Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 106, 22 February 1909 — Page 1

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RICHMO AHD SUN-TELEGRAM. VOL. XXX XV. NO. 106. RICHMOND, IIOJ., MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY SW, 1909. SINGLE COPY, 2 CENTS.

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THOUSANDS CHEER AND GREAT GUNS g ROAR WELCOME

When the Mighty Spectacle of The Nation's Sea Power ; Majestically Steams into Hampton Roads. ; .. " . MOST SUCCESSFUL IN HISTORY WAS CRUISE As the Gallant, Globe-Circling Battleships Steam Past Mayflower the President Given Last Salute. A MAGNIFICENT SCENE. A DRIZZLING RAIN WAS THE ONLY THING THAT MARRED THE OCCASION, BUT DIDN'T DAMPEN THE ENTHUSIASM. Old Point Comfort, Feb. 22. The cattle ship Connecticut, the flag ship of the fleet with admiral Sperry on the bridge headed the great globe-encircling fleet as it steamed majestically into the Roads today amid the greatest enthusiasm and the wildest excitement of between twenty and twenty-five thousand citizens and visitors ending the most spectacular and successful cruise in history of the naval world, after covering some forty-two thousand miles. Weather Unpleasant. Early morning conditions pointed to Ideal day, but at 10 o'clock a light drizzle began and continued throughout the review. This marred somewhat the great panorama as. the tail of the fleet .was at times obscured end the saluting guns sounded muffled in the fog. Otherwise the picture "was perfect f and the ' . prearranged schedule was carried' out almost to minute exactness. The Mayflower with the president - on board faced south, and back of her was massed the ' fleet of excursion steamers and press boats. As the ships were first sighted coming up the Virginia capes, they began firing a presidential salute. A vast pall of smoke hung over the scene. As each ship passed the Mayflower twenty-one guns were fired nnd again at 12 o'clock the national salute was given in honor of Washington. The fleet filed past in single formation, at the rate of six miles an hour and consumed just forty minutes In passing. . Board the Mayflower. After all the divisions had passed, the admirals and captains, headed by Admiral Sperry boarded the Mayflower where they were received by the president. The reception was brief, . the officers returning to their respective flagships. A half hour later the president proceeded to the flagship Connecticut where he was received by . Admiral Sperry and his officers and where he remained some twenty minutes. The next ship visited was the Louisiana which is the flagship of the second divlsiopi and the presidential party , spent twenty mlnute3 aboard her. The flagship of the third division, the Georgia, was visited next, where tin equal amount of time was spent and the last visit was to the battleship Wisconsin which is the flagship of the fourth division. After the visit to the Wisconsin was finished the president returned to the Mayflower and that Vessel will leave for Washington late this afternoon. On each flagship the president made brief congratulatory speeches to the assembled officers fend crews. Thousands of Visitors. Saturday and Sunday every train Bnd steamboat brought an immense multitude of people into the cities around Hampton Roads, and an equal (Continued on Page Two.)

HAIR-PIN FACTORY SEEKS A LOCA TION IN QUA KER CITY

"John, I can't find my hairpin box. Have yo useen itV "No, Sarah, I haven't seen it any place." "Well, if I can't find some hairpins, I can't do up my hair and that means you won't get any breakfast." Poor John, if he only had not enforced the rule that Sarah's hair should be nicely primped at breakfast even if the meal were late. "John, what am I to do about it? The stores aren't open yet. Will you let me tie a towel about my head?" "Why, that would be absurd, but I know how we can fix it." "How? O. Is there some place you can get me the. pins?" "Yes, I will just walk down to the factory and get you some nice new ones. It's not very (far and you can be setting breakfast' with your hair 4orfi,ify.0u wrtnt tojCcaus I-wot

