Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 153, 10 April 1909 — Page 1
THE MIC AND SUN'TETiEGRAM, VOL. XXXIV. SO. 153. RICHMOND, TS&i SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1909. SINGLE COPY, . 2 CENTS.
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TARIFF BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE LATE LAST HIGH! Measure Adopted by House Is Slightly Modified, But Stockings and Gloves Remain Same.
IIOTED WRITERS, HOIIEYMOOII IS OVER HOCKETT BURIEDv Exr President Roosevelt Is Pleased Over Work of A mericans in Ruined Messina, Italy S17IIIBURIIE AIID BY GRAVEL FALL Prosecutor Ladd, All Blushes, nnimrnnn nrin ui nappy, nas neBOTOIII LHAWrUnU UtAUl turned Home.
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PAYNE BILL IS NOW BEFORE THE SENATE Revision Downward in the Existing Bill Is So Small Taft Intimates That Veto May Follow.
Washlnet'on. D. C. April 10. Lat'o last evening the tariff bill passed tne house. It is substantially the measure reported by the ways and means committee in the first' place, except that It has. been modified by. various amendments submitted by that same committee in humble acknowledgement nf-th fraermpnt of mistakes it lias consistently made. In the tariff bill as adopted by the house last nght hides are free, sawed lumber remains at $1 per thousand feet, , which is half the Dingley rate, tea is free, coffee is free, oil is free, , and the countervailing duties on oil, lumber and coffee, which were evident avenues- of fraud on the people, iiave been removed. The advances made, to the surprise f the people, on hosiery and gloves, unfortunately remain. The rates now In operation on cotton, woolen and f11k goods of the kind women buy in dry goods stores are unchanged, and . the present high prices will be main tained go far as the house of representatives is concerned. There was no vote in regard to hosiery and 'gloves, the leaders of the house having been fraid to trust their .colleagues to go on record. The protest of the women was ignored obsolutelyr furthermore, their petition was " turned down by the objectunr of Chicago member James R. : Mann, . representing the Hyde Park district, where a good many clubwomen live, t V ' More Hope Before Senate., ' From now on the tariff situation -3 Al Ut la centers uruuiiu me aeiiaic, auu iu m, perhaps, fortunate for the country, be cause the ruling powers in the house of representatives, including all the republican members of the ways and . means committee, without a single execution. and all the .republican memIters of the - rules -committee. ' also without a single exception, have been lngularly unresponsive to the will of the people. Senator Aldrich, the chairman of the" finance committee of . the senate has repeatedly - been to the whke house and has, declared that the dis position of his committee is to correct ' the manifold defects of the Payne bill and to lower some more duties. i II generally is understood that this unexpectedly liberal disposition has been! the direct result, of a renewed Intimation from President Taft that he would be disposed to veto the Javne bill as it ' now stands on "the general ground that it Is not a suffi "dent redemptiohof the pledges made in the' republican platform and that ; the advances In duty apparently out weigh' the reductions many times. However that may be. and however surprising it is to find good coming out of. the senatorial Nazareth, there Is a general understanding that the senate finance committee will reduce the rates on gloves and hosiery, possi bly not dowmto the Dingley basis, but at leas.t below the figures fixed by the. way and means committed- Further more,' the senate itself may have something to say - about ... the sugar schedule, there being several proposi ttons to wipe out the differential on Tefined sugar entirely. .' Cullom in Favor of Compromise. " As matters now stand, if the women . of the country want to have anything done to prevent the proposed increase fn price on gloves and hosiery, they '...will have to appeal to the senate. Mr Cullom' of Illinois is 5n favor of a com promise of some sort, and most of the : other western senators are fairly well Impressed with the strength of the movement