Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 73, 28 April 1908 — Page 1

THE RICHMOND PAIXADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM, VOL. XXXIII. NO. Vi. RIC1I3IOND, 1XD., TUi:SDAV EVENING, APRIL 28. 11)08. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. SLEEPY CONGRESS ONCE MORE GIVEN 800 LIVES ARE LOST COURT ERRED MANY SCORE ARE HURT BOARD OF PUBLIC MURDERER HANGED INDIANA SENATOR TIMES IN BREACH OF PROMISE CASE WORKS WILL BE PLACED ON RACK ATTACKED B! TWO OF HIS COLLEAGUES Terrible Storm Raging Over Pennsylvania Passenger Train Crashes Into Derailed Freight. Man Who Killed Common Law Wife Punished for Inhuman Act. China Snuffs Out Lives Near Hankow. IE

AWAKENING

SAbout to Settle Down Into a Long Nap Before Close of Session, Roosevelt Awakens It With Message.

EXECUTIVE CATCHES LAWMAKERS UNAWARES. (None of Them Had Any Intimation of Document Until It Was Presented in Houses, But Laid Over. President Roosevelt's special message lo congress will be found on page 7 of this issue of the Palladium and Sun-Telegram. Washington, D. C, April 2S The President, startled Congress yesterday afternoon with another special message, in which he tilled the enactment, of legislation which lie had recommended in his annual message last Pecemher and in the two special messages which he transmitted on January 31 and March 25 respectively, luit which the leaders of Congress had jcsolved should not go through at. this session. Mr. Roosevelt laid particular stress upon the desirability of restricting the injunctive power of Courts in labor disputes and reconstructing the Sherman anii-lnist law so as to put into operation his scheme of Federal licenses for interstate corporations. He expressed gratification over the passage of the employers' liability law, although ho thinks it imperfect, and is pleased over the prospect of the enactment of certain specific measures which the leaders of the House and Senate, through Representative "Watson of Indiana, assured him a week or two ago they would try to put through before adjournment. Only a few of the lawmakers at the capitol had an intimation that the special message was coming. The newspaper correspondents were cogni zant ot the fact, inasmuch as copies ot It had been distributed for publication this morning, but of course they were pledged to secrecy about it. Consequent ly the average member of Congress, Senator as well as Representative, heard with amazement the announcement late Monday afternoon that a communication from the White House had arrived. The Senate was engaged in the closing debate on the battle ship question when one of the secretaries from the executive offices arrived with it. Reading Postponed. It. was nearly 7 o'clock when this tnatter was disposed of, and at the suggestion of Senator Aldrich. the Re publican leader, its reading was post roned. Over in the House a tangle over the absence of a quorum occurred, and therefore the message was not read there. The exact reasons impelling the. Tresident to send his message less than three weeks? from the date agreed upon for adjournment are not explained in the document, and there is 'considerable speculation among the 'Jawmakers as to just why he did it Pome have formed the impression ifhat he wrote it on the impulse of the moment, and this seeks to be borne out by the fact that all of hie Cabinet officers -did not know it had been pre pared. The tone of the message like wise would indicate that there is Bome ground for this theory, for it is Tnuch less dispassionate than the message of March 2., which, it will be recalled, was a temperate and mod era to document, although dealing with practically the same subjects. The comments upon some of his observations are rather critical. ASSASSINATE BANDIT Raisuli Will No Longer Terror ize His Fellow Countrymen. THE REPORT IS CONFIRMED Tangier, April L'S. -Word has been received here to the effect that the bandit Raisuli had been assassinated. The report says that he was ambushed by a band of Leymens while journeying toward Tazrant. Confirmed Death. Taris, April, 2S. A news agency here lias what purports to be confirmation cf the report of the assassination of Raisuli. According to the report received here the bandit was ambushed by a number of Leymens tribesmen while returning to his home from a native feast offered in his honor. Other reports cxpre&b doubt as to the truth f the rumor.

SUFFERING WILL FOLLOW.

