Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 225, 22 June 1909 — Page 1

HP BIG F ABI AND SUN-TELEGRAM. VOX XXXIV. NO. 225. RICHMOND, TUESDAY. EVENING, JUNE 22, 1909. SINGLE ' COPY, 3 CSOTQ.

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WHOLESALE ARE THE ARRESTS OF CIIKIHUSPECTS Long Arm of the Police Is . StrAtfthinn All Over Coun-'

try to Get Murderer of Miss Elsie Si'gel. NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE REPORTED 0 'One Fleeing Chinaman Arrest ed on Train Near Vancouv tr and Sing's Capture Quite important. ' New York. June 22. With wholesale arrests of Chinamen going on In America In the hunt for Leon Ling, or William L. Leon, suspected of tbe murder of Elsie Sigel, grand-daughter of General Fran Sigel, the civil war hero, these important developments stand out: , . , First Detective Forbes, of Central office, brought back to this city Chong Sing, . roommate of Leon Ling, i the suiiDosed slaver of Elsie Sigel. and he was locked up as a material witness The police are certain that under the "third decree" he will : reveal ; some thing as to tbe movements of Ling Second. The arrest of a Chinaman, believed to be Leon Ling, on a westbound Canadian Pacific train, at Revelstoke. about 300 miles east of Van couver, by order of the New York au thorities. Letter Is Important. k Third. The translation of the ' letter sent by "Sam Wing" of 85 Bay ard street, to "William L. Leon." at Washington, which discloses a plot against .white women and fixes the tourder or Elsie Sigel, the police say, upon Leon Ling. Chong Sing, who was arrested at West Galway, N. Y.. by the police, of. Amsterdam, admitted having roomed next to. Leon In the Eighth avenue bouse where Elsie Sigel's dead body was found In a trunk, but he says he saw Leon only once every two weeks, because most of the time he slept In a restaurant at 482 Twenty-ninth street, where' he- had been employed for the last five months as a cook. He talked glibly enough, but ne Soon ; Involved himself in contradictions. First he said he had left New York June 10th to go to the Kennedy - summer home, having been engaged In New York; but when he was shown a New York paper of June 12th he Said he had bought that In New York. Denied -Seeing Him. Asked about his room-mate, Leon. be said he did not see him for several rtnvii before, he left New York. He thought It was June 7, but a moment later he said he knew Leon was in the cltr when he left here, on June 10, While be said he always worked, he admitted Leon did not; but always seemed to have plenty of. money. He admitted knowing the Sigel family, ZHsle, her mother and her cousin, Mabel; and said he- had been at their borne, but he asserted that he had not seen any of them in a long time. He acknowledged that Leon and Elsie bad been friends,, but said he never saw the girl In Leon's room Dispatches from Vancouver, B. C, today declare that the police of Revel stoke are confident that they have . Leon Ling. They say that he was concealed aboard a Canadian Pacific train enroute for Vancouver, and did not make his appearance until Revel stoke was reached. , 'Promptly Arrested. '- Word that he was on board the train had been sent ahead and a tele gram ordering his arrest was receiv ed from tbe New York police was re ceived. When the train reached Rev elstoke which -is 300 miles east of Vancouver, the Chinaman was promptly arrested. - He answers in every way the de scription of Leon Ling. He wore good American clothes, talked good Eng lish, but was unable to give a satisfac tory explanation of his business. The Chinaman arrested at Schenec tady will probably be released today. He is Chu Hop, a New York Chinaman. ' It Was Translated. The letter sent to "William L. Leon., the name Leon used while In Washington to which city he fled on the day of the murder, was brought there by Detective i. Sergeant Howlett. Deputy Commissioner Woods at once sent for a reliable Chinaman and had the letter translated. r The letter, ac cording to one who read the transla tion laid bare a skilfully planned plot to evade the authorities when the body of Elsie Sigel should be discover ed. ,lt also fastens the crime upon Leon Ling.' Among others It contains this sentence : "Everything finewe will fool the White DeODle a amod turn.' Chen Yung, believed to be author of this letter, and who fled when reporter csVed at bis laundry, and , who disappeared in Chinatown, could not be located today. He lived , with white wife and child on the fourth floor of 18 Pell street. The wife and child also disappeared yesterday. Oth -

