Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 58, 13 April 1908 — Page 1

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SUFFERING AND DISTRESS FflLLOVr $12100,000 FIRE jTOWN OF CHELSEA, ONE OF THE MOST'BEAUTIFUL SUBURBS OF BOSTON, IS NOW A MASS OF SMOULDERING RUINS AS THE RESULT OF THE RAVAGES OF THE FIRE DEMON.

SIX KNOWN TO BE DEAD AND EIGHTYFIVE ARE MISSING partial Law Is Reigning and Marines from Charleston Navy Yard Are Patroling With Fixed Bayonets. GHOULS AND PROPERTY LOOTERS VISIT TOWN. ffwo Have Been Shot to Death By the Troops as They Were Carrying on Their Nefarious Depredations. FOUGHT -LOSING BATTLE. FIREMEN WORKED TO PROTECT OTHER SECTIONS OF CITY UNTIL HOSE CAUGHT FIRE AND CAR TRACKS CURLED. DYNAMITE WAS- USED. Standard Oil Tanks Were Emptied To Check the' Flames, and the River Became a Seething Mass of Angry Flames. ' Boston, Mass., April 13. Ten thousSndspeople are homeless, a thousand ullding-g are in smoking ruins, six fere ctead, eighty-five are missing, and eighty were injured as the result of the flre which wiped out the business sections of Chelsea. The property loss today is estimated at $12,000,000. Partial law prevails today. Marines from the Charleston Navy yard are yatroling the streets with fixed bayonets. Two men wcwe shot while they were looting property. Two persons committed suicide. Several babies were born In the turmoil. Thirteen churches, five banks, two hospitals, five school buildings, public library find the city hall are in ruins. Already plans for rebuilding the city are teing considered. The committee appointed by Mayor Hibbard of Boston, has received $,"iO,0o in subscriptions for the aid of the homeless sufferers, lieutenant Governor Draper is personBlly directing the relief work. Three thousand soldiers are guarding the ruins, and even that was not sufficient. Ghouls and looters are flocking to the town from every city In the state. Stories of assaults, of shooting, lootings, robberies and even murders are being reported almost every minute to the police. The police, themselves, seem to have lost their Jieads, and at 1 o'clock this morning, Mayor Peck appealed to the United States authorities, and Admiral William swift personally ordered out a detachment of 300 United States marines and at their head marched into the ruined business district, where he took charge 'of affairs and tried to bring out a semblance of order. A gang of four men. supposed to tie Italians, tried to force their way into the Inter-Trust company ruins. The vault here, it is said, burst open under the fierce flames. Militiamen tried to stop the men, Bnd were attacked. In the fray two of the robbers weP wounded and one rf the soldiers. In East Boston and Charlestown all of the saloons have been closed and fro liquor will be sold for at least a veek. The flames in East Boston gained headway when they struck the big tanks of the Standard Oil company, Vhere millions of gallons of oil were Ftored. In a vain effort to stop them the United States marines brought cut cannon and bombarded the tanks, emptying all the oil in streams into the harbor. This spread over the water and ignited, Riving an appearance of the whole harbor ablaze. Late last night all of the halls, public buildings and churches in the little towns out from Chelsea opened for the refugees who could reach thera. Every hotel and restaurant sent all of the supplies they had on hand to feed the sufferers. The homeless are without proper clothing, have nothing to eat and no prospect of comfort until charity comes to their aid. A score or more pf charred, unrecognizable bodies have been found In the glowing ashes and firapged to the street. How many have died no one knows. Hundreds have