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V 1 ' EXCURSION TRAIN III FATAL WRECK Seven People Were Killed in Delaware at an Early Hour This Morning. GOING TO HAMPTON ROADS TRAIN WAS CROWDED WITH PEOPLE GOING TO SEE THE BATTLESHIP FLEET NOT MANY PASSENGERS INJURED. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Seven persons perished and a whole trainload of passengers on their way to witness the home coming of the battleship fleet, had a narrow escape when the' first section of the Norfolk express crashed into twe locomotives standing on the main track of the Delaware division, Pennsylvania railroad, at three o'clock this morning. The baggage and mail cars caught fire. Seven bodies have been removed from the wreckage, and only one, that of George Davis, of Seaford, Delaware,' has been identified. The remainder of the bodies are unrecognizable, being badly burned. The other victims are known to include Baggageman McCready, of Wilmington; Express Messenger Parry; Mail Clerks Cochran, Woods and R. M. Davis, and Mail Weigher Wilhems. Another express messenger is missing. No passengers were seriously hurt, but many received slight Injuries. TWO ATTENDED BAPTIST MEETING Local Congregation Represented at Franklin. " 1 Rev. H. Robert Smith, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Frank Unthank, attended the meeting of the state brotherhood organizations of the Baptist churches held at Franklin today. Neither were on the program. That Is a sample of what may be an early morning conversation in Richmond, if the proposition of the Queen Hairpin .company be accepted by the Commercial club. This company, which manufactures the "stay-in" brand of hair pins, is considering a middle west location for a factory. L. H. Boehm, the western representative has written the local club asking that correspondence he started with the home plant for the purpose of securing a western branch. It is represented that the company holds a number of valuable patents and if a branch factory were located here would employ at the start upwards of 100 men. The factory now Is located at Leominster, Mass. The business is said to be growing and for that reason a branch plant further rest Is proposed. Strange as it may seem almost all the hair ninn martit in th I ff&SH SHktdb are mannSMSOred eaat-of

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Above cut shows Pott of Callao, Peru, visited by the fleet, aud two of its former commanders, Admirals Evans (left) and Thomas (right). COURT BILLS ARE VETOEO TODAY BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE Governor Marshall Firmly Sits Down Upon the Hammond, Linton and Gary Measures In His Message. STATES THAT GARY IS JUST AN EXPERIMENT Senator ,!emi ed That County Local Option Fight Had Just Started Predicts Repeal. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 22. Governor Marshall today vetoed the Linton, Gary and Hammond court bills. The messages were read to the senate this morning in which It was said that Greene county does not need another court. Bloomfield thought the county needed more court facilities until it found that Linton was going to -get a court, then Bloomfield changed its mind and said that the county didn't need it. The governor said he did not take into account the charges which were circulated to the effect that Senator Bland did log rolling to pass the Linton bill. The Gary veto message says it is better to wait until the state finds whether the town of Gary will be a big success or a gigantic failure. He says no court is needed "there now and that Lake county has now two county seats and should not have three. The Hammond veto message states that Hammond has one judge now and if another is needed the governor suggests it be divided between Hammond and Laporte. The governor's vetoes' created something of a sensation around the legis- , (Continued on Page Eight.) CUBAN ITCH RAGING Inmates of the Home for the Friendless Are Afflicted With Disease. NOT PERMITTED TO LEAVE Inmates of the Home for Friendless, including several women and children, are suffering from Cuban itch in its most serious form. The itch has been prevalent among the inmates for several days and all efforts on the part of the home physician to overcome it, have proved unavailing. Permission to the inmates to leave the Institution during the period of their infection has been denied. Fred Ellis, who tried i to get his three children from the home last week, could not do so. The authorities were very anxious to have the matter kept quiet. KNOUFF LECTURES. Prof. C. W. Knouff, principal of the high school, lectured yesterday after-1 noon at the Y. M. C. A. chapel on Fraternity to the members of the high school Bible classes. There were 40 boys present. THE WEATHER PROPHET.INDIANA AND OKtO PrebaWy rain

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THINK MARSHALL WILLATTEI IT Jefferson Club Confident Gov ernor Will Grace Banquet At the Coliseum. . - - - ' PROBABLY HELD IN APRIL ORGANIZATION ALSO HAS HOPES OF SECURING THE ATTEND ANCE OF THE NEW SENATOR, BENJAMIN F. SHIVELY. The Jefferson club, the Wayne county democratic social organization, will not hold its banquet until after the legislature has adjourned. It was impossible to obtain the desired dignitaries to come to the city and the banquet was postponed for this reason. It was first planned to hold the - banquet tomorrow evening at the Coliseum. The club is determined to have Governor Thomas R. Marshall in attendance at the ba'nquet and will arrange the date so that it will be convenient to Mr. Marshall. Hopes of obtaining Indiana's new senator, B. F. Shively, of South Bend, are also entertained. C. B. Beck, former county chairman, stated this morning that it was probable, the banquet would be j held In April. TAFT ON WASHINGTON President-elect Delivers Eulogy on the Father of ,.,,,,. His Country. SPEAKS AT PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia. Feb. 22. Presidentelect William H. Taft was the principal speaker at the George Washington commemorative exercises today, held at the University of Philadelphia. Judge Taft discussed at considerable length, the influences exerted by professions upon thought and action and also building up of the nation. He concluded his address by eulogizing Washington. - Latest A T!"1. 4,v iSW-1

