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FilV) DISPATCH FOUNDED 1S60 WHOLE NUMBER .18,513.
RICHMOND, YA., MONDAY, EEIUMIA.RY 27, 19.11. the wkatiikr To-D.vv-cio?dy. PRICE TWO CENTS.
HOPELESS TANGLE
_!
No Chance to Get Cal-j
endar Cleared at j
This Session.
FAVORS NOT GIVEN
TO RECIPROCITY
McCall Bill Must Take Regular.
Course With Other Measures
in Senate, Which Means
That It Will Not Come to
Vote ?< Leaders Recon?
ciled to Extra Session.
Washi ng ton; p. C, Febr uary 26,?
l>ay .-mil night sessions probably will
bo hrbj in both branches of Congress,
beginning to-ruorrow. for unly five and
a half days remain to conclude a for?
midable legislative program, which hi
an unprecedented and almost hopeless
condition.
Without taking into consideration the
Situation in the Senat?', where there Is
it filibuster against taking votes oh
the Canadian reciprocity agreement,
the permanent tariff board bill arid the
Lorirher case, to say nothing of the
proposition to raise the rates for car?
rying the advertising sections of mag?
azines through the mails, there Is a
congestion of appropriation blllu that
to some seems Irremediable. The ur?
gent deficiency bill 1b tho only one of
the fourteen general supply measures
that has become 'a law. _ The situation
respecting appropriation bills Is as
follows:
The Indian, legislative, army and the
District of Columbia, bills have pasoed
both houses and are In fonferonee. All
of the.se bllln contain Items of dispute
which present difficult l?s.
The pensions, post-office, agricultural;
naval. Military Academy, fortifications
diplomatic, consular and sundry civl
Dills have passed the House, but nol
the Senate.
'ilic general deficiency bill has not
even come out 6t tho House Commit
tec oh Appropriations.
Still to lie Panaed.
There remain to be passed by the
Senate, therefore, the pensions, post
office, agricultural, naval, Military
Academy, fortifications, diplomatic and
consular, sundry civil and general de?
ficiency bills. Not In tho memory ol
any Senator has there baen such a con?
gestion of supply measures nor ro
many complications by reason of other
important business.
If the Senate could devote the five
fthd a half days left of tho present
Congress to the calendar, and If speech?
es could be curtailed. Senators would
not worry about the legislative situa?
tion Notices already have been given,
however, of several speeches on the
subjects of dlrert election of Sena-tors,
Canadian reciprocity and the Lorimer
case. There will be speeches also on
tho subjects of magazine rates, forti
licatlon of the Panama Canal and nu?
merous other controversial questions'
which appear In appropriation bills.
Intense letding waa displayed during
the last week between the opposing
factions in the Ixirlmer case, and thai
Is certain to creauj^dcal of bitterness
'before a vote is taken upon it. The
faction which supports Senator Lori
mer Is determined that disposition sliall
be nmdo of the case during the present
session, but it Is evident that the antl
Lorlmer forces will resist to the utter?
most any attempt to take a vote before
they have concluded their arguments.
Miixt Take Its Chances.
The McCall bill to carry out the pro?
visions of the. Canadian reciprocity
agreement is on the calendar, and Sen?
ator Hale and others opposed to the
agreement have runde it clear that they
do not Intend that axiy prior rights
shall be given to it because of admin?
istration interest or for any other rea?
son. It In perfectly clear that a vote
can be prevented on the McCall bill
without resort to a filibuster. The
only way a vote could bo obtained on
the measure would'be tho giving of as?
surance, by a poll which could not be
doubted, that there were votes enough
to defeat it. The. informal polls that
have been taken have disclosed that a
majority of the Senate would vote to
enact the McCall hill. There are sev?
eral Democrats who opposo the meas?
ure, and an effort was made yesterday
to obtain promises from seven others
of the minority to stand with the Re?
publican majority against the measure.
