his wife than the man In prosperity.
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by Gil IA Tie Fine
Money ID the M ife
Inste Of to the City

homes by threatening more beat
ihgs.
The man who has d hard time In
this world docs not realize he Is
better off than his Wifi. He has only
the rebuffs OF the world. She not
only has all his troubles; hut; has
the crying children at home hanging
to her skirts and shamp erinR her IN
her daily work. When her husband
comes home l,eSought 10 make her
glad he Is coming instead OF maxi
ing her dread the moment and Won.
der IL he Will be drunk OF sober.
The coming home time In many
homes is always a. matter Of uncer-
tainty. The woman with her chill
dren will have repared supper and
the husband will not come home to
eat II. She win pint the thiugsSwhich
she has prepared so ably, back I'M
tho oven and try to keep them
warm. The man fails to appreciate
this work. He enters the house
sometimes in a. good humor and
sometimes all out of sorts.
The woman will ask why he was
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

of the worlds greatest teachers in
all ages, It should receive first,p place
in an institution for the training of
teachers.
The children themselves take to
the method even more enthusiastic
ally than the student teachers. Be-
sides the usual subjects taught, they
are taught Sheroism and self control
through stories of heroic deeds.
Ethics; are taught through stories
ana parallels that require no for
mulated moral The children be-
come familiar with the legends,
myths and folklore that are the
heritage OF the race, while at the
same time they, are becoming pro-
Sfcient In the use Of spoken English
by retailing the stories themselves.
As an outgrowth OF the study Of
story-te lling In the normal scliool,
a story hour, has been established
al the publin library Tor psh tirday
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17
lEA CHING THE ART OF STORY

A. new. vet old method Of teach
ing y being developed in. the, train
dep rtpent OF the state Normal
School I'M San, jose ~ the story
method, pnder the direction Of
Z MISS 2 q. Mack emile, OF the kinder
gaften Department. this method.
fisst confined TO her own depart
naent, has been extended j and de-
yefcpsd until now It is used in all
the grades and forms an Important
partI OF 1.-THE training Of. the teaeh-.
err. .s7 .Fss
Though one Of the Oldest Itstll
DDS Fof teachihs Known to inantind,
oral stpty-tS lling hss fallen isonse:
What into disuse Ia 1ate SsfS.. Many
psepie nnd 1t 5r1it to tel the
stmp 1T tory sitSetive AZ the
san Jpss Normal the children at4
not only being taugh at titeif history,
BIOGRAPHY and nature study by
means Of stSties but they are be:
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

