Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 64, 19 April 1908 — Page 1

RICHMOND PAiJLABIITM AND SUN-TELEGRAM frOJj. XXXIII. NO. C4. RICII3IOXD, IXD., SUNDAY 310KMNG, APRIL 19, i)OS. ssixcli: corv, cknts.

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LITIGATION MAY NOT END AT THE PRESENT HEARING Appeals Are Probable in the Smith-Vaughan Case No Matter What the Decision Rendered by the Jury

BETHEL HOPING WATSONWILL ACCEPT Scheduled to Speak There on Memorial Day. GOLDEN WEST IS BUSY ENTERTAINING PARENTS REFUSED CUSTODY OP THEIR QUEEN WORSHIPS AT THE SHRINE OF HER LITTLE SON E

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JUDGE HAS BEEN CAREFUL

CASE. ftas Carefully Ruled on Different Questions Which Might Have Made Another Triai Necessary There is every indication that in case the jury hearing the trial of the Smith-Vaughn n breach of promise suit decides in favor of the iriaintiff, an appeal will be taken to a higher court. In case of a disagreement, it is more than likely a new trial will be asked for by the plaintiff. In case the jury decides against the plaintiff, an appeal is likely to be taken. It is practically certain that whatever the result, of the present trial hiay be, the litigation will not. end unless in case the plaintiff wins, the defendant pays the amount of damages awarded. That the defense is preparing its way for an appeal is made more evident each day the trial continues. Countless objections have been made to the testimony of witnesses by the defendant's counsel and in case the court overrules the objections, exceptions lo the rulings have been taken. It is upon these exceptions that, the defense will base its right to appeal. As further indication of the probability of an appeal being asked for by the defendant, V. Caylor, of Chicago, a member of the defendant's counsel and a son-in-law of the defendant, has beea heard to ask questions in regard to the probable cost of a transcript of the evidence in the case. Judge Careful. Judge II. C. Fox. who is presiding, lias stated that up to the present time, no error has been made in the rulings. The judge has been unusually earcful in his deliberations previous to ruling on legal points that may arise. He has called upon counsel to furnish authorities to substantiate their argument in a number of instances. He has dismissed the jury a number of times so that he might consult authorities and twice has closed court ear lier than the regular time in order to j permit opportunity to review the sta.tutes. The judge has ordered the jury j from its box a numb.r of times, when! the attorneys were-involved in argument. He did not care to have the members hear remarks that might tend, to influence their decision upon the merit.? of the case. It is not likely the hearing of the ease will be concluded before Friday. Court will not convene until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The plaintiff has completed the examination its witnesses, but did not have opportunity to examine Nathan Graves and Miss Nola Savage, because of illness. The plaintiff is not expected to introduce but a few if any more witnesses. It is probable the defendant will be placed upon the stand tomorrow. The direct and cross examination of him probably will require two days. COMPANY DEFUNCT Firm Which Formerly Operated Bucket Shop Here Discontinues. HEAVY INDEBTEDNESS. "The Odell Brokerage company of Cincinnati, which has become defunct, formerly operated a "bucket shop" in this city and one at Cambridge City. Thomas Cogan, attorney for the company, has been appointed its receiver. The company has been doing business for several years under various names and at one time had over .'! branch houses. The indebtedness is placed at $l,vi.t. The business is to be closed out. Aside from its business dealings the Odell company, under its various names .has been before the public for a good many yeras because of the different kinds of litigation in which it was engaged. Probably the most notable suits were those in which the Chicago boa-d of trade, the Western Union and the Odd! people were the principals. These suits involved the delivery to the Odel! company of the quotations of dealings on the Chicago board, and one such suit is still in the caurts awaiting settlement. On account of the many changes in the firm name it became necessary to renew several of these suits, the record of which was thereby considerably complicated. One of these suits has ben carried to the supreme court of the United States

All residents of the little town of Bethel are dicidedly anxious for James K. Watson to accept the invitation extendi! to hint to speak at. that place MemVfial day. Word has b-n received from the feoretary of Mr. Watson Informing the committee that, the congressman has been the recipient of a large number of invitations. It is presumed very probable that of Bethel will be given first consideration as it was among the earliest received and is from a town located in his own congressional district.

