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(No. 6)
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IBAND OF FIVE MEN
ROB BANK AT CLOVER
Safe Is Blown Open and Between $3,000 and
$4,000 Stolen?Fusillade of Shots Fired at
Citizens?Yeggmen Escape.
[Special to The Times-Dispatch.]
Clover, Va., February l'T.-A band
ot robbers, supposed to number five
men. between tho hours of 1 and 2
o'clock this morning, bleu open the
vault of the Hank of Clover, and es?
caped with nearly all the cash In the
bank. The robbers secured between
$3,000 and $4,000, $1.600 of this amount
being' in gold.
The robbery was completed only sif?
ter a fusillade of pistol shots had been
j tired at citizens, who had been aroused
I by the explosion which awakeiiud
I nearly the entire town. Tlie, bank
building i.- located on the main street
of Clover. ne.Nt to the post-ofllce, and
directly opposite the town hotel.
Entrance was made by breaking
through a rear window, and that in
terruptions were carefully guarded
against is shown by Die narrow escape
of Dr. R. II. F?ller) who drove in from
a night call .iust as the explosion took
place- lie started for his home, op?
posite the bank and several shots wer?
i tired at. him. He put the lash to his
i horse and escaped without injtiry. \V
! .1. ' Fich nnd E. B. Daniels, who live
with Dr. Fuller, had been aroused,
went to make investigation, and as j
they stepped from the door they were!
met by a fusillade of shots. By this |
time practically all the men in the j
village were awake, and the crowd was
gradually closing In on the bank, when
?the robbers, firing as they went, made
good their escape. It Is believed that
three of the men rode away in a buggy
and that the other two walked off.
About a score of shots were tired by
the men, and this morning the bullets
I
"wore found imbedded in the walle ol i
tbo hotel. j
Notice of (he robbery was immedl i
ately wired to surrounding towns, and.
train crows wore notified. There Is no
clue as to the identity of the yegg- '
men. but diligent search is being made,
and it is felt certain that they will bo
rapt tired.
The bank's safe was absolutely
ruined, bUt the hast?- of the robbers
is shown by the fact that they left
sonic money in the vaults.
The bank will los? nothing, being
insured with the National Surety Com;
pony, whoso oiilccs were Immediately
hol Iii cd;
("lover is a thriving town of aliout
500 inhabitants, situated In the south?
eastern section of IlalifaN counts', on
the Southern Railway, and it is in the
? 'ciitre1 of a prosperous agricultural
community. The officers, of the bank
ore C. A. Gregory, president; G. H
Daniel, vice-president, and G. R. Gib?
son, cashier.
Itlehmonil Police NotiUcil.
Tbo Richmond Police Department
was informed early in the morning of
the daring robbery, and was asked by
the Clover 13ank officials to comniuni
eate and advise with the National
Sorely Company, of New Vnrk. of
which \V. Ki Morton is the local agent
l*3ver>j man on duty was notified from
police headquarters to keep a sharp
lookout for suspicious characters, and
several detectives were also detailed
for special work in hunting down the
robbers.
The theory i*. however, that tbo
men would hardly come to Richmond.
(Continued From First Page.?
put out of the way other business i
could be materially expedited.
Senator Cummin's thereupon frankly |
anil impressively slated his Intention |
to resist the fixing of a time for a j
vote on tho Lorimer matter unless it
could be coupled with a similar under- :
standing in the matter of the tariff ,
board bill. The Iowa Senator said that j
ho considered the tariff board bill of \
paramount importance; and added that j
as there was no prospect of the Demo- i
cratic House of the next Congress ac?
cepting It, he would press tho bill as
far as parliamentary tactics would !
permit him to do so.
"In other words."' interrupted Mr.
Bailey, "although the Senator Is con?
vinced that tho Illinois Senator is not
entitled to his seat, he is content that
he should continue to prevent a vote in
his case, unless he can get a vote on
the other measure."
"Pneclsely." responded the Iowa Sen?
ator.
"If the Senator is willing to have
his adoption of that attitude go be?
fore the people. I am content to let It
stand," said Mr. Bailey.
Cuiiitulhs Content.
"And I am content that it should so
stand." quickly assented Mr. Cummins,
who Insisted that the Lorimer matter
could not be measured In Its import?
ance with that of a tariff board.