Shanghai. April '2. Terrible storm disasters are reported from the vicinity of Hankow. From that, city comes the report, of 00 lives lost. Many coast vessels have been wrecked and hundreds of houses have been unroofed. Great suffering and privation will follow the storm as many of those persons who lost their homes are of the poorer classes and will become objects of charity. The winds raged at a terrific speed and the sea was lashed into foam. The waves dashed the light fishing craft about as straws. VAST SUMS TO BE SPENT IN BUILDING Estimated That From $200,000 to $300,000 Will Be Expended. CONSTRUCTION PLANNED. AMONG THOSE STRUCTURES TO BE ERECTED WILL BE NEW THEATRE, COLONIAL BLOCK AND TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. Local stone masons, brick masons. carpenters and other artisans employed in construction work, will have a good season this spring, summer ana tail. There are several big structures which will go up this year and there appears to be plenty of minor construction work planned for or contemplated. Four buildings will be consructed this year. They are the Colonial block. Seventh and Main streets: the Y. M. C. A. building. North Kighth and A streets: the Central Union Telephone exchange building. North Tenth street and the Murray vaudeville theatre, Main and Tenth streets. There will be a large number of workmen employed on these buildings and there will also be a heavy demand for workmen on the numerous residences which are planned for. It. is thought that this season there will be several homes constructed on the Beallview and McCain Realty company additions. A moderate sized building boom in West. Richmond and Fairview is also predicted. It is also quite probable that there will be several homes in the east e,nd of the city pur up this year. For some weeks construction workmen have been busily engaged in the work of remodeling Main street business houses, nearly all the merchants on that street having become instilled with the praiseworthy idea of improving the appearances of their establishments. It is a conservative estimate that there will be between S'JoO.on and .S.'ion.ooc invested in new buildings this year. KING IS CAPTURED Leader of the Gypsies, Spectacular Figure, Caught After a Battle. REGARDED WITH AWE. Geneva. April 2S. Emile Haussman. the original "King of the Gypsies." a spectacular figure in Central Europe, and long sought by police was arrested at Zurich, near his forest camp, after a terrific struggle, in which several were wounded. Haussman was regarded with awe and superstition by the gypsies. HIGH PONTIFICAL MASS WAS HELD A Feature of Catholic Celebration in New York. New York. April 'S. - High pontifical mass by Cardinal Logne in St. Pat - rick's and a sermon by Gibbons were features of the program for the cent ennary celebration. Thousands of peo - p!e composed the procession around the cathedral, before reading of the words of blessing from the Holy See. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA Brisk to high west to northwest winds Tuesday night; Wednesday fair, warmer. OHIO Wednesday fair, warmer, in west and south portions; brisk to high we6t to northwest wind - Tuesday nifl&V

So Says Study in His Appeal For a Rehearing of the Smith-Vaughan Action Before Judge Fox Today.

OBJECTIONS TAKEN TO MUCH OF TESTIMONY. Some of This Should Have Not Been Admitted and Furthermore the Jury Was Not Instructed Correctly, He Says Argument on the motion of the defense for a new trial in the case of Susan J. Smith vs. John D- Vaughan, was heard by Judge Fox in the Wayne circuit court this morning. Thomas J. Study, chief counsel for Mr. Vauglian in the recent trial of the case presented the motion and made the argument. Both Henry I'. Johnson and J. F. Robbins spoke in the interests of Ihe plaintiff. Judg" Fox took the matter under advisement. The defense presented a large amount of testimony which the court was asked to review. The motion for a retrial set forth twenty-nine reasons as to why the petition should be granted. The court was charged with numerous errors. The customary declarations that the verdict was not in accord with the evidence and thru it was contrary to law were presented. Mr. Study laid particular stress on the fact that the court permitted he plaintiff to amend the complaint after the trial had been in progress for a week. He charged that the amend ment constituted an entirely new cause of action. The original complaint charged Mr. Vauglian with making a contract to marry the plain tiff in June 1904. The plaintiff insert ed that it was in 1907 that the final refusal to marry was given. Under the law, a, contract to many must, ha executed within one year unless it. be put in writing. The defense claimed the contract had not been written and the time limitation had expired. The amended complaint called attention to a promise of marriage alleged to have been made in April of 1906. It was on this contract that the plaintiff's counsel chose to rest its case after a week of trial. The plaintiff's counsel claimed permission had been given to amend the complaint in accord with information given the court previously, that application to do so, would be made some time during the course of the trial. It was held that a plain tiff has the lawful right at any time to amend the complaint so as to make it conform to the evidence. Both Mr. Johnson and Mr. Iioboins contended there bad been no advantage taken of the law and no subterfuge has been resorted to in the effort to circumvent the meaning of the statutes. It. was held the privilege of an amended complaint always is allowed. An effort, was made to refute all the allegations of Mr. Study. Study's Charges. In his motion for a new trial, Mr. Study charged the court erred in admitting evidence in regard to the marriage preparations alleged to have been made by the plaintiff; the court erred in instructing the jury; the court ought to have instructed the jury specifically as to the parts of evidence, which were withdrawn; the court fired in admitting evidence to snow the specific value of real estate owned by the defendant; the court er - red in permitting the plaintiff and her sister to testify in rebuttal in regard to the trip of Mr. Vaughan to Ken - tucky in 190;'; the court, erred in per - mining the plaintiff to read in evi dence to the jury portions of the deposition of Rene .lulian; the court erred in permitting the plaintiff to testify to writing a letter from Williamsport to the defendant; the court erred in refusing to permit the defendant to introduce the testimony of A. H. Hunt to prove the time 'the defendant was absent from the city in 1906: the court erred in permitting Mrs. Pittsford. Bertha Nixon. Hazel Phelps. Mili dred Phelps. Florence Vinton and Wil- ! liam Willeuits to testifv as to the acts of the defendant prior to the making of the alleged verbal contract to marry: the court erred in permitting the amendment to the complaint; the court erred in permitting the testimony of Florence Vinton as to th- de1 fondant kissing her and the evidence j f Claude Keever as to the defendant ! kissing Hazel Phelps; the court erred j in permitting the testimony of the Plaintiff in regard to contents of the t letter written to Mr. Vaughan asking him to call at a time when the brother was present; the court erred in permitting the plaintiff and others to testify in regard to the defendant sending flowers to Mildred Phelps at Fountain City, when she graduated; the court erred in admitting evidence in regard to the defendant paying for a cake sent Hazel PhelDs: the court erred in refusing to permit the d in refusing tc defendant to prove bv w. A Pond . (Continued era Fag Tbr,)

