Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 33, Number 161, 25 July 1908 — Page 1

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VIVID SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IXD., SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 11)08. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS. tfOL. XXXIII. NO. 161. SULTAN BOWS TO THE WILL OP THE TURKISH PEOPLE TEARS TONGUE FROM CITY'S OWN IS PARTLY LAW D0G-1N-MANGER REED III RICHMOND TRUST CO. WIIIS LAW Oil RIGHT SWEETHEART'S MOUTH OF APPEAL IS TACTICS Multimillionaire Stops in the City to See His Old Friends. ocal Banking Firm Successful in Suit Against Henry County Bondsman. COME TO AN END Italian Is Then Captured and FOR L Dragged at Heels of Horse.

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Councilmen May Use an Effect- ' "ive Club on Board of Works In the D. & W. Traction Matter. :B REACH BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES WIDENS.

1i Dilatory Actions Are Continued, Council Will Likely Suspend Present tne Mam Street Freight Ordinance. Although council at Its meeting last Monday night passed a resolution favoring the board of public works signing a franchise ordinance submitted by the Dayton & Western traction company, the board has not yet accepted the franchise. The result of the "dog-in-the-manger" tactics of the board of public works is the widening tot the breach between that body and he city council and It is expected that at the next council meeting there Vill be some merry doings. The board has so far refused to fclgn the franchise because it does not .contain a provision requiring the jtraction company to accept city car 'line tickets for fares within the city limits. Council is of the opinion that this matter is of too minor importance to cause the traction company and 'the city "deadlocking" over the franchise question. It is For Revenge. Before council can ratify the fran chise submitted by the Dayton & Western traction company, the board jnust first sign the franchise. The board of public works is taking ad vantage of this, the councilmen claim, to spite the councilmen and shippers, Who have throughout the setlement of the traction matters shown up the board In a most unfavorable light. However council still has in its pos session a club believed to be strong enough to compel the board to come to time on the Dayton & Western franchise matter. This "club" coun cil can wield is the authority to siiS' pend the enforcement of the ordinance which prohibits the operation of freight cars on Main street. It is an assured fact that if the board has not lilgned the Dayton & Western franchise before the next council meeting, council then will use this "club." At the last council meeting Council man Deuker, chairman of the fran cnise ana ordinance committee, re ported an ordinance which provided for the suspension of the Main street freight ordinance. This caused the administration forces to break into cold sweat. Speaking for the adminis tration, City Attorney Study stated Ithat the adoption of such an ordinance would be fatal because the board would never be able to reach a "satis factory" agreement with the D. & W as long as that company was permit ted to operate its freight cars on Main I street. If such an ordinance is passed by council it would permit the operation of freight cars on Main street only for a period of ninety days. However, if at the end of that period the board had not yet signed the franchise coun ell could grant the traction company a longer period of time for operating Its freight cars over Main street. To many citizens the running of freight cars on Main street would he objec tionable, but council could easily place the responsibility for such ac tlon on the shoulders of the board of public works, which body would be compelled to carry it BETRAYED BY LOVER SHE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Scandal Drives New York Gir To Desperate Act. New "iork, July 25. Louise Kerger, Bged 19, and pretty, jumped from a crowded trooley car while crossing the bridge at Hackensack today. The con ciuctor saw her jump into the river and after a desperate struggle brought the unconscious girl to the bank. She :may die. On being deceived by her lover, the unfortunate girl had deserted her child and fled from her home, and the scandal drove her to attempted suicide. SECOND TIME CHARM. Washington, Indiana. Man, Suicided Today. 4 Washington, Ind., July 25. Albert Freeh, aged fifty, a druggist, shot him self twice In the breast early this morning, dying instantly. He tried to poison himself earlier in the week. Worry over his wife's death Is the reason assigned to the man's deed.

ON WAY TO CHICAGO.