been injured. The hospitals are fi'.led to overflowing. Scores of injured are being brought into Boston in autos, and neighboring towns are vieing with each other in paring for the sick and dying. Over 1,000 buildings have been destroyed. An area two and one-half miles long by a mile and a half wide is covered with ruins. Starting in the very western point of Chelsea, fanned by a western gale blowing at 40 miles an hour, there was nothing that could stop the flames. For hours firemen from a score of cities and towns battled until many of them fell in their tracks, only to be moved aside to have their places taken by others. In many instances they stuck to their post until the very hose in their hands took fire and the car rails beneath their feet curled up like so much wire. From building to building the flames spread, jumping the widest street. Massive iron girders crumbled before the intense heat and fell a blazing mass in the streets. Block by block the firemen were driven back, and first one building and then another was abandoned. Started by a Locomotive. The fire started at about 10 o'clock. A grass fire from a locomotive spark is given as the cause. In half an hour aid was asked of Boston, then of Cambridge, Arlington and one after another until almost every town or city in the state contributed her share of fire-fighters. And all to no purpose. From the starting point, in a fanlike shape, the flames burned their way. Dynamite was used as a last resort. Two blocks across the very heart of the town went in one big explosion in a vain effort to save the finest resident portion of the city. These two blocks were like a little street. The crumbling mass of ruins from the explosion was so much kindling wood and the flames jumped over them, and then the whole town was doomed. The militia was called out. At least two looters were shot before the lines were so placed that no one could enter the fire district. Companies of the Coast Artillery were ordered out. They aided in the dynamiting, that lasted all the dayA An Island of Darkness. The city last night was in darkness. To make the work of the firemen safer, all electric currents were shut off soon after noon. Cars were stalled and burned in the street. All night long thousands of men and w omen and children thronged the streets and parks, with no place to lay iheir heads. Chelsea is almost an island, surrounded by water on every side but one. That leads to the interior of the state. For a few hours after the conflagration started people could get away. Then the ferry boat service went out of commission. Horses and autos were at a premium for hours. Crazed men and women loaded their things in any conveyance they could find. Autos were forcibly taken from drivers and filled with household goods. Teams and wagons fared the same way. But few of these loads ever got out of the city. As they drove down the flam-filled streets, from fly

ing embers they caught afire, and, with wagons and horses, burned in the streets. The telephone and telegraph offices were soon out of commission. With all communication shut off, with egress almost impossible and ingress absolutely so, it seemed that the whole city and all in it were bound to perish. It will be days before the full story is told. This much is sure, SO. 000 are homeless. Almost all of a city has been wiped out, nothing nothing whatever is left of goods or clothing or valuables of what they originally had. . At the best of the 30.000 homeless, and what the holocaust really is can be realized when it is considered that in all of Chelsea there were but. P.7,000 people, that only 7,000 have homes. GREAT FIRES IN Tate. Tlace.

isil December 2. Richmond (Va.t Theatre ' $ 1 :.-. Savannah. Ga.. 4T.fi buildings 3.0O.000 lSCVV-Pecemher 1. New York. 674 buildings i,.m.y INKS-April 27. Charleston. Mass., 1,1."VS buildings tl.OQO.om

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l'.xkfv- January 13, Boyertown (Ta.) Theater 17. 10O$-March 4. Collinwood, (0.) school lf,7.

BUND TIGER

RAIDED

SUNDAY

One of Good Sized Proportions Seized by Police in Musser Home. MEN WERE VERY THIRSTY. THOSE CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY POLICE, DRANK SEVERAL BOTTLES WHILE AWAITING PA TROL WAGON, POLICE SAY. Three stalwart policemen raided the borne of William Musser. saloonist and ex-baseball umpire, on North Fourteenth street yesterday, and captured what is asserted to be a large and flourishing blind liger. Besides MusI ser. the victims of the raid were John ! Walker, Herbert Wickctt, James Ku- ! by and Walter Huell.the latter a col ored man. ; When the police entered the Musser : home, the five men were found seated j in a room surrounding a quantity of beer and whisky. Musser was highly j indignant over the action of the police and he stoutly denied that he was op erating a blind tiger. He said that he and his companions had "chipped in" Saturday night and bought the booze and that they had a right to drink it. He denied that he was selling the booze. The sudden appearance of the police failed to excite Walker, Wickett, Ruby or Huell to any marked degree. According to the police they were too tnirsty to become excited and while awaiting the arrival of the patrol wagon, four bottles of beer and some wrhisl.y were used in extinguishing the burning thirsts of these men. This morning in the city court. Muster plead not guilty to a charge of violating the Blind Tiger law. The hearing of his case was postponed until Saturday morning. Walker. Wickett. Ruby and -Muell have been charged with violating the loitering ordinance and the hearing of their respective cases will not take place until after the conclusion of the Smith-Vaughan case in which City Attorney Study is taking part. All the raid victims are out on bond. WELCOME ACCORDED Both the Revs. J. C. Graham And A. J. Carey Make Favorable Impression. PLEA FOR THE COMING YEAR ASKED THE SUPPORT OF PARISHIONERS TO MAKE COMING YEAR A SUCCESS OLD PASTORS PREACH FIRST OF YEAR. Sermons of an unusually strong character were preached by the additions to the Methodist ministry in this city yesterday. The initial sermon of the Rev. J. C. Graham was delivered at the Fifth street church before a large audience. The Rev. A. J. Carey was shown equally good favor when he spoke for the first time at the Third church in Fairview. The efforts of both ministers were such as to impress their auditors in a very satisfactory manner. Both churches are preparing the usual Easter programs for next Sunday and these will be in charge of the new pUstors. The Revs. "W. M. Nelson of Grace, ant R. J. Wade of First churches, preached their first sermons of the newyear. Both of these ministers have occupied their respective pulpits for a number of years, and their return was asked by then congregation. Each made a particular effort to express hope for a more prosperous year than UNITED STATES. Deaths. Loss. 0.4 nx xi o.500.oc0 lo.OOO.OOO 20 00.000.000 14 SO.OW" :rv Small Small