NEAR THE RIVER'S BANKS.

New York, April 2. A score of persons were hurt, one fatally, when a. Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into a derailed freight south of Elizabeth. N. J. The engine and the first coach were flung from the tracks, onto the embankment of Elizabeth river, and were just saved from plunging into the water by striking a telegraph pole. The most seriously injured is Robert Wible of Camden, N. J. RUSINESSMEN TO SING PRAISES OF CITY AT BANQUET All Arrangements Are Completed for the Commercial Club Event to Be Held Tuesday Evening, May 5. PROMINENT MEN ARE ON THE PROGRAM. George P. Early, Alfred F. Potts and Hon. A. C. Harris Among the Noted After Dinner Speakers to Appear. Everything is completed for the annual banquet of the Richmond Commercial club. The event will take nlace Tuesday evening. May .", at the banquet, hall on the fourth floor of the Masonic Temple. The program which has been prepared, calls for a number of toasts by representative men of the city. The principal speak er will bo Addison C. Harris, of Indian anolis. a native of Greensfork, this county. Members of the organization are entitled to invite their friends. The annual banquet, is the chief social event of the year for this organization. It is expected that the affair of next Tuesday evening will be superior to all others. Invitations have been issued to all members and they arc re quested to notify Secretary Haas as to their acceptance and the number of tickets desired by next. Saturday. The program has been arranged so as to afford the speakers opportunity to touch upon nearly every line of commercial or industrial acthity. The subject matter will deal with Richmond as the topic and the praises of this city will resound as never before. Mr. Harris is not. the only speaker from without the city, whose name appears on the program for a toast. Alfred F. Potts, of Indianapolis, a well known lecturer on municipal matters, who has addressed the club and made a very favorable impression, ha,s been requested to respond to the toast. "Richmond to the Outsider." Mr. Potts is a very pleasing speaker. George P. Early, of Pittsburg, formerly of this city. will respond to the toast, "Richmond. That's All." Mr. Early has gained fame as an after dinner speaker. He is brilliant and spontaneous. In his toast "Richmond in 1 the State." it is expected Mr. Harris will tell of the position held by this : city among the others of the state and i the influence of its citizens. .lohn F. ' McCarth v. president of the Cornmer cial club, will act as toastmaster. The complete program will be as follows: Music Richmond High School orohest ra. Toastmaster John F. McCarthy. Invocation Rev. Elmer G. Howard. Toasts "Richmond at Home" John L. Rupe. "Richmond to the Outsider' Alfred F. Potts, of Indianapolis. "Richmond's New Interurbans" W. H. Kelley. "The Richmond Merchant'' Adam H. Bartel. "The Richmond Manufacturer"- S. S. Strattan. Jr. "Richmond Abroad" E. G. Hill. "Richmond's Young Men" Rudolph Leeds. "Richmond's Newest Factory Acquisition" James A. Carr, of Springfield. Ohio. "Richmond, That's All" George P. Early. "Richmond in the State" The Hon. A. C. Harris, of Indianapolis. THE SAME TEACHERS. The same corps of teachers that served so effectively at Webster last year has been re-employed for next year. The Webster school ranks high ! th those of the county as a town1 hip Institution. A. u. Baldwin is prm- ! rTai ani nis assifctajus arp layman 1 Leiboldf . Miss Lona Arbogast and MiM LUiie RotkermeL