Mr. Bailey urged the right of the
next Congress, as the freshest expres- ,
slon of the will of the people to pass
upon all tariff legislation." But In the
matter of the Dorlmer case, he would
as soon delay a case in a court.
Mr. Dai ley proposed to vote at 2
P. M. Thursday.
"Unless the tariff board Is coupled
with it." responded Mr. Cummins. "1
object."
Mr. Bailey: "Then 1 suggest a. vote
at 2 o'clock Friday."
Mr. Cummins: "1 object."
Mr. Bailey: "Then, let us vote at 10
o'clock Saturday."
Mr. Cummins: "I object."
Mr. Bailey: "It is evident that no
vote by consent is possible and thai
wc can get one only by a test of en?
durance. I hope there will bo no
scars."
Mr. Hales motion for a recess was
voted down, 39 to 22, and the business
continued, a succession of members
speaking on the popular election reso?
lution.
Wilt Formulate I'rnurrnm.
Washington, D. C. February 27: ?
The tariff program of the Sixty-second
Congress will be taken up for action
along with the selection of committees
at a meeting of the Democratic mem?
bers of the Ways anil Means Commit?
tee of the next House, which Mr. Un?
derwood, of Alabama, the chairman,
to-day called for next Monday. Tho
committee will meet from day to day
until the work before it L completed.
Democratic leaders of the House
expect an extra session of Congress,
and plan for the committee, or rather
its Democratic members, to determine
upon the Democratic personnel of all
the committees of the next. Congress
and to outline a tariff procedure. A
Democratic caucus, to be held within
a week of Hie convening of the extra
session, will take up the matters.
The Republicans will select their
members of the committees, and the
Democrats Insist that when the names
are handed in they must havo been
approved by a Republican caucus. All
the big committees of the next House
will hayc twenty-one members?four?
teen Democrats and seven Republi?
cans.
Three courses of tariff procedure
.will be considered: First, the tariff re
vislon legislation, and then rcelpro
etty: second, reciprocity, and then tariff
revision legislation; third, tariff revi?
sion legislation, ineorporatinir the reci?
procity bill as a part thereof. Speak?
er- Elect champ Clark. Mr. Underwood
and other.-, prominent In the party
councils say there is no doubt what?
ever of reciprocity legislation passlnc:
the House, at an extra session, despite
rumors that have come to the House
1 iat certain Senators have asserted
their helDf that the House would not
again pass such legislation.
To probe Match Trost.
Washington; p. p., February 2".~
Thr House adopted to-day a ioiht reso?
lution looking to an Investigation of
tho so-called match lrn.-t. The resolu?
tion Is the result of the recent recom?
mendation of President Taft that the
use of white phosphorus In matches
if- prohibited because of the injurious
cffe.t upon employes in match facto?
ries! an>'l the disclosures following a 1
'?rief Inquiry iy the Committee on
waj s and Means.
The resolution authorizes the Presi?
dent to ascertain present conditions of
I manufacture a.* affecting ? the health
j of employes: what substitutes for
, white phosphorus, if any. can be found
by whir;, dangers can be minimized,
and whether these Substitut*s are free
from patent control.
The President Is directed to report
information as to the commercial con?
ditions under which this Industry !?=
carried on, whether controlled by * any
combination or trust.
COMES TO VOTE TO-DAY
Supporter* of Direct Eleotlous Iteso
. Infirm Mill Have Hope. .
Washington. D. c. February
Several spneehrs -.<r-re made In the
Senate to-day upon the resolution call
I Ing. fpr (the election of Senators by
j direct vote, of the people. To-morrow
the resolution will be put to a yole
I and speeches, on the eve or the day'
I that will determine Its fate were
hoard by the Senate with great ln
1 rrpst.
One of the speakers v.-as Senator
Bayuer, of Maryland, who advocated
the adoption of the resolution, despite
the Sutherland amendment, which had
been voted into it last Saturday. An?
other ?115 Senator Bacon, of (ioorgia,
who. from bavin? favored the resolu?
tion, had hecbnie perhaps its stoutest
opponent" In' - its altered form. He
strongly resent eel the aim and pur?
pose of the Sutherland amendment,
placing the control of the elections in
the hands of Congress. Senator Percy,
of Mississippi, also antagonized the
measure.