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SCENE OF RUIN. Chelsea is a part of Boston, containing 30.000 people, noted as the place containing the Massachusetts Soldierfc' Home and a United States Naval Hospital. Chelsea is on the Mystic River and is reached from Kast Boston by street car and from Boston proper by ferry or railroad. Rope walks, stove foundries, art potteries, rubber factories, a tile works and a large lithographing plant are the principal industries.

UNANIMOUS IS THE OPPOSITION TO THE ALDRICH BILL Smaller Bankers All Over the Country Believe the Measure Should Never Pass the Branches of Congress. EVEN STATE BANKS AND' TRUST COMPANIES OBJECT Two Clauses, Concerning Banks Carrying Cash Reserve and Officers' Investments Are Disliked. Chicago, April 13. That the national banks, state banks and Clearing House associations of the smaller cities of the country are almost unanimously opposed to the Aldrich currency bill now pending in congress, is shown by a canvass printed in the Tribune this morning. The canvass shows that the Clearing house association and bankers in the smaller cities of the country express as great an opposition to the Aldrich currency bill, now pending In congress, as do those of New York and Chicago. None Are Favorable. A canvass of the national banks in the business centers of all sections shows practically none favorable to the measure in its present form. liven the slit e banks, and the trust companies not directly concerned, oppose the proposed law. There are some who are willing to accept it as a temporary guard against possible renewals of the recent panic, but the majority declare it to be not only a useless but a harmful .measure. Even those who lookupon the act as a possible measure of relief declare it must be changed in many details to evade injury to the financial conditions. The opposition centers on sections S and 11 of the act. The first-named section is that which provides that the country banks shall carry 12 per cent of their cash reserve in their vaults and the last named prohibits the investment of any bank funds in a corporation or association in which the officers of the bank are interested. The reserve provision, the opposing bankers declare, would mean the withdrawal of large amounts of cash from circulation and would result only in a greater stringency. The eleventh section, referring to the loans to corporations in which the banks officials are interested, is opposed on the grounds that it will force the reorganization of the directorate of practically all of the large corporations. They add that this provision would w ork against the 'selection of high-class business men as National bank directors, in that they would not be willing to give up their connection with private institutions in order to qualify as a honder of office in the bank directorate. Striving to Beat It. The bankers, under the lead of those in the larger cities, are bending every effort to defeat the measure. The senators and congressman from each district are being urged to defeat it, and the Clearing House associations in many of the cities have prepared to send delegations to "Washington to protest to the House Committee on Banking and Currency, which at present has the bill before it. their churches ever have enjoyed before. A renewal of the co-operation on the part of the parishioners was requested. Owing to the fact his children are afflicted with whooping cough, the Rev. Mr. Graham has not removed his farotlv from MunHp to this citv Ha i-;n j do so. however, as soon as the childrens health will justify such action. RIOT AND BLOODSHED IN JHESTEB, PA. Street Car Strikers Throw Sticks and Stones. Philadelphia, Pa.. April 13. Ches- ! ter, a suburb of Philadelphia, was the j scene' of great disorder today when j the street railway company attempted ! to operate cars with nonunion labor. Volleys of sticks and stones drove the j strike breakers from the cars. Riot- ' lug and bloodshed resulted.

