Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 236, 3 July 1909 — Page 1

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buurLLic naiio FOR CHAUTAUQUA HELD 111 AUGUST '-'".vf"'-' V-" '' " mmmmmmm -'- l ' . : (Program Committee Last Evening Held Final Conference and Then Announced The Many Features. LIST OF TALENT IS BEST EVER OFFERED Some of the Best Speakers on The American Platform Have Been Secured Other Plans Are Made. ' " Announcement of the program for the seventh annual assembly of the - Richmond chautauc.ua to . be held at Glen Miller park. August 20-29 was made last evening, after the session of the board of directors at the Y. M. C. A. building. The program Includes many of the most noted Chautauqua speakers in the country, and is considered the beBt ever prepared for a local assembly.' . The resignation of E. J. Humpe formerly in the shoe business in this city but now located at Kokomo. as a di rector was accepted and Rutherford B. Jones was elected to his place. Mr. Humpe will continue as a guarantor of the assembly, but could not act as a director, owing to inability to attend the meetings of the board. 8atne Guarantors. The list of guarantors is complete and includes business men principal ly. The list is practically the same as in the past years. Only in case of a deficit : do they have to contribute to the support of the Chautauqua. In the past,' the Chautauqua has always been a paying Institution and the guarantors have not had to lend financial as-tatacsw;!H-w-: v:; fi ;;-, z.i An effort will be made byhe association to get the board of works to rnnUMit tn nllnwfnar th. TwATitv-tWrfl street freight line extension to be used during the ten days of the Chautauqua for passenger service. . Owing to the business duties of E. K. Shera preventing him from acting as secretary during the entire time, Secretary George L, Goodwin of the Y. M. C. A. will act as assistant' secretary. Mr. Goodwin will also act as manager. The contract for the tents as made by the tents and grounds committee recently, was ratified. Mr. Shaw, the former superintendent will be communicated with and an effort made to purchase his share of, the equipment. Have New Feature. In respect to the program there will be a new feature instituted. , Rev. S. A. Ackley of Adrian, Mich., will conduct a half hour Bible study class each morning during the last week of the Chautauqua. He will also assist In the Sunday , services. ; Rev. Ackley is vt-iaM-wvut aim of ttio ht Rthla atn. dents in the country and comes highly recommended. The program will be featured by the addresses of many of the best known lecturers, ' including Rev. Irl C. Hicks, the weather prophet. Governor Robert C. Glen of North Car olina, William J. Dawson of London, George R. Wendling and others. On Saturday, August 21, the day will be devoted to the Wayne County Sunday 8chool association The officers la this association have not completed their plans for the observance of the day, with the exception of the pro gram. It is doubtful however if a mammoth parade will be planned, such as held last year. . Teachers to Meet. On Monday, August 23, the Wayne County Teachers' Institute opens. The program for this has not been an notmced, but will consist of many good numbers by educators of prominence. , Miss Grace Lamkln , has been reengaged to have charge of the childTaV She will prepare for an evening's entertainment to be given by them.' The boy's city to be organised wfll be In charge 'of Orvllle Branson, secretary of the boy's department of we x. j. v. a. ana tc.. J. norton. physical director. This organisation will likewise have a place on the program in all probability. The program as announced is as follows: CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM. Friday, August 20. IF. M. Four Great Musical Artists OOw t:t9 JMss Lawrence B. Stringer, of 4:C9 Ulss Agnes Mary '' Doyle, Interpreter of literature. ., T:0 Miss Doyle. 1:00 The Four Great Artists Co. t grand concert. - Saturday, August 21. Tfca T7ayne County Sunday School arsortatkm annual outing and picnic, t P. M. Four Great Musical Artists Co. 1:13 Judge Lawrence B. Stringer.

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when conditions permit will be use to fly across the English channel. HEW YORK POLICE THINK THAT LING J AS-MADE ESCAPE Supposed Slayer of Elsie Sigel Believed to Have Escaped : The Meshes and Gone to New Orleans. usaiUMUHft i t WAS IN JERSEY CITY NOT QUITE A WEEK AGO While There He Wired to a - Friend, Known as Young Dot, to Join Him in the Louisiana City. New York, July 3. The latest developments today in the murder of Elsie Sigel, the Chinatown missionary, show that Leon Ling, the supposed slayer, escaped the cordon of police thrown around him and fled from Jersey City last Sunday for New Orleans. Detective A. L.- Drummond, former chief of the United States secret service,, who had engaged to investigate the mystery, said today that he believed Leon Ling was hiding in New York or near here. ; Today's developments show that he is correct in a measure, as Leon was in Jersey City as late as last Sunday. Through Telegram. The information that Leon was . in New Orleans, or on his way there, was obtained through a telegram ' which Leon 'sent to his most intimate friend and partner, Yung. Dot, known by his American name as Arthur Young at 53 Bayard street, where the latter had been, hiding for the last nine days with his relatives. Leon wired from Jersey City that he was about to start for New Orleans, and asked his friend to jo,fn him by a roundabout way. . Young Dot started for Boston Sunday,' the same time Leon started south(ward, and it is now believed that the two have met. - Leon it was learned today, was an actor in China. He is an adept at disguises and has been dodging the police ever since the discovery of Elsie Slegel'8 body by adopting a clever system of disguises and by. a rapid series of movements.