D. G. Reid, multimillionaire and former resident of this city, was in Richmond today looking after his various business interests in this city. At the Second National bank, of which Mr. Reid is vice-president, he held the usual informal reception which is always accorded him by his numerous friends whenever he visits Richmond. "Did any business matters of especial importance bring you to Rich mond?" Mr. Reid was asked. No, I was on my way to Chicago to look after some business matters and I just thought I would stop off in Richmond and see how things were progressing in my old home," Mr. Reid replied. "This evening I will leave for Chicago." Before any other question could be asked Mr. Reid, he was surrounded by a crowd of friends, all of whom wildly jostled each other in an effort to shake hands with the tinplate and railroad king. Mr. Reid appeared to know all of them because every man was addressed by his first name. After he had inquired after the health of all their relatives Mr. Reid escaped with an "excuse me will you? I have to drop down to the Dickinson Trust company and see Sam Dickinson, then '11 have to run over to the Union Na tional and say hello to the boys. Solong." 'LEAD WITH COURT FOR COMELYWOMAN Attorneys Not Engaged in Di vorce Case, Ask Court for Favor to Mrs. Houser. COURT DENIES DECREE. GROUNDS ON WHICH THE WOMAN ASKED LEGAL SEPARATION FROM HUSBAND NOT SUFFICIENT, JUDGE FOX HOLDS. An Interesting point of law and a pretty woman applying for a divorce from a man she alleges has deserted her without provision, caused two known local attorneys, neither of whom was interested, except imperson ally, to go to the assistance of the counsel for the applicant, but more es pecially the client and offer their opin ions to Judge Fox in circuit court this morning. The plaintiff was Mrs. Alma Houser who sought divorce from John Houser. She failed to show statutory cause and the court denied the divorce despite the pleas of her own counsel and those of her voluntary le gal friends. Before marriage Mrs, Houser was Miss Alma Hawkins. It was the old story of a pretty wo man in trouble and the sympathy of mankind. "What! Have no case for divorce from a man who has not lived with you for six months nor even provided for you?" exclaimed Mrs. Houser when the judge could see no reason why divorce should be granted. The comely witness went to her seat near friends and broke into tears. Attor neys questioned the judgment of the court. Mrs. Houser told the court she came home to visit her mother three years ago and has resided here ever since. She said her husband was gone from her for about a year, but return ed and they resumed marital rela tions. He had met success as a real estate agent and so provided for her in a satisfactory manner and paid all bills for six months. Then he left again and has not returned. The court held the evidence must show the failure to provide for a period of two years. The judge stated the fact the defendant returned and the wife resumed relations with him was evidence of condonement and a re conciliation after their estrangement so the previous period of separation could not be included in the present term of apparent abandonment. When the ground was seen to be falling from beneath the case of the fair applicant, two attorneys went to her rescue voluntary and offered suggestions to the court. Citations and opinions were fired at the judge, but he was obdurate and held the reconciliation was proof of an agreement and it could not be shown the defendant had abandoned the plaintiff the required period of time. JOIN STRIKERS. Bessemer. Ala., July 25. All coke pullers of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company joined the striking miners and quit- work today. They have hitherto been unorganized. THE WEATHER PROPHET. INDIANA AND OHIO Showers Saturday night and Sunday; fresh east winds.

Issues Irade Granting Constitutional Form of Government to All Subjects Under Turkish Control.