BUSINESS PLACES AtlD RESIDENCES RAIDED BY A LAD

Police Have in Custody Young Colored Boy Who Is Appar ently a Professional Crook, Despite Age. ATTEMPTS WHOLESALE ROBBERY BUT FAILS Charge of Entering House to Commit Felony Has Been Placed Against Him Case Is a Curious One. Tendencies that stamp him as a probably professional thief when years of experience are added, were displayed by Delmo Doty, a fourteen year old -colored boy, Saturday nisht and early Sunday morning. The boy broke into half a dozen grocery stores in differ ent parts of the city and visited even a larger number of private residences, but failed to gain entrance. He has made a confession to the superintend ent of police and claimed he did not know that he could be sent to prison if he broke into a place, but did not take anything. He admitted his motive was to steal whatever might suit his fancy. It is probable the boy, who has been in trouble before, will be sent to the reform school. Father Gives Warning. The youngster was arrested yesterday noon, after his father had called at police headquarters to see if he were locked up and held on some charge. The boy had not been home Saturday night, and knowing his proclivities. the father sought information from the police first. When the father told his son had been out all night, Roundsman McNally, who was on duty as desk ser geant Saturday night, and who had been Informed of the attempted robberies, surmised the Doty boy might have been implicated and noHTftll" the patrolmen to bring him in. This aft ernoon Doty was charged with entetring a house to commit a felony. In his statement to the superintend ent, the boy said he went to "Old man Budd's" place on Bridge avenue and crawled in a broken window. The proprietor was heard coming into the store with a light and the boy left the place immediately and undiscovered. Climbs Into Window. He then visited the Mulligan grocery in Fairview. Here a board bad been placed before a broken window pane and this was pushed aside by the lad and he climbed in. He tried to unlock the back door to get into the next room, but was unsuccessful. As he could not reach the store room he left the place. Next he visited the Sudhoff grocery nn TTnrt Wavno avonna Ua trt1 n crot in Vii 1 1 fnHAf? an9 n?Vian Vi A VmI s some one coming he ran. He went back to Fairview and spent the remainder of the night in a barn belonging to a Mrs. Hudson. He slept in a box and awoke an hour before daylight. About 3 o'clock Sunday morning the boy visited the grocery of Lennte Moore, 325 North Third street. He went through a broken window on the south side of the building and unlocked the door. He was In the store room and about to make his thefts, but decided to go outside and look again to see if everything was safe. He did so and saw Mr. Moore and his son coming, so ran again. Youngster Is Foiled. He left Moore's and went down to the south end of town and visited a number of places, but could get in none. It was becoming too light and he was afraid to try further, so continued to wander about the city. The boy admitted, also, that last summer he took 50 cents from ,the store of John Wehrley on Fort Wayne avenue. Three or four weeks ago, he again stole at this store. He saw the back door was open, so went through the store and took the key out of the lock. When Wehrley was gone, he returned and stole the cash box. He (Continued on Page Two.) ddition to the

A LUCKY WOMAN

her friends called her. "Why, your house is full of such delightful things that you picked up for half nothing, and we don't even know when folks want to sell them." "Not a case of luck at all." she explained. "I just read the small want ads. And. what's more, if there is anything I want. I call Phone 1121 and let the people know about it." THE BIRTHDAY OF WASHIIIGTOII WAS REMEMBERED HERE There Was an Atmosphere of a Holiday and But Little Business Was transacted Throughout the Day. SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE TOLD OF THE PATRIOT Special Programs Were Ren dered at Earlham College And at Garfield SchoolFlags Were Displayed. "The saviour of his country" was not forgotten in Richmond today. There was little business done in the down town stores and there was the atmosphere of a holiday. The beautiful spring-like weather made the day most pleasing it has been for many years. Outside of the banks and saloons, practically no business places were closed. A number of flags were displayed about business houses and private res idences. A few of the school build inga dlsplayeu the national colors. A few mercantile establishments had prepared special window decorations. One of the most appropriate of these was the Jones Hardware Company. Tmr'BTorT 6f the cnerYy-treeWtirircW. et was depicted. No Public Observance. No attempt was made at any public observance. The day was made a half holiday by the public schools and In nearly every room this morning the story of George Washington was told. In a few instances special programs had been prepared. The annual Martha Washington meeting of the Wo men's Relief Corps was held this after noon. At tne uarueid school building, a special program was carried out. The Rev. S. R. Lyons, of the United Pres byterian church, delivered an address. Miss Frances Robinson spoke, also. Music was rendered by the school orchestra, and there were patriotic songs. Hit Life Reviewed. A review of the life of the first pres ident of the United States was made in the chapel exercises at Earlham col lege by Prof. Harlow Lindley, of the history department. Prof. Lindley chose as his topic: "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." He spoke of the- ca reer of the famous revolutionary lead er in a fitting manner and related a number of entertaining anecdotes. A number of epigrams from the most famous addresses or writings of Wash ington was read. As first in war, the various military campaigns led by Washington were brought up for discussion. The early training of the future general while a member of the Virginia militia and en gaged in the struggle with the English agains( the French was spoken of as an excellent preparation. Washington became a military genius and by fight ing the English in the truly American manner showed his ability to recog niz his advantages and opportunities and make the most of them. It was his daring and splendid leadership that made him first in war. An Excellent Executive. His excellent executive ability as head of the department of government and the strong qualities displayed were the cause of Washington's becoming (Continued on Page Eight.) Big Fleet 1 T'-.. S TZ3X'trj51