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but claimed to know nothing about Chen Yung. The detectives seized some letters in the laundry. . i - Gave Himself Up. Next to the capture of Chong Sing was the unexpected appearance of Sun Yung, the proprietor of the restaurant at 762 Eighth avenue who rented the - sleeping rooms to . Leon Ling and Chong Sing, at police headquarters after detectives had search ed for him for two days. He is re garded as a very material t witness. He made the report : to the - police which led to the finding of the body. 8un 'Yung was in the hands of the police directly; after the body- was found but slipped - away! 5 H admitted. today that he .had been frighten ed and wished to avoid being connected with the case. He was examined about the disappearance of the outer garments of Miss Sigel, but failed to tell anything of importance. He was sent to the house of detention. Inquest Started. Coroner Har burger began the in quest into the death Of Miss Sigel today. Chong Sing, Sun Yung, Chu Gain, together with the other two Chinamen detained by the , police, will be the most important witnesses. Many witnesses will be called, including members of the girl's family and women mission workers, and the Inquiry probably will last several days. It was also learned today that Leon Ling, Chong Sing, Chen Yung and Sun Yung are all members of the order of Chinese freemasons. Leon was one of the highest members of the order, and the police believe he looks to the members of the order In- other cities to conceal him and pro tect him from capture. -. . Chu Gain, who was blackmailed on account of his attention to Miss Sigel Is not. a mason and is said to have feared Leon and to have told many persons Leon was a bad man. Police Captain " Galvin has driven about' ninety white women out of Chinatown since the tragedy and said today that only about thirty-five, the wives of Chinamen, remain. He can not interfere with the mission work ers. ENTER. PETITION : TO COUNCIL Civic Clubs, Street Commissioner and Health Officers Are Signers." ASK STREETS SPRINKLED THINK THAT THIS WORK SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY ' 8TREET OILING UP - FOR DISCUSSION. Fruits of the public meeting held recently at the Commercial Club rooms at which time. it . was decided to ask the city to sprinkle all the streets by contract were borne last evening. In that a petition was presented to council asking an ordinance be drafted for the sprinkling of the streets by the city. The petition was signed by street commissioner - Ed Dye, EL M. Haas, secretary of the Commercial Club: E. H. Harris, secretary of the Y M. B. C; Adolph Blickwedel, president of the South. Side Improvement Association, and Charles S. Bond, city health, officer. The petition was re1 f erred to the board of works.

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can sprinkle the streets. One is to pay for the work out of the general fund, and the other way is to order streets sprinkled and pro rate the cost among the property owners. Councilmen seem to favor the latter method. , Benefit to Health. .: In the communication, the petitioners 'set forth that it will be cheaper for the citizens, also that it will be beneficial from a health standpoint and a general saving to property. Among the methods considered to prevent dust, was the - application of chemicals. Watson P. O'Neal, who recently went to Cincinnati to insifxt the streets treated with Tarvia reported that this composition is proving very satisfactory wherever it is used. He advocated the treatment of the Main street - hill from the bridge to Fourth street by this means-. It was estimated" that the improvement would cost $1,200,. but it is not probable that the work will be done this year. :v " ''Hi !.;-;' Ih answer to an inquiry by Councilman Williams as to" whether or not the city would; macadamize all streets Improved by the construction of cement sidewalks, curbs and gutters, Mr. O'Neal stated that they would not. The city can not afford to make so many permanent improvements at this time in the first place, and in the second place it has not the working force, he said. NEW SUITS FILED. . In the Wayne circuit court suit has been entered by Walter Barnes vs. Sarah A. Posten for partition of real estate. , Suit for partition, has been entered by Dorothy Primrose vs. James Brown. May Maudain, former actress, who was married . in Omaha, recently,4 to Charles Henry Geonse. a member of the well known banking Arm of Flow