Chance To Win Prize The Board of Directors of the Young Men's Business dub, has offered a prise of ten dollars ($10) for the best and most appropriate design for a poster for the Richmond- Fall Festival, October 6-7-8, 1909 The Industrial and Agricultural interests must be suggested in the drawings.' Designs should be forwarded to the chairman of the advertising committee, without the name of maker, and all work will be judged by number only. Inserted in the order of receipt, the name being supplied after the prize Is awarded. The matter of judges win be left to a committee selected from the Art Association. Contestants are not eligible on this committee. J. A. SPEKENHIER, - Chairman Advertising Committee.

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d by Herbert Latham in an attempt ' INCOME TAX VOTE Senate Consents to Vote on Proposed ConstitutionaLJtoiendment, VOTE ON TEA SCHEDULE Washington, July 3. Senator Dan iels' amendment to the tariff measure striking out a maximum provision relating td ten cents per pound on tea and five cents on coffee was agreed to in the senate today. Senator Brown of Nebraska was granted the unanimous consent for a vote on his joint resolution providing an amendment to the constitution to enable congress to col lect the income tax. "v WAS ELECTROCUTED Woman Aeronaut Met a Horrible Death Today Before a Big Crowd. CAUGHT ON LIVE WIRES Lowell, Mich., July 3. Mrs. Del, Meixwell, a woman balloonist of Grand Rapids, was electrocuted today. before a holiday crowd while making an ascention, here. Her body caught among the electric wires as the bal loon rose and, was torn away from it. Before the current could be shut off she had been electrocuted and the body dropped to the ground. PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER DISCUSSIOII Inspector Has Conference With Fire Chief. Building Inspector Blakely was in the city today and had , a brief consul tation with Chief Miller in regard to the condition of public buildings in the city. Under the new law the chief of the fire department is made a deputy Inspector and responsible for local conditions. The Odd Fellows building on which a fire escape was placed re cently, was under inspection.

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will last for some time. Whatever becomes of the present "spell" it Is certain to be pretty warm for two months to come. - That's a peculiarity of our summer climate. There are delightful farmhouses and other quiet places close to the city where the family may spend some of the summer weeks. Get in touch with them by using the small want ad. Call ; phone 1121. WOMEN SHOPPERS FIGHT FIERCELY: "FIRE" SHOUTED In Detroit "Bargain" Store Today a Scene of the Wildest Confusion and Terror Was Enacted. ONE IS KILLED AND A NUMBER WERE HURT While Fair Ones Rushed for Choice Article, a Cry of "Fight" Went Up and Was Misinterpreted. It Detroit, July 3. One child was fatally hurt and half dozen women severely injured when the cry of fire caused a panic this afternoon in Kresges five and ten cent store, Woodard Ave. It was "grand opening day," and the five story building was jammed with bar gain hunters, including many children, Several women on the second floor grabbed simultaneously for some art! cle, considered of special value, and a scuffle ensued. Some one shouted "fight," and it was so generally misinterpreted a3 "fire," that the shoppers Instantly became panic stricken. " The stairway at the rear of the build ing' became jammed with humanly and the guard rails gave way under the severe strain, precipitating a mass of struggling women to the floor below. Above and below the floors were a mass of screaming, fighting feminine humanity, tearing each others clothing and ripping each others hats off, before Lthe store employes and the policemen could subdue the excitement with, assurances that np fire existed anywhere. The first reports were that hundreds were killed or injured. Many slightly hurt Hobbled to their homes without medical aid. HAD HARROW ESCAPE Saves Himself From Speeding Auto by Jumping Off His Wheel Backwards. BICYCLE BADLY DAMAGED Earl Wessel, son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Wessel, by his presence of mind, saved himself from serious injury, if not fro death, last evening by jumping off his wheel backward and escaping an automobile, which was going at a rapid rate of speed. As an example of how narrow an escape he had, the wheel was damaged , beyond repair. The automobile party, whose names could not be learned, never made any pretense to see what damage had been done but continued down Main street at a rapid rate of speed. Young Wessel was returning home from work and was riding south on Fifteenth street. As he crossed Main street he saw the automobile coming and jumped. ASSAULT CASE IS DISMISSED TODAY No Action Taken Against Chas. Alexander. Upon the motion of the prosecuting attorney in circuit court today the charge of assault and battery against Chajles Alexander was soiled. Alexander was accused of the offense against Frank Mitchell on May 11. In the motion, to dismiss the prosecutor said be had found the cause for bringing the complaint not as originally , purported and there were not sufficient facts to warrant prosecution. ; COUTH INVITED Capt Paul Comstock of this city win attend the U. S. army maneuvers at Toledo next week. The government baa arranged for a great cbow. Czpt Cons-