Senator .tones, of Washington: Sena?
tor Simmons, of North Carolina, and
Senator Bourne, of Oregon, also were
among the speakers, all being In favor
of the resolution.
Still llnrr Hope.
It bar) been believed by many that ;
the fate of the resolution was sealed
when the Sutherland amendment was
adopted. The hostility of enough
Southern Senators to prevent the nec- j
cssary two-thirds vote for ilie reso?
lution, it was thought, had been
aroused by the amendment. To-day,!
however, supporters of the resolution
still manifested a belief in its success.
Senator Bacon contended that it was
not safe to adopt the elections resolu?
tion with the Sutherland amendment
engrafted upon it, saying that ho would
be for the resolution without the
Sutherland provision. Ho argued that
the effect of that provision would be
to place it in the power of Congress
completely to regulate and control
elections. He did not believe this
cither wise or safe.
Mr. Bacon said that the government
would under the resolution as amend?
ed, be empowered to say who might
go upon the voters' registration lists
This, he urged, would be a dangerous
power in view of the conditions that
obtain in many sections of this coun?
try.
Mr. Bacon contended that originally
the various States had accepted Fed?
eral ?ontrol only on the theory that,
it was to be exercised in ense of the
neglect of the States to exercise the
prerogative themselves.
Admitting that the South Is especial?
ly interested in the control of elec?
tions now, the Senator contended that
the time might come when the ques?
tion would be just as acute In other
sections of the country.
Onnjspr >'<it Head.
To show that the possibility of dan?
ger from F?deral interference is not
dead, Mr. Bacon instanced the federal
election law of 1S70 atid the force
bill of twenty years later. In face
of these facts the speaker argued that
there was danger at any time. "if
the power does exist to control elec?
tions 1 am not willing that It should
be exercised,he said.
Mr. Bacon said, in conclusion, that
whatever others might do. he could
not consent to manacle Iiis bands by
tin. resolution as it stands. He urged .
postponement, asserting that the time!
Avas near at hand when the resolu- |
lion could he adopted unencumbered
b.V the Sutherland nrdVlslon.
Senator Percy, of Mississippi, con?
tended lhat with the Sutherland
amendment, the elections resolution!
Would permit the Federal authorities
to invade the sovereign States and
control all elections?State. county
and municipal. He denounced the
proposition as "monstrous and pre?
posterous."
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
supported the resolution on the ground
tlinl Congress could not afford to with?
hold from the State Legislature the
right to pass on the question. While
he would have nreferred the resolution
as originally reported, he did not be?
lieve that even with the Sutherland
amendment incorporated, the proposed
Change would nlvo Concress nny power
additional to that already possessed
under the fifteenth amendment-ftp ",0
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Trial of Embezzler Proceeds
Despite Plea of In?
sanity.
Now York. February 27.?Joseph G.
Robin, former president of the Wash?
ington Savings Rank, whose financial
operations recently caused the closing
of that Institution, the Northern Hanl?
and indirectly the Carnegie Trust
Company, was placed on trial to-day |
in the Supreme Court, charged sped- |
llcally with stealing $27,000 from tho
t-avlngs institution. Altogether, It 1:
alleged, Robin misappropriated $207,
000 from the Washlngon Savings
Rank. Six Jurors were chosen to-day.
When the prisoner was brought Into
court this morning, the question ol
Als sanity again was brought forward
by "William Travers Jerome, his coun
od, who contended that Robin was
not capable of conferring with coun- |
sei, and, therefore, should not be tried
Justice Scabury, however, overruled
Mr. .Jerome, stating that a jury al?
ready had found Robin to be s?V?
And that the trial must proceed. The
examination of talesmen was then
begun.
Robin throughout the day evinced
tittle interest in the proceedings and
*<at most of the time with his eyes
closed.' When Robin was taken trom
the courtroom for the luncheon re?
cess a largo crowd hissed .and hooted
him, and this evening at the adjourn?
ment of court lie was slipped but of
a side entrance to avoid a similar'
hostile demonstration.
The Impaneling of the, jury will con
1 t ihue to-morrow.
COLLINS TEAM TAKES
LEAD IN TOURNAMENT
Hunter, of Auburn, Mnkcn Kent In?
dividual Score?Synopsis of
llny'N HpMiiltH.
