Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 130, 18 March 1909 — Page 2

AGE TWO.

WIRELESS WILL PLAY ITS PART III THE STRIKE Wireless, Station on Top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris Will Attempt Communication With London. POSTMEN HAVE JOINED WITH TELEGRAPH MEN Situation Is Growing More Serious Hour by Hour One Million Letters Have Been Delayed. Paris,. March 18. It Is estimated that more than a million letters and twenty-five thousand telegrams are held up because of the strike of the post and telegraph employes. The situation Is growing worse hourly. Attempts will he made to establish wire less communication from Eiffel tower station to London. The letter carriers have joined the strike of the telegraphers, telephone operators and mall clerks employed by the postoffice department. At a meeting they voted by a large majority to feegln a-strike after the first delivery. Sight hundred postmen employed In the delivery of newspapers and par cels went out after the last distribution. ; The strike movement gained greatly throughout the day, Paris being practically Isolated from the rest of Mnance and France from the outside "world. Eight thousand strikers met 'lut night and passed a resolution to VQa?ntln-the struggle to the bitter end. Nation for Finish Fight. ' Premier Clemnceau declares that t2w government is ready for a fight mrad will not recede in its determlna'tftoni to force the strikers to the wall. ik most-serious situation however, has sglsen .. through the - inability of the sjnVernment to communicate with its foreign representatives, and tonight the strikers cut the private telephone wire connecting the Elysee Palace with the various ministries. Troops are held in readiness at VersailVnn to re-enforce the Paris troops In case anw demonstrations of a serSous nature coma tomorrow, which is a holiday. There was-an. alarming rumor late last night that the secretary of the j railroad employes union has prom- ' lied to order out these men in a symt pathetic strike. i The strike extended raDtdlyall day and at 6 o'clock last night the operators at the Bourse station, who remained at their posts lone after the central station was paralysed, marched -out, severing1 the last, strands which Included the French Cable Company's New York-Brest communication. Simultaneously the failure of the night shift of telephone operators to make their appearance-jpuo the final means tnC quick communication out of mission. . The publlo service employes In j roost of. the "larger cities followed the lead of their Paria comrades. Mail Are All- Stepped. 'The international and lnterurban nails are at a standstill, entailing heavy business losses. Some, of the larger commercial and' financial firms have sent agents to -London,- Brussels, Antwerp, Strausbourg.,and other places, where they are. receiving messages and conducting" operations. .Hie bourses here, at Lyons, Marseilles and other centers are at a standstill owing to the lack of quotations from foreign exchanges. - Threats of suspension and dismissal, have only served to bring the employes of the Various branches into closer union. ' Reserve operators who were summoned from the country districts to Paris refuse to perform ser vice and theT'mllltary telegraphers who were called upon this afternoon, and through wTwm it was expected to re-establish wire communications, were almost helpless before the damaged switchboards and instruments which the strikers left behind. TEAM IS ORGANIZED Little Giants of Cambridge City Are Ready to t Take Field. . THEY HAVE STRONG LINEUP Cambridge City. March IS. The Little Giants baseball team which won an enviable reputation among the amateur teams of the tate last season, has reorganized and the team is laying plans for the amateur championship of the state this year. The following challenge. has been issued: "We, the Little Giants, having organized our baseball team for the season of 1909, would like to hear from the strongest amateur teams in the state. Our lineup is as follows: Catcher, T. Butler; pitcher, Murley and Goar; shortstop, Knox; second base. Green; third base. Kerlin; first base, Young; left field, Schattel; center field. Stonecipher; right field, Mosbaugb. : '

Englishmen Were Enthused Over Battle Between Britt and Summers

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This picture was taken during the recent battle at the National Sporting Club in London, in which Johnny Summers was given the decision over Jimmy Britt, of California, after 20 rounds. There was no knockout, the camera having caught Summers on his knees after he tripped on the torn canvas floor covering. Britt stopped his rush and received wild salvos of applause by assisting Johnny to his feet.

QUAKERS HELD UP AND GAME TAKEN Bush League Incident Gives a Black Eye to the State Polo League. PENNANT CHANCES LOST FOULS CALLED ON RICHMOND, TAKING SCORE AWAY SO THAT THE NEW CASTLE TEAM COULD WIN CONTEST, LEAGUE STANDING.