which -the house leaders saw fit to ignore. In view of the intimation received from the president, the temper of the senate is much better than it might otherwise be, and the chances are that the petitions written or telegraphed Senators Cullom of Illinois. Doll iver and Cummins of Iowa, Beveridge of Indiana, LaFollette and Stephenson of "Wisconsin, Smith of Michigan, Burton . of Ohio, Nelson and Clapp of Minne sota andjsome others farther .west, for the total abolition of , the Payne amendments on hosiery and gloves may have some effect, more particul- . arl y because,, ijt now Is generally ad mi tied that those paragraphs In the Payne bill would surely result in distinct loss of revenue to the govern ment. ; There has never been any ' time when there was much doubt as to the passage of- the Payne bill through the bouse by a fair majority. The repub- - llcan organization has been in the saddle from the start, and it never has Continued on Paje Twal - -
I M. C. A. BOYS III RELAY RACE TODAY Start of the Run Was at Centerville Finish in Richmond. AUTOS FOLLOW THE LADS FOUR ASSOCIATION CLASSES a)e represented' IN THE EVENT, WHICH IS FIRST HELD IN WAYNE COUNTY. The first relay road , race that has been run in Wayne county in many years was that of this afternoon between . contestants composed of mem bers of the four Bible classes of ths Y. M. C. A. The race started at Ceaterville at 2 o'clock and the finish will be at the Y. M. & A. building. Twenty-four boys- participated. Each ran half a mile. ' The runners were selected from the classes according to their ability. Each class chose six representatives, then two classes united against the other two. " The lads have been preparing for the event for more than a week. Some of them have been in earful train ing as to practice and diet. They ex pect to complete the course in good time. Were in Fine Shape. The boys were taken to their stations in automobiles,-furnished by the Auto Inn and private citizens. These ma chines followed the runners, also, and as soon as they completed their half mile they were picked up and piled in among sweaters and heavy " robes to keep them warm. The day was ideal for a road race. The boys were in fine fettle, the air was crisp and. cool, so that the youngsters could sprint the entire half mile without wearing out. through the excessive exertion an-1 heat. , All the boys were enthusiastic and indications are that the fir at tempt will prove so successful other will follow as distance running arouses the interest. - The competitors: Team One Wal lace Gifford, Hubert Smith.- Ben" Johnson, Harold Taggart, Ray Jones, Ray Weisbrod, Elmer Hanning, Carl Siowekej Seth Dingley, Alfred Von Pein, Cliff Plummer, Pharis Hiatt. Team Two Herbert - Cotton, George Schepman, Ralph Personette, Charles Harris Forrest Klute, Fred Girty, Blair Converse, Paul Miller, Harold Myers, Al bert Mayer, - Ernest Moore and Eari Cotton. , . riEVV TRACTION LINE To Compete With Richmond New Road Proposed at Connersville. WANT BENTONVILLE TRADE In order to compete with Richmond business concerns, several Connersville business men are projecting a traction line from Bentonville to Connersville. It is claimed now that the residents of the vicinity of Bentonville go to Cambridge City and Richmond to make theirf purchases rather than Connersville, because of the accommodations offered by the steam and traction lines. Connersville merchants say they want that . business, ' and the Bentonville people declare they can not have it unless some means of access more convenient than a long buggy ride is offered. The proposed line calls for an extension to Milton, also. , MARION ARbtiSED. Marlon Is aroused by an outbreak of smallpox. The city had been free from the disease for some time" and its recurrence is- a surprise. Several persons are believed to have been exposed, the health' authorities -have taken steps to stam oat the disease lin its incipient stasja -
TO BE PROSECUTED