The most acuiar Of all Har-s
ward menl
You've guessed it,. Mai or', Clar-
ence Wiener aged ~, either, of the
world at large, millionaire (alleged)s
many times-the man who threat
ems to strike Harvard from his will,
causing her to lose $4,000, 900, un-
less Professor Munsterberg IS
tired"
He's always tried for the lime
light" said a prominent Boston
business man of the, class OF 1900.
with which Wiener enteSed the
famous college across the Charles,
and he always landed
Here are some Of the tliings Ma
jorH Wiener did in: college:
Drove into Boston from his pala-
tial suite in Dunster Hall. behind
s q four-in-hand.
Had his cigarettes stamped with
his Initials in gold mot gilt.
Wore 800 pajamas shipped to
him from Japan. 81
Had at one time So $40 silk
shirts; hut objected when Cam-
bridge laundrymeu charged him IA
cents each for doing them up in
stead Of 10. and spent a week get
ting 40 cents KIN locked off his bill.
Prominent among Wiener's Far
ward classmates are several we'll
known Boston business men sinciud-
ing 2. L. Higginson. Jr., Nathaniel
+. Aver, Osborne Howes, Thomas
Nv. Pierce. John J.. Saltonstali9 and
William Phillips, now assistant to
the Secretary OF state in Washing
ton. y :, Y, 4; 3 SSi a
Interviewed by. reporter for The
Star these men did not wish to be
quoted individ ually but told of
some Of wiener's stunts.
We did not associate very much
with himi" Is the way they sum-
med the matter up.
Attorney AZ Proper, OF Barrist-
ets, Hall who has known Major"
Wiener for years, said the follow
ing to The Star:
Wiener Dragged that he would
become q captain in the army hut
failed even to enter the militia In
The United States. He waited until
he was in funds and then went to
England.
I have heard him say that he
purchased his title of major in
England. I have known him in
many European cities. *
He used to go around To the
telegraph offices and messenger
services and pay them to send mess,
SageS to him addressed 'Captain
Wiener. Her Majesty's Army and
have these delivered to him in the
dining rooms OF the lea ding hotels.
I'm g short time he won quite
q reputation and had a consid eraple
following but he never, climbed
very high socially.
eHe did not have. a striking; ap-
pearance and that was against him.
Z He Is only, a little fellow, not much
over s feet In height. He stopped,
pasted his hair which was very
scarce always. back on his head.
! Now he Is almost entirely bald.
saw him in PhiiadsIphia in
1900 His skin was always saliow.
He has always parted his hair In
the middle, but now It doesn' I mat
ter much where he pafts t. as II Is
always insy en etthsr three hairs
on the right side and two on the
left OF three on the left ana two on
the right.
% course the idea that he has
slo, 009, o0u TO give Harvard Is pre-
Reterphs have many business
:, II v Z. q
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connections in Philadelphia; from
whom i know. He has many bach
elor9 uncles and spinster a1nts who
on their demise have left him sums
of from $4,000 to $40, 900 hut
never any great sum.
No sooner did he come into these
moneys than he hurried to Europe
to spend 1t His idea of spending
money was TO buy 800 meals and
tip heavily, but to- kick because
they charged him up for newspapers
and telephone calls: . n
II have seen him I'm Paris and
had him talk to me all afternoon as
though he had lost a million, be-
cause a tailor had charged him ex-
ira for sewing on q loose button.
He would carry such trtflings de-
tails to hotel managers and by
ISLANDERS in the lobbies Then he
would go out and send himself q,
dozen kilograms, with captain ibe-
fore his name. That would cheer
HIN up. &
He is not popular with his rela-
tives in Pennsylvania and seeks. So
eial fqvors from those In the upper
classes Of society refusing to- assoc
ciate with them.
Ills father died young and his
mother died lsevereal:v years ago. She
married q young man who was OF.
4 wiener,s5 own age. The two used to
play football In the hotel, Clarence
being Harvard and his stepf father, a
man by: the name of Gaertner. be-
ing Yale. N I U
After the players had smashed
bric-a- brac and chand eliers in their
fun, the hotel management put a
stop to Harvard Yale football
When Mrs Gaertner died she left!
4 a will leaving her fortune Of about
$4,000, to her husband alone. Clar-,
ences succeeded In forcing q com
promise, however.
is all nonsense about his part
in the war in Cuba or IN the Boer
War. He, As below the. physical
standards required by every nation.
have no doubt but that he has
won q tremendous amount of space
in the Enslish newspap ers because
of his announcement that he Will
cut leading American college out
of a vast fortune because d pro-
fessor of psychology IS decidedly
pros German. 3
He out Eng fishes the most pro-
nounced Angl maniacs. He has sex-.
patriated himself to curry favor In
England, but I cam az see how any
one could be misguided in Judging
=.
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Hes a good man when he Is not
in his liquor. II you let him 60
he'll beat me for prosecuting. n
You fine him l,ilsgo. hungry and so
will our 13-months baby,
The evidence showed the man was
a skilled; glass blower He made
as high as $50 a week blowing
test tubes. and delicate glass pieces
for use in chemical laboratories 81,
universities. But the man did not
work all; the. time. He often came
home drunk and beat his wife, who
had worked hard all day with the
baby clinging to her skirts.
Awedg by the large salary Rpench,
claimed he could make by working
full time, Judge Hogan said:
Well, q $500 finesis entirely with
IN reach of your pocketbook. SO
that's what i. assess you. You needn't
pay It to the city, however. YOUTH
Just pay II to your wife at the rate
of $12f q week, until the full $500 is
paid Out. That should be;a salye for
her injured feelings and the physical
hurts you dealt her last night.n
The Judge then ruled that ali
frture fines for wife beating be paid
the wives,
Judge Hogan explained that while
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