Won Lost Pet. Elwood .. 11 8 .579 New castle ,'.., .....10 , .526 Marion .... 0 .500 Richmond U 10 .474 Anderson 8 10 .441

New Castle 4; Richmond 3. All chance to win the pennant in the (-Indiana Polo League, was lost last evening; through the tactics pursued by referee Ives of New Castle. "Ives de liberately threw the game to New Cas-

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said one of he local players today. Ives said in explanation of his act that he could not allow New Castle to lose. The local team was in the lead and should have been given the game by the score of 4 to 3, but in the third period, Ives fouled Oestlng, making the third foul for. the locals and of course taking off a point from the local's score. New Castle has a chance to win the pennant but Richmond fans certainly wish this team all the hard luck possible since the miserable treatment received at their hands last evening. Lineup and summary: Richmond. Position. New' Castle Sharp Nolan First Rush. Houghton Quigley Second Rush. Edington TJeWitt Center. Oestlng Williams Halfback. Lancaster , May Goal. First period No goal. Second period Edington, :5C; DeWitt 6:43; Quigley, 1:26. Third period Houghton, 3:12; Houghton, 1:17; Houghton, 4:22; Quigley, 1:55. Overtime Quigley, 2 minutes. Rushes Nolan, S; Sharp, 3. Stops May 30; Lancaster, 30. Fouls Houghton, Edington, Oesting, Williams. Attendance, 1,000. Referee, Ives. CELLAR CHAMPS GIVE SURPRISE Five B's Awake and Defeat Entre Nous. The Five B's, the cellar occupants of the City Bowling League, surprised themselves last .evening , by defeating the Entre Nous two out of three games. This makes four games out. of 30 won by the Five B's. The team scores are Five B's; 672 ; 821; and 771. Entre Nous, 781 ; 811 and 761. "The alligator swallowed him. "An did they kill the gator?" "No; they thought that swallerin him was punishment enough!" Exchange.

THE ItlCrOIOXJJ MTAIaULULVSI A5D SUS-TELEUKAU, TUTJltSDAY, MARC1T

CHICAGO IS VICTOR Maroon Team of Y. M. C. A. Gave Illinois Outfit a Good Trimming. RESULT WAS A SURPRISE. Y. M. C. A. LEAGUE STANDING.

Won. Lost. Pet. Yale 3 1 .750 Princeton 2 1 .666 Illinois ...2 2 .500 Cornell 2 2 .500 Carlisle 1 2 .333 Chicago 1 3 .250

Chicago 23; Illinois 15. Another surprise was sprung in the Y. M. C. A. basketball league last night when Chicago won its first game by defeating the strong Illinois five. The Midway boys had not broken into the games won column before, but since they have got started it is believed they will continue to travel strong. The team is made up of experienced players and there is reason to believe they will be in the running from now on. Last night's contest was fast and at the start it looked as If the score would be unusually close. When Chicago got going real well, the "Suckers" were not to be found. .Ackerman starred for his team with seven field goals. Thornburg put up a good game for Illinois and Mendenhall was strong on defense. Summary: Illinois Chicago Thornburg Taggart Forward Buell McConaha Forward Brown .. Marlatt Center Mendenhall Ackerman Guard Moelk Ferling Guard Goals from Field Thornburg 4, Mendenhall, Moelk, Marlatt 4, Ackerman 7. Goals from Foul Thornburg 2, Moelk, Marlatt. Referee Vail. Scorer Allison. In the World of Sports Mordecai Brown Is the highest salaried player on the Cubs, and he never has failed to sign the original contract which has been sent him containing the terms he has demanded. Comi&key says the report that this is the White Sox last training trip in the West is not true. He gives assurance of this by arranging games for 1010 at Oakland, Cal., and San Francisco. Hans Wagner still fights shy of the Pirates' headquarters. He refuses to even talk base balL but you can beat the works that he will be In line the minute the season opens. The big Dutchman is only stalling so as to avoid that southern trip. Stony McGlynn, the former Cardinal twirler, has cast his lot with Milwaukee. If Stony would cut out the rocky going he would be one of the best In the business. Buster Brown, who was under the weather all last season, not taking part in a single game, is in grand form now, and Billy Murray says that he will be a sensation this season. He sure is twirling grand ball , in the training games. ' It looks as though Bresnahan is going to have an awful time to turn out better than a cellar aggregation. With Raymond, Murray, , Karger and Fromme gone, the Cardinals don't even look like a winner In a class C circuit. Vic Williams says Dreyfus "raiseover last year's salary is $300 a sum which the lanky twirler received as bonus last season, for winning more than twenty -games. . According to

Pittsburg scribes stories, one is led to believe that Willis had been offered a 'steen-thousand-dollar increase in stipend. Clarence Beaumont, according to reports from hiB home in Honey Creek, Mich., is in fine trim His bum leg Is good and strong, but, rather than take chances in the early spring games, he has been allowed leave of absence during the southern trip. Several of the major league teams will carry the players uniforms In a team trunk, as is done by theatrical road companies with the chorus costumes. The idea is an old one, and most teams that have tried it abandoned it, making the players have individual uuiform rolls. If Fielder Jones really intends to stick to his determination to quit, Billy Sullivan will add a few thousand beans to his roll, for Comiskey is the one man in base ball who slips a bundle to am an who can make good. And Sully Is sure to make good. He knows the game from top to bottom, and can get all there is in his men out of them.

