Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 69, 16 January 1910 — Page 1

RICHMONB PALLABIUM

H 4NI oUN-TETEGR AM. VOL. XXXV. NO. G9. RICH3IOXD, IXD., SUNDAY HORNING, JANUARY 1G, 1910. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS, THREE ACCIDENTS HARRY RIFE WILL PAY THE PENALTY FOR HIS MURDER SHIP WITH BLAZE III HOLD BATTLES WITH ANGRY SEAS Col. Roosevelt and Followers Crossing an African Stream OCCUR YESTERDAY III FREIGHT YARD 5 , 3

Old Dominion Liner Limps Into Norfolk Late Yesterday With Her Crew All Worn Out From Efforts.

PASSENGERS DID NOT KNOW ABOUT DANGERS They Were Told That Smoke Came From Engine RoomCargo Listed From Buffets Of Fierce Waves. . (American News Service) Norfolk, Va., Jan. 15. After au all flight battle with a fire In her forward compartment in a cargo of heavy mixed freight, the Old Dominion steamer Hamilton, reached here late today with a thoroughly exhausted crew and the flames still unconquered. Few of the forty odd passengers from New York knew there was a fire, mainly because they were not permitted to go below, and because when they asked questions about smoke issuing from" the direction of the freight hold they were told that it came from the engine room. Could Not Turn. Back. The Hamilton was only four hours from New York when the fire was discovered but she was In the teeth of a northeaster and the ice in the channel made it impossible, her captain said, to turn back. lie thought at the time that the crew would be able to cope with the flames and the vessel continued on her journey to Norfolk. But the fire gained headway despite the efforts of the crew. Under the personal direction of Capt. R. B. Boaz, and all of last night while her passengers remained in their staterooms, the men fought like demons to subdue the flames. The ship was tossed about in the gale like so much paper and the crew had difficulty in keeping on their feet while fighting the fire. It was freez ing cold weather and the men suffer ed considerably but were served with hot drinks at intervals to enable them to keep up the fight. Caused Her to List. The ship was buffeted about to such an extent by the storm that her cargo shifted and she was listing when she crept into port today. The Hamilton without a fire in her hold would have had trouble enough on the trip from New York after her cargo shifted, but the double danger in' the teeth of the northeaster caused some anxiety to her officers. Despite the fact that the ship put on all steam possible, she did not reach her dock until three hours late. A wireless from the Hamilton was received requesting the officials to have the local fire department meet the ship when she reached port and assist in fighting the flames. The masterly manner In which Capt. Boaz handled the situation was the subject of commentations from the officials of the line and congratulatory telegrams were received by him from headquarters of the company in New York. Fire Chief McLaughlin, who with a crew from one of the stations met the ship, stated that too much praise could not be bestowed on Capt. Boaz for the manner in which he handled the situation for keeping the passengers In ignorance of their possible danger. After the ship had been flooded with water it was said late this evening that the fire was out. The damage, officials say, Is to freight alone and will aggregate about $30,000. The cargo is now being removed from the ship. CHICAGO JESPERATE Every Effort Made to Remedy Conditions Brought on By Storm. EXPECT RELIEF SUNDAY (American News Service) Chicago, Ills., Jan. 15 The terminal and railroad companies used every ounce of human and mechanical ener gy today to relieve the situation in Chicago. It was believed the Sunday relief would allow the supply of milk and coal to be replenished so as to avert the peril of a famine. The Illinois Central trains from the milk districts were late. Many of the hospitals which were without milk yesterday received a limited supply today although some of the deliveries were late. Railroads are still unable to handle freight promptly and the coal supply is greatly restricted. ,

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(Copyrighted by New York American) former President Roosevelt crossing a stream in an African wilderness at the head of his bearers. The entire invisible in the picture. It was on this journey that Colonel Roosevelt brought down a monster hippopotamus, and the hunter.