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Will Ask Why the Municipal! . . ..... n ! Pittsburg. Pa.. Apri" :-Wil!iam Light Plant Should Not BeVo,, .vn-nonau ,-.r cohort. i:..g

Sold. WITHERBY REITERATES CHARGES AGAINST PLANT. Depreciation and Other Loss es Not Considered When Reports Are Made on Concern's Finances. E. E. Withcrhy. general manager of the corporation which controls the Richmond. Light, Heat Power company, appeared before the board of directors of the Richmond Commercial club last evening. Mr. WUherby protested against the proposed action of the city in placing its Main street wires overhead on North A street and South A street and attempting to force ihe Light. Heat & Power company to place its Main street wires underground. Mr. Wit hcrhy also presented arguments for the sale of the municipal lighting plant to the corporation controlling Ihe Light, Heat & Power company. It is announced that before the directors pass any resolution on the matter for the approval of the club members it will request the members of the board of public works to appear before them and present arguments why the city plant should not be disposed of. This meeting will probably be held within the next week. Mr. Witherby argued in regard to the Main street pole ordinance that it was invalid because it discriminated between clashes. He pointed out that ihe city and the Light, Heat & Power company, were each engaged in the same-class of business and that the city in adopting its policy of evading the ordinance and forcing its competitor to comply with its terms, was doing an act of injustice to the Light. Heat A: Power company, and that that company would not submit to such treatment. It. was pointed out by Mr. Witherby that the city has a joint pole agreement with the Light. Heat &. Power company and, he contended, that if the c ity placed its wires on poles on North A street and south A street, the Light, Heat Po,er company had the right, under the terms of the agreement, to place its Main street wires on the same lines of poles. Mr. Witherby pointed out to the Commercial club directors that while the figures on the municipal plant presented by the board of public. works from time to time, showed that the city plant was a good investment to Ihe citizens and was making money, the fig ures were compiled without taking into account depreciation on the plant and equipment, the. loss of interest on the money the city has loaned to the plant, the loss on taxes, and the los sustained by the city from the plan receiving a higher rate for public lighting than the rate the I,ight. Heat & Power company had offered to supply this class of lighting for. DIES WITH SECRET Selig Silverstein, New York Anarchist, Succumbs At Last. THE CORONER'S VERDICT. New York. April 2 Selig Silverstein. the anarchist who threw the bomb in Union Square, died at Bellevue hospital today. The coroner decided that death was due to consumption, notwithstanding that the man's arm was gone, his spine injured and a portion of his skull torn away by his own bomb explosion. He never revealed the plot of the crime. DUVALL IN COURT. Eucene Duvall is not a bad boy as boys go, but he doesn't like to go to school very well. He makes tis home with his grandmother on South Tenth street and the probation officer says Eugene is not. very grateful and abuses his grandmother. Today was the second time the youngster has appeared in juvenile court. The judge was too busy today to bear his case and he was instructed to report to - morrow.

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TO BLAME.

ot 1 1 land, was hanged at ten (-'clock for tne murder of his common-law wife. Bes sie Hf!np. His ivock was broken. McDonald friends claimed that the hypnotic influence of rhe woman in duced McDonald' to desert his wife and the children in England. The murder was the result of jealousy. LOUISVILLE BRANCH BEING MOVED HERE Hoosier Drill Greatly larged by Additional Machinery. EnTHE CAPACITY INCREASED. WHEN EVERYTHING IS PUT IN RUNNING ORDER. LOCAL CONCERN WILL BE IN POSITION TO EMPLOY 500 MEN AND BOYS. Today there was received 3t the Hoosier Drill branch of the American Seeding Machine company sixteen car loads of material from the Ijouisville branch of this company, which has been combined with the local branch. For the past week, many car loads of material have arrived here from Ixiuisville and by the mid die of next month it is oxyected that the principal officers of the oh Ixwis ville concern will arrive here. None of the employes of tht- Louis ville branch will come to Richmond but the combination of the two branch factories will be of benefit to local mechanics. It is expected that the normal working force at the Hoosier Drill will be five hundred men and boys, by the middle of next month. Manager Carr of the Hoosier Drill stated today that by the combination of the two factories it was thought that the capacity of the Hoosier Drill would be increased by one-third. Business is now good at this concern and the prospects are that it wil con tinue Rood. During the month of March the con cern had an unusually busy time and the average number of men on the pay roll at that time was four hundred and forty. With the enlargement of the factory it is possible to emnloy between five hundred and six hundred men. Formerly the working capacity was about three hundred. Since the closing down of the Louis ville branch, it Is stated that a good part or the southern business of the ! w corporation will he transacted , fr0m the local branch. Since th Hoosier Drill went into the American Seeding Machine merger, it has tnns acted most of the western business of tne corporation, it will continue to do so. HERESY IS CHARGED Episcopal Clergyman Said the Resurrection Story Was Myth. WAS REFUSED A LICENSE St. Paul. April "V Robert Hamil ton Lotion tor twenty-nve years an Episcopal clergyman, is charged with heresy and was refused a license to preach by Bishop Edsall. because he declared publicly that the story of Christ's resurrection was a fairy tale. THIS MAN'S MOTHER-IN-LAW GOOD She May See Forger Through His Trouble. Los Angeles. Cal., April 2-S. Charged with passing a worthless check to the amount of $2,1 -0 In payment for an automobile, J. Crawford, the son of a j prominent Boston lawyer, was arrest- ( ed. He says fcis motner-m-law will see biro, through.