"DAY BK " SLOGAN OF DRYS Henry County Temperance Workers Met and Organized Today. - LIQUOR MEN TO PLAY FAIR TEMPERANCE PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN FIELD WITH VENGEANCE AND WILL MAKE A WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN. New Castle, Ind., March 13. With the local option election to be held In this county two weeks from yesterday, the temperance forces will now conduct a whirlwind finish. The slogan will be "Henry County Dry by 2.000." and until the close of the polls on election day every minute of time will see them busy. Local, temperance leaders were busy yesterday notifying ministers and temperance workers over the county of a big mass meeting to be held at the Christian church in this city this afternoon, at which a thorough organization will be effected and the work commenced in earnest to roll up a ma jority of at least 2,000 for the drys two weeks from today. t . At today's meeting workers will be appointed for every section of the county and the organization will be more complete than any political party ever Mnd In this county. It has been generally admitted that the lack of action by the temperance forces was making votes for the wets, and this aroused the local temperance workers to action they taking matters in their own hands and deciding on the meeting for this afternoon. Fair in Their Dealings. The saloon men today began the distribution of cards showing voters how to vote as they desire. These cards show how to vote "wet," but also show how to vote "dry." and have evoked general comment as to the fairness displayed by the saloon men. The State Liquor League la not rendering any aid here, neither are the brewers, the only fight being made is that by Individual saloon men, who were deposed by remonstrance and want to get into business again. They are paying the expenses themselves and will not do anything that will In any manner injure their cause. The ministers of the city are taking an active part in the option campaign, as they did in the remonstrance fight. Ministers throughout the county are also becoming active and the next two weeks will be busy ones.

JURY IN COOPER CASE FAILED TO REACH A VERDICT

Up to Ten O'clock This Morning They Were Still Out Considering Evidence of Prominent Case. MISTRIAL PREDICTED BY JUDGE ANDERSON Jury Received the Case Yesterday Morning After Hearing Long Charges Read by The Court. Nashville. Tenn., March IS. Tip to ten o'clock this morning the Cooper jury was still deadlocked with but little hope of reaching an agreement. It seems the general Impression that a mistrial will result, although plenty of trae will be given the Jurors for their deliberations. Judge Hart evidently does not expect an early verdict, for at 4 p. m. yesterday he adjourned court and started for his country home. The sheriff asked him if he would return to receive a verdict during the night. "I will not." he replied promptly. "If they reach a verdict, tell them it will be just as good in the morning. I don't believe in midnight verdicts anyhow. And I do not think a country jury with no way to get home at night would be foolish enough to come in with one. They'd stay over and get the night's lodging and breakfast at the state's expense." May Hold Jury Two Weeks. Judge Hart has declared his intention of holding the jury together for a week or two if necessary, in order to get a verdict. The costs in the case have been enormous and it is realised that a second jury to try the case never could be secured in this county. Attorney General McCann looks for a verdict. "The charge is long." he said, "and the jury is made of farmers who do not think rapidly. They may want to read that charge a dozen times before they are satisfied that they understand a certain point. I am confident that they will give us a verdict before the end of the week." Judge Anderson of the defense expected a verdict in thirty minutes or a mistrial. He would not discuss the delay. Judge Hart began his charge to the jury at 9:30 a. m., and finished at 11:15 at which time the twelve retired to deliberate. The typewritten charge of sixty-two pages, about 400 words to the page, was handed to Juror S. J. Hyde, and, according to custom In tbis county, this makes him the foreman. The twelve deliberated quietly until 12:30, when they asked for luncheon. Later they began to argue, and this continued all afternoon. i When the jurors returned to their room after supper there was no loud talk. Instead bursts of laughter and snatches of song indicated that the twelve men were not discussing definitions of murder or theories of self defense. Just before p. m., they summoned the deputies and announced that they would "turn In" for the night. Items Gathered in From Far and Near Guarding Against Consumption. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. Scores of thousands have visited the tuberculosis exhibition, now at Its end. It might have been continued to great , advantage. . Unquestionably a vast amount of good has been accomplished. If the visitors will only take to heart what they have learned and put their knowledge into practice a long step will have been taken toward the eradication of a disease which has amounted to a scourage. Consumption in its early stages is curable. By proper living it is preventable. This being the case, the time is surely coming when no one need die of it. Segregation for those who are hopelessly afflicted Is a growing necessity. When this can be brought about the remainder will be easy; Revolvers and Murder. Prom the Scranton Truth. Not a day passes without furnishing a powerful argument in favor of restricting the sale of the deadly revolver. It is scarcely necessary to print these potent arguments In proof of the homicidal tendencies of pistol carrying. The list, would be too long. A determined effort should be made at the present legislature to pass the bill putting a stop to the indiscriminate sale of the machinery of murder. Truth Versus Fiction. From the SL Paul Dispatch. The mother-in-law is generally kind and indulgent; the landlady is more than solicitous about your welfare; the street car conductor does not knock down fares; policemen do not go to sleep on their beats; there is no such thing as a gentleman burglar. Think it over. African Write Up. From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Right now wild animal stories are your only sure sellers and the Hornbasan roar has silenced the Big Noise. Peace for a Day? From the Chicago Post. We have now signed an agreement with Venezuela settling all oar differences "forever." We may. not have any mcre.trouble.fbr-at least a fortnight