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Rome, June 22. The Pope enjoyed his first automobile rfrle today. It was taken in the Vatican gardens in a handsome touring car presented to His Holiness by the American Catholics. The car arrived this morning and shortly after the Pope expressed his desire to take a whirl through the garden in it. After riding about the gardens of the Vatican, the Pope left the machine and tbe chauffeur took It into the streets, where crowds gath ered and admired the car. SUCCESSFUL WAS ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF ASSOCIATION Exhibition Will Close This Ev ening With the Record of Being the Most Important Ever Held in the City. TREASURES VIE BY REDS Register Were There rs From Ninet and Sev entyThat the Richmond Art association's thirteenth annual exhibit which comes to a close this evening with a concert by the High School orchestra at the Garfield building, has achieved mora than a local reputation is established by the fact that the register records visitors from 19 different statest and from 79 cities. Some of the visitors to the exhibit which opeend June 8. are residents of the Pacific coast, while at least one visitor was from Maine. It is - provable if;-4.he7egistebeya had been able to regnster every visitor to the exhibit, at least 100 cities would have been represented and at two or three more states. Thoroughly Pleased. Judging from expressions of visitors to officials of the association,' this year's exhibit has thoroughly pleased. No unfavorable comment has come to the ears of the officers. ; , ' There are more of the best artists of the country represented at this year's exhibit than at any of. the - previous ones. The exhibits also are of better quality, as an effort was made to get only the best. Besides the progam to be rendered by the High School orchestra tonight the officers are expecting to announce the result of the vote of visitors as to their choice of the pictures displayed, The committee which has in charge the selection of a picture to be purchased did not make a decision last night. Mrs. M. F. Johnston, presi dent, stated "Peonies," by Robert Reid of New York, would be the choice. This committee meets again tonight and may close the deal. To Indianapolis. Work- on shipping the majority of the exhibits to Indianapolis will be be gun In the morning. A number of the pictures will not be : sent to Indian anolis. as the' owners have . ordered them returned. From the standpoint of sales of pictures and other displays, the exhibit this year has been ahead of those in years past. But seveu pictures were purchased, but considering the fact that the exhibit was here only two weeks, the record compares very fa vorably with those made by associa tions in larger cities. A FOUR-FLUSHER IS TITLE GIVEH Machine Puppet Airs His Opin ions as to Senator Beveridge, Today. HAS STOOD FOR NOTHING INDIANAPOLIS CONGRESSMAN. CHARLES A. KORBLEY, STATES THAT ABOUT ALL SENATOR MAKES IS A NOISE. Indianapolis, June 22. In an Interview given out here today, Charles A. Korbley, congressman from Marlon county, branded United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge as a "four fl usher" and ' declared that with all the noise the senator has been making concerning revision downward, Beveridge has stood for very little, when the full measure thereof is taken. "Senator Beveridge, said he, "has stood for a downward revision of three of four items an which the reduction