This effort failed, hut It may be re?
newed at any time.
Tho Canadian bill has no champion in
the Senate, and this fact seems to pre?
clude any possibility of bringing It to
a vote. Senate and House leaders have
become reconciled to the Idea of an ex?
traordinary session, and there is little
doubt that one will be called by Pres?
ident. Taft and that It will be convened
April 1.
Houxc Hcnr* Ruloglcs.
Washington. February 2>~>.?The
House devoted five hours to-day to
hearing eulogies on the lives of the
late Senators MclOnery, of Louisiana,
and Ddlliver, of Iowa. Tho entire
Louisiana delegation in the House. Mr.
Lamb, of Virginia; Mr. Padgett, of
Tennessee, and others paid tribute to
tho Louisiana Senator, and practically
all of the Iowa delegation, together
with Mr. Clark, of Missouri, and others,
spoke on the life and services of Mr.
Dolllver.
TO DISCUSS PARCELS POST
(Southern Merchants Will Have Conven?
tion in K nab vi lie.
Nashville. Tenn., February 2*1.?Del?
egates to the parcels post convention of
Southorn merchants will begin to gath?
er to-morrow afternoon. The conven?
tion proper begins Tuesday afternoon
tho morning being devoted to a meet?
ing of tho executive committee. Both
sides of the question will be fully pre?
sented. Indications are that the mer?
chants will go on record as opposed to
-.the bills pending in Congress, but It
appears strongly probable that they
will Indorse a plan of parcels post with
charges for transportation graduated
according to distance.
Senator-Elect John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi, who will he one of the
principal speakers, favors this plan
and will present it fully to the conven?
tion.
Announces Retirement,
Taking Final Fling
at Tammany.
ASKS PARTY TO
GET TOGETHER
He Believes Sheehan, Murphy's
Man, Also Will Get Out and
Leave Way Open for Candi?
date Satisfactory to All
Democrats ? Points to
Responsibility.
CD WARD Mi SHEPAHD.
New York, February 2?,.?Edward M.
Shepard, In a letter to Montgomery
Hart, to-night announced hla retire-;
: mont from the light for the United
States senatnrship to succeed Chaun
cey M De pew. He adds that in his
Opinion William F. Shcehan's retire?
ment is imminent, nnd warns the Dem?
ocratic members of the Legislature that
unless the members "promptly unite
the. extra session of Congress wil! find
the State of New York but half repro
f-cntcd."
Earlier in the day. Martin W. Little?
ton. Congressman-elect. and self-an?
nounced candidate for the senatoiship,
had issued a statement, pointing, as
doe-; Mr. Shepard. to the "grave re?
sponsibility" resting upon the Demo?
cratic legislators, nnd calling upon
diaries F. Murphy, lender of Tammany
Hall, to cause the retirement of Mr.
Sheehan and break the live weeks'
deadlock at Albany.
Easily nroken.
Mr. Littleton in bis letter predicts
that if the deadlock continues the Ca?
nadian reciprocity treaty, tariff reform
and the proposition to elect Senator.
by direct vote may fail for want of a
Democratic Senator from New York
The present deadlock, lie declares, wlli
he easily broken if Mr. Murphy will
withdraw his intluenee, which he char?
acterizes as an "endurance test" to de?
termine whether Tammany Hall can ex?
tend its control to other sections ot
the State, Mr. Shepard's letter says in
part:
"The futile balloting has continued at
Albany for morj than live weeks after
the date prescribed by law for tfce
! choice. One week from to-day the scat
I of the new Democratic Senator will be
I ready lor him at Washington. Unless
tho Democratic membership promptly |
unites, the extra, session, which now;
I seems probable, and in which the le
! gilimate opportunity and responsibility
of our party are to be of the very first
l order, will find the State of New York
. but half represented. And. what i
should regret even more, it will exhibit
the Democratic party of the State as
scenilnKly incompetent to the most ele?
mentary demand of statesman-like pol?
itics. Xfi doubt such Incompetence,
real or seeming, is preferable to :i sur
I render of the very integrity of lh?
party or of its loyalty to the publla
cause which belong of right to lt. und
for whose sake, and for whose sako
aione, so many have piven to it an almost
lifelong devotion. But can it be that
we must remain longer in an utterly
unnecessary dilemma between such in?
competence and such surrender? Has
not the dilemma already been suffi?
ciently disastrous? May it not soon
prove fatal to the party future, at least
for our day and generation?