Buffalo, N. V.. February 27.?The
Collins team, of Buffalo, took the lo;ul
In the five-man division of the Na?
tional Bowling Association's tourna?
ment to-night, with a score of 2,558.
Otowcgo Club No. ?., of Buffalo, is in
second position, and the Widmann and
W?lkersdorf er five, from Cleveland,
Ohio, is third.
Two-man teams?White and iialcy,
1.033.
Individual?Best score, Hunter, of
Auburn, 5fi0.
Match game?Miss Blanche IJttlo
field, New York. 1,110; Mrs. Roy Booth,
i of Syracuse. N. Y., f'37.
MAY APPOINT TO-DAY
Commission Likely to Re I mined to
Senator S-wansnn,
Ii is quit" probable that a commis?
sion will be issued to-day to Senator
.(.'laude A. Swanson to succeed hint:
I self for the new term, beginning next
Saturday. The Impression Is that the
Governor will make the appointment
to-day. so thai the seniority of a Vir?
ginia Senator in Washington may not
be disturbed, as would be the case
should his commission follow thnt of
the many new Democratic Senators
who will take office on March 4.
No doubt Is expressed from, any
source that tho junior Senator will be
the appointee, especially In view of tho
imnenolnsr extra session of Congress.
EXPERTS MISTAKEN
Find No Trace of Colored Blond in
j Child Proven Negro.
Baltimore. Md., February 27.?The
irrelevance of expert testimony as to
whether negro blood could be detect?
ed by means of superficial Indications
I was demonstrated here to-day in tho
lease of liuelln l.efridge, aged cloven
years, whose older sister, ICllzabeth
I brought suil to have the child ideas
I ed from a borne for colored children
i on the ground that sho was of white
parentage.
A prominent medical expert testified
that he had examined Luclla. and with
the exception of a bluish tint in tho j
"half moon'' of one of the finger nails,
ha<l found no indications that she was
of negro parentage. Former Attorney
General Charles .1. Bonaparte, counsel
for the home, then put on the stand a
sister of the girl's father from Pitts
burg, who testified that they were ne?
groes, that the family had always been
considered negroes! and that an undo
of the girl had a dark brown skin. Pro?
bation officers of the Juvenile Court of
I'lttsburg produced a copy of the mar?
riage; license of the girl's parents which
showed that the father was a negro.
Judge Nlles remanded the gtrl to the
colored institution.
Ar rents Last .Night.
Morris Connelly, a white boy, nine
teen years old, was arrested last night
on three warrants. The ilrst charges]
him with threatening the life of Gebrgr !
Colemun; the second?tb- most serious
of the three?with stealing S15 from i
Nellie Morris, and the third, with be?
ing drunk and disorderly.
John Richardson, colored, was Ar?
rested on suspicion of having commit?
ted larceny.
Jacob Harvey and Estelle Ba.ttle. col?
ored, were arrested on suspicion of
having committed larceny.
COLORED MAX PICKED
FOR TREASURY JOB
[Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.]
Washington, D. C, February -7.?
It is understood that President Tail
to-morrow will send to the Senate th?
name of j. C. Napier (colored), ol
Nashville, to be register of the treas?
ury, to succeed W. T. Vernon. Incum
rent.
President Tofr has not been nearly
so liberal In bis distribution of Fed?
eral offices among colored men as for?
mer President Roosevelt, but in the
present case he promised Vernon'j?
place to Napier several months ago,
and would have sent the nomination
uf the latfer to the Senate earlier but
for the fact that Vernon Is said to be
poor financially, and It was thought
best to give hlin a short time to look
out for another job.
BANDIT IDENTIFIED
Lender of On tie Found to Be "Old
Bill" Miner.
Gainesville, Ga.. February 27.?Geo,
Anderson, who, according to his com?
panions, wVis the. leader of the gang
which held up and rohbod the Southern
Railway fast mail train on February
18, near White Sulphur Springs, was
identified by detectives of the Pinker
ton agency as A. F. (Old Bill) Miner
h notorious stage, coach and train rob?
ber of the Northwest. Miner Is said
to have escaped from prison at West?
minster, British Columbia, a month
after he had been given a life sent?
ence for robbing a Canadian Pacific
train on .Tune 8, 1906. Miner also wan
suspected of being the leador In the
hold-up of a Canadian Pacific train
near Mission Junction, Canada, Sep?
tember 10, 1 f* 0 4. According to the
detective. H. W. Minster, who is work?
ing on the. case here, Anderson bears
numerous marks which tally exactly
with those of Miner.