EASTERN SECTION OF RICHMOND IS PLACE FOB HOMES That Part of the City Is Built Up Mostly of Fine Residences, Business Places Being Quite Scarce. OUTLOOK THIS YEAR IS VERY FLATTERING East End Is a Popular Place to Live in and There Is a Growing Demand for Lots At This Time. The purely residence district of the city is that commonly called the east end, and in no portion of the city which compares with it in size and population is there so few private retail establishments, a condition large ly due to the fact that such enter prises have never been encouraged and consequently do not start up. Although there probably is no defi-i nite boundary for the east end, yet that portion of the city east of Fif teenth and south of the railroad to the south corporation line of the city, is so designated, generally. About all that is ever done in the way of improvements in this district is the con struction of a fine home. Its only ri val is West Richmond. Place of Fine Homes. It is the district of fine homes quite a few, having gone up during the pasjt year. The aggregate cost of these homes constructed during the past year would total up close to the six figure mark. Just what is to be ex pected of the east end during the coming year is a hard question to obtain accurate information on. However, it seems more than likely that the 1909 record will be exceeded. Real f state dealers say the values of properties in the east end are ex ceptionally good. Especially is this true of the desirable building lots. The purchaser looking for a place to buy a lot on which to construct his home, always looks over the field in the east section of the city before making his purchase. There are a number of excellent building lots on South Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. It Is true that the prices are high. Twentieth and Twenty-first streets. both north and south,, still contain many lots which purchasers would do well to inspect before buying. South Twenty-second street in the first square offers several exceptional locations. WAS NEWSPAPER MAN Chicago, Jan. 15. The Chicago man who committed suicide with poison in Biloxl. Miss, was identified today as Barrett Eastman, well known as an author and newspaper writer. The police of Biloxl sent a photograph of the suicide to Chicago and it was identified by Mr. Eastman's father. Mr. Eastman went to the Breslow Hotel, in Biloxi, registered under the name of Weston Bloom, and soon after was found dead from poison.

HAD HARD FIGHT WITH JHE WAVES Light Ship, Pounded by Fierce Seas, Sends a Wireless for Help.

TORN FROM HER MOORINGS REVENUE CUTTER GOES OUT TO GIVE ASSISTANCE LIGHT SHIP WAS ANCHORED 26 MILES FROM SHORE. (American News Service) Newport. R. I., Jan. 15. Fighting gallantly, with all the force of her puny engines, the Nantucket Shoals lightship, No. 85, braved the most terrific of Atlantic gales after she had been torn from her moorings. Wireless telegraphy again showed 'its worth. No. 85, the first vessel of her kind to be fitted with the apparatus, told the world of her plight, and today the revenue cutter Gresham went to her aid, standing by as the small craft struggled with mountain seas off No Mans Land. Though taxed to the utmost to keep headed against the gale, Captain Doane of the lightship, determined to make for New Bedford, Mass., at the earliest possible moment. This ship was anchored farther froni shore than any other lightship in the world, being 28 miles from Nantucket, on the south shoals. She carries fifteen men besides two wireless operators, and her job is to guard the liners she is the first sign of America they see from the treacherous graveyard where she is station ed. No. 85 has a nine-on mushroom anchor and 1,000 feet of chain, but in spite of this she was torn away by the storm as if she had been a dory. Great fear that she would not ride through- the blizzard, was felt along the coast, but today came the reassur ing messages telling of the gallant struggle.

The Similarity of Ages.

Go back to the beginning of things, and you find only a barren sphere revolving in space. And in the millions of years since that time, man has appeared and developed, and lived, always off the products of the soiL It has been the universal endeavor of man in all ages to own land. Wars have been waged by man in every age for the possession of some part of Mother Earth. So in the present day and age, it is no wonder that the same ambitions are in the minds of men. This desire is not from the greed for land alone, but from a very human desire to have a home and livelihood in old age. Everyone wants to be secure from the winter of life. Now Is the time to prepare. Buy a home of one of Richmond's real estate men. You will receive fair treatment and can secure reasonable terms. If you have not the money, you can secure property on a payment plan. And you could not choose a better place than Richmond or the farms near Richmond, to live on property which will increase in value steadily. Read the Palladium's Want Ad Page daily for the announcements of Richmond's leading real estate men. All the best opportunities In Richmond are presented in our Want Ad page and it will pay you to become a daily reader.