Sheeliiiii Can't Win.
"It was plain a month or more agc
that Mr. Sheelian's caucus nomination
had aroused a Democratic opposition
so important nnd persistent as to ren?
der impossible his election by Demo?
crats. I assume, therefore, not only
that Mr. Sheehan will not be. chosen
I but that, at till- late day that fact is
I clear to himself and his supporters
Like everybody else in the State, he
niust see that so lon^r as the majority
of the Democratic, legislators continue
to vote for him in deference purely
to the imaginary obligation of thoii
caucus, no solution of this Democratic:
difficulty will be possible. Assuming,
however, as we must. that, there is to
be a solution?assuming, as we surely
may. that. Mr. Sheelian's^ withdrawal is
Imminent?there rests upon the mem?
bers of the Democratic minority a
grave responsibility." fi
Mr. Shepard here reviews the cir?
cumstances which brought his name
before the Legislature, and continues:
"The impending end of the candidacy
of Mr. Sheehan seems to mo to re
quirn some change of program to
which In a slight degreo I can perhaps
contribute. Now that the one long
continued obstruction to a genuinely
Democratic choice Is nrobnbly ended,
the. votes for myself ought to give
way to other HJid more, effect Ivo votes.
I should bo glad If you, as my friend,
would make it alear to the minority,
who already have voted or who might
loreaftor vote for me, that. I am "ofln
tely and absolutely outside of the list
from which candidates can bo chotten.
I do not, and shall not, however, with?
draw from political activity or from
warm support of the Democratic party.
Far from it. I hope?at least With en?
tire loyalty and with some energy?
long to support the, underlying cause
(Continued on Second Pasrc)
Mrs, Maldwin Drum-'
mond Loses Jewels
Valued at $130,000.
TAKEN FROM/ROOM
WHILE SHE SLEPT
Passengers Furnish No Clue, Al- J
though Every Piece of Bag?
gage Is Searched Thoroughly
by Customs Agents Under
Guise of Their Official
Inspection.
i
New York. February 26.?-Mrs. Mald?
win Drummond..formerly Mrs. Marshall J
Field, jr., of Chicago, was robbed ;
of a fortune in jewels last night
aboard a transatlantic liner. Diamonds, I
pearls and other gems to the value of |
approximately (130,000 disappeared'
mysteridusiy from her state room on i
the steamship Amerika, of the Ham- 1
burg-American Line, some time >>e- j
tween o'clock last evening and
.*>::;o o'clock this morning. The loss |
ivus reported immediately. T'^o liner I
docked at Hoboken this afternoon, and I
the police of Hoboken and New Vork
<i: < working on the case. Mrs. Drum"
mond hurried to the Hotel Plaza, de?
clining to discuss the loss.
The Hamburg-American Line dis*
claims all responsibility on the ground
that passengers leave jewels In their
state rooms at. the owner's risk. To
the police Mrs. I ?rummond described
the liilsslnp Jewels as follows;
Two strings of 273 pearls each
One string of 2S3 pearls.
one large black pearl ring set with
diamonds.
One large white pearl ring set with
diamonds.
One pair largo pearl earrings set
with diamonds.
One black pearl brooch set with dia?
monds, with a. black pearl pear-shaped
pendant.
ship Is Combed.
A wrieless message from the Amer?
ika as she neared port summoned de?
tectives down the bay In a tug. They
learned from Mrs. Drummond details '
of thb theft and began a combing of
the ship and a search of the crew.