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STATE TREASURER

HADLEY REPORTED TO BE UNDER FIRE Governor Marshall, Rumor Has It, Will Make Investiga; tion of Affairs, But Will Not Be Quoted. CLAIM VIOLATION OF THE DEPOSITORY LAV Claim That He Has Shown Partiality in Distribution of State Funds, But Hadley Makes Denial. REID BANK FARES WELL STATEMENT IS MADE THAT TH1 ' INSTITUTION GOT DOUBLE THE SHARE ALLOTED THE. MERCHANTS BANK. Palladium Bureau, Indianapolis, Feb. 22. State Treasurer Oscar Hadley is un der fire, according to reports that were circulated Saturday night and. yesterday, and it is said that Governor Marshall is investigating the transactions of the treasurer's office with a view to ascertaining whether there is any truth in the rumors. Governor Marshall, however, refuses to give out any information on the subect and if he baa anything of that kind on his mind he is keeping it to himself. The first report Saturday afternoon was tnat tne governor was investi gating the affairs of one of the state offices. It said that there was a pos sibility that one of the state officers would likely - be. asked to resign . and that if he did not resign he would be removed. It was said also that there might be a grand jury investigation. The office was not designated, and there was nothing in the rumor to in dicate which one was meant Rut lat er it became noised about that the office referred to was that of state treasurer. There is no charge of shortage or anything of that kind, and it is believed by everybody that the books of the office will show that ev erything is all right in that particular. But later reports said that the first Jumor had reference to the manner n which the funds of the state were deposited with the public depositories, the allegation being that the funds were not kept in equal distribution among the various depositories. Bankers Before Marshall. The fact that Otto N. Ftenzei. pres ident of the Merchants National bank of thlscity, .and John P. Frenael, pres-' ident of the i Indiana Trust company, also of this city, both of which institutions are depositories for state funds, were summoned before Governor Marshall and that they appeared at his office late Saturday afternoon gave strength to the rumors, although the two Frenzels refused to say anything about why they made the call or the subject discussed with the governor. John P. Frensel remarked before he entered the governor's office, however, that he knew why he was called and that he had no Information that be could give to the governor. Soon after Frenzel made his call it became noised about that the governor had been informed that the state treasurer had failed to maintain proportionate balances in the various banks acting as state depositories and that there had been discrimination la favor of the institutions controlled by the Frenzels. . Just why this alleged discrimination was made was not stated by those who talked about the matter. He Denies Discrimination. Hadley denies that there has been any discrimination infavor of the Frenzel institutions. He says that the Merchants National bank has on deposit only about $150,000 of the state fund, while the Capital National bank has nearly double that sum. The Cap ital National bank is owned by Daniel G. Reid. of New York, formerly of Richmond. Hadley also denies that there is any of the state's money on deposit any where except in state depositories. Hadley says the depository law does not require him to maintain proportionate deposits in all of the state depositories. A member of the legislature declares that the section of the -law relating to maintaining proportionate deposits refers only t counties, cities, etc - Revelation in Store? Whether there Is anything else back of these rumors or whether there is anything else wrong in the treasurers office cannot be learned. But there are rumors that there will be further developments within the next few days. When Governor Marshall was asked about the rumor thax he was consider-

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