MINISTERS WOULD

HAVE THE "LID" CLAMPED TIGHTLY Think That Church Members Should Use Their Influence To Make Richmond a Closed Town. RESOLUTIONS READ IN -THE CHURCHES SUNDAY. Buying and Selling on Sunday Are Condemned and Sports Of All Characters Are HitChurch Powers Weakened. Members of the Ministers' Association recognize the fact that Richmond has a "lid" which was placed on the municipality atr the opening of Tie Hanly regime, but the preachers feel that the "lid" is not firmly fixed and that a few more rivets should be inserted. Some days ago the Ministers" Association adopted a resolution for a more rigid observance of the Sabbath in this city. Yesterday all the members of the Association read to their respective congregations this resolution : "The buying and selling of groceries meats, ice cream and other delicacies on Sunday Is condemned in the resolution. The resolution also' condemns the playing of baseball on Sunday and other sports, Sunday excursions and Sunday picnics. These pastimes, church members were informed, were permitted by civil law but were "contrary to the spirit of the divine law." . Church members are appealed to assist in the movement of a more rigid observance of the Sabbath. Failure to do so the resolution sets forth, weakens the power of the church and displeases God. Church members are urged to resist the lure of the baseball game on Sundays and to do all their marketing for Sunday on Saturday night. A half holiday on Saturday afternoons is recommended. The resolution in full adopted by the Ministers' Association is as follows; "The Ministers' Association of the City desires to call the attention of all the members of those churches, represented by the association to certain cases of Sunday desecration prevailing in our city, that are violations of the civil law and are contrary to the divine law also and which we fear are indulged in by some of our members. The buying and selling of meat, groceries, ice cream and other delicacies and of cigars on Sunday, are as really violations of law as the selling of strong drinks on that day and in these cases the offence is not wholly with the seller, but is shared by the buyer and we have reasons to fear that members of our churches are among the buyers nor can necessity be pleaded in justification in any case. We have reason to believe that many of the dealers in these arcles would be glad to observe the law, but are compelled to open their stores on Sunday because other dealers open theirs and because some customers wish to buy on Sunday. There are two other forms of Sunday desecration, viz: The playing or witnessing of games on that day and Sunday excursions and picnics, which though allowed by the civil law, are contrary to the spirit of the divine law. We therefore feel called upon as pastors of churches in the city to urge and entreat all our members as the followers of Christ and representatives of His Holy Religion to observe all these things. While we may differ in our opinion somewhat on these matters, yet we feel sure that many, if not all. will agree with us that indulgence in these things by members of the church low-ers the standard of our religious life, weakens the power of the church, hinders us in our work, is displeasing to God and in a measure sta.vls in the way of answers to our prayers. "Wash you and make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from mine eyes, cease to do evil and learn to do well." These are our Lord's words to us. We would venture to recommend to our stores and factories the Saturday half holiday as a most wise and wholesome thing, helpful to Sunday observance. Yours in the fellowship of the Gospel, D. C. Huntington, Pro3. H. Robert Smith. Sec. FOR EASTER SERVICES. The various churches of the city are making preparations for special Easter services. The musical programs will be the main features of the services. THE WEATHER PROPHET. OHIO AND INDIANA Warmer Monday night; Tuesday fair.

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RAZED BY THE FIRE.

Thirteen churches. Five school buildings. Two hospitals. Public library , City hall. Twenty factories. Twenty business blocks. Three hundred tenements Five banks. Two hundred residences. BETTER PROTECTION FIRE WILL BE CONSIDERED City Council Will Undoubtedly Discuss the Question at Its Regular Meeting Tonight And May Take Action. CAMPFIELD AND PEOPLES TRUST COMPANY SETTLE. All Litigation Over the Colonial Building Destroyed by Fire Will Probably Be Settied Soon. John L. Rupe, attorney for E. M. Campfield, states that Mr. Campfield will settle the litigation brought against him by the People's Trust company of Winchester, which holds a mortgage of o.0 on the Colonial block, out of the courts. Mr. Rupe states that Mr. Campfield held S7O.0OO insurance on the building and this amount will be applied to the mortgage. He states that the remain der of the amount due on the mortgage will be paid off promptly, Mr. Camp field being perfectly able to meet the obligation. Mr. Rupe also states that he does not think that the loss sustained to the building, will amount to $",- 000, and that the central and northeast part of the building can quickly be placed in full repair. "Will Mr. Campfield organize a stock company to reconstruct the Colonial block V" Mr. Rupe was asked. "I would not be surprised if he would." Mr. Rupe answered. It is probable that the west wall of the building will have to be torn down. Mr. Rupe states that he has not been advised that this wall is unsafe, but he says that the bricks are badly blackened and that it would be impossible to clean them. At council meeting this evening the Colonial fire will probably furnish a fruitful topic of discussion In view of the fact that since the fire there has been considerable agitation for an increase in the fire department and the equipment of firemen with smoke-proof fire helmets. Had the department, it is averred, been equipped with such modern fire fighting devices the building would have been saved and the lives of none of the firemen endangered. All city officials who have been interviewed have expressed an opinion that the fire department should be in creased by the addition of at least another hose company. TWENTY MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE Four Thousand Pounds of Nitro Let Go. Chicago, 111.. April 13. A terriffic explosion of four thousand pounds of nitroglycerine in the Aetna mills of the Dupout Powder company, early today, wrecked the buildings in this neighborhood and caused heavy property damage forte radius of eighteen miles. Twenty employes of the night shipt escaped serious injuries. CHURCHES ARE TO 0BEYG00D FRIDAY First English Lutheran Prepares Program. "Good Friday" will be observed by several of the churches, April 17. The choir of the First English Lutheran church is making preparations for a beautiful "Cantata to be given on that day. the program for which will be announced tomorrow. The public is cordially invited to attend this service.