Hut not a trace of the jewels waa
found.
Mrs. Drummond explained that ex?
cept at night sho had worn the Jewels
almost constantly on her person, but
hod kept them tinder her wo 1st, and
lhad not displayed them at any time,
even while dining. Last night on re?
tiring she placed them in a cabinet
drawer of the Mate room as she had
done each night during the voyage.
No one had access to the state room.
Ehe added, besides her husband, herself
and her maid. The maid she holds
above suspicion.
Arising early this morning to make
her toilet before the liner docked, she
was startled to find the drawer empty.
Tho captain of the Amerika was noti
lied. and a hunt was begun before a
wirelcssgram called police authorities
on the shore. Stewards and steward?
esses were questioned closely and
their clothes and belongings searched,
and when the detectives arrived there
were quiet inquiries among the 13S
lirst cabin passengers aboard. As not
a clew was developed, however, the
customs authorities wore appealed to.
atid under guise- of baggage inspection
the entire baggage was sifted
thoroughly, but so far as could be
learned not even a suspicion was un?
earthed.
Mrs. Drummond could give no hint
which would aid the. authorities, but
she believes that the stato room door
was left unlocked during tho night.
Under such circumstances it would
have been possible for the thief to
have entered the apartment while the
occupant slept.
The customs men examined carefully
tho baggage and personal belongings
of not only tho first eabon pnsserTgors,
hut of the .100 men and women In tho
second cabins. No one was even
temporarily detained, however, nnd tho
police must now extend their search
to pawnshops.
Wns Miss Husk. I
Mrs. Drummond wns Miss Albcrtlna
Huck, daughter of Louis (.'. Huck, of
Chicago. Her first husband was Mar- j
Shall Field, Jr., son of the Chicago
millionaire merchant. The younger
Field died In 190f. of a gunshot
wound. By her first husband she Is i
the mother of two children, for whom
their grandfather created nt his death
an immense trust, fund composed of I
tbe bulk of his fortune. Mrs. Drum?
mond herself receives the lncomo from
a fund of $1.000.000 set aside for that !
purpose In tho will of Marshall Field,
Sr., and is said to have besides a j
personal fortune of $500,000. i
After her husband's death, young ,
Mrs. Field wns a frequent guest In
London, of her sister-in-law, the wife
of Admiral David Itoatty. of the Brit?
ish navy, formerly Ethel Field, daugh?
ter of Marshall Field. Sr. While there
she met her present husband, Maldwin
Drummond, a member of a wealthy
English family, and well known as a
sportsman. The marriage took placo
a year ago last September, in a London
registry ofllce.
DU PONT'S GREAT OFFER
JIs> TVoponcn to Ilulld lloiiievnrd Across* i
Stntc.
AVilmlngton, Del., February 2f?.?T. !
Colcman Du Pont, president of the Du
Pont Powder Company, after a. con?
ference to-day with former Attorney- j
General Richards, announced that he|
would bear ?the expense of construct?
ing a boulevard the entire length of the
Stato of Delaware. The boulevard
will be 10?. miles in length nnd will
extend from Claymont, on tho north.
I to Selbyvlllo. on the nouth. The cost
will bo approximately 52.000,000.
Mr. Du Font's idea is to make the
boulevard about 150 feet in width, with
room for the Installation of public util?
ities' Ho will present tho highway to
tho State, with the reservation that
Governor Pennlwlll will appoint a
highway commission to keep tbe road
in repair.
FOUR NEW GASES
OF DIPHTHERIA
I
Total Number of Persons Aff ect- j
cd in Johns Hopkins Is '
Now Forty-Three.