Alonzo Feemster Must Face a -Charge of Assault and Battery. LADD REFUSED TO DISMISS Alonzo Feemster, the Cambridge City attorney, who is charged with assault and battery is to be prosecuted. lis. is to be treated as any other citizen, who violates the law. according to the prosecuting attorney. The prosecutor was asked this morning by an attorney, why he does not dismiss the case against Feemster and replied he will not dismiss the charge, that the fight in which Feemster and the Rev. ,Wm. Walters engaged in, was one of the most disgraceful that ever occurred at Cambridge City and the offenders deserve punishment. The prosecutor has asked to have the minister placed un der bond. He said he had been in formed Mr. . Walters intends to leave Cambridge. . MBS. HENRY H AAGER . ASKS FOR. DIVORCE She Charges Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. 5 . ' Matrimonial difficulties again beset Henry Haager, the Falrview groceryman who has been in difficulties of other kinds before. His wife Emma has filed suit ' in the Wayne circuit court c for - divorce from him. She alleges he has been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment toward her. She charges in her complaint' . that he struck her, called her vile names and otherwise abused her. ; She represented the defendant is owner of certain residence and grocery . properties and asks for $250 alimony and all other proper relief. ELIMINATE Beginning Today All Railroads Will Charge Even Money Fares. . . .... .. TWO CENT RATE CONTINUES Today the new law governing the payment of fares ; on railroad trains went into effect, and will be enforced by all the railroads. - , . The most interesting feature of the new law to the public is that pennies will not be used in the purchase of tickets or payment of fare.: Two cents a mile will continue as a Tate, but where a ticket would amount , to 14 cents, 15 cents will ba charged," If it is 16 cents, but 45 cents will be charged and so forth. 'Where a passenger fails to boy a ticket ten cents extra will be charged and will' not be rebated.
PENNIES
RICHMOND PEOPLE STORMED THE FLOWER STORES TODAY
Hundreds of violets and sweet peas, at $2 per hundred, were sold today at the flower stores in the city." Many other flowers, appropriate for- the Easter season, are on display, including azaleas, hyacinths, primroses, cinerias, ferns, roses, potted plants, Easter lilies, daffodills and carnations.' All sold readily. . -1 The displays this year are larger than usual and better in quality, according to the dealers. The demand is likewise, very, great and necessitated extra deUverymen at both the E. G. HIH company's store,- Westcott - hotel, and the Gift store. North Eighth street.' , ' Lilias Come High. ; Easter Lilies, when sold as cat Cowers, command 25 cents each; and those of the potted variety ! retail from 75 cents to $1.25, aocordins; to the num
ber of buds. Each but is rateA a254k5ls ,
RECORD RUHS FOR
A MAIL CONTRACT Panhandle to Have Competition for Cincinnati-Chicago Business. C, C. & L. IS IN CONTEST THREE ROADS WILL "ATTEMPT TO SHOW fJNCLE 8AM THAT THEY HAVE THE BE8T SERVICE TO OFFER HIM. A lively contest is opening up between 'the Pennsylvania, Monon and C, C. & L. railroads for the mail contract between Chicago and Cincinnati and the Pennsylvania is expecting to establish some records in' the rues whch will be made in an . effort to prove to Uncle Sam the advisability of continuing to use this line." A Every year the government awards tne contract between Chicago ana Cmcinnati, ana xnis year me iwo oxner railroads are entering into the contest to get the contract, but the Pennsyl van ia will put forth every effort to re tain the business by putting on the fastest possible train!'' between thesa points. - 1 ' Get Fast Engines. :" The C, C. and I has been notifiad that they will be allowed a test in the near future and in view of the intense rivalry, it is understood that they are securing some speedy engines from the east. -The route on the C, C. & L. is almost as direct a route as that of the Pennsylvania and they may be able to steal the contract. ; ? The Monon has been repeatedly d feated by the Pennsylvania as trains No. 12 and No. 7 are faster by nearly an hour than any thing on the Monon line, so it is not expected to be a seri ous contender unless it furnishes un looked for service. While the Pennsylvania is equipped to fight any of the roads in a speed war, they will procure faster engines if the time made by the C, C. & L. ne cessitates