MOVEMENT OUTGROWTH OF PARIS CONFERENCE. Young Turks and Representa tives of Different Races Met And Planned to Battle for a Change. Constantinople, July 23.Following alarming reports from the Balkan provinces of the success of the Young Turkey party the sultan has Issued an irade granting constitutional govern ment. The grand vizier immediattely addressed to all the provincial author ities a circular telegram for the elec tion of a chamberof deputies. The towns of Monastir, Uskub and SalonikI are already in the hands of the Young Turks who maintain order everywhere. Marshal Osman Feisipasha, the new commander of the villayet of Monast ir, was seized and carried off by band of men belonging to the Young Turkey party. Niaza Bey, the leader of the Young Turks, at the head of 1.000 followers, forced his way into Monastir, raided Osman's quarters and succeede in carrying off the marshal without bloodshed. Other news received here from Eu ropean Turkey indicates thll a revolt of the Macedonians In favor of the Young Turks may be expected within the next few days. Will Keep Hands Off. The signatory powers to the Berlin treaty have no present intention of interfering with the course of event3 in Turkey, which up to present time are regarded as purely a domestic affair. Seres, Prisrend, Kossova, Vodena, Kastoria, Ellasona, Serfidjl and Oorbena. all in European Turkey, have joined in the liberty movement, while 100,000 Albanians have proclaimed themselves as in favor of the constitu tion. Startling as was the sudden dismissal of Ferid Pasha from the grand viziership and theappointment of Said Pasha in his place, this step was as nothing compared to the sensation created in all quarters this morning by the official that the sultan had decided to convoke a parliament. It was felt that In view of the gen eral revolt in the army, unprecedented in the history of the Turkish em pire, some change was inevitable, and that far reaching measures of reform In the central government were bound to be inaugurated. But the drastic action of the sultan, who took the reins Into his own hands and by the stroke of a pen suddenly yielded to the demands of the Young Turks and re stored the constitution of 187G, ha3 taken the palace clique, members of the diplomatic corps in fact the entire population of Constantinople com pletely by surprise. Although It was thought that the long-sustained agitation might possibly bring about some form of parliamentary administration, nothing so dramatically abmpt was regarded a3 possible. Deserted by Albanians. The immediate cause of the oultan raising the white flag was the receipt of a telegram addressed to him from the Albanians of Uskub informing him that they had taken their oath to fav or the re-establishment of the constition. This message landed like a thun derbolt at Yildiz Kiosk. The sultan has been under the impression that he could depend upon the Alban ians under all circumstances. Ferld Pasha, who is an Albanian, had favor ed this uprising. Old Constitution Revised. The new constitution is practically a restoration of one proclaimed Decem ber 23, 1876, by the present Sultan, im mediately following his elevation to the Sultanate after the violent death of Sultan Abdul Assiz. June 4 of that year and the deposition of Sultan Mu rat V., on August 31, 1S76. This action on the part of the Sultan was wrested from" him by the Young Turks, a political party that has been working for a good many years for the establishment of a constitutional government in the realm of the Sul tan. Last fall the Young Turks and representatives of the various races and creeds In Macedonia met in Paris and decided to concentrate their energies on bringing about a government for Turkey that should be modeled on the Western system. The efforts to this end were characterized by a quiet de termination, and few people were aware to what extent the propaganda had flourished and taken root. About 10 days ago there began to come reports of mutinies among the Turkish troops In Macedonia and It was declared that the Young Turks (Continued on Pax Two.1