Baltimore, M>!., February 2G.?Four
new cases of diphtheria developed at
Johns Hopkins Hospital to-day. mak?
ing the totul number of persons affect?
ed forty-throe Following n Confer?
ence between, the, hospital authorities
und officials of the Health Departmonl
physicians fror:: the hospital arid
Health Department to-day Jointly he
Kan an Inspection of about 150 hoard?
ing ho tie es, in which medical student?
resided. It was announced that this
was merely a proca? 11 o nory measure,
and that no fear was entertained of an
epidemic outside the hospital. Or. [*
F. Barker, who i.- in charge of tha
medical department of the hospital,
said to-day: "
"Every one. nf the diphtheria patients
is doing nicely, and none of them has
been seriously i?. I should say that
the worst Is over, and that while an
occasional case may make its appear?
ance tiii:-: is bound to happen in such
< ircumstnnccH. I do not consider thn
Situation serious, nor do I think it
has assumed alarming proportion at
all."
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JOSE PIT (J. It O HPV,
the "skyrocket" financier, In a ehnrne(criR(iu nose, listening i? tlir nreniuicnts
_<>f Uli* counsel. Uclow 1b his ulster, Dr. Loulnc Itoblnoviich.
I Arm of Law Drops When Vice
President Is Recog?
nized.
Rpckvllle, Md., February cr>.?Vice
president Sherman and the Maryland
I law regarding automobiles ca'md with?
in speaking distance this ufternoon.
Unlike tiie meeting several weeks ago,
there was nothing that might break the
smile of the second highest official of
the land. On the contrary, there wero
bows by Mr. Sherman, bows by Deputy
Sheriff Ramcy, bows by Deputy Sheriff
Snunders, and smiles all nrouilTl.
Tt all came about this way: Sheriff
Viett, who Is the personal representa?
tive of J. IS. George; motor' vehicle
commissioner, saw it was ri line after- :
noon. Sunshine means automobiles, ;
automobiles mean violations of tiie
laws, violations mean fines, and so oh.
About the middle of the afternoon.
Sheriff Viett, with two deputies, went
down from Rockvillo to Chevy Chase
to see If Wasbingtonlans dared drive
out Into Maryland territory without
the necessary State tags.
Tiie first car to go by did not have
a tag. It contained the Vice-President.
Mr. Ramcy went Into the road, threw
out the arm of the law and smiled. Tho
chauffeur smiled. He slowed down a
bit, and then Mr. Saundcrs recognized
lliu large, smiling man. lie yelled at
the first officer:
"That's the Vice-President."
Down came the arm of the. law. Off
came tho officers' hats. Off cam a Mr. j
Sherman't hat. Everybody bowed, and
the chauffeur, rumors say, laughed.
SEAMAN IS KILLED
Shot Down by Quartermaster of the
|aiiekeiibneh. ?
Baltimore. Md., February ?Early
to-day; on board the steamer L?cken
bach, which was in dock at Falrfield,
near tills city, Anton Fuchs, an Aus?
trian seaman, was shot, and probably
fatally wounded by Edward Keane,
quartermaster of the vessel, whose
home Is In Atlanta.
Thy wounded man and another .sailor
were on shore leave last night, and
when they returned to iho vessel this
morning, they began to sing and shout.
Keane was awakened, and, procuring
a revolver, forced the nun to retire.
While discussing the matter with an?
other officer, Keane said, Fuchs came
on deck and approached the two offi?
cers In it threatening manner. Kenne
claims that In fear for his life he drew
the. pistol from his pocket and Urea at
Fuchs. Five shots took effect.
Fuchs is in a hospital hero, and
Keane is in Jail. The Luckcnbach
sailed for Galveston later In (ho day.
Baron Banffy Dead.
Budapest, February ^fi.?Baron Des
idertus Banffy, former premier of Hun?
gary, and a leader of the new party,
died to-day.
OVERTURES FOR
PEACE ARE MADE
Rebel Junta Hears That Federal
Officials Would End
Hostilities.