it. The probabilities are for a lively contest and for many record runs by all the roads as the contract is a large one. ' " FRANK B. KELLOGG CLOSMGUMEIIT Trust Buster Ends Fight With Oil Trust. St Louis, April 10. Frank B.. Kellogg, government trust buster,. mad3 the closing argument in the Standard Oil dissolution- case this afternoon. A decision will not be arrived at for sev eral days. . Mrs. H. H. Swift and Mr. Worrall have returned from a several months visit ta Los Angeles, Cal. cents. The demand is quite large and possibly greater than the supply, as In the years past," . j Among the prettiest plants ondisplay. are the azaleas, small potted plants, with various colored blossoms. The price varies from $1 to 3, accord ing to the size and beauty of the respective plants. Nearly all of the plants on display are in full bloom. ; The cheaper potted plants, have long lasting -qualities of bloom and are more hardier than the high priced plants, and they are in general demand. The prices are within reach of all. being 2.1 and 35 cents per plant tor hyacinths.- primroses, cinerias as hardy roses. ; . t , The prices for tulips and daffodills planted in pans, range according to th size and beauty of the blossoms, aloo the number in each pan. These .are among; the most attractive Hovers on
Former Was One of the Fore-
most of the English Speaking Poets and His Works Are Classics. ATALANTA IN CALYDON WAS HIS MASTERPIECE Fa a r I . MariOn CraWTOrd, tne NOTed American Novelist, Died In Italy After an Illness of Long Duration. - London, April 10. Charles Alger non. "Charles Swinburne," the poet, died this morning of a complication of influenza and pneumonia. He was seventy-two years of age. The famous English poet was -born in London, April 8. 1837. He was the son of Admiral Charles ' Henry Swin burne, a member of an old North urnbrian family, and Jane Henrietta, a daughter of the third earl of Ashburn ham. a woman of high culture who exercised a marked influence on the intellectual development of the "poet j..-: i-i I v. j tt..,..14 he went to Oxford University where his time was chiefly given to the study of Greek poetry, and in less degree of the literatures of . France ' and Italy, He wrote also for the Undergraduate Papers, a atudent - publication :' and seems to have . produced a considerAble hnriv nf verse which, however, he later characterized as worthless. He left Oxford in 1860 without taking a degree and traveled for a short time on the continent, visiting in Florence and other places." ' ' First Masterpiece. In 1865 appeared his first and ac cording to many, his masterpiece "Atalanta in Calydon," which was hailed as giving' promise, oft a poetic genius of the highest rank. In the Atalanta Swinburne displayed for?' the first time that magical mastery, of metri cal form in which, in all English litrature, he is equalled by Shelly and Milton alone, if by them. The poemaand ballads showed the
art or tne author or Tne Atalanta at I seven days, as a period oi unresirainits best, but they sang of themes ab-led license and " merriment for all
horred by middle class Anglo Saxon morality, in a manner .undeniably thorough. The animal side of sexual passion was therein depicted with a fervidness of tone and wealth of flesh ly imagery which subjected the poet to the most virulent denunciation as a glorifier of pre-Christian morality. Swinburne's position in English lit erature was to be assigned him on his merits as a master of verse form and poetic rhetoric., With no especial pro fundity of thought, with no definite theory of life, with no deep insight of the human character, he stands pre eminent as a molder melodies. It is his of exquisite manner that should give him a permanently high rank among English poets. CRAWFORD IS DEAD. Sorrento, April 10. F. Marion Craw? ford, the novelist, died here at 7:30 o'clock last night. He had been ill for several months. One of the symptoms of Mr. Craw ford's affection was fevers, which tended greatly to weaken him. Prof. Enrico dl Renzi. director of the Am erican clinic of the University of Na ples, was called into consultation at the Villa Crawford some ten days ago and found serious bronchial and pleuretlc complications. His illness had its