Man is the only animal who
makes q practice OF wife beating. IA
buck deer will fight other bucks,
~ dog will fight: another dog, rcost-
i crs Will scrap to the last leather.
but q rooster will moi. light a hen, q
r dog will not fight his mate, and q
buck Will nots fight a. doe.
Eyer since; Squire Clark sertenced
J9hnt Stanley to seyenteen5 lpslles on
his bare back for eating his wife
back In Massachusetts Bay Colony
almost 800 years ago. the problem
{ of what to- do With 1nei, who insist
2 on: showing their physical; proves,
over women has puzzled Judges Of
America.
In every large: city. wife t,eaters
are constantly, before the police
judges for punisl1ment. IN In
stances the wives have taken the
Z matter in their own hands by kill.
ing their husbands. Only the other
das, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Of Col
lnsytile nj killed her husband;
Ren1amin. a miner.
Jones came home drunk and.
started beating Mrs. Jones. He
threw her on the floor and reached I
y over to strike her in the face. She
! had previously armed herself With
8 ~ revolver, which, she had con- .
cealed in her dress. Asshe STONED.
she shot once, the bullet penetrat.
Ing his heart and killing him in
stantly. b 8 III.
The police were attracted by the
shot. -
I've killed him this time Mrs. 4
Jones said; She took the. reyoiver
rom the dresser drawer, where she.
had replaced It after shooting her
husband. She surrend cred It to:tte.
police. ~ u :
Jones was known as a wife :beater.
Recently he served q short term In
the Madison County jail al ma
\ warasyilie for cruelty to- his wife
and; children. s. ~
Jones had failed utterly to take
heed from similar experiences. KIN.
Ing viii not lessen wife beating. The.
Ink on the closing court records 81 \
Mrs, Ada owsley, who killed her:
husband, was hardly dry when Mrs.
! zones Killed her husband. Mrs.
Swsley pleaded guilty and was
pareted because the State could not
kesS eHaqences to prove she was not
justified. Mrs. Emily q. Roberts
won an acquittal after her husband
was slain. ~ IS b r
was that. ~. ,N,rsN ~, a a.a.ss casesi
terscn Of Denver. who l,iilsd har
mate because Of abuse. ana ths e
hands does not make them quit auit
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17
Name Of Paris.

At; the time Of the CONQUEST Of
Gaui BY julius Caesar. the Parish
were tribe settled on the banks Of
the Seine. Their CHIEF village was
Li,tetia, which in time gradually
Increased in importance and bes
came the occasional rsss denee, Of
several Roman eipperors. In $50
A. D. q council was convened in the
town under the name OF Parisea
Ctyitas, whence the name Paris Is
\ derived. ~ Y; q; y
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17
TEL LING AT SAN JOSE NOR NAL Il

afternoons. Here the children of
san jose are freely invited Z, ass
semble to listen to the stories told
~ sone OF these; student-teachers.
The hearty response Is eyid ence of
their attitude toward this method.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-01-17

~ ~ llat .ili w X q y IS
In times when men are ont of work
and they tramp the city for days:
withoutsbeing able to find work they
viii fall In with q friend who VIM
offer q drink. They drink and then
go home and quarrel. The beating Ii
inevitable.
DUTIES OF MARRIAGE q,
SHOULD BE TAUGHT.
The greatest trouble Is that We
rush into marriage and out again:
with so little thought in these days.
Wheua man MARBLES he should have
thought before hand what will he
( required fof him. The divorce evil
and:all;the family disagreementsa are
due to failure TO recognize this
principle. &
\ The best blood Of: the country
should organize to instruct those;
( contemplating marriage as to the
duties Of married life. That work
belongs to the parents, but the
parents do not do their duty. So
ciety should do It to protect the
home. The time will come when
the big cities viii have to maintain
institutions where the duties of
marriage can be taught.
The cases coming into police.
court are only a few of the many
cases of discordF IN the home. The
majority of women suffer inSsilence.
Sometimes 1t is pride which keeps
them silent. Very often II Is pow
ertys and inability to ma Ike a way for
themselves without the support of
their husbands. Often Il lis fear of
the tryants Many men rule their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-02
TESTIMONY ADDS TO
$1,000 THEFT MYSTERY
Children'S Society Interested
in Case Of Miss NARROW
and Mrs. NOlkcr.