ELOPING GIRL IS LOSING HER MIIID

Roberta DeJannon's Mental Condition Is Said to Be Serious. CONFINED AT HOSPITAL DOCTORS SAY YOUNG GIRL WILL ENTIRELY LOSE REASON UNLESS KEPT AT SANITARIUM FOR SIX MONTHS. . (American News Service) Philadelphia, Jan. 15. Isolated in St. Agnes hospital, Roberta Buist De Janon. who ran away with Frederick Cohen, a waiter is losing her reason. according to information obtained from doctors in attendance at the hos pital. Ever since her escapade, which created nation-wide interest, Miss De Janon showed no signs of sorrow until today when she broke down under the kind administrations of her grandfather Robert Buist, the millionaire seed merchant. Her physical condition is now such that physicians say she must spend at least six months in a sanitarium or lose her sanity, Mr. Buist declares he will employ two widely known alienists to probe into the girl's nervous condition. Dr. D. J. McCarthy a specialist in nervous diseases is in constant attendance on Miss De Janon and nobody is permitted to visit her except her relatives. - DYKEMAN IS RETTER . Dr. E. J. Dykeman who has been ill at his home on North Twentieth street for the past several weeks, is improving, but is not able to be out.

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party Is strung out behind, and are natives acclaimed him a mighty WALTER RATLIFF HAS JUMPED INTO THE ARENA AGAIN Wants His Old Legislative Job And Enters the Contest Against Lee Reynolds and Elmer Laymon. WEATHER CONDITIONS PROVE BIG HANDICAP Candidates Do Not Find It an Easy Task Invading Rura Districts Now John Harvey Has Easy Time. itn the announcement vesterdav by Walter S. Ratliff, that he had definitely decided to become a candidate for the republican nomination for Representative from Wayne county in the next session of the General AsJ semb'y. " appears that the last entry in tne legislative contests has ben offered to the voters of the county. Mr. Ratliffs "coming" was not unexpected, inasmuch as it hrd been said for several weeks that he w3 considering the matter, though it Was understood generally that he might, try for the joint senatorship for which honor Walter S. Commons, of Richmond and Charles W. Stivers, of Union county, are the candidates. Mr. Ratliffs determination to not enter this race. but to fight it out for the lower I branch of the General Assembly ' against Lee Reynolds, of Haerstown and Elmer S. Laymon, of Richmond, means that there is every likelihood of a warm contest in sight. Both Reynolds and Laymon have been actively engaged in the canvass for some days past. Harvey Is Unopposed. John C. Harvey, of Centerville, up to this time remains unopposed as the candidate for joint representative from Wayne and Fayette counties. This week will witness candidates for all county offices hard at work. Weather conditions have been any thing but Inviting for the past ten days for an invasion of the rural districts, but despite this fact most of the candidates have been covering much territory and as usually is the case. each and every one of them is "satis fied" with the outlook. The general run of voters also are awakening to the occasion and interest which apparent ly was lagging earlier in the fight, is much in evidence now. Several of the races are perplexing because of the large number of candidates and be cause also of the apparent strength of several of them. Have Kept the Faith. There are no signs up to this time that any of the aspirants for office have broken faith with the county committee in agreeing that the usual methods of conducting a canvass should be eliminated. The campaign cigar Is conspicuous by its utter absence this year and such favorite campaign brands as "Good Even Though It Kills," and The Death Angel. are reposing in their boxes, there to remain until some future campaign shall lift that horrible anti-treating baa.

One Man, a Car Inspector,

Probably Fatally Injured, And Two Other Men Received Painful Injuries. FREIGHT CAR FALLS ON 0RVILLE T0NEY 0. E. Wright Was Thrown Off a Train and John Falck, a Freight Conductor, Received A Bad Scalding. The Pennsylvania railroad yards ast of the city was the soene of three acci dents yesterday afternoon. All of th accidents occurred st about . o'clock and all were within a short distance of each other. It is believed that only one of them will prove serious, however, and it may result fatally. While Orville Toney, an Italian car inspector was engaged in jacking up a car in the yards, the jack broke and the car fell on him. crushing him horribly. Considerable delay was experienced in getting another jack and raising the car. during which time the man suffered terribly, and his cries to be released were heart rending. The inspectors left leg and a number of ribs were broken. He also suffered internal injuries of such a serious na ture that it is very doubtful that he will recover and little hoje is enter tained by the attending physician. Chest Was Caved In. Practically the whole weight of the heavy car rested on the man's left leg and that member was crushed almost to a pulp. His chest was caved in and it is feared the broken ribs may have punctured interior blood vessels, causing him to bleed to death. He was hurried to the Reid Memorial hos pital, out the latest reports last night stated that his condition was very crit ical and it was feared that he would not Eurvive the niguL Toney, who is o? years of age, is married and has two children. He resides at 39 School street on the west side. Another accident, not so serious, was that which befell O. E.. Wright, aged :. Wright was on the rear end of a freight which was just passing by Keel's pit, east of the city, when the train gave a sudden unexpected lurch and threw him off the platform. H landed on his head and shoulders on the gravel road bed and rolled lor a considerable distance. No bones were broken, however, and aside from an ugly gash in the head and severe bruises to various portions of his body the man was not injured. He was re moved to his home in this city, where medical attention was given him. Un less internal injuries develop. Wright wfll hp ahle to resume work in a few days, it is said. -r,o loo M.n - thof Tnhn