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Taft Will Meet This Evening With Finance Committee on Proposed Tax on All Corporations. SENATOR ROOT ACTS AS LEGAL ADVISOR It Is the Greatest Fear of the Committee That Bill Will Be Drafted Which Will Be Unconstitutional. Washington, June 22. The final conference between the republican members of the senate finance com mittee and President Taft relative to the corporation tax plan will be held this evening. The drafting of a bill levying tri bute for the government from the cor porations is proving a task about as difficult as the settlement of the tariff. The efforts of Senator Root have been " brought to bear ' by President Taft and he Is acting practically as the special legal ' advisor of the fin ance committee.' The senator and At torney General Wickersham are both working te guide the destinies of the proposed bill along a constitutional path. It is the great fear of the com "mittee that, after a" great deal of la bor, they will enact a bill which shall prove unconstitutional. Lobby Larger Now. The corporation lobby In Washing ton is larger now - than it has been for some time. The lobbyists are con centrating every energy upon the cor poration tax bill, hoping to discredit it or at least to broaden it to such an extent- that It- will qffer no serious menace to their -plans.- While such eminent Corporation lawyers as Senator Root," Secretary Knox and Attor-uey-GrnerslWlelrershaTir see nothing in the bill of a. dangerous character. the corporation. agents claim that the two percent tax is not only too high but the bill as mapped out now would give too much publicity to corporate affairs. .. .. .. . . . ; Smith Don't Agree. Herbert Knox. Smithy the commis sioner of corporations, takes issue with President Taft upon the collection of the corporate tax.. Mr. Smith thinks that, with a little expansion, the Internal revenue department will be able to handle this tax. Mr. Taft had thought that a new division would have to be initiated. Advocates of the bill are meeting many obstacles. Agents of this corporation and that are tolling night and day to prejudice congressmen and senators against it. Senator Elklns, It became known today, has urged the president against the bill. With the new difficulties springing up about congress and with new handicaps to speed ' bobbing to the surface every day it is now thought that congress will not adjourn before September. cent Iron ore, for example. He has talked about these things a great deal, but while he has been for downward revision on these articles, he has stood for the old tariff on hundreds of other articles where a downward revision would be of far more Importance. He stood for, a downward revision on hides, where In reality a downward revision there means very little indeed. Senator Bailey, while opposing Senator Beveridge in this, stood for downward revision in hundreds of other ar ticles where a downward revision really means something. On the great bulk of Items. Senator Bailey has been right from the democratic point of view." Korbley declares that he is not attempting to excuse Bailey for standing pat on a number of articles, but when ' Bailey's actions are viewed ai they should be viewed, the Texas sena tor is not half so bad as he has been painted. . TWO BULLDOGS ARE CAUSING TROUBLE Report of Their Depredations Made to Police. Report has been made to the police about the depredations of two bull dogs. They have been roaming the streets in company . for several days. An other dogs have had to run before them or stand and give battle, then meet defeat. .This morning the canines attacked a cow at the Reeves home on South Sixteenth street. The cow was chased about the pasture and worried. The dogs grew aggressive and grabbing her by thenose succeeded in throwing her. She was severely bitten. The police are on the .watch for the dogs. One Is a brindle and the other a light yellow, marked with white. THE WEATHER PtZrllEt.

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Madrid. June 22. A baby girl was born today to the Queen ot Spain. The queen has been staying at LaGranja and the royal " physicians bulletin caused the greatest rejoicing throughout the kingdom. FOX GOES TO MARION. Judge 'Fox of : the Wayne circuit court will be at Marion Saturday on court business. As a consequence there will be no court here. SUPPORT VMS HOT FORTHCOMIHG SO COUNCIL BALKED At Meeting Last Evening Pro ject of Securing 1910 Municipal Meeting Was Not Even Considered. DELAYED ACTION BY CIVIC CLUBS CAUSE City Fathers Decided That They Did Not Want to Shoulder the Responsibility Without Public Backing.

- Encouragement of the proper kind the city. Such distinguished dlgnitarwas not forthcoming by the citizens ies could aot fall to lend pomp and and boosting organisations of tho city. rmon, he 1ii. Other cale- , . , ... ' briUes will be entitled to occupy seats to assure the city officials that It of prominmce. Jttdge Converse ot the would be worth while to attempt to city court will be permitted to occupy secure the 1910 convention of the Iu the scorer's box and the newspaper diana Municipal League for this city, "dvB" wU1 ' honored with seats oa andeonsequently the local delegation) " P1 beneneto this year's convention at Lafayette ! 7 f"" Carm" which convene, today will remain In Jnl. the background and not dispute Gary's tract great crowds. . At IndlaaeUa claims for the 1.910tteetlnc." At the the court house and state JMmts nines, council meeting last evening, no con- the business men's clubs and other or- . .. 4K-fc ganisaUous play annual games for the sideration was given the subject. t. ,ZJZ1

An ordinance was passed appropriate lng 150 as expense money for the delegation of city officials to Lafayette to attend this summer's convention. Council and the city officials were unwilling to take the entire responsi bility of bringing the convention here. The question of holding the conven - tlon here next summer was put before all the commercial organizations of the city, but these clubs took no action. One of the leading city officials in speaking of the affair last evening stated that from what he coud learn. the public considered the league meet-

lng as an outing for city officials and nw!iqM, w W1" " "1n Instead of holding meetings of.Talue,8Terml follows of both professions.

