Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 26, 3 December 1909 — Page 1

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T 4NI 5UN-TKLEGRAM. RICH3IOXD, ISD.,' FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1909. VOL. XXXV. NO. 26. 110 REHEARING OF WALSH'S CASE IS RULING Of COURT ACTION OF THE LORDS IS SUICIDAL MISTAKE BABY REPUBLICS

BROAD SMILE OF PRESIDEtlT TAFT III H!SMESSAGE Optimistic Views Acquired During His Western Trip Is Reflected in the Document To the Congress.

Scenes and Figures in Nicaraguan Crisis ARE SUSPICIOUS OF THIS COUNTRY

FINAL EDITING WAS DONE LAST EVENING

And the Message, One-third as Long as the Last Roosevelt Document, Has Been Sent To the Printers. Washington, Dec. 3. Carrying in ev ery paragraph the intense pride of a man who has just completed an inspection trip through ,'H states of a country with record crops and crowded bank vaults. President Taft's message went to the printers last night, finally revised. I Short by comparison, concise and op timistic, it mingles the free and un hampered progress of the West with the conservatism of the East and unites them both. Five hours were given by the presi dent and his cabinet to editing th document, and when this was concluded it was estimated that the message will not exceed 10,0(H words in length, or about one-third as long as Presi dent Roosevelt's last regular message to congress. Economy or administration is a prominent feature of the message and there already is hearty co-operation between the President and the leaders of congress to reduce the expense of operating the government. Pork Barrel Is Shattered. With a giant stroke the president has sent the staves of the old pork barrel, so potent in returning mem bers of the house to congress, flying. Should the appropriations of the com ing session equal, as it is held they will do. those of the Ti!CTFwfflHot be be cause of a spirit of extravagance at the White House. President Taft will leave the trusts to a special message and the courts Two weeks ago definite "changes in the Sherman antitrust law were framed in the president's mind. But since then It was thought best to defer definite recommendations on this vital question until the determination of the ap peal In the Standard Oil case by the Supreme Court of the United States Should this sustain the contention f the government, as the president says he is confident it will do, it will have solved in great part the problem of trust control. Should the government lose its fight to dissolve the Oil Trust, the president can be depended upon to send to con gress recommendations designed to stop the gaps, and if this becomes necessary, there is a strong probability that In the amending of the act it would be made to exclude combinations the intent of which is not the re'etralnt of trade. After Big Sugar "Flies." When the president reached the Sugar Trust there apparently came one of those moments when he demonstrates that there is something admirable behind the smile. He has no care for the petty agent In the game bag of the law. The men whom he wishes to reach are those who worked out the plan of the greatest fraud with which the government has been called upon to deal in many years. There Is the snap of the lash and the burn of words of deep feeling in what he has to say. If there be action for congress to take, what the president says of the sugar Trust will hasten it So broad has been the discussion by the president of his recommendations ' for the extension of control by the government of railroads, that shippers and railroad corporations are preparing to comply with them. In a general sense, his treatment of the railroads conforms to the program which he outlined in his speech at Des Moines, Iowa. While the government Is reaching out and asserting new au thority over the railroads, they are not to be sent from the steps of the capitol empty handed. What the Railroads Get. In return for the control which the president would have given to the interstate commerce commission over the issue of stocks and bonds of the future, the railroads gain steadily of investment character and the right to work together under not too stringent restrictions. Much of the sting of the proposed control over issues of stocks and bonds was removed when the president abandoned the first form of his amendment, which looked to making the law retroactive in this respect. He thinks, or hopes, that his railroad control amendments will not precipitate a contest which will be more than a reminder of the fight over the rate law which marked the break between Theodore Roosevelt and congress. Greatly increased powers are to He with the interstate Commerce Commission, and the shipper may rest at ease in the satisfaction of having obtained redress which be has long demanded.