Padua, Italy, July 23. Rrancisco

Vergani was put to death by a mob today for tearing out his sweetheart's tongue because she broke her promise to marry him. A crowd tied him to the heels of a horse and was dragged two miles, every bone In his body be ing broken. Vergani went to Amer ica to make his fortune and while there his sweetheart married another man in Italy. She will also die. INSPECTOR'S WORK IS SUCCESSFUL Grade of Milk Now Sold in Richmond Much Higher Than in Past Years. SEVEN GET MERIT CARDS. FINAL GRADING OF DAIRIES IS MADE FOR THE PRESENT, BUT OWENS MAY RETURN TO THE COUNTY LATER. John Owens, state food and drug in spector, left Richmond this morning for Indianapolis where he was called by the chief, of his department. Mr. Owens stated before leaving that he had almost completed his investiga tion of dairies in this county, but that he hoped to be able to return here within a few days and complete his work. He stated that he was greatly pleased with the improve ments made by the dairymen since his first inspection, last June, and he thinks that the quality of milk now being sold in this city has been great ly Improved. As a result of his second inspec tion Mr. Owens- has -. I wind eren dairies in good enough condition to warrant the issuing of merit cards to thena. The. proprietors of these dair ies are E. L. Commons, J. L. Batch eior, Henry Tapey, H. C. Meek. R P. Lankert. Charles Hanes and E. S Jay. A card was issued to the latter yesterday. The Richmond Cream company has U large business in this city and the majority of the milk it distributes is received from farmers who operate small dairies in connection with their farms. Several of these small dair ies were Inspected yesterday and none of them received a grade better than fair. One dairy, that of John Flatley, was found to be In such bad shape that it was condemned on the spot. The gradlngs on the other smaii dairies was as follows: Web ster Cream company, fair: H. w Hunt, fair; A. Irvin. fair; William Wil coxen, fair; John Flatley, condemned j. w. jL,amD, lair; A. Palmer, fai minus; Mark Dukes, fair: William Bond, fair; George Pitts, poor minus; C. O. King, poor; F. D. Jay, fair minus; Bert Elleman. poor; Charles A. Deitemeyer, fair minus. Pitts was told by Mr. Owens that unless he im proved the conditions of his dairy im mediately it would be condemned. Of the regular dairies inspected yesterday by Mr. Owens, the following grades were given: Ratliff Brothers, first grading, poor minus; second grading, fair plus. jUewis Hamptons fair minus. George Trahp, good minus. D. S. Hoover, fair minus. Edward S. Jay, good. On Mr. Owens' first visit to Richmond? thirty dairies were inspected with the following results: Good, 13 per cent; fair, 43 per cent; poor 26 per cent; bad 13 per cent. His last inspection shows the following result: good, 34 per cent; fair, 46 per cent; poor, 19 per cent; bad, no per cent. Summing this up, it means that 34 per cent, of the milk supplied to this city, not Including the Richmond Cream company, is by dairies which have received merit cards. The average of dairies graded fair has increased from 43 per cent to 46 per cent while the average of dairies graded poor has decreased from 26 per cent to 19 per cent. EMBEZZLER GETS - PRISON SENTENCE Wm. F. Waller Gets Sixteen to Twenty Years. rf&rtford. Conn., July 25. William F. Waller, who fled to Mexico after after embezzling more than half a million dollars from the savings bank of New Britain, and who was later ar rested and brought back today, plead ed guilty. Later he will make a de tailed confession. He was sentenced to the penitentiary from sixteen to J twtotr xaars.

Ordinance Covering Scale In

spection Is Obsolete and Does Not Meet Needs of the Present Day. REQUIRES INSPECTION BUT ONCE EACH YEAR. City Inspector Walterman Not Required, Except on Re quest, To Inspect Scales Oftener. Direct hlame for the condition of scales in this city and particularly those on ice delivery wagons whereby short weight has been given consum ers of ice is due as much to the weak ness of the city ordinance as any probable laxity on the part of the in spector of weights and measures. At the present time the offices of inspec tor of weights and measures and pub lie markets are combined in one man Henry Walterman. When the market season is on in full blast as is custo mary through the summer months Mr. Walterman devotes nearly all of his time to this branch of the depart ment. The inspection of scales is done only upon request or when the inspector sees fit. The only regular inspection of scales is made but once a year, usu ally in September. In this month the inspector makes the rounds of the city and after testing scales affixes a pa per seal, which bears the date of the inspection and his signature. It is common sticker and is as easy to remove as to attach. A dash of water from a sponge when the scales are being washed removes the sticker and all indication that the Inspector ever has seen them. It is possible to bring about altera tions in all scales no matter what their kind and when the owner knows after the inspector has passed in September he will not return for another year there is nothing to prevent the dishonest person from turning a 6et screw or otherwise shifting the bal ance so the scales will record in his favor. ' Once a year is all that the Inspector Is required to make an examination of scales and apply tests under the city ordinance. This ordinance was pass ed in 1887, before the days of ice de livery combinations and yellow wag ons. The ordinance does provide that the inspector shall seal all scales by "stamping, branding or otherwise af fixing thereto, on some conspicuou part thereof, the letters "R. S." and the proper figures denoting the denomination thereof; said letters shall be taken to mean Richmond Stand ard'' and when affixed to any weight or measure by said sealer shall have the effect of a certificate that such weight or measure has been tested by said sealer under the provisions of this ordinance and the same is correct. The labels applied by the inspector do not show the initials "R. S." in accordance with the ordinance. Never Inspected. Inspector Walterman said yester day he does not inspect scales at any time except in September unless he is requested. This morning a reporter went into a large uptown grocery and asked to see the seal on the scales. The man in charge was told the reporter was looking for the "R. S." "Why, we have put in new scales and they never have been Inspected," was the astonishing Information. The scales had been in use for several months but were not stamped as they never had been inspected. There is every reason to believe the scales are perfectly correct, but the inspector knows nothing of them and will not until next September, unless he makes a personal investigation. The city ordinance referred to above states further: "It shall be un lawful for any person or company en gaged in the business of buying, sell ing, exchanging, bartering, peddling, or hawking in the city of Richmond any goods or merchandise, to use in determining the weight or measure the quantity of such goods or merchandise, for the purpose of sale, barter or exchange any weights, measures, scales, beams or other instrument or means therefor, unless the same shall have been inspected by the sealer of weights and measures as provided in this ordinance." Walterman was asked if he waits until September to inspect the scales In use by the ice company when the ice season is practically over. He said he visited the barns of the company on the west side In June and tested the scales. Inspected in June, It was only about one month until the scales used on delivery wagon No. 3, were found to be 12 pounds short on each 100 pounds. This scale showed no seal and what may be the condition of similar scales on other wagons is a matter for conjecture. One Main street confectioner had been ac customed to record the weight of ice he received daily from this wagon, not I knowing the Incorrectness of the (Continued on Paso Two.).