COURSE UNCERTAIN
Attorney* neneli No Conclusion ns i
Action of nnilroiuls.
New York, February 27.?Only the
legal phases of what the Hastet a
trunk line railroads propose to do ;.i
the face of the decision of the Int?!
state. Commerce Commission, denyln*
LOOK
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"There's a Reason"
Increased freight rates, were consld.
i ered at the general conference hold In
New York to-day. It wan a conference
exclusively of general counsel, in
which executive, heads and hankers, su
far as can he learned, took no parti
Fifteen attorneys discussed the sltua
j tioti for several hours In the offices
of Vice-President A. II Harris, of th?
! New York Central, who is the head of
the legal department of the Central'!'
lines.
After the conference Mr. Harris
stated that no conclusion was reached
as to the course the companies would
decide to follow, and might not hi!
for some days.
IN DESPERATE PLIGHT
I I'nor Jewish People Without Pond nud j
Clothing in Cholera District.
Washington, D, C. February 27.?
The poor Jewish people of Tripoli are
i In a desperate plight, according to
! American Consul Wood; who reports
? to the State Department that there is
urgent need lor food and clothing
for no less than 13,000 Jews, who
comprise about one-third of the en?
tire population of the city, crowded
together in one quarter which Is now
Infected with cholera. The consul re?
ported the unusual fact that these
people on the African coast of the
Mediterranean actually are suffering
from cold, which has thrown many
of them out of work, and made others
unable to assist their friend3 by rea?
son of the failure of the crops upon
which they depend.
When this information was laid be?
fore the National Red Cross to-day.
it promptly authorized the State Do
part men t to forward $1,000 to the
American consulate at Tripoli for re?
lief purposes.
TRYING PRIMARY LAW
Chicago'? First Attempt Will Die Mndc
nt Polls To-Day.
Chicago, III., February 27.?Chicago's
first attempt to apply the direct prim?
ary law to the nomination of candi?
dates for Mayor will be made lo-mor
row. There are five Republicans and
three. Democratic candidates on ihn
ticket. The Republicans are: Charles
B. Merriam, of the University of Chi?
cago; John R. Thompson, restaurateur;
John F. Smulski. banker and politician;
Tom Murray, merchant; John E. Scul?
ly, contractor and politician. The Demo?
crats are: Andrew J. Graham, banker:
Carter II. Harrison, former Mayor;.!*.
F. Dunne, former Mayor and former
Judge.
The polls Will open at <"? A- M. and
close at 5 P. M. Twenty thousand
workers, hired at $5 a day, will man
the polls. The probable vote Is esti?
mated at 200.000. Political prophets
confess Inability to predict the out- ,
come.
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BLEASE SHOWS MERCY
Commutes Flve-Vear Sentence to Fine
of 92,000.
Columbia, S. C. February 27.?Gov?
ernor Blease to-day commuted to a.
fine of $2,000 the five-year sentence j
Imposed upon John Black, a former
member of the board of control of tho
old State dispensary. Black was con- '
vtcted at Chester last fall on a charge (
of conspiracy to defraud the State. The j
allegation was that he had conspired
with Joseph B. Wylie, .Tordio M. Raw
linson and H. 1,. Solomons to purchase
whiskey from firms which paid rebates
to the dispensary directors. Black was
convicted, while Rawllnson and Sol?
omons were acquitted. Pending an ap?
peal, Black has been out on bond. Tho
'Governor, in giving Black the alter?
native of a fine, did not consult the
pardon board. t
M'CURDY IN FLIGHT
1 mac* 1,000 Fee* In Air nnd Crosses
, Over Lake "Worth.
West Palm Bench, Fla.. February 27.
?Aviator J. A. D. McCurdy made one
successful flight here to-day. a pre?
vious attempt having been abandoned
on account of engine trouble. During
his flight McCurdy reached a height
of l.ooo feet and crossed over Lake
Worth.
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are making a
discount of
3
1
From regular prices on all
Player Pi.mo Music Rolls?
both in the S8 and 65-note?
and we carry one of the
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