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It Is Said Today That This Action by Bingham Was the Direct Cause of Him Being Dismissed. COMPTROLLER METZ MAKES A STATEMENT Said That One of Former Commissioner's Agents Followed Him While He Traveled Through Europe. New York, July 3. Gen. Bingham's secret service spies shadowed Mayor McClellan and other public officials, as well as men of prominence who were to become candidates for more than a year, it was learned today. The secret pursuit of the mayor was one of the real reasons for Bingham's removal, it was declared. Comptroller Metx said today he knows a Bingham sleuth followed him to EXirope a year ago. ... Invited as Guests. - "I told Bingham that he couldn't get the gqods on me with! a dozen sleutha, and that instead of following me they'd learn more about , my habits if they'd Join me. I invited him to send them along as my guests. Bingham denied he had me trailed, but I have heard from friends that he boasted of having the 'goods', on me. I wish he'd make it public, so everybody can have it on-me." ' ? President McGowan, of the board of aldermen, said he know he was one of Bingham's subjects in the shadowing line. "i understand Bingnanvs sleutns reported that my life was too prosaic for a public man, and that it was a waste of time shadowing me," he said. "They told him, I understand, that my life ywa8 spent between my office, my home and my club, and that I occasionally visited friends." " . Gaynor Was Followed. - Justice Gaynor as well as Mayor McClellan is said to have been the object of Bingham's secret sleuthing. The mayor's accusation against Slattery about Gaynor is regraded as being in tended to cover his own case, and that the summary, dismiss! was the mayor's reprisal because Bingham spied on his private affairs. , Gen. Bingham was seriously consld ered today as the Republican nominee for mayor. It was agreed that he would please the Republicans and Independents and that tho circumstances of his removal as police commissioner would raise a moral issue tnat would nave a powerful influence with the voters. REPORT A GOOD ONE Registered Letter Business at The Local Postoffice Flourishing. A GOOD GAIN WAS SHOWN The report of the register depart ment of the post office for the fiscal year ending June SO. is a very good one, according to register clerk, Frank Page. Owing to the fact that all transfer registers over the Pennsyl vania lines are transferred at the sta tion at the Pennsylvania depot, much of the business Is taken away from the local office. However, registered matter over the C C. & I lines to be transferred to different lines, and also that for Earlham college, Whitewater and Bethel, come through the local office. The number of registers sect out from the city is less than the nun ber received. During the past year 6,988 registered letters were dispatched -while 8,078 were received, making the total number handled 15,874. ; A increase of 434 letters dispatched is shown for the fiscal year over the last fiscar year. There was a gain of 259 letters received over the number re ceived during the preceding year. 1 HOODS REPORT VERYP00n LUCK Small Nut Crop Hakes Squirrels Scarce. . Poor mcb Is reported by local aimrods who have tried to coax the squirrels from their lofty perches. The lack of an abundant nut crop Is said by the hunters to be responsible for tho squirrels being hard to find.' Ifany woods are deserted.. , About tho osly - place where squlrrelsv ta-fownd are fa woods which eolncaerry the . ttEATtrry rr.r ;

AWARD JUOGEMEUT III BESCI1ER CASE Young Lad, Hurt on C, C; 6 L, Receives $6,500.

Judgment in the case of Francis Bescher vs the C. G & L railroad for $ti,5oo was granted' in the circuit court this morning. The judgment was given by an agreement between the litigants. The suit was for f 13.00O. The young plaintiff is the son of Baits Bescher and was injured several months ago at the North C street crossing of the railroad. The value of the judgment is problematical as the road now is in jlt, hands of a receiver and the accliATrt happened before the receiver took charge. ... IIJDIAI1A WILL BE PLACE OKOPT Tin Plate Company Will Fight Striking Employes in This State. ' ARE IMPORTING WORKERS THIS MORNING THE STRIKERS REFUSED THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMPANY TO RETURN TO WORK TUESOAY. Elwood, Ind., July 3.- indications are that the American Tin Plate company intends to make Indiana the principal battle ground in the ' fight with striking employes throughout the country. Fifty men were Imported from the east this morning on a special train which ran directly into the mill lnclosure. The strikers were notified this morning that if they wolud return to work when tne mills open Tuesday after the Fourth of July holidays, these imported men will be sent-back East - immediately. The strikers refused the offer however. The ..imported, men will be housed and fed Inside the plant: and the company has provided deputy sheriffs to patrol the plant and prevent the strikers making attacks, at all hazards. Com pany officials say that men will be im ported from foreign countries if necessary in order to enforce the open shop policy.- .... 30 REPORTED DEftl Newport, Wales, July 3. Several more bodies, were recovered . today from the ruins of the collapsed Alexander dock wall. . The number of dead is now estimated at. thirty. : CHINKS IMPLICATED " IN THE SIGEL CASE CHONQ SINGj.

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