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VAUGHAN SAT WITH HIS ARMS AROUND THE COMELY WIDOW Furthermore Witnesses Will Tell How They Saw Wealthy Man Kiss Mrs. Susan Smith Repeatedly.

FAMILY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE MATTER Defendant then Became Angry But When It Was Explained They Were Engaged, No Further Trouble Came. INTENDED TO MARRY HER. ATTORNEY JOHN ROBBINS SAYS THAT VAUGHAN PROPOSED. BUT LATER APPRISED PLAINTIFF HE HAD CHANGED MIND. STUDY GROWS SARCASTIC Said the Plaintiff Would Make an Attempt to Show That Vaughan Took Her to a Secluded Nook and Fondled and Kissed Her. It was not until this afternoon that any evidence was placed before the jury hearing the case of Susan J. Smith vs. John D. Vaughan for $10.O) damages for breach of promise to marry. The lobby of the court room was crowded almost to capacity when the case was called. Delay was necessary because of the tardiness In the arrival of some of the jurors who had to come to the city by rail. It was not until about KVl.l o'clock that the jury entered the box. Mrs. Smith. accompanied by her daughter. Miss Mildred, a sister, Mrs. Nixon, who is expected to figure prominently in the evidence, Claude Keever of Fountain City, a friend of he family, and two brothers, gathered at the court room about 0 o'clock. They appeared before their attorneys arrived and did not appear to understand the cause of delay. Mrs. Smith Is a goodlooking, middle-aged woman and is the cynosure of all eyes. The defendant ranks second in the demand made by the public for a chance to see the litigants. Mrs. Smith wore a blue dress and the nervous stress under which rhe seemed to labor was evidenced externally by a flush on her cheeks. She occupies a seat at the side of her counsel and offers frequent suggestions. Th defendant looked long at Mr. Smith after he had taken his seat In the court room. If there were any exchange of recognition It must have been telepathic Mr. aVughan appeared slightly nervous. Despite his mature years he is a hale appearing man and gives superficial indication of being a man who does not surrender without an effort, no matter what mar be the stake. Much Legal Talent. - The legal talent displayed tn alone sufficient indication that the caso will he fought earnestly, and In all probability, bitterly. The plaintiff Is represented by Henry U. Johnson, former Congressman, John P. Robblna and Byrara Robbins. of the firm of Robblna Starr and Robbins. Trie defendant' counsel consists of Thomas J. Study, city attorney, Wilfred Jessup, prosecuting attorney, and W. Caylor of Chicago. The latter is a son-in-law of Mr. Vaughan. and formerly "was assistant attorney in the Windy City. The examination of jurors and the exchangeof invectives and sarcastic remarks on the part of Messrs. Study, Jobnson and J. F. Robbins. made It apparent that a continuation of this sort of trrocedur may be expected. The tilts between theattomeya weri seized upon as food for laughter among the lobbyists, and when on one occasion Mr. Study arose and pointed his finger dramatically at J. F. Robbins, the tranquility of the court was disturbed and Judge Fox rapped for order. Among the earliest arrivals In th court room was a group of women. They sat near the rear of the room, but when the examination of jurors bgan and the women learned they could not understand distinctly from wher they were seated, they moved forward. The first rows were occupied early, and later arrivals had to be content with accommodations in the rear. Jurymen Excused. Several members of the regular Jury were excused from service, because it was found they m-ere acquainted, with the HUea-tiCs or bad had bnsiness JaIings with them. One Juryman was excused because be resided near Fountain City, and Is acquainted with relatives of Mrs. Smith. Garence Hartley, the Main street meat dealer, was excused because Mr. aVughan has been a customer of his. and he stated , be would not care to be a member of the Jury for reasons the attorneys for the plaintiff deemed BScIent The first break In the tedium of examination of the Jury renire came

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