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eniraeed in rounline an eneine to a cut nf freieht cars when the steam nine broke and the man's left hand and arm irora harittr arnlriMl IT la InliirlM are nnt Hmia however, although he will h confined to his home for several days. BEGGING JFOR COAL Chicago Buyers Are Working Throughout the Indiana Field Now. CANNOT FILL THE DEMAND (American Newi Service) Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. lo.-Chicago coal buyers are working throughout the Indiana field begging for coal at any price, but the operators can not get cars to fill their annual contracts. In addition to this handicap the rail roads take the greater part of that which 13 mined for their locomotives. An agent of the Western Consolidated Coal company has asked operators here to name their own price and let him have anything from car loads to trainloads. DUKE GETS THE BUG (American News Service) Rome, Jan. 15. The Duke of the Abruxzi will attempt to reach the south pole, it was reported today. He is preparing a new expedition to go south and will follow a different route

than that of Lieutenant Shackleton. I brought out the fact that many soothe British explorer. lety women were playing the future.

THE WEATHER. INDIANA Cloudy and warmer Sun - day.

State Pardon Board Yesterday, Did Not, as Anticipated Commute Sentence to Life Imprisonment.

EATON MURDERER IS RESIGNED TO FATE Pleas Made to Save Man's Life, It Is Stated, Did Not Make Much of Impression On Pardon Board. (Palladium prt-ial) Columbus. O.. Jan. IX It Is very probable that Harry Itife. who murdered his sweet heart. Mm. Llda Grlswold. at Katon. O.. lust June, will be electrocuted on the date set for his execution, next Wdnesday. The state board of pardons, which has been considering the Rife rase for some time, did not render its dctiou today, as anticipated, and the indicaHARRY RIFC tions are tonight that the board will not act favorably on the petition to have the murderer's sentence commut ed from the death penalty to life lmprisonmnL It was learned at the prison today that Rife Is prepared for the worst and expects to be put to death next WedI nesaay. Attorneys for the condemned man. I ana several or ma reiauvea ana inraw I Doara ana asaea m jure imwwi. I he commuted to life imprisonment, but. " understood their pleas did not I haV mUCb elieCt. Th DUrQeO OT Ul pl was to the effect the execution of the man would be m stala on the name of a family, none of whose mem- - bers had ever served a term In priso or had been convicted of any crime. MAROOtIS SWELL SET (American News 8errle) Newport, R. I, Jan. 15. Many 'of the leaders of Newport's millionaire colony were marooned today fa their magnificent homes by the blizzard the worst storm suffered In many years. The southern section of the city Is snowed In and some of Ameri ca's best known people of wealth were cut off from the world, including Mrs. jonn isicnoias crown, mower oi un richest boy in the world; the Hon. paney vteoBiera ana mtb. nuium r. Bun. wwow or me famous surgeon. 0LI1EY IS VERY LOW (American Kews Service) Boston. Jan. 15. Richard Olney, secretary of state in President Clev. land's cabinet, lays at death' door in the Corey Hill hospital at Brookline. Mr. Olney was operated upon for an abdominal trouble on Thursday. The fact that he was 111 has been guarded with great secrecy. TUB PLH COTTOII (American Nwi Service) Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 15. TheI slump In the cotton market has There was nardiy a woman nere who did not lose from $1,000 to $5,000. Among those alleged to hare lost la Mrs. Frank Burny, leader or society 1 on a fashionable ana popular nonie I vard. Her losses amounted to ! W3t

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