LABOR'S STAND IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITED BY MANY Meetings to Take Action on Presidential Timber Held All Over the United States Today. POLITICANS DO NOT KNOW THE OUTCOME. Element of Doubt Still Surrounds National Republican Convention to Be Held Eight Weeks Hence. Washington, April 1. Taking into account the sixty-eiuht delegates chosen in Pennsylvania a week ago, iL'ti delegates to the Republican national convention were elected during the last week, bringing the total up to aifi. Taft added thirty-six to his list during the week; Knox got all of the sixty-eight district delegates from his State; Cannon picked up two more; Hughes increased his showing by four, and fourteen are uninstrncted. Fourteen district delegates were chosen in Massachusetts during the week. Eight of these are known as "Taft preference" delegates and six are tininstructed. Hawaii selected her two representatives to the convention and left them free to do what seems best. Four district delegates went chosen in Michigan and instructed for Taft. Taft Has Twenty-One Votes. Minnesota's entire delegation twenty-two votes was chosen and instructed for Taft. Missouri furnished two more instructed Taft delegates, as did Maryland. Illinois added the two to Mr. Cannon's list, and New York furnished the four additional for Mr. Hughes. South Carolina, Maryland and Louisiana each furnished two tininstructed delegates. Of the C46 delegates now electee, Taft has 210; Fairbanks, :50; Cannon. 53; Hughes, 4; Knox, 68; La Follette, 25. Sixty are uninstrncted. ami for ty-four contested. The combined instructed vote of the favorite son candidates is 11?,, four more than the instructed vote of the administration candidate. The sixty uninstrncted votes are practically all inti-Taft. Kach side, of course, lays claim to the contested vote. Everybody Up a Tree. With the convention only eight off everybody is still in doubt as to what it will do. The talk of renominating Roosevelt goes on. "Where everybody shouted for Taft and Hughes a month ago. those same people are today strong supporters of Roosevelt and Fairbanks." said John A. Steywart. of New York, president of the League of Republican Clubs. Mr. Stewart, who is here to see what leading party men think of the situation has been on a trip of several weeks through the East. The above embodies his observations of the political sentiment prevailing in that section. Hughes Work Not Finished. "The farmers of New York want Hughes to stay Governor. They claim there are a number of problems to be solved by him. problems which are of no national importance thai it is his duty and that he owes it to the people to accept another term to dispose of these problems. "There is no doubt that the people want serve another term. "in thp world Roosevelt to The sentiment of the New York convention was for Roosevelt; the sentiment of the Massachusetts convention was for Roosevelt; so was that of the Missouri convention, the Virginia convention and North Carolina convention. But when the people want a certain man for President they are going to have him. And they want Roosevelt." Workers to Discuss Candidates. Some of the political managers are nervously looking: forward to the aciConUnued on Page Five.

Great Fleet Yesterday Entered On the Second Installment Of Its Enthusiastic California Welcome.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ON SEASHORE. Actual Welcome of Officers And Men Will Begin Monday When There Will Be Five Days of Ceaseless Activity. Los Angeles. April IS. Today the Atlantic battleship fleet cut -red the second installment for its California welcome, a. demonstration that will continue throughout a solid week of liberal hospitality and unbroken entertainment for the officers and men of the visiting warships from the other side of the continent. The stay of the fleet is intended to be made the greatest celebration in the history of Southern California and thousands of visitors representing every section of the Pacific coast, have for weeks been busily engaged in planning details of the reception. The fleet arrived about J o'clock. Not Los Ang'des alone, but Long Peach. San Pedro. Kedondo, Venice, Ocean Park and Santa Monica are gay with fluttering flags and festooned with lights that will flash their individual welcomes each evening. By common consent the Aincricrn flag has been chosen as the most appropriate feature of civic adornment, and in this city the principal streets .ire overhung and the buildings almost hidden from view by enormous banners. Today a hundred thousand people scattered along the beaches; and bluff 3 of forty miles of coast stretching from well below the Santa Ana county line to the north shore of San Pedro bay where the fleet dropped anchor this afternoon. The actual welcome of the officers and men will not begin until Monday morning, although Mayor Harper and Chairman Flint of the entertainment committee boarded the Connecticut immediately after her arrival this iifternoon and extended to Rear Admiral Thomas and his officers a formal welcome on behalf of the city. The battleships were illuminate! tonight. Beginning with Mondav there will be five days of ceaseless activity for the officers and men of the fleet and for trousands of people in Ixs Angeles and adjoining cities who are engaged in their entertainment. On each day shore leave will be granted to thirty-five hundred enlisted men for whom rpecial entertainments .slightly varied on each day, will be provided. The boxers of the Atlantic fleet will settle t'.ie championships in all classes; a Wild West show, with cowboys imported from Arizona, will be repeated: and. in addition, there will be barbecues, concerts and dances for the sailors, all of whom will he carried from the beach to the cities and back to the ships without charge. LAISTERTELLS STORY Man Accused of Crime Tells of His Folks in Tennessee Mountains. CANNOT READ NOR WRITE. French Laister, who was arrested Friday evening on a charge of having assaulted a well known young woman on North Eleventh street, stoutly denies that h is guilty of the charge. He states that he has a good record. Laister is a native of Tennessee. He states that he cannot read nor write and that he has been supporting an invalid father, an aged mother and some younger brothers and sisters for the past, ten years, notwithstanding the fact that he is only twenty years of age. He says that he came to Richmond from his mountain home for the purpose of securing employment and that he had no sooner set foot in town than he was arrested on a charge of which he is absolutely innocent. Laister lias been bound over to the circuit court and he will probably be given a hearing the latter part of this week. He will, no doubt, enter a plea of not guilty and will probably appeal to the court to have the pauper attorney defend him. Silas Hastings, who for the past nine ! years has been with the Eureka Fence j Mfg. Co.. has resigned his position i with that company and has accepted a position with the Richmond Steam