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SATURNALIA TO BE GIVEII BY THE BUSINESS CLUB Will Be Held at the Coliseum Next Month and Promises To Be the Amusement Event Of the Season. KING KARNIVAL WILL PRESIDE OVER EVENT Amusement Committee Gets Together and Issues Its "Kommands" for the Citizens to Attend. At the meeting of the entertainment committee of the Young Men's Business club, in charge of the entertainment to be given this spring, plans were drawn up and the work placed in the hands of sub-corn mittees. The affair is to be known as a masked saturnalia, and will be given April 21. The committee met with Postmaster Spekenhier yesterday afternoon. The purpose of the event will be to raise money to be used by the dub for different purposes. It will also have an other object In view, to bring the people of the county together to have a thoroughly good time. An Old Custom. It was the intention to give a carnival, but the committee decided last evening to give a masked saturnalia instead. The word Is derived from an ancient season, observed by the Greeks and Romans in December, at which time, the citizens, even the slaves, sought amusement. The custom became so popular that it was afterwards lengthened from one day to one week. Also the celebrations became more frequent and finally were held at any time of the year. Program of Fun. During the evening, there will be several surprises sprung on those present. One will be the arraigning of several prominent citizens for violations of certain ordinances, which are now being drawn up by P. J. Freeman. This is only one of the surprises In store for the citizens, according to those in charge. During the evening the floor will be cleared for dancing. Music will be furnished by the combined bands of the city, providing these organizations will "combine." During the day a parade will be given. The following Invitations have been issued by the committee: King Karnival Kommands Ye to abstain from remaining In ye usual haunts on the Wednesday night of April 21. 1909, and to appear with ye fair Iadye at the coliseum, on or before 8:30 candle-light, in such dress as will prove puzzling to ye populace, and pleasing to ye physiognomist. In the absence of a valid excuse in writing, addressed to ye subscribed servant, a morgue-wagon in sombre decorations, will haul ye before King Karnival's Kourt Held in said coliseum, presided over by a fair Goddess of Justice, where a trial will be held by a jury of ye peers, and a fine of not less than three tapojos, nor more than seven statsumas will be assessed. By the Big Seal Kamsin Kolomoko. Kommander. Peruzzi Paccaritambo, Prosecutor. F. I Torrence, chairman, general committee. E. H. Harris, secretary Young Men's Business club. Saturnalia Committees. General Committee P. L. Torrence. chairman; J. B. Gordon. John Zwtesler. W. D. Loehr. C. C Commons. Omer G. Whelan. Printing, Invitations and Tickets J. A. Spekenhier, chairman; NImrod H. Johnson. Decorations, Halls and ' Arrangements Charles Kolp, Chairman; E. H. Harris. Charles M. Morgan. King Karnival's Kourt Perry J. Freeman, chairman; Wilfred Jessup, Ray K. Shiveley, William A. Bond. Parade Charles C. Commons, chairman; Elmer E. Eggemeyer, Omer G. Whelan. Advertising and Publicity J. B. Gordon, to name two assistants. Music W. D. Loehr. chairman; Albert Morel,' John Zwlssler, Carl Sherer. Finance F. M. Taylor, treasurer of Y. M. B. C. Inspection Jesse A. Bailey, chairman; Linus P. Meredith. REMEDY TARIFF . VERY UIIEOUALLY IS the opinion (Continued From Page One.) have been retained without any important changes. Ready made clothing, curtains. ' tableware. . underwear, and every kind of manufacture of cotton or of which cotton is the chief component, must pay tribute at the old rate, except, as noted before, that stockings are given an increased duty, although the fact is not mentioned In the committee's analysis of the bill. - Sugar has been treated tenderly. The duty on raw sugar Is not touched, and that perhaps is entirely right. The duty , on refined sugar, which Is a produet of the trust, is subjected to a reduced tariTL As I have explained.