Albert J. Bcveridge Attacked For His Stand by the President for Four Big Battleships.

ROOSEVELT'S NAVAL POLICY CHECKED. By Overwhelming Vote It Was Decided by Higher Legislative Body That Only Two Ships Should Be Built. Washing ton. IV C, April 2. less than one third of the senate stood by the president in his demand for four attie ships Monday afternoon. Th tniendniciu ottered by Senator Piles, of 'ahingion. doubling the number of itch vci-vs-els provided for in the naval appropriation lull, was defeated bv a vote of . to When the Vice Pres ident announced "on this emotion the yeas are J, it seemed as thouch a htidder ran through the administiation forces in the chamber. Was the number an ill omen, and what did it portend for the administration bctdde3 the repulse of the president in his tight for four Dreadnoughts? Some of the superstitious of t-olons inquired of themselves. Others appeared to plain resentfully at Senator Bevcridge. of Indiana, for hailing a fight which culmi nated in Mich a hoodoo climax. No War Cloud Seen. In the first place, senators were op posed to a spasmodic, increa.-e In the naval strength because there is no such thing as a war (loud on the International horizon, and for the further reason that the expenditures of the gov ernment are running away ahead of the revenues. In th second place. they looked upon the president's fight for four battleships as an attack upon the organization of the t-enaie, which is now in their hands, and they were determined that legislation should re main in the control of the senate and not be transferred to the white house. 'Stand by the Naval Committee.'' which meant the organization, was one of the anti Administration slogans dur ing this memorable contest. A glanco through the list of republicans who stood out against the president also serves to recall that a contest for tho Presidential nomination has been in progress for some little time, and It is to be observed that very few of tho senators who favor the nomination of Secretary Taft voted for only two buttle ships. The controversy culminated rnoit dramatically. The neneral debate closed at i o'clock and then the dUeus-sion-was under the ten-minute rule. Foraker, of Ohio, led off, and in a vicorous and eloquent speech contended that there was no reason whatever for the president to ask for four battleships, especially since in 1!C, he told congress that the navy then was big enough, and new ships should be built merely to replace old ones. Ilemenway. of Indiana argued against four battleships on the ground of economy and the necessity of expenditures for internal improvements, such as wa'erwajs. public- buildings, etc. Aldrich and Hale produced a climax to one of the most Interesting debates in many years. They administered a rebuke to Reveridge which ha no parallel in th" rv eent history of the fenate, and their reprimand of him produced a profound sensation. Not in a deead or longer was there such plain talk from members of the senate to a colleague, and what they said wa imended as much for the president as for the ic-adlKg champion of his naval program. Reveridge squirmed in his seat and endeavored to reply, but under tht en minutes' mle. having had his say. he could not talk again. But William AldenSmith of Michigan, rushed to his de-fen.-e, and in an impassioned speech protected against "this forum being convened into a slaughter house in order to sacrifice the distinguished and able senator from Indiana." This remonstrance, coupled wih th suggestion of a butcher s instrument and blood, made even Beveridge laugh, but it evoked a round of applause from the galleries, where the naval eontingent was largely represented by th wives, daughterF. sisters and other relatives of officers. WALKING FROM COAST TO COAST Baseball Player Attempts Remarkable Journey. San Francisco, April 2. Vedder Hegeman. the earstwhile national league base hall player left ihe Examiner office today to walk acroo th coctiaect to New York.