Washington, February 26.?Dr. Vas
qucz Gomez, head of the confidential
agency here of the Mexican revolution?
ists, to-night announced that he lndl
rcctly lind received overtures for peace
from the Federal government.
Dr. Gomez said that the confidential
agency here had been advised by ita
junta in El Faso, Texas, of the desire
of Governor Mnderd, lender of the
revolution, and also had been inform?
ed through its junta in San Antonio,
Texas, that three delegates of the Dlast
government wished to meet Dr. Gomez
on the border and arrange for tho
termination of hostilities.
Dr. Gomez, who was for a long time
tho family physician of President
Diaz, and who, at tho last election,
was a candidate for the vlcp-presldericy
of Mexico on tho same ticket as Fran?
cisco Madero, the candidate for Presi?
dent, declared that the provisional gov?
ernment would not ?'undertake any
negotiations of peace except under tho
condition that the delegates shall be
legally and fully authorized with writ?
ten papers."
Ho added that it was further de?
sired by tho revolutionists that the
arrangement for peace, negotiations
should he publisher} and recognized by
the Federal government officially.
These step.;, ho explained, were
necessary because of the repudiation
by the Federal government officials
connected with the peace conference
arranged by Governor Sanchez hist
November. Dr. Gomez asserted that
tho revolutionist:- would Insist upon
the abdication of the presidency by
Diaz, and I hat to-night ho had tele?
graphed to the junta at Sah Antonio,
Texas, for Information an to the
source of the. overtures for peace ami
i he names of the, throe envoys sent
there by Diaz.
Oror.eo Wllrifs to <lult.
Mexico <"ity, Mex.. February 26.?Ft
!*,::.;. an independent daily of this . ity,
printed to-day a dispatch from Chi?
li mi h tin to tbe" effect that a report was
current Ih that city last night that
Paschal Orozco, whose fiasco hefore
Juarez was raid to have cost him his
post, as chief of the rebel forces at the
hands of Madero and the junta dlrec
tlva. Is anxious to make peace with
the authorities at Chihuahua.
Under protection of a flag of Iruee,
nnd at the head of a large hand of
instirrectos, Orozco was said to be pro?
ceeding to ChihuThu.i for a confer?
ence with Governor Ahuihada; A mes?
senger was alleged to have preceded
him with an offer on the part of him?
self and his men to lay down their
arms If the men would be. permitted
to go free. He alono would bear tho
blame and sufficient punishment due
1 on account of their rabcllicm.
MUST FACE COURT TO-DAY
FOR LEGISIAT?RE
Anti-Saloon Leader Denounces
Senator Lesrier at Rally of
League.
CREATES SENSATION
Refers lo Admission That Leg?
islator Attended Meeting of
Liquor People.
[Spooiul to Tho TlnibSrDrspatch.l
Norfolk, Vu . February 'jr..? Reiterat?
ing libs charges that x. B. Joy lies,
James E. Prince and John A. Lcsnor
are ward leaders, and James V. Treliy,
the general political boss of Norfolk!
of whom the people arc growing tired,
J. W. Hough, local leader of the Anti
Saloon League, created a sensation this
afternoon at. the Academy of Music,
when, in closing his address, referring
to Senator Losnor's admission that he
attended a. meeting in the rathskeller
of the Consumers' Browing Company,
nt which money was raised for cam?
paign purposes, he declared that a man
guilty of meeting1 with saloon and
brewery men for the purpose of raising
money to he used In an election was
<iot lit to represent any portion of Vir?
ginia in the State Legislature.
The afternoon meeting closed rally
?lay for tiie league in the Norfolk
?dnirchos. Members of the league occu?
pied various pulpits during the morn?
ing service hour ami In the evening
The mass-meeting crowded the Arad
"my and the enthusiasm was marked
Vlii.' other speakers of the afternoon
Aero Secretary 3?[c Allster and Oeueral
Woolley, but these speeches were, the
Elinor strains to the one made by Mr.