however, this Teductloo to so minute that it will never be heard -of again, although it figures in the committee report as something In the direction of tariff revision. The exact reduction tn the tariff on refined sugar is just one-twentieth, of 1 cent on a pound. The trust paj the old price for its raw sugar, except that hereafter the product of the Philippine Islands up to a certain maxlnHim. which will not be reached for some time, is admitted free. Refined sugar now pays a duty of 1.95 cents a pound more than raw sugar of what is known as the 75 degree grade. The ways and means committee, acting out of an Infinite mercy, has reduced this difference or differential, as it is called in technical language, to 1.90 cents. Woolen manufactures seem also to be sacred in the eyes of the tariff revisionists. Carpet wool and various kinds of shoddy, rags, waste, and wool tops are reduced in price to the manufacturer, but blankets, clothing, under, wear and wool carpets seem to be untouched. Lumberman's Clothing No Cheaper. The lumberman in Wisconsin and Minnesota will be expected to work for the company which has had its protective tariff cut In two, but he will have to pay just as much for his heavy woolen clothing as ever before. Hides have gone on the free list, but the cowboy's clothes will cost him as much as ever and to this extent at least discrimination seems to have been made in favor of New England.

ALL SERVIANS III GERMANY OnOERED TO RETURN HOME (Continued From Page One.) situation was grave, but that the country might hope for a peaceful so- . - lution. MONTENEGRO WORRIED. Cettlnje. Montenegro. March 18Landing maneuvers being carried out by Austrian war ships anchored off Spinsa. In Herzegovina, are growing exasperating to the Montenegrins in -that vicinity, and the authorities have bad to take rigorous precautions to prevent reprisals on the Austrians. Splnza is near the Montenegrin frontier. ' RUSSIA TELLS STANO. St. Petersburg. March 18. The An tro-Hangartan ambassador to Russia has received from Foreign Minister Iswolsky the reply of Russia to the notification of the dual monarchy of the ' signing of the Austro-Tnrklsh protocol regarding the annexation by Austria-Hungary of the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. M. Iswolsky insists that, this direct, understanding does not exclude the necessity of submitting the question , of the annexation of those provinces to a conference of the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty, and he says that Russia is now prepared to negotiate with Austria-Hungary and, the other powers regarding the summoning of a conference to consider this and other questions. Public opinion here Is considerably excited over the. situation between Austria-Hungrry and Servla and the possibility of war as an outcome, but it Is believed in well informed circles that a solution of the crisis still win be found. : . : .. , . . ,: WAR IS PREDICTED. London, March It. The Times this afternoon published a Paria ditpetch saying the European situation Is exceedingly grave, even graver than the Balkan crisis and Implies sad predicts a war on a gig an tic scale to maintain European power. The Issues at stake are momentous for Franca and England. LIKE ARMED CAMP. Belgrade, March IS. King Peter and the members of the royal family left today for Nisn. Belgrade is now like an armed camp. ' - IS Organization . Being Obtained To Assist in Taking Hew Census off the City. WARD CHAIRUEN . NAED Postmaster J. A. Spekenhier. who to In charge of the work of secaring the census of the city for the Young Men's Business dob, has partially affected his organisation. He expects to have a meeting of the different ward chair men just as soon as they accept the duties of overseeing the work In their respective wards and complete their organisation for gathering the census. Mr. Spekenhier expects to list every man. woman and child within the dty limits by Jane 1. The different chairmen for the wards so far selected are: First ward. Albert Morel; Second - ward. M- J. Quigley; Third ward. A. W. Gregg: 8ixth ward. W. P. O'Neal:, Eighth ward, Harry Winkle. . The chairmen ' for , the Fourth, Fifth and Seventh wards have not been selected. , ' . . BhWaat do want? na A pmmf He Plain. ercoUf r tflteM If a Wat fcwffaM I , wiv yer? or bsgets? T2a ftsow yet ami ByGenuine green sea turtte sco tcniztt, 15s. Geo. Crusk-

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