origin in an attack of influ enza. - . Death came peacefully and while his entire family was at the bedside. Mr. Crawford s eldest son .had arrived hastily from London. Until yesterday afternoon the patient retained con sciousness, but apparently he knew that the end was near and with calm ness he encouraged his family to bear up and to cease weeping. BOTH BROUGHT TO INSANE HOSPITAL Anderson" Characters Now at Easthaven. "Doc' Simpson, a well ' known Anderson character, who was brought to the Eastern Indiana Hospital 'for the insane Thursday by an Anderson offi - cer, was placed in the1 hospital ward upon his arrival. Simpson's condition Is such that he is not expected to live long.--.;.; 'I-r-.' j.--. j - ''Snub' Sbawhan. another Anderson character, who has been at Easthaven also. He is not expected to live long. Both he and Simpson .are front softening of the brain. suffering I SCALDED TO DEATH.: Bridgeport. O., April IlO.The. two year old son of Adam Moser. of Gaylor, Ohio, was scalded to death, by hot coffee at the breakfast Uble this
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ARE T0 LIVE IN RICHMOND
Charles Ladd, who has been on an eventful honeymoon or a day and a half, returned to the city last night and this morning again took up the work of the office of prosecuting at torney. Friends of the ex-iedago&ue claim he looked pale whon he H ueaxea in me circuiL cunn rutim. t n other attorneys now numbered among the iniated and . expect an increased practice for him 'in the future. The 111(11 I 1 U UinUUClS Ul U1C UII MJ slngie man can argue a ease half as well as the one who has succeeded in imposing himself upon some woman Mr. and Mrs. Ladd will make their home in this city. . Both are former school teachers and ; are - believed safe by their friends to be entrusted with future happiness. ' . SPECIAL COURT NAMED FOR THE BIG SATURNALIA CrnntTil , Hrrlin'mr ac rips ft aH I r And Efficient Police Force I Appointed tO See They. Are , . . . . ..w . . Observed, i , '' HORACE STARR TO DC STATE PROSECUTOR He Will Be Assisted by Walter Eggemeyer Selection of Judge Has Not Yet Been "Saturnalia The festive of Saturn. celebrated In pecembcr. originally I during'one day, but afterwards during classes, extending even to the slaves. 2nd Hence a period or occasion of general license, in which the passions lor vices have riotous indulgence." Webster's dictionary. Although the Young Men's Business club will not live up to the definition of Saturnalia, yet its plans, 'which were arranged at a meeting of the general committee and the chairmen of the sub committees,' last evening, are such as will compel even, the most confirmed grouch to have a good time. Ordinances have been drafted for th 1 occasion and a special 'Court and poI lice force appointed. " Starr is Prosecutor. . The court will . be seated on the stage, to be erected at the west end of the hall. The members -of the court are as follows: Horace - Starr. prosecuting attorney and . Walter Eggemeyer. assistant prosecuting attor ney ; Ramsey Poundstone, , clerk and Ed McNally. bailiffs The court -will be supported by ten able bodied policemen, including E. E. Eggemeyer, L. P. Meredith. Charles Morgan, Nimrod Johnson. Demas Coe, Fred Krone, .Michael Kelly. Charles Commons and James Goldrieh. It will be the duty of these men to arrest every, violator of the ordinances which will be posted ' fn conspicuous places about the coliseum. One of the rules Is that any one smiling or laugh ing shall be brought before the court. Those who are found Kulltv . will be kangarooed to the jail, public stocks - - . or perhaos olaced in ball and chains. The stocks will be located in the gal - iery in a conspicuous place. ... , 1 ne jail is 10 oe situated - at tne back of the stage. No one who vlo - lates a law or ordinance linance will escape . The -dead- wag - the public censure. on win be busy during the early part of the evening and several noted char acters win be' brought to the ball for staying away". Tne , satnrnauan queen win be a well known woman. She Is to preside over the court and issue decrees.' Her identity 'is not to be made known un til the evening of the affair. The' club members are. expected to congregate at the coliseum at 11: 30 on the morning of the twenty-first and disguise their faces with small masks and march over the city. They win l05 led ty the city band which organizatlon will also furnish music for the evening's entertainment The sale of tickets is reported to be very sausractory." Tnere will be-eev-l era! visitors from ont of the city. nJKU IU DC.A I ; are those carpets, and housecleanIng time is at hand. But the Job becomes easy when yon coaeolt the small "want ads. . They tell yon how to get the heavy work done at a low cost. And if yon heed hejp for the work In- the house; they are sure and awiTL