Hough, who presided;
Mr. Hough read a sworn statement,
signed by the Ninth. Ward Counellmen,
declaring that Mr. Losner had not dic?
tated their vote on tho anti-gamblinp
ordinance, defeated in Council, and
that they at that time did not know
how Lcsnor stood. Tills statement Mr.
Hough received early this morning.
When ho asked Mr. Woolley what ho
thought of It the latter replied:
"If my neighbor bad lost a cow dur?
ing the night I would not be on hand
before breakfast to tell him i didn't
steal It."
Mr. [lough declared that the Xorfolk
papers had treated the league fairly
in the news department, but he espe?
cially exempted the editorial columns.
COUPLE FOUND GUILTY
Woman Piihi s:ir, to Have Her Hustmnd
Murdered.
Plymouth. Mass., February 26.?After
more than sixteen hours of delibera?
tion, a jure to-day returned verdicts
of guilty In the tir.-t degree against
Mrs. Lena Cusutunno and Enrico Mas
ojpll, of Hull, wiio were charged with
the murder of tho woman's husband.
Frank Cusurnnno. The case went t?,
the jury late yesterday.
During the trial evidence was Intro?
duced to show that the woman had
'told that she paid Mascioll $35 to mur?
der her husband^ and had seen the deed
committed.
The body of Cusumano was found in
the surf at Hull wrapped in a bed
quilt and hound with wire, iris head
had been battered in with an axe.
M'CURDY THRILLS THEM
Makes Tiro Spectacular Flight* at
Palm Bench.
West. Palm Beach., l-"la.. February 28
? Despite a strong easterly wind this
afternoon. Aviator .1 .\. D McCurdy <
thrilled several thousand spectators by i
two* spectacular (lights. On the first
be flew over Lake Worth ami buck to |
tho starting point at Bethcsda Park. |
On tho second trip he turned his ma?
chine- towards tho town and circled the
hig.hoiolfi on the beach at a height ci
about l.-'iOO feet.
PLEA OF INSANITY
WILL BEADVANCED
_
Robin's Counsel Hope
Thus to Secure Post?
ponement.
HIS CASE WILL
BE CALLED TO-DAY
He Is Charged With Having
Stolen More Than $1,000,000
From Depositors in His
Various Institutions?No?
table Career of Frenzied
Finance.
Final Chapters in
iMeteoric Career*
Dofpmlicr '-7, 11)10?Northern'Bank
of Xcvr York clourK Its doom, re- !
venlliiK the rint'lnjr niianrlnl meth?
ods or Joseph (r. itobln, ivho Ik
clapped into 11 private snnntorlum -
before the crush comes.
Iiocrmlicp '-'S. tpio?Rubin 1?
turned out of the ?min tori um, mid,
in wmpnnv with Iiis slater, Dr. Lou?
ise liohlnu vltrh, sroos to .Icrsey.
J llrrcmUfr 'Mi, 1010?Hobln Im ln
j ilirtcd on the ehnrsro <?r the theft
i or SOu.OOO Proro the- Wnshln/yton
Snvliiirs llnnk, nml Ik placed under
arrest at his sinter's hnmr In ?w
Vorh. Washington Sari lies Itanlc
cIohcs its doors.
IJcermhcr SM), 1010?Robin taken
poison In llio court room, us he Is
about to he nrrnlgncd, hut the done
docs mil prove fntnl.
.Innunry I IM.I?Itohln and Iii?
I sister deny aged pitreuts.
I .Innunry U, III 11?Seven more In- !
dlctiticiitx refnrnefl ngnlnttt Robin,
chnrsilmr him with the theft of
^07,0041 frmn the ^Washington Snv
Inixs Hunk.
.Innunry 7, 101 1?Sister-'* request
for lunacy commission denied by
Xciv York Supreme t.'onrt.
.Innunry 7?CnrneKle Trust Com.
pnn.v closes ns nn indirect result of
Itohln'* finnncinl met hods.