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Scenes and principals in the United States-Nicaraguan controversy. I United States gunboat Vicksburg, now at Corinto. on the west coast of Nicaragua. a Leonard Groce, one of the Americans executed at Zelaya's orders. 3 General Juan Estrada, the leader of the Revolutionists, or the Provisional President. 4 Scene in the harbor of Corinto. 5 The National Palace at Managua. . ,

A GIGANTIC PLOT SEEII IN STRIKE Officials Think That All Railroad Workers Will Soon Be Affected. RUSH STRIKE BREAKERS IN EFFORT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION IN NORTHWEST MONTANA HAS A BLIZZARD AND COAL SUPPLY VERY LOW. (American News Service) Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 3. Believing that the switchmens' strike is onlv the first of a concerted movement of all railroad employes to gain higher wages, railway officials have joined to kill the movement in its Inception. One thousand strike breakers, they declare, are now on the way to the north west and five hundred of them will arrive tonight for distribution along the lines. Freight of all kinds is piling upon the railroads, and thousands of cars are coming from the east. President Hawley has received reports that the railroads are diverting freight from the west to Chicago, and is this is found true, strikes may be called on roads not now affected. It was impossible to ascertain exactly how many men were put to work today, but the managers committee promise a betterment of the solution very soon. Conditions at terminals here and at St. Paul were still in a bad shape today. Few freight cars were moved and passenger traffic was also greatly delayed. A blizzard is raging in Montana, where the coal supply is low. MAY ARRANGE TRUCE. Chicago, Dec. 3. A joint session of al the local organizations of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in the rooms of Grand Master Lee, at the Great Northern Hotel, was followed by the announcement by the managers committee of the railroads that they would in all probability treat with the trainmen for the purpose of settling the wage question with switchmen of the Northwest Terminals. TO HOLD ROLL CALL Iola Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will hold its annual roll call meeting, the third Thursday in January. The following committee on arrangements has been appointed: Frank Dickinson, William Hopkins. Galen Hopkins, Trajcy Miller, P. A. Hildebrand.

G. A. P. IS AFTER BIG MEMBERSHIP

Inducements Are Offered 'to Get All Soldiers to Enlist. POST ELECTION IS HELD LAST EVENING AND S. C. BYER WAS NAMED AS COMMANDER AND JOHN WARD AS THE SENIOR VICE COMMANDER. Sol Meredith Post, G. A. R. is desirous of recruiting its ranks and at the meeting last evening a resolution was passed inviting all old soldiers to become affiliated with the post before January 1. By doing so the fees and annual dues will be the same as paid by the present members. The entrance fee is $1 and the annual due-3 $1. The resolution also included that those who paid their initiation fee and membership dues since the post quarters were changed would be credited as members in good standing tor the year 1910. Officers Are Elected. Officers were also elected for the ensuing year, last evening. The installation will take dace at a bis meeting to he held ThnrsHnv Tnnnarv 6. Reports of the committee in char of the banauet recently tendered hv the post in honor of the county commissioners, were also made. The new officers are as follows: Post Commander-i-S. C. Byer. Senior Vlce-Oommander, John Ward. Junior Vice-Commander F. M. Howe. Chaplain William K. Young. Quartermaster Lafayette Larsh. Officer of the Day W. L. Gross. Officer of the Guard Elijah Lawton. Surgeon J. A. Taylor. Delegates to State Convention David Hawkins and Frank Brown. Alternates Michael Griffin and Richard Williams. Trustee J. S. Davenport. Reinstated members William Cooper, A- G. Osborn and Odrian McPherson. PETITION TO SELL A petition was filed in the probate court today by counsel for Sanford Wilson, administrator of the estate of Oliver H. Swift, deceased, against the heirs, including Mary A. Smith and pothers, to sell real estate to pay debts. j