THE CASE IS AN OLD ONE.!

The suit of the Dickinson Trust Co., of Richmond, against J. P. Nicholson of New Castle to recover $2,000 alleged to be due on the bond of James Winsdor. appointed guardian of Rebecca Weeks in 1S71, came to an I end in the Delaware circuit court inursaav niant wnen tne lury render ed its verdict giving the plaintiff dicated whether or not he will appeal me i-nr. About thirty seven years ago Mr. Nicholson went on the bond of Mr, Winsdor. who filed his final report and settlement in the matter of Re becca Weeks, a person of unsound mind, in the Henry circuit court and was discharged. Judge M. E. Fork ner was on the bench at the time and the court's order did not release the bondsman from further responsibility The settlement accounts of Mr.

Winsdor were found a little over $800 the following statement with referout of the way and the matter was ence to the opinion of the United

never straightened up. He died a few vpars affpr h fi!rf hi. ronort and about a year ago the Dickinson Trust Co. took the matter up for the Weeks estate. The case was heard at New Castle last January and the jury failed to agree. A change of venue was theni asked and Judge Jackson sent the suit to Delaware county. PARTY LEADERS MEET III CHICAGO Frank H. Hitchcock in Conference With Few State Wheelhorses. GET READY FOR BATTLE. MAIN HEADQUARTERS FOR G. O. P. WILL BE LOCATED IN CHICAGO ACCORDING TO DECISION OF CHAIRMAN. cnicago, juiy itepunucan tea aers from eight states of the middle west are meeting with Frank H. Hitchcock chairman of th rpni,hiU .u.u.t. l" Stack UP the Situation and tO get reaay ror team work in tne campaign. Mr. Hitchcock arrived yesterday morning rrora uoioraao springs, weu the Rockv Mountain territory. He qqti orion virn tnA rAAAM rminn.n r in i soent most of the dav in lookine over prospective sites for national headquarters. It has been fully decided to make Chicago the center of operations, and the chief headquarters will be opened

here Aug. 15. Headquarters for the "ent or otherwise, shall prove an lmeastern states will be established In I pediment to effective administration of

New York August 1. The Chicago quarters probably will be in an office building downtown. Instead of in one of the big hotels. The object of today's conference was to bring together the men who states adjacent to IlUnols during the campaign. It was for the purpose of making the various state chairmen acquainted with each other and plac ing tnem on a rooting where with a few practice drills they will be able to do effective team work. The men attending are the national committeemen, the state chairmen

and the state secretaries. Ohio Is not Garley, of Chicago. Judge Grosscup on the list of the states bidden to the supplied an addendum to his anconference, the reason being that nonnofment that h. woM Imnr th