I .limitary HI?Or. Louise lloblno
I vitch. Hohln's stater, inflicted on
ehlirge f>f perjury. A plea of' not
guilty to I he graml liireeny chnrttr.
Im entered ftir Robin.
January 14?Several trustees of
Wmdiingtoh ShvIiikm Rank Indicted
on choree of perjury ?roi'Unpr out of
(hi Itohln iruusitetlons.
.Innunry !7?An Involuntary peti?
tion In bankruptcy Is it led against
Robin In the I'nitcJ Stuten District
Court, flUil liciirinp; Is begun.
January 111?YV. I.. Rrower, ffirtner
vlee-preslflent of the Northern Hank,
ludlctetl on charge of perjury.
.Innunry '20?l'mnk I,. Grunt, for?
mer president of the Northern Rank,
Indicted for misdemeanor.
?Innunry Mi?.IihIkc Swnnn ordera
appointment of lunacy cnmmlniilon
to InvcKtlsratc the question of Rob?
in's sanity.
January Jl?Despite the evidence
of alienist* (ft the contrary, jury
' JIudM Robin Mine.
I February 1(1?Petition for a ennr
(llna for Robin denied iu United
Stntes District Court.
February 1-1?Robin trial net for
February -7.
New York, February 2G.?Another
chapter in the meteoric career of Jos?
eph G. Itohln, who. It is claimed, stola
more than $1.000.000 from the deposi?
tors in his Institutions, will open hero
to-morrow, when he is plnced on trial
on the specific charge of stealing $280,
000 of the funds of the Washington
Savings Bank*
Few cases of frenzied finance, have
aroused such widespread interest as
that of Robin's. Tho humbln origin of
the man, his rapid rise in tho world oil
finance, the disastrous results of his
skyrocket methods, and the numerous'
sensations slnco his arrest have all
[Contributed to the publicity of the case.
At present three large banking Insti?
tutions arc in the hands of tho State
Ranking Department, while deposits
aggregating nearly $20.000.000 are tied
up. The several concerns which Robin
personally launched are In tho hands
of receivers, and bankruptcy proceed?
ings are being conducted against him.
PIcnd Insanity.
When tho trial comes up to-morrow
It Is believed' that Robin's counsel wilt
endeavor to get a fun her postpone?
ment on the ground that the prisoner is
insane and should bu committed to an
asylum.
Robin's financial jugglery first camo
to tlio attention of the public on De?
cember 27, t'-UO, when the Northern
Hank of New York and Its nine
branches closed their doors, following
1 an investigation by the Stato Ranking
I Department This Institution carried
25,000 deposits, aggregating $7.000.000
and its failure Was a severe blow tu
thousands of small investors.
A t borough investigation by toe
State Banking Department, which had
been going on for i couple of weeks,
revealed the fact that Robin was the
d|rectlng genius of tho institution and
practically controlled it. the officers
and other directors being mere figure?
heads. When the authorities went to
lay hands "ii him, however, they dis?
covered thai ids sister, Or. Louise Rob
ihovitch, had stolen, n march on them
and had her brothei Installed in S'V
sanatorium as un incurable pnrnno^ac.
on -the judgment of two prominent-,
alienists. This action was taken by Dr.
? Roblnovitch the day before the closing
j of the brink, but when tho story of
' Robin's irregularities became public,
the owner <>f the private sanatorium,
objecting to this unpleasant notorlotv,
turned Robin out of doors, and, in
company with his nister. the ruined
financier made his way to .Jersey, re-,
turning to New York the following day.
In the meantime th? grand Jury had'
been Investigating Robin's peculations,
and on December 20 handed down atf
Indictment charging him with the ap?r.
citlc theft of 590.000 from the Washing;-,
ton Savings Bank. This institution, ot,
whbvh Robin wis president, and wftjeh)
had d&nasdt* of xi.iuO.CO:. clo&ad Mr,