The Childrens Society has become Ia
terested In the ease OF Albertlne Mar
low, the pretty tfteeuyearold girl who
is charged with stealing $1,000 from
Mrs. Robert NollSer. wife of a st. Louis
brewer. II the girl tells the story m
the Chlldreu's Court to-day which she
is said to have repeated TO lawyers the
society may take steps looking to her
protection.
Before Justice Mayo yesterday Mrs.
Nolker went into her financial affairs
more fully and save for occasional
flashes OF loquacity. more intelligibly
than when she was on the stand before
She had been sure that there were no
$50 bills IN her purse on last Friday
night. but after hearing Edmund Burke.
AN opera singer testify yesterday. she
changed her mind She was positive.
however. that ten 500 bills were stolen
In beauty shop on Saturday. Mr..
Nolker sent her at least 81 500 after
sh" left 81 Louis ON January II. she
said.
Again she crossed swords with Jam, :
4. Turl'y, Miss Marlows lawyer. 70
proving him in tones audible outside
the court room FOR shouting at her"
She said that when she learned ~ the
robbery she was highly nervous, c.
cited and aGitated-.just AZ I am nov -
Louis Oskosii. a chiropodlst In whose
booth Mrs, Nolker learned OF her loss
brought In the possibility Of 'mys-
FERROUS woman" by tcstifying that some
ono cried Don't let that woman OUT
Turley could not identify Mrs. Nolker
as the speaker
Detective James Dawson SAID he had
been at work on the case. but he threw
little light on the occurrences in the
beauty shop" or on conversation held
after the alleged theft in Mrs Solker's
apartment at 81 West FIfty-seventh
street when Miss MARROW and her
mother were present and Dawson was
In a closet.
The Rev. DR.. David ]. Burrell pastor
of the Marble Collegiate Church. a
character witness for Miss MARROW, said
she went to church regularly. Mrs
Elizabeth Marsh of 3i6 West I06tl
street white haired and natronly, said
she had met the girl often at resta,i-
rants and had found her to be well be.
haved. William ". Evans Of 34S Yves,
Twenty-eighth street said tho gri's
father promoted the building OF the
Hotel McAlpin.
Justice Mayo adjourned the case unit
noon to-day. saying lie would defer a
vacation II necessary to decide the case
promptly,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-02

Commercial school teachers from every
little nook and corner of the country
are In town and will remain over Easter
for the purpose of attending the cigh
teenth annual convention OF the Eastern
Commercial Teachers Association. which
began its three day session In the Winter
Garden and ballroom OF the Hotel Nc
Alpin yesterday morning. The prcsi-
dent OF the association. J. Il. Fuller. %
Goldey College. Wilmington, Del, was
to aave opened the session with an ad
dress THE Construction of Problems for
Laboratory Work In the Teaching OF
Commercial Subjects" but was inds.
posed He presided over the convention.
The teachers accomplished very little
at Yesterdays meeting except to shake
hands with each other. and as one mem
Der expressed IL. gather about the round
table" The programme for to-day will
he an address by Robert II Mont
gomory. a certified public accountant ;
John Barrett. the director general of the
pnu-American Union. also will speak.
having come from Washington for that
purpose. There will be another session
tomorrow.
Prof. J. Overstrec. Of the City College
Of New York addressed the members
Of the Legislative League % New York
yesterday In the Waldori-Nstotia on
"Modiocrity OF our Political Rcpresenta-
tives Reasons and Remedy"