Ohio will be managed Independently unaer me jeaaersnip oi Artnur i vor8or the national committeemen, Col. Lowden of Illinois, Harry S. New of Indiana, Frank B. Kellogg of Minneso ta and John W. Blodgett of Michigan are far from home on vacation trips and were not nrea4.nt hnt .rr .t.t chairman and state secretary invited Is sitting in the conference. Mr. Hitchcock expects to remain ta Chicago until tonight, when he will leave for Cincinnati, to be present Tuesday when William H. Taft Is formally and officially notified of his nomination for the presidency. He win then depart for New York to open up headquarters for the eastern territory and will get back to Chicago about August 10. REFUSES TO RUN 01. HIS OWN TICKET William R. Hearst Don't Want Nomination. New York, July 23. "William Randolph Hearst arrived from Europe today and told reporters that he would not accept the nomination for presi-j iceni on tne independence ticket.

Regrettable That Standard Oil

Case Cannot Be Taken Di-i rect to Supreme Court, Infers Attorney General. fiRnSnilP TAI K5 FUR. THER ON STATEMENT.1 nit - . wmspenngs oi umcago juage Against the President, However, Have Been Absolutely, Ignored by Roosevelt. Lenox, Mass., .July 23. Attorney' General Bonaparte, who is here mads StatM CQUrt of appea,s revw8lne tb. dec,skm of Judge Landis ,a lmPln fine of ? 29.240,000 on the Standard Oil company: "I have read the opinion. It i sent to me by the United States attorney as soon as issued. Any com-' ment by me on the action of the court of appeals would. In my judgment, be Inappropriate, especially since in some form and at some time in the near future the department of justice will undoubtedly try to obtain an authoritative review of the deci sion, i; i Present Statutes Lacking. 'It is much to be regretted that. 0Wlng to the unre8onable restriction Imposed by existing law upon the right of appeal by the United States In crim inal cases this can not be done In what is obviously the most natural. most prompt and most effective meth odnamely: by a direct appeal to the supreme court of the United States.' Since such is the present condition of the law the department must adapt Its course of action to that condition. In my opinion it Is of vital moment that the statute regulating Interstate - V .J V 1 i ' WUIUiri to BUUU1U MJV BU wuBimeu UJ our courts that it may not be practically impossible to convict law break ers on a vast scale nor nracticallv impossible to punish them, when convicted with sufficient severity to as wire future obedience to the law. I think it Is the duty of my department I to foster a wholesome fear of nunlsh ment among those often and strongly I tmntd to An what th. law fnrhida KTl& tne department has tried In the past and wIn try Jn tne future to faithfuuy discharge this duty. Avoid Establl.hlna Precedent. "Such considered measures will "ereiore De aaoplea arter aue aeiioI rrouuu cumerenre as wui so lar M practicable remove any possible dan8r which may be thought to exist ,est tne Present decision, as a precethese salutary laws UNMOVED BY ROOSEVELT. Grosscup Comments Further on Roose velt's Stand. o' JV7p ' his statement that he would take no more notice of President Roosevelt's comment on his Standard Oil decision than he would of any private citizen. In an interview given Just before he started on an automobile tour of the ,ftnntain with Mr .n Mr. r.nre .n thir .nhtr mi.. wi.n president's declaration that "punlshment would have unquestionably been meted out to a weaker defendant who had been guilty of such an offense." Judge Net Provoked. "I am not provoked. said the Appellate judge. "Had any good, all around lawyer who had studied his e "ali that the opinion would have been different in the case of a weaker dlfend"t 1 1g.hT' bn 'T. wnai aisiurDea. uui ine comment wi the president does not disturb me. "As the representative of the government, continued Judge Grosscup, "the executive can ask for a reconsideration of the case which has just been decided adversely to the government by the Court of Appeals which rendered the decision. But no demand can be made, as a matter of right, under such circumstances. Corporations Here to Stay. To a comment on the fact that f jmerly he was looked upon as an anticorporation man he contented himself with the remark: "WelL as a man grows older, his mind develops." This moved the judge to declare himself upon the subjects of corporations generally in the following dictated statement: -The corporation is here to stay. It already embodies more than one-third of the property of the entire country. One-half of the people or the country get their bread and butter out of 1L It is the form In whlca the largest (Continued on Page Two.)