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MARAUDING KURDS

VICTIMS Of ATTACK Russia Is Waging a War Extermination Upon Them Now. of TURKEY TAKES A HAND. TROOPS ARE MOBILIZING AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT SOME MOVE WILL BE MADE, WHICH IS BE ING GUARDED AGAINST. St. Petersburg. April is. The Foreign Office is Keenly interested in Russia's frontier war in Persia. It is the first occasion to arise for the active application of Russia's rights, un der the Anglo-Russian agreement, to inerfere to preserve order In northern Persia. The operations themselves, it is declared, will quickly come to an end so soon as the subsidence of the floods permits the movement of Russian detachments. Russia counts upon the hearty support of Great Britain and no interference on the part of any other power. The Russian commander telegraphs that the Persian inhabitants along the frontier have abandoned their villages and fled to the mountains. . The Russian detachment is still in Persian territory. The situation on the Russian frontier arising from the activity of bands of marauding Kurds has not materially improved. The bandits who retired int otheir mountain fastnesses after their first success aeainrt the Russians again concentrated in force yesterday and renewed their attack against Bolesuvar. The Russians countered with eneTgy and their artillery bombarded several villages in which the briaands had taken shelter. Lost Their Heads. The Russian commander says in a report that the Persian authorities have lost their heads entirely, and that anarchy reigns in the district. Lieutenant-Colonel Mistchenko governor-general of TiffHs. has left her j fo rthe Kars district, to supervise the j precautionary measures Russia is taking along the Turkish frontier in view j of the mobilization of Turkish troops ! on the other side of the line. The peo I pie of Tiff lis are greatly concerned i over this situation, but higher military j officials now 'profess confidence that the Turkish measures are not directed I against Russia. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Fair Sunday; slightly cooler by night. OHIO Sunday fair, slightly cooler in 4A4 central portions.

JOHN MITCHELL MAY COME HERE

Local Labor Men Would Have Him Speak. John Mitchell, the famous labor leader, has been asked by the Central Labor Temple of this city to deliver an address here. It is expected Mr. Mitchell will accede to the request. The matter of the date will be left to his convenience. The local union labor situation is not. in just, the shape it is desired by some to have it and it is believed an address by Mr. Mitchell would provide the needed incentive. Fred Heitbrink is attending to the interests of the local organizations. BECK DEFEATED AGAIN IN EXAM Wabash Man Selected to Go to England. Clause A. Pifer, a student of Wabash college, has been accorded the Rhodes scholarship in preference to Clyde P.. Beck of this city. Beck has succeeded In passing the required examinations three times. Friends believe he has not been the fortunate one to be selected because he is a graduate of a college that has had one representative to receive the scholarship. There is no question as to his fitness. VIEWERS NAMED FOR SOUTH L STREET Must Submit Reports Before Further Action. George Hart and Joseph Brower, both of Boston township, have been named as viewers of the site of the proposed South L street. These men were appointed by the county commissioners and must submit reports hefore any further action in the matter is taken. R. A. Howard, county surveyor, will act as the civil engineer. Mrs. Thomas Newkirk and son Carlisle, of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. War ren Newkirk. all former residents of this city are and friends. visiting local relatives