DAIRYMAN FINDS

RE ISA OF 3 FORGERIES Clever Crook, Operating Here Last September, Gets Away With $21 .75 by Using Name Of J. Batchelor. CHECKS WERE CASHED BY THREE MERCHANTS Only a Meager Description" of The Crook Is Furnished the Police and an Arrest Is Im probable. When J. L. Batchelor, a well known dairyman, went to the Union National bank this morning to make a settle ment, he found on deposit there, three forged checks, each calling for $7.25, which were cashed by Charles Ffcltman, Allen & Company and Samuel Fred, all well known merchants, last September. The checks were clever forgeries and made payable to W. A. Morris (initials as remembered by one of the merchants). Morris is now being vain ly sought for by the police. The police have been able to obtain only a meager description of the man from the merchants, who will have to bear the loss. Arrest is Impossible. Mr. Batchelor, himself, was unable to help the police as he never knew the man, nor does he suspicion anyone so far as can be learned. Undoubted ly, with what little information there is at hand, the police will be unable to effect an arrest. One of the merchants In speaking of the case, as he remembered it, said that he believes the man came in af ter the banks had "closed and made a small purchase. The check with Batchelor's forged endorsement was tendered in payment. None of the merchants refused to cash the checks j presented, as Mr-Batchelor is well known and-he'd in high esteem. The ! man's appearance did not arouse sus : Plc'on The checks have been on file In the banking institution since September, but not until this morning did Mr. tsaucneior Know oi their presence, when they were handed out to him for settlement. He Immediately detected the fraud. The forged signa tures were cleverly executed. TO BE SEA FIGHTER Ernest Cotherman of Dawn, Ind., this morning wandered into the office of the naval recruiting officer, A. W. Mackenzie, at the post office. He was found to be a perfect specimen of manhood by the officer and was sent to Indianapolis to be examined by the state officer. Cotherman is 21 years old. This is the first enlistment that has taken place in this city in several weeks. New interest has been imnuu it is believed because of the probable trouble with Nicaragua. Infc WhAIHhK ' mm mm a mam m mmwrn mma INDIANA Unsettled weather; cr; rain in south. - cocl -

United States District Court of

Appeals This Morning Strikes a Heavy Blow at the Chicago Financier. SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER CASE NOW Walsh Will Have His Liberty Pending Final Ruling, But Will Be in Custody of a Federal Official. (American News Service) Chicago, Dec. 3. John R. Walsh, convicted of wrecking a Chicago Na tional bank, of which he was prest-J dent ,and other big institutions, wa3 today denied a rehearing of his case by the United States District Court of Appeals, and was ordered into the cus tody of the United States marshal, pending an appeal to the United States JOHN R. WALSH. Supreme Court, which is his only hope to escape serving a sentence in Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. Ball was denied him, but following the precedent set in the case of Charles Morse, the convicted ice king of New York, Walsh will be permitted to go at liberty, but always in the custody of the marshal. Walsh was greatly disappointed at the denial of a rehearing, but took the decision without emotion, apparently. The court room was crowded with many of his old friends and acquaintances. WANTS ANGLO-SAXON SELF-DEFENSE BOARD Lord Lonsdale, who with a view to further encouraging and promoting the art of self defense, has promised hl3 "tnce " movement provming Ifor the formation of an international board on which Great Britain and the I'nttwl S-tates will hare two renresent I - - I atives and Australia one. The board will frame rales for the international 1 contests and supply belts and trophies to recognized champions. ,

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t r ftTnnnnr Irish leader in the British house of parlament. who says the action of the House of Lords in rejecting the budget, is "one of those acts of suicidal folly by which aristocracies commit suicide and precipitate the end of their evil existence. EFFORTS MADE TO KEEP WASHINGTON TWP. "DRY" PLACE Temperance People in That Community Will This After noon File Remonstrance Against Saloons. WILLIAM NULL WILL APPLY FOR LICENSE Former Remonstrance, Which Was Effective for Two Years; Recently Expired Caused Much Agitation. Before the office of the county au ditor will close this evening, the ten. perance people of Washington town ship will have filed for the consider ation of the county commissioners, a blanket remonstrance directed against the liquor traffic in that township. The remonstrance filed two years ago and- which wss declared euective, reached its limit a few weeks ;o and the temperance peonle of Milton and its environs immediately set about to get up a new remonstrance, in order that Washington township might continue as dry as a bone for two years more. Announces Intention. William Null, of Milton, has made publication of his intention to apply for a liquor license at the Decenilwrj term of the Wayne county commissioners court which will open next Monday, and when the temperance folk ascertained this fact they were more eager than ever to procure a majority of the voters of the town ship to the remonstrance. It is assert ed that about 270 signatures are on the document that was filed this af ternoon, which is considerably more than a majority. Late yesterday afternoon Attorney Burt Medsker. of Cambridge City, representing Null, filed with the county auditor twenty-eight certificates of withdrawal from the new remon strance, but even if it were found that all signers of withdrawal cards had signed the remonstrance, and their names would nave to De taken on. there still would be sufficient number to bar the saloons from Washington township for two years. It was predicted about the court house today that should Null find that the remonstrance of the temperance forces would be sufficient to bar him. he likely would not file his application for license. HELD 0(1 SUSPICIOri Mattis Tiscallo. . an Italian, was arrested about 2 o'clock this morning while wandering about the north end. He was held until this morning for Superintendent Staubacb. who afterwards released him. finding that the Italian had not been in any mischief so far as could be learned. A CASE IS VENDED The case of James Johnson versus Charles Ayres. for f 6,500 damages for alleged malicious prosecution and false imprisonment has been renued to the Fayette circuit court. PREACHES AT BOSTON. Rev. L. P. Jones will preach in the Boston Universalist church. Sunday. December 5th. at 11 a. m. Junior Bi ble class at 10 a. m.