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Working Map at the New four-
ray Theater Rescued From . Perilous . Position in Dazed Condition. RETURNED TO WORK AFTER EXPERIENCE By Peculiar. Freak. Air Hole Was Left in the Gravel Covering Preventing Man From Suffocating. , Buried alive under a ton or so of gravel and . dirt, for fully five niinutes; pulled out in a dazed condition. but still uninjured and able to resume work a few moments afterwards, wan the thrilling experience of Addison Hockett,-North Twelfth street, a helner for the Craighead plumbing firm., yesterday ' afternoon. The accident occurred at the site of the Murray the atre building. Tenth and Main streets Mr. Hockett had been excavating to make a plumbing connection with pipes located under Main street. It Iwas necessary that a necessary that, a tunnel bdu under the wewaik. and he had gon helow to null out some dirt with hit hands, when the dirt above fell upon nim, pinning nim aown, ana aimosi suffocating him. When the dirt fell upon blm. he was covered in such a manner as to have a small opening left for air to enter. Had It not been for this fact, he no doubt would have ei befo" 7xf",ed." runra win Bf wwg. Other laborers, realizing Hocketl's perilous position, ran to his assistance and it required six to pull him frou beneath the gravel and dirt. The men grabbed ho. J of both .his legs below the knees, which were the only exrposed parts of his body. ; When he was rescued he appeared to be in a dared cofldltion. Medical n(r wa sought; but before it could be procured he bad fully recovered and. after rubbing the dirt-from his ears and eyes, he announced he was ready to g) back to work. He stoutly maintained that he was unhurt. ' f Hockett refused this morning to state his name or even discuss the case, saying that he did not want his wife In know about the accident He did not tell her last evening for fear that she would become worried and cause him to give up his position. His employer stated this - morning that 'it was a remarkable escape and. had It not been for bis rugged consti tution and his splendid physical devel opment be no doubt would have been seriously Injured. and perhaps killed, . IS PECULIAD CASE Judge Had to Order Sheriff to - Produce the ''Ccdy.of Plaintiff 5 WANTS BE DECLARED SANE One of the most peculiar cases that has been, brought' to the attention of the judge of the circuit court In several years Is that of . Harvey Bortuu, which came up for final ettlemant today.More than .a' year ago -barton, was , declared 'insape and aioee has been -In thecustody of the, sheriff. In order that the- man sairt aaaear la i. ... . I court , it was- ztreV ataryy tar ftbe. coert I to issue a wtU; of -fcseas 1 against .ther Aeti cooi:--viinx'alni. t to proauce,mei Docy? iwjww -. I coart. , inon,:ini wxr,, . 1 ; - An
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man. ; Borton, was qoestiojied al els ,. mentality seemed- oajuL - The5 Ffo .
ceedings to have Borton'as.saalty re stored 'were Instituted -. by- Edward i i. i . t . , EIIDLCSSCIIAIOIS: i STILL Cir.CULATICG Letters Are Direct Vidaticn cf
- r- i r'-x - - : '-r --V . - - . Local women are being bothered by another endless chain letter scheme.. ,
These taffairs are In direct- violatirk I of the' postal laws and. lt would fee t wise for the recipients of each teUer I tat break the chain by ".. refusing - to (send any letters. - The epistles eontain a prayer and the recipient of the letter is told to send nine copies. If she falls she will be visited by a tcrI rible ealaatity and if she - replica.
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