they were In the nature of a 'booze - Those who left today for Lafayette Included Ogborn and Von Plen; City Clerk C. W. Merrill, Mayor Scbllllnger, , City Controller Webster Parry, City Engineer Fred Charles; B. B. Johnson and Watson P. O'Neal, members of the ..ml..ln, . rimulhni William. and Englebert may morning. Today's party left on then early limited car for Indianapolis. where they expected to make connec tion with a Big Four Train for Lafayette. C0NAN DOYLE WILL BE PLAYWRIGHT NOW I3r A. Consn Doym, aaxTsor of the fMBous Sherlock HUnea story, wlmpe drama, "Fires of Fata' prod seed la London recently, -and which has been reviewed by t tx casxtte tri,v-m crimes

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WIIEII T170 RIVAL OUTFITS HOOK UP I In Battle Royal . Two Tens, One of Newspaper Ken, One of Lawyers, Vi3 Lfcct On July Seventh. PROCEEDS WILL GO TO SWEET CHARjTY Deadly Combat cn ths Diamond Arranged to Assist Associated Charities How Teams Will Line Up. ' Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear jr ' . Wednesday afternoon, July 7, the greatest combat between base ball nines ever waged will be fought at the Athletic park. The contendiag t earns will be chosen from the lawyers and newspaper men of the city. The game will be for the benefit of the Associated Charities. It Is proposed: to have a band concert and street parade preceding the game at the nark. Ther WU b b,S doings the biggest 01 vne una ever attempted la tala city. Both the newspaper men- and the attorneys have agreed It shall be an occasion of great formality. It is proposed that Judge Henry C Fox of the Wayne circuit court deliver the first ball to the venerable Isaac Jenklnsos. dean of the newspaper profession la I cnarre a smail admission fee. The I use of the park will be donated tor the I day. and . It to expected the occasion fan De maae oae or areat joy and hi. lt n-L, .. i,. k. editors of the papers to sell tickets at the gates. They claim ability to take 1 ff nn? and members of a male follower of either profe ion Wfth this Important position. And then, too, by generous use of society columns it Is exnected the women of I the city would read about the game and be anxious to attend, Markley a Manager. . - 1 f onn araiey nas oeen cnoeen oy ium I " iurney. out w next wng to one. ley Fonlke will be made guardian of the bat bag for the attorneys. He was so familiar with the "biff stick." that It Is, believed he could do well with the willow and ash. The attorneys will entrust the matter of refreshments to As a member of I """ . Wcertain kind with the county commissioners than any other - attorney in the county and this fact la expected to stand him In good stead., Carl Bernhardt will attend to the refreshment for the newspaper men. " , . . Two Good Umpires? Then when it comes right down so the game there will be others. Orange Harrison who recently Identified himself with the bar (speaking legally), will be commissioned to act as backstop. His . avordnpoio and helsTfit would be of material. aid to the catchers. The all Important positions ot umpires will bo entrusted to Linus P. Meredith and Demaa & Cos. , Tbe high sheriff of the county represents the lawyers and the county auditor will look after the interests of the press. Ho promises not to let any cheating be done. Cos used to be a newspaper man.. - The barristers are declaring they will use Charles Ladd the prosecuting attorney Jn the pitcher's box.. Ladd Is an ex-professional ball player and will try to run a bluff on tho press boys. - Comstock or wm Bond are suggested for tho receiving end of tho legal battery. , Both are said to fee eqoal to the famous Kllng. ' The newspaper men are not tsH!ag who will compose their battery. TTSey are waiting antil the two weeks cf practice time shows the best oatarfcL Some of tho lawyers declare they wont practice for fear early injuries wCl keep thorn out of Ctm game. Josh Allen is to be Imported from Eo town. Josh la n star of metrcycUtra ronders wCl ho crrsdr J Arthar Curme, Xa.Is entitled to tlzj wKh. tho, Uwrrra if they ant nt ib ti the right field1 tar wd fcssw t 1 Ttc Xawytrj "cr i of 3n er X 7 at tho The as rascru" far tia xisicir J