Drastic Action of Secretary Knox Toward Nicaragua And Chili Has Caused Very Great Anxiety.

NAVAL VESSELS WILL CHECK PRES. ZELAYA Their Purpose Is Really to Keep Wily Executive From Slipping Away With Loot From the Treasury. .(American News Service) Washiugton. Dec. 3. The state departemnt today preserved its attitude of silence on the Nicaraguan crisis. but it became known that plans wero being carefully formulated to capture President Zelaya who is believed to have schemed to loot the Nicaraguan treasury and flee. The large num ber of ships under orders to proceed to Central America are not needed to whip Zelaya. military and naval ex perts say, but to prevent his flight. Furthermore the warships are handy if any general warfare in Central America is incited by the present crisis. It is known that some of them decid edly dislike the attitude taken by Sec retary Knox in his note flaying Zelaya and fear a general American protectorate. Prepare Second Dose? On the contrary, the blow struck at Zelaya by the United States. In Its refusal to further recognize him as the head of his nation, is speedily to be followed, it ia declared today, by similar action by at least one of the other Central American states; - 8uch a move. It Is believed would open the way for nnconeealed support of the rebel leader. Gen. Estrada, from outside the borders of Nicaragua. The diplomatic representatives of the Central American republics ' are known to be apprehensive of the course of the state department, but at the same time their general enmity for Zelaya has induced them to give the United States their support as far as it counts. Senor Castrlllo. the representative of Gen. Estrada, has been busy conferring with the ministers of t'.ie other southern nations, and a concerted move for the recognition of Estrada, or at least the official elimination of Zelaya, was predicted today. Cast rt He is Busy. Among those whom Senor Castrlllo has seen are Minister Calvo of Cota Rica; Minister Carbo, Ecuador; Minister Herrarte. Guatemala and Minister Mejia. Salvador. Another cause that has alarmed the envoys from the south is the stand of Secretary Knox toward Chile In the Aslop claim case, and the bluntnes of his letter to Minister Cruse of Chile. In spite of the fears aroused by this and tbe letter of dismissal to Senor Rodriguez, Nicaraguan vice consul, the southern ministers stand together in their dislike for Zelaya. Senor Castrlllo today declared that he had secured details from J. J. Livingston of New ' York regarding the printing or 84.000.000 bank bills thwo for Zelaya at a cost of $75,000,000. The bills are to be rushed to Managua within a short time, according to Castrillo. although they are - practically worthless. Vicksburg at Corinto. Despite rumors of general dissatisfaction in Central America it was observed that the determination of the government to proceed against Nicaragua as today apparently - being prosecuted with greater rigor than ever. Cable dispatches from Nicaragua today stated that the gunboat Vlcfcfcburg is now anchored In the harbor of Corinto, with her guns trained on the town and her decks cleared for action. Grey town is at the mercy of United States marines If any overt move is made. The first more against an American by either tbe rebel leader, Estrada, will be the signal for the landing of a heavy force of marines in Nicaragua and tbe opening of hostilities. The government is concentrating its forces at Colon, within easy striking distance of the Nicaraguan coast. WORKING Oil REPORT County auditor Demas Coe and his assistants who have been busily engaged in auditing the books of county treasurer, Albert Albertson, since the time for paving the fall assessments of taxes closed, win have completed their work within a few day. A report will be made as to the amount due the state, county, townships, cities and towns of the county from the amount of taxes received is the fall tent. - . -