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EV Spain and her infant sou, the Little CONGRESS AS A TRUST BUSTER Paper Trust Will Be First Victim of the Wrath of Lawmakers. TARIFF NOT A FIGURE. SAYS THAT THE FAULT OF THE HIGH PRICE OF PRINT PAPER IS WITH THE PAPER TRUST IN QUIRY IS VERY LIKELY. Washington, April IS. In the event) the attorney general does not show! something suletantial has been done to prosecute the paper trust as a combination in rf.traint of trrde. providing the pending inquiry f.hows it is operating in violation of law, congTuss may go into the irurt-busLng business. Speaker Cannon and Chairman Payne of the Ways and Means committee, contend that the tariff has nothing to do with the price of paper; that the scarcity of tjie raw- product i3 not. responsible: thn the fault lies with the paper trust, v.hif-h by combining factories and regulating the output, holds the prices up to suit itself. The speaker dof-R not intend to go into th trust fight, but he may offer a resolution providing for a searching inquiry by a congressional committee into the operations of the International Paper company. This inquiry, if held, will touch upon the sources of supply, the methods of manufacture and the manner of distribution of the products of wood pulp. TO FURTHEB PLANS FOR YARD CLEANING DA! Committees Will Meet Together Monday Night. There will be a committee meeting j Monday evening at 7::x o'clock in the Commercial club rooms to make arrangements for " yard cleaning day." which will be observed on Friday. May the first. All the city officials and representatives of the Aftermath club improvement, associations and all tho.e j Interested in the work, are urged to be present and give aid work. to this worthy

Court Rules That Duke Musi Remain in the County Jail Until Admitted to Easthaven Hospital. 5

CASE OF YOUNG MAN APPEALS STRONGLY. Grieved Himself Into Insanity Over Disappearance of His Wife and Now Imagines Himself Pursued Nothing can be done toward sraatinf the petition of Ora Duke, that th young man who has been adjudged in sane and is confined at the county Jail be releas-ed. They offer to assume th guardianship of him and take upo themselves the responsibility for hi conduct. The petition was refused yesterday afternoon by Judge H. Q Fox, after a consultation with Dr. S E. Smith, superintendent of the East ern Indiana Hospital for the Insane. Dr. Smith, and the judge both held they have no jurisdiction in the cas at its present status. The case of Duke is one filled with phases that appeal to sympathy. Th insanity of the joung man developer! subsequent to a protracted period of remorse occasioned by the disappearance of his wife. Nothing that relatives could do for him succeeded in appeasing his grief. Members of tho family endeavored to keep him at home and did not inform the authorities of his condition until It became so bad that dangerous tendencies were exhibited. Then it was the police were notified and Duke was taken into custody. Fanciful Ideas. Duke was examined by a sanity core mission in Squire Ablwitt'r. court som time later and adjudged insane. He was taken to the county jail to nwjit admittance to East haven. Owing to the crowded conditions at that institution it has been Impossible to take him there. The prisoner imagines he in pursued by an agent of the secret service who desires to injure him. At frequent intervals Duke attempts to fir.ht off these imaginary antagonists. The parents of Duke appealed to Squire Abbot and he gave them a requisition for his release, which was dlreeted to the sheriff. When the paper came, into the hands of Sheriff Meredith, he appealed to Judge Fox for guidance, and the judge held the matter was beyond the power of the sheriff or himself. It was to obtain th opinion of Dr. Smith that the conference was held. The law directs that the sheriff shall have the guardianship of Insane patients, who have been considered dangerous to run at large and shall con fine them at the county jail. It fs lecause he Is held responsible for Duke legally, lhat the sheriff fears t i af ford him his liberty. If the man ) were to become a victim of a iruddon I attack of derangement and commit harm upon some person. whom h might imagine to he a foe. the, sheriff inigrfl be liable to reproach and probable litigation. Marshall Case. Simitar. A situation similar to that in the Duke case exists in that of Harry Marshall. This younjr m3a has been In the county jail for more than ?Af dayt awaiting admittanrc to the hospital. He was arrested almost one year ago and charged with attempt to kill bit father, Grant Marshall. Youn? Marshall returned to hi father's home and shot, him in the mouth. Later he was adjudzed insane and the crimhisi charge against him was dismissed. Sine? being placed in jail younu Marshall has shown no dangerous tendencies, authorities say. His father has hn appealed to provide funds for an operation to remove pressure of the skull on his son's brain, but haa refused. The t-enior farehall is said to fear his own safety if his Eon Is at large. In case Marshall ere at EasthaTen, he probably would be operated upon by the hospital surgeons. He can not get into the hospital, however, and it Is claimed the father will not pay for Thi operation, so the young man must remain at the county jail. The court has no jurisdiction to rcleaxe him. There is practically no probability either Marshall or Duko will be admitted to Eiifcthavea until after the completion of the new buildings. The circumstances surrounding their cases are unusual. DIPLOMA EXAMINATION. Held Saturday for the Pupils. Eighth Grade An examination for dip'omas tft which pupils of the eighth grade of the township schools ere eligible was held at the office of the county superintendent yesterday. The thlldren seemed anxious to answer the long list of questions and all were hopeful as to their prospects of receiriig passing grade.